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How Shall I Live? Constructing a Life Story in the College Years
Author(s) -
McAdams Dan P.,
Guo Jennifer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20091
Subject(s) - narrative , higher education , identity (music) , student development , pedagogy , narrative identity , psychology , narrative inquiry , sociology , mathematics education , aesthetics , political science , literature , art , law
This chapter applies the concept of narrative identity to college student development. The authors describe a narrative interview method that can be used to promote the development of a purposeful life story in the college years.