Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development
First-year students at tertiary education institutions face multiple problems including under-preparedness, financial problems and adjustment to university. In response, some universities have introduced generic academic development programmes. In contrast, three educators from the Department of Soc...
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| author | Khosa, Priscalia Pillay, Roshini Dube, Nkosiyazi |
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| description | First-year students at tertiary education institutions face multiple problems including under-preparedness, financial problems and adjustment to university. In response, some universities have introduced generic academic development programmes. In contrast, three educators from the Department of Social Work at the University of the Witwatersrand (UWits) engage in a reflective analysis of a discipline-specific academic development programme. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse transcripts of two focus group interviews with students and reflective reports written by two educators on strategies used to design the programme. Findings suggest that this programme meets the unique needs and professional identity development of Social Work students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0de248388a7449a81b491738a748d7c2022-12-22T01:17:47ZafrStellenbosch UniversitySocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk0037-80542312-71982018-04-0154111113210.15270/54-1-618Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic developmentKhosa, Priscalia 0Pillay, Roshini 1Dube, Nkosiyazi 2Stellenbosch UniversityUniversity of the WitwatersrandUniversity of the WitwatersrandFirst-year students at tertiary education institutions face multiple problems including under-preparedness, financial problems and adjustment to university. In response, some universities have introduced generic academic development programmes. In contrast, three educators from the Department of Social Work at the University of the Witwatersrand (UWits) engage in a reflective analysis of a discipline-specific academic development programme. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse transcripts of two focus group interviews with students and reflective reports written by two educators on strategies used to design the programme. Findings suggest that this programme meets the unique needs and professional identity development of Social Work students.http://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/618First-year social work studentsunder-preparednessfinancial problemsadjustment to universit |
| spellingShingle | Khosa, Priscalia Pillay, Roshini Dube, Nkosiyazi Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk First-year social work students under-preparedness financial problems adjustment to universit |
| title | Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development |
| title_full | Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development |
| title_fullStr | Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development |
| title_short | Inducting first-year social work students : reflections on a discipline-specific approach to academic development |
| title_sort | inducting first year social work students reflections on a discipline specific approach to academic development |
| topic | First-year social work students under-preparedness financial problems adjustment to universit |
| url | http://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/618 |
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