Understanding Higher Education Students' Sense of Belonging: A Qualitative Meta-Ethnographic Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Dost, Gulsah; Mazzoli Smith, Laura
Titel	Understanding Higher Education Students' Sense of Belonging: A Qualitative Meta-Ethnographic Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47 (2023) 6, S.822-849 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mazzoli Smith, Laura)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2023.2191176
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Sense of Community; Student College Relationship; Meta Analysis; Ethnography; COVID-19; Pandemics; Well Being; Mental Health; Student Attitudes; Social Capital; Social Isolation; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Ethnografie; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychohygiene; Schülerverhalten; Sozialkapital; Soziale Isolation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	The current literature on 'sense of belonging' spans a number of disciplines, with no apparent consensus on definition between these, complicated by the fact that sense of belonging is temporal and context-sensitive (such as during COVID-19). In particular, a closer look at how students define sense of belonging is needed from an up-to-date perspective to help them feel more connected to the faculty/campus and improve their wellbeing and mental health in the 'new normal' and 'next normal' post-pandemic eras. Therefore, this study explores higher education students' sense of belonging, a concept that has not been adequately conceptualised, from their perspectives. As these perspectives are subjective, an interpretive approach is required to generate rich meanings. This study has adopted a meta-ethnographic approach to synthesise qualitative studies, which allows for comparison and synthesis of studies into a new interpretation through translations. Interpretive qualitative synthesis resulted in one higher-order concept, four main concepts, and nineteen sub-concepts that conceptualise higher education students' understanding of sense of belonging to their universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01