Students' perceptions of teaching factors that demotivate their learning in lectures and laboratory-based skills practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this paper is to report students' perceptions of factors that demotivated their learning in lectures and laboratory-based skills practice settings.

Methods

A total of 23 students were recruited from the Bachelor of Nursing courses at three Japanese universities, using purposive sampling. A semi-structured interview was conducted with each participant between November 2017 and January 2018 to elicit their perceptions about which aspects of the teaching context demotivated their engagement in learning. The results were analyzed using thematic analysis.

Results

Three themes were generated: a restrictive environment, discouraging attitudes and discouraging teaching approaches.

Conclusions

To prevent students from experiencing demotivatio

SUBMITTER: Takase M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838877 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature