Becoming what you want to be

Batchelor, Denise

doi:10.1080/14748460601043841

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“…According to Kierkegaard, conforming to a representative, cultural ideal is to loose one self (Nielsen, 2018). Further, he states that becoming oneself always begins through knowing and accepting oneself in the present (Batchelor, 2006;Kierkegaard, 1849). Gaete and Fuchs (2016) claimed that the public health service seems to enhance such objectification of the person's body.…”

Section: To Be Objectified As a Human Beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Living with obesity — existential experiences

Ueland

Furnes

Dysvik

et al. 2019

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Aims and objectives : The aim was to gain in-depth understanding about individuals’ existential experiences of living with obesity. Background : People living with obesity face great vulnerability and existential challenges. The different treatments offered do not seem to meet the individual needs of persons with obesity. A deeper understanding of existential experiences from an individual perspective is needed to individualize treatment. Design : An exploratory phenomenological–hermeneutical design was used to gain a greater understanding of the existential experiences involved in living with obesity. Methods : The participants represented a convenient sample. 18 qualitative interviews were conducted and subjected to phenomenological–hermeneutical analysis. Results : Four themes emerged: shaped by childhood; captured by food; depressed by the culture ; and judged by oneself . Conclusions : The burden of being obese can be experienced as being objectified and alienated as a human being. We need to turn towards a life-world perspective, seeing each human being as a living body to overcome objectification and alienation, and then move them towards becoming subjects in their own lives, through giving space for self-love . Health care workers need to assist persons living with obesity to reduce objectification and alienation. It is important to develop intervention that has an individual, holistic approach.

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Section: To Be Objectified As a Human Beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Living with obesity — existential experiences

Ueland

Furnes

Dysvik

et al. 2019

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Students enter university programs for disparate reasons (Batchelor, 2006;Briggs, 2006) with different expectations about what their experience is going to be like (Crisp et al, 2009;Kuh, Gonyea, & Williams, 2005), and how they will spend their first year at university (Kuh & Pace, 1999). In this paper we concentrate on the first interaction with students in a class setting with the use of "icebreaking" activities to create a vibrant, inclusive learning environment and develop enthusiasm in order to "hook" students into the university environment and discipline area.…”

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The First Class: Using Icebreakers to Facilitate Transition in a Tertiary Environment

Kavanagh¹,

Clark-Murphy²,

Wood³

2011

ASS

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Transitioning to university can be difficult and encompasses many changes. This paper is concerned with identifying how initial student experiences on campus can be enhanced in order to influence students' perception of university. Universities are now under pressure to develop in graduates a wide range of skills, and we highlight the fact that equal emphasis needs to be placed on successful academic and social integration. Research reflecting processes to develop the concept of "social support" and overcome the feeling of "not belonging" at university is scarce. In this paper the concept of icebreakers in the first weeks of student university experience is explored. Icebreakers can also be used as students move to new learning situations through their learning journey. We trialled icebreaking activities in a workshop program designed to facilitate student engagement and develop particular graduate skills. Practical examples from both across and within disciplines are provided. Comments from workshop participants highlight the outcomes of these activities and provide criteria for success.

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“…Other work has uncovered ambiguity among mature working-class students' in response to their new student identities (Reay 2002), the strong relationship between student identity and motivation (Haggis and Pouget 2002;Haggis 2004;Macaro and Wingate 2004), and the highs and lows involved in transition (Beard, Clegg, and Smith 2007;Christie 2008). Findings of this type complement an increased philosophical focus on the ontological (as opposed to epistemological) dimension of 'becoming' a student (Barnett 2007) and developing a voice (Batchelor 2006), all of which suggests that the transition into the new university environment inherently and 'normally' involves an emotional process of change which may be destabilizing and challenging in terms of student sense of identity.…”

Section: (Ii) Emotion and Struggle In Identity Transitionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Threshold practices: becoming a student through academic literacies

Gourlay¹

2009

London Review of Education

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Student transitions into the university are often conceived of via an apprentice-type model, or as entrance into a 'community of practice'. This paper disputes the applicability of these models to the indeterminate and opaque nature of student experiences of academic writing, and proposes that emotional destabilization and struggles around identity are a normal part of both transitions and writing. With reference to student text/visual journals and in-depth interviews, it argues for extending the notion of 'threshold concepts', proposing academic literacies as 'threshold practices' which can lead to a reinforced sense of identity as a student. It concludes with implications for practice.

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Becoming what you want to be

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Living with obesity — existential experiences

Living with obesity — existential experiences

The First Class: Using Icebreakers to Facilitate Transition in a Tertiary Environment

Threshold practices: becoming a student through academic literacies

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