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MOTIVATIONAL SELF-REPORTS OF ACADEMICALLY UNDERPREPARED COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

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1975
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The problem of this study was fourfold: (1) Since it is generally concluded that underprepared students have had an unsatisfactory prior school experience, why do many continue their education in the community junior college? (2) Do underprepared students enroll in the community junior college to gain job skills related to employment opportunities or job satisfaction? (3) Is there any difference between the aspirations of the underprepared student and the evaluations of the teachers-counselors and counselors in the community colleges' programs designed for underprepared students? (4) Is there any difference between the aspirations of underprepared community college students and the evaluations of their motivations by selected secondary guidance counselors? The findings were: (1) The students' previous experiences in education were reported as very satisfactory. Their reports of previous schooling were pleasant, they reported that their previous teachers liked and understood them, and they reported they could be highly superior or above average students. (2) The students planned to learn things that would be useful in their future work; and they planned to prepare themselves for an employment goal which pays well and that they would enjoy doing. (3) The students reported less motivation for achieving career education goals than the college teachers-counselors estimated. (4) The students reported less motivation for acquiring career education goals than the secondary level guidance counselors estimated they would.
Title: THE MOTIVATIONAL SELF-REPORTS OF ACADEMICALLY UNDERPREPARED COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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Name(s): RIGTERINK, JAMES MACK
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 145 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The problem of this study was fourfold: (1) Since it is generally concluded that underprepared students have had an unsatisfactory prior school experience, why do many continue their education in the community junior college? (2) Do underprepared students enroll in the community junior college to gain job skills related to employment opportunities or job satisfaction? (3) Is there any difference between the aspirations of the underprepared student and the evaluations of the teachers-counselors and counselors in the community colleges' programs designed for underprepared students? (4) Is there any difference between the aspirations of underprepared community college students and the evaluations of their motivations by selected secondary guidance counselors? The findings were: (1) The students' previous experiences in education were reported as very satisfactory. Their reports of previous schooling were pleasant, they reported that their previous teachers liked and understood them, and they reported they could be highly superior or above average students. (2) The students planned to learn things that would be useful in their future work; and they planned to prepare themselves for an employment goal which pays well and that they would enjoy doing. (3) The students reported less motivation for achieving career education goals than the college teachers-counselors estimated. (4) The students reported less motivation for acquiring career education goals than the secondary level guidance counselors estimated they would.
Identifier: 11653 (digitool), FADT11653 (IID), fau:8590 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.
Subject(s): Motivation in education
College students--Florida
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