Student learning preferences reflect curricular change

Kell, Clare and Van Deursen, Robert William Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9461-0111 2002. Student learning preferences reflect curricular change. Medical Teacher 24 (1) , pp. 32-40. 10.1080/00034980120103450

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Abstract

This study measured the learning preference profile development and readiness for self-directed learning over time of two undergraduate student cohorts experiencing different curricular presentations of essentially the same syllabus. The results from three measurement points are reported following each cohort through their first half of the BSc (Honours) Physiotherapy Course, Cardiff. At intake both cohorts preferred a concrete, fact-based learning environment, which was teacher structured. Over time, the cohorts responded significantly differently to their curricula in respect of the student-structured learning preference (LP) variable (p < 0.05), and displayed trends (p < 0.1) towards response difference for the concrete, interpersonal and individual LP variables. Cohort differences are discussed in terms of the planned curriculum changes made during the intervening revalidation exercise. It is suggested that curricula mould students' learning profile development. The impact of this statement on future curriculum development is discussed and educational research-in-action promoted.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Informa Healthcare in collaboration with the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
ISSN:	0142-159X
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2022 14:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/29759

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