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Author : Jason John Germundson
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Transiency and Students' Perceptions of Belonging written by Jason John Germundson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tammy Shannon
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Download or read book Adult, First-Generation College Students' Perceptions of Belonging written by Tammy Shannon and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adult, first-generation college students' perceived sense of belonging is the subject of this dissertation. Academic literature supports that sense of belonging plays a key role in persistence to graduation amongst traditional-age college students. Tinto, in his book, Completing College: Rethinking Institutional Action (2012), is quoted in his section on involvement, meaning and the sense of belonging: "Involvements, academic or social, do not occur in a vacuum. They take place within specific social and cultural settings and among individuals whose values give them meaning" (p. 66). The need to better understand sense of belonging in adult, first generation undergraduates was first revealed in my role as academic adviser through direct contact and dialogue with these students. This, along with my own history as a non-traditional, first-generation college graduate led to insights, researching of the literature, a pilot study, and the completion of this dissertation. The results are particularly poignant because they look at sense of belonging during a worldwide pandemic with interviews done in the summer of 2021. The adult, first-generation college student perceptions of belonging generated a view slightly different from that of their traditional aged peers. Data analysis produced a grounded theory model: Sense of Belonging: Connections through Communities of Practice. The grounded theory produced a snapshot of a population of students as they navigated the university. Studying during the pandemic created an opportunity to discuss nuances of belonging in different environments and what that might look like for students moving forward. It is the goal and objective of this dissertation to better understand sense of belonging in adult, first-generation undergraduates and how that contributes to academic persistence. One value of this study is learning how adult first-generation undergraduates connect, find community, and develop a sense of belonging. The second value is an historical glimpse of this population's views during a worldwide pandemic. The third is the study's model which frames the data into an understanding of how participants communicated their sense of belonging and connection. The model provides administrators, faculty, and those interested in first-generation student success a useful set of implications and recommendations for policy and practice. Opportunity for further discussion, and future research is also present. Adult, first-generation undergraduate students are trailblazers; reading their perspectives on sense of belonging, and proposed ways for support and connection at the university, may offer insights and fresh ideas to the general reader and researcher alike.
Author : Terrell L. Strayhorn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415895030
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (158 download)
Download or read book College Students' Sense of Belonging written by Terrell L. Strayhorn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belonging - with peers, in the classroom, or on campus - is a crucial part of the college experience. This title addresses these student sub-populations and campus environments. It offers readers practical guidelines, underpinned by theory and research, for helping students belong and thrive.
Author : Erin Bentrim
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000980375
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Impact of a Sense of Belonging in College written by Erin Bentrim and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sense of belonging refers to the extent a student feels included, accepted, valued, and supported on their campus. The developmental process of belonging is interwoven with the social identity development of diverse college students. Moreover, belonging is influenced by the campus environment, relationships, and involvement opportunities as well as a need to master the student role and achieve academic success. Although the construct of sense of belonging is complex and multilayered, a consistent theme across the chapters in this book is that the relationship between sense of belonging and intersectionality of identity cannot be ignored, and must be integrated into any approach to fostering belonging.Over the last 10 years, colleges and universities have started grappling with the notion that their approaches to maintaining and increasing student retention, persistence, and graduation rates were no longer working. As focus shifted to uncovering barriers to student success while concurrently recognizing student success as more than solely academic factors, the term “student sense of belonging” gained traction in both academic and co-curricular settings. The editors noticed the lack of a consistent definition, or an overarching theoretical approach, as well as a struggle to connect disparate research. A compendium of research, applications, and approaches to sense of belonging did not exist, so they brought this book into being to serve as a single point of reference in an emerging and promising field of study.
