Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Student‘s perceptions of the educational environment at a dental College of Jammu region, using Dundee ready educational environment measure (DREEM) inventory

Nishu Vakil, Abhishek Singh, Virender Kumar Chhoker, Balbir Kaur

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Background- Now a days, there has been growing interest and rising concern regarding the role of learning environment in undergraduate dental education. Aim- Aim of this study was to evaluate the students’ perception of their learning environment in an Indian dental college. Methods- 224 students were evaluated at Government Dental College, Jammu using Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM), a validated tool to evaluate their learning environments. Results- Total respondents were 224, among them 182 were male and 42 were female students. The total DREEM score of the student’s was 127.70 / 200. The mean domain scores were 30.22 / 48, 27.18 / 44, 21.34 / 32, 32.05 / 48, and 16.91 / 28 in the domains of Student’s Perceptions of Learning (SPL), Student’s Perceptions of Teachers (SPT), Student’s Academic Self-Perceptions (SASP), Student’s Perceptions of Atmosphere (SPA) and Student’s Social Self Perceptions (SSSP) respectively. Certain items scored less than 2. In the domain of Student’s Perceptions of Learning (SPL), students opined that teaching overemphasized factual learning. In the domain of Student’s Perceptions of Teachers (SPT), students were in the view that teachers ridicule them. In the domain of Student’s Social Self Perceptions (SSSP), student’s felt existence of good support system for stressed students. Conclusion- The findings of this study can be utilized to create a better educational environment at Government Dental College, Jammu. Implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) sessions and integrated teaching are endorsed to create the better educational environment.

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STUDENT'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AT A DENTAL COLLEGE OF JAMMU REGION, USING DUNDEE READY EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MEASURE (DREEM) INVENTORY, Nishu Vakil, Abhishek Singh, Virender Kumar Chhoker, Balbir Kaur GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019


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