scholarly journals The Perception of the Online Teaching Process during the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Students of the Physical Education and Sports Domain

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5558
Author(s):  
George Danut Mocanu ◽  
Gabriel Murariu ◽  
Daniel Andrei Iordan ◽  
Ion Sandu ◽  
Mihaela Orlanda Antonovici Munteanu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
First Year ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Online Activities

The context of the COVID-19 pandemic required the implementation of special measures to ensure the continuity and quality of teaching in higher education. The study presented here aims to identify the differences of opinion between the age categories of students in the first year of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in Galati, Romania, regarding teaching, learning and assessment activities on online platforms. A total of 147 students divided into three age groups (under 20 years, 20–30 years and over 30 years) filled out a questionnaire composed of items with closed and free answers, structured on four factors (attractiveness, accessibility, motivation and efficiency), after participating in the online teaching and evaluation act during the first semester of the academic year 2020–2021. Multivariate and univariate tests were applied, identifying the influence of the independent age variable on the dependent variables (aspects measured by the items of the questionnaire). Values were obtained at significant thresholds of F for some of the investigated aspects: boredom induced by online activities, stress value, participation, involvement, motivation and adaptation to the online program, usefulness and quality of teaching process, value of professional training and involvement in disruptive activities. The analysis of the differences between the average scores of the items for the pairs formed by age categories highlighted insignificant values between those under 20 and those aged 20–30, but multiple significant differences between the group of those over 30 and the other two groups. The centralization of free answers by environment (rural and urban) identified the advantages perceived by the students about the online activities (increasing the amount of free time, low financial costs, high accessibility, personal learning pace), the reported disadvantages (technical problems, low concentration, poor socialization) and contradictory proposals to improve activities (continuing online, returning to classical teaching, simplifying the subject, using video materials, involving all students in activities). The paper aims to evaluate the performance of teaching activities performed in the first year of study for the students of physical education and sports, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, involving questionnaires validated by the specialty center at the university. The analysis of the results highlighted a series of extremely important aspects that have a role in the future design of activities and courses.

scholarly journals POSSIBILITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AT THE FACULTY OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN NIŠ

TEME ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1161
Author(s):  
Zvezdan Savić ◽  
Marija M Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Integrative Learning ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Didactic Presentation ◽  
Direct Implementation

The existing organization and direct implementation of all types and forms of teaching at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Niš certainly provide an opportunity to improve their quality. When a good quality contemporary teaching is mentioned, it is presumed that students are in an active role, and that there are preconditionsmet for students to be able to participate in the teaching process actively and creatively, while according to their individual potentials they should be able to progress and develop. In order to systematically present the possible ways to have good quality teaching, this paper provided the theoretical basis and the pedagogical/didactic presentation of two contemporary teaching systems: cooperative and integrative learning. Through the explanation of the essential features of these teaching systems, their values and possibilities, articulation and challenges to implement them, this paper has provided the theoretical concept on how to ensure the quality of teaching through these modern teaching systems.

Survey Research and Analysis of the Educational Program „Office Business and Documentation Management“, Based on the Content of Module I.: Professional Training in the Croatian State Archives

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-305
Author(s):  
Lana Žaja ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
State Archives ◽  
Insight Into

The article provides a survey of conducted educational programs „Office administration and records management", based on the content of module I. of the professional training in the Croatian State Archives (hereinafter referred to as HDA), which were held in the period from February 2016 to February 2019. The reason for choosing this exact period lies in the fact that since February 2016 a systematic distribution of anonymous polls to all the participants has begun and those polls have served as a basis for creating a compilation of statistical reports and analysis of data obtained from them. Anonymous polls were first experimentally distributed to participants in November 2015, and they were computer processed to serve as a model of experimentally conducted research based on the content of the module I of professional development in HDA. Survey research covers a period of 36 months, in which 10 courses in the period from February 2016 to February 2019 were held, with a total of 417 participants from all over Croatia. This article is conceptually structured according to the methodology which deals with survey research with a help of statistical methods, and the obtained results aim to improve the quality of teaching, to complete teaching materials and improve the insight into the final outcome of the course and the competencies that participants acquire at the end of the course.

