tertiary bridging program – Australian Journal of Adult Learning

Insights into attrition from university-based enabling programs

Henrik Steenberg — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 01:15:19 +0000

Author: Cheryl Bookallil and Bobby Harreveld CQUniversity, Australia Edition: Volume 57, Number 1, April 2017 Summary: High attrition rates from university-based enabling programs continue to be the subject of much research and administrative effort. Understanding the factors behind decisions to withdraw from such programs is difficult since those who do not successfully complete an enabling program …

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Identifying tertiary bridging students at risk of failure in the first semester of undergraduate study

Ajal — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:42:45 +0000

Authors: Robert Whannell and Patricia Whannell, University of New England Summary: This study presents the findings of the second phase of a project examining the attrition and progression of two cohorts of students in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university in Australia. The first phase of the study (Whannell, 2013) based on data …

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Competency-based training: different perceptions in Australia and Germany

Ajal — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:46:33 +0000

Author/s: Silke Hellwig Edition: Volume 46, Number 1, April 2006 Summary: The German dual apprenticeship system has traditionally been viewed as an effective system for generating a highly skilled workforce in the trades, crafts and service sectors. In addition, countries and systems looking to improve their own approaches to vocational education and training (VET) have …

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Investigating the influence of teacher strategies on academic self-efficacy and study behaviour of students in a tertiary bridging program

Ajal — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:32:09 +0000

Author/s: Patricia Whannell, Robert Whannell and Bill Allen Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012 Summary: This article describes the findings of an action research project which examined the link between academic self-efficacy and the study behaviours of students in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university in Australia. It describes the gap which …

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