Widening the Lens on Capital: Conceptualising the University Experiences of Non-Traditional Women Nurse Students

Autor/inn/en	Andrew, Lesley; Robinson, Ken; Dare, Julie; Costello, Leesa
Titel	Widening the Lens on Capital: Conceptualising the University Experiences of Non-Traditional Women Nurse Students
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 40 (2021) 7, S.1359-1374 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Andrew, Lesley) ORCID (Robinson, Ken) ORCID (Dare, Julie) ORCID (Costello, Leesa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2020.1815663
Schlagwörter	Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Nontraditional Students; Undergraduate Students; Nursing Students; Nursing Education; Adults; Females; Family Relationship; Barriers; Aspiration; Resistance (Psychology); Student Experience; Student Responsibility; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Pflegepädagogik; Weibliches Geschlecht; Streben; Resistenz; Studienerfahrung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This article argues the insufficiency of the traditional application of cultural, social and economic capital in conceptualising the non-traditional student experience. Built on the thematic analysis of 52 in-depth interviews with 28 mature-age women nursing undergraduates with family responsibilities in Australia, an alternative, expanded model of capital is proposed. The qualitative study, underpinned by Gadamer's Hermeneutic Philosophy, revealed multiple threats and enablers to progression throughout the degree. Dimensions of capital previously unacknowledged in the nursing literature were necessary to fully conceptualise these rich and complex findings, including important student strengths. These dimensions: aspirational, navigational, resistant, familial and experiential capital, compensated when traditional dimensions were lacking, or incongruent with university expectations. This longitudinal study further revealed how the availability and importance of capital altered with the changing curriculum and participants' personal growth. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01