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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"student centred learning"”.
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Egyptian Higher Education Tutors' Perceptions of Student-Centred Learning in the Online Environment
It is widely acknowledged that student-centred learning (SCL) gives learners feelings of being appreciated and respected, and thus helps students to be engaged and motivated to learn. SCL is an approach implemented in online learning (OL). This study investigates the role of the tutor, in …
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An interpretive study of student-centred learning through constructivist, humanist and socio-cultural lenses
The notion of student-centred learning is ubiquitous in the pedagogic literature, in learning and teaching statements of universities, and within course documentation. However it is not often defined, and an informal investigation of university staff revealed a variety of conflicting …
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Effective Learning Support in Higher Education: My Living Theory of student-centred learning support in National College of Ireland.
… is the product of my living theory of effective learning support practices in National College of Ireland. As a journey of improvement, it describes how I came to be a learning support tutor and attempted to put in place educational practices and resources that were equally accessible, fair and …
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A Comparative Study of the Freirean Pedagogical Practices employed by Popular Educators in South Africa and Canada during Facilitator Training
… aspects from the Freirean model such as guided student-centred learning. However, availability of access to resources in each context affected facilitators’ ability to engage in different forms of student-centred learning activities. The study confirmed that facilitator’s curriculums were …
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Meaning-Making in an Engineering Problem-Based Learning Classroom: an Analysis of Activity and Multimodality
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a pedagogic approach now widely used across higher education. Its goal is to encourage student-centred learning supported by the provision of information and the active support of a facilitator. PBL can be seen as a process of meaning making, and, in this research, …
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Improving science teaching through the use of video reflection and a PCK-based teaching framework
… science education calls for constructivist learning approaches, with an emphasis on inquiry-based, student-centred learning, which demands that teachers develop a wider repertoire and more innovative pedagogical skills. Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) research was used to prepare a …
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The Automatic Assessment of Multiple Artefacts: An Investigation into Design Diagrams and Their Implementations
As the Higher Education sector has moved towards student-centred learning so too has the growth in electronic support for learning. E-assessment has been a part of this growth as increasingly assessment and its feedback is seen as an integral part of the students’ learning process. Mature …
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Facilitating pedagogical change in online learning in higher education through professional development
… This unprecedented rise in the uptake of online learning accentuated the need for lecturers to develop pedagogically-informed online teaching practices. This research used an appreciative inquiry methodology during the first wave of the pandemic to explore enacted TPACK (technology, pedagogy and …
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Developing a Method of Teaching Architectural Project Design: A Case Study of Third Year Studio Project, Faculty of Architecture, Sriburapha University, Thailand
… approach, of the effectiveness of using a Student-Centred Cooperative Approach – as opposed to the more traditional teacher-centred method – in the teaching of a Third Year Architecture subject, ‘Studio Project Design’. The four steps of Action Research – plan, act, observe and reflect – …
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Teacher educators' interpretation and practice of learner-centred pedagogy
… of education interpret and practice the learner-centred pedagogy underpinning the Basic Education Teachers Diploma (BETD) program. In order to achieve this objective, a case study approach was adopted, qualitative-interpretive in orientation and drawing upon interviews, naturalistic …
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Sustainable Construction in the 21st Century: An Educational Perspective to Shifting the Paradigm
… in the development of an intervention with students at LJMU based on principles of student-centred learning. Analysis of the student feedback indicated that the intervention had a positive impact on students with perceptions changing as to how important sustainability is and how important …
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Enhancing individualised learning and interaction in online learning environments.
The quality of the student learning experience in an online learning course has raised many debates in educational studies. Evidence found in current literature indicates that individualised learning and interactive learning do contribute to the student learning experience in online learning …
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Process of change in teaching and learning in higher education : integrating information and communication technology
… by a small study investigating the way in which students could learn co-operatively using computer-mediated communication. Lessons learnt about the significance of purpose, context, nature and design of courses involving Information and Communication Technology (ICT) led to the idea that a …
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Teaching Grade 10 Girls concepts of the sine trigonometric function using ChatGPT and GeoGebra
… can be employed to enhance Grade 10 girls' learning experience and comprehension of sine trigonometric function concepts. The study seeks to address the main research question – “How can the use of ChatGPT and GeoGebra as instructional tools enhance the teaching of sine trigonometric …
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Professional ecplipse - achieving and maintaining mastery of multiple communities of practice
… reframing the focus of education back onto the student (student centred learning). This change in policy in turn impacted on the culture of the organisation by which the six tutors are employed, in terms of now seeing students as clients. In recent years there have been further shifts in the …
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An activity systems view of learning programming skills in a virtual lab: A case of University of Jos, Nigeria
… a Computer Science qualification and some of the learning outcomes of a Computer Science programming course are writing program code, program testing and debugging. Inadequate computers in the computer laboratory and policies that restrict the concept of 'Bring Your Own Technology' (BYOT) inside …
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The Background, Attitudes and Education of Higher Technicians in Mechanical Engineering
… from observations of high failure rates and poor student motivation on higher technician courses in Mechanical Engineering. In particular it was noted that many of the most able students failed to complete their courses satisfactorily. There were indications that the courses provided were failing …
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Using the learning by developing action model: case study in project-based computer science studies in higher education institutions.
… there has been a shift from traditional teacher-centred teaching to student-centred learning, which focuses on developing students' competence and skills, and enables lifelong learning and the development of problem-solving skills. Learning by Developing (LbD) is a pedagogical model developed and …
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Design and conversational evaluation of an information technology learning environment based on self-organised-learning
… this period was to develop a new kind of IT learning environment. The main purpose was - and continues to be - to provide for mixed 'open-access’ student targets wishing to pursue generic IT activities and gain commensurate vocational qualifications. This Open-Learning (OL) environment …
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Teachers' and learners' perceptions, from four ex-Model C primary schools in Cape Town, on how and why computers are used in the Grade 7 classroom
… on learners to the influence of computers on learning, problem solving and achievement, as well as other aspects of schooling (as cited in Lauman 2000: 2). However, little attention has been afforded to address individuals' perceptions, namely those of teachers and learners, of the technology. …
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