Voices of Conflict: Students' and Lecturers' Perceptions of the Utility of the Bridging Program at University

Autor/inn/en	Efiritha, Chauraya; Nogget, Matope; Nyevero, Maruzani
Titel	Voices of Conflict: Students' and Lecturers' Perceptions of the Utility of the Bridging Program at University
Quelle	(2012), S.452-461 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1548-6613
Schlagwörter	College Students; College Faculty; Access to Education; Educationally Disadvantaged; College Bound Students; Transitional Programs; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Interviews; Questionnaires; Conflict; Social Bias; Gender Discrimination; Foreign Countries; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Fakultät; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Konflikt; Ausland; Simbabwe
Abstract	Tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe face the daunting challenge of increased need for university education by students. In response to the challenge, universities in Zimbabwe embark on strategies that increase accessibility to university education by disadvantaged students. One way through which the Zimbabwean universities are addressing the challenge is the BP (Bridging Program). This paper evaluates the BP at a Zimbabwean university by exploring the perceptions and experiences of students who have entered the university through bridging, those who entered through direct entry, as well as those of the lecturers who teach them. The study explored their perceptions and experiences by means of qualitative direct interviews with both students and lecturers and also through a questionnaire to the students. The results indicated a noble purpose of the program, however, voices of conflict between students and lecturers, students and students, and lecturers and lecturers on the intellectual and social frames of the program. The paper made several recommendations, the key of which is the need to: keep the BP as a stopgap measure, financially support the BP and achieve institutional change to remove stigma attached to bridging, and also remove gender discrimination. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10