ABSTRACT While women enter and complete graduate programs at lower rates than men, there is limited research on how the experience of motherhood plays a role in graduate program success. Graduate students who are also mothers cannot discontinue their parenting responsibilities while they complete their degrees, making graduate school additionally challenging. This qualitative study used structured interview protocols, image elicitation, and trajectory drawings to consider the relationship that motherhood had on the experience of 10 full-time graduate students. Discussion includes suggestions to support nontraditional student success in intensive graduate-level teacher education programs.

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母亲在研究生教师执照计划中的复杂角色

摘要尽管女性入学和完成研究生课程的学费要比男性低，但是关于孕产经历如何对研究生课程取得成功的作用的研究却很少。也是母亲的研究生在完成学位后不能终止其育儿职责，这给研究生院带来了更多挑战。这项定性研究使用结构化的访谈协议，图像启发和轨迹图来考虑孕产与10名全日制研究生的经历之间的关系。讨论内容包括一些建议，以支持非传统的学生在密集的研究生水平的教师教育计划中取得成功。