The Value of Peer Learning for First-year Postgraduate University Students’ Social and Academic Integration

Byl, Emmeline; Struyven, Katrien; Meurs, Pieter; Abelshausen, Bieke; Vanwing, Tom; Engels, Nadine; Lombaerts, Koen

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.07.044

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“…It is noteworthy that social and academic integration plays a significant role in first-year studies (e.g. Byl et al, 2016). According to García-Ros, Pérez-González, Cavas-Martínez and Tomás (2018), it is very important for universities to strengthen the support services and actions such as tutoring for first-year students (e.g.…”

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The role of guidance in student engagement with chemistry studies

Nuora

2019

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During recent years, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Jyväskylä has made an extensive effort to support chemistry students’ first study year. The first-year curriculum includes enhanced study counselling course, intensive orientation course and support for academic study skills via a specific course. In this study, the effects of the revisions were studied by exploring the chemistry students study continuation and what factors contributed to it. In 2015 to 2017, data were collected from first-year chemistry students (n = 106), who completed a questionnaire at the beginning and at the end of their first semester. The results show that the percentage of dropout rates after the first year decreased. Students’ current challenges are different than they have been previously, thus putting new demands on their guidance. The results of the study indicate that students value guidance and study counselling especially at the beginning of their studies.

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The role of guidance in student engagement with chemistry studies

Nuora

2019

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“…as a set of beliefs, norms, and values specific to a social group, and define adjustment (enculturalisation) as the process of engaging and interacting with cultural and social practices. During cross-cultural adaptation phases, the capacity to establish relationships is essential for social inclusion (Byl et al, 2016). Students are confronted thereby with new tasks, requirements, norms, and relationships.…”

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Social Inclusion of German Students who Complete an Academic Stay Abroad

Resch¹,

Nusser²,

Schwab³

2021

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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More and more student trajectories involve an academic stay abroad. To achieve the intercultural, personal or linguistic objectives associated with such placements, social inclusion with peers and faculty in the place of study is needed. This paper applies Bourdieu's theory of capital as a conceptual framework to examine the experiences of students who have competed a placement abroad, in particular students from educationally disadvantaged families, students with disabilities, and migrant students. Longitudinal data were taken from the German National Education Panel Study (NEPS) with N=8.469 students. The findings show the interrelatedness of social inclusion and a placement abroad: students who experience high social inclusion with peers and faculty at the beginning of their studies are more likely to study abroad. Social capital with faculty increases after such a placement, in particular for at-risk student groups, while no difference in the increase in social inclusion is observed between student groups. The findings imply a need for early interventions as some of the effects already take place in the first semester.

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“…Collaborative or peer learning is reached when two or more students learn or attempt to learn something together for example using problem solving, discussion and agreement. It should be noted that collaborative activities are essential for students specially in the first year of university , not only by the connection to like‐minded or same‐age peers but also to get social and academic integration and achievement. In addition, interaction and involvement of students in the classroom are also relevant factors.…”

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Analysis of competence acquisition in a flipped classroom approach

Estriégana

Merodio

Barchino

2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Higher Education Institutions are interested in describing qualifications in terms of competences and abilities that prepare graduates best for their future professional and social life. This study aims to analyze students’ acquisition of competences, on one hand, inside the classroom using a flipped learning approach, on the other hand, outside the classroom through students’ self‐study using information and communication technology resources such as teaching videos, virtual labs, simulations, or game‐based learning. The study also wants to shed light on the relationship between the achieved competences and the learning outcomes. The analysis was based on the data collected from a core subject in the first year of the Computer Engineering and Information Systems degree courses. The answers to an online survey (n = 285) were examined by using a structural equation model with 13 observed and seven latent variables. The results obtained show that the learning environment created inside and outside the classroom plays a key role in the acquisition and development of the three competences analyzed: systematic, personal, and cooperative. Our findings also suggest that competence or skills acquisition, despite being considered one of the main issues in the higher education qualifications framework, does not exactly match the academic results measured during the assessment process.

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The Value of Peer Learning for First-year Postgraduate University Students’ Social and Academic Integration

Cited by 25 publications

References 14 publications

The role of guidance in student engagement with chemistry studies

The role of guidance in student engagement with chemistry studies

Social Inclusion of German Students who Complete an Academic Stay Abroad

Analysis of competence acquisition in a flipped classroom approach

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