Description
Stepping up to the Second Year at University
Academic, psychological and social dimensions
Research into Higher Education Series
Coordinators: Milsom Clare, Stewart Martyn, Yorke Mantz, Zaitseva Elena
Language: EnglishSubject for Stepping up to the Second Year at University:
Keywords
SRHE; Mantz Yorke; Higher Education; Second year study; student experience; Curriculum design; student engagement; student development; student voice; Outdoor Education Students; Grade Point Average; GPA; Final Degree Mark; Yr1 Yr2 Yr3; Conceptual Change Learning; Deeper Study Strategies; Final Year’s Marks; Comp 1; Stage Points; Baxter Magolda; Good Honours Degree; Qualifications Frameworks; Honours Degree Classification; Procrastination Tendency; Personal Development; Mastery Goals; Data Warehouse; Teach Student Cohorts; Personal Tutoring; Undergraduate Degree Programme; Metacognition Scale; Favourable Concept; Coursework Feedback
Publication date: 12-2014
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 12-2014
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Description
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Programmes in higher education tend to focus attention on the student?s first year (because of concerns about student transition and retention) and on their final year (because of student exiting for their future careers). The middle year(s) of programmes receive relatively little attention which can often lead to a slump in student development at a crucial point in their studies. Stepping up to the Second Year at University provides practical advice that can be implemented by staff throughout higher education institutions. Rather than providing a set of prescriptions to be slavishly implemented, it prompts practitioners to think constructively about curriculum design and delivery, and about maximising student potential within the context of their particular institution. Amongst the questions asked in this book are:
- In what way do students? perceptions of their experience shift as they progress through the first two years of study?
- How do psychological factors bear on student engagement and performance in the second year?
- What in the second-year curriculum might need greater attention?
- How can the analysis of institutional data help?
This book, builds on critiques existing international research on the mid-years experience and also features evidence from a significant new research project from Liverpool John Moores University, provides a number of starting points for institutions? enhancement activities as they seek to make the experience of their students as rewarding as possible. It is a must read for institutional managers of higher academic programmes, higher education practitioners and anyone interested in the development of teaching at higher education level.
Chapter 1 Why study the second year?
Chapter 2 Defining the second year
Chapter 3 Shifting perspectives from first to second year
Chapter 4 Psychological orientations to learning in the second year
Chapter 5 Positive curriculum design for the second year
Chapter 6 Implications for student support in the second year
Chapter 7 Maximising the use of institutional data
Chapter 8 Listening for signals in the noise, and acting on them
Clare Milsom is Director, Teaching and Learning Academy at LMJU.
Martyn Stewart is Senior Lecturer in Research Methods at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Mantz Yorke is a member of the Project Team at LJMU and is currently Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University.
Elena Zaitseva is a research officer at LJMU.