The Relationship Between Autonomy, Belonging, and Students’ Transformative Experience: A Cross-Cultural Study (Poster 47)

• In Event: Thursday Poster Session 4:20 pm
  In Poster Session: Motivation, Social Identity, and Understudied Populations

Abstract

Transformative experience involves using curricular content to see and experience the world in new ways. This study examined autonomy and belonging as predictors of transformative experience among pre-service teachers from the United States and Kuwait (n = 353). Autonomy, belonging, the interaction between autonomy and belonging, and the three-way interaction between autonomy, belonging, and nationality significantly predicted transformative experience. Moderation analyses showed that Kuwaiti students required a higher baseline level of belonging for the relationship between autonomy and transformative experience to occur. In contrast, U.S. students needed a higher baseline level of autonomy for the relationship between belonging and transformative experience to occur.

Authors

• Yousef Alardhi, University of Northern Colorado

• Kevin J. Pugh, University of Northern Colorado