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Educational Research
Category: Education | Type: Research Paper | Style: APA | Level: Master | Pages: 4
The subject of the research is the experience of the students. The students from various backgrounds and the post-graduates have answered a questionnaire designed to outline their experience. The cohort of students was divided into groups according to the criteria of their living background. Those with manual skilled and partly skilled backgrounds were referred to as disadvantage students, those with professional and intermediate background were related to the advantaged group. The questionnaire included issues on seven topics concerning their educational university experience. These topics were as following: their family situation, employment, their non-educational activities, financial security, their evaluation of the quality of education and their opinion concerning social services and support.
Keywords: education, student experience, research, high education, disadvantage backgrounds
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