About the Cover

10.17158/207 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Editor In Chief
Keyword(s):  
Steel Bridges ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Symbolic Convergence ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
The University

<p>The cover shows a montage of images representing the themes of the researches showcased in this issue.  The symbolic convergence of two identical strong arch steel bridges towards a geometric solid of balance and symmetry captures the iconic portrait of a budding research culture at the University of the Immaculate Conception.  The mosaic configuration of snapshots overtures a powerful glimpse over the issues and concerns that create a consistent and reverberating clamor of societal depictions of today.</p> <p>A heartfelt expression of thanks is extended to <strong>Engr. Michael M. Obenque </strong>for the layout of the entire cover.</p>

Capability, Culture and Passion for Research of the University of the Immaculate Conception Graduate School Research Classes

10.17158/178 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo O. Cuizon ◽  
Alvin O. Cayogyog
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Multiple Linear Regressions ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
School Research ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
The University ◽  
Linear Regressions ◽  
Significant Factors

<p>The  study  aimed  to  establish  baseline  information  on  the  influence  of research capability and culture on the passion for research; whether or not such influence is significant. It utilized quantitative method via descriptive correlational and analytical designs with the use of statistical tools such as Weighted Mean, Pearson r and Multiple Linear Regressions. The study reports the following: the overall level of the respondents’ research capability is average; the overall level of the respondents’ research culture is average; the overall level of the respondents’ passion for research is high; the respondents’ research capability significantly related to their passion for research; there is a significant relationship between the respondents’ research culture and their passion for research; the respondents’ capability and culture on research are significant factors to their passion for research (F=19.40; p&lt;0.05). Hence, the study inferred that any change on the level of the respondents’ research capability and culture has a corresponding effect on the level of their passion for research. Furthermore, the combined influence of 37.40% implies that 62.60% are influenced by other factors not covered in this study.</p>

scholarly journals Digital Student Handbook of the University of the Immaculate Conception for Android

10.17158/515 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Exander T. Barrios ◽  
Kristine Joy Iyo ◽  
Lyndelle Iianne Pangolibay ◽  
Irvin Tanutan
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Portable Document Format ◽  
Hard Copy ◽  
Cellular Phones ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Rapid Action ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
Black Box Testing ◽  
The University

<p>The primary purpose of the study was to develop a tool that will take advantage of the fact that many students of the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC) bring their cellular phones or tablets everyday, and that they prefer the student handbook be installed on their gadgets rather than be made available as a hard copy. Thus, a digital student handbook software was created for Android devices. This was developed following a Rapid Action Development (RAD) method which is a proven and tested software development process model. The analysis phase of the chosen process model involved the identification of ways in which the contents of the student handbook are presented in a more readable way, which included convenient content-searching mechanisms compared to a portable document format (PDF) file. Designs were made to follow the results of the analysis. After developing the tool, a Black Box Testing was done, and an assessment was made for 404 respondents, and 97.71% of the respondents agreed that the tool helped provide guidance for the students’ formation and encouraged them to read, understand, and appreciate the contents of the handbook, as well as adapt to the culture of the university. </p><p> </p><p><strong> Keywords: </strong>Information Technology, digital student handbook, Rapid Action Development, Android, Davao City, Philippines</p><div> </div>

Foreign Students in the University of the Immaculate Conception and their Multi-Faceted Experiences

10.17158/186 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bienvinido E. Infante ◽  
Maribeth Q. Galindo ◽  
Mona L. Laya ◽  
Jason N. Marquez ◽  
Leah C. Apsay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic And Social Experiences

<p>This qualitative study aimed to present baseline information about the academic and social experiences of the foreign students at the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC). The researchers conducted a focus group discussion involving 15 of them who are currently enrolled in various programs of the university. Through an in-depth interview, it was found that most of the foreign students have known UIC via a recommendation of a friend, or the internet. Findings revealed that the existence of the foreign students in UIC is characterized both by pleasant and unpleasant experiences. The positive feedback about the UIC educational system opens a possibility for more influx of foreign students while the unpleasant experiences pose dramatic amendments in established policies of the university.</p>

scholarly journals Networking of Educational Organizations of General and Higher Education: Infrastructure Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 03015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Georgievich Vorovshchikov ◽  
Olga Andreyevna Lyubchenko ◽  
Aishat Shahmadovna Shakhmanova ◽  
Andrey Alexandrovich Marinyuk ◽  
Lhaamtseren Bold
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Student Research ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Infrastructure Project ◽  
The University ◽  
Additional Education

