TY - JOUR
AU1 - Maunder, Rachel
AU2 - Cunliffe, Matthew
AU3 - Galvin, Jessica
AU4 - Mjali, Sibulele
AU5 - Rogers, Jenine
AB - This exploratory study presents a different approach to studying transition by involving students as researchers. The aim was to investigate how students talked about their experiences of transition in university. Nineteen first and second year undergraduate psychology students participated in focus groups and semi-structured interviews, conducted by student researchers, to provide in-depth accounts of their transition experiences. Findings showed that students held internal images about university, shaped through cultural experience, which were used to form expectations and interpret experiences. Social relationships were crucial, with the formation of groups facilitating adjustment in an unfamiliar environment. Students also described how negotiating transition contributed to personal changes. The research emphasises the salience of sociocultural factors in transition, and the relationship between transition and identity. Additionally, the value of including students as researchers to provide authentic access to student voices is highlighted.
TI - Listening to student voices: student researchers exploring undergraduate experiences of university transition
JF - Higher Education
DO - 10.1007/s10734-012-9595-3
DA - 2012-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/listening-to-student-voices-student-researchers-exploring-0rWAB8BD9w
SP - 139
EP - 152
VL - 66
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -