Completing the Circle: Instructional Staff Roles in Cohort Experiences

Hickson, Clive

doi:10.18848/2327-7955/cgp/v23i04/11-20

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“…This was not a simple challenge to undertake as administrators were faced with environments that often incur considerable costs and, at the same time, ensuring high quality educational experiences [2]. Notably, this period was also accompanied by a rise in the popularity of undergraduate education programming and student demand for quality learning experiences.…”

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“…The trend of popularity of undergraduate education and demand for high quality student experience has not decreased in recent years and, in many respects, has increased. This kind of "client pressure" created the need for institutional administrators to investigate different programming options that could serve to be cost-effective and also support the continued development of instructional excellence in order to ensure high quality learning opportunities for students [2].…”

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Perspectives of Instructional Staff of Cohort Learning Groups

Hickson¹

2018

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In recent years, the importance of developing student learning communities in post-secondary settings has received considerable attention. This has led many researchers to investigate the perspectives that students have of participating in such cohort groupings. Much of collected understanding has, from the student perspective, been supportive of such learning experiences. However, comparatively little understanding has been gained of the perspectives of the instructional staff members that work with these student learning groups. Therefore, in order to complete the circle of understanding that encompasses the perspectives of both students and instructors, gathering the perspectives of instructional staff can enhance the overall insight of this type of learning experience. This paper describes a research project that, through the utilization of action research methodology, systematically investigated, gathered information about, and attempted to improve ways of operation with instructional staff in a cohort learning community experience. The findings from the data indicated that the participants valued their experiences of working with a cohort learning group and believed that both they and students benefitted from the experience. From the data, three major themes were identified that indicated the need for instructional staff to: understand the importance of developing the potential of the cohort learning community; foster opportunities for communication between instructors; and, recognize themselves as their own cohort community.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%