TY - JOUR
T1 - A peek into academic (de)motivation of undergraduates at India’s top engineering schools
AU - Prasad, Mousami
AU - Sengupta, Sourav
AU - Niranjan, Tarikere T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/7/3
Y1 - 2020/7/3
N2 - This study provides an insider’s perspective on why engineering undergraduates at elite Indian universities lack academic motivation. Using interpretive qualitative research (actors approach), we uncover students’ perceptions of academic (de)motivation and group them into three broad categories: faculty-related, course-related and cognitive-related, which we then explain through select motivation theories. The study arrives at two alternate explanations for the (lack of) academic motivation (demotivation and amotivation). The findings help guide decision-making by faculty members, academic administrators and planners.
AB - This study provides an insider’s perspective on why engineering undergraduates at elite Indian universities lack academic motivation. Using interpretive qualitative research (actors approach), we uncover students’ perceptions of academic (de)motivation and group them into three broad categories: faculty-related, course-related and cognitive-related, which we then explain through select motivation theories. The study arrives at two alternate explanations for the (lack of) academic motivation (demotivation and amotivation). The findings help guide decision-making by faculty members, academic administrators and planners.
KW - Elite institutes
KW - India
KW - engineering education
KW - qualitative research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062965750&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03043797.2019.1586837
DO - 10.1080/03043797.2019.1586837
M3 - Article
SN - 0304-3797
VL - 45
SP - 578
EP - 596
JO - European Journal of Engineering Education
JF - European Journal of Engineering Education
IS - 4
ER -