The Effectiveness of Teaching Academic Engagement on sychological Capital Female Students Secondary School

Subject Areas : Educational Psychology

Fahimeh hassani ¹ , Fariborz Dortaj ² , Fariborz bagheri ³ , abotaleb sadatee ⁴

1 - Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2019-01-08 Accepted : 2019-06-08 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: psychological capital, Students, Academic Engagement, education,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was Determine the effectiveness of academic engagement education on students' psychological capital. The research design was a quasi-experimental and pre-test and post-test with control group for this purpose, 546 female students in public schools in Qom during the academic year of 2018-19 selected 50 students after matched by age, gender, grade, and field of study, using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method. And were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Both groups completed the Lathan’s Psychological Capital Questionnaire as a pre-test and post-test. The experimental group received 12 sessions of 75 minutes of engagement education, but the control group was waiting for training. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, covariance and multivariate covariance. Findings of the research showed that academic engagement training increases the psychological capital. According to the results, considering the effectiveness of educational engagement training, it seems that this method can be applied to a range of students' academic Features, which requires additional research.

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academic achievement in early adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(12), 1649-1660.

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Siu, O. L., Bakker, A. B., & Jiang, X. (2014). Psychological capital among university students: Relationships with study engagement and intrinsic motivation. Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(4), 979-994. doi: 10.1007/s10902-013-9459-2

Stirling, D. (2013). Motivation in Education. Aichi Universities English Education Research Journal, 29 51-72.

Teoha, H.C., Chong Abdullahb, M., Roslanc, S., & Daud, S. (2013). An Investigation of Student Engagement in a Malaysian Public University. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 90,142 – 151.

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Vogelgesang, G., Clapp-Smith, R., & Osland, J. (2014). Keeping an open mindset: The role of positive psychological capital in global mindset. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 21(2), 165178.

Wang, M., & Eccles, S. (2013). School context, achievement motivation and academic engagement: A longitudinal study of school engagement using a multidimensional perspective. Learning and Instruction, 28, 12-23.

Wells, S. (2016). 100% yes‼the energy of success. release your resistance align your values go for your goals using simple energy techniques(SET). Waterford publishing.