ERIC Number: EJ1396533
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-5224
EISSN: EISSN-1468-2273
Undergraduates' Orientations towards Student-University Relationships: Measurement and Associations with Student Characteristics and Engagement
Higher Education Quarterly, v77 n4 p722-740 2023
This study explored students' orientations towards student-university relationships and how they differ with regard to student characteristics and engagement. We developed an instrument measuring student orientations and utilised it in a survey of Russian undergraduates. Using latent class analysis, we identified the following types of Russian students' orientations: instructivists, consumerists, constructivists, and students with mixed orientations. As the results showed, the majority of our respondents have consumerist or mixed orientations that mostly mismatch with the actual models of student-university relationships at Russian universities. We also found that students with these orientations are less engaged than instructivists and constructivists. These findings demonstrate the importance of seeking an optimal match between diverse undergraduate orientations and the actual educational model, which fits national and institutional contexts.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student College Relationship, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Student Characteristics, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Russia
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