dc.contributor.author | Wright, Courtney | |
dc.contributor.author | Lenette, Caroline | |
dc.contributor.author | Lewis-Driver, Stephen | |
dc.contributor.author | Larmar, Stephen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-25T12:30:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-25T12:30:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2205-0795 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5204/ssj.v8i1.354 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/340054 | |
dc.description.abstract | The School of Human Services and Social Work at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia) developed the
Common Time program in 2002 for its first year undergraduate students to increase student success in
academic learning and to facilitate student engagement with staff and fellow students. Common Time
consists of a series of facilitated forums during the initial weeks of each semester, where the first year
cohort meet weekly to discuss general first year issues and receive information relevant to the first year
university experience. As the program underwent changes in 2013, this paper discusses the findings of an
evaluative research initiative. The results indicate that the revised 2013 Common Time program was, for
the most part, effective in orientating and engaging these first year students during their transition into
university study. However, further revisions to the program are needed to improve students’ opportunities
to build meaningful social networks in particular. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Queensland University of Technology | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 79 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 86 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Student Success | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 8 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Other education not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 399999 | |
dc.title | The revised 'Common Time' program as a strategy for student engagement and retention at university. A Practice Report | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2017. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lewis-Driver, Stephen D. | |
gro.griffith.author | Larmar, Stephen A. | |
gro.griffith.author | Wright, Courtney J. | |