Abstract
This article aims to explain the role of university experience in the reconfiguration of the Self from the dimensions analyzed in psychosocial development, pointing to contributions of Cultural Psychology. Extracted from a qualitative approach, it presents an empirical cut of an episodic interview with an indigenous university student. The results of the study point out that university experience has a meaning as space-time conducive to transitions, in which the tensions between local and scientific knowledge, peer acknowledgments and intercultural dialog space are the highlights of the students, who transform into symbolic resources, promoters of the reconfiguration of the Self in the academic context. The conclusions confirm that the dimensions of the Self in educational contexts are formed and reactivated during critical phases of life, moments of change, such as the entry of young people into the university, and of identity and sociocultural repositioning, which seem typical of youth transitions.
Keywords:
College Students; adult development; School Psychology