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The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria
Mini-dissertation (Med)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/50828 The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria Human-Vogel, Salome benjiviljoen@yahoo.com Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth Viljoen, Ben UCTD Academic commitment Academic resilience Higher education Student engagement Psychosocial factors Academic achievement Student support Mini-dissertation (Med)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Within the present exploratory pilot study, the overarching aim was to explore the possibility of a relationship between academic commitment and resilience within the higher education context of the University of Pretoria. Both academic commitment and resilience had previously been found to influence student perseverance despite adversity and was explored utilising Bronfenbrenner’s PPCT model based on his ecological theory as a conceptual framework; respondents were viewed as engines of their own development through engaging with proximal processes. The present study utilised a quantitative, correlational analysis of secondary data. The original data sets were both collected from the same sample of male and female adult higher education students whose ages ranged from 17 to 22 years. Data was collected by means of two survey instruments, namely the Resilience Scale for Middle-Adolescents in a Township School (R-MATS) and the Academic Commitment Scale (ACS). Findings indicated no significant correlation between academic commitment and resilience for Education students within the context of the University of Pretoria, however some correlations were evident between the subscales of the two constructs. A broader understanding regarding the relationship of these constructs could also assist with the identification of higher education students at risk, as well as informing possible interventions that can be put in place in order to better facilitate students in completing their courses of study. The results from the study, while viewed cautiously due to the sample size, address a perceived gap in the literature regarding whether a relationship exists between academic commitment and resilience and how this may link to student achievement. tm2015 es2026 Educational Psychology Med Unrestricted 2015-11-25T09:53:49Z 2015-11-25T09:53:49Z 2015/09/01 2015 Mini Dissertation Viljoen, B 2015, The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria, Med Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50828> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50828 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Academic commitment Academic resilience Higher education Student engagement Psychosocial factors Academic achievement Student support The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria |
| title | The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria |
| title_full | The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria |
| title_short | The relationship between academic commitment and resilience for Education students at the University of Pretoria |
| title_sort | relationship between academic commitment and resilience for education students at the university of pretoria |
| topic | UCTD Academic commitment Academic resilience Higher education Student engagement Psychosocial factors Academic achievement Student support |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50828 |