Open AccessEffectiveness of Secondary School Guidance Programs in Preparing Learners for Successful Transition to University: A Case of Moi University
Author(s) -
Logamurthie Athiemoolam,
R. Njage
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of education and pedagogy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2736-4534
DOI - 10.24018/ejedu.2021.2.3.84
Subject(s) - simple random sample , nonprobability sampling , thematic analysis , descriptive statistics , sample (material) , medical education , psychology , qualitative property , focus group , test (biology) , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , mathematics education , multimethodology , research design , sampling (signal processing) , qualitative research , statistics , computer science , mathematics , medicine , sociology , paleontology , population , social science , chemistry , environmental health , chromatography , anthropology , biology , filter (signal processing) , computer vision
The study aimed to establish the effect of secondary school guidance programs in preparing students for successful transition to university. Mixed methods research design was used which included the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods to generate data using a concurrent triangulation approach. Purposive sampling was applied to sample first year students in Moi University and proportionate sampling together with simple random sampling was used in the selection of 375 participants comprising both male and female students. Data were collected through questionnaires and focus group discussions. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics by means of SPSS (Pearson Correlation Coefficient), followed by linear regression to test the hypothesis. Thematic analysis was used for qualitative data analysis. The findings of this study revealed that high school guidance programs do not support learners adequately in preparing them to transition to university. The study recommended the implementation of more enhanced collaboration between schools and universities for successful transition.