Teacher and student perceptions of the development of learner autonomy; a case study in the biological sciences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4098419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham W Scott (0000-0003-0896-0287, University of Hull, corresponding author), Julie Furnell (University of Hull), C M Murphy, Colette Murphy (0000-0002-5500-6341, University of Hull), R Goulder (University of Hull) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 945-956 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2013.842216 |
| OpenAlex | W2170524514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Biology teachers in a UK university expressed a majority view that student learning autonomy increases with progression through university. A minority suggested that pre-existing diversity in learning autonomy was more important and that individuals not cohorts differ in their learning autonomy. They suggested that personal experience prior to university and age were important and that mature students are more autonomous than 18–20 year olds. Our application of an autonomous learning scale (ALS) to four year-groups of biology students confirmed that the learning autonomy of students increases through their time at university but not that mature students are necessarily more autonomous than their younger peers. It was evident however that year of study explained relatively little (< 10%) of total variation in ALS scores in this student population, which suggests that personal and environmental/societal factors profoundly influence the degree of learning autonomy and should be a focus of future research
Autonomy · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |