Reasons to engage, disassociate and relink with higher education
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https://doi.org/10.12795/IE.2020.i100.06Keywords:
Higher education, Classroom climate, Student participation, Interest, Socio-cultural environment, Community, Interpersonal relations, AffectivityAbstract
The reality of university classrooms, to this day, continues to offer unknowns about their impact on the development of student engagement processes. The study developed aimed to describe the reasons that university students build to engage with their higher education, disassociate themselves or relink with learning processes. A sample of 150 students is studied, selected non-randomly, enrolled at the National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina. Data is collected with a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results show that the constructs are individual but shared. Emphasizing the importance of recreating educational contexts, expanding the classroom, building ties with the community, supporting students in the face of the difficulties they face during the course, and betting on the formulation of goals from the personal agency that to chart the academic journey with commitment. Found makes it possible to generate guidelines for future educational experiences to engage students with the educational process.Downloads
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