Survey of Teaching methods preferred and Learning strategies employed by undergraduate and graduate students of Psychology in Pune city

Deo ,, MISS UMA DEO , (Uma ,)

 

Submission type

Poster only

Scheduled

Poster Sessions 3 (15.00-15.30)

Keywords

Teaching methods, Learning strategies

Summary

Educational institutions offering higher education in psychology have a greater responsibility to create a skilled workforce that can effectively deal with the ever-increasing mental health issues of today’s world. Thus, teaching methods employed by teachers and learning strategies employed by students play a significant role in shaping psychologists of tomorrow.

In India many educational institutions offer degrees in psychology as a major. Although ample studies have been conducted on effectiveness of teaching methods and learning strategies in general, there has been a lack of research in this regard in the field of psychology.

The main purpose behind this study was to know about teaching methods preferred and learning strategies employed by the college students pursuing psychology courses in Pune city.

A questionnaire addressing these abovementioned aspects was prepared by the researchers and administered to 64 graduate and 84 post graduate students of psychology studying in Pune city. The responses given by these students were separately analyzed. It was observed that overall discussions and interactive teaching methods were the two most preferred by the students and mind mapping and application of concepts in daily life were the two most frequently employed strategies by students of psychology for effective learning. 

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