Last month, the article “Profile, Motivation and Academic Satisfaction of the Master Students: the Case of Social and Legal Sciences” was published in the journal Estudios sobre Educación. The authors of this article (written in Spanish) are Pilar Figuera, Maria Rosa Buxarrais, Juan Llanes and Marta Venceslao.

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research aimed at analysing the motivations and academic satisfaction in the transition to master’s studies in Social and Legal Sciences. A total of 453 students from 8 master’s degrees from the University of Barcelona and Autonomous University of Barcelona have participated. The results show differences between the typology of master and reasons for choice and satisfaction with studies and the relationship between academic satisfaction and the motives of choice. The specificity of the transition processes to these studies and the importance of establishing guiding actions are confirmed.

The article is available to download in the article section.