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'I feel different…' Learning experiences and identities of African students in higher education
| dc.contributor.author | Doutor, Catarina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alves, Natália | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-21T10:18:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-21T10:18:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Accessing higher education is a biographical learning experience for all students, which can promote transformations in individuals'identities. This article aims to investigate the implications of biographical learning experiences on the students' identities. We will explore African students' biographical learning experiences in Portuguese higher education and how they shaped their identities. Biographical learning and identity theoretical perspectives were adopted. This is a qualitative study that used biographical interviews with 22 African students enrolling at Portuguese higher education. The content analysis carried out has been organized into 2 themes: biographical learning experiences and identity transformations. The results of the study show that African students gained new knowledge and skills and became more independent and autonomous. They develop their self-confidence and open-mindedness through a new way of seeing the world. Thus, African students' experiences in higher education contributed to the formation and transformation of their identity. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4778 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2000-7426 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/20527 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Linköpings University Electronic Press | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Transições, Aprendizagens Biográficas e Identidades dos estudantes dos PALOP no Ensino Superior: um estudo longitudinal na Universidade de Lisboa | |
| dc.relation | Research Centre on Adult Education and Community Intervention | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Biographical learning experience | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Identity | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | African students | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Higher education | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.title | 'I feel different…' Learning experiences and identities of African students in higher education | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
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| oaire.awardTitle | Transições, Aprendizagens Biográficas e Identidades dos estudantes dos PALOP no Ensino Superior: um estudo longitudinal na Universidade de Lisboa | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Research Centre on Adult Education and Community Intervention | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//SFRH%2FBD%2F120463%2F2016/PT | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F05739%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 62 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 47 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 15 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| person.familyName | Doutor | |
| person.givenName | Catarina | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 5E14-9225-9579 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-1160-5411 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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