scholarly journals Some aids in adaptation of first-year students at the classical university

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Starosta ◽  
Olena Popadich
Keyword(s):  
Living Conditions ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Stress Fatigue ◽  
The University ◽  
Senior Students

The paper deals with peculiarities of adaptation features to the educational process of first-year students and the some factors (aids) which help them overcome emerging difficulties. Among the main tasks at this stage are the development of a questionnaire and conducting an electronic questionnaire among first-year students, identifying the main difficulties and analyzing positive and negative factors of student adaptation in the higher institutions. Some mains aids have been found to help first-year students overcome emerging difficulties. They are electronic resources in libraries, living conditions in the dormitories, relationships in student groups, receiving help from parents, relatives, fellow students, senior students, etc. Using electronic questionnaires, the diagnostics of adaptation of students to the educational process in conditions of the classical university has been conducted among 200 students in 2016 and 750 students in 2018. Most students have established relationships in their student group and think that the atmosphere in their group is favorable. Students get help from parents, relatives, fellow students, senior students and teachers, and students themselves help others as well. There should be more involvement of curators and teachers in adaptation of first-year students. It has been established that the renewed social environment, new living conditions are sufficiently favorable for the successful adaptation of students to the educational process in higher education. Some difficulties in the process of adaptation of first-year students to the university have both objective nature (unfamiliar lifestyle, new learning process, new forms and methods of studies, the need to study more by themselves, etc.), as well as subjective nature (poor school preparation, stress, fatigue caused by lectures, students’ own lack of organizational skills, and laziness, poor study skills, inability to prioritize, etc.). The empirical study proves that in the university conditions there are various factors during the adaptation of first-year students.

Criteria and indicators associated with adaptation to the educational process of first-year students at the university

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Evgeniya N. Popova
Keyword(s):  
Research Topic ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
Adaptive Potential ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The University

The issue of adaptation of modern first-year students to the educational process at the university is one of the current pedagogical tasks. Successful adaptation significantly affects the quality of received education, the degree of formation of personal and professional qualities, contributes to the development of motivation, self-education, and self-development. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the criteria, indicators, and levels of adaptation of first-year students to the learning process at the university. The material for the study was the domestic scientific sources of studying the peculiarities of the adaptation process of students to educational activities in higher education. Research methods: analysis and generalization of psychological-pedagogical and educational-methodical literature on the research topic. We determine as the main criteria for the adaptation of first-year students to the university, the adaptive potential and professionally important qualities of students, consider these concepts, their structure, and their basic properties. On the basis of the analysis and generalization of the existing indicators of the implementation of the adaptive potential, we formulate the author's indicators for determining the level of its development. The degree of formation of professionally important qualities of students are low, medium, and high levels of development of emotional intelligence, negative communicative attitude, intellectual lability, and stress tolerance.

scholarly journals Substantiation of the Impact of Fitball Gymnastics and Fitness Yoga Activities on the Health Level of University Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 206-213
Author(s):  
E.K. Gilfanova ◽  
T.B. Gorbatenko ◽  
O.Yu. Sharova
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Health Level ◽  
Pedagogical Research ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the possibility of using non-traditional recreational facilities in the educational process with university students. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of the developed methodology for fitball gymnastics and fitness yoga on the health level of students. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: theoretically substantiate the proposed methodology of classes; identify and conduct a comparative analysis of adaptive potential according to the method of R.M. Baevsky and the level of the functional state of first-year students during an experimental study. Scientific novelty lies in the expansion of theoretical and practical approaches to physical education at the university. The positive impact of the proposed teaching methods on the level of functional readiness of first-year students is substantiated and experimentally proved. To improve the methodology, a set of methods was used: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, the method of pedagogical research, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics.

scholarly journals Building Learning Communities in Residential Colleges

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-68
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Muldoon ◽  
◽  
Ian Macdonald ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
The University ◽  
Senior Students

This paper addresses the retention issues presented when large numbers of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds and associated disadvantaged educational histories live together on-campus. It reports research in progress on a new approach taken at the University of New England (UNE), Australia, aimed at encouraging the growth of learning communities in colleges through the training and subsequent support of senior students charged with helping first year students negotiate the transition to successful university study. It outlines the issues faced by both the first year students and the senior students, strategies implemented, outcomes to date and plans for further change. UNE is a regional university with 5,000 on-campus students, half of whom live in seven residential colleges. It appears that for these students, traditional lectures and workshops on learning strategies and techniques are not as effective as layered, personal ‘at the elbow’ learning support in a non-threatening, social environment.

