The hero’s journey: Stories of women returning to education
<em>This paper draws upon the metaphor of the “hero’s journey” to further analyse seven stories of women returning to education. These stories have formed the basis of a recent book publication by the authors (Stone & O’Shea, 2012) and are derived from two complementary but separate re...
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Queensland University of Technology
2014-03-01
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| description | <em>This paper draws upon the metaphor of the “hero’s journey” to further analyse seven stories of women returning to education. These stories have formed the basis of a recent book publication by the authors (Stone & O’Shea, 2012) and are derived from two complementary but separate research studies (O’Shea, 2007; Stone, 2008). None of the women featured in this article have a parent who went to university and all have a number of competing demands in their lives including families, partners and employment. This paper aims to both frame the richly descriptive nature of these stories within a heroic metaphor and also to indicate how these stories, whilst unique, share common thematic elements and turning points. The paper foregrounds these commonalities capturing a universal narrative and also explores how this mythical framework could be used by both educators and students to conceptualise movements within this environment.</em><br /> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a62f95a49f64e8396d0ff3ebbce72a02022-12-21T19:18:07ZengQueensland University of TechnologyInternational Journal of the First Year in Higher Education1838-29592014-03-0151799110.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.186103The hero’s journey: Stories of women returning to educationSarah O' Shea0Cathy Stone1University of WollongongOpen Universities Australia and University of Newcastle, Australia<em>This paper draws upon the metaphor of the “hero’s journey” to further analyse seven stories of women returning to education. These stories have formed the basis of a recent book publication by the authors (Stone & O’Shea, 2012) and are derived from two complementary but separate research studies (O’Shea, 2007; Stone, 2008). None of the women featured in this article have a parent who went to university and all have a number of competing demands in their lives including families, partners and employment. This paper aims to both frame the richly descriptive nature of these stories within a heroic metaphor and also to indicate how these stories, whilst unique, share common thematic elements and turning points. The paper foregrounds these commonalities capturing a universal narrative and also explores how this mythical framework could be used by both educators and students to conceptualise movements within this environment.</em><br />https://fyhejournal.com/article/view/186first in family, older learners, first year transition, teaching and learning |
| spellingShingle | Sarah O' Shea Cathy Stone The hero’s journey: Stories of women returning to education International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education first in family, older learners, first year transition, teaching and learning |
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| topic | first in family, older learners, first year transition, teaching and learning |
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