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