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The Making of Heroes: A Grounded Theory on Student Development

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

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Title The Making of Heroes: A Grounded Theory on Student Development
 
Creator Bernardo, Maria Aurora C; De La Salle University-Manila
 
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student development, agency, transformational process, determinants of behavior
 
Description The study explores the nature and extent of educational intervention in public universities in the form of the non-academic inputs of student affairs or services. A multi-site case study of seven Philippine state universities was conducted using grounded theory as a vehicle for theory-building. Each site represented different sizes in student population, academic focus, geographic locations and types of location (rural and urban). A total of 107 interviewees including university officials, alumni, students, faculty and student affairs practitioners served as resource persons, with their responses validated against university documents and site observations. The study puts forward a substantive theory on student development. It takes into account the embedded nature of the process of student transformation - itself a product of experience and choice. Student experience is defined by internal and external environmental factors, whereas choice is generated through a decision-making sequence composed of motivation and personal goal formulation. The study finds theoretical grounding in the various fields of psychology, social science, and educational management. KEYWORDS: student development, agency, transformational process, determinants of behaviorDOI: 10.3860/apssr.v7i2.485 Asia-Pacific Social Science Review Vol.7(1) 2007 pp.15-30
 
Publisher De La Salle University
 
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Date 2008-07-07
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article

 
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Identifier http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/APSSR/article/view/485
10.3860/apssr.v7i2.485
 
Source Asia-Pacific Social Science Review; Vol 7, No 2 (2007); 15-30
 
Language en
 
Coverage Philippines