- Title
- Lessons from a student engagement pilot study
- Creator
- Errey, Robert; Wood, Glenice
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/58455
- Identifier
- vital:5018
- Identifier
- ISSN:0818-8068
- Abstract
- Better learning outcomes flow from higher levels of student engagement. When the perception is that student engagement is in decline, there is genuine concern amongst committed academic teaching staff. This paper reports on a pilot study designed to foster an understanding of the factors that influence engagement in undergraduate students in the business school at a regional Australian university. Two focus groups were conducted with the assistance of 22 students enrolled in the major study areas of the school, and the information obtained informed the development of an on-line questionnaire aimed at exploring the drivers of engagement and disengagement. Eighty-five students completed the questionnaire, and 67 usable responses were available for analysis—a response rate of 17 per cent, which could be seen as illustrative of student disengagement. However, the findings of the pilot study suggest that the majority of students believed themselves to be engaged with their studies. Students reported that the instructors’ approach, class and assignment structure, learning support and other personal factors affected their level of engagement. A preliminary model of student engagement was developed from the findings. Key factors have been drawn from this to inform learning and teaching policy and practices within the School.
- Relation
- Australian Universities' Review Vol. 53, no. 1 (2011), p. 21-34
- Rights
- Copyright author
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems; Educational methods; Eduactional policy; Education principles; Outcomes of education; Student improvement
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