Teacher-Student Relationships at University - Annotated Bibliography

Hagenauer, Gerda, and Simone E. Violet. "Teacher-student relationship at university: an important yet under-researched field." Oxford Review of Education 40.3 (2014): 370-388.

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The article explores faculty and students outside-classroom communication and this impact immediacy, student motivation and also trust. The article is based on various research questions including, what is the nature of outside-class communication in terms of length, frequency, student satisfaction, and content? Are learning student perceptions of their teacher nonverbal and verbal nearness positively correlated to outside-classroom communication? Are students' insights into teacher trust positively impact outside-classroom communication? And what is the association between student inspiration in the course and outside-classroom communication? The study involved 274 university students from two different universities. The measures of nonverbal and verbal trust, immediacy, frequency, student's motivation, content, length, and satisfaction with outside-classroom communication were all measure through survey methods. The article found that the actual frequency of informal outside-classroom communication contact related to trust, immediacy and student motivation. The study faced various limitation which included the possibility that the survey items might have caused all the respondent fatigue. This article is very informative and quite interesting because of the differentiation between informal and formal outside-classroom communication contact which I would encourage anyone interested in the topic.

Carrell, L.J., & Menzel, K.E. (2001). Variations in learning, motivation, and perceived immediacy between live and distance education classrooms. Communication Education, 50(3), 230-240.

This article explores the variables that impact learning in old and traditional classrooms and in distance studying classrooms. According to the article, there is a critical assessment of the instructor immediacy manners can be nonverbal or verbal. The article is based on various research questions which include, "will national motivation mainly vary based on teacher delivery type?" "will the perceived instructor nearness vary because of lecture delivery type?", "will students initial learning vary because of the teacher's delivery type?" The study was conducted using 120 participants in their first year and undertook the communication course. the study method used by author involved the use of three different classroom treatments including the traditional classroom, PowerPoint presentation class, and a video lecture. The study used the survey method of cognitive style indicator. The found result showed that nearness perceptions highly varied widely across various situations. This article I found it very useful because it kept the focus on the nearness on the study delivery type and then the style of learning. The overall result was interesting and I would recommend anyone interested in the topic of learning the interesting finding of the study.

Colbourn, C., & Jelfs, A. (2002). Do students' approaches to learning affect their perceptions of using computing and information technology? Journal of Educational Media, 27, 42-53.

This article mainly addresses various students studying approaches and how these approaches impact students' reactions to computer technology studies. The research is based on various research questions which include the following. Do learning students study various approaches that influence their perception of their overall studying learning experience in their virtual seminar series? Also, do scholars study approaches influence their perceptions of IT? The study was conducted using a total of 95 university students in the United Kingdom. The study methods involved in the study included first answering a questionnaire about their over experience with studying computer technology then the participants were asked to take part in the virtual seminar series. After completing the seminar series, the student was then requested to answer another questionnaire that involved various approaches and the study skills inventory. The study had some limitation which included as most students adopted the same learning approach thus made it quite hard to interpret the data and results. The main utility of the study depended on how the instructor used computer arbitrated communication in the study room. This is a good article to learn from If you are interested in the topic.

Works Cited

Carrell, L.J., & Menzel, K.E. (2001). Variations in learning, motivation, and perceived immediacy between live and distance education classrooms. Communication Education, 50(3), 230-240.

Colbourn, C., & Jelfs, A. (2002). Do students' approaches to learning affect their perceptions of using computing and information technology? Journal of Educational Media, 27, 42-53.

Hagenauer, Gerda, and Simone E. Violet. "Teacher-student relationship at university: an important yet under-researched field." Oxford Review of Education 40.3 (2014): 370-388.