International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

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Change of Male Nursing Students' Learning Passion in A China Vocational Health College: A Case Tracing Study

Liumei Zhang Email and Liumei Zhang Email
Abstract Background: Some male nursing students who graduated from higher vocational education in China intend to change careers. Why? Method: Tracking a student to analyze reasons for his learning passion changes from the emotional sociology perspective. Results: The learning passion of this Chinese male nursing student in higher vocational education experienced five stages: establishment, decline, adjustment, disillusionment and equilibrium; The reason for this change is the learning organizations, society, family, system, workplace, interpersonal relationships, personal characteristics etc. can both promote and inhibit the learning passion; The deep reason is changeable of the sense of belonging and achievement in the learning process. Discussion: The equilibrium of learning passion is a loss of emotional energy, which is caused by the marginalization of occupational gender mismatch persons among vocational college education in learning organizations, interpersonal relationships, promotion and employment systems. Conclusions: Nursing educational stakeholders should be good at protecting male nursing students' learning passion by providing emotional value.
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Article History:
Received: 22 March 2024 | Accepted: 4 April 2024 | Published: 8 April 2024
Reviewer(s): Opted for Confidentiality
Address for Correspondence: Yaoyao Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate, Technical University of Munich (TUM), School of Social Science and, Technology, Department of Educational Science, Technical Education, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany. ()
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