An exploratory study to determine students' perceptions of the value of interaction in an Australian classroom context and the perceived impact on learning outcomes
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Paper/Presentation Title | An exploratory study to determine students' perceptions of the value of interaction in an Australian classroom context and the perceived impact on learning outcomes |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | McDonald, Jacquelin (Author), Birch, Dawn (Author), Gray, Anthony (Author), Gururajan, Raj (Author), Hingst, Raymond D. (Author) and Maguire, Michael (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of 3rd International Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning Conference (CRLL 2005) |
Journal Citation | 2, pp. 405-412 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2005 |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 1903661722 |
Conference/Event | CRLL 2005: What a Difference a Pedagogy Makes: Researching Lifelong Learning and Teaching |
Event Details | CRLL 2005: What a Difference a Pedagogy Makes: Researching Lifelong Learning and Teaching Event Date 24 to end of 26 Jun 2005 Event Location Glasgow, Scotland |
Abstract | Interaction has long been a defining and critical component of the educational process, whatever the classroom context (Anderson 2003). This paper presents findings of a study to explore the attitudes of students at an Australian university towards various types interactivity in the classroom. The study also investigates students perceptions of how interactivity in the classroom impacts on cognitive, affective and behavioural learning outcomes. In a recent review of the literature Muirhead & Juwah (2003) argue that interactivity is critical in underpinning the learning process in face-to-face, campus based and distance and online education. They say that interactions serve a diverse range of functions in the educational process, which include learner to learner, learner to content, learner to tutor, learner to technology, tutor to content, tutor to technology, content to content. These functions promote and enhance the quality of active, participative learning in a learning environment. However, literature indicates that attitudes towards active learning involving greater interactivity varies across students and between students and lecturers (Billings, Connors, & Skiba 2001). Investigation into student attitudes of the value and effectiveness of interaction is of particular interest for educators who are adapting the learning of a diverse range of students, including oncampus, distance, international, under and postgradute students. Much of the existing research into classroom interaction was grounded in the behaviourist and cognitive sciences approach to learning and teaching, where traditional classroom interaction placed the teacher at the centre of all activities as transmitter of knowledge and co-coordinator of student interaction (McLoughlin 2002). Those studies predate the recent application of constructivism (Bonk and Cunningham 1998) and social learning theory (Bandura (1977), and the emphasis on building life long learning skills. This research will contribute to current discussion about the role of interaction in learning, based on a constructivist approach to developing life long learning skills. This paper will present the findings of an exploratory study of students’ attitudes to various types of interaction in a classroom context. The first step of this exploratory study will employ a focus group approach to gather data from on campus students to identify the key issues that emerge from this data. These findings will be used to design a survey instrument to implement a follow-up research project. |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
390303. Higher education | |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Learning and Teaching Support Unit |
School of Management and Marketing | |
School of Law |
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