“Office Hours are Kind of Weird”: Reclaiming a Resource to Foster Student-Faculty Interaction
Office hours reserve time and space for student-faculty interaction, a benchmark for engaging students in educationally purposive activities. Our study finds a mismatch between the institutionally intended purpose of office hours and student perceptions of office hours. We examine student perception...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Park University
2017-08-01
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| Series: | InSight : A Journal of Scholarly Teaching |
| Summary: | Office hours reserve time and space for student-faculty interaction, a benchmark for engaging students in educationally purposive activities. Our study finds a mismatch between the institutionally intended purpose of office hours and student perceptions of office hours. We examine student perceptions of office hours with results from a survey administered at a public research institution. We conclude that it is necessary for institutions — large public research institutions, particularly – to do more to demonstrate to students the value for interacting with faculty and to consistently support the development of relationships between undergraduates and those who teach them. |
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| ISSN: | 1933-4850 1933-4869 |