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Cuming, Tana; Verdon, Sarah; Hoffman, Laura; Hopf, Suzanne C.; Brown, Lisa – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
In order to realise career and personal goals, as well as financial autonomy and security, many women are pursuing higher education alongside the role of motherhood. Student-mothers face many challenges when engaging in higher education, and many fail to complete their studies. This phenomenological study applies a feminist lens to the choices,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Online Courses, Higher Education, Mothers
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Matsunaga, Kaoru; Chowdhury, Raqib; Barnes, Melissa Marie; Saito, Eisuke – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
For international students undertaking higher education in English-speaking countries, often social and academic competencies are at odds with the expectations of the classroom discourse communities and the normative behaviours and practices of these communities. This conceptual paper argues that despite some scholarly studies seeing such…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, International Education, College Students, Self Concept
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Breen, Paul, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
As our world becomes increasingly diverse and technologically-driven, the role and identities of teachers continues to change. "Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education" seeks to address this change and provide an accurate depiction of the teaching profession today. This thought-provoking collection of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Professional Identity, Teacher Role, Teacher Responsibility