scholarly journals The association between students taking elective courses in chiropractic technique and their anticipated chiropractic technique choices in future practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Paul W. Wanlass ◽  
David M. Sikorski ◽  
Anupama Kizhakkeveettil ◽  
Gene S. Tobias
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Potential Influence ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Graduating Students ◽  
Future Practice

Objective: To assess students' opinions of the potential influence of taking elective courses in chiropractic techniques and their future practice preferences. Methods: An anonymous, voluntary survey was conducted among graduating students from a doctor of chiropractic program. The survey included questions regarding the chiropractic technique elective courses they had completed and the potential influence of these courses on their chiropractic technique choices in future practice. Surveys were pretested for face validity, and data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Of the 56 surveys distributed, 46 were completed, for a response rate of 82%. More than half of the students reported having taken at least 1 elective course in diversified technique (80%), Cox technique (76%), Activator Methods (70%), or sacro-occipital technique (63%). Less than half of the respondents reported taking technique elective courses in Gonstead or Thompson techniques. More than half of the students stated they were more likely to use Activator (72%), Thompson (68%), diversified (57%), or Cox (54%) techniques in their future practice after taking an elective course in that technique. Females stated that they were more likely to use Activator Methods (p = .006) in future practice. Conclusion: Chiropractic technique elective courses in the doctor of chiropractic curriculum may influence students' choices of future practice chiropractic technique.

scholarly journals The influence of curricular and extracurricular learning activities on students' choice of chiropractic technique

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Sikorski ◽  
Anupama KizhakkeVeettil ◽  
Gene S. Tobias
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Chiropractic Manipulation ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
National Board ◽  
Chiropractic Students ◽  
Future Practice

Objective: Surveys for the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners indicate that diversified chiropractic technique is the most commonly used chiropractic manipulation method. The study objective was to investigate the influences of our diversified core technique curriculum, a technique survey course, and extracurricular technique activities on students' future practice technique preferences. Methods: We conducted an anonymous, voluntary survey of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year chiropractic students at our institution. Surveys were pretested for face validity, and data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: We had 164 students (78% response rate) participate in the survey. Diversified was the most preferred technique for future practice by students, and more than half who completed the chiropractic technique survey course reported changing their future practice technique choice as a result. The students surveyed agreed that the chiropractic technique curriculum and their experiences with chiropractic practitioners were the two greatest bases for their current practice technique preference, and that their participation in extracurricular technique clubs and seminars was less influential. Conclusions: Students appear to have the same practice technique preferences as practicing chiropractors. The chiropractic technique curriculum and the students' experience with chiropractic practitioners seem to have the greatest influence on their choice of chiropractic technique for future practice. Extracurricular activities, including technique clubs and seminars, although well attended, showed a lesser influence on students' practice technique preferences.

scholarly journals PEDAGOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF ELECTIVE COURSES «GEOGRAPHY OF CULTURE» IN GENERAL-EDUCATION SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293
Author(s):  
A.U. Satybaldieva ◽  
◽  
Z.K. Mirzalieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
General Education ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Cultural Geography ◽  
Specialized Training ◽  
School Students ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
The Right ◽  
Goals And Objectives

Specialized training helps high school students choose the right path to continue their education in the future, providing pedagogical, psychological, informational and organizational support to students. Due to the fact that new elective courses are being introduced in General education institutions, there are still not enough regulatory and reference materials. Many teachers cannot create elective courses that will be interesting and useful for students, because the school does not provide detailed information about the goals and objectives of specialized training, types and methods of its implementation. Therefore, one of the most pressing issues today is the systematization of information about elective courses and the identification of methodological features of its implementation. The article presents the program of the elective course "Cultural geography" for mathematical students. In addition, the methodological structure of the course "Cultural geography"was developed.

