The influence of a distance-learning environment on students' field dependence/independence

The influence of a distance-learning environment on students' field dependence/independence

• Luk, Weety Suet Ching Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Journal of Experimental Education, 66(2), 149-160, 1998

Routledge

1998

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QG Adult, Lifelong & Continuing Education
    • QGE Distance Education
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GH Sport Science, Health & Welfare
    • GHC Teaching Methods & Their Outcomes

College Students Cooperation Distance Education Field Dependence Independence Foreign Countries Nursing Education Visual Perception Hong Kong Self Direction

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

Fostering field independence among learners is important for the individuals themselves and for the profession for which they are preparing. The manner in which the collaborative distance-education Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) program influenced the field dependence/field independence of students was investigated. The target population was Hong Kong Chinese registered nurses who studied in an undergraduate distance-learning nursing program. Cognitive style was measured by the Group Embedded Figures Test; data were collected from 246 students from 2 cohorts enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Nursing) program. The nursing students became more field independent during their study in the distance-education undergraduate nursing program, apparently as a result of the self-directed learning environment of the distance-education program.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 00220973

• 10.1080/00220679809597550

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2010-09-27