Abstract
Transformative learning: developing independence and promoting a strong sense of self in teen mothers
Proceedings of the 2019 Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) and National Association of Enabling Educators in Australia (NAEEA) Biennial Conference, p.79
Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) and National Association of Enabling Educators in Australia (NAEEA) Biennial Conference: Enabling Excellence through Equity, 2019 (Wollongong, Australia, 24-Nov-2019–27-Nov-2019)
2019
Abstract
Adolescents who become pregnant during their secondary education experience a range of challenges that intersect and limit their opportunities to complete schooling and take up university places. One approach to addressing this issue at an Australian regional university, is the Tertiary Preparation Pathway (TPP) an enabling program which has been delivered within the Supporting Teenagers with Education, Mothering, and Mentoring (STEMM) program, since 2008. The STEMM program offers teen mothers an opportunity to continue or re-engage with education during and beyond pregnancy. Adopting an intersectionality lens, interviews with adolescent mothers identified three key elements underpinning the success of the TPP/ STEMM program: recognising the educational aspirations of teen mothers, developing agency and independence and promoting a strong sense of self. The TPP/STEMM program celebrates a philosophy of Transformative Teaching and this paper aims to provide practical implications for educators wishing to establish or develop programs based on this philosophy.
Details
- Title
- Transformative learning: developing independence and promoting a strong sense of self in teen mothers
- Authors
- Lilliemay Cheung (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastEmma Kill (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastJanet Turley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2019 Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) and National Association of Enabling Educators in Australia (NAEEA) Biennial Conference, p.79
- Conference details
- Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA) and National Association of Enabling Educators in Australia (NAEEA) Biennial Conference: Enabling Excellence through Equity, 2019 (Wollongong, Australia, 24-Nov-2019–27-Nov-2019)
- Publisher
- Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia
- Date published
- 2019
- Organisation Unit
- School of Tertiary Access - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450838002621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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