The pathway from secondary to university education
These reports offer guidelines for how science educators can improve student engagement in the study of science at university. They offer suggestions for pedagogical ‘best practice’ for science education in the first year at university, and improving the transition from the school learning environment to that of university.
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Background:
A two-year research project, completed in 2011, to understand how university students become or remain engaged in science during their transition from school to university.
Research reports prepared by Tim J Parkinson, Helen Hughes, Dianne H Gardner, Gordon T Suddaby, Marg Gilling and Bill R MacIntyre.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)