The Structure of non-traditional students’ motives for entering higher education

ROZVADSKÁ, Katarína and Petr NOVOTNÝ. The Structure of non-traditional students’ motives for entering higher education. Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete. vol. 19, No 2, p. 133-148. ISSN 1825-7321. doi:10.13128/formare-25262. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: The Structure of non-traditional students’ motives for entering higher education
• Authors: ROZVADSKÁ, Katarína (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Petr NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete, 2019, 1825-7321.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107605
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13128/formare-25262
• Keywords in English: motives; non-traditional students; adult education; academic motivation; engagement
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

This study uses secondary data analysis to investigate the motives behind non-traditional students starting university studies. The data were collected during the first part of a longitudinal on-line survey conducted at Masaryk University amongst first-year students attending all of the university’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes. The Academic Motivation Scale was the tool used in the original research to explore the university students’ reasons for beginning their studies. A sub-sample of the primary study population, adult students 26 years of age or older who had taken a break from their educational trajectories, were identified as non-traditional students. We found that the hierarchy of non-traditional students’ motives for entering higher education diverged from the hierarchy of the rest of the sample.

Links

• GA18-15451S, research and development project: Name: Netradiční studenti studující pedagogické obory v terciárním vzdělávání v ČR

Investor: Czech Science Foundation