Dissertation
Education students' first year experience on a regional university campus
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern Queensland
2015
Abstract
This study investigates the factors which impact on the first year experience of pre-service education students on a small campus of a regional university, the timing and interaction of these factors across the full first year of study, and the effectiveness of the research method to gather data on the students' first year experiences, as well as a unintended but effective method of supporting students to be successful. The initial impetus for the investigation was the researcher's concern that despite the efforts of secondary schools to equip students with the required academic, social, and emotional skills to transition to tertiary study, a substantial number of university students continued to withdraw from university either during, or shortly after, their first year of study. With the researcher's move from secondary school to take up a teaching role on a small campus of a regional university, the difficulties the students faced when transitioning became more evident, as too was the knowledge there was extensive support available to these students if they so wished.
Details
- Title
- Education students' first year experience on a regional university campus
- Authors
- Trevor Black (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
- Awarding institution
- University of Southern Queensland
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451072502621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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