Research On The Impact Of Family Cultural Capital On College Students' Learning Motivation

Learning motivation is the driving force behind learning behaviors,and its significant works are used in the learning of elementary and middle school students and college students.As Professor Gu Mingyuan said,“Learning motivation is an internal motivation that can stimulate,regulate,maintain,or stop learning activities.” The realization of popularization of education and the improvement of the quality of higher education talent training in China are imminent,and paying attention to the learning motivation of college students is of great significance to improving the quality of talent training.Previous studies have shown that college students' learning motivation is deeply affected by many factors in society.Scholars have explored factors that influence college students' learning motivation from courses,teaching,and teachers.At the same time,they have actively sought strategies to stimulate college students' learning motivation from these perspectives.However,the key factor influencing college students' learning motivation—the family has been ignored.The family is the primary environment in which a person is born,and it is vital to their growth.The key influence offamily cultural capital on children's growth has been recognized.Therefore,the influence of family cultural background on college students' learning motivation is traceable.This study focuses on the impact of family cultural capital on the internal or external tendency and intensity of college students' learning motivation.And this study based on Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital and learning motivation theory.And this study uses empirical study method to explore the specific impact of family cultural capital on college students 'learning motivations,and based on this,puts forward strategies for college students' learning motivation based on the perspective of family cultural capital.The subjects of this study were full-time college students from Hunan University,Hunan Normal University,Central South University of Forestry and Technology,Hunan University of Finance and Economics,Shuda College of Hunan Normal University,and Changsha Social Work College.The survey results show that:1.On the whole,the current family culture background of college students is average.The motivation of college students is medium-intensity,and college students are more inclined to internal learning motivation.2.There are significant differences in family cultural capital among different groups of college students,which are mainly reflected in: the family cultural capital of urban students is more abundant than rural students;Hunan University students have the richest family cultural capital,The family cultural capital of the students of Changsha Social Work College is the least abundant;the family cultural capital of students in science and engineering majors is the most abundant,and the family cultural capital of students in the humanities and social sciences is the least abundant.3.There are significant differences in the intensity of learning motivation among different groups of college students,which are mainly reflected in: male college students have stronger learning motivation than female college students;urban students have stronger learning motivation,internal learning motivation and interest motivation than rural students;Hunan University students have the strongest internal motivation,Changsha Social Work College students have the strongest external motivation;College students of science and engineering majors have the strongest interest motivation,and those of humanities and social science majors have the weakest motivation.4.Family cultural capital affect the tendency of college students' learning motivation,college students with higher family cultural capital are more inclined to internal learning motivation;5.There is a significant positive correlation between the cultural capital of college students' families and the intensity of learning motivation;6.Embodied family cultural capital is is an important factor in enhancing the motivation of college students.institutionalized family cultural capital and Objective family cultural capital have no statistically significant effect on the intensity of college students' learning motivation.Based on the above empirical conclusions,this study proposes strategies for motivating college students 'learning motivation from the perspective of enriching and compensating college students' cultural capital.In terms of enriching and accumulating the cultural capital of college students' families,parents are encouraged to “create a harmonious and warm family atmosphere”,“emphasize the participation of parents in education”,“cultivate good reading habits”,and“slightly higher education expectations for their children.”In terms of making up for the cultural capital of college students,the study is suggest that colleges and universities“establish advanced educational concepts and give full play to the individual development function of higher education”,“provide rich learning resources for college students”,and“focus on vulnerable college student groups”;and suggest that the government “rationally allocate public culture Resources”.This study uses empirical methods to deeply study the impact of family cultural capital on college students' learning motivations.It not only investigates the current situation of college students' family cultural capital and learning motivation intensity and tendencies,but also explores the impact of college students' learning motivations from a new perspective of family cultural background.Factors,and from the static perspective of family cultural capital,put forward college students' motivation for learning motivation.At the same time,they also actively advocated the concept of“fairness in higher education”.