TY - JOUR
T1 - 'A real rollercoaster of confidence and emotions'
T2 - Learning to be a university student
AU - Christie, Hazel
AU - Tett, Lyn
AU - Cree, Vivienne E.
AU - Hounsell, Jenny
AU - McCune, Velda
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Accounts of emotion and affect have gained popularity in studies of learning. This article draws on qualitative research with a group of non-traditional students entering an elite university in the UK to illustrate how being and becoming a university student is an intrinsically emotional process. It argues that feelings of loss and dislocation are inherent to the students' experiences of entering university, and that 'coming to know' a new community of practice is an emotional process that can incorporate feelings of alienation and exclusion, as well as of excitement and exhilaration. A broader understanding of how students learn then depends not just upon the individual's emotional commitment to developing a new learning identity, but on the emotional interaction between the student and the learning environment of the university.
AB - Accounts of emotion and affect have gained popularity in studies of learning. This article draws on qualitative research with a group of non-traditional students entering an elite university in the UK to illustrate how being and becoming a university student is an intrinsically emotional process. It argues that feelings of loss and dislocation are inherent to the students' experiences of entering university, and that 'coming to know' a new community of practice is an emotional process that can incorporate feelings of alienation and exclusion, as well as of excitement and exhilaration. A broader understanding of how students learn then depends not just upon the individual's emotional commitment to developing a new learning identity, but on the emotional interaction between the student and the learning environment of the university.
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U2 - 10.1080/03075070802373040
DO - 10.1080/03075070802373040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:54149094734
VL - 33
SP - 567
EP - 581
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
SN - 0307-5079
IS - 5
ER -