學生運動以及其中的學生呈現自我的方式，是一個在全世界各地以及台灣的歷史及文化中都扮演著非常重要的角色的議題。本篇論文的目的便在於透過分析1990年和2014年的兩個學生運動，來了解學生們了解以及呈現自己的方式，在台灣民主化歷程中的兩個不同時期中有怎樣的轉變。在威權和民主兩個不同的體制之下，兩個學生運動應該會有相當程度的差異。本研究發現相比之下，2014年的學生較常呈現自己為做為公民的身分而非與群眾分離的菁英，也認為運動是教育過程中的一環。他們也同時要求更直接的民主參與和社會正義政策，並傾向以較正面的方式來呈現現有的體制。總結來說，台灣在學生思想這部份上的確經歷了可觀測到的變化，但其背後精確的因果機制仍有待確認。 

Student movements and the ways in which participating students represent themselves are an interesting subject that plays important roles in the histories and cultures of countries all over the world in general and Taiwan in particular. This study seeks to understand how the ways in which student understand and present themselves changed between different periods across the Taiwanese democratization process through the analysis of two student movements from 1990 and 2014. Under two different regimes – one authoritarian and one democratic – it would be expected that the two student movements differ in significant degrees. The study found that in comparison students in 2014 are more inclined to consider themselves part of the citizen body rather than being separate elites and consider activism to be part of the educational process. At the same time, they also demand more direct democratic participation in addition to social justice policies as well as presenting existing institutions in a more positive light. In conclusion, there has been observable change in student ideologies in Taiwan, although causal mechanisms concerning such changes remain to be ascertained.