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The Sociology of College Students’ Identity Formation
Author(s) -
Kaufman Peter
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.20093
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , higher education , identity (music) , sociology , identity formation , pedagogy , psychology , social identity theory , social psychology , self concept , social science , social group , political science , aesthetics , law , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science
The dominant paradigm in the literature of college student development reflects a cognitive or psychological bias when considering the effect that college has on students. This chapter offers an alternative perspective by recognizing college as a social process and subsequently examines students’ identity formation from a sociological perspective.