Abstract
This article features the results of a research whose aim is to analyse the factors taking part in university
students’ learning. Within the framework of the Bologna Process and the teaching changes entailed by it, it
should be checked whether the teaching/learning paradigm has really entailed an increase in students’ deep
learning. This research work is based on a questionnaire filled in by 857 university students in the third year of
their studies, in 10 degrees from 4 universities in Barcelona Metropolitan Area. It is analysed the connection
among students’ motivations, learning conceptions and learning approaches, as well as how these approaches
can be conditioned by the educational context. It is concluded that learning approaches are conditioned both by
the context and the vocational orientation of studies. Therefore, students carry out deeper approaches in those
subjects which follow a methodology according to the Bologna Process, though it is more beneficial for certain
attitudes towards the studies than other ones.
students’ learning. Within the framework of the Bologna Process and the teaching changes entailed by it, it
should be checked whether the teaching/learning paradigm has really entailed an increase in students’ deep
learning. This research work is based on a questionnaire filled in by 857 university students in the third year of
their studies, in 10 degrees from 4 universities in Barcelona Metropolitan Area. It is analysed the connection
among students’ motivations, learning conceptions and learning approaches, as well as how these approaches
can be conditioned by the educational context. It is concluded that learning approaches are conditioned both by
the context and the vocational orientation of studies. Therefore, students carry out deeper approaches in those
subjects which follow a methodology according to the Bologna Process, though it is more beneficial for certain
attitudes towards the studies than other ones.
| Translated title of the contribution | Connection between attitudes towards studies and learning actions among university students |
|---|---|
| Original language | Multiple languages |
| Pages (from-to) | 3-14 |
| Journal | Revista de Estudios en Psicología y Educación. |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2014 |