2019
DOI: 10.5817/sp2019-2-5
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Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student: Measurement of the Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their Transition to University

Abstract: Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their motivation to study is an important factor that affects current university education. This study investigates the academic motivation of Czech students who are considered non-traditional because of their age (they are older than 26) and at the same time have experienced a break of at least one year in their formal educational trajectory. The Czech version of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) has been used to m… Show more

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“…Also, "mature students who come with life and work experience tend to exhibit high levels of motivation as a consequence of having clearer aspirations and of having made a conscious decision to study" (Murphy & Roopchand, 2003, p. 129). Results indicating higher internal motivation levels among NTSs have also been found in a sample of NTSs at a university in the Czech Republic (Novotný et al, 2019).…”
Section: Educational Trajectories Of Ntssmentioning
confidence: 52%
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“…Also, "mature students who come with life and work experience tend to exhibit high levels of motivation as a consequence of having clearer aspirations and of having made a conscious decision to study" (Murphy & Roopchand, 2003, p. 129). Results indicating higher internal motivation levels among NTSs have also been found in a sample of NTSs at a university in the Czech Republic (Novotný et al, 2019).…”
Section: Educational Trajectories Of Ntssmentioning
confidence: 52%
“…Such students include older students (Bennett et al, 2007;Bourgeois et al, 2009;Chao & Good, 2004;Forbus et al, 2011;Hart, 2003;Kim, 2002;Rosário et al, 2014;Scott & Lewis, 2012;Tilley, 2014), those coming from disadvantaged socioeconomic conditions (lower socioeconomic statuses or minority ethnic groups; Thomas, 2002), those with broader previous educational and work experiences (Billett, 2014), and those with discontinuity in their studies (Kasworm, 2018;Souto-Otero & Whitworth, 2017). In the Czech Republic, where the current study took place, nontraditional educational trajectories and higher ages have already been used as criteria to distinguish NTSs in HE (Novotný et al, 2019). In this paper, we use the term NTSs to describe students over 26 years of age who had a break of at least one year in their formal educational trajectory somewhere between high school and university.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Za zralé studenty považuji osoby studující bakalářské či magisterské studium ve věku 26 let a vyšším (Novotný et al, 2019). Tito zralí studenti si do studia přinášejí rozsáhlejší životní i pracovní zkušenosti, což má podle některých výzkumů pozitivní vliv na jejich odolnost a odhodlání ve studiu uspět (Chung et al, 2017).…”
Section: Zralí Studenti Pedagogických Oborů V Kombinovaném Studiuunclassified
“…Tito zralí studenti si do studia přinášejí rozsáhlejší životní i pracovní zkušenosti, což má podle některých výzkumů pozitivní vliv na jejich odolnost a odhodlání ve studiu uspět (Chung et al, 2017). Životní a profesní zkušenosti se patrně pozitivně odrážejí i na vyšších hodnotách jejich vnitřní motivace, neboť vědí poměrně přesně, proč studují a co jim studium může přinést (Novotný et al, 2019). Jejich zkušenosti se mohou i pozitivně projevit na hloubkovém přístupu k učení i na uvědomování si významu spolupráce s ostatními studenty (Hamilton & O'Dwyer, 2018).…”
Section: Zralí Studenti Pedagogických Oborů V Kombinovaném Studiuunclassified
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