Louise Bennett and read by Peggy taken from
http://thecaribbeancurrent.com/
Recommendations for mature students:
Ensure you engage in pre-course preparation Invest in your Self Esteem and Confidence Get yourself up to speed with IT Get the family on board Utilise support
Share- the good, the bad, the ugly! ''Build resilience, you wont make it if you don't
Recommendations for Tutors: Longer Inductions please! Small group tutorials
Differentiate the style of delivery – Minimise lectures Use 'common' examples to help to engage us Use the mature students' experience Make allowances and fewer assumptions
Conclusion Griffiths (2003), Leathwood (2001), David (2009), Archer (2007) and Skeggs (2004) have identified that the area of gender and ethnicity in education are under-researched. All of the above have discussed the need for further research to be conducted with women. This excerpt is part of a wider PhD study exploring the lived experiences of black British and Caribbean women's experience of nursing education in higher education. This study will explore the impact of their experience on their professional identities as well as their salaries and how they built resilience, it also aims to add to the thus far sparse research on black women and WP education. Quantitative studies have highlighted that black women are disproportionately present in HE but a number of education researchers have called for further exploration which focusses on gender, race and experiences which contributes to feminist epistemologies (Hill-Collins, David 2009) and (Archer 2007).
Jenica's final words To get through this course I had to build resilience. I had my first child at age 19. From the birth of my daughter, I resolved that her life would be different to mine. Since her birth, anything I put my mind to, I refuse to give up on. I am determined to see things through, I am a finisher. The building of resilience for me is
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