scholarly journals ‘Navigating the bubble’: Exploring student experiences of design writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Smith
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Epistemological Development ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Theory Of Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Design Students ◽  
Support Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Writing Practice

Undergraduate design students at London College of Communication were interviewed about the relationship between their writing practice and their design practice. Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (1983) framed the study. This article takes the position that polarizing the relationship between linguistic (textual) and bodily kinaesthetic (visual) forms of intelligence itself becomes a barrier to arts students’ epistemological development. The well-rehearsed art school rhetoric of ‘I’m a visual person not a writer’ can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, disabling the potential to learn through writing. The research explored student perceptions and experiences of design writing, with data surfacing themes of anxiety, identity, artefact, articulation, process and value. Suggestions about how to support students to write about design praxis are presented for consideration.

scholarly journals Beyond speculation: using speculative methods to surface ethics and positionality in design practice and pedagogy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Levick-Parkin ◽  
Eve Stirling ◽  
Maria Hanson ◽  
Roger Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Equal Status ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Design Students ◽  
Pedagogic Research ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Speculative Design

This paper explores the relationship between speculative design and ethics, both within and beyond the context of design pedagogic research. It examines some our struggles in, and motivations for, engaging with speculative methods in design as design scholars and practitioners, by reflecting on research which aimed to explore whether speculative, future facing design curricula would have an impact on raising design students’ awareness of design’s agency, beyond the micro-environment of specific design disciplines or disciplinary industrial contexts.We draw on feminist theory and critique to go on to argue that speculative methods could help the design discipline to break out of its oft wilful ontological blindness but, in order to fulfil their full critical and transformative potential, foundational ethics, and questions of positionality, require equal status around the table. If speculation is to facilitate the surfacing of issues around positionality and foundational ethics within the design curriculum and beyond, contestations central to feminist critique such as ‘what futures and whose futures’ are needed.

scholarly journals Listening to student experiences of supervision

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leisa Moorhouse ◽  
Kathryn Hay ◽  
Kieran O'Donoghue
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Schools Of Social Work

This article presents the findings from a qualitative study which explored student perceptions of their fieldwork supervision experiences and the relevance of this to key stakeholders in fieldwork. Participants perceived their supervision experiences were due to their understanding of the purpose and process of supervision; their assertiveness; supervisor experience and skill; the relationship and perceived compatibility between supervisee and supervisor, and luck. The implications identified from this study include the preparation of key stakeholders in fieldwork and the pivotal role and responsibility held by fieldwork coordinators in schools of social work. 

scholarly journals Connecting Activity Implementation Characteristics to Student Buy-In Toward and Utilization of Formative Assessments Within Undergraduate Biology Courses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen R. Brazeal ◽  
Tanya L. Brown ◽  
Brian A. Couch
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Undergraduate Biology ◽  
Biology Courses ◽  
The Impact

AbstractWhile formative assessments (FAs) can facilitate learning within undergraduate STEM courses, their impact likely depends on many factors, including how instructors implement them, whether students buy-in to them, and how students utilize them. FAs have many different implementation characteristics, including what kinds of questions are asked, whether questions are asked before or after covering the material in class, how feedback is provided, how students are graded, and other logistical considerations. We conducted 38 semi-structured interviews with students from eight undergraduate biology courses to explore how various implementation characteristics of in-class and out-of-class FAs can influence student perceptions and behaviors. We also interviewed course instructors to provide context for understanding student experiences. Using thematic analysis, we outlined various FA implementation characteristics, characterized the range of FA utilization behaviors reported by students, and identified emergent themes regarding the impact of certain implementation characteristics on student buy-in and utilization. Furthermore, we found that implementation characteristics have combined effects on student engagement and that students will tolerate a degree of “acceptable discomfort” with implementation features that contradict their learning preferences. These results can aid instructor reflection and guide future research on the complex connections between activity implementation and student engagement within STEM disciplines.

