跳至主要内容

Perception of Growth Condition in the University from the Perspective of Freshmen Students

Read  full  paper  at:
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53917#.VNsO-izQrzE

ABSTRACT
This study aims to analyze and assess the perceptions that freshmen students recent graduating from high school have towards their adaptation in college, as well as comprehending how this process of transition from high school to college occurs. Thus, a qualitative study was conducted, using semi-structured interviews. Eight students from a public college institution in Brazil participated in this study. Analysis of Content was used in order to analyze the data, which were grouped into semantic categories. The results show that the aspects related to teaching, didacticism and relationship with professors are important to the adaptation process and these three aspects are from interdependent categories. Although the insertion in a different environment was potentially adverse, the students cope this reality as an opportunity for personal growth. Regarding to the perception of the growth condition, the results show that the participants focused in extracurricular and curricular activities offered by the University and not in the affirmative policies.
 
Cite this paper
Pinho, A. , Bastos, A. , de Jesus, A. , Martins, R. and Dourado, L. (2015) Perception of Growth Condition in the University from the Perspective of Freshmen Students. Creative Education, 6, 154-163. doi: 10.4236/ce.2015.62014.
 
References
[1]Almeida, L. S. (2002). Factores de sucesso/insucesso no ensino superior. In Actas do Seminário Sucesso e Insucesso no ensino superior Português. Lisboa: Conselho Nacional de Educação, 103-119.
 
[2]Almeida, L. S. (2007). Transição, adaptação acadêmica e êxito escolar no ensino superior. Revista Galego-Portuguesa de Psicoloxía e Educación, 15, 203-215.
 
[3]Almeida, L. S., & Cruz, J. F. A. (2010). Transição e Adaptação Académica: reflexões em torno dos alunos do 1o ano da Universidade do Minho. In Ensino Superior em Mudança: Tensões e Possibilidades. UM. CIEd. Actas do Congresso Ibérico, Braga, Portugal.
 
[4]Almeida, L. S., Soares, A. P., & Ferreira, J. A. (2000). Transição e adaptação à Universidade: Apresentação do Questionário de Vivências Académicas. Psicologia, 19, 189-208.
 
[5]Almeida, L. S., Soares, A. P., Guisande, A. A., & Paisana, J. (2007). Rendimento académico no ensino superior: Estudo com alunos do 1o ano. Revista Galego-Portuguesa de Psicoloxía e Educación, 14, 207-220.
 
[6]Azevedo, A., & Faria, L. (2004). Transição para o ensino superior: Estudo preliminar de um Questionário de Experiências de Transição Académica. Porto: Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação.
http://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/15645/2/83171.pdf
 
[7]Coulon, A. (2008). A condição de estudante: A entrada na vida universitária. Salvador: EDUFBA.
 
[8]Igue, E. A., Bariani, I. C. D., & Milanesi, P. V. B. (2008). Vivência acadêmica e expectativas de universitários ingressantes e concluintes. Psico-USF, 13, 155-164.
 
[9]Machado, M. C. (2009) Vagas no ensino superior quadruplicam. Ministério da Educação.
http://portal.mec.gov.br/
 
[10]Pachane, G. G. (2003). A experiência universitária e sua contribuição ao desenvolvimento pessoal do aluno. In E. Mercuri, & S. A. J. Polydoro, (Orgs.), Estudante universitário: Características e experiências de formação. Taubaté: Cabral.
 
[11]Soares, A. B., Poubel, L. N., & Mello, T. V. S. (2009). Habilidades sociais e adaptação acadêmica: Um estudo comparativo em instituições de ensino público e privado. Aletheia, 29, 27-42.
 
[12]Soares, A. P. (2003). Transição e adaptação ao Ensino Superior: construção e validação de um modelo multidimensional de ajustamento de jovens ao contexto universitário. Dissertação de doutoramento. Braga, Portugal.
 
[13]Teixeira, M. A. P., Castro, D. G., & Piccolo, L. R. (2007). Adaptação à Universidade em Estudantes Universitários: Um estudo correlacional. Interação em Psicologia, 11, 211-220.
 
[14]Teixeira, M. A. P., Dias, A. C. G., Wottrich, S. H., & Oliveira, A. M. (2008). Adaptação à universidade em jovens calouros. Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, 12, 185-202.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-85572008000100013                            eww150211lx
标签：

评论

发表评论

此博客中的热门博文

Does Immigration Promote the Investment of the Monopolistic Firm?

In the present paper, we examine the effect of increasing uncertainty of immigrants’ growth on the optimal timing of investment of a firm that has a monopolistic power over the labor market. It is revealed that when the uncertainty of immigrants’ growth is more than a threshold level, increasing uncertainty of immigrants’ growth accelerates the optimal timing of firms’ investment and enhances the economic growth, even if the uncertainty of immigrants’ growth is formulated by the geometric Brownian motion, which is in sharp contrast to the standard result that an increase in the uncertainty postpones the optimal timing. With an increase in the immigrants over the past ten years, workforces in the host countries have been growing significantly to the extent that the immigrants represent 70% of the increase in the workforce in Europe, and 47% in the United States as OECD indicates. In the present paper, we attempted to investigate the effect of increased uncertainty caused by the growi...
发表评论
阅读全文

Education Policy Implementation: A Mechanism for Enhancing Primary Education Development in Zanzibar

Education is one of the fundamental rights of individuals; therefore, the government of a country needs to develop and strengthen educational policy and quality as well as to ensure that everyone has equal access to basic education. The improvement of access and quality of education in the world is becoming as an essential factor in development, whereas the basic education (primary school), is acknowledged as a foundation of the higher educational development for every country. To fulfill this goal, governments introduce several policies and procedures; however, it requires some reforms and participation from the politician, policymakers, and other stakeholders to re-examine educational policy so that it can lead to multiplication and betterment of the reforms. Educational reforms actually focus on accountability. A positive educational development and reform is very challenging and needs more effort and strategy on how to use and utilize the resources effectively as such it can achie...
发表评论
阅读全文