Interpersonal Competences and Attitude to Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) among Future Pedagogues and Educators—A Polish and Portuguese Perspective

Interpersonal competences in relationship building, collaboration and teamwork are essential both in F2F education and in distance or hybrid styles of education. In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as previous trends, some or all of the higher education didactics were transferred to the online environment. In this context, the Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) model, now known as collaborativism, is gaining importance. This research aims to diagnose and compare the level of interpersonal competences and attitude in the OCL model among students preparing for the profession of an educator, pedagogue or teacher in the autonomous region of Madeira and in Poland. Quantitative studies were conducted using the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire by D. Buhrmester, W. Furman, M.T. Wittenberg and H.T. Reis—as adapted by Poland and Portugal. In addition, the respondents expressed their views on OCL in the self-written questionnaire. According to the research findings, the highest level of competence in the Portuguese group was achieved by the respondents in terms of: Emotional Support (EW), Conflict Management and Resolution (RK) and Negative Assertion—Asserting Influence (AO). In the Polish group, EW was the lowest. The highest level of interpersonal competences was observed for Conflict Management and Resolution (RK), Disclosure (US) and Initiation (IR). The largest group of the surveyed students in both countries expressed a positive attitude towards implementing OCL in their courses of study and declared their willingness to be a member of a group that learns online together.

Kompetensi Interpersonal Paulus Sebagai Pemimpin Pastoral

Gereja sebagai salah satu bentuk organisasi organik (hidup) membutuhkan pemimpin pastoral yang mampu menjalankan tugas dan tanggung jawab secara profesional. Kemampuan dalam menjalankan tugas dan tanggung jawab tersebut menyangkut kompetensi interpersonal yang dimiliki oleh seorang pemimpin pastoral.Apabila memperhatikan dinamika kepemimpinan gereja pada saat ini, maka gereja tidak lepas dari krisis kepemimpinan, secara khusus berkaitan dengan kompetensi interpersonal pemimpin gereja. Pada akhirnya, hal ini berdampak negatif dalam pelayanan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bahwa kompetensi interpersonal seorang pemimpin sangat dibutuhkan dalam pelayanan pastoral. Adapun metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah metodedeskriptif dengan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan metode studi literatur dan hermeneutik alkitabiah. Akhirnya, melalui penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa merujuk dari pelayanan Rasul Paulus, denganmenyoroti pelayanannya dari segala penjuru; dalam segala hal Paulus menunjukkan diri sebagai pelayan Allah yang memiliki kompetensi interpersonal. Teladan yang baik dalam pelayanan menunjukkan identitas kompetensi interpersonal Paulus sebagai pemimpin pastoral yang kuat dan berakar di dalam Kristus. Hal ini menjadikan Paulus seorang rasul yang dipakai Allah secara luar biasa serta berdampak, baik itu kepada pribadi-pribadi maupun kelompok-kelompok besar jemaat yang dilayaninya.The church as a form of organic (living) organization requires pastoral leaders who can carry out their duties and responsibilities professionally. The ability to carry out these duties and responsibilities concerns the interpersonal competence possessed by a pastoral leader. If you pay attention to the dynamics of church leadership at this time, the church cannot be separated from a leadership crisis, especially when it comes to the interpersonal competence of church leaders. In the end, this has a negative impact on service. The church, which should produce leaders who have interpersonal competence, is instead contaminated with various leadership problems; thus, impacting on service. This study aims to explain that the interpersonal competence of a leader is needed in pastoral care. The method used in this research is the descriptive method with data collection techniques using literature study methods and biblical hermeneutics. Finally, through this research, it was found that referring to the ministry of the Apostle Paul, who was highlighted by his ministry from all directions, showed himself to be a servant of God who had interpersonal competence. A good example in ministry shows the identity of Paul's interpersonal skills competence as a pastoral leader, who is strong and rooted in Christ. This makes Paul was greatly used by God and had an impact, both on individuals and on the large groups of churches he served.

