Classroom action research : exploring the effects of career-relevant teaching and learning on student engagement in employment skills literacy instruction : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Tertiary Education at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

dc.contributor.authorCusin, Tracy Anne
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-17T20:19:57Z
dc.date.available2020-03-17T20:19:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the effects of career-relevant, personalised teaching and learning on student engagement in employment skills literacy instruction for low-literate adult learners. The focus of the study was to improve student engagement in triweekly employment skills literacy instruction. The six-week study involved a small group of six low-literate adult students from the same literacy classroom and one teacher, who was also the researcher in the study. Data was collected through participant observations, qualitative questionnaires, individual coaching session discussions, and my reflective teacher journal. Analysis of the data identified several key factors that enhanced student engagement, which were: career-relevant, personalised learning; well-defined career goals; learning that has the potential for real-life application; individual task work; computer-based learning; and providing a variety of model samples. The results also indicated that, all students in this study experienced an improvement in engagement and found the personalised instruction more interesting and enjoyable than their previous instruction.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15289
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectWorkplace literacyen_US
dc.subjectStudy and teachingen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectCase studiesen_US
dc.subjectAdult educationen_US
dc.subjectMotivation in educationen_US
dc.subjectIndividualized instructionen_US
dc.subjectPeople with social disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectcareer-relevanten_US
dc.subjectclassroom action researchen_US
dc.subjectemployment skills literacyen_US
dc.subjectlow-literate adult learnersen_US
dc.subjectpersonalised learningen_US
dc.subjectstudent engagementen_US
dc.titleClassroom action research : exploring the effects of career-relevant teaching and learning on student engagement in employment skills literacy instruction : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Tertiary Education at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorCusin, Tracy Anne
thesis.degree.disciplineTertiary educationen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education (MEd)en_US
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