The influence of teaching strategiesand teaching methodologies on meaningful learning of Occupational Therapy students

• Main Authors: Julie Vásquez Duque, Lisette González Duk
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Chile 2018-01-01
• Series: Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
• Online Access: https://revistaterapiaocupacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RTO/article/view/48141

The goal of this research was to identify the influence of teaching strategies and methodologies on significant learning of Occupational Therapy students in a private university at Santiago, understanding teaching methodologies as the way and resources used to introduce the content, and strategies as the actions oriented towards benefiting learning acquisition. With this aim, the authors considered as specific objectives to identify the frequency with which professors use strategies and methodologies; identify the magnitude of these strategies and methodologies on the student’s disposition towards learning; and identify specific strategies and methodologies that students relate to the development of their effective learning. The authors elaborated an online survey with 9 questions with a Likert type scale. The results show high influence of methodologies and strategies on significant learning