Motives of Students from Mainland China Studying Abroad at Kinmen: An Exploratory Perspective
Autori:
Cheng-Shih LIN, Ryan Ying-Wei WU
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 22-38
How to cite this article:Lin, C.S., Wu, R.Y.W. (2016). Motives of Students from Mainland China Studying Abroad at Kinmen: An Exploratory Perspective. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 53, 22-38. |
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the attraction and motives to mainland
students, if they would like to study in Kinmen. This research developed both
qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the insights of mainland students’
motives, then developed motives to study in Kinmen questionnaire that were
measured students of Mainland China. The scale was developed based on studying
abroad theory from education and sociology and from interviewing officials,
experts and students of mainland. The scale was then administered to 397 senior
high students from Xiamen (Amoy), Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou in Fukien province,
China. The results showed that there were 7 factors extracted through
factor analysis during the establishment of construct validity: tertiary education
quality and reputation, tertiary education resources & environment, personal
concern factor, cost factor, cognition of Kinmen factor, quota factor, and regulative
limitation factor. For each factor, the Cronbach á exceeded .70, a structural
equation model (SEM) showed that the theoretical model fit the observed data
well. This newly developed scale has theoretical and practical implications for
future research on studying abroad and attraction to students from mainland.
Keywords:
studying abroad, Kinmen, Mainland China, motives, higher education attraction.
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