ERIC Number: EJ1450932
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2050-7003
EISSN: EISSN-1758-1184
Master in Education Students' Attitudes toward Research at One University of Education in Myanmar
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, v16 n5 p1373-1388 2024
Purpose: This study scrutinizes the attitudes of postgraduate students specializing in education toward research at one University of Education in Myanmar. Design/methodology/approach: Having collected data from 121 Master in Education (MEd) students in three education departments, the study validated Papanastasiou's (2014) Revised-Attitude toward Research (R-ATR) scale by performing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A one-way MANOVA was used to establish the significance of mean differences between groups and ANOVA was used for the same purpose among groups. Findings: The R-ATR scale is fit with the sample (X[superscript 2]/df = 1.60), and the students' attitudes toward research are favorable with mean value for research usefulness (5.98), positive research predispositions (5.55) and research anxiety (3.61), despite feeling stressed and anxious. There was a significant difference in the students' attitudes toward research regarding their departments, while no significant difference was found based on their research experience, gender and age. Practical implications: There should be an effective mechanism in implementing the research course and in online delivery mode, collaboration between the faculties in the process of revision and review of the research courses, effective strategies of improving research instructors' quality and also internationalization to sustain students' positive attitudes toward research and to reduce their stress and anxiety. Originality/value: This research is empirically novel, and the initiative attempts to first use the R-ATR scale in teacher education in Myanmar.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Majors, Student Attitudes, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Research, Program Attitudes, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Teaching (Occupation), Inservice Education, Schools of Education, Departments
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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: Burma
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