Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sense of Belonging in Higher Education for STEM Students in the United States and Mexico
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sense of Belonging in Higher Education for STEM Students in the United States and Mexico
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DOI：
10.3390/su142416627
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发表时间：
2022-12-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Benson, Lisa C.
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作者：
Moran-Soto, Gustavo;Marsh, Aradaryn;Benson, Lisa C.
COVID-19疫情在全球范围内对大学生的压力水平和学习动力产生了负面影响。这项研究的重点是，由于大流行期间的在线课程，工程专业学生缺乏归属感，以及来自不同背景和文化的学生在体验在线课程时可能存在的差异。数据收集自2021年春季学期的88名墨西哥和139名美国工程专业学生，使用10个调查项目询问学生对COVID-19大流行期间参加在线课程对其专业归属感的影响的看法。本研究采用定量和定性分析相结合的方法，探讨网络课程对学生工科归属感的影响。调查结果强调，在COVID-19大流行期间，工程专业的学生在参加在线课程后，由于缺乏良好的沟通，他们错过了与同龄人和教授建立有意义关系的机会，因此归属感可能很差。因此，应推广无障碍办公时间、学习小组以及与导师及导师会面等活动，以帮助学生从因COVID-19疫情而在网上课堂产生的对工程专业缺乏归属感的情况中恢复过来。
The COVID-19 pandemic generated worldwide negative effects on college students' stress levels and motivation to learn. This research focuses on the lack of development of a sense of belonging in engineering students due to online classes during the pandemic and possible differences experiencing online classes between students from different contexts and cultures. Data were collected from 88 Mexican and 139 U.S. engineering students during the Spring 2021 semester using ten survey items asking students' perceptions of the effects of taking online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic on their sense of belonging in their major. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted, aiming to determine the effects of taking online classes on students' sense of belonging in engineering. Findings stressed the poor sense of belonging that engineering students may have after taking online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic when they missed opportunities to develop meaningful relationships with their peers and professors due to the lack of good communication. Consequently, students had uncertainties about successful learning during the pandemic in both Mexico and the U.S. Thus, activities such as accessible office hours, study groups, and meetings with mentors and tutors should be promoted to help students recover from the lack of a sense of belonging in the engineering major generated during online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.