High School Students' Academic Causal Attributions in the Cultural-Political Context of the Arab School System in Israel

Autor/inn/en	Kaplan, Avi; Yahia, Yasmin
Titel	High School Students' Academic Causal Attributions in the Cultural-Political Context of the Arab School System in Israel
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 28 (2017) 1, S.60-74 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
DOI	10.1080/14675986.2016.1271558
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; High School Students; Arabs; Grade 11; Student Attitudes; Attribution Theory; Student Surveys; Likert Scales; Academic Achievement; Success; Academic Failure; Tests; Educational Practices; Student Motivation; Statistical Analysis; Bias; Self Esteem; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Arab; Araber; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung; Likert-Skala; Schulleistung; Erfolg; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Bildungspraxis; Schulische Motivation; Statistische Analyse; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	While motivation is commonly interpreted as an individual student's characteristic, motivational perceptions and beliefs, such as causal attributions of success and failure, are embedded in cultural meanings and contextual practices. The current study aimed to investigate causal attributions among Arab high school students in Israel and to interpret them in the light of their cultural-political context. Two hundred and five 11th-grade Arab students from three different geographic regions in Israel responded to open-ended and closed survey questions about events of success and failure in school. The analysis indicated that students overwhelmingly considered exams when thinking about events of success and failure, reflecting the normative teacher-centred pedagogical practices in schools. The analysis also manifested patterns of a self-serving bias. These findings are interpreted in the light of the cultural-political characteristics of the Arab school system in Israel. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01