Modern University Education: Administrative and Bureaucratic Pressures and Their Consequences

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4-1) ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Andrey Ivanov ◽  
◽  
Irina Fotieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
University Education ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Russian Higher Education

The article considers two interrelated problems of modern Russian higher education: the strengthening of administrative coercion and control as well as the introduction of distance education. As a theoretical and methodological basis of the study, the authors rely on the socio-philosophical analysis of the problems of education in the famous S.I. Hessen’s work, where three basic principles of the effective functioning of the university are highlighted: the completeness of scientific knowledge, the freedom of teaching and learning, and self-government. The authors substantiate the view that at present all these principles are violated. Violation of the first of them is manifested in a decrease in hours devoted to the teaching of fundamental disciplines and in a general orientation toward the graduation of a “narrow” specialist; the second principle is incompatible with the extremely increased reporting of universities and overly formalized indicators of the quality of their work. Violation of the third principle is manifested in the gradual elimination of university autonomy, in particular, free election of rectors. The most negative manifestation of administrative pressure, according to the authors, today is the forced introduction of distance learning. The authors critically analyze the main arguments put forward in favor of this project: saving university budgets, ensuring a higher quality of teaching, the need to follow the general logic of modernization of education as a whole. The solution to financial problems, according to the authors, should not be based on forced economy, but on the competent organization of the country’s economic life. An appeal to a higher quality of teaching, which, it is argued, must be provided by teachers from the country’s central universities, is based on biased and unproven ideas. In addition, for mastering critical and systematic thinking skills, conducting scientific discussions, direct communication between teachers and students is necessary, which is not feasible in the conditions of online teaching with a very large number of students. In addition, the authors highlight the idea that nobody takes into account the need for close knowledge of a particular audience by a teacher to choose an adequate style of lecturing or conducting practical classes. The article concludes that the current administrative-bureaucratic style of managing higher education, in which not only the basic principles of the successful functioning of the latter are violated, but also destructive reforms are carried out, is destructive not only for education as such, but also for the state itself.

Research on New Sports Teaching Mode Based on Virtual Reality Technique

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 6039-6042
Author(s):  
Jian Shang
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
Technique Apply

As one of the key technologies of the future development of the Internet, Virtual reality technique is more and more used in the field of Physical Education. Its appearance will subvert traditional sport sports teaching mode and education thinking, and brings a series of major changes for sports education. As for the limitations of modern sports teaching mode, this article is to analyze how virtual reality technique apply to physical education, and build a new sports teaching mode based on virtual reality technique and provide a more scientific, systematic theoretical reference for improving the quality of teaching and optimizing teaching methods with the combination of situational cognitive theory.

scholarly journals Educational innovation in the comprehensive training of nursing graduates

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Rosario Herrera Velázquez ◽  
Adis Anicia Luna Báez ◽  
Ariagna Martínez Pérez ◽  
Anaysa Alvarez Luna
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Nursing Graduates ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Nursing Career ◽  
Interdisciplinary Relationships

A multi and interdisciplinary teamwork was developed on the integration of basic sciences among themselves and their contribution to professional training. Work was done on the identification of essentialities, organization and structuring of contents according to the requirements and precedence relationships of the Nursing discipline. The general objective was to identify the interdisciplinary relationships between the basic sciences of the nursing career to improve the quality of teaching. A qualitative and descriptive study was carried out through a historical-logical analysis based on documents, syllables, teachers of the basic training semesters and students. Interviews with teachers and student surveys were applied and it was found that there is a need to develop methodological career work aimed at disciplinary integration. Failures were detected such as an inadequate perception of the students about the role of interdisciplinarity in their training, no planning of methodological career activities that promote interdisciplinarity, dissatisfaction with integration in knowledge-integrating projects, and the need for methodological proposals for the interdisciplinarity from the first year of the degree. An integration of the contents was achieved with an inter and transdisciplinary approach, which is recognized as having a favorable impact on academic success and the quality of teacher training.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Rotarix® vaccine in Africa in the first decade of progressive introduction, 2009-2019:  systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Nickson Murunga ◽  
Grieven P. Otieno ◽  
Marta Maia ◽  
Charles N. Agoti
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Point Estimate ◽  
First Year ◽  
Full Dose ◽  
Newcastle Ottawa Scale ◽  
Group A ◽  
First Year Of Life

Background: Randomized controlled trials of licensed oral rotavirus group A (RVA) vaccines, indicated lower efficacy in developing countries compared to developed countries. We investigated the pooled effectiveness of Rotarix® in Africa in 2019, a decade since progressive introduction began in 2009. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in PubMed to identify studies that investigated the effectiveness of routine RVA vaccination in an African country between 2009 and 2019. A meta-analysis was undertaken to estimate pooled effectiveness of the full-dose versus partial-dose of Rotarix® (RV1) vaccine and in different age groups. Pooled odds ratios were estimated using random effects model and the risk of bias assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The quality of the evidence was assessed using GRADE. Results: By December 2019, 39 (72%) countries in Africa had introduced RVA vaccination, of which 34 were using RV1. Thirteen eligible studies from eight countries were included in meta-analysis for vaccine effectiveness (VE) of RVA by vaccine dosage (full or partial) and age categories. Pooled RV1 VE against RVA associated hospitalizations was 44% (95% confidence interval (CI) 28-57%) for partial dose versus 58% (95% CI 50-65%) for full dose. VE was 61% (95% CI 50-69%), 55% (95% CI 32-71%), 56% (95% CI 43-67%), and 61% (95% CI 42-73%) for children aged <12 months, 12-23 months, <24 months and 12-59 months, respectively. Conclusion: RV1 vaccine use has resulted in a significant reduction in severe diarrhoea in African children and its VE is close to the efficacy findings observed in clinical trials. RV1 VE point estimate was higher for children who received full dose than those who received partial dose, and its protection lasted beyond the first year of life.

