TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bocsi, Veronika
AU  - Ceglédi, Tímea
AU  - Kocsis, Zsófia
AU  - Kovács, Karolina Eszter
AU  - Kovács, Klára
AU  - Müller, Anetta
AU  - Pallay, Katalin
AU  - Szabó, Barbara
AU  - Szigeti, Fruzsina
AU  - Tóth, Dorina Anna
TI  - The discovery of the possible reasons for delayed graduation and dropout in the light of a qualitative research study
JF  - JOURNAL OF ADULT LEARNING KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION
J2  - JALKI
VL  - 3
PY  - 2019
IS  - 1
SP  - 27
EP  - 38
PG  - 12
SN  - 2631-1348
DO  - 10.1556/2059.02.2018.08
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30398072
ID  - 30398072
AB  - Higher educational dropout is a significant area of education policy in Hungary. First, the proportion of graduated
higher educational students is low when compared to the OECD average, which may be caused by dropout
from higher educational courses. On the other hand, although the phenomenon of dropout has been closely
investigated in several international research papers, the methodology used to determine the dropout ratio is
unsatisfactory, mainly due to the lack of expert consensus. As a consequence, we do not have precise data regarding
the dropout ratios, which make investigations related to this area even more necessary. The aim of this study was to
measure the possible reasons for delayed graduation and dropout, and it was carried out as a qualitative study based on existing theories. In our investigation, the role of the sociocultural background; the years prior to the time spent in
higher education; and the motivation of the choice of institution, employment, sports, and social activities were
measured through an analysis of seven individual interviews and one focus group conversation involving
10 participants based on a semi-structured interview methodology. The causes of delayed graduation and dropout,
which are more difficult to observe, are an inappropriately chosen institution and/or course, employment while
studying intensively in a higher education institution, competitive sport and friends with a negative attitude toward
learning. Our analysis provides a stable basis for a wider questionnaire-based investigation on a representative sample
and its main units have been developed according to the research blocks of the interview analysis.
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  -