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Learning in vocational schools and workplaces are the two main components of vocational education. Students have to develop professional competences by building meaningful relations between knowledge, skills and attitudes. There are, however, some major concerns about the combination of learning in these two learning environments, since vocational schools are primarily based on the rationales of learning and theory, while workplaces are based on the rationales of working and practice. This study therefore aims to structure empirical insights into students’ learning processes during the combination of school-based learning and workplace learning in vocational education. A review-study has been conducted in which ultimately 24 articles were analyzed thoroughly. The review shows that students’ learning processes in vocational schools and workplaces are related to six main themes: students’ expertise development, students’ learning styles, students’ integration of knowledge acquired in school and workplace, processes of knowledge development, students’ motivations for learning and students’ professional identity development. Our results show that students are novices who use specific and different learning styles and learning activities in vocational schools and workplaces. It is concluded that the enhancement of students’ learning processes needs to be adaptive and differentiated in nature. Recommendations for further research are elaborated and suggestions for the enhancement of students’ learning processes are discussed using insights from hybrid learning environments and boundary crossing via boundary objects. 相似文献
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Alexander Minnaert Monique Boekaerts Cornelis de Brabander Marie-Christine Opdenakker 《Vocations and Learning》2011,4(3):175-190
To prepare students for effective workplace learning, it is necessary to have insight into the contextual characteristics
that affect students’ developing interest. Aiming at students to become selfregulated learners, teachers should act as mindful
coaches, encouraging their students to monitor the quality of collaborative group work. A field study was conducted within
the context of a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) project fostering self-regulated learning. Students and
teachers made use of an electronic instrument that assessed and visualised students’ experiences of the quality of group learning
over time. 137 vocational students in commerce and business administration participated in a 6 months project requiring to
work in small learning groups. A SEM model, based on self-determination theory, fitted the data quite well. Perceived autonomy,
competence, and social relatedness seemed to be good predictors of students’ situational interest. Qualitative interview data
revealed not only the added value of process-oriented reflection and within-group discussion, but also some shortcomings concerning
the effectiveness of (implementing) CSCL. 相似文献
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Anne Haarala-Muhonen Mirja Ruohoniemi Nina Katajavuori Sari Lindblom-Yl?nne 《Learning Environments Research》2011,14(2):155-169
The present study explored differences in students’ perceptions of their teaching–learning environments in three professional
academic disciplines at the University of Helsinki, using a modified version of the Experiences of Teaching & Learning Questionnaire.
A total of 426 first-year students from the Faculties of Law, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine participated in the study.
When six scales measuring students’ perceptions of their teaching–learning environments were devised, veterinary and pharmacy
students experienced their teaching–learning environment more positively than law students. Significant differences in students’
perceptions were found between disciplines on the four scales of Alignment, Staff Enthusiasm and Support, Constructive Feedback
and Support from Other Students. Comparisons between the disciplines helped in recognising special features of each discipline
from novice students’ points of view. The questionnaire was found to provide valuable information about the quality of teaching
and learning. 相似文献
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Wai-Chung Ho 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2007,8(1):12-26
The core purpose of this paper is to draw together research issues and concrete problems with the use of multimedia technology
at the graduate level in higher music education by examining one university’s responses to the challenges posed by the use
of multimedia technology as a teaching and learning aid for music education. Between June and July 2006, this study conducted
a simple questionnaire and interview survey of 16 postgraduate students. The results suggest that music students are confident
in their abilities to use multimedia technologies but that many do not believe that the introduction of multimedia technologies
into the curriculum will improve the quality of their education. Whilst students’ motivation to learn depends on their interest
in the subject and their lecturer’s approach, the incorporation of technology should always be relevant to each individual
module. The results of this case study could help other universities respond to the changes brought about by electronic learning
and other educational multimedia technology. 相似文献
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Catherine Martin-Dunlop Barry J. Fraser 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2008,6(1):163-190
This study assessed the effectiveness of an innovative science course for improving prospective elementary teachers’ perceptions
of laboratory learning environments and attitudes towards science. The sample consisted of 27 classes with 525 female students
in a large urban university. Changing students’ ideas about science laboratory teaching and learning and creating more positive
attitudes towards science were accomplished by using a guided open-ended approach to investigations, together with instructors
who used cooperative learning groups to create a supportive environment. Ideas and attitudes prior to the course were assessed
using a questionnaire focusing on the students’ previous science laboratory courses, and these were compared to data collected
at the end of the course. Students reported large and statistically significant improvements on all seven scales assessing
the laboratory learning environment and attitudes towards science. The largest gains were observed for Open-Endedness and
Material Environment (with effect sizes of 6.74 and 3.82 standard deviations, respectively). An investigation of attitude-environment
associations revealed numerous positive and statistically significant associations in both univariate and multivariate analyses.
