Stepping into Higher Education from the Vocational Education Sector in Australia: Student Perceptions and Experiences

Autor/inn/en	O'Shea, Sarah; Lysaght, Pauline; Tanner, Kathleen
Titel	Stepping into Higher Education from the Vocational Education Sector in Australia: Student Perceptions and Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 64 (2012) 3, S.261-277 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-6820
DOI	10.1080/13636820.2012.691532
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Higher Education; Student Attitudes; Educational Change; College Transfer Students; Student Adjustment; Teacher Education Programs; Early Childhood Education; Nontraditional Students; Adult Education; Postsecondary Education; Educational Policy; International Education; Semi Structured Interviews; Australia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Internationale Erziehung; Australien; Großbritannien
Abstract	It is not unusual to hear study in the vocational education sector referred to as a "stepping stone" into further studies in the higher education environment. What this pathway entails for those who choose it is not immediately clear however. This article reports on research conducted with a small cohort of students who arrived at an Australian university with advanced standing or credit transfer based on their studies in the vocational sector. A narrative inquiry approach highlights the voices of these participants drawn through stories of their individual experiences of the transition to higher education. Recommendations related to structural and educational change are based on evidence that this vocational "stepping stone" can mean different things to different people. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10