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Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Transfer Students Perception of Engagement and Sense of Belonging written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transfer students make up over half the college student population. As we see a decline of "traditional" aged students and financial pressures on higher education increase, transfer students are more essential to the enrollment stability than in previous eras. Transfer students are also a diverse group including underserved populations such as various ethnic groups, ages, and economically disadvantaged students. Despite these facts, many institutions do not put commensurate resources in serving transfer students as first-time students. This study was conducted to determine how engagement and sense of belonging affected transfer student persistence. The study used a sequential explanatory mixed method approach. The survey was designed to measure student engagement and sense of belonging as well as capture demographic information such as age, gender, and race / ethnicity. The survey results informed the focus group questions as well as purposeful sampling of participants. The responses of participants in the focus groups showed a significant difference in how various demographic groups responded. I found that overall engagement was low, and sense of belonging was only moderate. There was a correlation between engagement and sense of belonging, particularly within the academic engagement constructs. Male students reported a lower sense of belonging compared to female students. White students were less engaged than other race / ethnic groups. Interestingly, faculty interactions had the highest impact on student sense of belonging. Institutions of higher education need to recognize the value this complex group of students adds to the institution and design mechanisms to meet their needs. They need to create and maintain a campus-wide pedagogy that encourages faculty and student engagement in academic and career focused conversations as early as orientation. In addition, institutions need to build opportunities for male students to develop sense of belonging in ways that will inspire persistence.
Author : Dabney Chatwin Ingram
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (795 download)
Download or read book College Students' Sense of Belonging written by Dabney Chatwin Ingram and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colleges and universities often have significantly different graduation rates based on students' ethnicity. Systematic variation in students' sense of belonging at college may be a factor. Existing literature suggests that a better understanding of student belonging at the college level can help to improve college outcomes, particularly for racial/ethnic minorities who are often underrepresented on college campuses and may benefit from well-designed systems of support to bolster their sense of belonging. This study was designed to improve our understanding of student belonging, its components, and its correlates for a diverse group of college students. Self-reported survey data were collected from 159 college sophomores (about a quarter of the class) from one small private and predominantly white college with graduation rates that varied by student ethnicity. Factor analysis produced three reliable and independent measures of belonging: social belonging, academic belonging, and perceived institutional support. Further investigation of this sample indicated that the general measures of college students' 'sense of belonging' found in the literature are mainly social in nature and therefore mask more nuanced associations with important variables that are revealed with separate measurement of academic belonging and perceived institutional support. Results from a set of multivariate stepwise regression analyses suggested that student demographics (ethnicity, parent education, and gender) jointly did not explain a significant amount of variance in any measure of student belonging. Rather, institutional and interpersonal variables (e.g., students' perception of the college's commitment to diversity, students' perception of the personal relevance of the curriculum) jointly explained a significant amount of variance in all three measures of belonging, suggesting that the strongest predictors of student belonging were not fixed student attributes but other variables that can be influenced to various extents by college policies and practices. Additional results indicated that social belonging and academic belonging were significantly and differentially associated with students' self-reported GPA, level of satisfaction with the institution, level of class participation, and frequency of meetings with professors outside of class time. The findings suggest that while social belonging has important associations with measures of academic performance and outcomes, academic belonging is also important and distinct. Differentiating the measurement of 'sense of belonging' into three components may be useful both for research and for guiding institutional policies and practices. It allows us to identify more precisely what facet of belonging is being measured, and how each is differentially associated with 'college experience' variables and educational outputs of interest.
Author : Stephanie Levitt Shaulskiy
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Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Belonging Beyond the Classroom written by Stephanie Levitt Shaulskiy and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education institutions have invested time and resources into creating a wide range of student organizations to join in order to promote positive outcomes for college students. Previous literature has found links between participating in student organizations and retention as well as positive academic and psychological outcomes. Previous literature has also linked perceptions of belonging in educational settings, such as universities, to retention and positive academic and psychological outcomes. Additionally, literature about underrepresented students in higher education suggests that these students may obtain an even greater benefit from perceiving belonging to a student organization compared to their majority peers. The results from two separate, but related surveys conducted in the same semester are examined in this dissertation, organized into Study 1 (presented in Chapter 3) and Study 2 (presented in Chapter 4). Both studies examine student perceptions of belonging to student organizations (group belonging). Results from Study 1 demonstrate the importance of being a group member for academic success and perceptions of group belonging for psychological well-being. This study did not find support for the hypothesis that there would be stronger associations between perceptions of group belonging and academic success and psychological well-being for underrepresented students. Study 2 examined the factors that contribute to the perception of belonging within student organizations, finding that group cohesion and membership in an academic organization were significantly associated with students' sense of group belonging. This study did not find support for the hypothesis that there would be stronger associations between group cohesion, individual motivation, and activity type and perceptions of group belonging for underrepresented students, compared to their peers. Chapter 5 includes an overall discussion of the two studies together, including implications for practice and a discussion of the limitations to the study design as well as direction for future research.