scholarly journals Vocational training of future primary school teachers in the use of new pedagogical technologies in working with pupils

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Tamara Turchyn ◽  
Viktoriia Lehin ◽  
Lesja Vysochan ◽  
Lidia Pletenicka ◽  
Maryna Tomchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Training ◽  
The Subject

The courses «physical education» and «increasing sportsmanship» are an important part of the entire process of preparing future primary school teachers for physical education. It is worth noting that the subject «physical education» should be professionally directed, because it is recommended to transform this course from a purely practical direction into a vocational and pedagogical one, introducing into «physical education» - theoretical, methodological, organizational and pedagogical blocks. The subject «physical education» addresses the tasks of improving the level of physical fitness and improving the quality of vocational and pedagogical training of students. The study of the subject «physical education» provides, in addition to solving the problems of strengthening the health and physical development of students, as well as mastering the technique of certain sports, the methods for teaching individual exercises of the school curriculum, methodological techniques, methods for organizing educational activities and the methodology of the chosen sport. Practical classes on the «theory and methods of physical education» provide for the formation of professional preparedness as a holistic state of certain realities. Examples of the restoration of various forms of out-of-class work in accordance with their functions in the general education system indicate the possibility of ensuring the versatile development of motor qualities of pupils, promoting the preservation and strengthening the mental and physical health of children of all age groups. Considering what has already been said, we propose the formation of professional qualities among students of the faculty for the training of primary school teachers to be held in physical education classes with a sports orientation.

A METHODOLOGY TO STUDY THE INFLUENCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICAL DISCIPLINES FOR STUDYING SPECIAL DISCIPLINES

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Petr Gerasymenko ◽  
Valentin Khodakovskiy ◽  
Sergey Verteshev ◽  
Sergey Lyokhin ◽  
Alexander Khvattcev
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Method Of Evaluation ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training ◽  
Mathematics And Physics

Professional training of students at the University should form the graduate's solid knowledge and ability to quickly master his often changing functional duties. To do this, the basic disci-plines of the engineer should be based on the fundamental disciplines of the first courses, which include, first of all, mathematics and physics. However, mathematical training of University students in the first years has become particularly difficult in recent years. It is known that today school graduates have a low level of exam scores in mathematics, which does not provide adequate assistance to successfully master not only higher mathematics at the University, but also special disciplines. In this regard, currently an urgent task is to study the levels of knowledge of special disciplines by students of technical universities, depending on the level of knowledge of mathematical disciplines. To ensure the quality of teaching mathematics at the University there are methodical systems of organization of level differentiation of training, which takes into account the initial level of pre-University training and corresponding to this level of the program of University mathematical training. However, their implementation is not very successful. The paper proposes a method of evaluation of the study of the connection of mathematical dis-ciplines with General scientific and special disciplines. Their establishment can allow to make necessary adjustments in their study for subsequent sets to the University.

scholarly journals Study Concerning the Physical Fitness of Romanian Students and Its Effects on Their Health-Related Quality of Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6821
Author(s):  
Andreea Gabriela Lazăr ◽  
Florin Valentin Leuciuc
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Muscular Endurance ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Experimental Group

All of the studies regarding movement have concluded that physical exercises (PEs) hold a very important part in improving people’s quality of life (QL). QL is comprised of several indicators influencing each other. One of these indicators is physical fitness (PF). PF is directly influenced by the degree of physical activity (PA) and it represents a precondition of being healthy physically, mentally and socially. The purpose of this research was to identify certain exercise programs which are meant to increase the PF of university students. In this regard, we introduced, in the physical education lessons of the experimental group, exercises from Pilates, Tae Bo, Stretching and Workout at Fitness Machines. Control group carried out typical activities of the ordinary Physical Education curriculum throughout the research. The PF components reported improvements in the values of the experimental group at the end of the research. There were significant improvements for balance (p = 0.009), speed of execution (p = 0.006), flexibility (p = 0.013), explosive strength (p = 0.001), static strength (p = 0.009), muscular endurance of the trunk (p = 0.0008), muscular endurance of the arms (p = 0.010) and agility (p = 0.0001). The results of our research support the idea of diversifying physical education lessons with students and orienting physical activities towards increasing their QL, because the improvement of QL for all age groups has become a major focus of modern society.

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