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Does Well-Being Matter? Exploring the Reasons for Learner Withdrawal from Further Education in Wales
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Direct linkWixcey, H.; Cropley, B.; Shearer, D.; Evans, L.; Kingston, K. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
Supporting individuals' progression into, and completion of post-compulsory education is a key strategic policy of the UK government. However, the number of learners withdrawing from Further Education (FE) prior to qualification completion has been highlighted as an area of concern within the UK. Consequently, we aimed to explore why learners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Students, Withdrawal (Education)
Merrill, Barbara – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This article examines the meaning and experience of retention and withdrawal in higher education from the perspective and voices of non-traditional adult students. It draws on UK biographical data from a European study on access, retention and withdrawal. Withdrawal is perceived negatively by higher education institutions and policymakers as it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence, Withdrawal (Education), Dropouts
Stiegler, Sam; Sullivan, Rachael E. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
In this paper we explore our experiences working with queer and trans youth who have taken "non-traditional pathways out of high school. Drawing on Foucauldian theories of normalisation and Halberstam's queerings of time, success, and failure, we consider how certain aspects of schooling have shaped queer and trans youths' desire to seek out…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, High School Graduates
Weissman, Eli J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Adults are a significant, growing part of today's postsecondary education demographic that may face special challenges that classify them as at-risk. Specifically, adult "at-risk" students may be recent immigrants to the United States, residents of a home where English is not the native language, members of a minority group, employees working…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Males, Adult Students, Academic Persistence
Benda, Klara; Bruckman, Amy; Guzdial, Mark – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2012
We present the results of an interview study investigating student experiences in two online introductory computer science courses. Our theoretical approach is situated at the intersection of two research traditions: "distance and adult education research," which tends to be sociologically oriented, and "computer science education…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Distance Education, Online Courses
Hill, Angela; Dalley-Trim, Leanne – Youth Studies Australia, 2008
A 2006 study of apprentices commencing with a Group Training Organisation in an Australian regional centre identified factors that appear to support apprentices in their first year. The research demonstrates that school subject selection and access to work-related experiences while still at school make an important difference to completion of the…
Descriptors: Family Life, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Job Training
Download full textGiguere, Louis – Journal of Distance Education, 2009
In 1997 the British Columbia Open University (BCOU) adopted a virtualization strategy based primarily on twinning off-line independent study distance education courses (textbook-based with study guide and telephone and e-mail tutor support) with alternate online versions (textbook-based with integrated conferencing and communications provided…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Open Universities, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking
