2017
DOI: 10.1108/jarhe-09-2016-0061
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Active learning interventions and student perceptions

Abstract: Purpose Engaging students through active learning is the gold standard of teaching especially in higher education; however, it is not clear whether students appreciate being so engaged. The purpose of this paper is to recount an attempt to redesign a lecture-based course, applying research-supported active learning strategies, and to report on student perceptions of the attempt. Design/methodology/approach The author attempted to innovate a standard lecture-based introductory social science class to engage s… Show more

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“…There is not a single pedagogical method that works better for all students (Bryson & Hand, 2007;Dean & Jolly, 2012), but pedagogy has an important role in bridging between student and course content. Also, our findings do not completely support Lobo's (2017): Most of the students praised the active learning methods and established a positive relation between it and their engagement and learning, but this difference could be related to the fact that our participants were Pedagogy students. Universities should encourage pedagogical innovations that foster student engagement without forgetting that there is not a "one best" pedagogy and, most of all, that students engage differently with different methods; this means that to truly assess student engagement, teachers must accept qualitatively different engaged student positions without ranking them from less to more engaged.…”
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confidence: 86%
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“…There is not a single pedagogical method that works better for all students (Bryson & Hand, 2007;Dean & Jolly, 2012), but pedagogy has an important role in bridging between student and course content. Also, our findings do not completely support Lobo's (2017): Most of the students praised the active learning methods and established a positive relation between it and their engagement and learning, but this difference could be related to the fact that our participants were Pedagogy students. Universities should encourage pedagogical innovations that foster student engagement without forgetting that there is not a "one best" pedagogy and, most of all, that students engage differently with different methods; this means that to truly assess student engagement, teachers must accept qualitatively different engaged student positions without ranking them from less to more engaged.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 86%
“…Also, only four participants established a relation between the amount of effort employed and the expected grades. From our findings, it is not possible to support a hypothesis about the relation between the fees paid and student engagement or a consumerist attitude (Lobo, 2017). Further research in other Spanish public universities would be needed to establish a difference between the HE students' attitude in Spain and other countries.…”
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confidence: 68%
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“…Active learning is a pedagogical approach in which students interact with material and peers to promote critical thinking (Shekhar, Prince, Finelli, Demonbrun, & Waters, 2018). Discussion boards would be considered a type of active learning and some students express resistance or dislike of active learning techniques instead preferring to passively listen to lectures (Clinton & Kelly, in-press;Lobo, 2017;Tsang & Harris, 2016;Zayac & Paulk, 2014). For examples, students report that learning from peers is less efficient and more prone to inaccuracy than learning directly from the instructor (Clinton & Wilson, in-press).…”
Section: Discussion Boards Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%