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An analysis of pupil concerns regarding transition into higher education.

Zarb, Mark; Siegel, Angela A.

Authors

Angela A. Siegel



Contributors

Alexandra Ioana Cristea
Editor

Ig Ibert Bittencourt
Editor

Fernanda Lima
Editor

Abstract

Transitioning to higher education is often a stressful experience, with incoming students facing similar issues year after year. This chapter presents two years of data collection regarding the concerns of Computing secondary school pupils when considering their upcoming transition into the first year of higher education. Over the two-year period, it can be seen that pupils continue to demonstrate concerns regarding topics related to money, jobs and course achievement as opposed to those related to environment or social issues. The consistency between relative areas of concern over the two years is striking, further suggesting that an understanding of these issues might help higher education institutions to better support their incoming students.

Citation

ZARB, M. and SIEGEL, A.A. 2018. An analysis of pupil concerns regarding transition into higher education. In Cristea, A.I., Bittencourt, I.I. and Lima, F. (eds.) Revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 1st Higher education for all international workshop on social, semantic, adaptive and gamification techniques and technologies for distance learning (HEFA 2017): from challenges to novel technology-enhanced solutions, 20-24 March 2017, MaceiĆ³, Brazil. Communications in computer and information science, 832. Cham: Springer [online], pages 3-16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97934-2_1

Conference Name 1st Higher education for all international workshop on social, semantic, adaptive and gamification techniques and technologies for distance learning (HEFA 2017)
Conference Location MaceiĆ³, Brazil
Start Date Mar 20, 2017
End Date Mar 24, 2017
Acceptance Date Sep 30, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 4, 2018
Publication Date Aug 4, 2018
Deposit Date Aug 20, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Print ISSN 1865-0929
Publisher Springer
Pages 3-16
Series Title Communications in computer and information science
Series Number 832
Series ISSN 1865-0929
ISBN 9783319979335
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97934-2_1
Keywords Higher education; Secondary school pupils; Computing; Issues; Concerns
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3080

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