AUTHOR=Pilotti Maura A. E. , Faisal Nouf Y. , Hassan Samia A. M. , Cavazos Sandra E. , Elmoussa Omar 

TITLE=Female students’ responses to change

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.929998

DOI=10.3389/feduc.2022.929998

ISSN=2504-284X

ABSTRACT=The present research examined students’ responses to the post-pandemic instructional world. The participants were women of a society in transition from a patriarchal order to one fostering gender equity in education and employment. At the end of the first semester that highlighted their return to campus, students completed a questionnaire on their self-efficacy and a questionnaire on their responses to the post-pandemic learning environment as compared to the pandemic one. Three patterns of responses to change emerged, involving how students managed motivation, effort, and time, self-regulated attention, and invested time and effort: adaptation, maintenance, and surrender. Responses varied with self-efficacy. These multidimensional patterns were interpreted as informing the development of a tailored approach for support services in the post-pandemic ecosystem.