Awakening Aspirations of Primary School Students: Where Will Your Dreams Take You?

Ruth Greenaway; Uwe Terton; Sandra Elsom

doi:10.5430/ijhe.v6n3p116

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Awakening Aspirations of Primary School Students: Where Will Your Dreams Take You?

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Awakening Aspirations of Primary School Students: Where Will Your Dreams Take You?

Ruth Greenaway, Uwe Terton and Sandra Elsom

International Journal of Higher Education, Vol.6(3), pp.116-128

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v6n3p116

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Abstract

Education Systems

aspirations

awakening

digital literacy

interactive ebook

participatory research

photovoice

primary school students

higher education

university

This article posits that when children are encouraged to aspire, they can become aware of a new world of choices and opportunities. Children should be supported to aspire in all areas of their lives. Of interest is children's capacity to aspire to attend tertiary education. Literature shows that children cannot aspire to attend higher education when they have no knowledge of the opportunities nor realise its purpose. To support this argument, we discuss a project involving primary school students from areas that have been identified as having a low socio-economic status. The results show that as a consequence of students participating in the My Tertiary Eductaion (MyTED) program they developed the capacity to aspire to attend tertiary education.

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Title: Awakening Aspirations of Primary School Students: Where Will Your Dreams Take You?
Authors: Ruth Greenaway (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Uwe Terton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Sandra Elsom (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: International Journal of Higher Education, Vol.6(3), pp.116-128
Publisher: Sciedu Press
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.5430/ijhe.v6n3p116
ISSN: 1927-6044
Organisation Unit: School of Tertiary Access - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450449702621
Output Type: Journal article

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