skip to main content
Language:
Search Limited to: Search Limited to: Resource type Show Results with: Show Results with: Search type Index

The Motivational Profiles and Perceptions of Schooling of Asian Students in Australia

Malaysian journal of learning & instruction, 2006-01, Vol.3, p.1 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2006. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1675-8110 ;EISSN: 2180-2483 ;DOI: 10.32890/mjli.3.2006.7581

Full text available

Citations Cited by
  • Title:
    The Motivational Profiles and Perceptions of Schooling of Asian Students in Australia
  • Author: McInerney, Dennis M.
  • Subjects: Asian students ; Students
  • Is Part Of: Malaysian journal of learning & instruction, 2006-01, Vol.3, p.1
  • Description: Asian-background students are performing better than other groups within the Australian educational setting. In order to investigate the reasons for this achievement advantage, this study examines the motivational profiles of Asian-background and Anglo-background students in New South Wales Australia. The research utilises personal investment theory and self-concept theory to provide a research framework. 283 Asian-background and 887 Anglo-background students were administered the Inventory of School Motivation, the General Achievement Goal Orientation Survey, the Facilitating Conditions Survey, and the Academic Self Description Questionnaire. While the motivational and self-concept profiles of the two groups were surprisingly similar, there are core significant differences that help explain the Asian students’ achievement advantage. Asian-background students are highly task oriented and significantly more effort oriented, more competitive, praise and token oriented than the Anglo-background students. They have a significantly stronger sense of purpose for schooling and are more performance oriented. Asian-background students also have a stronger intention to go on to university and further study, value school and like school more than their Anglo peers. These results are consistent with those reported in earlier studies with Asian American students.  
  • Publisher: Kedah Darul Alam: Universiti Utara Malaysia
  • Language: English;Malay
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1675-8110
    EISSN: 2180-2483
    DOI: 10.32890/mjli.3.2006.7581
  • Source: ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Back to results list
INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY (84-028) 37 755 057 Feedback
19 Nguyen Huu Tho St. Dist.7, HCM thuvien@tdtu.edu.vn

Copyright © 2017 INSPIRE LIBRARY - TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

Searching Remote Databases, Please Wait