The Lifeworld of the University Student: Habitus and Social Class

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Bufton

AbstractPhenomenological psychology has typically avoided the "importation" of such concepts as social class from sociology.Within the epoche, such terminology is bracketed on the grounds that it brings with it excess theoretical baggage and threatens the return to experience in itself. Yet, in uncovering the lifeworld of university students who—in what in Britain is still predominantly a preserve of the privileged—come from relatively economically disadvantaged homes, "class" or some cognate concept is found to be necessary to capture the range of modes of alienation and disjunction experienced. Following Casey's discussion of the way in which Bourdieu's notion of habitus relates to Merleau-Ponty's description of the interpenetration of the natural and the cultural in the lived body, social class is shown to bring together students' accounts of their multi-faceted sense that "University is not for the likes of us"—encompassing issues of identity, sociality, and spatio-temporal dislocation.

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-220
Author(s):  
Simoni Iliadi ◽  
Kostas Theologou ◽  
Spyridon Stelios ◽  

Philosophy courses help students develop logical reasoning and argument skills or so it is widely assumed. To test if this is actually the case, we examined university students’ familiarity with the basic tools for argument. Our findings, based on a sample of 651 students enrolled in philosophy courses at six Greek universities, indicate that students who have prior experience with philosophy are more familiar with the basic tools for argument, and that students who have taken philosophy courses at the university have stronger argument-recognition and argument-evaluation skills compared to university students with no prior experience with philosophy. Moreover, our findings suggest that students get more familiar with the basic tools for argument as their level of engagement with philosophy increases, and that they get significantly better at evaluating arguments when they become graduate students in philosophy. However, our findings also suggest that the majority of students in philosophy classrooms haven’t developed fluency in (at least some) basic argument-related concepts and skills. To remedy this, we argue that philosophy instructors need to re-think (a) the place that the teaching of argument has in philosophy courses, and (b) the way that they teach students about argument.


2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-184
Author(s):  
Carlos Arturo Torres-Gastelú

One of the educational challenges faced by Latin American universities is the development of digital citizenship competence in their students on issues of digital identity, security and privacy online. The aim of the study was to identify the perception of Mexican and Colombian university students towards the preventive measures of online privacy. For that purpose, a mixed-cut study was carried out. For the quantitative part, a survey made up of 20 items was applied to 1,245 university students. Meanwhile, for the qualitative part, 42 university students were asked to answer open questions. The quantitative analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics for data by country and gender. In order to test the hypotheses about the existence of significant differences, the Kruskal-Wallis test was chosen. While for the qualitative part, the university student responses were transcribed, the information was organized, and the main contributions of the students were presented. The results indicate that Mexican and Colombian university students have a favorable attitude towards preventive measures of online privacy. No significant differences were detected in the items on preventive measures of online privacy with respect to the variables Country, and Gender. The stories of the university student show a late development in the attitudes and skills regarding preventive measures of online privacy that begins with entering university, and that is consolidated over time. In addition, inconsistencies were detected between the favorable attitude expressed by students towards a broad use of online care with respect to the informants' narratives. Keywords: comparative studies, digital competence, digital citizenship, online privacy, university students


Author(s):  
Sandra Posada-Bernal ◽  
Ana Elvira Castaneda-Cantillo ◽  
Marlucio De Souza Martins

ResumenEste artículo de revisión tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre la forma en que los estilos de vida y el manejo del tiempo se fortalecen a partir de la resiliencia en los jóvenes universitarios de Colombia, ante la pandemia COVID-19. Los constantes cambios que los jóvenes universitarios se enfrentan determinan la forma en la cual establecen sus prioridades ya sean personales, académicas o sociales. Dentro de estas se encuentra el tener una vida saludable desde una planificación de actividades que permitan manejar el tiempo y consolidar hábitos. Es allí donde la resiliencia le permite al joven, a pesar de las dificultades que el entorno le plantea, sortear los retos propios de la etapa del ciclo vital en la que se encuentra. Se espera con este trabajo que, dentro del contexto universitario, los docentes acompañen al joven en su proceso de crecimiento personal con una perspectiva resiliente, para consolidar un proyecto de vida sobre la base de hábitos de vida saludable.Palabras clave: Resiliencia. Estilos de Vida. Manejo del Tiempo. Resilience, lifestyles, and time management in Colombian university students facing the COVID-19 pandemicAbstractThis review article aims to reflect on the way in which lifestyles and time management are strengthened by the resilience of young university students in Colombia in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The constant changes that young university students face determine the way in which they establish their priorities, whether personal, academic or social. Among these priorities is having a healthy life from a planning of activities that allow them to manage time and consolidate habits. It is there where resilience allows the young person, despite the difficulties that the environment poses, to overcome the challenges of the stage of the life cycle in which he/she finds him/herself. It is hoped that, within the university context, teachers will accompany young people in their personal growth process with a resilient perspective, in order to consolidate a life project based on healthy living habits.Keywords: Resilience. Lifestyles. Time Management. Resiliência, estilos de vida e gestão do tempo em jovens universitários na Colômbia, diante da pandemia COVID-19ResumoEste artigo de revisão visa refletir sobre como os estilos de vida e a gestão do tempo são fortalecidos pela resiliência dos jovens universitários na Colômbia diante da pandemia COVID-19. As constantes mudanças que os jovens universitários enfrentam determinam a forma como eles estabelecem suas prioridades, sejam elas pessoais, acadêmicas ou sociais. Entre eles está o de ter uma vida saudável a partir de um planejamento de atividades que lhes permita administrar seu tempo e consolidar hábitos. É lá que a resiliência permite ao jovem, apesar das dificuldades que o ambiente coloca, superar os desafios da etapa do ciclo de vida em que ele se encontra. Espera-se que, dentro do contexto universitário, os professores acompanhem os jovens em seu processo de crescimento pessoal com uma perspectiva resiliente, a fim de consolidar um projeto de vida baseado em hábitos de vida saudáveis.Palavras-chave: Resiliência. Estilos de Vida. Gestão do Tempo.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-175
Author(s):  
Amel Beichi, Osman Ahmed, Tchalabi Sakina

