The Effect of Teaching General Education Courses on Deep Approaches to Learning: How Disciplinary Context Matters

Laird, Thomas F. Nelson; Garver, Amy K.

doi:10.1007/s11162-009-9154-7

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“…To achieve these, deep approaches to learning are a key factor considered in the process of GE and its evaluation (Bresciani, 2007). Furthermore, evidence suggests that deep approaches to learning were emphasized by the faculty teaching GE courses (Nelson Laird & Garver, 2010).…”

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Relationship between motivational goal orientations, perceptions of general education classroom learning environment, and deep approaches to learning

Poondej

Lerdpornkulrat

2016

Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences

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Keywords: classroom learning environment deep approaches to learning motivational goal orientations a b s t r a c t Researchers have reported empirical evidence that the deep approaches to learning account for significant successful learning. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between students' motivational goal orientation, their perceptions of the general education classroom learning environment, and deep approaches to learning strategies. Participants (N ¼ 494) were first-and second-year college students enrolled in any of the general education courses in higher education in Thailand. All samples were chosen using the convenience sampling technique. They completed a self-report questionnaire for measuring motivational goal orientation, perceptions of classroom learning environment, and the level of taking deep approaches to learning. To analyze the relationship between several independent variables and a dependent variable, multiple regression analyses were used and a positive influence was found of motivational goal orientation and perceptions of general education classroom learning environment on the level of taking deep approaches to learning. These results suggest promoting the deep approaches to learning by students through their individual personal attributes and classroom learning environment factors.

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Relationship between motivational goal orientations, perceptions of general education classroom learning environment, and deep approaches to learning

Poondej

Lerdpornkulrat

2016

Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences

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“…General education courses are assumed to help students build a foundation of knowledge needed to become effective employees. This foundation of knowledge is also important to the educational development required by students to understand the discipline specific knowledge of their chosen career (Laird and Garver, 2010). For example, a veterinary technology student may apply skills learned from a basic communications course to become proficient in obtaining animal medical history as taught in an upper division veterinary technology course.…”

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The Importance of Soft Skill Development for Veterinary Technology Graduates and Veterinary Businesses

Walker

Roberts²,

Mehlhorn

2015

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Freshman veterinary technology students and practicing veterinarians were both surveyed to determine their perceptions of the importance of skills needed to be successful in a veterinary 316 technology career. Questions focused on distinguishing between soft business skills and technical skills. Findings indicated that practicing veterinarians prized teamwork skills as the overall most important trait in a potential employee. Students rated the ability to work in a group as important, but not as high as management skills. Students did recognize the importance of soft skills such as communication and conflict resolution. These findings confirmed students have mixed perspectives on the importance of technical versus soft skills in the veterinary technology industry. Students indicate that they understand the importance of business related skills in the profession. It is important that educators work to develop graduates who add soft skills to the traditional technical skills they receive in their program. Industry professionals value soft skills and in a competitive environment for employees, it will be important to prepare students to become industry ready graduates.

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“…General Education Courses are called "general" because of the nature of the content covered in them, the depth of knowledge required, and the diverse student population that typically are enrolled in them (Gordon & Steele, 2003;Nelson Laird & Garver, 2010). Having students from different majors/backgrounds in these courses brings challenges to their teaching.…”

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Teaching an Introductory Programming Language in a General Education Course

Ali

Smith

2014

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A department of computer science (CS) has faced a peculiar situation regarding their selection of introductory programming course. This course is a required course for the students enrolled in the CS program and is a prerequisite to their other advanced programming courses. At the same time, the course can be considered a general education course and may be taken by students from other majors as well. Both student populations require the department to teach the course at different levels of depth. CS students need it be covered in more depth to prepare them for their upper level programming courses. At the same time, students from other majors who are taking it as part of their general education course will not be interested in this level of depth. Added to this is the fact that taking a first programming course is considered difficult to most students. Thus many factors are considered for the selection of a programming language for this course. After further experience and additional technological development, the department redesigned their course and curriculum in order to provide most effective solution to this dilemma. The experience of this department in reaching this solution along with the relevant literature reviews are discussed in this paper.

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The Effect of Teaching General Education Courses on Deep Approaches to Learning: How Disciplinary Context Matters

Cited by 38 publications

References 29 publications

Relationship between motivational goal orientations, perceptions of general education classroom learning environment, and deep approaches to learning

Relationship between motivational goal orientations, perceptions of general education classroom learning environment, and deep approaches to learning

The Importance of Soft Skill Development for Veterinary Technology Graduates and Veterinary Businesses

Teaching an Introductory Programming Language in a General Education Course

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