 How do the Expectations of Faculty Members Influence the Quality and Acquisition of Knowledge in the Academic Environment? The Case of SloveniaMojca KovaÄ Å Ebart, Miha KovaÄ, Tadej Vidmar and Jasna Mažgon SAGE Open, 2022, vol. 12, issue 1, 21582440221087269 Abstract: The text questions the assumption of the Bologna reform that student-centered learning will improve the quality of university study. Research conducted on a sample of 429 students from various study programs at two faculties of the University of Ljubljana, whom we asked about their reading and study habits, showed that relying on the subjective motivation of students alone is not enough to ensure that they read compulsory reading material and thus acquire the knowledge that only this type of study can bring. We therefore emphasize in the conclusion that calling for motivation that is tied to interest may actually have the effect of putting students off reading material that is not related to their direct interest or does not show directly applicable value. The results of the study also show that students are clearly attentive to the requirements and expectations of individual faculty member and therefore adapt their method of study (and the amount they study) in such a way as to satisfy these (frequently low) expectations. Keywords: reading literacy; Bologna reform; knowledge society; critical reading; standards of knowledge; reading material (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:12:y:2022:i:1:p:21582440221087269 DOI: 10.1177/21582440221087269 Access Statistics for this article More articles in SAGE Open |
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