Author : Raja Gopal Bhattar
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Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)
Download or read book "We Exist!": Sense of Belonging for Indian International LGBQ Students in U.S. Higher Education written by Raja Gopal Bhattar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explored perceptions of sense of belonging in academic and social contexts at West Coast University for Indian international LGBQ students in the United States with a focus on how institutional contexts and sociohistorical factors influence perceptions of sense of belonging on campus at the intersection of multiple identities. To address individual and institutional factors, a critical qualitative framework of Intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989, 1991) and a constructivist qualitative framework of Sense of Belonging (Strayhorn, 2012) grounded this phenomenological study. The current study used intersectionality to highlight the multiple and intersecting sociohistorical structures that influence Indian international LGBQ students' perceptions of sense of belonging on campus. Sense of Belonging encapsulates how perceptions of personal and interpersonal experiences impact an individual's connectedness and overall success on campus. Strayhorn (2012) conceptualization of Sense of Belonging into seven elements is used in framing and analyzing the study. The seven elements are (a) sense of belonging is a basic human need; (b) is a fundamental motive; (c) takes on heightened importance in certain contexts at certain times in certain populations; (d) is related to, and seemingly is a consequence of, mattering; (e) social identities intersect and affect college students' sense of belonging; (f) engenders other positive outcomes; and (g)m be satisfied on a continual basis and likely changes as circumstances, conditions and contexts change (Strayhorn, 2012). All four participants partook in three semi-structured phenomenological interviews based on Seidman's (2013) three-part interview structure: (a) focused life history- understanding of individual and cultural values and journey to U.S. higher education; (b) details of the experience - exploring individual interactions in campus and academic contexts; and (c) reflection on the meaning of the phenomenon - how individuals perceive and make meaning of these experiences. The data analysis developed three major themes: (1) Defying Boundaries, Defining Self and Community, (2) Speaking Language to Power, and (3) Centering Self within Sociohistorical Contexts. Overall, participants did not feel strong sense of belonging on campus. While interpersonal relationships fostered some belonging, there was a clear lack of overall perceptions of sense of belonging within academic and social contexts. The most salient facets of identity influencing sense of belonging for Indian international LGBQ students were sexuality, race, international student status, linguistic ability, and gender. While undergraduate and graduate students had similar perceptions of sense of belonging, graduate students expressed a need for relationships with other Indian international students while undergraduate students intentionally looked for domestic social circles. At the institutional level, salient factors influencing belongingness for Indian international LGBQ students were: (a) lack of awareness among domestic peers and faculty; (b) lack of visibility of Indian international LGBQ identities and communities on campus, (c) English language testing and requirements and (d) lack of institutional funding support. Intersecting sociohistorical factors influenced individual perceptions of sense of belonging by creating a culture where students did not feel it possible to express their intersectional identities on campus. Finally the study ends with recommendations for practice and research by higher education professionals and scholars. The study concludes recommendations for practice and research to foster sense of belonging for Indian international LGBQ students by enhancing support and services specifically for this population while also challenging current definitions of sense of belonging and expanding monolithic representations of international students.
Author : Leah D. Hoops
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book College Students' Sense of Belonging and Instructor Messages about Student Success written by Leah D. Hoops and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mixed model study used student surveys (N = 153) and interviews (N = 16) from undergraduate students enrolled in 10 sections of a Student Success Course at a large Midwestern research institution to investigate relationships between students’ perceptions of instructor messages about student success and their sense of belonging in college and a particular classroom. Using an equal status sequential mixed model design guided by the pragmatist research paradigm, this study provides a number of findings that add to the literature on how institutional experiences influence college students’ sense of belonging. First, findings from the current study indicate that instructor expectancy messages about student success are positively related to students’ sense of belonging at both the University- and classroom-level. Second, the meaning that each student makes of instructor messages deferentially contributes to their sense of belonging. Third, students’ race/ethnicity does not play a substantial role in either of these relationships. In addition to findings, implications for practice, research, and theory are explored.
