With lifelong learning at the fore, higher education cannot be regarded as an isolated trajectory in one's educational career and many students face substantial challenges in crafting their professional future. Higher Education Transitions aims to deepen our understanding of the transitions taking place when students enter, progress and leave education for the labour market. With an international team of contributors, this book examines fifteen empirical studies which include a range of quantitative, qualitative, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. It is essential reading for all those…mehr
With lifelong learning at the fore, higher education cannot be regarded as an isolated trajectory in one's educational career and many students face substantial challenges in crafting their professional future. Higher Education Transitions aims to deepen our understanding of the transitions taking place when students enter, progress and leave education for the labour market. With an international team of contributors, this book examines fifteen empirical studies which include a range of quantitative, qualitative, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. It is essential reading for all those interested in the transitions into higher education and the labour market.
Eva Kyndt is an assistant professor at the Research Group of Occupational and Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning at KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Belgium. Vincent Donche is an associate professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Training and Education Sciences at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Keith Trigwell is a professor of higher education at the University of Sydney, Australia. Sari Lindblom-Ylänne is a professor of higher education at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
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List of Contributors Preface 1. Investigating Transitions to higher education: A conceptual framework 2. Fear of Academic Failure as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 3. Different Transitions towards Learning at University: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Motivational Processes 4. Transition to an international degree programme: Preparedness, first-year experiences and success of students of different nationalities 5. Study success in science bachelor programmes: predictive value of secondary school grades 6. 'Cutting Rough Diamonds': The transition experiences First Generation Students in Higher Education Section 2: Transitions within higher education 7. Transitions within university: Concepts and cases 8. Student engagement and the transition from the first to second year in higher education 9. The development of learning strategies in higher education: impact of gender and prior education 10. Insights into the experienced stress and self-regulation of learning of veterinary students in educational transition phases 11. Who succeeds at the university and how much time does it take? A longitudinal analysis at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) 12. Learning journeys and Master's literacies: Chinese first-degree students' transitions to postgraduate studies in the UK Section 3: Transitions from higher education to the labour market 13. Transition from higher education to the labour market: State of the art 14. The labour market's requirements profiles for higher education graduates 15. The transition from university to working life - An exploration of graduates' perceptions of their academic competences 16. How higher education may contribute to the development of graduates' generic competences 17. Enrolment of first-year students in knowledge domains: Unpacking transformative practices in three introductory courses 18. Assessment of competences in knowledge work and object-bound collaboration during higher education courses Conclusion
List of Contributors Preface 1. Investigating Transitions to higher education: A conceptual framework 2. Fear of Academic Failure as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 3. Different Transitions towards Learning at University: Exploring the Heterogeneity of Motivational Processes 4. Transition to an international degree programme: Preparedness, first-year experiences and success of students of different nationalities 5. Study success in science bachelor programmes: predictive value of secondary school grades 6. 'Cutting Rough Diamonds': The transition experiences First Generation Students in Higher Education Section 2: Transitions within higher education 7. Transitions within university: Concepts and cases 8. Student engagement and the transition from the first to second year in higher education 9. The development of learning strategies in higher education: impact of gender and prior education 10. Insights into the experienced stress and self-regulation of learning of veterinary students in educational transition phases 11. Who succeeds at the university and how much time does it take? A longitudinal analysis at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) 12. Learning journeys and Master's literacies: Chinese first-degree students' transitions to postgraduate studies in the UK Section 3: Transitions from higher education to the labour market 13. Transition from higher education to the labour market: State of the art 14. The labour market's requirements profiles for higher education graduates 15. The transition from university to working life - An exploration of graduates' perceptions of their academic competences 16. How higher education may contribute to the development of graduates' generic competences 17. Enrolment of first-year students in knowledge domains: Unpacking transformative practices in three introductory courses 18. Assessment of competences in knowledge work and object-bound collaboration during higher education courses Conclusion
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