Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement
Psychosocial factors have a direct impact on the academic achievement of university students, especially when they belong to diverse human groups. This article shows the results of a project developed in a Colombian university with the aim of finding out the identity traits, situations of discrimina...
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| author | Mª del Mar García-Vita Marta Medina-García Giselle Paola Polo Amashta Lina Higueras-Rodríguez |
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| description | Psychosocial factors have a direct impact on the academic achievement of university students, especially when they belong to diverse human groups. This article shows the results of a project developed in a Colombian university with the aim of finding out the identity traits, situations of discrimination, and risk factors faced by students belonging to diverse groups. The research is qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive, approached from a social and educational perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 students. The high level of identification with the group is visible in stufuigureents with affective-sexual diversity, gender identity and ethnic-cultural diversity, considered to be the most discriminated-against populations. Risks in the labor, educational, social, and family spheres are the most frequent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b9d16d941644ac88d2e222ceb81f63f2023-11-21T10:22:01ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-03-0111312310.3390/educsci11030123Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student AchievementMª del Mar García-Vita0Marta Medina-García1Giselle Paola Polo Amashta2Lina Higueras-Rodríguez3Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartment of Pedagogy, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, SpainInstitute of Education Studies, University of North, Barranquilla 080020, ColombiaDepartment of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainPsychosocial factors have a direct impact on the academic achievement of university students, especially when they belong to diverse human groups. This article shows the results of a project developed in a Colombian university with the aim of finding out the identity traits, situations of discrimination, and risk factors faced by students belonging to diverse groups. The research is qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive, approached from a social and educational perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 students. The high level of identification with the group is visible in stufuigureents with affective-sexual diversity, gender identity and ethnic-cultural diversity, considered to be the most discriminated-against populations. Risks in the labor, educational, social, and family spheres are the most frequent.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/3/123higher educationhuman diversityidentitydiscriminationrisk factorsstudent achievement |
| spellingShingle | Mª del Mar García-Vita Marta Medina-García Giselle Paola Polo Amashta Lina Higueras-Rodríguez Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement Education Sciences higher education human diversity identity discrimination risk factors student achievement |
| title | Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement |
| title_full | Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement |
| title_fullStr | Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement |
| title_short | Socio-Educational Factors to Promote Educational Inclusion in Higher Education. A Question of Student Achievement |
| title_sort | socio educational factors to promote educational inclusion in higher education a question of student achievement |
| topic | higher education human diversity identity discrimination risk factors student achievement |
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