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The transition of mature students to higher education: challenging traditional concepts?

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dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Rute
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, António Fragoso de
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Carlos Miguel
dc.contributor.authorQuintas, Helena
dc.contributor.authorBago, Joana
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Henrique
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Lucilia
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T16:03:08Z
dc.date.available2015-11-18T16:03:08Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2015-11-13T15:16:02Z
dc.description.abstractThe Bologna Process, recently implemented in Portugal, has brought many changes to higher education institutions. One of these changes refers to a law that enables mature students (23 years and older) to gain special access to higher education, taking into account their professional experience and other biographical elements. The numbers of non-traditional students are therefore increasing in our country, making our academic population more diverse. We designed a research project to investigate the special circumstances of non-traditional students in our institutions and to provide recommendations that should improve their academic lives. In this article, we describe survey results, focus-group interviews and life histories and use them to understand the transition of mature students into higher education. Our results include interpretations of the factors that students view as barriers to their participation in higher education, the importance of peer support, and reflections on life histories that provide greater insight into the transitional process. Although several barriers were identified by mature students, there is also a positive impact from transition. It is clear that transition today is no longer punctual or linear either in time or space. We should therefore challenge traditional views of the transition concept, in which students are considered to be a problem to higher education institutions, because this diverts attention away from the responsibilities of those institutions towards facilitating change.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationMonteiro, Rute Crisitna Correia da Rocha. The transition of mature students to higher education: Challenging traditional concepts?, Studies in the Education of Adults , 45, 1, 67-81, 2013.pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0266-0830
dc.identifier.otherAUT: AAL01137; RUT01409; CMR01849; HQU00206;
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/7071
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherNiace - National Institute of Adult Continuing Educationpt_PT
dc.relationNon-traditional students in Higher Education Institutions: searching solutions to improve academic success
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/niace/stea/2013/00000045/00000001/art00006pt_PT
dc.subjectHigher educationpt_PT
dc.subjectTransitionpt_PT
dc.subjectMature studentspt_PT
dc.subjectBarriers to learningpt_PT
dc.titleThe transition of mature students to higher education: challenging traditional concepts?pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleNon-traditional students in Higher Education Institutions: searching solutions to improve academic success
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oaire.citation.endPage81pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage67pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleStudies in the Education of Adultspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume45pt_PT
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