Enhancing Inclusion, Experience, and Academic Performance: Peer-to-Peer Mentoring for Equity Group Students in an Australian Regional University

Boyd, William E; Alexander, Katrina; Wallin, Margie; Lake, Warren; Cumings, Rob; Callahan, Rachel

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“…On the other hand, the users of social networking websites are vulnerable to a variety of different damages in terms of privacy, copyright, addiction to the virtual environment, abuse of children, information and identity theft, etc. (Boyd et al, 2019;Al Jasmi and Awamleh, 2019;Alshuaibi et al, 2018). It can be argued that the challenge of privacy is regarded a significant issue that has been argued about social networks (Dwyer et al, 2007).…”

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Exploring the relationship of university students’ educational variables and the degree of their use of virtual social networks

Jalali

Bouyer

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore relationships among the university students’ educational variables and their educational variables concerning educational, cultural and social dimensions. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was developed and validated for analyzing the relationship between the amount of time spent for using social networks and different dimensions of educational quality. The sample participants in this study included 400 students who were selected from a total of 3,500 students in Eastern and Western Azerbaijan provinces at north-west of Iran in 2017. Finally, 342 of 400 questionnaires were considered for analyzing. The Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients and multiple regression were used to analyze data. Findings The results proved that the highest correlation coefficient was related to social networks and education quality and the lowest correlation was related to social networks and cultural quality. The result of applying multiple regression proved that there is a linear relationship between the roles of using social networks in predicting students’ educational quality. Originality/value The role of academic and general social media in studying students’ educational quality at universities is still under researched. This situation provides a significant potential to explore on the effect of academic and general virtual social media in creating educational and cultural awareness among university’s students. The findings of the current study add to the existing literature by contributing to a better awareness of university student and applying appropriate strategies to conduct the education of students.

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Exploring the relationship of university students’ educational variables and the degree of their use of virtual social networks

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2019

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“…with a study done byAthanasiou et al (2016);Boyd et al (2019);Guhan et al (2020),Ismail and Jui (2014);and Ismail et al (2015) which confirmed that mentoring programme is a significant predictor of mentees' academic performances. Moreover, the benefits of a mentoring programme extend beyond academic accomplishment to emotional and personal factors such as learning new skills for improved performance, comprehension of more difficult subject by the mentees and putting what they have learned into practice.…”

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“…Previous research has shown that mentoring programmes conducted in higher education institutions mostly showed positive effects not only on the mentees and mentors but also to the institution itself. A study conducted by Boyd et al (2019) identified the key benefits of mentoring programme in an Australian Regional University; and it found that mentoring programme conducted has enhanced the students' retention rate, improved mentees' academic performance and strengthened the social network of mentors and mentees. Hryciw et al (2013) also claimed that student peer mentoring is usually intended to benefit both, mentors and mentees.…”

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“…Numerous studies have proved that mentoring programmes have improved the positive outcomes of mentees, particularly in terms of academic success (Leidenfrost et al, 2014;Ismail & Jui, 2014;Ismail et al, 2015). Besides, some studies have shown that mentoring programmes have helped not only in improving mentees' academic performance but also reducing drop-out rates from university and offering better social integration (Boyd et al, 2019;Leidenfrost et al, 2014). A strengths-based mentoring approach should be implemented to help improving enrolment of new students as well as increasing graduation rates (Butler et al, 2013).…”

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Fostering Academic Performance Of Private University Students Through Mentoring Programme

Yusof¹

2022

The European Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Mentoring programme that involves mentors and mentees is a creative approach to help mentees strengthen their learning and leadership skills, fostering their academic performance and inspiring them to develop their future careers. The aim of mentoring programme is basically to assist students in developing their learning environment to the maximum which can help to improve their academic performance. Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the influence of mentoring programme on students' academic performance at a private university. It was a cross-sectional study involving 211 students. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of demographic details, general perceptions on mentoring programme, academic support, and mentor's characteristics was distributed. The data was analysed using the SPSS software. The results of the study showed that the respondents agreed that the mentoring programme has assisted students in fostering their academic performance. However, the study revealed that only mentee's perception and mentor's characteristics contributed to the prediction of the influence on students' academic performance. Therefore, the study concludes that mentee's perceptions and mentor's characteristics are the key successful factors of the mentoring programme in fostering students' academic performance.

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“…The very concept of mentoring remains unclear and imprecise, and the effectiveness of informal or formal mentoring to promote the success of participant outcomes is assumed (Clark, Andrews & Davies 2011). However, Boyd et al (2019) identify the fact that within the literature, research into the success of mentoring programmes as a tool for sustainability should focus on achieving equity. The advent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the move of many training institutions onto an online platform may have contributed towards expanding the inequality gap by forcing many disadvantaged and minority individuals into a situation where access to skill development was greatly hindered.…”

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The importance of recognition of prior learning for economic growth and development and social change

Lloyd

2023

Centre for Local Economic Development: Topics in Local Development

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Peer-review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer-Review of Scholarly Books'. The book proposal form was evaluated by our Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Business Management editorial board. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer-review before publication by two technical expert reviewers who did not include the volume editor and were independent of the volume editor, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s) and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements, the editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published. v Research justificationLocal economic development (LED) is at the core of developing a sustainable, inclusive and resilient local region. Local economic development aims to involve all role-players (local government, private sector and community) in the decision-making process in order to create a participatory environment where social and environmental concerns are balanced with economic pursuits. Achieving this is a challenge for local governments in developed and developing regions. The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has brought about an entirely new set of challenges for local governments, businesses (formal and informal) and policymakers. This book aims to highlight how local economies are impacted during times of a global pandemic from global perspectives.The outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to developed and less-developed local economies. The book aims to uncover the best practices in responding to a pandemic from regional perspectives and from a trans-disciplinary point of view. Scholars from various spheres in the arts, culture, education, health, environment, business and the public sector present their perspectives on the impacts, responses and consequences for local economies and communities. As a fundamental part of LED, the arts, culture, education, health, environment, business and public sector domains were some of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and the pandemic has certainly exposed the weaknesses of current development policies and calls for new, innovative measures in developing resilient local regions. This book forms an essential part of the development series of the Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) as it offers insight into how a global pandemic (COVID-19) impacted LED in various regions and the different responses from different spheres.

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Enhancing Inclusion, Experience, and Academic Performance: Peer-to-Peer Mentoring for Equity Group Students in an Australian Regional University

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

Exploring the relationship of university students’ educational variables and the degree of their use of virtual social networks

Exploring the relationship of university students’ educational variables and the degree of their use of virtual social networks

Fostering Academic Performance Of Private University Students Through Mentoring Programme

The importance of recognition of prior learning for economic growth and development and social change

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