Complexity Framework for the Project Management Curriculum

2021 ◽  
pp. 334-357
Author(s):  
Simon Cleveland ◽  
Cristelia Hinojosa
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Core Project ◽  
Management Curriculum

Universities' core project management courses address the key principles and best practices of project management methodologies, while elective courses are utilized to introduce alternative project frameworks. The concept of project complexity can be taught to strengthen competency in project managers and enhance the success of the projects they manage. Previous instruction methods were evaluated to determine the key concepts that pertain to project complexity. This article proposes a preliminary framework for the development of an elective course on project complexity.

scholarly journals Determination of the Factors Affecting High School Students’ Preferences of and Satisfaction with Choosing Biology as an Elective Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Nazihan Ursavas ◽  
Adem Kesimal
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
School Subjects ◽  
New Development ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course

School subjects are divided into two as compulsory and elective courses. Compulsory courses are the basic courses that students must take in order to graduate, while elective courses are the ones that students are at liberty to take. In Turkey Biology course was taught as compulsory under the name of common courses in all levels of high schools.  With the new amendment Biology is started to taught as elective under the name of “Advanced Biology” in Anatolian High Schools and “Biology Applications” in Science High Schools at grade eleven and twelve. This new development has brought to mind what the reasons are for choosing and not choosing biology. In order to reveal this aim 135 volunteered students were questioned from two different schools located in the northeastern Turkey. An open-ended question test was used for data collection. The information received from the students was subjected to content analysis. The factors that lead students to choose biology or not to choose biology are identified as future orientedness on both categories. Students want to change their decisions because of course related and exam-orientation reasons. Future studies can utilize larger samples, in terms of gender differences and in the contexts of other elective courses.

scholarly journals Antibiotic Prescribing Habits of Dental Surgeons in Hyderabad City, India, for Pulpal and Periapical Pathologies: A Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Pavan Kumar ◽  
Mamta Kaushik ◽  
P. Udaya Kumar ◽  
M. Shilpa Reddy ◽  
Neha Prashar
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Apical Periodontitis ◽  
Antibiotic Prescribing ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
Prescribing Habits ◽  
Preoperative Symptom ◽  
Educational Initiatives ◽  
History Of

Aim. To determine the antibiotic prescribing habits for pulpal and periapical pathology among dentists in Hyderabad city, India.Methodology. A total of 246 questionnaires were distributed to all the dentists registered with the local dental branch. Demographic details and questions regarding type and dosage of antibiotics prescribed for allergic and nonallergic patients were recorded. Inferential statistics were performed, andP<0.05was considered statistically significant.Results. The response rate for the study was 87.8%. Around 148 (68.5%) of respondents regularly prescribed antibiotics for endodontic management. The first antibiotic of choice for patients with no history of medical allergies was a combination of amoxicillin and metronidazole, followed by amoxicillin alone (29.1%). The first antibiotic of choice in case of allergy to penicillin was erythromycin. Necrotic pulp with acute apical periodontitis with swelling and moderate/severe preoperative symptom was the condition most commonly identified for antibiotic therapy (92.1%).Conclusion. The present study reveals that the overall antibiotic prescribing practices among this group of dentists were quite high, and there is a need for more educational initiatives to rationalize the use of antibiotics in dentistry.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Selection of Elective Courses: The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulsah Hancerliogullari Koksalmis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Selection Of

Elective course selection has always been a serious and important decision making process for students in institutions.  The study of Multi Criteria Decision Making Model (MCDM) for the selection of elective course is put together with the aim of lending a helping hand to the students. It comprises the main MCDM methods, the problem of selecting an elective course, the survey about the problem, the method which is selected to be implemented, the implementation and the results. In this study, we determine the criteria of this problem for graduate students while deciding on the elective courses. A total of 13 different criteria have been established, including 5 main criteria. In this direction, a questionnaire study was conducted as required by the multi-criteria decision-making analysis method decided in the light of the examined articles. This survey study was answered by graduate students. The responses were evaluated by the "Super Decisions" program and priorities were determined using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The survey was applied to graduate students, and it was found that the two most important criteria of the graduate students were 28.03% of the curriculum and 20.42% of the faculty members. This study aims to prove a mathematical method for a real-life situation which can help people make their decisions accurately. It will help students who are indecisive and hesitates while selecting an elective course.

