Possible Selves: Students Orientating Themselves towards the Future through Extracurricular Activity

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Jacqueline; Clegg, Sue
Titel	Possible Selves: Students Orientating Themselves towards the Future through Extracurricular Activity
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 37 (2011) 2, S.231-246 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Extracurricular Activities; Individual Development; Employment Potential; Time Perspective; College Students; Reflection; Cultural Capital; Holistic Approach; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Individuelle Entwicklung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Zeitbezug; Collegestudent; Holistischer Ansatz; Großbritannien
Abstract	This paper explores the under-researched area of extracurricular activity undertaken by students through the lens of the possible selves literature, which has largely been developed in the North American context. In the UK the employability agenda assumes an orientation towards the future and employers are increasingly expecting students to display capacities beyond those of simply achieving a degree. Extracurricular activity is one site where students might be able to develop these additional capacities towards their future imagined selves. Our case study, based on in-depth interviews with 61 students, found different orientations towards the future, with only some displaying future selves attuned to employability. Other students were more firmly orientated to the present and developing student identities or unable to elaborate or act on imaged futures because of the contingencies of the present. We conclude that paying attention to differing temporalities and to the insights derived from the possible selves literature are likely to be fruitful for further research on extracurricular activity. (Contains 1 note and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10