Students' perceptions of teachers' pedagogical styles in Higher Education

dc.creator	Paulo Charles Pimentel Botas
dc.date	2006-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:13:43Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:13:43Z
dc.identifier	1477-5557
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d492111fb75d44d0a86e6000ff4d4d32
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16259
dc.description	Contextualisation This paper examines students' perceptions of teaching in Higher Education from a sociological perspective. Abstract: My study aims to identify how students perceive the pedagogical styles of teachers in higher education. Drawing mainly on the works ofFoucault, I examine the power relations exercised in the classroom which establish and control the interaction between teachers and students, the motivation of students and the empowering process of giving students correct and sufficient tools for developing a critical voice. The empirical data was gathered from semi-structured interviews with postgraduate and undergraduate students in higher education. My study concludes that the perceptions students have of their teachers' pedagogical styles can be empowering and/or disempowering depending on the intention underlying the teachers' choice of pedagogical styles. The powers exercised by teachers in the classroom can be perceived by students as providing them with critical understanding and voice, or restraining and limiting their critical understanding and voice, culminating in silence in the classroom.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Institute of Education, University of London
dc.relation	http://www.educatejournal.org/index.php?journal=educate&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=77
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1477-5557
dc.source	Educate~, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 16-30 (2006)
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Students' perceptions of teachers' pedagogical styles in Higher Education
dc.type	article