A phenomenological investigation of challenges and coping mechanisms associated with the transition from high school to university
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2009
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Abstract
While entering the university is often a wonderful experience to a number of students, to
some students it is very a challenging exposure to a degree where they even end up
discontinuing their studies. This study was concerned with the challenges and coping
mechanisms that students used as they were confronted by the university environment.
The purposive sample of ten students was selected from the University of Zululand
student population and they volunteered participation in the study. The research findings
of this study indicated that many students found entering the university very challenging,
as the environment there was experienced as impersonal, demanding, competitive and
directionless. The aim of the research study was to investigate students' experiences in
association with the transition from high school to university and to identify mechanisms
that they used to handle the transition in question.
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at the University
of Zululand, South Africa, 2009.
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Academic performance, University life