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Barriers to student success in engineering education
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Boles, Wageeh Whelan, Karen |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | In the UK, the USA and Australia, there have been calls for an increase in the number of engineering graduates to meet the needs of current global challenges. Universities around the world have been grappling with how to both attract more engineering students and to then retain them. Attrition from engineering programmes is disturbingly high. This paper reports on an element of research undertaken through an Australian Learning and Teaching Council-funded Fellowship that investigated the factors leading to student attrition in engineering programmes, by identifying barriers to student success. Here, we contrast a review of the literature related to student barriers and success with student perceptions, gathered through a series of focus groups and interviews at three Australian universities. We also present recommendations for action to try to remove barriers to student success. |
| Related Links | https://eprints.qut.edu.au/96803/3/96803.pdf |
| Ending Page | 381 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| Starting Page | 368 |
| ISSN | 03043797 |
| e-ISSN | 14695898 |
| DOI | 10.1080/03043797.2016.1189879 |
| Journal | European Journal of Engineering Education |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 42 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2017-07-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Economics Retention Attrition Student Success Learning Environment Barriers To Learning Engineering Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Education Engineering |
