scholarly journals The Value of Two Modes of Graphic Elicitation Interviews to Explore Factors That Impact on Student Learning in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-77
Author(s):  
Salomé Schulze
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Capital Theory

Since student learning and supervision are viewed as social processes, investigations into doctoral learning need to consider social learning theories and ways to illuminate student relations during this time. For such social research, interviews are the most extensively used instruments to gather data, but the data can be enriched by the use of visuals. This article reports on the value of two modes of graphic elicitation interviews to delve into factors that impacted on the progress of research master’s and doctoral students at one university. The studies were exploratory and the approach was within the framework of participatory visual research methodologies. The first setting involved 11 participants who were particularly successful in the completion of their studies. In accordance with the socio-cultural theory, the students completed a diagram in the form of a relational map, after having completed a table in which they brainstormed the people, artifacts, and processes that contributed most to their success. In the second setting, 10 less diligent students were instructed to complete drawings (timelines) to illustrate their research journeys. These were guided by three questions to ensure that the students focused on the topic. In both instances, the graphics (diagram/drawing) were used to elicit interviews, which were tape recorded. In the second setting, the situated learning theory, the social capital theory, and the self-regulated learning theory were used to analyze the data and identify themes in the narratives. The paper highlights the advantages and limitations of both methods. Both methods facilitated unexpected outcomes. The biggest advantage of drawings was that they were unconstrained by the researcher’s previous knowledge about the topic. Moreover, their greater flexibility allowed participants more freedom of expression and a stronger voice. However, the selection of visuals (such as diagrams, tables, or drawings) should be based on the specific aims of the research.

Learning Theory and Online Learning in K-12 Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 126-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kumi-Yeboah
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Instructional Models ◽  
Student Academic Performance ◽  
Integration Of Learning ◽  
K 12

Several questions need to be asked about how the applications of learning theories in online learning and how it impacts student learning. Online learning has the ability to promote rapid growth of student academic performance using instructional strategies such as differentiated instructions to meet the specific needs of students. However, less is known about the integration of learning theory and online learning in K-12 schools and its impact on student learning. This chapter seeks to demonstrate the integration of learning theories, online learning and its effects on student academic performance. In this chapter, researchers trace the trend of online learning in K-12 schools, discuss how instructional models are used to promote online learning in K-12 education, and provide discussion on the prospects and challenges facing online learning in the United States. Recommendation for future studies and conclusion are discussed.

Sieci współpracy i samokształcenia nauczycieli – pozory zmiany czy przestrzeń możliwości rozwoju kultury szkoły i jej uczestników

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1(251)) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Ewa Filipiak
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Learning Professionals

Setting up cooperation and teachers’ self-education networking  has been determined by a top-down regulation of the Minister of Education. It seems that in the course of implementation activities, legislative and administrative interventions related to this recommendation, one has lost the thinking of the nature and special characteristics of this type of learning and knowledge. The article analyses the special features of the collective learning process, and presents the fundamental theories constituting the interpretive and paradigmatic framework for the learning interpreted in such a way: Lev S.Vygotski’s cultural-historical theory, Jerome S. Bruner’s socio-cultural theory, Yrjö Engeström’s expansive learning theory and learning by expanding, Jack Mezirow’s  transformative learning, Etienne Wenger’s situated learning theory and Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger’s community of practice concept, a participant of “teaching conversation”, the specific tools and strategies necessary to equip the cognitive box with teachers’ tools, have been selected and characterised. An example of a network of learning professionals  is shown. In conclusion, one highlights the apparent activities of the created networks, projecting a certain understanding and instrumental understanding of the practice on practitioners, which hinders Bruner’’s challenge of transforming the school into a culture of learning communities.

Learning Theory and Online Learning in K-12 Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 167-187
Author(s):  
Alex Kumi-Yeboah
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Instructional Models ◽  
Student Academic Performance ◽  
Integration Of Learning ◽  
K 12

Several questions need to be asked about how the applications of learning theories in online learning and how it impacts student learning. Online learning has the ability to promote rapid growth of student academic performance using instructional strategies such as differentiated instructions to meet the specific needs of students. However, less is known about the integration of learning theory and online learning in K-12 schools and its impact on student learning. This chapter seeks to demonstrate the integration of learning theories, online learning and its effects on student academic performance. In this chapter, researchers trace the trend of online learning in K-12 schools, discuss how instructional models are used to promote online learning in K-12 education, and provide discussion on the prospects and challenges facing online learning in the United States. Recommendation for future studies and conclusion are discussed.

scholarly journals Sense of belonging as an indicator of social capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 627-642
Author(s):  
Mi Young Ahn ◽  
Howard H. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThis paper examines the possibility of using sense of belonging as an indicator for social capital. Social capital, from the collective social capital theory perspective, is constructed from three main elements: trust, social network and participation. Social capital is crucial to civil society and well-being, but there is no consensus on how to define and measure it. This paper approaches this problem with the different but related concept of sense of belonging, as belonging overlaps with social capital conceptually, but also is more amenable to measurement.Design/methodology/approachQualitative and quantitative data was collected from approximately 800 university students and used to explore the relationship between belonging and social capital both conceptually and empirically in the higher education context.FindingsThe mixed methods research analysis in this paper provides strong evidence to show how sense of belonging and social capital are theoretically and empirically intertwined, Conceptually they occupy overlapping spheres and their connections can be clearly traced and measured. This is supported by substantial statistical evidence of their relatedness, despite their independent origins in social research. For these reasons, this paper argues that sense of belonging can be used as a simplified alternative way to measure social capital.Originality/valueThis paper explains the advantages of using sense of belonging to understand social capital. It sets out a conceptual framework and provides a statistical demonstration. This paper develops and enriches a current strand of social capital and sense of belonging research in the fields of sociology and higher education policy.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR TEACHING GOALS, TEACHING PRACTICES AND CONCEPTIONS OF STUDENT LEARNING IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Romkey
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Teaching Goals ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education

This paper shares the results of a multiinstitutional study examining the teaching goals andpractices of engineering instructors. Through both a survey and a set of interviews, engineering instructors at four institutions in Ontario were invited to share their key teaching and learning goals, teaching philosophy, and the use of teaching and learning activities in the teaching of undergraduate engineering students. Engineering instructors shared a surprising diversity of teaching goals and practices, and through a discussion of powerful teaching activities, a set of conceptualizations around student learning emerged, ordered in decreasingprominence: Students learn through: (1) making realworld connections; (2) application of concepts; (3) interaction with the instructor; (4) interaction between students; (5) independence and ownership and (6) listening to what the professor says and does. These views are all reflected in the diversity of learning theories available in the literature, and in particular situated learning theory, but an understanding of these specific conceptualizations, articulated by engineering instructors, can be used to better support engineering instructors in their teaching, and in the development of new curricular initiatives in undergraduate engineering education. This work expands on the existing literature on teaching in higher education and teaching practices in engineering.

scholarly journals The Learning Theory Jungle

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Minter
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Learning Theories

This paper explores the myriad of pedagogical and andragogical issues facing university educators in the student learning process, and focuses on how the proliferation of learning theories do not all apply to the adult learner.

SOCIAL CAPITAL THEORY: ACADEMIC SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1169-1180
Author(s):  
Jelena Filipovic ◽  
◽  
Maja Arslanagic Kalajdzic
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory
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