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McPhail, Ruth – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
The expectations of first-year students are becoming more widely researched and understood. How to realign perceptions and prepare students for the transition from secondary school to tertiary education is less well considered. This paper presents an account of a pre-university preparation programme embedded in the senior years of secondary…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Preparation, College Readiness, Transitional Programs
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Gourlay, Lesley – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Assumptions are often made about new lecturers in terms of previous experience, development needs and orientations towards the new role. Postgraduate certificate (PgCert) programmes tend to operate on the assumption that new lecturers are already familiar with the research element of their discipline, in a default transition from PhD to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Orientation, Teacher Persistence, Teaching Experience
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Guo, Shibao; Chase, Mackie – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Fuelled by globalisation, the internationalisation of higher education in Canada is happening at a rapid pace. One manifestation of internationalisation is the increasing enrolment of international graduate students in Canadian institutions. Many of these students face challenges and barriers in integrating into Canadian academic environments…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Cultural Awareness
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Haggis, Tamsin; Pouget, Mireille – Teaching in Higher Education, 2002
Investigated the study experiences of a group of Scottish 17- and 18-year-olds from the beginning of their 3-month university access course to the end of their first semester at university. Themes from the data included: moving away from feelings of injustice and alienation; moving toward better study strategies, and support, relationships; and…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students