Twenty-fifth International Conference on Learning

Abstract

The article deals with the importance of spiritual support among the foreign students studying at the Czech universities. Firstly, the article consists of the theoretical part in which the key concepts for this research are defined (spiritual support, value of education, value orientation). The aim of the second – research – part of the article, is to find out where the students seek for support in the challenging study-related situations, what role makes faith in their daily lives and who introduced them to it, and, in what way these aspects influence their stay in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, we research in what way influences the faith and the surroundings of the respondents their perception of the value of education and solving the challenging study-related situations. As the research method, we chose semi-structured interviews. Responses of the members of our research sample were subjected to open, axial and selective coding.