The use of a Peer Assisted Study Scheme to help the transition from Secondary school to Higher Education
(2019) 21st Annual International Conference on Education- Abstract
- This presentation will give an overview of a peer learning model called Supplemental Instruction - Peer Assisted Study Scheme (SI-PASS). SI-PASS was invented at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, USA in the early1970s and was then directed to Universities and for the university students. In this presentation, the focus and discussion will be on how SI-PASS can be implemented in secondary schools using an adaptation of the model, called SI-Platform. The Platform is used as a link between secondary education and Higher education to prepare students both academically as well as socially in their transition. A part of the objective with the platform is to use it as a tool in the University mission of widening... (More)
- This presentation will give an overview of a peer learning model called Supplemental Instruction - Peer Assisted Study Scheme (SI-PASS). SI-PASS was invented at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, USA in the early1970s and was then directed to Universities and for the university students. In this presentation, the focus and discussion will be on how SI-PASS can be implemented in secondary schools using an adaptation of the model, called SI-Platform. The Platform is used as a link between secondary education and Higher education to prepare students both academically as well as socially in their transition. A part of the objective with the platform is to use it as a tool in the University mission of widening participation.
What is then SI-PASS? SI-PASS is an academic support model with large international prevalence with the purpose of preventing dropouts and strengthen students’ study abilities and results. SI-PASS is a collaborative form of learning in groups of about 5-15 students who meet on a weekly basis under the facilitation of an SI-PASS leader, an older student with good insight in the course. The SI-PASS leader helps the students to succeed in high-risk courses in heterogeneous groups. A relaxed atmosphere, inner motivation and a collaborative academic-social learning characterize the SI-sessions.
The SI-Platform is a cooperative program where six Higher Education Institutes in the Southern part of Sweden works together with a number of secondary schools in the region. At the moment it is active in over 20 municipalities of 40 possible in the provinces of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. The goal is to reach out to all in a range of two more years. At present it includes around 30 upper secondary schools and 10 lower secondary schools. During the last academic year over 1000 SI participating students where involved. And of these approximately 70% were active on a weekly basis. Around 50 teachers at secondary school been trained in the SI-PASS model. SI has been used in a broad range of subjects such as mathematic, Swedish, economy, Swedish as a second language, modern languages, chemistry, physics and Music. Examples of outcomes from the SI-Platform project so far is
• a considerably stronger link between secondary and tertiary education in southern Sweden,
• secondary school students getting
o new study strategies where learning in collaboration is seen as a resource,
o an alternative view of the studied subject,
o a more personal view of higher education studies from the SI-PASS leader (Less)
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- 21st Annual International Conference on Education, 20-23 May 2019, Athens, Greece
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- 21st Annual International Conference on Education
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- Athens, Greece
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- 2019-05-20 - 2019-05-23
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abstract = {{This presentation will give an overview of a peer learning model called Supplemental Instruction - Peer Assisted Study Scheme (SI-PASS). SI-PASS was invented at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, USA in the early1970s and was then directed to Universities and for the university students. In this presentation, the focus and discussion will be on how SI-PASS can be implemented in secondary schools using an adaptation of the model, called SI-Platform. The Platform is used as a link between secondary education and Higher education to prepare students both academically as well as socially in their transition. A part of the objective with the platform is to use it as a tool in the University mission of widening participation.<br/><br/>What is then SI-PASS? SI-PASS is an academic support model with large international prevalence with the purpose of preventing dropouts and strengthen students’ study abilities and results. SI-PASS is a collaborative form of learning in groups of about 5-15 students who meet on a weekly basis under the facilitation of an SI-PASS leader, an older student with good insight in the course. The SI-PASS leader helps the students to succeed in high-risk courses in heterogeneous groups. A relaxed atmosphere, inner motivation and a collaborative academic-social learning characterize the SI-sessions.<br/><br/>The SI-Platform is a cooperative program where six Higher Education Institutes in the Southern part of Sweden works together with a number of secondary schools in the region. At the moment it is active in over 20 municipalities of 40 possible in the provinces of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. The goal is to reach out to all in a range of two more years. At present it includes around 30 upper secondary schools and 10 lower secondary schools. During the last academic year over 1000 SI participating students where involved. And of these approximately 70% were active on a weekly basis. Around 50 teachers at secondary school been trained in the SI-PASS model. SI has been used in a broad range of subjects such as mathematic, Swedish, economy, Swedish as a second language, modern languages, chemistry, physics and Music. Examples of outcomes from the SI-Platform project so far is <br/>• a considerably stronger link between secondary and tertiary education in southern Sweden,<br/>• secondary school students getting <br/>o new study strategies where learning in collaboration is seen as a resource,<br/>o an alternative view of the studied subject,<br/>o a more personal view of higher education studies from the SI-PASS leader}},
author = {{Bryngfors, Leif and Malm, Joakim}},
booktitle = {{21st Annual International Conference on Education, 20-23 May 2019, Athens, Greece}},
language = {{eng}},
title = {{The use of a Peer Assisted Study Scheme to help the transition from Secondary school to Higher Education}},
year = {{2019}},
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