scholarly journals Supporting Transition: an analysis of the experience and performance of widening access students on their undergraduate degree programmes

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-150
Author(s):  
Jason Annetts ◽  
Hazel Work ◽  
Andrea Cameron ◽  
Amy Miller ◽  
Vilja Niitamo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Alternative Route ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Life ◽  
And Performance

The paper examines the experience and performance of Abertay Access to Higher Education programme, AHEAD. The research is largely based on a qualitative analysis of two focus groups and nine in-depth, semi-structured interviews with former AHEAD students. A statistical analysis of the performance of all AHEAD students on their chosen undergraduate degrees between 2012-13 and 2016-17 was also conducted. The paper demonstrates that AHEAD is an effective alternative route to higher education and argues that university-based access courses may be better in preparing these students for the culture and rigours of university life.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Disiplin Kerja, Komunikasi terhadap Kinerja Pegawai dengan Kepuasan Kerja Sebagai Variabel Intervenning

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Maskarto Lucky Nara Rosmadi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
High Education ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Education Department ◽  
West Java ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
And Performance

This research is to know and analyze about Work Discipline, and communication to job satisfaction and its implication to performance of field of Higher Education and High Education Office of West Java Province. The method used in this research is qualitative analysis. Methods of data collection is done by interview and questionnaire, while data processing used SPSS software version 23.00. Based on the results of research, it is found that work discipline, communication, job satisfaction and performance of employees at good level. In general, the independent variable working on job satisfaction is 0.479 or 47.90%, and communication variables to job satisfaction of 0.293 or 29.30%, and variable earnings on performance is equal to 0.783 or 78.30%. From the results of research conducted, then all the broad variables will have a significant effect on the performance of employees of Higher Education and Higher Education Department of West Java Province.

scholarly journals ARTIKEL REKRUTMEN APARATUR DESA TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KINERJA PEMERINTAH DI DESA ANALUTUR, KECAMATAN BABAT TIMUR KABUPATEN MALUKU BARAT DAYA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulius Luturmas
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Recruitment Performance

ABSTRACTThe Village Government apparatus of Analutur, Southwest Maluku Regency is not excellent, and one of the influencing factors is that the Village Apparatus Recruitment is not carried out properly. By using associative research methods that link recruitment and performance. Data were collected by conducting structured interviews, observations, literature study, and distributing a list of questions to 50 respondents. then analyzed quantitatively (Product Moment Correlation Statistical Analysis). The results show that the correlation between apparatus recruitment and government performance in Analutur Village, Southwest Maluku Regency is 0.857. Based on the coefficient of determination, it is proven that recruitment contributes to performance by 62.2% and the remaining 37.8% is determined by other variables which are constant. Furthermore, a significant test was carried out using t-count at a confidence level of 0.05%. And the result is t-count of 8.888> t-table 1.68, which means that the hypothesis is accepted. Keywords: Apparatus Recruitment, Performance and Village Improvement

Political Economy and the Science of Economics in Victorian Britain

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Tribe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Victorian Britain ◽  
New Science ◽  
University Life

This chapter looks at the historical understanding of political economy. It also describes the transformation of political economy as a general understanding of wealth and its distribution to a new science of economics. This transition can be linked to the expanding system of public education during the later end of the nineteenth century and the reorganisation of university life around teaching and research in modern subjects. The movement for wider access to higher education was associated with the formation of new university subjects in the humanities. Among these modern subjects, commerce and economics were prominent as new disciplines of study relevant to the modern world.

scholarly journals Access to Higher Education in Canada

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Neil Guppy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Language Group ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
University Level ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The University ◽  
Modest Reduction

This paper examines changes in access to higher education in Canada for individuals born in the first half of this century. The data show variations in attendance at, or graduation from, university or non-university postsecondary educational programmes by gender, language group, and socioeconomic background. The statistical analysis uses information from a large, nationally representative sample of Canadians. Results show a process of democratization at the postsecondary non- university level, but only a modest reduction in disparities at the university level.

scholarly journals University Teachers and Their Reflections on Their Pedagogical Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-229
Author(s):  
Barbora Nekardová
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Development ◽  
The University

In this paper, I deal with the question of how university teachers perceive and evaluate their pedagogical development. I originate from a qualitative analysis of 9 in-depth semi-structured interviews with teachers from different faculties of Masaryk University who participated in a two-semester educational program aimed at increasing pedagogical competencies organized by the university. The respondents draw attention to the lack of educational opportunities to support pedagogical competencies, identifying several areas in which they would like to develop. That is why they had applied for a program organized by the University. As a part of this program, it wasn‘t the intensive full-time course led by experienced lecturers that teachers evaluated as the best, but a collaboration with a mentor they chose from their colleagues on their own. These findings are discussed in the context of current efforts of higher education institutions to achieve excellence in teaching.

