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Direct linkShoshana, Avihu – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
This study examines how graduates of a specific educational institution ("The Boarding School for the Gifted Disadvantaged" in Israel) integrate their school experiences into their life story. The in-depth interviews with the boarding school graduates demonstrate special use of the gift metaphor to describe their selfhood and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Boarding Schools, Gifted Disadvantaged, Graduates
Oplatka, Izhar; Tevel, Tova – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2006
From a life-stage perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine the motivation of female students in midlife to enroll in an undergraduate or graduate program and the meaning they attach to higher education (HE) in general. An additional purpose was to reveal these women's subjective perceptions of the benefits they gained from HE at this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Females, Student Attitudes, Adults
