scholarly journals A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF POLISH STUDENTS’ APTITUDE FOR THINKING REFLEXIVELY, DIFFERENTIATED BY HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTIES AND THE LEVEL OF STUDY

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Anna Odrowąż-Coates ◽  
Anna Perkowska-Klejman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Different Levels

The paper contains the original empirical study, based on quantified qualitative questionnaire, containing reflexivity scales - called QRT (Questionnaire to measure the Level of Reflexive Thinking) - developed by Kember et al. (2002) - translated, adjusted, validated and adopted to Polish circumstances. The aim was to compare the reflexivity levels amongst higher education students at differentiated faculties and at different levels of study (bachelor's, Master's and doctoral) to capture dependent variables and to promote reflexivity as a subject of scientific enquiry.

scholarly journals "Assessment of Anxiety among Higher Education Students and Its Relationship with Spirituality "

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Daryoush Ghasemian ◽  
Sedigheh Ebrahimi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety Reduction ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Different Levels

The present study reports assessment of anxiety levels and its relationship with spirituality among postgraduate students of Mysore University. A total of 100 (66 male + 34 female) students studying in management and humanities were randomly selected for the study. They were administered IPAT anxiety scale (Cattel & Scheier, 1963) and Spirituality scale (Piedmont, 1999). Results revealed that an alarming 43% of the students suffer from morbid anxiety and only 4% of them were found to be secure. Demographic variables like gender, age and course did not have influence over anxiety. Further, students with different levels of anxiety did not differ in their spirituality scores. A general discussion on anxiety reduction techniques were also described at the end.

Coping strategies in oral academic presentations of international undergraduate students in a Philippine university: a small-case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-113
Author(s):  
Ephraim Viernes Domingo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Language Socialization ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Academic Socialization ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Academic Task ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract Higher education students are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of being successful in oral academic presentations (OAP) in their academic endeavors. For English as a second language students in English-medium institutions, it also provides them with opportunities for language socialization. However, succeeding in the delivery of an OAP comes with various challenges emerging from linguistic and psychological factors. This small-case study explores OAPs as an oral academic socialization activity by documenting the strategies that 13 international undergraduate students in a large private Philippine university use to cope with the difficulties facing them in preparing and presenting an OAP. Using language socialization as the theoretical framework and semi-structured interviews to gather data, it identifies and explains eight personal strategies (six still employed and two no longer used) and discusses various factors that play a vital role in applying these strategies. The three most commonly used strategies are adopted to ensure a successful and acceptable OAP, typically a graded task. The two least frequently used ones are yet to be employed successfully. In applying these strategies, students not only perform the required academic task but are also engaged in different levels and frequencies of language socialization before and during the delivery of an OAP. Pedagogical implications in the use of OAPs as an academic task for language socialization in higher education are also discussed.

scholarly journals Conceptualisation of University Students’ Civic Transversal Competence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dace Medne ◽  
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Zanda Rubene ◽  
Māra Bernande ◽  
Dzintra Illiško ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Processing Program ◽  
The University ◽  
Fundamental Values ◽  
Different Levels

Education plays a key role in promoting fundamental values, citizens’ rights and responsibilities as well as social inclusion, in particularly so by reducing hostility towards vulnerable social groups. Therefore, all stages of education, including higher education, are important in the development of civic transversal competence. To ensure sustainable, qualitative, modern, and competitive higher education, the education facilitating the productive involvement of students in civil society and, consequently, their competitiveness in the labour market is a topical issue in the context of Latvia too. In keeping with this rationale, in January 2020, the University of Latvia started the implementation of the first round of the research “Assessment of Competences of Higher Education Students and Dynamics of Their Development in the Study Period” with the study of students’ civic transversal competence as its part. The paper aims to conceptualize students’ civic transversal competence, to determine its criteria and their indicators at different levels of higher education. Using the qualitative data processing program NVivo 12.0, there was carried out an analysis of 20 recent studies and higher education documents (2014-2020), as well as examples of good practice. The result is a descriptive matrix for civic transversal competence assessment, which can be used as a basis for the development of assessment tools.

scholarly journals AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS AS CUSTOMERS PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 520-529
Author(s):  
Palak Kakkar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Students As Customers

With increased globalisation and competitiveness in the markets, the firms are in consistent search for new methods to satisfy their customers. The concept of TQM renders useful insight to achieve the said objective. Moreover, the concept is multi-disciplinary and is well suited to the Indian concept as well. Higher Education is an important sector that needs to cater to the need of quality education in the wake of plethora of options available to the students worldwide and also to satisfy the Accredition and assessment needs by agencies like NAAC. Thus, an attempt has been made to study the impact of Total Quality Management accounting in the Higher Education Sector. The paper has been divided into seven parts. While the first and second part deals with the introduction and conceptual framework respectively, the third part focuses on the various concepts of research methodology. The results of the empirical study have been reported in the fourth part. The fifth part deals with the suggestions for the policy makers followed by the research gaps so identified. The last part deals with the conclusion.

scholarly journals Assessment of Students' Familiarity, Adoption, and Use of Social Media in Bahrain

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios Paliktzoglou ◽  
Charalampos Giousmpasoglou ◽  
Evangelia Marinakou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Everyday Learning ◽  
Media Applications

Social media is used in many higher education institutions for educational purposes in numerous new and innovative ways. However, in Bahrain the number of higher education students who are aware of and use social media is not clear. It was therefore necessary to conduct an empirical study that would investigate the students' use of social media in higher education in Bahrain. Moreover, the actual adoption of social media in everyday learning situations still remain underexplored, especially in higher education settings. This paper describes a study conducted to investigate the influence of social media use by student in Bahrain. The aims of this study are to assess students' level of familiarity, engagement and frequency of use with social media. The data was collected using two questionnaires. The findings indicate that social media has introduce a new culture of learning among students. In addition, social media applications which are on the increase in usage by students for activities that include studying, access of education content, social communication.

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