Engagement in learning: a comparison between Asian and European international university students

Measuring perceptions of the learning environment and approaches to learning: validation of the learn questionnaire

“…Items measuring organised studying reflect effort and time management and can be considered more as an approach to studying than learning (Entwistle & McCune, 2004). The Learn instrument appears to be fairly robust when focusing on student approaches to learning and studying (Hailikari & Parpala, 2014;Karagiannopoulou, Naka, Kamtsios, Savvidou, & Michalis, 2016;Sakurai, Parpala, Pyhältö, & Lindblom-Ylänne, 2014).…”

Chapter 17: Context in Comparative and International Education Studies

“…The Sakurai et al (2016) study of Asian and European university student learning engagement primarily inspired this study and is thus used as a case study to exemplify the analysis. The Sakurai et al study is published in Compare, the journal of the British Association of International and Comparative Education.…”

“…Where appropriate, frequencies and/or percentages are used to highlight pattern or dominating themes across all the studies. Although the focus of the study is on "drawing the bigger picture" concerning context analysis, the Sakurai et al (2016) study of Asian and European university student learning engagement, which primarily stimulated and inspired this study, is described against relevant and significant themes. The major findings are presented next.…”

“…Although Sakurai et al's (2016) study is published in a different journal than the journals considered in this review, it is useful to succinctly describe the study, focusing on its comparative aspect. It reveals some of the challenges and issues in launching CIE studies.…”

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Higher Education Advances

“…According to Park (2003) students that actively participate in the learning process tend to understand more, learn more, remember more and enjoy more than those who passively receive the information provided by the teacher. An engaging learning environment have been proved to have strong association with learning outcomes (Schaufeli et al, 2002, Sakurai et al, 2016. The traditional teaching style of lecturers is in several cases verbally orientated, and the students are usually passive except for note-taking.…”