Casualties of Schooling? 18 to 22 Year Old Students in a Tertiary Bridging Program

Autor/inn/en	Whannell, Robert; Allen, Bill; Lynch, Kathy
Titel	Casualties of Schooling? 18 to 22 Year Old Students in a Tertiary Bridging Program
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 35 (2010) 5, S.1-17 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Transitional Programs; Postsecondary Education; College Students; Nontraditional Students; Student Characteristics; Learner Engagement; Coping; Academic Achievement; High School Students; Readiness; Teacher Student Relationship; Family Relationship; Peer Relationship; Psychological Patterns; Cognitive Development; Social Theories; Educational Theories; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Collegestudent; Bewältigung; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Kognitive Entwicklung; Gesellschaftstheorie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	A sample of 81 students between the ages of 18 and 22 years in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university completed a questionnaire examining how demographics, social context, academic engagement and the ability to cope with the curriculum complexity influenced academic success in high school and adversely affected their preparedness for tertiary study. The demographics of the study participants, including socio-economic status, private/public school attendance and first in family to attend university were such that the study participants could not be considered to be members of a disadvantaged group. The study supports the hypothesis that a number of the study participants are casualties of their schooling and their poor long term academic performance at high school occurred due to poor student-teacher relationships with associated poor academic engagement. The implications for educational pedagogy for educators in tertiary bridging programs are discussed. (Contains 10 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ajte.education.ecu.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10