How do they find their place? A typology of students' enculturation during the first year at a business school
Journal
Learning, culture and social interaction
ISSN
2210-6561
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2017-03-19
Author(s)
Abstract
Students' experiences of their first year of studying are of prime importance for their further development in Higher Education (HE). Consequently, the first year and the related phenomena of student performance, retention, and dropout have been extensively studied. Research shows that during the first year, the individual student's ability or failure to adapt to the new socio-cultural environment influences his/her academic success. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the actual processes through which students integrate into the socio-cultural context of HE. Applying a socio-cultural approach, our qualitative interview study followed 14 university students through their first year, investigating why some students experience an easier transition into HE compared to others. Our research results in a typology of four transition types characterized by their orientation towards the socio-cultural context of studying.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher place
Amsterdam [u.a.]
Volume
12
Start page
87
End page
99
Pages
13
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
250055