Open AccessCreative Approaches to Teaching Graduate Research Methods Workshops
Author(s) -
Peter Reilly
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nordic journal of information literacy in higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1890-5900
DOI - 10.15845/noril.v9i1.232
Subject(s) - novelty , metacognition , curiosity , psychology , mathematics education , value (mathematics) , student engagement , subject (documents) , pedagogy , cognition , computer science , social psychology , neuroscience , machine learning , library science
Engagement and deeper learning were enhanced by developing several innovative teaching strategies delivered in Research Methods workshops to Graduate Business Students. Focusing primarily on students adopting a creative approach to formulating a valid research question for undertaking a dissertation successfully. These techniques are applicable to most subject domains to ensure student engagement. Addressing the various multiple intelligences and learning styles existing within groups while ensuring these sessions are student centred and conducive to a collaborative learning environment. Blogs, interactive tutorials, online videos, games and posters, are used to develop student’s cognitive and metacognitive abilities. Using novelty images appeals to a groups’ intellectual curiosity, acting as an interpretive device to explain the value of adopting a holistic rather than analytic approach towards a topic.