Changes in the future time perspective of university students

The Covid-19 Pandemic negatively affected education systems around the world and, to control its spread, countries and state governments started the closure of schools and colleges. The closure of universities had various effects on students' learning and plans for the future. The present stud...

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Main Authors: Ümit Doğan Üstün, Alparslan Gazi Aykin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2022-03-01
Series:Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional
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Online Access:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/16509
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Summary:The Covid-19 Pandemic negatively affected education systems around the world and, to control its spread, countries and state governments started the closure of schools and colleges. The closure of universities had various effects on students' learning and plans for the future. The present study aimed to examine the differences of university students’ future time perspective between the measurements taken before and during Covid-19. The study was designed as a longitudinal study and 80 university students from the school of physical education and sports of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University consisted of the study sample. The pre-test and post-test data were collected with the Turkish version of Husman and Shell's (2008) Future Time Perspective Scale. Paired samples t-test was used to analyze the differences between the pre-test and post-test scores. According to analyzed results, post-test results significantly increased in connectedness factor for males and valence factor for females.
ISSN:1519-9029