Business Professors Using High-Quality Connections: A Connection to Student Self-efficacy?

Academic optimism;appreciative inquiry;positive organizational scholarship;high-quality connections;self-efficacy;content and non-content pedagogy;Education;College of Education, Health and Human Services

Hartge, TimothyGuo, Yi Maggie ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Academic optimism;    appreciative inquiry;    positive organizational scholarship;    high-quality connections;    self-efficacy;    content and non-content pedagogy;    Education;    College of Education, Health and Human Services;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

This research examines the role the college professor plays in student self-efficacy byobserving the communication patterns in the classroom. Professors’ academic optimism is their sense and belief that they can teach effectively, that their students can learn, and that the system will support them as they press hard for learning. Students’ self-efficacy is the belief that they can overcome difficulty and master the course material. This research utilizes a current business management theory of high-quality connections (HQCs) to attempt to unpack the professor’s role in student self-efficacy. This research examines the professor’s classroom use of high-quality connections (HQCs) characteristics, the words, the content and non-content teaching pedagogy, methods and materials, and the actions that may produce student self-efficacy. The unique contributions of this research are the use of business theory as applied to the college classroom and the development of theory about HQCs and student self-efficacy. The research uses a case study research design to examine the construct. The participants in this research are three of Michigan’s best business professors according to The State of Michigan’s President’s Council: Distinguished Professor of the Year Award, at three colleges in the region of South and Southeastern Michigan. All three business schools are accredited AACSB colleges.