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Can Assessment of Student Attitudes Assist both the Teaching and Learning Process as well as Ultimate Performance in Professional Practice Background

المؤلف:  Gjyn O Toole

المصدر:  Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment

الجزء والصفحة:  P469-C39

2025-08-26

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Can Assessment of Student Attitudes Assist both the Teaching and Learning Process as well as Ultimate Performance in Professional Practice

Background

Colleagues teaching the program gave assurances that the students 'would grow out of the negativity' and 'most of them would learn anyway' and 'some of them won't ever work in mental health areas of practice when they graduate anyway' indicating that the status quo was to ignore the negative attitudes and simply teach regardless.

The semester progressed with a reoccurring theme of negativity, however little was done to either examine or monitor these negative attitudes. However, by the end of the semester - (11 weeks of face-to-face teaching of 13 hours/week) there had been a substantial change in attitude for the majority of the students. Were the majority attitudes of the academics in the program correct? Had the students simply grown up?

This pilot study was implemented to actually assess the causes of the attitude change. Establishing the contributing factors that brought about this transformation could potentially contribute to the learning and assessment process, as well as ultimately assist in improving the professional performance of the graduates of the program.