In particular, the level of Instructor Support was the strongest independent predictor of student attitudes at two levels
of analysis. 相似文献
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Montserrat Castelló Anna I?esta Marta Pardo Eva Liesa Reinaldo Martínez-Fernández 《Higher Education》2012,63(1):97-115
This intervention study aimed at helping undergraduate students of psychology learn to use the discursive resources useful
to make academic voice visible in their texts and to improve their writing practices. The intervention involved tutorial meetings
and collaborative revisions in two different learning environments, on-line and face-to face. The final text quality, the
students’ knowledge and the amount and the quality of revisions were assessed in both conditions. Results show that the quality
of the texts improved for both intervention groups in contrast with for control group, and better texts were related with
higher rates of revision and more students’ satisfaction with the intervention. 相似文献
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The Israeli high school biology curriculum comprises the Biomind program, in which students are engaged in an open inquiry
learning process. The dynamic features of open inquiry often pose challenges to teachers in implementing the Biomind program.
The current qualitative research shows that facilitating students in a dynamic open inquiry process is multidimensional. Teaching
practices cover a wide range of methods, from structured inquiry through guided inquiry to open inquiry. An individual teacher’s
profile can be elucidated on the basis of this spectrum. In addition, we realised that teachers often encounter several difficulties
in implementing open dynamic inquiry: A dearth of teachers’ scientific knowledge, students’ lack of scientific knowledge and
skills, and a restrictive time-frame. This study suggests several areas which should be considered while implementing an on
going professional development support for teachers who are engaged in open inquiry teaching. 相似文献
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The present work describes an experience of educational innovation in a university context. Its aim was to determine the relationship
between students’ frequency of use of online self-assessment with feedback and their final performance on the course, taking
into account both learners’ motivation and perceived usefulness of these resources for their learning process. Furthermore,
we studied the relationship between metacognitive variables and academic performance and/or execution of activities aimed
at learning the course content. To this end we created self-assessment material with the Hot Potatoes educational program and assessed the degree to which students took advantage of the tool, their satisfaction with it and
their perceived knowledge, using ad hoc questionnaires. The results indicate better academic performance in those students
that use interactive self-assessment. It should be pointed out that even students with low motivation levels made use of this
teaching tool. Finally, a relationship was found between metacognitive variables and students’ effort and performance. We
discuss the need to include self-assessment in the curriculum, with a view to improving students’ metacognitive knowledge. 相似文献
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Stephen Billett 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2005,32(1):49-66
This paper proposes co-opting high school students’ paid part-time work experiences to develop their critical understanding
of the world of work, beyond their schooling through post-school pathways. It argues that unlike work experience program or
work placements organised through schools, students’ paid part-time employment provides authentic workplace experiences that
have the potential to inform students deeply and critically about the world of work. These experiences include the reciprocal
obligations that arise from paid employment and, as such, provide a rich base for high school students to explore the world
of work, relationships in the workplace, what constitutes more and less valued work and how work is organised and rewarded.
The co-opting of students’ work experiences for school-based activities may provide a useful base to explore the world of
work both for those students who are employed part-time and those not employed in part-time work, but able to learn from their
peers’ experiences. To assist achieving these goals some pedagogic tools are required to effectively describe, analyse and
illuminate these experiences in classroom settings. A way of describing and critically appraising this paid work is proposed
through individual and collective consideration of the activities and interactions that constitute students’ paid work experience.
Given the difficulty of organising workplace placements and work experience programs, and the potentially richer outcomes,
co-opting students’ paid work experiences presents a viable and worthwhile resource available in most classrooms for learning
more about the world of work. 相似文献
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Gjalt T. Prins Astrid M. W. Bulte Jan H. Van Driel Albert Pilot 《Research in Science Education》2009,39(5):681-700
In science education students should come to understand the nature and significance of models. A promising strategy to achieve
this goal is using authentic modelling practices as contexts for meaningful learning of models and modelling. An authentic
practice is defined as professionals working with common motives and purposes, pertaining to a similar type of procedure and
applying relevant knowledge on the modelling issue they work on. In this study we evaluate whether the use of authentic practices
initiates adequate students’ involvement. This was done by investigating students’ interests, ownership, familiarity and complexity.
In addition, we evaluated students’ expressed modelling procedures in response to the modelling issues. We designed learning
tasks which were enacted by a focus group of students. Three primary data sources were used to collect data. Firstly, a group
discussion was organised in which students’ reflected on both authentic practices. Secondly, students filled in written questionnaires
containing items on affective and cognitive aspects. Thirdly, the realised modelling procedures by students were analysed.