The experience of project training on classes for foreign language by students of nonlinguistic specialties

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Shcherbakova ◽  
Marina Ilina
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Language Program ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Training Project ◽  
Primary Diagnostics ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the essence of project education in the classroom in the foreign (English) language of students of nonlinguistic specialties of the university.Design/methodology/approachA sample of the study consisted of 20 first-year students of profile “Lawyer.” The study took place in three stages. The implementation of the training project was carried out based on the university in a group of students studying for the specialty “Lawyer.” At the organizational stage, primary diagnostics of the level of development of communicative competence through testing and communicative cases were carried out. In the second stage, the project was carried out for one semester under four topics by the thematic plan of the English language program. In the third stage, rediagnostics was carried out using testing and communicative cases following the completion of projects.FindingsBased on the results of repeated diagnostics, a positive dynamic was revealed in the level of development of communicative skills, the development of the independent communicative activity of students at both a productive and a creative level.Originality/valueThe research shows that the inclusion of project activities in the educational process of students of the university contributes to the formation and development of information skills. These skills quite effectively fit into the educational process, carried out in the form of a workshop. And the workshop is effective at all the stages of the project activities.

scholarly journals E-Learning vs. Face-To-Face Learning: Analyzing Students’ Preferences and Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4381
Author(s):  
Vasile Gherheș ◽  
Claudia E. Stoian ◽  
Marcela Alina Fărcașiu ◽  
Miroslav Stanici
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Return To School ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Ripple Effects ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Learning

Educational life worldwide has been shaken by the closure of schools due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The ripple effects have been felt in the way both teachers and students have adapted to the constraints imposed by the new online form of education. The present study focuses exclusively on the beneficiaries of the educational process and aims to find out their perceptions of face-to-face and e-learning and their desire to return, or not, to the traditional form of education. These perceptions are represented by 604 students of the Politehnica University of Timisoara, who were asked to respond anonymously to an 8-question questionnaire between December 2020 and February 2021. The results show the respondents’ levels of desire to return to school (especially of those who have only benefited from e-learning) and their degree of involvement during online classes. The results also specify the advantages and disadvantages of the two forms of education from a double perspective, namely that of first-year students (beneficiaries of e-learning exclusively), and of upper-year students (beneficiaries of both face-to-face and e-learning). The study points out key information about e-learning from the students’ perspectives, which should be considered to understand the ongoing changes of the educational process and to solve its specific problems, thus ensuring its sustainability.

scholarly journals Digital Technologies’ Impacts On Student Social Adaptation During Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 740-748
Author(s):  
Tatiana I. Shulga ◽  
Ya Juan Li ◽  
Julia A. Krokhina ◽  
Sergey V. Semenov ◽  
Elena L. Ryazanovae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Nonresident Students ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a rather difficult period of adaptation of students to the university system and the new educational process. Digital technologies came to the rescue, which contributed to some solution of emerging adaptation issues for nonresident students. This article is aimed at identifying the features of social adaptation of nonresident students to the educational process at the university. As a research method, the questionnaire method was used, which allowed to identify and analyze the peculiarities of adaptation of first-year students from other cities to the university environment and university requirements. The article reveals the influence of digital technologies on the adaptation of students to the university environment and new living conditions. It was determined that, in general, the participants have a high level of adaptation to the university environment, even in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. Keywords:  digital technologies; educational environment; social adaptation; student youth

scholarly journals The motivation to study of first-year students

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Starosta ◽  
Olena Popadych
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Educational Motivation ◽  
National University ◽  
The University

The problem of motivating an individual to be active in the society is always relevant in different fields of science, since the availability of appropriate motives determines appropriate response of each person. The purposeful formation of students’ study and professional motivation is one of the main tasks in higher education, and identifying different aspects of such motivation in first-year students gives an opportunity to have feedback and improve the living conditions of young people. In this article it has been established that student’s educational motivation can be considered as a complex system of factors and motives (goals, needs, interests, tendencies, successes, etc.) that are constantly changing and are mutually influential; it makes students acquire knowledge, development and develop their abilities, skills, personal qualities, a positive attitude to their future profession and the world around. The purpose of this work is to study the indicators and peculiarities of the motivation to study of first-year students. At this stage, among the main tasks is the determination of indicators and dynamics of motivation of first-year students at the classical university based on the example of the Uzhhorod National University using the results an electronic questionnaire for first-year students. The article reveals a peculiarity of students’ motivation to study, which lies in the fact that it is not only polimotivated, but also one of the important results of the adaptation process (that is, the process and result of adaptation as a factor of motivation) and at the same time one of the mechanisms/factors of adaptation of young people to the educational process in higher education. The Empirical research proves that at the university, the majority of students (over 70%) have optimal motivational complexes during all the academic years under research, which contributes to successful professional training. There is also a general tendency for both the university as a whole and for most faculties, namely higher indicators of internal and external positive motivation in comparison with indicators of external negative motivation.

