Student Advising

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• Student Advising
• Whats the contribution of tutors and student
  advisors to the learning process?

School of Business and Economics
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Introduction / Content

• Drs Robert Pans, Manager Student Advising Office
• Wim Bogaert MEd, Student Advisor

• Traditional perception on student advising
• A true perception on all tasks
• Aspects of the student life cycle
• Discussion

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Student life cycle

• Prospective academic alumni
• adolescent (Dutch students)
• (young) mature (international students)
• Tutors primary focus block oriented / content
  oriented?
• Student Advisors primary focus student oriented
  / holistic?

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First year executive functions

• Executive functions are
• Planning and programming of own behaviour
• Problem solving behaviour
• Filter and control of impulses
• Cognitive flexibility / concept testing and
  concept adaptation
• Self evaluation in relation to formulated targets
• Evaluation of behaviour in relation to social
  standards
• Evaluation of intentions with respect to peers
• Being able to makes choices based upon social,
  emotional and rational motives
• Recent research indicates that these functions
  develop from the age of 16 or later (J. Jolles
  Article Onderwijsinnovatie 2007 and presentation
  schoolleiders in bedrijf at UMBS )

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1th Year workshop

• Development of executive functions, self
  management and self control through peer learning
  during the workshop sessions
• 4 Sessions
• Motivation (reflection on study choice and
  competences, how short and long term motivation
  can support obtaining defined personal goals)
• Self management through planning (Coveys
  quadrant), realistic assumptions based on
  individual priorities and facts (what is ects?)
• How does our memory function (short, mid and
  long), the function of our neural network,
  storage and retrieval
• Exam strategies how to be prepared, how to
  analyze closed questions, work in cycles, levels
  of concentration, learning from failure and how
  to add new knowledge for the resit

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Career choice problems in adolescents and
emerging adults (1)

• Based on theories of identity development it is
  expected that adolescence would be the most
  important period in career choice. In a recent
  career guidance project at RUG most clients
  turned out to be emerging adults, not
  adolescents.
• Case descriptions and test results show that
  adolescents with career choice problems often
  lack the skills that are needed for making a good
  choice.
• Emerging adults with career choice problems do
  have these skills. Their problems seem to be
  related to personal obstacles.
• http//www.studiekeuze123.nl/UserFiles/File/depsyc
  holoog.pdf

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Career choice problems in adolescents and
emerging adults (2)

• The chicken or the egg
• It is an individual problem, and is related to
  skills or personal problems
• It is not only a study and career choice
• This problem is seen mainly in HE students

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Circumstances

• Adjustment to environment
• friends and social network
• competition / hierarchy
• demands
• freedom
• Personal circumstances
• functional impairments
• personal (medical, psychological, social)

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Recognize signals

• Conspicious behaviour (e.g. dominant, withdrawn,
  nervous, stressed)
• Shortcomings (being late, unprepared, distracted)
  
• Appearance (scruffy, unhealthy, tired)
• (be aware of cultural and social differences)

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Student Advisor

• Why refer students to a Student Advisor?
• Student rights (financial compensation,
  facilities, exemptions, binding study advise)
• Community responsibility (safety net, prevention
  of talent waste, the tutor and advisor are role
  models)
• Limiting the scope of problems / early
  intervention
• Stimulating academic competences
• What do we do?
• Individual counseling (appointment, telephone,
  e-mail, open office hours)
• Workshops
• Refer to other professionals (UM)

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Student advising - Facts

• 2008/2009 gt 4,200 student contacts
• Flychatcher outcomes
• And

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Questions

• Thank you for your attention

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Student Advising -Contact hours

• Wim Bogaert (F2.13)
• Robert Pans (F2.11)
• Josi Sautter (F2.15)
• Danielle Rietdijk (F2.09)
• Pascale Veenings (F2.07)
• Open office Monday Thursday, 10.30 11.30
• Telephonic hours Monday Thursday, 9.00 - 10.30
• Appointment via telephone or Information Desk
• Email Studentadvising-sbe_at_maastrichtuniversity.nl
  
• Telephone [phone]

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