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Bachelor Kick-Off: New students’ reflections
Reflections from using the dialogue cards
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Utilstrækkelighedssituationen – at række hånden op
CBS-students Amalie Estrup, Emilie Elizabeth Klok, Sebastian Vestergaard and Tobias Mygland.
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In this short video, four CBS students use the dialogue cards to address how challenging it can be to raise their hand and speak up during a lecture. One of the students explains that she especially feels uncomfortable in lectures where there are a lot of students participating.
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Utilstrækkelighedssituationen – reaktioner på utilstrækkelighed
CBS-students Amalie Estrup, Emilie Elizabeth Klok, Sebastian Vestergaard and Tobias Mygland.
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In this short video, the students address how they typically feel and react in a situation where they are feeling inadequate or pressured, for example when being uncertain how to solve an assignment.
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Utilstrækkelighedssituationen – at tro alle andre har styr på det
CBS-students Amalie Estrup, Emilie Elizabeth Klok, Sebastian Vestergaard and Tobias Mygland.
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In this short video, the four students reflect upon the idea that others’ manage things better. They also talk about the following information given on one of the dialogue cards: “Research shows that it differs how we react when we feel pressed. How others can help us when we feel pressured also varies. Many students feel better when they learn they are not the only one under pressure.“
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Utilstrækkelighedssituationen – gruppearbejde
CBS-students Amalie Estrup, Emilie Elizabeth Klok, Sebastian Vestergaard and Tobias Mygland.
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In this short video, four CBS students discuss the challenges within group work and how one can feel inadequate, for example when you experience not being able to contribute to the content of an assignment during group work.
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Utilstrækkelighedssituationen – myten om “den ideelle” CBS-studerende
CBS-students Amalie Estrup, Emilie Elizabeth Klok, Sebastian Vestergaard and Tobias Mygland.
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In this video the students address how focusing on ideals of high or “perfect” performance can give rise to a stress-inducing environment where they feel significant pressure to live up to unrealistic ideals. They talk about the myth that exist about “the ideal” student.
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A full session of students using the dialogue cards
CBS-students Amalie Estrup, Emilie Elizabeth Klok, Sebastian Vestergaard and Tobias Mygland.
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In this video of 1:24 hour we see four CBS students play a full session of the dialogue cards.
For new students
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Amalie’s message – what I wished I had known when I started
Amalie Estrup, Cand.merc.jur., CBS.
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This short videos is Amalie’s response to the question: What would you have wished that you knew when you started at CBS as a new student?
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Anders’ message – what I wished I had known when I started
Anders Buchner Jensen, HA.(alm.), CBS.
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This short videos is Anders’ response to the question: What would you have wished that you knew when you started at CBS as a new student?
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Ida’s message – what I wished I had known when I started
Ida Licht, Cand.merc.kom., CBS.
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This short videos is Ida’s response to the question: What would you have wished that you knew when you started at CBS as a new student?
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Sarah’s message – what I wished I had known when I started
Sarah Marcussen, HA(phil.), CBS.
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This short videos is Sarah’s response to the question: What would you have wished that you knew when you started at CBS as a new student?
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En besked til nye studerende fra en virksomhedsleder
Morten Gustavsen, Managing Director at Roxtec.
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Managing Director at the Swedish company Roxtec, Morten Gustavsen, gives in this short video (in Danish) his best advice for new students and emphasizes the importance of human values, emotions and vulnerability.
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Du er ikke alene med tvivlen
Sarah Marcussen, HA(phil.) student at CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In this video (in Danish) Sarah, as a third year student at HA(phil.), shares her story about having doubts and regrets about the study program she had begun, which lead to a feeling of not being good enough and being alone in her struggles. Sarah ended up having stress. Eventually she decided to change to another study program. In this video she speaks to Pernille about the experience, lessons and the myth of the ideal CBS student.
About the project, stress, well-being & main themes
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Trivsel i fællesskab – introducing the research and dialogue cards
Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In this video (in Danish with English subtitles) Pernille introduces her research project on stress prevention and well-being among students at CBS. She shares a few main findings and some encouragements to students on how to participate in increasing well-being. She also explains how to use the dialogue cards that has been developed on basis of the research findings.
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CBS Stress Webinar – stress and working from home
Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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CBS@home invited Pernille to speak about work related challenges during the Corona pandemic and particularly on working or studying from home. The video is in Danish with English subtitles.
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Stress prevention and well-being among students at CBS
Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In this video (in English) Pernille introduces her work on stress and explains the main ambitions behind the research project “Stress prevention and Well-being among students at CBS.”
Exam and performance pressure and insecurities
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Eksamensusikkerhed – hvorfor faen snakker vi ikke om det? Del 1.
Gry Kjær Jacobsen, Cand.soc., CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In two videos (del 1, del 2) Pernille talks to Gry, a first year student at Cand.soc. Human Resource Management, about her experiences with exams and reflections about the importance of grades.
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Eksamensusikkerhed – hvorfor faen snakker vi ikke om det? Del 2.
Gry Kjær Jacobsen, Cand.soc., CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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As Pernille and Gry finished the first video, Gry had an “aha” reflection on their dialogue, which Pernille found important to include. Gry realized how normal it is to experience these insecurities, but wondered, why then is it that we do not share it more often and naturally? Pernille adds to Gry’s reflections with knowledge from her research
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At lære at studere og gå til eksamen – hvorfor faen snakker vi ikke om det?
Anders Buchner Jensen, HA.(alm.), CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In three videos Anders, as a second year HA.(alm.) student, shares in dialogue with Pernille important insights and reflections from the perspective of being a new student at CBS. The first video covers topics like: having difficulties with certain classes, performing worse than one hopes, differences in students’ backgrounds and skills, and managing expectations from oneself or others.
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Perfektheds- og præstationskultur – hvorfor faen snakker vi ikke om det?
Anders Buchner Jensen, HA.(alm.), CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In the second video, Pernille and Anders zoom in on the study environment and ways to dismantle the performance and perfection culture. How to manage expectations, break with ideals of perfection, and share honestly about it?
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Dannelse i uddannelsen – hvorfor faen snakker vi ikke om det?
Anders Buchner Jensen, HA.(alm.), CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In the third video, Anders shares an interesting conversation he had with his father about perceiving being a student as a process of cultivation.
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Exam anxiety – advice from a teacher
Jannick Friis Christensen, Postdoc at BHL, CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen speak about taking exams and share different tips.
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In this video Pernille talks to Jannick Friis Christensen, post.doc at MPP on this experiences with taking students to exams, preparing students for the exam in class and his advice for the exam situation itself.
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Eksamensusikkerhed og karakterpres- hvad siger forskningen?
Anne Sofie Fischer, Research Assistant at BHL, CBS and Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In this video Pernille and Anne Sofie talk about the findings from the research related to pressure from grades, performance and exams. talk about the findings from the research related to pressure from grades, performance and exams.
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Eksamensusikkerhed og karakterpres – Hvorfor faen snakker vi ikke om det?
Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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Pernille introduces the theme on pressure and insecurities related to exams and performance in general, and share some brief insights on this from her research.
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At lære at fejle – Når dit bedste ikke er godt nok
Pernille Steen Pedersen.
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In this video Pernille talks about the importance of failure and learning to fail. Sometimes, even when we do our best, we get results we think is not good enough. People make mistakes, fails, get disappointed during their studies and in work life. This is natural and is a part of learning, but how do we manage it when it happens?