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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.advisor | Shaffir, William | - |
dc.contributor.author | Brandon, Scott | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-09T23:37:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-09T23:37:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1993-10 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/16075 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines the social worlds of mature students. Data was collected through participant observation in campus settings and in-depth interviews with mature students. The focus is on their experiences as they navigated the passage to student status. A variety of constraints to the progress of the passage are documented, as well as mature students' negotiation strategies used to overcome these constraints. Attention is then paid to how mature students adjust to the new realities that university life poses. Dealing with university administration, learning new skills, and renegotiation processes are analysed. The status passage to mature student is viewed as problematic for the individual, as a new set of meanings must be negotiated with significant others for the passage to be successful. This study suggests that the case of mature students offers explanation into the nature of status passage in later life, and contributes new knowledge to the nature of generic social processes. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | social worlds, mature students, interviews, | en_US |
dc.title | Mature Students at McMaster University | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Sociology | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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Brandon Scott.pdf | 6.52 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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