Resume (conception of studying and teaching in university) (0)

TARTU ЬLIKOOLI NARVA KOLLEDŽ

Resume
Students approaches to learning
and teachers approaches to teaching
in higher education.
Kristina Tairova HUM-IK-I

NARVA 2014
Approaches to studying in higher education
Research, carried out in Great Britain and Sweden in 1970 identified only three dominant approaches to study.

• A deep approach ( understanding the meaning of materials and in my oppinion this approach includes additional studies, very serious way of learning)
  
• a surface approach (memorising the course materials, the most common approach)
  
• and the last one, a strategic approach (only grades make sense)
  

But the same student can adopt different approaches, It depends on different things, such as personal interest , teacher , tasks.
Conceptions of learning in higher education.

• Learning as the extending knowledge
  
• Learning as memorising
  
• Learning the main ideas of procedures
  
• Learning something abstractive of meaning
  
• Learning as procedure aimed at the understanding of reality
  
• Learning as process inspired by personal interest.
  
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Without any differense, men and women equally likely to use all this conceptions, but older students rather than younguer, usually hold more complicated conceptions (last three points )
As already said, on approaches of studying affects a lot of things: context, particular tasks, course units, quality of teching ь, nature of assessment.
Approaches to teaching in higher education
The result of interview shows us five different approaches. The main difference in strategies : approach teacher- focused , the main idea to provide information to students or student-focused and aimed at bringing change in their minds. This approach more likely to adopt a deep approach to learning materials. There is a close relationship between perceptions of the teaching context and their approaches to teach . Moreover , there is a close relationship between student approach to learn and teacher approach to teach.
Thete is some conceptions of teaching in higher education

• Teaching as providing information
  
• Teaching as transmitting structured knowledge
  
• Teaching as teamwork of student and teacher
  
• Teaching as the support the procces of studying for students
  
• Teaching as bringing change and intellectual development
  

Conclusion :In a few words , successful adoptation of educational information by the student and successful teachers approach to increase students knowledge and give them inspiration to learn is the temwork that requires desire and patience.