Notions of intelligence and social-educational identity

Räty, Hannu

doi:10.1080/03055698.2014.989814

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“…It seems that theoreticalness may be viewed as an ability that is also appropriate in working life, probably based on the supposition that it still represents a valuable generic competence (Räty, 2015;cf. Sennett, 2006).…”

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“…However, many feel that the attainment of an academic degree demonstrates that they possess general, valuable (theoretical) abilities that can be applied in a variety of situations, including working life (Komulainen et al, 2015). Generally, a university degree and the related academic abilities still represent a significant part of their social identity (Räty, 2015).…”

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University students’ perceptions of their ‘ability selves’ and employability: a pilot study

Räty

Komulainen

Harvorsén

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Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy

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This study sets out to investigate the university students' perceptions of their current and expected 'ability selves' and the contribution of such perceptions to students' views of their own employability. The participants consisted of a group of male and female students (N = 104) who were asked to describe their present and anticipated abilities and to respond to a set of statements describing self-perceived employability. The students highlighted social aptness, extroversion and enterprise skills in particular as features related to ability selves in current discussions of working life. These interpretations were subsequently related to the optimism they had about their own employability. 'Ability selves' seem to play a role in the multifaceted process of subjective confidence formation regarding one's employment prospects after graduation. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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University students’ perceptions of their ‘ability selves’ and employability: a pilot study

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Komulainen

Harvorsén

et al. 2018

Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy

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“…However, many feel that the attainment of an academic degree validates the fact that they possess general, valuable (theoretical and analytical) abilities that can be applied in a variety of situations, including in working life (Komulainen et al 2012;Kurlin 2018). Generally, a university degree and the related academic abilities still represent a noteworthy part of their social identity (Räty 2015).…”

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Perceived employability and ability self among Finnish university students

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Employability is an increasing concern for university students. Our survey set out to examine university students' perceptions of their employability and the ways in which these perceptions relate to positions that subsequently connect students to working life: students' self-representational position or "ability self", and students' life-historical positions such as chosen field of study, phase of degree and working life experience. The participants comprised a sample of students (N = 1819) from two Finnish universities, representing diverse fields of study. It was found that apart from the field of study, the perceived proximity to graduation and working life was associated with the perception of employability. Furthermore, a set of self-attributed capabilities was associated with students' perceptions of employability, particularly extroversion, ambitious competitiveness, mental strength and the desired characteristics of a good employee; however, the attribution of academic skills showed opposing effects. It was concluded that both selfrepresentational and live-historical positions are part of the construction of students' optimism regarding their employability.

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“…Interview findings obtained from the Finnish context suggested that some individuals with a university degree in precarious work situations may question whether a university education amounts to a personal merit of which they can be unequivocally proud (Siivonen et al , 2016). However, many feel that the completion of an academic degree attests to the fact that they possess valuable theoretical abilities that can be applied broadly in working life (Räty, 2015).…”

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University students’ perceptions of their abilities relate to their entrepreneurial intent

Räty

Komulainen

Hytti

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine to what extent Finnish university students endorse entrepreneurial intent and the ways in which they position themselves in relation to entrepreneurship according to their self-perceived abilities or “ability self”. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted by means of an e-survey, and the participants comprised the sample of students (n =1,819) from two Finnish universities, representing diverse fields of study. Findings It was found that a great majority of the students showed a relatively low intent to become an entrepreneur. The perception of abilities, such as innovativeness and ambitiousness-competitiveness, was positively related with entrepreneurial intent, whereas the perception of academic abilities and “conventional” employee skills indicated inverse associations. Social implications The findings suggest that in terms of self-perceived abilities, entrepreneurship in an academic context is perceived as a rather restricted category to which only a few specific individuals have access. Accordingly, there is a certain tension between the tenets of entrepreneurship and corresponding abilities, and the ethos of universities and related high-valued abilities such as theoreticality and criticality. Originality/value Although employability and entrepreneur intent have been widely studied, little is known about students’ identification with entrepreneurship according to their ability perceptions. The present study contributes to the existing body of knowledge on university students’ “internal employability” that involves students’ self-assurance and views of work-related relevance with regard to supposed abilities.

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Notions of intelligence and social-educational identity

Cited by 9 publications

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University students’ perceptions of their ‘ability selves’ and employability: a pilot study

University students’ perceptions of their ‘ability selves’ and employability: a pilot study

Perceived employability and ability self among Finnish university students

University students’ perceptions of their abilities relate to their entrepreneurial intent

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