scholarly journals How Can Flipped Classroom Approach Support the Development of University Students’ Working Life Skills?—University Teachers’ Viewpoint

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Sanna Väisänen ◽  
Laura Hirsto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Classroom Environments ◽  
Education Students ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

Higher education students need both generic skills and field-specific knowledge in order to cope with the diverse demands of working life. The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the development of university students’ working life skills and of how these skills can be developed in learning environments utilizing the flipped classroom approach. The focus was on the experiences and thoughts of higher education teachers concerning which learning environment features support the development of working life skills. Altogether, 22 higher education teachers from a Finnish university were interviewed with semistructured interviews, and the data was subjected to content analysis. The results indicated that teachers identified several generic and field-specific working life skills, the most important of which were collaboration, communication, information literacy, and skills related to career and responsibilities. The flipped classroom appeared to support students’ active role and facilitate versatile ways of learning. Especially, cooperative and active learning were identified to be the key means to support the development of students’ working life skills in flipped classroom environments. Facilitating students’ opportunities to develop their working life skills can be seen as an integral part of flipped classroom environments in many ways. However, it is important that the opportunities are actively promoted, and conceptual and practical tools are provided for the student through university studies.

scholarly journals HR scenario game: Learning human resource management in a virtual environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Riivari ◽  
Tommi Auvinen ◽  
Juhani Merilehto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Business School ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Computer Based

This paper introduces a computer-based online scenario game that was developed to enhance the learning of human resource management (HRM) in an undergraduate course at a business school in Finland. What makes this game unique is that students played an important and active role in developing the game in collaboration with lecturers. Our findings show that the game enhances learning, interaction, and collaboration among students. We discuss how computer-based games and their development in collaboration with students can be used as a means for learning and improving working-life skills in higher education.

ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS

2020 ◽  
pp. 37013-37019
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
University Education ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Education Students

No teaching method has evolved as much as distance education, in the state of Amazonas this would not be different, especially in higher education. Distance Education is a modality where the student is separated from the teacher and uses several communication technologies around all his learning. The methods used were bibliographic, documentary and quantitative. The researched environment was the capital city of Manaus and the municipality of Maués, with the application of the closed questionnaire aimed at higher education students. Our objective was to question certain nuances as their benefits and challenges for those who study Distance Education in the different locations of the State of Amazonas. The result was the realization that among its many advantages in the execution of education, time is considered the main one, and the loss of deadlines its greatest disadvantage, besides the concept of distance education is already well known by university students. Thus, it is well known that with the passing of time and with the progress of the state's modernization, distance education is gradually becoming the most practical means of teaching.

scholarly journals Taking a Stand against Cyberbullying in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 197-235
Author(s):  
Margaret Anne Carter ◽  
Marie M'Balla-Ndi ◽  
Ariella van Luyn ◽  
Donna Goldie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Action Research ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ongoing Development

As a result of the rapid online expansion of digital learnscapes, resulting in university students regularly engaging in online learning communities, cyberbullying has increasing potential to become a serious issue for higher education institutions. The effectiveness of educating students and staff in higher education on the elements and impacts of cyberbullying has driven this innovative study, which involves the development of an action research-led and student-directed interactive educational website to inform higher education students and staff about the consequences of cyberbullying. In describing the ongoing development and generalisation of the site, this chapter highlights the third cycle of an action research inquiry, and more generally the need for such resources to support higher education so that users understand what constitutes cybersafety and cyberbullying. As such, the research is directed toward understanding, sharing, participation, reflection, and change. Findings are discussed in relation to the information on the site for users in higher education.

scholarly journals SLEEP QUALITY AND SLEEP HABITS IN STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Almeida ◽  
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Carlos Albuquerque ◽  
Madalena Cunha ◽  
Anabela Antunes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Sleep Habits ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Health Objectives

