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

Hanne Kirstine Olesen Adriansen; Lene Møller Madsen

doi:10.1007/s10755-012-9241-0

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

Hanne Kirstine Olesen Adriansen, Lene Møller Madsen

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Abstract

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 more
inclusive, and they provide the potential for deep learning by structuring the learning situation

Original language	English
Journal	Innovative Higher Education
Volume	38
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	295-308
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0742-5627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-012-9241-0
Publication status	Published - Aug 2013

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