The study examines the social and psychological impact of the COVID -19 pandemic on university students in a number of variables related to daily activities, family relations, university student relations and psychological health. The study aimed to find out the effect of closure during the spread of COVID -19 on the psychological and social aspects of university students. The study was conducted from 1-26 November and a questionnaire was developed that was completed online using the Google Forms platform in order to reach the largest possible number of students. A random sample of students from the University of Blida 2 in Algeria was selected in the Faculties of Humanities and Economics, taking into account homogeneity. And the disparity in the university community. The sample size was 132 students. The most important results of the study can be summed up in that there are no significant differences in the social and psychological impact of COVID -19 on students who were infected with the virus and who were not infected with regard to variables of daily activity and university relations, but we find that the closure has affected family relations and the mental health of people with Corona virus.


Author(s):  
Qurotul Aini ◽  
Muhamad Yusup ◽  
Nuke Puji Lestari Santoso ◽  
Ayi Rakhmat Ramdani ◽  
Untung Rahardja

In the current 5.0 era, almost all documents are digitally packaged, and the university needs to adapt to ever-evolving technology. For students, the test card is essential as proof of the contest to carry out the final exam. However, in practice, some University Student Exam Card sheets still adopt the traditional nature of queues. This will cause problems if the exam card can be lost or damaged. Digitalization can disruption the world of education, especially Exam Cards that are digital and systematically stored on the website page. SiS + is a Student iLearning Services that can make it easier for Raharja University students to access all their lecture needs by digitizing them. The YII Framework-based SiS + website's development uses the DevOps method to get online exam cards because applicable regulations fulfill student attendance. This research is expected to transform the student management system efficiency, reduce queues, and implement physical distancing during a pandemic.


2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-482
Author(s):  
Assist. lecturer Dr. Talel Alwan Ghalib ◽  
Lect.Dr Amal Kazem Mira

the trends of Baghdad University students and the University of Sulaymaniyah students towards immigration. Knowning the significant differences in the students' attitudes toward immigration variable depending on gender and specialization. The research sample consists of 200 students who were selected randomly from the research community. The researchers have formed a tool to measure the students' attitudes towards immigration which consists of 20 paragraphs and underwent psychometric properties of reliability and validity. the scale has been applied to the sample.  After the collection of data was statistically analyzed using statistical methods such as T test of one sample, Pearson correlation coefficient, Cornbrash's alpha formula and T test for two independent samples. The results showed positive attitudes towards immigration at the University of Baghdad's students, while the results showed no statistically significant trends in Sulaimaniya's University Students. In other words, they do not tend to migrate out of the country. From these results the researchers showed a number of recommendations and suggestions


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-125
Author(s):  
Joanna Sztobryn-Giercuszkiewicz

The article discusses questions of identity narratives emerging from the responses collected from Polish university students with disabilities to be analyzed by the author. The social image of persons with disabilities, to a large extent shaped by media, is simplified. Stereotypically, images of persons with disabilities function in the antinomy “victim” – “hero,” always weaved around disability as the organizing category. Also the university community seems to be prone to succumb to stereotypes and perceive students with disabilities more through the perspective of their disabilities than through their “studentship.” Whereas a different image of the students’ identity emerges from their own narrative. The image is built around the “normality” discourse. Students with disabilities see themselves the way they want to be viewed – as regular students.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Qurotul Aini ◽  
Muhamad Yusup ◽  
Nuke Puji Lestari Santoso ◽  
Ayi Rakhmat Ramdani ◽  
Untung Rahardja

In the current 5.0 era, almost all documents are digitally packaged, and the university needs to adapt to ever-evolving technology. For students, the test card is essential as proof of the contest to carry out the final exam. However, in practice, some University Student Exam Card sheets still adopt the traditional nature of queues. This will cause problems if the exam card can be lost or damaged. Digitalization can disruption the world of education, especially Exam Cards that are digital and systematically stored on the website page. SiS + is a Student iLearning Services that can make it easier for Raharja University students to access all their lecture needs by digitizing them. The YII Framework-based SiS + website's development uses the DevOps method to get online exam cards because applicable regulations fulfill student attendance. This research is expected to transform the student management system efficiency, reduce queues, and implement physical distancing during a pandemic.


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