Predictors of student engagement: the role of universities’ or importance of students’ background?

IF 2.6 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

European Journal of Higher Education Pub Date : 2022-02-03 DOI:10.1080/21568235.2022.2035240

T. Karabchuk, Y. Roshchina

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The study aims to disclose the role of the universities and students’ backgrounds in predicting student engagement. The study uses Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO) of 2015 and 2017, which is hierarchical nationally representative data set of 5,251 undergraduate students nested into 135 universities in Russia. Four indices were developed to measure student engagement based on behavioural approach, namely, class engagement, learning engagement, research engagement, and extracurricular engagement. The mixed-effects multilevel modelling was used to test the hypotheses on university roles and students’ background characteristics. Students’ parental family characteristics did not appear to have a strong influence on student engagement except mothers’ higher education. High school achievements are very important for further student engagement. The findings highlight the importance of motivation and career ambitions of students. Plans to work within the field of study or to pursue further studies to obtain a MA or Ph.D. degree positively associated with student engagement. The results confirmed that the academic environment is the strongest predictor of student engagement. Universities need to develop active teaching practices to improve the academic environment and increase student engagement.

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学生参与的预测因素:大学的作用还是学生背景的重要性?

摘要本研究旨在揭示大学和学生背景在预测学生敬业度中的作用。该研究使用了2015年和2017年的教育市场和组织监测(MEMO)，这是俄罗斯135所大学的5251名本科生的分层全国代表性数据集。基于行为方法，我们开发了四个指标来衡量学生的参与度，即课堂参与度、学习参与度、研究参与度和课外参与度。采用混合效应多层次模型对大学角色和学生背景特征的假设进行检验。除了母亲的高等教育程度外，学生的父母家庭特征似乎对学生的投入没有很强的影响。高中成绩对学生的进一步参与非常重要。研究结果强调了学生学习动机和职业抱负的重要性。计划在研究领域内工作或继续深造以获得硕士或博士学位，与学生参与积极相关。研究结果证实，学术环境是学生参与度的最强预测指标。大学需要发展积极的教学实践，以改善学术环境，提高学生的参与度。

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European Journal of Higher Education Social Sciences-Education

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期刊介绍： The European Journal of Higher Education (EJHE) aims to offer comprehensive coverage of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of higher education, analyses of European and national higher education reforms and processes, and European comparative studies or comparisons between European and non-European higher education systems and institutions. Building on the successful legacy of its predecessor, Higher Education in Europe, EJHE is establishing itself as one of the flagship journals in the study of higher education and specifically in study of European higher education.