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dc.contributor.advisor | Govender, Ivan Gunass | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pirthiraj, Anisha | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-06T07:49:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-06T07:49:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.other | 684392 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2644 | - |
dc.description | Submitted in compliance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Technology, student diversity, socio-economic factors, student attrition and retention has significantly affected the teaching and learning environment at university. A first-year student’s life is significantly affected by this changing environment and many first-year students at universities experience difficulties adapting to the new environment and being successful in their academic tasks. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting the motivation of first-year students in the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying. The study used the quantitative method approach where questionnaires were given to the first-year students and the first-year lecturers (lecturing the first-year students). Questionnaires were administered to 126 first-year students comprising the target population but only 121 completed questionnaires were received. Findings from this study emphasise the need for lecturers to engage in alternate study methods, such as the use of the blackboard and visual aids to assist students. Students need to be adequately informed about the support systems available to them so that they can have a satisfying cultural, social and academic life. There was also a need for better equipped lecturing facilities. The absenteeism of students had a negative impact on the morale of lecturers. Absenteeism has a two-fold effect, in that it disrupts the morale of the lecturer as well as that of the students who attend class. The marketing strategy of both the Department as well as the university needs to be re-visited in terms of recruiting students and in particular the misunderstanding that exists amongst students regarding the different programme offerings. The above issues are critical to ensure a transformative higher education agenda and DUT’s strategic goals of engagement and student centredness. The study recommends that a greater extent of student centredness, student-lecturer engagement and innovative teaching and learning approaches could increase the motivational level of first-year students in the Department. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 227 p | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Motivation in education--South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Education, Higher--South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | College attendance--South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | College freshmen--South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | College teaching--South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Factors affecting the motivation of first-year students in the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying at the Durban University of Technology | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.level | M | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.51415/10321/2644 | - |
local.sdg | SDG04 | - |
local.sdg | SDG03 | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.openairetype | Thesis | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | restricted | - |
Appears in Collections: | Theses and dissertations (Management Sciences) |
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