The impact of the learning environment on student learning in higher education: a realist review

Volume: 1
Issue: 2
Year: 2012
Author(s): Tina Fanneran Staffordshire University

Background:

The learning environment has the potential to enhance or impede understanding and engagement with a given topic
Teacher-centred / instructional approaches to delivery have traditionally dominated teaching practice in higher educationHowever, concerns about the disengagement of students, who are continually exposed to instructional approaches has resulted in a shift towards blended approaches to learning in higher education

Review Aims:

To examine how the learning environment can be used to yield the most positive learning experience for a student in higher education.
To explore the implications of the findings of this review for the personal teaching practice of the researcher

Documents:
The_impact_of_the_learning.mp3
The_impact_of_the_learning.pdf
The_impact_of_the_learning.ppt