Evaluating E-Book Effectiveness and the Impact on Student Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 027347532110351
Author(s):  
Adam C. Merkle ◽  
Linda K. Ferrell ◽  
O. C. Ferrell ◽  
Joe F. Hair
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Digital Disruption ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Marketing curricula are experiencing a digital disruption as e-books and other electronic educational resources replace print textbooks. This study investigates student perceptions about the effectiveness of print textbooks and e-books. Specifically, we focus on the perceived effectiveness of e-books and the impact on student engagement. A field-based quasi-experiment was conducted with a sample of 259 students in the Fall semester, and a follow-up sample of 395 students in the Spring semester. The results show a diverse impact of e-books on student engagement. Some aspects of engagement are positively affected while other aspects of student engagement exhibit a neutral or negative leaning impact. The findings also reflect significant variation in e-book effectiveness depending on the course. Finally, we find that e-books moderate the relationship between textbook effectiveness and academic performance engagement. Highly effective e-books result in higher levels of academic performance engagement. Collectively these findings shed light on the current situation and provide a foundation for additional research to further our understanding about e-book effectiveness and its relationship to student engagement.

Expanding Our “Frames” of Mind for Education and the Arts

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Groff
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Multiple Intelligences Theory ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, Jennifer Groff explores the role of the arts in education through the lens of current research in cognitive neuroscience and the impact of technology in today's digital world. She explains that although arts education has largely used multiple intelligences theory to substantiate its presence in classrooms and schools, this relationship has ultimately hindered the field of arts education's understanding of the relationship between the arts, human development, and learning. Emerging research on the brain's cognitive processing systems has led Groff to put forth a new theory of mind, whole-mindedness. Here she presents the evidence and construct for this frame of mind, how it sits in relation to multiple intelligences theory, and how it might redefine the justification for arts education in schools, particularly in our digitally and visually rich world.

Perceived unfairness in teacher-student conflict situations: students’ point of view

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gražina Čiuladienė ◽  
Daiva Račelytė
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Teacher Behavior ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Perceived Injustice ◽  
Conflict Escalation ◽  
Destructive Behavior ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Perceived Unfairness

Abstract Student perceptions of injustice in the classroom can evoke destructive behavior, resistance, deception, aggression, and conflict escalation. Our study explores student experiences of unjust teacher behavior in educational settings. Students (N=99) were asked to remember a conflict they experienced during their studies. The conflict descriptions (N=78) were analysed and grouped according the type of perceived injustice (distributive, procedural, interactional) and 22 issues of unfair behaviour (Mikula et al., 1990). Our study revealed that perceived unfair grading, power demonstrations, and accusation were the most important predictors of teacher-student conflicts. Moreover students reported they experienced interactional injustice more frequently than they experienced distributive or procedural injustice.

scholarly journals Graphic Design Students’ Per spectives and Attitudes t owards Feedback w ithin Peer Assessment in Design Studio Pedagogy

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
ERIC FRANCIS ESHUN
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Studio Pedagogy ◽  
Design Students ◽  
Quality Learning

This paper reports the validity of the hypothesis that giving and receiving peer feedback during studio critique supports the assumption that the nature of feedback affects student learning and student perceptions of the quality of the learning experience. The research question is whether peer feedback operated under studio pedagogy has the potential of enhancing quality learning. The purpose of this study is to examine student perceptions of peer feedback in a studio-based learning environment. This is a case study where data was collected qualitatively. This study clearly demonstrates the positive perceptions of peer feedback held by design students and the influence these perceptions have on students’ learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Karakter Melalui Pembelajaran Berbasis Multiple Intelligences di Markaz Arabiyah Pare Kediri

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
Annas Ribab Sibilana
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
National Character ◽  
Theory Of Multiple Intelligences ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Education

Character education is a grand issue which has been endeavored in various ways through education, so it is truly realized for the noble ideals of the Indonesian people. But what is happening right now in our education is the moral degradation of the children national character, so education has the task at the forefront to overcome this. Various methods have been conceived by experts and implemented one by one by the individual education, one of the latest methods and considered as an effective method by various education experts is through multiple intelligences approach. However, there are not many education implementers understand the concept, one of the institutions that dared to start implementing the concept is Markaz Arabiyah Pare Kediri, so researcher formulates a problem formulation of how the concept of learning based on multiple intelligences in Markaz Arabiyah and how the character education is implemented through the concept of learning. Markaz Arabiyah is the only institution in Pare Kediri that applies the theory of multiple intelligences starting from the process of accepting participants to the learning process, then from that process can also implement character education at the institution.

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