Author : Maria A. Bonich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780549090342
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Effect of Student Perceptions of Belonging and Academic Press on Academic Performance written by Maria A. Bonich and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined relationships among student perceptions of academic press, belonging, and academic performance (n = 248). A modified 18-item Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) survey assessed students' perceived classroom level belonging and a 7-item subscale measuring academic press extracted from the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey (PALS) combined to form one self-report survey. Responses captured fourth grade student perceptions of their levels of belonging and academic press by school, classroom, gender, and race/ethnicity in 11 classrooms from two suburban school districts. Survey data were matched to state-mandated English Language Arts (ELA) and Math test data scores to measure academic performance.
Author : Erin M Bentrim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781003447870
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Impact of a Sense of Belonging in College written by Erin M Bentrim and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sense of belonging refers to the extent a student feels included, accepted, valued, and supported on their campus. The developmental process of belonging is interwoven with the social identity development of diverse college students. Moreover, belonging is influenced by the campus environment, relationships, and involvement opportunities as well as a need to master the student role and achieve academic success. Although the construct of sense of belonging is complex and multilayered, a consistent theme across the chapters in this book is that the relationship between sense of belonging and intersectionality of identity cannot be ignored, and must be integrated into any approach to fostering belonging. Over the last 10 years, colleges and universities have started grappling with the notion that their approaches to maintaining and increasing student retention, persistence, and graduation rates were no longer working. As focus shifted to uncovering barriers to student success while concurrently recognizing student success as more than solely academic factors, the term "student sense of belonging" gained traction in both academic and co-curricular settings. The editors noticed the lack of a consistent definition, or an overarching theoretical approach, as well as a struggle to connect disparate research. A compendium of research, applications, and approaches to sense of belonging did not exist, so they brought this book into being to serve as a single point of reference in an emerging and promising field of study." --
Author : Kelly M. Broughton
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Students' Sense of Belonging in Study Space written by Kelly M. Broughton and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal college campus provides a supportive, inclusive atmosphere for all students, enabling them to challenge their beliefs, extend their understandings, and engage in meaningful learning and knowledge production – inside and outside of the classroom. However, even on a single campus, students do not share uniform perceptions regarding the support and inclusivity of their campus environment. Students who identify with historical marginalized groups regularly report a lower sense of belonging and a less inclusive climate than their privileged peers. Students’ sense of belonging is integral to student success and it is increasingly understood to be tied to social identity, particularly for students who identify with a minoritized group. Sense of belonging is also closely related to a student’s perception of various campus environments. Students’ most immediate experience with campus environments is via the components of campus in which they regularly interact and an important component of the residential campus environment is the informal learning space - the places outside of the classroom in which students choose to do their studying and academic work
Author : Jean Elizabeth Starobin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The Roles of Social and Academic Engagement, and Perceptions of Belonging in a Model of Student Persistence written by Jean Elizabeth Starobin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present quantitative study investigated the relationship between academic engagement, social engagement, and perceptions of belonging on retention among freshman and sophomore students at a major Florida university. The research explored self-reported levels of academic engagement, extra-curricular activities, and perceptions of belonging as reported on the spring 2011 Student Experience in the Research University survey (SERU). In addition, the study measured the predictive value of patterns of academic engagement, social engagement, perceptions of belonging, and student characteristics relative to retention based on SERU participants' subsequent enrollment in the fall 2012. An analysis of both past and extant literature concerning retention issues revealed that retention is strongly linked to the student's involvement both socially and academically at the institution.
