RT Journal Article
T1 Students’ Perceptions of Educational Climate in a Spanish School of Dentistry Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure: A Longitudinal Study
A1 Hernández Crespo, Alba María
A1 Fernández Riveiro, Paula
A1 Rapado González, Óscar
A1 Aneiros Ardao, Ángela
A1 Tomás Carmona, Inmaculada
A1 Suárez Cunqueiro, María Mercedes
K1 Educational climate
K1 Dental students
K1 DREEM scale
K1 Dental education
K1 Dentistry
AB Background: Educational Climate (EC) may determine teacher and student behaviour. Our aim was to evaluate EC longitudinally in a period of ‘curricular transition’ from traditional (teacher-centred learning) to Bologna curricula (interactive student-centred learning). Methods: The ‘Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure’ (DREEM) questionnaire was completed by 397 students from a Spanish School of Dentistry. Students’ perception was assessed in different courses and academic years. Results: The overall EC scale average was 115.70 ± 20.20 (57.85%) and all domain values showed a percentage >52%, which were interpreted as ‘positive and acceptable’. The EC mean was: 118.02 ± 17.37 (59.01%) for 2010–2011; 116.46 ± 19.79 (58.23%) for 2013–2014; 115.60 ± 21.93 (57.80%) for 2014–2015; 112.02 ± 22.28 (56.01%) for 2015–2016, interpreted as ‘more positive than negative EC’. The worst Learning domain scores corresponded to later academic years and may reflect the Bologna curriculum’s more intensive clinical training involving greater responsibility and self-learning. Conclusions: EC and its domains were perceived more positively than negatively. The Social domain was the most positively evaluated, while the Learning domain was the worst
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24016
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24016
LA eng
NO María, H.-C.A.; Paula, F.-R.; Óscar, R.-G.; Ángela, A.; Inmaculada, T.; María Mercedes, S.-C. Students’ Perceptions of Educational Climate in a Spanish School of Dentistry Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure: A Longitudinal Study. Dent. J. 2020, 8, 133
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026