dc.contributor.author | Delaney, Deborah | |
dc.contributor.author | McPhail, Ruth | |
dc.contributor.author | Pentecost, Robin | |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts, Robin Elaine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-24T04:48:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-24T04:48:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2327-7955 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/123577 | |
dc.description.abstract | For students commencing university study their first year can be a challenging and daunting experience. Selfefficacy,
being the students’ own perception of themselves and their personal capabilities, is critical to a student’s ability
to transition from high school to university (Bandura 1997; Bandura 1989). To address the need to improve students’
belief in their personal capabilities to transition successfully, a pre-university preparation (PUP) program was developed
at an Australian university. This paper reports on the findings of the PUP experience, on students’ perceptions of the
transition to university, and on the self-efficacy issues they identified. Students completed a survey at the commencement
of the program and then provided qualitative feedback at the finish regarding how they anticipate the program will assist
them in adjusting to university life. Data collected suggests that students who undertake this program have more realistic
expectations of what university life will be like and feel better prepared to make the change from secondary school to the
tertiary environment. We will argue that it is with a greater awareness of their capabilities supported by the PUP
program that students will successfully transition to university. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Common Ground Publishing | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://ijlhe.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.260/prod.127 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 41 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 52 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Learning in Higher Education | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 23 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Education Systems not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Education Systems | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 130199 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1301 | |
dc.title | The Development of Student Self-efficacy through a Pre-university Program | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Delaney, Deborah A. | |
gro.griffith.author | McPhail, Ruth E. | |
gro.griffith.author | Roberts, Robin | |
gro.griffith.author | Pentecost, Robin | |