scholarly journals The role of first-year experience excursion in promoting social integration at university: Student teachers’ views

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Arends ◽  
Nadine F. Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
University Student ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year

scholarly journals Using photo elicitation to understand first-year student experiences: Student metaphors of life, university and learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 146978742090838
Author(s):  
Ella R Kahu ◽  
Catherine Picton
Keyword(s):  
University Student ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Elicitation Method ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
First Year Student

The transition from school to university is challenging and a greater knowledge of the first-year student experience will enable staff to better support their students. University- and government-run student surveys fail to capture the depth and breadth of the first-year experience and so qualitative research is needed to get a more nuanced and holistic understanding of students’ lives. The study described in this article used a photo elicitation method. We asked students to choose four images that represented their first year at university. The data – the chosen photographs and the students’ explanations of their choices – were thematically analysed, focusing in particular on the diverse metaphors students used to depict three dimensions of their experiences: life, university and learning. The findings highlight the dual nature of the transition to university – learning to be a university student and learning to be an adult – as well as the challenges and stresses of that process. The lack of agency that students felt is evident. The students likened their journey to a rollercoaster and talked of not being able to keep up with the fast-moving curriculum. They depicted themselves as passive acquirers of knowledge. The findings offer new ways for staff to understand the challenges that potentially disrupt student engagement in the first year. Both students and staff could benefit from recognising the metaphors in their thinking and, potentially, seeking new metaphors that might reveal different and more positive ways of experiencing the first year in higher education.

The role of the first-year experience in student attrition

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-322
Author(s):  
Irina Shcheglova ◽  
Elena Gorbunova ◽  
Igor Chirikov
Keyword(s):  
Student Attrition ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year

scholarly journals Building conceptions of teaching: Students' perceptions expressed through artifacts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moeniera Moosa ◽  
Laura Dison
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
South African ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Conceptions Of Teaching ◽  
Schooling Experiences

Teacher education researchers have been grappling with the question of how students perceive teaching. This is an issue complicated by inadequate schooling conditions. In this paper, we report on an intervention used in a campus-based teaching experience programme at the Wits School of Education that involved first-year students producing artifacts that included statues or posters to depict their conceptions of teaching. Students drew on their schooling experiences to formulate their ideas. Our intention was to provide multimodal opportunities for first-year student teachers to articulate their views and perform, as it were, their understanding of teaching through visual and written forms. We wanted to explore how students, working in groups, developed the capacity to represent their conceptions as they designed and made an artifact to depict the role of South African teachers. Interesting findings about the power of representing ideas visually in combination with written reflections emerged from our analysis of their outputs. We argue that the exclusive use of traditional written methods to elicit student teachers' conceptions of teaching limits the creative and critical possibilities for students to extend and challenge their common-sense assumptions about teaching.

Understanding difference through dialogue: A first-year experience for college students.

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charu Thakral ◽  
Philip L. Vasquez ◽  
Bette L. Bottoms ◽  
Alicia K. Matthews ◽  
Kimberly M. Hudson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
First Year Experience ◽  
First Year
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