naa a22 4500 510780806 CHVBK 20180411083246.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11422-012-9436-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11422-012-9436-9 Penetrating a wall of introspection: a critical attrition analysis [Elektronische Daten] [Bjørn Johannsen, Camilla Rump, Cedric Linder] This paper presents a critical analysis of student discourse on attrition as it unfolds in interviews on early departure from higher education. A synthesis of relevant studies and modelling done in the field shows that essential aspects affecting attrition and retention can be effectively conceptualized and acted upon in terms of the interplay between student and institution. These aspects were used in combination with James Gee's notion of Discourse models to design a unique framing for interpretation of interviews aimed at bringing out new causal dynamics that lie in this interplay. To illustrate this interpretation, Aristotle's notion of four causes is used. The analysis presented is a study of interviews with seven former physics students about their early departure. This framing of the analysis was necessary because the students' description of how they understood their actions did not explicitly reveal interplay between student and institution. These details lay behind a ‘wall of introspection' that otherwise posed a serious challenge to the use of student testimony as direct means to identify and address issues of early departure. The results are used to discuss research implications. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2012 Attrition and retention nationallicence Higher education nationallicence Interview analysis nationallicence Ability nationallicence Physics nationallicence Johannsen Bjørn Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Rump Camilla Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Linder Cedric Division of Physics Education, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut Cultural Studies of Science Education Springer Netherlands 8/1(2013-03-01), 87-115 1871-1502 8:1<87 2013 8 11422 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-012-9436-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-012-9436-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johannsen Bjørn Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rump Camilla Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Linder Cedric Division of Physics Education, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cultural Studies of Science Education Springer Netherlands 8/1(2013-03-01), 87-115 1871-1502 8:1<87 2013 8 11422 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer