Academic tutors at the frontline of student support in a cohort of students succeeding in higher education
العنوان: | Academic tutors at the frontline of student support in a cohort of students succeeding in higher education |
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المؤلفون: | Damian Parry, Cathy Walsh, Carl Larsen |
المصدر: | Educational Studies. 35:405-424 |
بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2009. |
سنة النشر: | 2009 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Academic year, Higher education, business.industry, Peer relationships, Education, North west, Pedagogy, Cohort, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Psychology, business, Support services, Career counseling, Cohort study |
الوصف: | Retention and continuation are key challenges for educators in higher education; understanding the issues that make either a positive or negative impact on student success and drop‐out is therefore pivotal. Previous studies have concentrated around the issues contributing to students' decisions not to continue with their course of study. In contrast, this study used a questionnaire approach in a university in the North West of England with a group of students who have successfully progressed between levels of study. Two hundred and forty‐eight students took part in the study in the first week of the new academic year; they were asked about the support services that they had accessed generically, and then specifically related to academic and pastoral issues during the previous year of study. Students reported that their preferred support mechanisms for academic issues were, unsurprisingly, academic tutors and peers on their course; pastoral issues were more frequently referred to friends and family outside... |
تدمد: | 1465-3400 0305-5698 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::cee13b14c699a402c3b7665c12980650 https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902876438 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........cee13b14c699a402c3b7665c12980650 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 14653400 03055698 |
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