Higher education as a business: should Belarusian Universities change the way of teaching at lectures?
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the preferences of Belarusian students in \nthe way of learning at lectures. The paper provides an answer to the following didactic and \nresearch question: "How to teach?" in the context of economic reform. In paper, we saw \nhigher education as a business. And we saw students as clients because their preferences \nare clients' requirements. \nStatistically proven that Belarusian students do not prefer the auditory way of learning \nat lectures. That is why Belarusian Universities should change the way of teaching at \nlectures. Among other things, we recommend: \n- to equip all lecture halls with visual learning tools, \n- to train teachers to use visual learning tools. \nThe results are very highly statistically significant (99.9%).
Authors: Walery Okulicz-Kozaryn, O V Lapitskaya
Language: English
Topic: Innovative Teaching Methods
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2955728809