Affective Experiences and Student Engagement in Higher Education

N. Helander1, M. Boedeker2, P. Hellsten1, J. Jussila1, J. Myllärniemi1 and M. Tukiainen1

1Tampere University of Technology

2Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Motivation for the Study

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Positive affective experience

Increases students’ intrinsic motivation1

Increases student engagement2

Improves grades1

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1 Pekrun, R., Goetz, T., Frenzel, A. C., Barchfeld, P., & Perry, R. P. (2011) 2 Rossum, E. J., & Hamer, R. (2010)

Mystery Shopper Method for Investigating Affective Experiences on

1.  Teaching staff and teaching

2.  Students and the learning culture

3.  Student services 4.  Learning environment

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Photo: The Meanest Mom

Mystery Shoppers •  45 students from all faculties

participating in a mystery shopper project organised by the university administration in collaboration with the student union

•  The students kept an informal yet theme based diary on four larger topic areas

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Analysis of Affective Experiences Based on PAD Framework

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Conclusions •  The application of the PAD framework opens a novel

view to study the role of affective experiences of students in a higher education setting: ü  Teaching staff and their attitude towards students create the

peak experiences, both in good and in bad, and in all three dimensions of the PAD framework

ü  A non-motivated teacher causes not only non-arousal experience among students, but also certainly non-pleasure and most likely even non-dominance experience

ü  Teaching staff plays the single most important factor in creating student engagement – if the teacher is able to first create positive affective experience

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Future WorkReal-time measurement of affective experiences

in learning and teaching

Interested to collaborate? - Contact us •  Prof. Nina Helander, Leader of PATI - Workspace as

Service, DEEVA -Using Data and Experiences in Novel Ecosystem Level Value Co-Creation and VALIT - Value Indicator Tool projects. –  nina.helander @ tut.fi

•  D.Sc. Jari Jussila, Leader of DigiSyke - Digitalization of Engineering and Technology Industries project –  jari.j.jussila @ tut.fi; @jjussila

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