"I Cannot Mess This up Anymore": The Experiences of Undergraduates Who Withdraw and Start Again Elsewhere

Autor/inn/en	Withey, Lisa; Fox, Claire L.; Hartley, James
Titel	"I Cannot Mess This up Anymore": The Experiences of Undergraduates Who Withdraw and Start Again Elsewhere
Quelle	In: Psychology Teaching Review, 20 (2014) 1, S.78-89 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-948X
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Withdrawal (Education); Transfer Students; Reentry Students; Coping; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Attitudes; Phenomenology; Decision Making; Self Concept; Social Support Groups; Educational Improvement; Dropouts; Expectation; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kursabbruch; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Bewältigung; Schülerverhalten; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Selbstkonzept; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This research sought to explore undergraduates' experiences of non-completion and re-uptake, with a particular focus on coping strategies. Five undergraduate students who had left the university system and then re-entered it took part in semi-structured interviews about their feelings and experiences in this context, and these were then analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Six themes emerged that are highlighted by quotations from the students' concerns to illustrate their difficulties in decision-making, coping, identity-development, and social and academic issues. The findings suggest the need for: (i) greater academic and social support for such returning students; (ii) greater academic and social support generally in the first year of study; and (iii) improvements in the ways of promoting higher education and its alternatives to potential and incoming students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01