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Kelly, Deidre L.

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Major Motivations: First-Generation College Students' Motivations when Selecting Technology and Engineering Education as a Major.

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正題名/作者:	Major Motivations: First-Generation College Students' Motivations when Selecting Technology and Engineering Education as a Major./
作者:	Kelly, Deidre L.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
面頁冊數:	218 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-11A.
標題:	Higher education. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28004366
ISBN:	9798643183648

Major Motivations: First-Generation College Students' Motivations when Selecting Technology and Engineering Education as a Major.
Kelly, Deidre L.

Major Motivations: First-Generation College Students' Motivations when Selecting Technology and Engineering Education as a Major. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 218 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--North Carolina State University, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Deciding what college major is the right fit is a complex process even for the most confident and self-aware adolescents. This undertaking is particularly heavy on first-generation college students (FGCS) as their parents have not successfully completed a four-year degree. Previous research shows parents have a significant influence on continuing college students' perceptions about college and major choice. In the absence of parental experience at a four-year college, FGCS often turn to others for assistance and advice. Understanding who FGCS seek out for guidance and how the students respond to the counsel they receive is critical to identifying patterns in how FGCS make these decisions. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover and understand 12 current FGCS' motivations for selecting TEE as a major at a large, mid-Atlantic, public research university in an urban setting that is highly regarded for its engineering programs. The motivation perceptions of FGCS' lived experiences was compared to the intrinsic motivational tenets of the Self-Determination Theory of Motivation (SDT): autonomy, relatedness, and competence. The study ties together three concepts that have previously been unexamined together: FGCS, SDT, and majoring in TEE. The findings show that despite their lack of a degree, parents are still by far the leading source of encouragement in both negative and positive manners. Interestingly, the participants saw their own enjoyment in activities related to the major as the second most influential factor, followed by other family, college peers, college advisors, high school teachers, and college professors. This suggests the TEE FGCS are motivated to seek out majors that satisfy their intrinsic needs (personal interests and what makes them happy) over more extrinsic reasons (pleasing others, money, or status). The TEE major satisfied more of their need for autonomy, relatedness, and competence than other majors they either attempted or considered. The findings will potentially serve as a springboard for future research and possibly generate new educational theories in the TEE field and beyond. This research can assist university and high school TEE faculty and staff, researchers, and high school and college academic advisors in enhancing the influencers' effectiveness in guiding future students directly to the TEE major and reducing unnecessary courses while increasing student satisfaction, retention, and graduation rates. It can also help address a critical need to attract and retain students to TEE programs so they can return to K-12 classrooms to inspire and educate the upcoming generation of STEM professionals at all levels.

ISBN: 9798643183648Subjects--Topical Terms:

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