Introduction: The student stage is marked by many changes that will affect different aspects of young youth life, including changes in sleep patterns. Sleep is known to play an active role in the overall development of students, mainly because of its restorative functions and an insufficient number of hours of sleep can be associated with consequences on physical and mental health. Objectives: To analyze the factors that interfere with higher education students’ sleep quality. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was carried out drawing on a selection of articles published between 2012 and 2020, following the method proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute and according to the Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyzes (PRISMA). This selection was carried out using PubMed, B-On and SCIELO search engines. The review was based on 5 articles whose methodological quality was found to be undeniable. Results: Results show that, on the whole, students suffer from a poor quality of sleep. This situation is commonly associated with factors such as being a higher education student worker, shift work, or caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco use, among others. Conclusions: In view of the outcomes, it became clear that higher education students need to be made more aware of the importance of sleep habits and daytime sleepiness, and to improve their health literacy. They need to be informed and trained in these areas so they may reduce or at least prevent certain risk behaviours that increasingly threaten their sleep quality and overall health.

As Competências Informacional e Midiática no Ensino Superior

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 02
Author(s):  
Fernando Célio Deus ◽  
Ana Maria Pereira Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Scientific Texts ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Technology And Teaching

Os avanços dos recursos tecnológicos colocam grandes desafios para as Instituições de Ensino Superior que necessitam incorporar as tecnologias de informação e comunicação em suas atividades pedagógicas. A metodologia da Sala de Aula Invertida - SAI corresponde ao método de ensino com aulas presenciais e o suporte de conteúdos em ambientes virtuais.  O artigo apresenta um modelo de avaliação das competências informacional e midiática de alunos do Ensino Superior para utilização da metodologia SAI em sua potencialidade. O modelo foi baseado em revisão de literatura e testado em uma instituição, que adota a SAI como metodologia de ensino. Os resultados demonstraram um desempenho satisfatório dos alunos nas dimensões relacionadas ao acesso e exploração hipertextual dos recursos disponíveis na plataforma, no entanto identificou-se um gap referente às habilidades relacionadas com os aspectos éticos, que devem balizar a produção de textos acadêmicos e científicos. Palavras-chave:Competência Informacional e Midiática. Uso de Tecnologias no Ensino. AbstractAdvances in technological resources pose great challenges for higher education institutions that need to incorporate information and communication technologies into their pedagogical activities.The methodology of the Flipped Classroom corresponds to the method of teaching with face-to-face classes and with the contents support in virtual environments. This paper presents a model for the evaluation of the informational and mediatic competences of higher education students to use the SAI methodology in its potentiality. The model was based on literature review and tested in an institution that adopts SAI as a teaching methodology. The results showed a satisfactory performance of the students in the dimensions related to access and hypertextual exploitation of the resources available in the platform, nevertheless a gap was identified regarding the skills related to the ethical aspects that should be used to produce the academic and scientific texts. Keywords: Informational and Mediatic Competences;Technology and Teaching. 

scholarly journals Teaching Practices for Creativity at University: A Study in Portugal and Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (67) ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria de Fátima Morais ◽  
Ivete Azevedo ◽  
Denise de Souza Fleith ◽  
Eunice Maria Lima Soriano de Alencar ◽  
Leandro Silva Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Classroom Environments ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Abstract: Creativity is nowadays seen as an essential feature in higher education. Nevertheless, there is a discrepancy between the need for creativity and what higher education classrooms provide. This study assessed the perceptions of 1599 higher education students from two countries (1059 Brazilian and 540 Portuguese students), from two academic domains (Sciences and Technologies - Sc&T; Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities - SScA&H), about the presence of creativity in their teachers’ instruction and evaluation practices. The study’s findings evidence interactive effects between the variables country and academic domain for most of the assessed factors: encouragement of new ideas, climate for the expression of ideas, and interest in students’ learning. Brazilian Sc&T students presented more negative perceptions of their classroom environments when compared to SScA&H students; Portuguese students showed opposite patterns of results. Some hypothetical explanations are discussed and future directions for research are presented.

scholarly journals Development and initial validation of the life skills ability scale for higher education students

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Lorcan Cronin ◽  
Justine Allen ◽  
Paul Ellison ◽  
David Marchant ◽  
Andrew Levy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Initial Validation
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