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Hopes, Challenges and Goals—Voices of First-Year At-Risk Higher Education Students in South Africa
South African Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2020.1806919 Cookie M. Govender 1
South African Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2020.1806919 Cookie M. Govender 1
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ABSTRACT South African (SA) first-year university students are especially at risk due to poor performance, high dropout and student protest marches. They face challenges of academic performance, retention and decreased throughput rates. While some students overcome their challenges and risks to succeed into their second year of study, some fall prey to their challenges. These students become “at risk” of not succeeding into their second year of study. For student support strategies to work, listening to student voices may be necessary. The academic voices of students, especially those of first-year at-risk students should be heard by educators, society and policy makers. The study research question was: what do at-risk first-year students perceive to be their hopes, challenges and goals of their learning at a South African higher education institution? An open-ended survey questionnaire was administered to a purposive sample (n = 64) to capture student narrative perceptions. Thematic analysis explored three themes with subthemes. Subthemes of theme 1, student hopes, are to gain knowledge, understanding and motivation. Theme 2, student challenges, revealed subthemes of a lack of understanding, keeping pace with lecturers, rowdy classrooms and time management. Theme 3, student goals, produced one subtheme: to pass their modules. The study contributes theoretically by adding to the body of knowledge on first-year at-risk student perceptions. Practically, the findings offer educators, business, government and society insight into student academic, social and personal voices. Further research on first-year at-risk student voices in Africa is recommended.
中文翻译:
希望、挑战和目标——南非高危高校一年级学生的心声
摘要 南非 (SA) 一年级大学生由于表现不佳、辍学率高和学生抗议游行而尤其处于危险之中。他们面临学业成绩、保留率和吞吐率下降的挑战。虽然有些学生克服了挑战和风险,成功进入了第二年的学习,但有些学生却成为挑战的牺牲品。这些学生“面临”无法顺利进入第二年学习的“风险”。为了使学生支持策略起作用,可能需要倾听学生的声音。教育工作者、社会和政策制定者应该听到学生的学术声音,尤其是一年级高危学生的声音。研究的研究问题是:有风险的一年级学生认为他们的希望是什么?他们在南非高等教育机构学习的挑战和目标?对有目的的样本 (n = 64) 进行了开放式调查问卷,以捕捉学生的叙事感知。主题分析探索了三个带有副主题的主题。主题 1 的子主题,学生希望,是获得知识、理解和动力。主题 2,学生挑战,揭示了缺乏理解、跟上讲师步伐、喧闹的课堂和时间管理等子主题。主题 3,学生目标,产生了一个副主题:通过他们的模块。该研究通过增加有关一年级高危学生认知的知识体系,在理论上做出了贡献。实际上,这些发现为教育工作者、企业、政府和社会提供了对学生学术、社会和个人声音的洞察力。
更新日期:2020-01-02
中文翻译:
希望、挑战和目标——南非高危高校一年级学生的心声
摘要 南非 (SA) 一年级大学生由于表现不佳、辍学率高和学生抗议游行而尤其处于危险之中。他们面临学业成绩、保留率和吞吐率下降的挑战。虽然有些学生克服了挑战和风险,成功进入了第二年的学习,但有些学生却成为挑战的牺牲品。这些学生“面临”无法顺利进入第二年学习的“风险”。为了使学生支持策略起作用,可能需要倾听学生的声音。教育工作者、社会和政策制定者应该听到学生的学术声音,尤其是一年级高危学生的声音。研究的研究问题是:有风险的一年级学生认为他们的希望是什么?他们在南非高等教育机构学习的挑战和目标?对有目的的样本 (n = 64) 进行了开放式调查问卷,以捕捉学生的叙事感知。主题分析探索了三个带有副主题的主题。主题 1 的子主题,学生希望,是获得知识、理解和动力。主题 2,学生挑战,揭示了缺乏理解、跟上讲师步伐、喧闹的课堂和时间管理等子主题。主题 3,学生目标,产生了一个副主题:通过他们的模块。该研究通过增加有关一年级高危学生认知的知识体系,在理论上做出了贡献。实际上,这些发现为教育工作者、企业、政府和社会提供了对学生学术、社会和个人声音的洞察力。