changing educational paradigms

University of West Georgia

Ron Hopkins

Jody Barber

Keith Chatham

Changing Educational Perspectives

Current educational systems have been shown to be faulty.

In 2000, 33% of Americans dropped out of college (Martindale, 2010).

~3.4 million people age 16 – 24 are high school drop outs in the U.S. (McMillen et.al., 1994).

Changing Educational Perspectives: Statistics

College drop outsStudent loansLimited careers prospectsUnmet expectations of college

College structureLack of promotion for retentionLack of attention to motivation

Changing Educational Perspectives: Problems in Education

Understanding attitude towards learningInspire radical change in thinking about

educationDeveloping a classification system based

onMotivationCultural orientationLearning styleenvironment

Changing Educational Perspectives:Statement of Purpose

The Development of the Measure

Student

Portrait

Cultural Orientation

/Attitude towards

one's education

Motivation

Learning

Style

Learning Environme

nt

Careerist. “College is a stepping stone.”

Credentialist. “College is a means to an end.”

Collegiate. “College is where you meet people.”

Academic. “College is where you come to learn.”

Alternative. “College is a place. Nothing more.”

Cultural Orientation

Sensing

Visual

Active

Sequential

Learning Styles

Traditional Environment

Nontraditional Environment

Educational Environment

The Measure

The Results: Cultural Orientation

The Results: Learning Styles

The Results: Learning Environment

The Results: High and Low Scorers

We are looking at the possibilities of the instructors having the knowledge of what their learning strengths and weakness are and their impact on their teaching style

Potential tool for the instructor to find the strengths and weakness for their class

Instructor acknowledged learning style so student can look for specific track of learning environment

Focus On Instructors/Teaching

Sound ColorTemperatureTime of dayLightingSize of roomNumber of students

Examination of Environment Upon Learning

Auditory version of measurementAnimated version of measurementManual manipulated version of measurementPossible affects of musical application to

these measurementsPossible affects of color background to the

visual measurement

Future Tools

Enhance Self awareness Enhance Educational OpportunitiesMore educated instructor selectionMore educated learning environment

selectionBetter Information Gathering TechniquesBetter Note Taking StrategiesBetter Use of Study TimeBetter Selection of Study Groups

Focus Upon Student

Deaf/deaf Hard of HearingBlind Visually ImpairedLearning Disabilities

Potential Revisions: Outliers

The hopeful affects of this measurement is to enhance the student’s awareness and learning experience approaches to study, life skills, career choices, work environment compatibility, and enhancement of social relations!

Conclusion