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Education as the lighting of a fire: Personal connection strikes the match

2026-03-25

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<p>A famous adage states, “education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”. We test whether perceived personal connection with a communicator strikes that match. All participants listened to the same pre-recorded lecture. To manipulate perceived personal connection, one group received a relatable backstory for the lecturer, whereas the other was told the voice was AI-generated. Although the gro...

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Literature Corpus work: bf6aa294-ede1-5bcf-9338-7e90c53287af
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3n5d4_v1

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