scholarly journals On the effectiveness and role of university elective modules of artistic orientation: the experience of implementing the elective module “Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art" in Moscow City Pedagogical University

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-91
Author(s):  
Daria Stanislavovna Matyunina ◽  
Mariya Viktorovna Nozdracheva
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Moscow City ◽  
Elective Course

This article describes the practical experience of a group of pedagogues, organizers of the elective module &ldquo;Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art&rdquo; in Moscow City Pedagogical University (D. S. Matyunina, M. V. Nozdracheva, M. A. Semenova). The authors share their opinion on the role and effectiveness of the system of elective modules in modern university education, outline the primary tasks, and discuss the peculiarities of teaching general university courses of artistic orientation. The focus attention is the questions of motivation of students, who chose the module, possibility of flexible arrangement of the content of disciplines thereof in accordance with attainment level and requests of the student audience. The researchers assume that elective courses allow the students to adjust the content of their professional education. Based on the three-year experience of conducting a joint elective course, the co-authors conclude that elective courses can expand the professional competencies of students in adjacent fields, as well as give confidence to the students majoring in other disciplines to change their own educational trajectory. The article is addressed to the pedagogues and students of higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Parents’ Commitment to their Children’s Education and Level of Students’ Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Naivasha Sub-County, Kenya.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Goodeve S.K Mwaniki ◽  
Dr. M. Ngunjiri ◽  
Prof. J. Kanjogu Kiumi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between parents’ commitment to their children’seducation and level of students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Naivasha sub-county, Kenya.  Thestudy targeted a total of 197 respondents (constituting 28 head teachers and 169 teachers). A total of 195respondents participated in the study (169 teachers and 26 principals) participated giving a response rate of99%. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample head teachers while Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970)table for determining sample size for teachers. Questionnaires were used as instrument for data collection.SPSS was used to analyze the data where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The analyzeddata were presented in terms of graphs and tables. The results showed that there was a significant positiverelationship between parents’ commitment to child’s education and students’ discipline (r = .387, p = .000).Therefore, the null hypothesis that there was no significant relationship between parents’ commitment tochild’s education and students’ discipline was rejected at .05 level of confidence. The study thereforeconcluded that parents’ commitment to child’s education influences students’ discipline in secondaryschools in Naivasha sub-county. It was recommended that parents should be more committed to theirchildren’s’ education. This can be achieved through participating in school meetings and materiallysupporting the education of their children

scholarly journals HOLDING THE CRUCIBLE: GROWING A PORTFOLIO OF ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP ELECTIVE COURSES AND A COMMUNITY OF EDUCATORS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Simpson ◽  
Mike Klassen ◽  
Doug Reeve
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Course Development ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Over Time

Abstract – Engineering leadership programs in Canada have grown in recent years, captured by a literature that mostly documents course design and outcomes. This paper addresses a gap in understanding how courses evolve over time, and how instructors can be better supported to teach engineering leadership. Findings show detailed trajectory of elective course development, instructor profiles, results of learning outcomes mapping, and approaches to supporting a group of leadership instructors.  

On Constructing the System of Elective Math Courses in Subject Oriented Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Мардахаева ◽  
Elena Mardakhaeva
Keyword(s):  
Geometric Progression ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Individual Work ◽  
Elective Courses ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Creation

Тhe paper is aimed to help the inconsistency between the training of school graduates and requirements of universities for first-year students through the creation of training courses in profession-oriented classes. A variant of construction of elective courses for subject oriented classes is exemplified though the analysis of several topics from «Mathematics and Informatics». A sample program of elective course «Arithmetic and geometric progression and introduction to the theory of limits» recommended for all profiles is displayed. On the basis of these principles it is possible to develop other programs of elective courses for majoring classes on various subjects. The program contains all the necessary components, along with examples of tasks, materials for practical classes and individual work.

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