scholarly journals Analysis of adaptation processes in the educational environment of students with disabilities of junior courses

2019 ◽  
pp. 33-35
Author(s):  
Sergei Tikhonovich Kokhan ◽  
Valeriia Olegovna Simonova
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Psychosocial Climate ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
The University

The article discusses the existing problems associated with the adaptation of first-year students with disabilities, who have profound impairments of body function (totally blind, deaf, and lesions of the musculoskeletal system) in the educational process at the university. Cause-and-effect relationships were established in the existing difficulties of relationships with classmates, which depend both on the student and on the psychosocial climate in the group.

scholarly journals PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL-PEDAGOGICAL ADAPTATION OF THE FIRST-YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNDER MODERN REALITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Avgustina V. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The University

The article shows the expediency and significance of the work on social-pedagogical adaptation of first-year students of higher educational institutions under the new sociocultural conditions of our time. The search for effective ways of harmonizing the relations (interaction) with the social environment, being the basis for successful socialization and professional training of a future specialist, plays an important role under imperfect organizational and pedagogical support of social-pedagogical adaptation of the first-year students of higher educational institutions. The objective of the research is to theoretically substantiate and experimentally verify the effectiveness of pedagogical conditions of successful social-pedagogical adaptation of the first-year students of higher educational institutions. The research uses theoretical methods (theoretical analysis, generalization and synthesis), empirical methods (observation, questioning, conversation); experimental work; the Student’s criterion and correlation analysis were used as methods of mathematical processing of experimental data. To provide the process of social-pedagogical adaptation of the first-year students, the authors propose the following pedagogical conditions for successful adaptation of the first-year students, allowing, from the viewpoint of integrity of the social-pedagogical adaptation processes, to design and implement the group and individual strategies of the personal trajectories of students’ self-development, and to simultaneously solve the tasks of social, personal and professional development of future specialists: 1) the ability of the university professor to assist a student in their self-cognition, stimulating their personal self-development through motivating their interest in the chosen profession basing on pedagogy of cooperation, creating adequate conditions for expanding the possibility of personally significant and professional qualities of each student; 2) organization of an educational environment aimed at reducing anxiety, apprehension, inner discomfort, where a student realizes themselves as a team member, feels comfortable, which ensures the transformation of the structural components of professionalism as socially important qualities into personal ones; 3) social-pedagogical adaptation of the first-year students becomes an integral part of the university, when the student, without continuous internal and external conflicts, successfully carries out any activity in the educational environment in the context of personality-activity approach, and serves as a means for students to develop adequate self-esteem, advanced self-regulation, and high productivity, which is the basis for the development of activity, independence, and creativity.The authors provide the ways of implementing the revealed pedagogical conditions and the results of the formative experiment, which lead to the following conclusions: active social-pedagogical intervention, timely correction of the educational process, aimed at effective adaptation of the first-year students, through personal interaction basing on pedagogy of cooperation, ensures rapid adaptation of students in a new educational environment, which leads to value attitude to their future profession.

scholarly journals LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF THE STUDENT ABSTRACT AS A SPECIFIC PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
N. Ye. Koshil ◽  
N. V. Rybina ◽  
O. S. Hyryla
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
First Year ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Successful Communication ◽  
Speech Genres ◽  
The University

The article is dedicated to the study of student writing abstract specificity by analyzing its linguistic features. The authors study the communicative and genre nature of the training abstract and propose the  classification of student abstracts according to the  different features. The analysis of the main types of speech genres that are inherent in students’ lecture notes are carried out: informative, compelling, etiquette and evaluating. It has been conducted a survey to find out the level of students’ in writing abstracts and distinguish the most popular forms of abstract’s writing. The analysis of multilevel criteria has allowed the authors to propose the functionally oriented typology of student abstracts, which takes into account the outside of their design, the specifics of the informative-semantic expression and composition, as well as lexical and grammatical indicators, including syntactic and punctuation. It has also been considered the role of the author in the abstract’s form as a participant of the communication, who seeks to successful communication with the lecturer.  The attention is focused on structural, vocabulary and syntactic components of the abstract. The conducted research has shown that the students were not taught how to make the abstract correctly neither at school nor at the university and everybody learnt and got used to make notes by himself. It gives the authors possibility to suggest this topic to be the necessary part of the curriculum for the first-year students at the universities of the different types.

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