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Student Engagement and Educational Rapport in Higher Education LeonieRowan(cid:129)PeterGrootenboer Editors Student Engagement and Educational Rapport in Higher Education Editors LeonieRowan PeterGrootenboer GriffithUniversity GriffithUniversity Southport,Queensland,Australia GoldCoast,Queensland,Australia ISBN978-3-319-46033-8 ISBN978-3-319-46034-5(eBook) DOI10.1007/978-3-319-46034-5 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016950714 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsof translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthis publicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesare exemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformation in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publishernortheauthorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespectto thematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade. Coverillustration:©MelisaHasan Printedonacid-freepaper ThisPalgraveMacmillanimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland We dedicatethisbook tothe memoryof BarbaraGarrick: an inspirationalcolleagueandgenerousfriendwholivedthekeyprinciples of thisbookon adailybasis. Shetaught usso muchabout building rapport,establishingtrust,creatingmemorablelearningenvironments and,aboveallelse,whatitreallymeanstoactwithintegrity,courage and care.We miss you A CKNOWLEDGMENTS The research reported in this book was made possible by a Griffith University Grant for Learning and Teaching within the 2014 Strategic PriorityScheme.Weacknowledgewithsincerethankstheopportunitythis grant has provided for the project to develop, for publications to be produced and, most importantly, for new forms of professional develop- ment for academic staff to be trialled and enjoyed. Thanks to Griffith University formaking thispossible. We acknowledge the many and various colleagues and students who supported the project either through direct participation or through a generous and engaged interest in the work. All feedback and advice alongthe way hasbeen greatly valued. We thank all the peer reviewers of the chapters in the book for their time, insightful comments, advice and direction. We acknowledge in particular the generous contributions of Tess Boyle, Julianne Lynch, Chris Bigum, Glenn Finger, Madonna Stinson and Jane Wilkinson. Your scholarship andcritical thinkingaresincerely appreciated. Finally, we acknowledge the major contributions that have been made by our families and our friends to the development of the ideas in the manuscript. We thank them all for providing us with so many opportu- nities to (at least try!) and develop rapport in a wide range of real-world contexts. Special thanks to Chris, Effie, Sophie and Isaac; Ange, Jake, Danneke and Tilly; Ian, Maddie, James and Natalie; Will, Luke and Lydia; Brett; Ian, Katherine, Harry and Lynda; and all the many, many wonderfulpeople whomakethe world better. vii C ONTENTS 1 Student Engagementand Rapportin HigherEducation: TheCase for Relationship-CentredPedagogies 1 LeonieRowan andPeter Grootenboer 2 Student Engagementand Rapportin the Context ofBlendedLearning inMathematics Education Courses: Challengesand Implications 25 KevinLarkin 3 EstablishingOnlineCommunities of Practice: TheCase of aVirtual SportsCoaching Community 45 Sue Whatman 4 EstablishingandMaintaining Rapportin an Online, HigherEducationSetting 67 Harry Kanasa 5 WhatIreally wantfrom thiscourseis...: TailoringLearningtoMeet Students’ Needs,using Pedagogiesof Connection andEngagement 87 Sherilyn Lennon ix x CONTENTS 6 NoHugsRequired:University Student Perspectives onthe RelationshipBetweenExcellent Teaching andEducational Rapport 105 LeonieRowan andGeraldineTownend 7 BuildingRapport withUniversity Students: BuildingRapport AmongUniversity Teachers 131 PeterGrootenboer andLeonie Rowan Index 153 L F IST OF IGURES Fig.2.1 Design-basedexperimentprocessofdatacollection, reflection,designchange,andimplementation. 30 Fig.2.2 Uniqueandcumulativeviewsbylecturetopic 33 Fig.2.3 HeatmapforMathematics2,2014,Lecture10PartB 34 Fig.3.1 (a)LAMSlearnerviewofweeklyhomepage,(b)admin/monitor viewofmodulecompletion,(c)lecturerauthoringtooloptions and(d)datacollectionvialearnertimecompletionchartused todesigntheonlineSportsCoachingPedagogy CommunityofPractice 52 xi L T IST OF ABLES Table2.1 Uniqueandcumulativeviewsbylecture(PartA) forMathematics1andMathematics2(2013–2015) 35 Table2.2 UniqueandcumulativeviewsbykeyweeksforMathematics 1andMathematics2(2013–2015) 37 Table2.3 Likertscaleresponsestotwokeyengagementquestions fromSECfeedback(2013–2015) 39 Table3.1 Buildingrapportonline—5-pointLikertscalequestions inanonymoussurveyofallstudents 60 Table4.1 Thesixrapport-buildingactivitiesidentifiedbyMurphy andRodriguez-Manzanares(2012),theirsubcategories andthesupportingliterature 70 Table4.2 Datatype,datasourcesanddescriptionsofthedatasource 74 xiii
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