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An Analysis of Pupil Concerns Regarding Transition into Higher Education

Authors : Mark Zarb, Angela A. Siegel

Published in: Higher Education for All. From Challenges to Novel Technology-Enhanced Solutions

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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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.

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Metadata
Title
An Analysis of Pupil Concerns Regarding Transition into Higher Education
Authors
Mark Zarb
Angela A. Siegel
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Higher Education for All. From Challenges to Novel Technology-Enhanced Solutions

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-97933-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-97934-2

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97934-2_1

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