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Disrupting the Deficit: Beyond Notions of Lack for First-in-Family Students

Published:2023-09-24 Issue: Volume: Page:73-93
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Container-title:First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life
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O’Shea Sarah,May Josephine,Stone Cathy,Delahunty Janine

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter draws upon a strengths perspective that seeks to frame first in family students not as ‘lacking’ or as ‘deficit’ but rather as a cohort replete with cultural wealths. Building on Bourdieuian theories and referring explicitly to the work of Yosso and Sen, the capabilities and cultural strengths of this older FiF cohort are revealed. The chapter provides a relational understanding of this student experience that considers the wider dynamics of learners’ lived realities. In exploring these unique contexts, three richly descriptive vignettes are featured and these are discussed collectively. This discussion reflects both upon the constraints that are expressed by the older learners as well as the personal strengths each story reveals about the narrator.

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Springer International Publishing

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-34451-0_3

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