Students' Attitude Towards Learning Methods for Self-Sufficiency Development in Higher Education

Abstract

<p><em>The diversity of teaching methods and the change in the teaching paradigm which emphasises a student-directed teaching and holistic approach altered the understanding of the role of the teaching/ learning methods as mediators between lecturers and students. A method is seen not only as a means to master the material of the discipline or to enhance language skills, but also as a complex tool which allows the student to adapt to teaching material, to socialize in a group, to know and evaluate oneself and to develop argumentative and critical thinking. The results show that the most common teaching methods (lecturing, explanation, narration, demonstration) are not active. Active, application and practice oriented teaching methods are relatively rare. With respect to the self-sufficient learning it turned out that students mostly see the value in the possibility to plan their study process, to observe, adjust and evaluate their learning results and process.</em></p><p> </p>

Why We Played Wiffle Ball on Wednesday

“…Lectures, like the ones Abraham initially developed to teach his course, are common in academia, with 63-88% of college class time spent using this approach (Alhirtani, 2020;Rutkiene & Tandzegolskiene, 2015). In this traditional design (see Figure 1), instructors plan their lessons before class.…”

Self-Sufficiency as a Factor in the Development of the System of Psychological Self-Regulation of Personality

“…No less important component than the previous ones in the structure of self-sufficiency is self-attitude, which reflects a person's attitude to oneself and one's actions, life in general. A self-sufficient individual should have a high level of self-esteem, as this is primarily the level of awareness of one's self-worth, which determines the range of needs and goals that shape self-sufficiency (Rutkienė & Tandzegolskiene, 2015).…”

“…Self-sufficiency is considered by the authors through the prism of different approaches: the ability of a person to achieve an acceptable level of functioning in certain areas of life (van den Toren et al, 2020); as the implementation of a sufficient level of self-functioning and adequate organization of assistance from others (Bannink et al, 2015); confidence and independence of behavior and actions (Ljubimova et al, 2014); responsibility in achieving goals, development of motivation, ability to cooperate, learning new experiences (Rutkienė & Tandzegolskiene, 2015); it is a sociopsychological behavior that emphasizes the belief in the effectiveness of one's own thoughts, actions and behavior, and determines a person's motivation (Tufana et al, 2015). Self-sufficiency is defined as the ability of individuals to achieve a certain optimal level of functioning in specific areas of life (van den Toren et al, 2020).…”