scholarly journals Henry Clerval Scolding Victor Frankenstein: An autoethnographic poem about graduate students and their daemons

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 685-692
Author(s):  
Adam David Henze
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Theoretical Context ◽  
The University ◽  
University Setting

This article explores the “daemons” that many university students face by exploring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in a creative way. Using a poetic method called “erasure,” the author of this article cut fragmented descriptions of Victor Frankenstein, and stitched them together to craft a poem about the need for self-care in the university setting. The poem includes a preface to provide some theoretical context and background information on Frankenstein.

scholarly journals “It’s Important but, on What Level?”: Healthy Cooking Meanings and Barriers to Healthy Eating among University Students

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2309
Author(s):  
Mercedes Vélez-Toral ◽  
Carmen Rodríguez-Reinado ◽  
Ana Ramallo-Espinosa ◽  
Montserrat Andrés-Villas
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
University Students ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Sedentary Lifestyle ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
The University ◽  
University Setting

The negative impact of a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet on health is evident across the lifespan, but particularly during the university period. Usually, the diet of university students is rich in sweetened drinks and processed foods and low in fruits, vegetables and legumes. Although there is an association between maintaining a healthy diet and the frequency of cooking at home, the time currently spent on cooking or learning how to cook is decreasing globally. The main aim of this study was to explore university students’ perceptions about healthy cooking and barriers to eating healthily. A group of 26 students participated in four focus groups. Content analysis was conducted using Atlas.ti v.8. Students perceived cooking healthily as a more complicated and time-consuming process than cooking in general. Individual and environmental factors were the most reported barriers. Costs and time, among others, were the main barriers pointed out by students with regard to healthy eating. This study highlights the need to develop interventions that modify these false perceptions about cooking healthily, and to train students so that they are able to cook healthy meals in a quick, easy, and cost-effective way. Further, specific actions are required in the university setting to minimize access to unhealthy options and to promote those linked to healthy eating.

Are University Students Who Are Taking Philosophy Courses Familiar with the Basic Tools for Argument?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-220
Author(s):  
Simoni Iliadi ◽  
Kostas Theologou ◽  
Spyridon Stelios ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Logical Reasoning ◽  
Argument Evaluation ◽  
Basic Argument ◽  
The University ◽  
Reasoning And Argument ◽  
The Way

Philosophy courses help students develop logical reasoning and argument skills or so it is widely assumed. To test if this is actually the case, we examined university students’ familiarity with the basic tools for argument. Our findings, based on a sample of 651 students enrolled in philosophy courses at six Greek universities, indicate that students who have prior experience with philosophy are more familiar with the basic tools for argument, and that students who have taken philosophy courses at the university have stronger argument-recognition and argument-evaluation skills compared to university students with no prior experience with philosophy. Moreover, our findings suggest that students get more familiar with the basic tools for argument as their level of engagement with philosophy increases, and that they get significantly better at evaluating arguments when they become graduate students in philosophy. However, our findings also suggest that the majority of students in philosophy classrooms haven’t developed fluency in (at least some) basic argument-related concepts and skills. To remedy this, we argue that philosophy instructors need to re-think (a) the place that the teaching of argument has in philosophy courses, and (b) the way that they teach students about argument.

scholarly journals Strategies and Measurement Tools in Physical Activity Promotion Interventions in the University Setting: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6526
Author(s):  
David García-Álvarez ◽  
Raquel Faubel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Physical Activity Data ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Setting

The university environment is especially suitable for implementing health promotion interventions and specifically for physical activity promotion among university students. The objective of this systematic review was to describe the strategies employed and the physical activity data collection tools that have been used in said interventions. A systematic search for articles was conducted using the PubMED, Cochrane, and PEDro databases. The articles selected were those describing a physical activity promotion intervention aimed at university students in their own university setting in which there was a control group. Eventually, 1074 articles were identified, of which 13 fulfilled the selection criteria. The results show eight strategies and nine different instruments for collecting physical activity data. The strategies identified were used in combination and they were adapted in each of the complex interventions. Validated questionnaires were the most widely used instrument. Future original studies are needed to find out the impact of these strategies in physical activity promotion among university students specifically in the university context.

scholarly journals Psychiatric Problems of University Students

1966 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Boyce ◽  
D.S. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Clinical Observation ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Academic Competition ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The University ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

Student patients were investigated by use of the questionnaire method and clinical observation during the years 1962–4. Questionnaire results revealed that patients, significantly more often than a group of controls, had attended one or more universities prior to the University of Western Ontario, had no extra-curricular activity, had not fulfilled their father's wishes in regard to course, smoked, smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day, were not abstainers, had chronic or recurring illness, had changed courses, lived in a room or apartment, were either the first or last child, slept six hours or less, had changed in weight by 10 lb. in the preceding three months, and had no faith preference or affiliation. Depression was most commonly encountered. A relatively high number of students in English and post-graduate students were seen. Two groups of ill students who were friends or intimates to a degree were encountered and the presence of ill teachers or other leading figures as a focus in these groups was described. Increased academic competition served as a stress for some. Disturbed family inter-relationships and current social expectations were among factors which appeared to favour the development of illness.

