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Title:      AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF TRIAL AND ERROR IN THE DESIGN AND PRACTICE OF UNDERGRADUATE SEMINARS IN JAPAN
Author(s):      Wakako Fushikida
ISBN:      978-989-8533-93-7
Editors:      Demetrios G. Sampson, Dirk Ifenthaler, Pedro Isaías and Maria Lidia Mascia
Year:      2019
Edition:      Single
Keywords:      Higher Learning, Learning Community, Educational Psychology
Type:      Short Paper
First Page:      401
Last Page:      404
Language:      English
Cover:      cover          
Full Contents:      click to dowload Download
Paper Abstract:      The purpose of this study is to investigate the solutions that faculty members resort to by trial and error in certain challenges presented to them in undergraduate seminars for second, third, and fourth year students. The research questions used were as follows: (1) What kind of problems do faculty members face, and (2) How faculty members try to improve their undergraduate seminars in order to provide an effective learning environment for students. Using a questionnaire, we conducted a survey on 157 faculty members and constructed the variables by factor analysis. The results indicated that faculty members usually try to set goals and activities with respect to the students’ current situation or interests because they believe that the students do not have the basic knowledge and skills needed in specialized fields.
   

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