Expectations and realities for first year students at an Australian university

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Nelson, Karen, Kift, Sally and Clarke, John. 2008. "Expectations and realities for first year students at an Australian university." Thomas, Jason (ed.) 11th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2008). Hobart, Australia 30 Jun - 02 Jul 2008 Brisbane, Australia.

Paper/Presentation Title	Expectations and realities for first year students at an Australian university
Presentation Type	Paper
Authors	Nelson, Karen (Author), Kift, Sally (Author) and Clarke, John (Author)
Editors	Thomas, Jason
Journal or Proceedings Title	Proceedings of the 11th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2008)
Number of Pages	9
Year	2008
Place of Publication	Brisbane, Australia
ISBN	9781741072419
Web Address (URL) of Paper	https://unistars.org/past_papers/papers08/FYHE2008/index.html
Conference/Event	11th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2008)
Event Details	11th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE 2008) Parent Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference (FYHE) Event Date 30 Jun 2008 to end of 02 Jul 2008 Event Location Hobart, Australia
Abstract	Student expectations and their realization are regarded as having a significant effect on the successful transition of students into and their engagement with university. Students from the Faculties of Law (internal and external modes of study) and Information Technology (internal only) provided their expectations (week 1: 918 students) and reported the realities (week 13: 680) in the areas of experiences, challenges and management of their learning during their first semester at the Queensland University of Technology. While their expectations were diverse and the match and mismatch of expectations and reality were complex, and while they expected and reported having an overall rewarding and positive experience, they indicated that their expectations about developing new learning skills were not fulfilled. Implications of this for curricula and the design and management of learning environments are discussed.
Keywords	Student expectations; transition; engagement with university
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	390303. Higher education
Public Notes	Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions.
Byline Affiliations	Queensland University of Technology
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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