Influence of Culture on Students' Awareness of How and Why They Learn

Autor/inn/en	Choy, Siew Chee; Sedhu, Daljeet Singh; Liew, Yow Lin; Lee, Mun Yee; Malenee, Audrey; Anuar, Norkhadirah
Titel	Influence of Culture on Students' Awareness of How and Why They Learn
Quelle	In: Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 12 (2015), S.49-67 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1675-8110
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Asian Culture; Student Centered Learning; Student Attitudes; Two Year College Students; Semi Structured Interviews; Learning Experience; Learning Processes; Teacher Student Relationship; Power Structure; Individualism; Peer Relationship; Help Seeking; Assignments; Parent Child Relationship; Qualitative Research; Cohort Analysis; Preferences; Risk; Gender Differences; Educational Attitudes; Occupational Aspiration; Cultural Background; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Schülerverhalten; Lernerfahrung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Individualismus; Peer-Beziehungen; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Kohortenanalyse; Risiko; Geschlechterkonflikt; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel
Abstract	Purpose: The reason many Asian students find student-centred learning challenging may be due to cultural factors present in every human interaction between individuals. This study attempts to determine the influence of these cultural factors on students' awareness of how and why they learn. Method: A sample of 12 students enrolled in a two year diploma course in a Malaysian university was interviewed, using a semi-structured interview protocol, on the students' perceptions and experiences when learning. The results were analysed qualitatively using the interpretive approach. Findings: The results show that students rely on their teachers for information, implying a high power distance as well as low individualism, and are not inclined to explore on their own. These students readily approach their friends rather than teachers for help with their assignments. They also hold their parents' opinions in high regard. Significance: The results of this study are important for teachers when implementing student-centred learning. It will be challenging for Malaysian students to respond well to this form of learning strategy as it requires a certain amount of independent learning as well as risk-taking behaviour which these students seem to lack. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01