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dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Mirjam Harkestad
dc.contributor.authorGunntorsdottir, Hermina
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T11:13:37Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T11:13:37Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-11
dc.description.abstractThis article is situated within the Arctic Regions North Norway and North/East Iceland. It presents a study on what motivates adults in Arctic regions to apply for and complete a Master’s degree in Education. Motivation is examined in relation to distance, transport options and degree completion times, focusing on whether distance and transport options were significant motivation factors for students in the Arctic regions. Data is based around two Master’s degree programmes, one at the University of Akureyri in Iceland and the other in Alta, at the Arctic University of Norway. All students who had completed the Master’s degree programme in Akureyri and Alta respectively were invited to take part in a questionnaire distributed to students’ email addresses. The results are introduced in terms of distance and travel time and the reason for choice of university.<p><p> The findings indicate that difficult weather conditions do not negatively affect students’ learning processes as the students seem rather to take these conditions and circumstances for granted. The students are driven by intrinsic motivation such as determination, relatedness and coping and their motivation is thus directed by ownership of the decision; a significant decision that also affects their partner and their children.en_US
dc.descriptionPublished version available at: <a href=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/research/eitn/journal/archive/51/546/>https://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/research/eitn/journal/archive/51/546/</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationOlsen MH, Gunntorsdottir H. Masters Students’ Perceptions of Distance and Transport Options. Education In The North. 2018;25(1-2):87-107en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1621897
dc.identifier.issn0424-5512
dc.identifier.issn2398-0184
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/18361
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Aberdeenen_US
dc.relation.journalEducation In The North
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2018 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.titleMasters Students’ Perceptions of Distance and Transport Optionsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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