scholarly journals Los estudiantes

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Dubet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Great Part ◽  
Student Life ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
French Society ◽  
University Life ◽  
And Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Collective Actor ◽  
Multiple Variants

En este texto se busca establecer parámetros para responder  a la pregunta ¿qué son los estudiantes?, en el contexto de la educación superior en Francia, considerando, en principio, la aparición de dos procesos que dominan la vida universitaria de dicho país desde hace 40 años: la masificación del acceso a los estudios superiores y la diversificación de la oferta universitaria. Se revisan las múltiples variantes que arroja el traslape de estos dos fenómenos partiendo de dos premisas: los estudiantes incluyen, a la vez, a gran parte de la juventud, una juventud definida por condiciones de vida que rebasan a la propia universidad, y también son estudiantes propiamente dichos, definidos por condiciones de estudios particulares. El estudiante no se puede reducir ni a su papel ni a su condición, sino que elabora una experiencia que articula una manera de ser joven y una relación con los estudios.A través del análisis del recorrido que representa la vida estudiantil se intenta comprender, también, por qué el mundo estudiantil, pese a estar débilmente organizado, se constituye como actor colectivo durante algunas movilizaciones masivas y movimientos que plantean frecuentemente a la sociedad francesa el problema del lugar y la función de la enseñanza superior.AbstractThis article attempts to establish parameters in order to answer the question: What are students? within the context of higher education in France , considering, firstly, the appearance of two processes ruling university life in that country for the last 40 years: the mass access to higher education and the diversification of the university offer. This works reviews the multiple variants that these two overlapping phenomena yield, starting from two premises: the students include, at the same time, a great part of today's youth, a youth defined by living conditions that surpass the university itself, and they are also students, defined by conditions of particular studies. The student can not be reduced either to his/her role or to his /her condition, but he/she creates an experience that articulates a way of being young and a relationship with studies.Through the analysis of what student life represents, we also attempt to understand why the student world, in spite of being weakly organized, becomes a collective actor during some mass demonstrations and movements that frequently pose to French society the problem of the place and function of higher education.

scholarly journals Are Social Media Sites a Platform for Formal or Informal learning? Students’ Experiences in Institutions of Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cedric Bheki Mpungose
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Group Interviews

By being oblivious to the recent paradigm shift from formal learning to informal learning platforms, higher education institutions (HEIs) disadvantage student learning in the digital age. With the aim of bringing awareness of the need to shift from the use of learning management systems (LMS) to social media sites (SMS), this study explores students’ experiences of the use of SMS for learning science modules. This qualitative interpretive case study was carried out at two universities, with electronic reflective activities, Zoom focus group interviews and WhatsApp one-on-one semi-structured interviews used to generate data. The sample was a total of 47 students purposively selected from science modules in a teacher education programme at two schools of education, one in South Africa and one in the United States of America. Data were thematically analysed and framed by social constructivism and connectivism. Findings indicated that learning of science modules is mainly through LMS, at the expense of SMS which are preferred by the students. The study concludes that since SMS are used effectively for students’ communication and collaboration outside of the lecture hall, then HEIs need to shift to thinking about bringing these SMS inside and putting them to use for effective learning.

scholarly journals Collaborative learning and choral confidence: the role of peer interactions in building confident amateur choirs

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Michael Bonshor
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
And Performance

This article describes some of the collaborative processes that take place within adult amateur choirs, and demonstrates some associations between group dynamics, peer learning and the development of choral confidence. Three focus groups and 16 individual interviews provided 40 hours of verbal data. The research aims were: to explore the lived experience of amateur choral singers in relation to their confidence levels; to identify some of the factors affecting singers’ confidence in their vocal skills and choral performance ability; to use the data to extrapolate strategies designed for managing confidence issues amongst amateur choral singers. Data was collected during semi-structured interviews and focus groups with amateur singers. The superordinate themes, which emerged from the data, included collaboration and teamwork, reciprocal peer learning, and the contribution of unofficial team leaders to effective learning and performance. All of these factors were reported as increasing individual and collective confidence levels. The findings highlight the role of peer interactions and social learning in developing the confidence of choral singers, and suggest ways in which conductors might optimize these interactions to build confidence during choir rehearsals and performances.

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