Sarah McDonald

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University of South Australia

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Dr. Sarah McDonald is a Lecturer at the University of South Australia. Her research primarily focuses on gender, social class, and the experiences of first-in-family students in higher education. Recent publications include studies on the aspirations of working-class young men in STEM fields and the role of care in the academic environment. Dr. McDonald is committed to exploring the intersections of identity and educational experiences to enhance understanding and support for diverse student populations.

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University of South Australia Postgraduate Research Award

Open Date: 2018-03-01

Close Date: 2021-03-01

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Reasserting care in higher education: perspectives from female early and mid-career researchers

The Necessity of Trust: Young Men from Low Socio-Economic Backgrounds Reflecting on What Counts in Career Counselling at the Secondary Level

‘Girls do this, guys do that’: how first-in-family students negotiate working-class gendered subjectivities during a time of social change

“I come from a poor family”: deciphering how working-class young men aspire to and experience their journeys in STEM higher education

‘I don’t feel like I belong’: first-in-family girls’ constructions of belonging and space during the transition from secondary school into university

‘I’d rather not bring any attention to myself’: shyness and belonging(s) during the first-year university experience

Mathematics homework and the potential compounding of educational disadvantage

Why school context matters in refugee education

Indigenous university pathways, WIL and the strengthening of aspirations: Robbie’s journey as a learner

Many truths, many knowledges, many forms of reason: Understanding middle‐school student approaches to sources of information on the internet

Boys, science and literacy: place-based masculinities, reading practices and the ‘science literate boy’

Investigating the role of gender, social class and curriculum in the first-in-family higher education experience

Resourcing Their Own Aspirations: First-In-Family Young People and DIY Career Counselling

Scoping review of conceptions of literacy in middle school science

Year 3 student career choices: Exploring societal changes in constructions of masculinity and femininity in career choice justifications

Social capital and self-crafting: comparing two case studies of first-in-family males navigating elite Australian universities

Feminine subjectivities and aspirational learner identities: Asian–Australian young women navigating possible selves in the first year of university

Collaborators (16)

Laura Scholes

Yating Hu

Tin Nguyen

Kirsten Fairbairn

Maria Vieira

Reece Mills

Helen Stephenson

Cassandra Loeser

Hannah Soong

Jennifer Stokes

Melanie Baak

Barbara Comber

Anna Sullivan

Lisa O'Keeffe

Garth Stahl

Bruce Johnson

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