The purpose of this study is to determine whether a pedagogy grounded in dialogical ideals has the potential to empower students to make changes in English classroom interaction. The study first scrutinized the traditional “banking” educational system in English classrooms in which students were passive learners to realize students’ silence and powerlessness in classrooms. Then, after realizing...

The migration of traditional anatomy and pathology wet labs to a digital format requires significant planning and collaboration amongst key faculty, administrative, and technology personnel. In addition to conversion of course materials, the changed format necessitated the refurbishment of a traditional bench lab as a state-of-the art digital classroom, significant IT investment, and ongoing co...

This article presents the results of a quasi-experimental research project investigating the impact of two different formal learning spaces – a traditional classroom and a technologically enhanced active learning classroom – on instructor behavior, classroom activities, and levels of ontask student behavior at the University of Minnesota. Using time-series data collected as part of a series of ...

“Flipping the classroom” is gaining in popularity. The flipped classroom permits active learning and student engagement whereby the traditional class time is transformed into an active learning experience in which students can apply knowledge and interact with their peers and perform “hands-on” activities. This descriptive phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of nursing facul...

The flipped classroom has been achieving a great success in teaching innovation. This study, aiming to determine the effectiveness of the flipped model in business English writing course, combined the quantitative with the qualitative research methods. Participants were randomly selected from undergraduate students majoring in business English. The research instruments in this study included a ...

Drawing on Bandura's triadic reciprocal causation model, perceived classroom environment and three intrapersonal factors (mathematics self-efficacy, maths interest and academic self-concept) were considered as predictors of test performance in two correlated mathematics assessments: a public examination (GCSE) and an on-line test, both taken by UK pupils at age 16 (n = 6689). Intrapersonal fact...

This case study discusses the introduction of the Socratic Method into a traditional computer science classroom. We begin by contrasting the instructional style found within traditional pedagogy with that of a Socratic practitioner. We subsequently present a case study in which juniors being educated in a traditional manner were called upon by a visiting Socratic practitioner to develop the Ger...

– In higher education, the trend continues to shift from traditional teaching methods to student-centered strategies that are known to promote learning. At the same time, the integration of online education into the mainstream of higher education is intensifying. This paper addresses the problem of adapting classroom strategies for asynchronous online learning, so as to derive a learning model ...