Teacher behavior and perceived care: Influences on student outcomes in secondary school online courses

• In Event: TED - Exploring the Needs and Behaviors of Secondary Science Teachers

Short Description

This presentation will review the results from a study looking at teacher behaviors in K-12 online classes and how those behaviors are related to students’ perceptions of being cared for and ultimately the connection to student outcomes in the cognitive, conative and affective dimensions. Respondents were 110 secondary students (grades 9-12) enrolled in online courses in Spring/Summer 2015 through the Global Online Academy, a worldwide not-for-profit consortium of schools. Path analysis yielded significant results suggesting that social presence is highly correlated with care, and care is moderately to highly related to the variables which approximate the three dimensions of learning: affective (satisfaction), conative (motivation), and cognitive (reported learning). Implications of these findings for preparing K-12 teachers for online environments will be discussed and audience participants will be asked to share their reactions to the research.

Authors

• Emily McCarren

• Christine K. Sorensen Irvine, University of Hawaii at Manoa