Facilitation: A Novel Way to Improve Students' Well-being

TY - JOUR

T1 - Facilitation: A Novel Way to Improve Students' Well-being

AU - Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine Olesen

AU - Madsen, Lene Møller

PY - 2013/8

Y1 - 2013/8

N2 - In this article we analyze a project that used facilitation techniques, which are known from training in industry, to improve the study environment at a public research university in Denmark. In 2009, the project was initiated in one graduate program; and it has subsequently been modified and institutionalized. The project did not change the teaching format, but introduced facilitated study-groups using peer learning. Itwas successful in increasing students’ well-being. While peer learning and study groups are well-known in higher education, facilitation is a different and novel tool. We argue that facilitation makes study groups moreinclusive, and they provide the potential for deep learning by structuring the learning situation

AB - In this article we analyze a project that used facilitation techniques, which are known from training in industry, to improve the study environment at a public research university in Denmark. In 2009, the project was initiated in one graduate program; and it has subsequently been modified and institutionalized. The project did not change the teaching format, but introduced facilitated study-groups using peer learning. Itwas successful in increasing students’ well-being. While peer learning and study groups are well-known in higher education, facilitation is a different and novel tool. We argue that facilitation makes study groups moreinclusive, and they provide the potential for deep learning by structuring the learning situation

U2 - 10.1007/s10755-012-9241-0

DO - 10.1007/s10755-012-9241-0

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0742-5627

VL - 38

SP - 295

EP - 308

JO - Innovative Higher Education

JF - Innovative Higher Education

IS - 4

ER -