Open AccessEngineering Students’ Perceptions on the Pedagogical Practice of Teachers
Author(s) -
Herivelto Moreira,
Isabel Ribeiro Gravonski,
António Fraile Aranda
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5476
DOI - 10.5296/ije.v5i2.2509
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , perception , descriptive statistics , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , institution , kruskal–wallis one way analysis of variance , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , mathematics , statistics , social science , neuroscience , mann–whitney u test
This study surveyed Brazilian engineering (n = 252) students' perceptions of teaching andlearning strategies most frequently used by teachers at a public institution in south Brazil.Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, coefficient Cronbach alpha reliabilityand Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA. These students identified that the most frequently usedmethodologies were teacher-centered. It also showed the importance of investigatingstudents' perceptions to identify situations that can be used to modify teachers’ action in theclassroom. Implications for faculty development and the need to include teaching strategiesthat allow students to have a greater participation in the learning process are discussed.