Improving Students' Interpersonal Skills through Experiential Small Group Learning

Autor/inn/en	Skinner, Kay Lesley; Hyde, Sarah J.; McPherson, Kerstin B. A.; Simpson, Maree D.
Titel	Improving Students' Interpersonal Skills through Experiential Small Group Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Design, 9 (2016) 1, S.21-36 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1832-8342
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Competence; Skill Development; Student Improvement; Experiential Learning; Cooperative Learning; Undergraduate Students; Teaching Methods; Health Education; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Intermode Differences; Problem Based Learning; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Tutors; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Nonparametric Statistics; Small Group Instruction; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Kooperatives Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	Health professional students must be equipped with the skills necessary to interact with patients. Effective interpersonal skills are difficult to both learn and teach, requiring development, practise and evaluation in both educational and clinical settings. In professions such as physiotherapy, traditional approaches to teaching these skills have encompassed clinical modelling, and stand-alone didactic teaching of the theory behind communication. These provide limited opportunity for students to practise and receive feedback on their interpersonal and communication skills. This paper describes the implementation of an experiential small group learning approach in an undergraduate physiotherapy program and discusses outcomes. Implications for practice are that: experientially based small group learning with opportunities for practise, reflection, self-evaluation and feedback, can improve students' confidence and interpersonal skills; consistent and scaffolded participation in experiential learning opportunities and assessment of this participation across the program is key to this approach. Interpersonal skills remain a challenge for new graduates; support and mentoring in this domain by supervisors may enhance the transition to work. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01