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  • Student Engagement and Rapport in Higher Education: The Case for Relationship-Centred Pedagogies

    Author(s)
    Rowan, Leonie
    Grootenboer, Peter
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Grootenboer, Peter J.
    Rowan, Leonie
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Literature relating to student satisfaction with university teaching has increasingly drawn attention to the impact of positive staff-student relationships on how students rate the overall quality of their learning experience. These positive relationships are characterised, we argue, not by excessive friendliness or “dumbed-down” courses, but rather by an academic’s social presence, opportunities for enjoyable interactions and a respectful connection between staff and students and amongst students themselves; a combination which can be described with the overarching term, rapport. This chapter outlines the design and conduct ...
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    Literature relating to student satisfaction with university teaching has increasingly drawn attention to the impact of positive staff-student relationships on how students rate the overall quality of their learning experience. These positive relationships are characterised, we argue, not by excessive friendliness or “dumbed-down” courses, but rather by an academic’s social presence, opportunities for enjoyable interactions and a respectful connection between staff and students and amongst students themselves; a combination which can be described with the overarching term, rapport. This chapter outlines the design and conduct of a research project which explored the ways rapport could be developed in diverse learning environments. We provide a review of how this focus shaped an approach to educational innovation and the benefits that followed for students and for staff.
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    Book Title
    Student Engagement and Educational Rapport in Higher Education
    Volume
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46034-5_1
    Subject
    Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/337836
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