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Study supports for rural mature-aged university health students: a Stakian multicase study

BMC Medical Education
Background The participation and success of university health students in rural areas is critical in addressing the maldistribution of the rural health workforces internationally.
Claire Quilliam, Nicole Crawford, Carol McKinstry, Alison Buccheri, Sara Brito   +4 more
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Addressing the Challenges of STEM Mature-Aged Students: Faculty Role in Promoting Sustainability and Well-Being in Higher Education

Education Sciences
Growing demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates, coupled with the evolution of the education system to accommodate mature-aged students, presents unique challenges for higher education institutions and, in particular,
Inga Jekabsone, Inga Snebaha, Lasma Ulmane-Ozolina, Irina Strazdina, Inta Kulberga, Leonards Budniks, Liga Spjute, Ruta Treija   +7 more
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Returning to Learning: What are the academic development needs of mature and part-time students? What works to support and retain these students?

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2014
 This paper considers issues around the support and retention of mature and part-time (MaP) students. It analyses the specific academic development needs of MaP students based on Wenger’s model of learning (1998) which puts the academic ...
Louise Frith, Allia Wilson
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Methodical features dispensing exercise, used in extracurricular activities to improve health students

Pedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2014
Purpose : to investigate theoretically substantiate experimentally verify technology aimed at improving the process of university students in extracurricular athletics. Material : the study involved 413 male students aged 21-23 years.
T.B. Serorez, P.I. Navka
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Ego defense mechanisms in Pakistani medical students: a cross sectional analysis

BMC Psychiatry, 2010
Background Ego defense mechanisms (or factors), defined by Freud as unconscious resources used by the ego to reduce conflict between the id and superego, are a reflection of how an individual deals with conflict and stress.
Khalid Roha, Khwaja Nadia M, Khalid Salman, Khan Anum B, Khan Tuba R, Majeed Hina, Parekh Maria A, Khan Mohammad A, Rizqui Ibrahim M, Jehan Imtiaz   +9 more
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Barriers to mature age employment: final report of the consultative forum on mature age participation [PDF]

, 2012
This report looks into barriers faced by mature age Australians in the workplace or looking for a job, and the development of recommendations to overcome these barriers.

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Navigating through higher education: mature students in transition [PDF]

, 2011
In our paper we are going to focus mature students close to 50 years old. We will present the results of two life histories co-constructed with these mature students, who have entered university in the year of 2010/2011.
Quintas, Helena, Gonçalves, Teresa, Ribeiro, Carlos Miguel, Almeida, António Fragoso de, Monteiro, Rute   +4 more
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Investigating Undergraduates’ Perceptions of Science in Courses Taught Using the CREATE Strategy

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2018
Many science educators agree that 21st century students need to develop mature scientific thinking skills. Unsurprisingly, students’ and experts’ perceptions about the nature of scientific knowledge differ.
Sally G. Hoskins, Alan J. Gottesman
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Learning styles among mature-age students: some comments on the approaches to studying inventory (ASI-S) [PDF]

, 1997
The short form of Entwistle\u27s (1981) Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI-S) was administered to 503 mature-aged students, most of whom identified themselves as disadvantaged and were returning to study after many years absence.
Fogarty, Gerard J., Taylor, Janet A., Fogarty, Gerard J, Taylor, Janet A   +3 more
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Examining the Postsecondary Enrolment of Low-Income Mature Students in Canada

Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 2019
This exploratory study deepens current understandings of low-income mature students in Canadian postsecondary institutions, by clarifying who constitutes this population and through providing demographic characteristics that describe this population of ...
Victoria A Fritz, Tricia van Rhijn
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