The Student-Teacher Experience as a Model for Students as Partners (SaP) and for Enhancing Student Engagement among Japanese Students

McMaster University Library Press. McMaster University Library, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S $L6 Canada. e-mail: scom@mcmaster.ca; Web site: https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap

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Partnerships in Education; Learner Engagement; Foreign Countries; Active Learning; Peer Teaching; Peer Relationship; Dentistry; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Educational Environment; Cooperative Learning; Student Motivation; Learning Activities; Feedback (Response); Peer Evaluation; College Students; Teaching Methods

Education in Japan and other Asian countries advocates the traditional passive style of learning where students learn through rote memorization in a teacher-centered environment. However, this is now changing due to globalization with Japan's Ministry of Education promoting learning strategies to involve students in the learning process actively. Many studies involving students as partners have stated that students feel more at ease when they learn with and from their peers and that working in groups makes them learn significantly better and allows them to put into practice what they have taught to others or learned from others. This case study on the Student-Teacher Experience activity aims to present the concept of students as partners to enhance active learning in Japan and its possible application in other countries and fields of study with a similar learning environment as Japan. The activity allowed students to actively engage in class and enhanced learning.

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2024

EJ1446903