Life purposes : Comparing higher education students in four institutions in the Netherlands and Finland
Universities worldwide are beginning to counter the prevailing neo-liberal ideology by paying renewed attention to the moral development of students and fostering their life purposes. This mixed methods study investigates the life purposes of higher education students in four institutions in the Netherlands (n(Dutch) = 663) and Finland (n(Finnish) = 846). Based on quantitative data, we identified four purpose profiles: purposeful, self-oriented, dreamer, and disengaged. Qualitative data showed that students' willingness to contribute to a better world was not particularly prominent. An excepti... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Verlag/Hrsg.: |
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Schlagwörter: | Educational sciences / Finland / Higher education / Purpose in life / The Netherlands |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28784493 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/572208 |