Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many Japanese universities to broaden their classroom methods. This presented a challenge for students and faculty. To improve future education, effectiveness of remote classes is important. At Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts (DWCLA), there are 11 departments in six faculties across two campuses in Kyoto, Japan. The diverse types of departments mean science-focused programs with labs and liberal arts-focused programs with group discussions, make it difficult to evaluate effectiveness. A project team of seven faculty members from six departments conducted a mixed-methods study to discover how DWCLA students viewed their experiences of remote and face-to-face classes. In 2022, our research team conducted a survey and collected 752 responses from students from six departments. We then conducted interviews with 12 students. This paper will focus on the interview results. Over half of the interviewees favored face-to-face classes; however, some preferred remote classes, both on-demand and synchronous online classes using online class conferencing tools. We found that students especially felt it important to do face-to-face classes for subjects that had practical class activities such as lab work. However, some students preferred remote classes for large classes of required subjects. This led us to see the necessity of adapting various ways of conducting classes. It is important to use more than one education style to help more students learn effectively. However, to do this, it is necessary to help teachers improve their skills using online technology and encourage them to continue to develop their classes in the future.
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Natsumi Wakamoto, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Lisa Rogers, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Hidemi Hashimoto, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Yumiko Imai, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Namie Saeki, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Kazumasa Naruhashi, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
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Conference: IICAH2024
Stream: Teaching and Learning
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Wakamoto N., Rogers L., Hashimoto H., Imai Y., Saeki N., & Naruhashi K. (2024) Class Styles in a Private Japanese College: A Qualitative Study of Student Experiences of Face-to-Face and Remote Classes ISSN: 2432-4604 – The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2024 Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4604.2024.12
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4604.2024.12
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