Abstract
<p class="apa">The evaluation of education environment is essential to provide to the professors a better understanding of the teaching process. One valuable tool for this assessment is the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). This questionnaire has 50 questions and is divided in five dimensions: D1–Perceptions of teaching, D2–Perceptions of teacher, D3–Academic self-perceptions, D4–Perception of atmosphere, D5–Social self-perception. Although it was first elaborated to undergraduate medical students, it has been used to other health areas. The aim of this study was to evaluate learning environment of a dental postgraduate course in a Brazilian University. Twenty-one students of master degree and PhD program in Periodontics were invited to answer the DREEM questionnaire. The mean age of the students was 27.4 years old. The total DREEM mean was 146.8, presenting a positive learning environment. Possible correlations were analyzed by Spearman’s correlation test (P&lt;0.05). There was a positive correlation between total DREEM and all 5 dimensions (p&lt;0.05). The highest correlation was total DREEM with academic self-perceptions (r=0.938). There was no correlation between age and distance from parents home (p&gt;0.05). In conclusion, the postgraduate learning environment is positive and students are satisfied. This questionnaire was very efficient and provided important information to maintain or improve our learning environment.</p>
Highlights
The perception of students considering their educational environment is a useful source to modify or improve quality of education
The evaluation of education environment is essential to provide to the professors a better understanding of the teaching process
There was a positive correlation between total Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) and all 5 dimensions (p
Summary
The perception of students considering their educational environment is a useful source to modify or improve quality of education. Whereas education is a dynamic process, researches about this topic are important to improve education methods and strategies. Essential is to know opinion of the students about teachers and educational environment. The authors presented a questionnaire with 50 questions divided in five subscales: Students’ perceptions of Learning, Students’ perceptions of teachers, Students’ academic self-perception, Students’ perceptions of atmosphere and Students’ social self-perceptions. Nine questions are negative with a symmetric score. A total score of 200 is obtained and the interpretation of results is based on a guide by McAleer and Roff (2001)
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