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How Are Transfer Students Perceived?

How Are Transfer Students Perceived?. 8 th Annual Conference of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students. Introduction. Karen Watson Director of Academic Support College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences watsonk@vt.edu , 540-231-6770 Participants

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How Are Transfer Students Perceived?

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  1. How Are Transfer Students Perceived? 8th Annual Conference of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students

  2. Introduction • Karen Watson • Director of Academic Support • College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences • watsonk@vt.edu, 540-231-6770 • Participants • Who are you? 2-Year School? 4-Year School?

  3. Examples of Perceptions • Mizzou Tiger Walk • Establishing Transfer Orientation Separate from Freshman Orientation • Transfer Student/Corps of Cadets Member/Naval ROTC Member

  4. Discussion Questions • Discuss in groups the questions on the pink handout. • As you discuss the answers to the questions list of variables that can affect transfer students’ perceptions and our perceptions of transfer students

  5. Theories That Include Our Variables • To understand transfer students’ perceptions • To understand the transfer transition • To understand the role of others in the transition process

  6. Baxter Magolda’s Theory of Self-Authorship • Three Distinct Phases of Development • The Crossroads • Becoming the Author of One’s Life • Internal Foundations

  7. Wawrzynski & Pizzolato (2006) “As students move along the self authorship continuum, they move from feeling dissatisfied and in need of self-definition (The Crossroads), through actively working to develop internal perspectives and self-definition (Becoming the Author of One’s Life), to actually having a set of internally defined perspectives used to guide action and knowledge construction.”

  8. Schlossberg’s Transition Theory • Transition Phases • Moving in, Moving Through, and Moving Out • Four Major Factors that influence a person’s ability to cope with a transition • Situation • Self • Support • Strategies

  9. Schlossberg’s Marginality and Mattering • Marginality – feeling that one does not fit in. Feelings of marginality produce feelings of self-consciousness. Feelings of self-consciousness then lead to an inability to perform at one’s usual ability level. • Mattering – feeling that one belongs and matters to others. When present, mattering diminishes marginality and promotes a healthy and successful transition. • Includes – Attention, Importance, Dependence, Appreciation, Ego Extension (http://faculty.dc.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/cet/ppts/marginality.doc )

  10. The Future • Learn more about these theories and their application in my work with transfer students • Utilizing theories to update current transfer programs in our college • Utilize theories to plan and carry out new programs especially creating links with the Virginia Community Colleges

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