Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic

As future scholars and holistic education practitioners, it is important to understand how developmental theories are constructed and how they can serve as a foundation for further understanding. The primary objective of this study is to discover how the COVID-19 epidemic has affected students'...

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Main Authors: Tan, Bee Wah, Tugiman, Nursafwah, Naim Nor Ahmad, Saidatul Nurul Hidayah Jannatun, Foo, Yen Sin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29945/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_150_160.pdf
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author Tan, Bee Wah
Tugiman, Nursafwah
Naim Nor Ahmad, Saidatul Nurul Hidayah Jannatun
Foo, Yen Sin
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Tugiman, Nursafwah
Naim Nor Ahmad, Saidatul Nurul Hidayah Jannatun
Foo, Yen Sin
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description As future scholars and holistic education practitioners, it is important to understand how developmental theories are constructed and how they can serve as a foundation for further understanding. The primary objective of this study is to discover how the COVID-19 epidemic has affected students' involvement both inside and outside of the classroom. Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement was used to describe student involvement issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data for this study was gathered through a qualitative interview. Eight highly active undergraduate students were interviewed to know about their current life, whether in their involvement inside and outside of the classroom activities. Additionally, the impact of their student engagement, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak, on their life development as individuals and university students is being investigated. The most immediate concerns among students were a loss of social connection, living conditions unsuitable for home office activities, such as inadequate data bandwidth, and a general lack of enthusiasm and concentration. As a result, the university must ensure that students have a reliable system in place for communicating with lecturers, club advisors, administrators, classmates, and peers. Maintaining a positive student-lecturer relationship, on the other hand, would surely increase academic performance and allow students to study more successfully.
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spelling uum-299452023-11-15T10:49:03Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29945/ Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic Tan, Bee Wah Tugiman, Nursafwah Naim Nor Ahmad, Saidatul Nurul Hidayah Jannatun Foo, Yen Sin L Education (General) As future scholars and holistic education practitioners, it is important to understand how developmental theories are constructed and how they can serve as a foundation for further understanding. The primary objective of this study is to discover how the COVID-19 epidemic has affected students' involvement both inside and outside of the classroom. Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement was used to describe student involvement issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data for this study was gathered through a qualitative interview. Eight highly active undergraduate students were interviewed to know about their current life, whether in their involvement inside and outside of the classroom activities. Additionally, the impact of their student engagement, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak, on their life development as individuals and university students is being investigated. The most immediate concerns among students were a loss of social connection, living conditions unsuitable for home office activities, such as inadequate data bandwidth, and a general lack of enthusiasm and concentration. As a result, the university must ensure that students have a reliable system in place for communicating with lecturers, club advisors, administrators, classmates, and peers. Maintaining a positive student-lecturer relationship, on the other hand, would surely increase academic performance and allow students to study more successfully. 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29945/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_150_160.pdf Tan, Bee Wah and Tugiman, Nursafwah and Naim Nor Ahmad, Saidatul Nurul Hidayah Jannatun and Foo, Yen Sin (2022) Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic. In: UUM International Qualitative Research Conference (QRC), 28 - 30 November 2022, Virtual Conference.
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Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_full Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_short Listening to the Voices of Undergraduate Students: Exploring Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_sort listening to the voices of undergraduate students exploring astin s theory of student involvement during the covid 19 pandemic
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