ABSTRACT

This article explores beginner student and staff perspectives of study preparedness across higher education institutions and disciplines in Norway, focusing on writing, reading and academic working skills. Drawing on focus group interviews among academic staff and students, findings show a certain academic unpreparedness by beginner students. Students apparently are not used to working hard or independently enough, struggling to read large text amounts, showing a lack of academic writing and reading skills. For hard-working students, findings show differences between non-selective and selective study programmes. Selective programmes, for example, law, seem to be more structured and aligned with upper-secondary school. Students in these programmes are a positively selected group, expected to be better prepared than their counterparts in open programmes. The article contributes to a combined perspective by students and staff on study preparedness across disciplines and institutions, with implications for further research and quality in higher education.

摘要

本文探讨了挪威各高等教育机构和学科的初学者和教职员工对学习准备的看法，重点是写作，阅读和学术工作技能。通过对教职员工和学生进行的焦点小组访谈，研究结果表明，初学者有一定的学术准备。学生显然不习惯于努力工作或足够独立地工作，努力阅读大量文本，这表明缺乏学术写作和阅读技能。对于勤奋的学生，调查结果显示了非选择性和选择性学习计划之间的差异。选择性课程，例如法律，似乎更加结构化，并与高中课程保持一致。这些课程中的学生属于积极选择的群体，与开放项目中的同行相比，他们期望有更好的准备。本文有助于学生和教职员工对各学科和机构的学习准备情况有一个综合的看法，对进一步研究和高等教育质量具有启示意义。