Bystrova, A. A.

Kirillova, V. I.

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127 A.A. Bystrova, V.I. Kirillova  National research Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk, Russia What did the students expect from TPU and what they have got: comparative study The topic of our research is the comparison of student’s expectations from TPU and real result. We have taken this subject as we consider it is very topical at the moment. We became interested in knowing the answer to the question “Problems of adaptation of the students at the university”. We have developed a questionnaire objective of which was to draw conclusions if student continues the education at the university, if he does not get what he wanted and how many students’ expectation coincided with reality.  The aim of our research was to reveal the main differences between “what students expected” and “what they have got” In connection with this aim the following two tasks have been solved: 1) The questionnaire for students has been worked out. 2) The results have been analyzed and presented as a pie chart. Now we proceed to the main part. Our group performed questioning. We quested groups 1B31, 1B32, 1B41, 1B42 and those who have already graduated it was 1B11. Students have been asked 2 questions:  1) What did you want from TPU? 2) What did you get? The results were analyzed. And we can present some answers.  1-” On entering TPU I expected a higher education, a good job in the future, but really I got good new friends and a lot of new knowledge.” 2-” On entering TPU I was expecting good knowledge and the opportunity to develop both studies and sport, to become a qualified specialist and popular. Person basically what I expected, I got. We get knowledge, we learn our major and there are opportunities to reach success in the sport.” Having analyzed the answers from this questionnaire we concluded.    As a conclusion we can sum up that  1) As it is seen from the first graph the main objective of 50 % was a good technical education. 2) As it is seen from the second graph the majority of students 60 % have received the expected result. 50%9%20%20%1%Expectancyto get good technical educationto study hardto have fun and many friends128  Having analyzed this information, we can make a final supposition that the majority of students are glad to study at TPU and will not give up their education.  Scientific supervisor: A.K. Ustyuzhanina, assistant professor, TPU, Russia  60%19%11%9% 1%What have we got?got the things they had expected little sportfriendsto many hard lessonsnot magic

What did the students expect from TPU and what they have got: comparative study

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