scholarly journals Internet Use among University Students: A Survey in University of the Punjab, Lahore

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 35-51
Author(s):  
Sakina Bashir ◽  
Khalid Mahmood ◽  
Farzana Shafique
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Use Behavior ◽  
The University

The paper presents the results of a survey of the undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students of the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. The objective of the study was to explore the Internet use behavior of students. The results show that most of the students use this technology for course related reading and research needs. They are new users of the Internet. They use it at the University Library's Digital Lab Unit as well as their departments and homes. A large number of them have learnt to use the Internet tools by themselves, or relying on assistance from friends without attending any formal training programs. Ease of work and time saving are the reasons of Internet use among university students. Google as a search engine and Yahoo as an email service are the most popular among students. The paper recommends that the university authorities should arrange training programs for the students' Internet use.

scholarly journals Teaching English to the University Students by Using “Wall Magazine” Media as a Project Based Learning

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Tira Nur Fitria
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

This research is to describe the implementation of Project-based Learning by using the media of wall magazine as the students’ project in teaching English to the students of STIE AAS Surakarta.  This study is descriptive qualitative research. From the result of this research, there are some steps in implementing project-based learning, they are 1) Setting the stage for students with real-life samples of the projects they will be doing. 2) Taking on the role of project designers, possibly establishing a forum for display or competition. 3) Discussing and accumulating the background information needed for their designs. 4). Negotiating the criteria for evaluating the projects. 5). Accumulating the materials necessary for the project. 6). Creating their projects. 7). Preparing to present their projects. 8). Presenting their projects. 9). Reflecting on the process and evaluating the projects based on the criteria established. By using wall magazine also bring some advantages for the students in their learning process. Project-based Learning shows the students’ participation of their competitive work in class and gives the students opportunities to share their individual opinion and information with their group's members in order to arrange their ideas and achieve their projects. Project-based Learning creates a positive atmosphere which allows the students to be more creative in learning English

scholarly journals A Review of Problem and Approaches to the University Students in Malaysia Toward Using Wearable Fitness Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 08011
Author(s):  
Siong Hui Tan ◽  
Soon Hin Hew ◽  
Tse Kian Neo
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
University Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Body Activity ◽  
Sustained Use ◽  
The University

Wearable fitness technology (WFT) is a device worn physically on the human wrist to track body activity through the calculation of one's heart rate and calories burned from the number of footsteps walked. Users of WFT utilise the device for the monitoring of body fitness. As WFT devices are popularly owned, the adoptive behaviour needed further understanding. Therefore, the attempt to extend the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) with additional determinants retrieved from aesthetics appeal would further examine the use of WFT. A recent study of Malaysian University students found that the general prevalence of university students' obesity is higher than in other Asia countries. This study focuses on investigating Malaysian university students' adoptive behaviour and factors contributing to sustained use of WFT. The use of UTAUT2 with aesthetics appeal perceived the outcome of students' physical health as the significant result in relation to adoptive behaviour and sustained use of WFT. Problem confronting by the country of university students’ obesity must be addressed meticulously. Shaping the future of healthy lifestyle and self-care advocacy is essential through the assistant of technology.

scholarly journals Personality and Political Disengagement of University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 661-666
Author(s):  
Najnin Sarker ◽  
Md. Alamgir Hossain ◽  
M.M. Moniruzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between political disengagement and personality traits of the students. Another goal of the study is to determine the significant differences between political disengagement and personality traits in terms of gender, nature of residence, faculty, study year and socio-economic status. To conduct this study, data were collected from 200 undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Chittagong. Two questionnaires were used to collect information from the participants.

scholarly journals Teaching English to the University Students by Using “Wall Magazine” Media as a Project Based Learning

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Tira Nur Fitria
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

This research is to describe the implementation of Project-based Learning by using the media of wall magazine as the students’ project in teaching English to the students of STIE AAS Surakarta.  This study is descriptive qualitative research. From the result of this research, there are some steps in implementing project-based learning, they are 1) Setting the stage for students with real-life samples of the projects they will be doing. 2) Taking on the role of project designers, possibly establishing a forum for display or competition. 3) Discussing and accumulating the background information needed for their designs. 4). Negotiating the criteria for evaluating the projects. 5). Accumulating the materials necessary for the project. 6). Creating their projects. 7). Preparing to present their projects. 8). Presenting their projects. 9). Reflecting on the process and evaluating the projects based on the criteria established. By using wall magazine also bring some advantages for the students in their learning process. Project-based Learning shows the students’ participation of their competitive work in class and gives the students opportunities to share their individual opinion and information with their group's members in order to arrange their ideas and achieve their projects. Project-based Learning creates a positive atmosphere which allows the students to be more creative in learning English

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