Different Paths to Citizenship Development of Korean College Students by Academic Discipline

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국교육학회
· 수록지 정보 : 교육학연구 / 54권 / 1호 / 401 ~ 429페이지
· 저자명 : 김수지, 이병식

초록

This study was prompted by a consciousness of the need for today’s younger generations’ enhanced citizenship. Underlying assumptions are that higher education is essentially responsible for nurturing civic minds of the young and furthermore, that it is unquestionably capable of achieving this goal. In this regard, this research delved into college involvement predictors vital to students’ citizenship development and additionally, looked for different paths to development across academic disciplines. A stratified random sample of 5,093 juniors and seniors at 51 four-year Korean universities, was analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM 6.08). The findings indicated that students in Social Sciences reported the most development in citizenship during college, compared with those in Arts and Humanities, Business, Sciences, Engineering, and Professional fields. Another conclusive discovery was that ‘academic interaction with peers’ and ‘sense of belonging’ had positive effects on students’ citizenship development in all academic disciplines. Other college involvement predictors, however, had varying influences on students according to their affiliated academic disciplines. Finally, psychological factors such as sense of belonging had stronger impacts on students’ citizenship development than college involvement predictors in all academic fields except Business.

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