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标题：Moving Beyond First Year: An Exploration of Staff and Student Experience
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作者：David Birbeck ; Lois McKellar ; Kat Kenyon 等
期刊名称：Student Success
电子版ISSN：2205-0795
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：82-92
DOI：10.5204/ssj.1802
出版社：Queensland University of Technology
摘要：Transition pedagogy has had a major impact on the first year experience for higher education students in Australia. Similarly, there has been a significant focus on transitioning students from their final year of study to employment. Considerably fewer studies have sought to understand the “middle child”; the years in between the first and final year of study. Staff at a metropolitan Australian university noticed an increase in students struggling with university life after the first year of their program, with students purposefully withdrawing from courses or their program entirely. This article reports on focus groups held with staff and feedback via a student survey. Findings suggest the challenges faced by students in second year are multi-faceted, and curriculum and delivery should be intentionally designed to support students through a series of transitions throughout the university journey.
关键词：Retention; transition; first year; second year; curriculum design