ERIC Number: EJ961375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0729-4360
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The Mythology of Feedback
Adcroft, Andy
Higher Education Research and Development, v30 n4 p405-419 2011
Much of the general education and discipline-specific literature on feedback suggests that it is a central and important element of student learning. This paper examines feedback from a social process perspective and suggests that feedback is best understood through an analysis of the interactions between academics and students. The paper argues that these two groups will have their own mythology of feedback and that this will inform their beliefs, attitudes and behaviours in the feedback process. Where there are different mythologies, the outcome will be dissonance. The paper reports on a study in which a 15-item questionnaire was distributed to academics and students in a School of Law and a School of Management. Responses were received from 91 academics and 1197 students. The data suggests that academics and students have different perceptions of feedback and this creates dissonance as the two groups offer different interpretations of the same feedback events. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Feedback (Response), Role, Beliefs, Outcomes of Education, General Education, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Differences, Student Development, Law Schools, Business Administration Education, Likert Scales, Learning Processes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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