Sophiahemmet University, Dept. of Health Promoting Science, Stockholm, Sweden; Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, Dept. of Clinical Science and Education, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sophiahemmet University, Dept. of Nursing Science, Stockholm, Sweden; Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, Dept. of Clinical Science and Education, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2021 Jul;54:103095. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103095. Epub 2021 May 22.
While performing various academic work, such as writing a bachelor's thesis, are known to be challenging for university students, less is known about students' expectations in this regard.
The aim was to describe students' expectations of the upcoming process of writing a bachelor's thesis.
The study employed an explorative, qualitative approach with a single, written open-ended question design.
The data were collected consecutively 2013-2016 in class. A total of 93 final-year students volunteered and provided hand-written accounts which were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.
The students' accounts revealed three generic categories of expectations: Gaining professional knowledge and competency, Planning and organizing the work, and Taking stock of personal resources. Writing a bachelor's thesis was a new challenge for most of the students and the answers testify to mixed feelings about the upcoming work and its supervision.
The nursing students' expectations included present and future competencies, skills and abilities. In promoting development of transferable skills and knowledge, educators of future health-care professionals would be well advised to invite students to reflect on and discuss, their expectations prior to writing a bachelor's thesis and similar academic student papers. This study adds to the research on students' studying and learning in nursing education by bringing to the fore students' expectations of academic learning tasks as an important aspect to consider in higher education contexts, both nationally and internationally.
在完成各种学术工作时，例如撰写本科论文，对大学生来说是具有挑战性的，但人们对学生在这方面的期望知之甚少。
旨在描述学生对即将到来的本科论文写作过程的期望。
本研究采用了探索性的定性方法，采用单一的书面开放式问题设计。
数据是在 2013 年至 2016 年连续在课堂上收集的。共有 93 名应届毕业生自愿提供了手写的说明，使用定性内容分析对其进行了分析。
学生的说明揭示了三种普遍的期望类别：获得专业知识和能力、规划和组织工作以及评估个人资源。撰写本科论文对大多数学生来说是一个新的挑战，答案证明了他们对即将到来的工作及其监督的复杂感受。
护理学生的期望包括现在和未来的能力、技能和能力。在促进可转移技能和知识的发展方面，未来保健专业教育工作者最好在学生撰写本科论文和类似的学术学生论文之前，邀请他们反思和讨论自己的期望。这项研究通过强调学生对学术学习任务的期望，为护理教育中学生的学习研究增添了内容，这是在国家和国际高等教育背景下需要考虑的一个重要方面。
