Russian Students' Social Representations of Higher Education.

Autor: Sachkova ME; Department of Psychology, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, 119571 Moscow, Russia., Esina GK; Department of Social Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, 127051 Moscow, Russia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) [Behav Sci (Basel)] 2019 Dec 18; Vol. 10 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 18.
DOI: 10.3390/bs10010002
Abstrakt: The ideas of the theory social representations proposed by Moscovici and developed in the structural approach by Abric were used in the research in order to reveal the structure and content of students' social representations of higher education in a modern society. The total sample size was 572 students: of which 197 were secondary school students (average age of 16.7), 189 were undergraduate students (average age of 20.8) and 186 were master students (average age of 29.3). The methodology of Vergès for the analysis of the structure of social representations was used. We tested the hypothesis that the structure of social representations of higher education has general and specific features correlated to the age and educational level of students. It was found that the social representations of schoolchildren, undergraduate students and master's students differ in a number of elements and content characteristics. Generally social representations of students with different education levels had similar characteristics. Students of secondary schools expanded the core performance, in contrast to students of universities, presumably because of their fewer social experiences, providing large "distance" to higher education as an "object".
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders have no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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