Humanising online teaching through care-centred pedagogies

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Kizilcik H. H., Turudu A. S.

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, cilt.38, sa.4, ss.143-159, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14742/ajet.7872
  • Dergi Adı: AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), INSPEC, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.143-159
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: online learning, care-centred education, pedagogy of care, course design delivery, EDUCATION
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

One of the main challenges regarding online teaching involves creating spaces in which learners establish and maintain connections with the teacher, other learners and the content. By exploring the concept of care in online learning, we aim to address this challenge. Framed by Noddings' (2013) ethics of care, this qualitative case study explored effective course design elements and instructional behaviours in an online course to identify practices that suggest the presence of care. Data collected through student feedback and peer observations provide insights into effective pedagogical practices, and our analysis reveals that these practices overlap with some of the four components of Noddings' care-centred model of education: modelling, dialogue, practice, and confirmation. Our study suggests that what makes an online course effective might be the invisible care elements underlying its design and implementation.