The Transition to University of At-Risk Groups in Spain: The Case of Students from Vocational Education and Training
Autori:
Pilar FIGUERA, Mercedes TORRADO
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 23-40
How to cite this article:Figuera, P., Torrado, M. (2015). The Transition to University of At-Risk Groups in Spain: The Case of Students from Vocational Education and Training. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 49, 23-40. |
Abstract:
This paper looks at the process of integration and the trajectories through
university of students entering university from vocational education and training
within the context of degrees in the Social Sciences. The research involved a
comprehensive and descriptive longitudinal study, based on a multi-strategy and
systems methodology on two levels of analysis, one macro (the graduating cohort
as a whole) and one micro (the analysis of a sample according to the type of
student). The analysis was based on the students’ perception of their level of
adaptation at two key points in time in their first year (the start of the academic
year and the end of the first semester), together with student persistence over the
first three years of study. The study population was 1,523 students who were
taking new Bachelor’s-level undergraduate degrees in Business Administration
and Management (1,290) and Pedagogy (233) at the University of Barcelona
(UB) in the 2010-11 cohort. Students gaining admission through vocational education
and training accounted for 20.6% of the total: 260 in Business Administration
and Management (20.2%) and 53 in Pedagogy (22.7%). The results
show the differences between students from vocational education and training
and those from post-compulsory secondary education as regards the various
indicators of the transition to university examined in the study. These differences
can only be interpreted in terms of the organisational context at study programme
level.
Keywords:
transition to university, non-conventional university students, vocational education and training, academic adjustment, student drop-out, student persistence.
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