A comparative study of academic motivation between Tibetan and Han college students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2015.06.021
- VernacularTitle:内地高校藏族与汉族大学生学习动机的比较
- Author:
Qing TIAN
;
Qingwei YAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
College students;
Academic motivation;
Tibetan college students;
Han college students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2015;24(6):556-559
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To compare the learning motivation of Tibetan college students with that of Han college students,and compare the learning motivation of Tibetan and Han students with different majors and genders.Methods Learning motivation questionnaire for university students were used,and 172 Tibetan students and 156 Han students participated in the study,while their general population information were collected at the same time.Results Learning motivation for both Tibetan and Han students was above the average level.Tibetan students scored ((3.97±0.52),(3.47±0.58),(3.49±0.50),(3.23±0.58),(3.37±0.50)) significantly higher than those of Han students ((3.83±0.56),(3.15±0.71),(3.37±0.50),(2.99±0.65),(3.20±0.53),P＜ 0.05) in hankering for capability,tendency of altruism,intrinsic motivation,extrinsic motivation and total motivation score.Tibetan boys ' score in altruistic orientation (3.48±0.54) was much higher than that of girls(3.45±0.61,P＜0.05).For Tibetan students,those who majored in liberal arts scored much more in all items than those who majored in science (P＜ 0.05).For Han students,there was no significant difference in the scores of boys' and girls'(P＞0.05).For those Han students who majored in liberal arts,their scores in hankering for capability,tendency of altruism and intrinsic motivation((3.17±0.49),(3.32±0.73),(3.47±0.46))were significantly higher than those who majored in science((2.91±0.56),(2.98±0.65),(3.28±0.52),P＜0.05).Conclusions (1)The Tibetan students showed stronger motivation than Han students.(2) Gender plays a different role in the learning motivation of Tibetan and Han students,that is,compared with the Tibetan girls,Tibetan boys have stronger motivation in altruistic orientation.For Han students,there is no significant difference between male and female students' learning motivation.(3) Tibetan and Han students from different majors show the same trend in learning motivation,that is,for both the Han students and Tibetan students,liberal arts students' learning motivation is higher than that of the science students.