The results show that students’ involvement was successfully initiated, evidenced by motivated students, willingness to continue
and the completeness and quality of the realised modelling procedures. The design of the learning tasks proved to be successful
in realising this involvement. The results obtained in this study support the strategy of using authentic modelling practices
as contexts for meaningful learning of models and modelling. 相似文献
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Zenawi Zerihun Jos Beishuizen Willem Van Os 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2012,24(2):99-111
The purpose of the study was to develop an improved teaching evaluation questionnaire based on students’ learning experiences
and selected teacher characteristics identified as indicators of teaching quality. Teaching evaluation questionnaires are
commonly designed either based on agreed indicators of teaching excellence, students’ suggestions of characteristics of excellence,
or dimensions identified from interviews conducted with excellent teachers. In this study, however, students’ evaluation of
their own learning experiences in learner centered classes and a hypothesized framework derived from the literature were used
to develop the items for the questionnaire. Students attended to courses designed in a learner centered paradigm and evaluated
their learning experiences. Based on the hypothesized framework and students’ reflections of their experiences, items were
designed and validated at various levels. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 24-item Student Evaluation of Learning
and Teaching Questionnaire (SELTQ) that comprises four factors: assessment and feedback; course organization and presentation;
student self evaluation; and students’ level of engagement. As opposed to the questionnaire widely used in higher education
institutions in Ethiopia that focuses on the evaluation of selected teacher characteristics, the new measure enables students
to evaluate teaching in terms of their own learning progress. 相似文献
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Materials science, which entails the practices of selecting, testing, and characterizing materials, is an important discipline
within the study of matter. This paper examines how third grade students’ materials science performance changes over the course
of instruction based on an engineering design challenge. We conducted a case study of nine students who participated in engineering
design-based science instruction with the goal of constructing a stable, quiet, thermally comfortable model house. The learning
outcome of materials science practices was assessed by clinical interviews conducted before and after the instruction, and
the learning process was assessed by students’ workbooks completed during the instruction. The interviews included two materials
selection tasks for designing a sturdy stepstool and an insulated pet habitat. Results indicate that: (1) students significantly
improved on both materials selection tasks, (2) their gains were significantly positively associated with the degree of completion
of their workbooks, and (3) students who were highly engaged with the workbook’s reflective record-keeping tasks showed the
greatest improvement on the interviews. These findings suggest the important role workbooks can play in facilitating elementary
students’ learning of science through authentic activity such as engineering design. 相似文献
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Christina Solomonidou Dimitrios Kolokotronis 《Education and Information Technologies》2008,13(3):185-219
This paper mainly describes the role of the multimedia software package ‘Interactions between Objects’ on students’ learning
of mechanical interaction forces and Newton’s laws. We designed and developed this software within social constructivism on
the basis of 226 students’ initial conceptions (categorized in six categories), in order to help students construct appropriate
knowledge about the subject. Teaching with the software was conducted in 13 primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school
classes. In the software’s evaluation research 226 students (aged 11–16) and 13 teachers of the classes participated. Data
analysis showed students’ substantial learning gains with respect to their initial alternative conceptions of the six conceptual
categories. Particularly, the students’ incorrect answers to the post-test questionnaire have perceptibly decreased (a mean
of 65%). In contrast, their correct answers to the questions reached high percentages, from 60% to 90% depending on the question
and the students’ age. Also the teachers’ opinions and comments enhanced software’s evaluation. The contribution of the software’s
specific characteristics on students’ learning is discussed along with implications for designing constructivist science learning
tools. 相似文献
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Multiple questionnaires completed over the semester by 514 students enrolled in a first year psychology course reveal that
no single pattern of reliance on print, online, or in-person resources guarantees a high mark. Analyses of the reported and
measured frequency of use of various resources correlated against students’, performance on both individual assessments and
their final marks suggests that students employ a range of strategies in their use of class resources. They tend to rely on
their textbooks, Web-based lecture notes, and online quizzes, but their final marks are more strongly determined by their
university entrance scores than by their resource use strategy, their sex, or whether or not English is their first language.
The data suggest that students adapt their learning strategies to the resources available, with an apparent emphasis on learning
what will be assessed rather than exploring for understanding. Importantly, the results argue that investment in development
of educational technologies – and students’, use of educational technologies – must be informed by empirical data concerning
its impact on the efficiency and quality of learning. 相似文献
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The purposes of this study were to investigate students’ conceptual learning outcomes and the effect of motivation on students’
conceptual learning outcomes in two different contexts: a Web-based and a classroom-based instruction, which incorporated
the Dual Situation Learning Model (DSLM). Nine classes of Grade eight students (N = 190) were involved in the study; five classes participated in a Web-based context and four classes in a regular classroom-based
context. The topic covered was chemical reaction. Students’ conceptual change outcomes were assessed using eight two-tier
pre/post conceptual tests during the instruction and the reaction rate integrated conceptual test at the end of the instruction.
