Meaning Making Inside and Outside the Academic Arena: Investigating the Contextuality of Epistemological Development in College Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 228-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Elizabeth Pizzolato
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Epistemological Development

The Epistemology of Young Children

2011 ◽  
pp. 21-44
Author(s):  
Denise L. Winsor
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Epistemological Development ◽  
Children's Beliefs ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this chapter is to raise questionable doubt about young children’s abilities to engage in more sophisticated thinking; and the impact of technology on children’s early epistemological development. The theoretical framework is rooted in Piaget’s theories of cognitive development, and is typically applied to college students and adults. However, Piaget is criticized for seriously underestimating young children’s cognitive ability. Moreover, scholars including Chandler, Hallet, and Sokol (2002) and Burr and Hofer (2002) have proposed an early predualist phase of epistemological development in which children between the ages of 3-to-6 may demonstrate more sophisticated ways of thinking and knowing related to theory of mind development. How does technology influence young children’s beliefs about knowledge or how might teacher’s and parent’s beliefs about knowledge affect young children? This chapter explores the answer to this question by discussing the research on epistemology and young children in relation to cognition and cognitive development.

Lessons of loss: Meaning-making in bereaved college students

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (121) ◽  
pp. 27-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Neimeyer ◽  
Anna Laurie ◽  
Tara Mehta ◽  
Heather Hardison ◽  
Joseph M. Currier
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making

Space for Grieving: Themes of Meaning Making and Growth Among Bereaved College Students

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. Lord ◽  
Sandra E. Gramling ◽  
Elizabeth Collison ◽  
Rachel Weiskittle
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making

Is First-Gen an Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Institutional and Familial Constructions of Self

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512091330
Author(s):  
Genia M. Bettencourt ◽  
Koboul E. Mansour ◽  
Mujtaba Hedayet ◽  
Patricia Tita Feraud-King ◽  
Kat J. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
First Generation College

Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include reexamining the role of first-generation-specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between first-generation status and other marginalized identities.

Epistemological Development and Attachment in European College Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 845-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Faria ◽  
Isabel Soares ◽  
Carolina Silva ◽  
Alice Bastos
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Epistemological Development ◽  
European College
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