TY - JOUR
T1 - Dental students' motivation and the context of learning
AU - Kristensen, Bettina Tjagvad
AU - Netterstrom, Ingeborg
AU - Kayser, Lars
N1 - Keywords: Achievement; Attitude; Curriculum; Dentist-Patient Relations; Economics, Dental; Education, Dental; Educational Measurement; Female; Goals; Humans; Intention; Interviews as Topic; Learning; Male; Motivation; Professional Practice; Professional Role; Students, Dental; Time Management
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This qualitative study shows dental students' motives for choosing the dental education and how the motives influence their motivation at the first semester of study. Further the study demonstrates the relevance of the context of learning. This issue is of importance when planning a curriculum for the dental education. The material consists of interviews with eight dental students. The results show that dental students were focused on their future professional role, its practical dimensions and their future working conditions. Their motivation for choosing the dental education was found to influence their motivation for studying and their experience of the relevance of the first semester. The dental students who had co-education with the medical students at the first year of study missed a dental context and courses with clinically relevant contents. In conclusion, our data signify the importance of the context of learning. It is recommended that a future curriculum for the dental school should be designed in a way where basic science subjects are taught with both theoretically as well as practically oriented subjects and in a context which is meaningful for the students.
AB - This qualitative study shows dental students' motives for choosing the dental education and how the motives influence their motivation at the first semester of study. Further the study demonstrates the relevance of the context of learning. This issue is of importance when planning a curriculum for the dental education. The material consists of interviews with eight dental students. The results show that dental students were focused on their future professional role, its practical dimensions and their future working conditions. Their motivation for choosing the dental education was found to influence their motivation for studying and their experience of the relevance of the first semester. The dental students who had co-education with the medical students at the first year of study missed a dental context and courses with clinically relevant contents. In conclusion, our data signify the importance of the context of learning. It is recommended that a future curriculum for the dental school should be designed in a way where basic science subjects are taught with both theoretically as well as practically oriented subjects and in a context which is meaningful for the students.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00485.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00485.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19196287
SN - 1396-5883
VL - 13
SP - 10
EP - 14
JO - European Journal of Dental Education
JF - European Journal of Dental Education
IS - 1
ER -