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Effective teaching, student engagement and student satisfaction during the Covid‐19 pandemic: Evidence from business students' qualitative survey evaluations

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  • Meredith Tharapos
  • Konrad Peszynski
  • Kwok Hung Lau
  • Margaret Heffernan
  • Gillian Vesty
  • Aida Ghalebeigi

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We investigate the influence of unanticipated prolonged disruption on effective teaching, student engagement and student satisfaction during campus lockdown due to COVID‐19. Qualitative comments provided by undergraduate business students in the university end‐of‐semester survey were analysed using a variety of methods, including sentiment analysis. Our findings indicate that effective teaching through the characteristics of the instructor, can lead to enhanced student engagement and higher levels of student satisfaction in an emergency remote teaching environment. Our findings highlight the critical role of the instructor in providing cognitive and affective support to students, along with clear communication, during times of substantial change.

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  • Meredith Tharapos & Konrad Peszynski & Kwok Hung Lau & Margaret Heffernan & Gillian Vesty & Aida Ghalebeigi, 2023. "Effective teaching, student engagement and student satisfaction during the Covid‐19 pandemic: Evidence from business students' qualitative survey evaluations," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 63(3), pages 3173-3192, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:63:y:2023:i:3:p:3173-3192
    DOI: 10.1111/acfi.13025
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