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- Title
Developmentally Effective Experiences for Promoting Self-Authorship.
- Authors
King, Patricia M.; Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter; Barber, James P.; Brown, Marie Kendall; Lindsay, Nathan K.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT—Many national studies have identified types of experiences that are associated with enhancing college students’ learning. This study contributes to the small but growing body of research on transformative educational experiences that assist and enable college students to develop ways of understanding and being in the world that help them adapt and respond to life's complexities and prepare for future civic, occupational, and family roles. The focus of this exploratory study is on those experiences that had a positive impact on college students’ development toward self-authorship ( Baxter Magolda, 2001 ; Kegan, 1994 ). Using interview data from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education, we analyzed 300 selected experiences from 174 students. We found that students’ approaches to interpreting and understanding their experiences was the major student characteristic that affected their learning (the effect of the experience). We then mapped these findings onto a sequenced developmental curriculum designed to promote self-authorship.
- Subjects
AUTHORSHIP; COLLEGE students; LEARNING; HUMANISTIC education; CURRICULUM
- Publication
Mind, Brain & Education, 2009, Vol 3, Issue 2, p108
- ISSN
1751-2271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1751-228X.2009.01061.x