Original scientific paper
EDUCATIONAL CLIMATE IN UNIVERSITY CLASSES
Snježana Kragulj
; Učiteljski fakultet u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper offers an insight into university classes and the presence of
emotional climate in the educational process. It examines the effects of creative
activities, the presence of different social forms, cooperative and collaborative
learning on establishing a pleasant/unpleasant educational climate, as well as the
examinees’ response to such climate.
The necessity and importance of evaluation of university classes are discussed. The
climate is reflected in students’ [1] response to university classes and their active
participation in them. A survey has been conducted with second and fifth year
students of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Osijek and its Slavonski Brod
department on a sample of 364 evaluation sheets and 78 second-year student essays.
The data have been processed by qualitative analysis.
The research results have shown that the majority of students feel comfortable in the
university teaching environment (university classes in Didactics in Osijek: 84,6%,
university classes in Teaching Methodology in Osijek: 99%, university classes in
Teaching Methodology in Slavonski Brod: 93,02%, and university classes in
Nonviolent Communication in Slavonski Brod: 95,5%).
Keywords
emotional educational climate; pleasant emotions; unpleasant emotions; university classes; creativity; group work; cooperative learning; divergent thinking; evaluation research
Hrčak ID:
71623
URI
Publication date:
10.6.2011.
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