Belonging a Key Concept to Explain Success in Higher Education in the Netherlands

Carl Hermann Dino Steinmetz; Dliman Salim

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Belonging a Key Concept to Explain Success in Higher Education in the Netherlands

Carl Hermann Dino Steinmetz, Dliman Salim

Published in Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 2)

Received: 4 February 2022 Accepted: 22 February 2022 Published: 4 March 2022

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Abstract

This article proposes a model for predicting student success and well-being (dependent variables) at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Social Work, Almere, the Netherlands. This model is based on a international literature review. This model consists of two predictive components (independent variables), namely secure attachment and a positive sense of belonging (to the University of Applied Sciences and its learning communities). Attachment will be measured through a Belgian standardized questionnaire. Belonging, on the other hand, through standardized OECD questions. COVID-19 is a covariate (a control variable that might affect the outcome). COVID-19 is measured through a Dutch Municipal or Community Health Service (GGD) questionnaire. Due to the lockdowns in the Netherlands, face-to-face education at Universities of Applied sciences and Dutch Universities was no longer provided. Education was online. Online, teachers cannot convey to their students that they belong and that students are cared for by them. This model distinguishes between Western and non-Western conceptions of belonging. This is done because most students are from non-Western countries and teachers are mostly from the Netherlands. Apart from the above, this model also assumes that students' sense of belonging is influenced by the directors and CEO’s of this University of Applied sciences. Teachers can give students a sense of belonging when their executives and boards of directors (CEOs) also care about them.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20221002.11
Page(s)	48-52
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Attachment, Sense of Belonging, COVID-19, Students, Study Success, Well-Being

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Carl Hermann Dino Steinmetz, Dliman Salim. Belonging a Key Concept to Explain Success in Higher Education in the Netherlands. Humanit Soc Sci. 2022;10(2):48-52. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20221002.11

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Carl Hermann Dino Steinmetz

Expats & Immigrants B. V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dliman Salim

Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Windesheim, Almere, the Netherlands

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