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International Master’s Degree Students’ Well-being at a Finnish University During COVID-19
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Pappa, Sotiria Yada, Takumi Perälä-Littunen, Satu |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | The rapid developments and consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for university students’ well-being are presently being studied across the world. This study contributes to the growing discourse on university students’ well-being by exploring changes in international Master’s degree students’ well-being in relation to the move to online teaching and learning at a Finnish university during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study draws on 37 answers to an open-ended question about remote teaching and learning at the end of a survey on university students’ stress. The text data were analysed conducting a preliminary quantitative content analysis and a more detailed thematic analysis, from which two themes were developed. The first theme concerned respondents’ well-being with regard to their friends and family, including the desire for human connection, ways of coping and health concerns. The second theme concerned respondents’ well-being with regard to their studies, including the importance of social life on campus, affected concentration and motivation, degree-related complications, and online teaching and supervision. The findings suggest that sociocultural well-being may extend beyond acculturation and that decreased psychological well-being has repercussions for international students’ studies. The study concludes with a discussion of the study’s limitations and practical implications. |
| Related Links | https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/edu-2020-0128/pdf |
| Ending Page | 251 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 240 |
| e-ISSN | 25447831 |
| DOI | 10.1515/edu-2020-0128 |
| Journal | Open Education Studies |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 2 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
| Publisher Date | 2020-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Open Education Studies Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary International Students University Students Psychological Well-being Sociocultural Adjustment Online Teaching and Learning Journal: Open Education Studies, Issue- 7 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
