Descriptive analyses

The review was structured into the following subjects: year of publication; journals; location of the study; methods of research; and paper impact.

While the first paper meeting the inclusion criteria was published in 2000, most of the studies were published in the second decade (between 2010 and 2020), which may hint that this is still a recent

36 area of investigation, as seen in Figure 1. This finding evidences the growing attention among scientists in recent years in discussing the subject of student perception of value in HE. This can be due to an increased awareness of the need to be responsive to students’ needs and expectations, starting with a better understanding of value perceived by students in HE (figure 2.3.1).

Figure 2.3.1. Distribution of articles by years of publications

The review additionally featured that student perception of value in HE research has been published in a wide variety of educational journals and conferences. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education and Australasian Journal of Educational Technology account for the highest number of papers. Hence, a variety of publication outlets focused on education and development are found (figure2.3.2).

Figure 2.3.2. studies by source of publication

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37 research has been carried out. This analysis shows that the majority of studies have been conducted in developed countries such as the USA, the UK, and Australia. A single-country emphasis is followed by most research (see in Figure 2.3.3).

Figure 2.3.3. studies by country of publication

The methodology employed in the studies is presented in Figure 2.3.4. 46 papers were quantitative, while 26 used qualitative approaches and 15 used mixed methodology, among the various methods adopted. The methods of data collection utilized in quantitative research include questionnaires and assessment, academic and cognitive tests, while the methods utilized in qualitative studies incorporate interviews, case studies, and focus groups.

Figure 2.3.4. studies methodological choice

In order to comprehend the impact of these publications, we examined the number of citations and highlighted the 10 most cited articles in Table 2.3.1.

Authors Title Source title Cited

by Highlights

Archer, & Hutchings

(2000) Bettering yourself'? Discourses of risk, cost and benefit in ethnically diverse, young working-class non-participants' constructions of higher education

British Journal of Sociology

of Education 463 Focuses upon non-participants’ structures of risks, costs and benefits during application, participation and graduation. These perceptions of ‘value’ are debated amongst ethnically diverse ‘working class’ groups.

Machemer,

Crawford (2007) Student perceptions of active learning in a large

cross-disciplinary classroom Active Learning in Higher

Education 371 Reports how students value active, cooperative, and traditional learning activities within a single large cross-disciplinary class.

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Woodall et al.

(2014) Making sense of higher education: students as consumers and the value of the university experience

Studies in Higher Education 334 Explores the relationship between student value and HE, and proposes how this may be better understood and operationalized.

Helgesen (2008) Marketing for Higher Education: A Relationship

Marketing Approach Journal of Marketing for

Higher Education 247 The Relationship Marketing Approach means that great significance is attached to the creation of student value.

Petruzzellis &

Romanazzi (2010) Educational value: How students choose

university: Evidence from an Italian university International Journal of

Educational Management 175 Measures students’ perceptions of value that are impacted by differences in costs (monetary and non-monetary), students’ attitudes and socio-demographic features.

Carvalho & Mota

(2010) The role of trust in creating value and student loyalty in relational exchanges between higher education institutions and their students

Journal of Marketing for

Higher Education 153 Explores the process by which trust is first developed and then translated into students’ perceived value of the HE institutions, eventually leading to the development of student loyalty toward those institutions.

Jones (2010) Entrepreneurship education: revisiting our role

and its purpose Journal of Small Business

and Enterprise Development 133 Goes beyond any assumed notion that entrepreneurship education is beneficial to students in HE, to question its fundamental value.

Ain et al. (2016) The influence of learning value on learning management system use: An extension of UTAUT2

Information Development 118 The perceived value construct of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) is examined in the context of a learning management system (LMS) Ledden et al. (2011) The idiosyncratic behavior of service quality,

value, satisfaction, and intention to recommend in higher education: An empirical examination

Journal of Marketing

Management 109 The influence of service quality on the formation of perceptions of value is confirmed.

Mitra et al. (2010) The use of video to enable deep learning Research in

Post-Compulsory Education 107 Investigates student perceptions of the use of video in lectures and seminars in order to assess whether video can improve student learning and encourage critical engagement with topics.

Table 2.3.1. Number of Citations Source: own elaboration

The background of the samples employed in the studies are presented in Figure 2.3.5. 35% of studies do not focus on a specific group of students, 10% examined engineering students’ perception of value of different learning approaches in this area, followed by 6% of business students, 6% of medical students and 5% of doctoral students. This shows that research has looked at a diversity of educational backgrounds.

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