Cultural Factors Impacting Student Motivation at a Health Sciences College in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Autor/in	Abdul Razzak, Nina Lutfi
Titel	Cultural Factors Impacting Student Motivation at a Health Sciences College in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 3 (2016) 1, Artikel 1153214 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2016.1153214
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Student Motivation; College Students; Medical Students; Health Sciences; Social Influences; Mixed Methods Research; Gender Bias; Graduation Requirements; Stereotypes; Employment Level; Family Characteristics; Parent Background; Educational Attitudes; Social Status; Disadvantaged Environment; Focus Groups; Questionnaires; Study Habits; Attention; Discipline; Specialization; Parent Attitudes; Family Environment; Parent Child Relationship; Traditionalism; Stranger Reactions; Self Concept; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schulische Motivation; Collegestudent; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterstereotyp; Abschlussordnung; Klischee; Beschäftigungsgrad; Elternhaus; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Sozialer Status; Fragebogen; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Aufmerksamkeit; Disziplin; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Elternverhalten; Familienmilieu; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Traditionalismus; Fremdenprüfung; Selbstkonzept; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This paper presents a reflection on students' levels and types of motivation at a college of health sciences in Saudi Arabia and highlights the social and cultural factors possibly contributing to the differences in motivation among those students. The results of this study, which followed a mixed-methods approach, indicate a multiplicity of contributing factors and values, namely: gender stereotyping, appreciation of early graduation, stereotypes regarding career status, family background, and parents' educational levels, value attributed to education, ultra-conservatism, and social image and prestige. From these factors, a number of key implications and recommendations are deduced, some of which are general while others are more college specific. (As Provided).
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