THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VERACRUZ

Abstract

The sense of belonging is the need for people to unite with the society based on the emotional connection, empathy, and related tastes of the group members. In the educational context, these attitudes range from high motivation and academic involvement, physical and psychological well-being, to pride and perception of the center as a space for academic growth and social development. The sense of belonging helps to improve the motivation, school satisfaction and academic activities of the students. The objective of this article is to determine the relationship between academic activities and the sense of belonging in the students of Politecnica University in the center of Veracruz. The data collection instrument has been a questionnaire applied to 153 students of higher education of the Polytechnic University in the center of the state of Veracruz of the Degree in Administration and Management of PYMES. The correlation between Pearson and the Alpha of Cronbranch has been used to validate the instrument. The chi-square dependency test was used in order to analyze the relationship between the sense of belonging and academic activities. The result of observed or experimental square chi gives us a value of 36,261, while the value of theoretical square chi shows a value of 3.84. Therefore, the academic activities are related to the sense of belonging of the students of the Universidad Politecnica. The academic activations in the University are those that are made inside and outside the classroom by the teaching and administrative staff that contribute to the creation of knowledge in the students.