The relationship between student self-efficacy and learning engagement at Chinese vocational colleges during internship

Fu L. Ayob A. Wenxin X. Bamiro N.B.
November 2023 LLC Ecological Help

Perspektivy Nauki i Obrazovania
2023 #66 Issue 6 160 - 173 pp.

Introduction. The global education community is currently facing a learning crisis in the instructional process, as learning outcomes frequently fail to meet expectations due to insufficient engagement in classrooms. The promotion of student engagement in learning has become a significant issue of concern within the education sphere. Self-efficacy has been identified as a predictor of learning engagement; therefore, the study seeks to establish the empirical link between self-efficacy and learning engagement in the pedagogical process. Study participants and methods. A survey research design was utilized, involving 204 interns who were randomly selected from five vocational colleges in Wenzhou City, China. The collected data were subjected to Factor Analysis and correlation analysis for analysis purposes. Self-efficacy, emotional engagement, effort quality, psychological adjustment, and colleague interaction all had Cronbachs alpha values of 0.902, 0.918, 0.892, 0.849, and 0.847, respectively. Results. Emotional Engagement, Quality of Effort, Psychological Adjustment, Colleague Interaction, and Self-Efficacy had positive correlation coefficients of 0.455, 0.426, 0.376, and 0.4, respectively. These correlations were both significant at the 1% level. The regression models R square indicates that self-efficacy accounted for 20.7%, 18.1%, 14.1% and 16% of the variance in each component of learning engagement: emotional involvement, quality of effort, psychological adjustment and colleague interaction respectively. Findings revealed a strong impact of self-efficacy on several facets of interns learning engagement. Practicalsignificance. Self-efficacy plays a crucial role in shaping students learning engagement, both within traditional on-campus courses and during their internships. Enhancing the self-efficacy of vocational college interns is imperative to improve their learning experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.

internship , learning engagement , regression analysis , self-efficacy , vocational college

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Department of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Liberal Arts University College Sedaya International (UCSI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Zhejiang Dongfang Polytechnic, China
University College Sedaya International (UCSI), Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Lagos State University, Lagos State, Ojo, Nigeria

Department of Education
Zhejiang Dongfang Polytechnic
University College Sedaya International (UCSI)
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
Lagos State University

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