Students’ motivation data were collected in the beginning and during instruction using the items from the Students’ Motivation
Toward Science Learning (SMTSL) questionnaire. The data were analyzed using ANOVA, ANCOVA, bivariate correlation, and multiple
regression analysis. Findings revealed that students’ motivational factors were correlated significantly with their conceptual
learning outcomes in both Web-based and classroom-based science teaching. In the Web-based context, students’ motivation during
the Web-based learning played a more important role on students’ conceptual learning outcomes than before learning. 相似文献
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Students’ preparedness for higher education is seen as one of the main factors affecting first-year attrition or study success.
In this paper we report on a cross-national study in which students’ preparedness for university was measured before students commenced their study at a university in New Zealand or in the Netherlands. This cross-national project provided
a unique opportunity to compare students’ perceptions of readiness for university where students are prepared for higher education
in quite different secondary school systems. Departing from a transition framework, and comparing the results in both countries
using logistic regression techniques to investigate which aspects of readiness could predict perceived preparedness, we discovered
similarities in as well as differences between students’ perceived readiness for university study. It could be argued that
differences are caused by the different educational systems at secondary level. However, overall we can conclude that, in
spite of differences between the educational systems in the two countries, many differences were not remarkable or very significant.
This has clear implications for how we view the relative importance of secondary school preparation and tertiary induction.
We can expect greater benefit from implementing first-year pedagogical practices in universities that would assist students
to develop their academic skills, than from demanding that high schools prepare students better. 相似文献
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Katrien Struyven Filip Dochy Steven Janssens 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2008,23(3):295-317
This paper aims to investigate students’ likes and dislikes of the teaching that they have experienced and its effects on
students’ perceptions of the learning environment, student learning and academic performance. The study compares a lecture-based
setting to a student-activating learning/teaching environment, considering both instructional and assessment practices. Data
(N=578) were collected using the Course Experience Questionnaire (Ramsden, 1991) and by means of a standardised test. While
lecture-taught students’ evaluations of the experienced teaching were generally focused and positive, students’ perceptions
of the activating methods varied widely and both extremely positive and negative opinions were present. Also the consequences
of these (dis)likes in instruction for student learning become clear. Moreover, a significant positive linear effect of students’
(dis)likes in instruction on students’ perceptions of the learning environment (except for appropriate assessment), their
learning and their performance was found. This way, the results pinpoint the central role of teaching methods for students’
learning and caution against detrimental consequences of students’ negative appraisal of the teaching methods that they experience.
A matching strategy between a student’s teaching tastes and the teacher’s instructional interventions provides the best educational
prospects. 相似文献
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Leigh N. Wood Glyn Mather Peter Petocz Anna Reid Johann Engelbrecht Ansie Harding Ken Houston Geoff H. Smith Gillian Perrett 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2012,10(1):99-119
We report on an international study about mathematics students’ ideas of how they will use mathematics in their future study
and careers. This builds on our previous research into students’ conceptions of mathematics. In this paper, we use data from
two groups of students studying mathematics: those who participated in an in-depth interview and those who completed an open-ended
questionnaire. We found that their responses could be grouped into four categories: don’t know; procedural skills; conceptual
skills; and professional skills. Although some students held clear ideas about the role of mathematics, many were not able
to articulate how it would be used in their future. This has implications for their approach to learning and our approach
to teaching. 相似文献
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The effect of using a video clip presenting a contextual story on low-achieving students’ mathematical discourse 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The question of how to enhance the learning of low-achieving students in mathematics presents an important challenge to researchers
and teachers alike. We investigated whether and how the use of a contextual story presented in a video clip facilitated low-achieving
students’ understanding of the meaning of fraction expansion. To this end, we (a) videotaped one group of three such students
during a guided interaction session, (b) interviewed students and teachers about their first impressions of the use of the
video clip, and (c) conducted pre–post-tests to examine the discourse students choose to employ to discuss expansion. Despite
the interviewees’ impression that the use of the video clips makes it easier to remember the story, the analysis of the guided
interaction session revealed that the students did not use it spontaneously when asked to explain why a fraction and its expanded
form are equivalent. Rather, their explanations revolved around the expansion procedure. It was the tutor’s careful interventions
in the discourse, building on the students’ recall of the story, which led to a synergy effect that facilitated the students’
understanding and articulation of the meaning of fraction expansion. This combination proved to be a potentially successful
strategy in effectively promoting low-achieving students’ understanding in mathematics, as demonstrated in the students’ discourse
and post-test performance. At the same time, our results highlight the delicate scaffolding required to achieve a beneficial
effect. 相似文献