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Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment
The learning environment (LE) provides a context for many educational phenomena, of which wellness and burnout are particularly important. The LE can be thought of as consisting of a psychosocial dimension of personal, social, and organizational factors and a sociomaterial dimension that consists of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868483/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956121989708 |
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description | The learning environment (LE) provides a context for many educational phenomena, of which wellness and burnout are particularly important. The LE can be thought of as consisting of a psychosocial dimension of personal, social, and organizational factors and a sociomaterial dimension that consists of spatial and technical factors. The interplay between elements of the LE and wellness of the participants is complex and only partially understood, requiring further research. Using this multidimensional model to describe and to plan to deliberately modify the learning environment can foster more rigorous and meaningful research evidence about the interaction of wellness and the LE. This article highlights four key considerations that scholars of wellness should consider when exploring the impact of the LE or designing interventions to modify the environment. These include 1) a thoughtful definition and theoretical conceptualization of the LE, 2) clarity about the study variables that are essential to the study question(s), 3) thoughtful and appropriate measurement of those variables, and 4) a study design that balances quality with feasibility. We provide a practical illustration of how these considerations can be applied in studies exploring the intersection of wellness and the LE. |
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spelling | pubmed-78684832021-02-19 Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment Gruppen, Larry D Fogarasi, Miklos C Glob Adv Health Med Feature Article The learning environment (LE) provides a context for many educational phenomena, of which wellness and burnout are particularly important. The LE can be thought of as consisting of a psychosocial dimension of personal, social, and organizational factors and a sociomaterial dimension that consists of spatial and technical factors. The interplay between elements of the LE and wellness of the participants is complex and only partially understood, requiring further research. Using this multidimensional model to describe and to plan to deliberately modify the learning environment can foster more rigorous and meaningful research evidence about the interaction of wellness and the LE. This article highlights four key considerations that scholars of wellness should consider when exploring the impact of the LE or designing interventions to modify the environment. These include 1) a thoughtful definition and theoretical conceptualization of the LE, 2) clarity about the study variables that are essential to the study question(s), 3) thoughtful and appropriate measurement of those variables, and 4) a study design that balances quality with feasibility. We provide a practical illustration of how these considerations can be applied in studies exploring the intersection of wellness and the LE. SAGE Publications 2021-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7868483/ /pubmed/33614254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956121989708 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Feature Article Gruppen, Larry D Fogarasi, Miklos C Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment |
title | Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment |
title_full | Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment |
title_fullStr | Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment |
title_short | Considerations on Conducting Research on Wellness in the Context of the Learning Environment |
title_sort | considerations on conducting research on wellness in the context of the learning environment |
topic | Feature Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868483/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956121989708 |
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