An Exploratory Study of Students' Academic Entitlement in Arabic Culture and Religion Courses

Autor/inn/en	Pilotti, Maura A. E.; Mulhem, Huda Al; El-Moussa, Omar J.
Titel	An Exploratory Study of Students' Academic Entitlement in Arabic Culture and Religion Courses
Quelle	In: Religious Education, 117 (2022) 4, S.296-312 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-4087
DOI	10.1080/00344087.2022.2097987
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Expectation; Academic Achievement; Females; Arabs; Cultural Education; Religious Education; Personality Traits; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung; Schulleistung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Arab; Araber; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausland; Prädiktor; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Academic entitlement (AE) is the expectation of academic success without the recognition, exercised through thought and action, of personal responsibility for attaining that success. In the present exploratory study, we examined the extent to which AE is present in female college students enrolled in Arabic culture and religious courses at a Middle Eastern university with a secular curriculum. The study also examined whether AE accounted for poor course performance. Arabic culture and religious courses promote inner modesty. Such courses, however, exist in a society with contradictory values, with Islam and tribal traditions promoting modesty and unity while capitalistic forces promote immodesty and competition through unfettered marketing and consumption. Although evidence of AE was minimal, overall less endorsement of AE emerged as students moved from earlier to later courses, gaining academic experience. Specific aspects of AE were found to be related to lower course performance. The procedure of this study and its findings can serve as a roadmap to implement proactive interventions for students enrolled in such courses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01