A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching: A Study of the Use of Workshops and the Reflective Journal

Autor/in	Laing, C. Linda
Titel	A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching: A Study of the Use of Workshops and the Reflective Journal
Quelle	In: e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 17 (2023) 1, S.15-26 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Student Centered Learning; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; Journal Writing; Reflection; Undergraduate Students; Capstone Experiences; Experiential Learning; Student Attitudes; Human Resources; Units of Study; Workshops; Student Adjustment; Educational Change; Feedback (Response) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Humankapital; Lerneinheit; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Bildungsreform
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical reflection on the use of experiential learning in the form of the reflective journal and its ability to contribute to student learning. Three questionnaires were administered over the semester to track the responses of the students undertaking an undergraduate capstone unit in the Human Resource discipline. The questionnaires were designed to elicit feedback regarding the use of the workshop approach to teaching and to promote the use of reflective practices to enhance the learning process. The findings are that students were unfamiliar with the use of reflective journals and had difficulty adjusting to a learning environment that differed from the traditional structured approach which they had come to accept and expect. The use of the workshop designed to provide a student-centered learning environment was initially resisted by the students and debriefing sessions were required to reinforce the value of the reflective journal as part of the learning process. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Business Education Research Association. PO Box 408, Mapleton, Queensland 4560, Australia. e-mail: editor@ejbest.org; Web site: http://www.ejbest.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01