Q1.3

Book

Journal

Online sources

Education Line

The conversation

HSRC Policy brief

South African Journal of Education

Journal of South African Affairs

Aims

determine the nature and detail of information recorded from the institutions of the failing first year undergrads (Johnston, 1997)

Use the staffs perspective on this issues as well as finding possible solutions to address those issues (Johnston, 1997)

accuracy of centrally held student records in relation to their results (Johnston, 1997)

uses statistics

emphasises points made

backs the aims of the research

universities unprepared (Panther, 2018)

for high drop out rates

lager enrolment numbers

more than 40%

increased from 500 000 in 1993 to 938 201 in 2011

solutions to stop the drop out rates

find the source of the issue

encourage the students

help them if the need it

make sure they feel like they belong

how the drop out rates are detrimental to South Africa's future

South Africans graduation percentage is the lowest in the world

15% graduation rate

30% of students dropped out in their first year in 2000

50% dropout rate between 2000 - 2003

students need......(Motsabi, et al., 2020)

adult support

personal support

friends support

persistance

reason to study

self-blame

external motivation

internal motivation

students some aspects different to lecturers

Effective written communications skills

Ability to handle
stress

An appropriate balance between
academic commitments and social life

lecturer and student comparisons of success and failure

viewed in 2 ways

similarities = common understanding

differences = dispute between what successful studying