The article deals with organizational details and results of the infrastructural project that has been implemented over 15 years in several Moscow schools with consulting support of a pedagogical university. The goal of the project: through the interaction of schools and the university, develop and test a comprehensive system of didactic and methodological support for the development of research culture in schoolchildren as a metasubject result. Such support has been designed as a complex intraschool didactic and methodological system that includes the priority values and goals of meta-subject education, the determination of the activity-based component of meta-subject education content, the projects of meta-subject courses, methodological recommendations on designing meta-subject lessons and organizing students’ research. This system of didactic and methodological support requires managerial assistance that ensures coordination and consistency in the work of additional education pedagogues, teachers, university teachers who consult student research.

scholarly journals Turning the NARN into an ARC at the University of Bedfordshire: some reflections and comparisons

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arti Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Research Consortium ◽  
The University ◽  
Support Research

In recent years I have increasingly been involved with action research at several levels (as a leader and participant on the NARN project and also on other institutional, collaborative and individual research studies). To fulfil my various responsibilities I convened and led the Action Research Consortium (ARC) at the University of Bedfordshire from June 2008 to June 2010. Evaluating the effects of this action provided a research topic and the context for my own personal and professional development, which I present in this paper as a reflective analysis. I focus on the main lessons learned and applied at a management level, through analysing the type of change ARC participants reported and discussed, and that I observed. My insights and recommendations are broadly informed by theories related to action research, Appreciative Inquiry and positive psychology approaches.I argue here that action research can generate continuous improvements in pedagogy - but achieving this ideal for all staff crucially depends on cycles of action research operating in a productive dynamic with their personal and professional development (and this could extend to students). This will not happen by chance, and has not happened as extensively as expected, even though my findings show that the opportunities offered through the ARC were motivating and beneficial for staff who engaged. For the potential impact of action research to be realised in the experience of practitioner-researchers and in the vision of universities, positive conditions must be created to support research-active programmes and communities, underpinned by congruent protocols and values. The recommendations I make here can help to promote and sustain an integral research culture and are therefore relevant to managers, as well as practitioners, who are doing, or thinking of embarking on, action research.

Thai University Academics’ Challenges of Writing for Publication in English

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sureepong Phothongsunan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Writing For Publication ◽  
International Reputation ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Thai University

This study examines challenges faced by Thai university lecturers with regards to publishing their academic works in English. 18 academics from two university settings in Thailand were involved in this investigation. The interviews were used to understand the lecturers’ perceptions of the issues in writing for scholarly publication in the English language. Particularly, the aim of the research sought to discover what hindrances Thai university academics experienced and how they handled them. In addition, their needs for successful publishing were explored. The findings revealed three salient emerging themes, including (1) the need for publication in English; (2) difficulties in writing in English; and (3) the need for strenuous research support. The study suggests that university lecturers need more encouragement and support to publishing their academic works as a means of securing professional development, enhancing research culture and maintaining and increasing the national and international reputation of the university along with quality assurance.

Case study 3: storm clouds

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Florian Beigel ◽  
Philip Christou
Keyword(s):  
Research Culture ◽  
Critical Practice ◽  
Head Of School ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
Lecture Theatre ◽  
The University ◽  
North London

In their leader to arq 6/1, the editors quite justifiably express a fear that ‘the gap between lecture theatre and studio will grow ever wider and the schools ever more divorced from practice’. They also acknowledge that ‘of course, it doesn't have to be like that’. In the University of North London architecture school, for example, a research culture of design as research has emerged over the past decade or so. This has been supported by the past Head of School, Helen Mallinson, and continues to be supported by the new Head, Robert Mull, as well as the Vice Chancellor (Research) of the University, Chris Topley. This culture of critical practice affects the studio in a number of direct ways.

The library in the research culture of the university

IFLA Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Kiel ◽  
Frances O’Neil ◽  
Adrian Gallagher ◽  
Cindy Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Research Culture ◽  
The University
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