Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Baxter Magolda, Marcia B.

Titel

Building Learning Partnerships

Ist Teil von

• Change (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2012-01, Vol.44 (1), p.32-38

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EBSCOhost Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Educating college students to navigate the complexities of contemporary adult life is an increasingly complex task. Many entering collegians come from highly structured and protective environments and are socialized to depend on authorities for guidance. In a few short years, the college experience must help them learn to take personal responsibility for their beliefs and actions, which amounts to asking them to literally "change their minds"--to go from depending on authority to becoming the authors of their own lives. This challenge disrupts students' emotional comfort, parents' continued interest in protecting their children, and college administrators' eagerness to please students and parents. Educators who take up the challenge of helping students become self-authoring must have gone through this process themselves. This article focuses on the growth required of educators to promote the kind of development that will enable graduates to navigate life's challenges. The author illuminates the capacities required of educators interested in transforming higher education practice and how they can be developed. (Contains 15 resources.)