Author : Barker, Megel R.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668487969
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Critical Issues and Global Trends in International Education written by Barker, Megel R. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Research on Critical Issues and Global Trends in International Education addresses the growing complexity and diversity of international schools by examining the critical issues and global trends faced by practitioners in this field. With a lack of research on the experiences and actions of school practitioners in these isolated workplaces, this book aims to provide practical and evidence-based solutions. The book covers a wide range of topics, including equity and access, diversity, teacher retention, legal frameworks, school typology, governance, cultural competence, third culture kids, leadership and practice, technology, and parent engagement. Written by educational professionals, researchers, and anthropologists, it offers a unique collection of voices from those with lived experiences in this field, making it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the international school sector. Whether you are an educator, researcher, policymaker, school leader, lecturer, or anthropologist, the Handbook of Research on Critical Issues and Global Trends in International Education is a must-read comprehensive guide to the complexities and challenges of international education, providing practical solutions for improving the quality of education in this rapidly evolving field. If you are looking to gain a nuanced understanding of the critical issues facing international schools and evidence-based approaches for addressing these challenges, this book is the perfect resource for you.
Author : Kokila Roy Katyal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131780337X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Teacher Leadership written by Kokila Roy Katyal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years teacher leadership has undergone one major revolution and is in the process of undergoing another. The first came about as schools turned out to be far too complex for the responsibility of formulating and achieving their goals to be vested entirely in principals and head teachers. As a consequence, the rise of distributed leadership as an alternative model for understanding schools and their functioning is now commonplace. The second major revolution affecting teacher leadership is the rise of the Internet and ICT, and the way these give rise to greater and more flexible opportunities for students to become autonomous learners. Autonomous student learning now occurs in significant new ways and under parameters that are far more expansive than school-based learning. An effective model of teacher leadership thus needs to capture these changes in order to reflect the new realities of student learning and student engagement with their schools.
Author : Matthew A. Capps
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Characteristics of a Sense of Belonging and Its Relationship to Academic Achievement of Students in Selected Middle School in Region IV and VI Education Service Centers, Texas written by Matthew A. Capps and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research is to investigate the feeling of belonging that students may or may not have and the relationship of student sense of belonging to the overall academic achievement of a school. Students were surveyed on their sense of belonging in selected middle schools. The students scored themselves on the Psychological Sense of School Membership scale, which revealed an overall mean score of belonging. Students from high-performing schools were compared to students from low-performing schools in regard to their sense of belonging. Additionally, teachers were asked to rate their perception of the students' sense of belonging. The teachers' scores were compared to the students' scores in both high- and low-performing schools. Lastly, teachers were asked to provide qualitative information about the schools' role in creating a sense of belonging. An extensive review of the literature regarding sense of belonging reveals support of the importance of sense of belonging in student achievement. There is also extensive evidence regarding variation of sense of belonging among minority groups and the important role of teachers in creating a sense of belonging for students. This study found that there is no significant difference in students' reported sense of belonging between high-performing schools and low-performing schools on the Psychological Sense of School Membership scale. There is a significant difference between the teachers' perception of the students' sense of belonging and the students' reported sense of belonging on the Psychological Sense of School Membership scales. Teachers reported important roles in creating an environment of belonging. The qualitative data provided by teachers support evidence from the literature review indicative of schools with sense of belonging. High-performing schools do not report much information regarding discipline and routine as being important parts of creating belonging. However, low performing schools often report these as important to creating a sense of belonging for students. Implications of the research include: Teachers may not have an accurate understanding of students' sense of belonging and how to create a sense of belonging in schools. Further study should try to gain better understanding of the relationship between sense of belonging and minority status.
Author : Krishna Bista
Publisher : OJED/STAR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Journal of International Students || Vol 10 No 4 (2020): 10th Anniversary Series || Part I written by Krishna Bista and published by OJED/STAR. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of International Students || Vol 10 No 4 (2020): 10th Anniversary Series || Part I We invite you to explore the fourth issue of our 10th anniversary series in the Journal of International Students with excellent essays from Jenny Lee, Darla Deardorff, Rosalind Raby, and Megan Siczek. Our final issue for 2020 features authors from and research focused on Armenia, Australia, China, Mexico, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Issue 10.4 concludes our yearlong celebration with essays from influential voices in the field, who highlight critical issues facing international students, reflections on the last ten years in community college internationalization, and thoughts about how we need to move forward in the community.
