Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution

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dc.contributor.advisorJacklin, Heatheren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRonnie, Lindaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T12:12:51Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T12:12:51Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 230-245).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the experiences of mature adults returning to study at a higher education institution. The aims of the research focus on the complicated and complex ways in which dispositions of class, embodied in the habitus, shape opportunities, choices and experiences of a group of mature students enrolled at a school of management studies within a higher education institution. The study focuses on the reasons these mature adults returned to study, the strategies they employed to cope with the academic demands and related expectations during their year of study, and the effects and consequences of the higher education experience on their relationships with significant others in their lives. The study foregrounds class and its role in mediating the choices, actions and experiences of mature students through drawing on Bourdieu’s conceptual toolkit of habitus, capital and field.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRonnie, L. (2008). <i>Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8223en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRonnie, Linda. <i>"Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8223en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRonnie, L. 2008. Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ronnie, Linda AB - This study explores the experiences of mature adults returning to study at a higher education institution. The aims of the research focus on the complicated and complex ways in which dispositions of class, embodied in the habitus, shape opportunities, choices and experiences of a group of mature students enrolled at a school of management studies within a higher education institution. The study focuses on the reasons these mature adults returned to study, the strategies they employed to cope with the academic demands and related expectations during their year of study, and the effects and consequences of the higher education experience on their relationships with significant others in their lives. The study foregrounds class and its role in mediating the choices, actions and experiences of mature students through drawing on Bourdieu’s conceptual toolkit of habitus, capital and field. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution TI - Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8223 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8223
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRonnie L. Transforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institution. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8223en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleTransforming habitus? : experiences of mature students in a higher education institutionen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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