Initial Motivational Orientation of Students Enrolling in Undergraduate Degrees

Autor/inn/en	Kember, David; Ho, Amber; Hong, Celina
Titel	Initial Motivational Orientation of Students Enrolling in Undergraduate Degrees
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 35 (2010) 3, S.263-276 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
Schlagwörter	Grounded Theory; Undergraduate Students; Goal Orientation; Student Motivation; Foreign Countries; Interviews; College Attendance; Enrollment; Academic Degrees; Majors (Students); Compliance (Psychology); Life Style; Social Cognition; Student Interests; Higher Education; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schulische Motivation; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Einschulung; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Lebensstil; Soziale Kognition; Studieninteresse; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hongkong
Abstract	Governments are aiming to expand the intake to higher education, so it is important to understand what motivates students to enter university and choose a particular programme. The aim of this study was to see whether a motivational orientation framework, developed to explain motivation to study, could also be applied to motivation to enrol in a selected university programme. Data were collected through individual open interviews with 36 undergraduate students at three universities in Hong Kong. Analysis used a grounded theory approach. The motivational orientation framework consists of six continua, labelled: compliance, individual goal setting, university lifestyle, sense of belonging, career and interest. It was possible to interpret data on decisions to go to university and to pick particular programmes with the framework. Students could be allocated to a position on each continuum, which then characterised their initial motivation for study. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10