Study protocol for the ETMED-L project: longitudinal study of mental health and interpersonal competence of medical students in a Swiss university using a comprehensive framework of empathy

IntroductionPhysician interpersonal competence is crucial for patient care. How interpersonal competence develops during undergraduate medical education is thus a key issue. Literature on the topic consists predominantly of studies on empathy showing a trend of decline over the course of medical school. However, most existing studies have focused on narrow measures of empathy. The first aim of this project is to study medical students’ interpersonal competence with a comprehensive framework of empathy that includes self-reported cognitive and affective empathy, performance-based assessments of emotion recognition accuracy, and a behavioural dimension of empathy. The second aim of the present project is to investigate the evolution of mental health during medical school and its putative link to the studied components of interpersonal competence. Indeed, studies documented a high prevalence of mental health issues among medical students that could potentially impact their interpersonal competence. Finally, this project will enable to test the impact of mental health and interpersonal competence on clinical skills as evaluated by experts and simulated patients.Methods and analysisThis project consists of an observational longitudinal study with an open cohort design. Each year during the four consecutive years of the project, every medical student (curriculum years 1–6) of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland will be asked to complete an online questionnaire including several interpersonal competence and mental health measures. Clinical skills assessments from examinations and training courses with simulated patients will also be included. Linear mixed models will be used to explore the longitudinal evolutions of the studied components of interpersonal competence and mental health as well as their reciprocal relationship and their link to clinical skills.Ethics and disseminationThe project has received ethical approval from the competent authorities. Findings will be disseminated through internal, regional, national and international conferences, news and peer-reviewed journals.

Competencies for Advancing Transformations Towards Sustainability

Advancing transformations towards sustainability calls for change agents equipped with a new set of competencies. Such sustainability competencies have been articulated with multiplicity and ambiguity, which is counterproductive to joint and accelerated progress. A unified framework of sustainability learning objectives would provide guidance to students, educators, and administrators of sustainability programs. To this end, we carried out a systematic review of the relevant literature. After scanning thousands of publications, we identified over 270 peer-reviewed articles of highest relevance, spanning two decades. Despite appearance otherwise, we found that there is a high level of agreement among scholars over the sustainability competencies that students should be trained in. Expanding on the five key competencies, namely, systems-thinking, anticipatory, normative, strategic, and interpersonal competence, that have gained widespread use, this article synthesizes the new suggestions made over the past decade into a unified framework. It centers on 8 key competencies in sustainability (the 5 established and 3 emerging—intrapersonal, implementation, and integration competence), which are complemented by separate disciplinary, general, and other professional competencies. This comprehensive framework of key competencies in sustainability is applicable across disciplines and can guide faculty, students, and practitioners in their joint efforts to advance transformations towards sustainability.

Developmental competencies, temperament, parenting practices and psychosocial adversities in internalizing disorders

<p>Research on the etiology of internalizing disorders has focused on biological and environmental factors, however, the role of developmental competencies has not been explored much. The aim of the current report is to understand the developmental competencies, temperament, parenting practices and psychosocial adversities in internalizing disorders. The relationship of each of these domains with functional impairment was also explored. The developmental competencies considered in this study include interpersonal competence, emotion regulation, executive functioning, adaptive behaviour and self-concept. The sample consisted of 30 children and adolescents with internalizing disorders belonging to the age group of six to 18, and one of their parents. Descriptive statistics and correlational analyses were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that positive parenting shares an inverse relationship with functional impairment; other variables were not found to be related to impairment. On comparison with non-clinical samples in previous studies, interpersonal competence and self-concept were found to be at lower levels in the current sample. A model of a bidirectional relationship between individual and environmental factors together contributing to internalizing disorders has been proposed. The study will be continued on a larger scale on a clinical group and control group to test the significance of this model.</p>

Developmental competencies, temperament, parenting practices and psychosocial adversities in internalizing disorders

<p>Research on the etiology of internalizing disorders has focused on biological and environmental factors, however, the role of developmental competencies has not been explored much. The aim of the current report is to understand the developmental competencies, temperament, parenting practices and psychosocial adversities in internalizing disorders. The relationship of each of these domains with functional impairment was also explored. The developmental competencies considered in this study include interpersonal competence, emotion regulation, executive functioning, adaptive behaviour and self-concept. The sample consisted of 30 children and adolescents with internalizing disorders belonging to the age group of six to 18, and one of their parents. Descriptive statistics and correlational analyses were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that positive parenting shares an inverse relationship with functional impairment; other variables were not found to be related to impairment. On comparison with non-clinical samples in previous studies, interpersonal competence and self-concept were found to be at lower levels in the current sample. A model of a bidirectional relationship between individual and environmental factors together contributing to internalizing disorders has been proposed. The study will be continued on a larger scale on a clinical group and control group to test the significance of this model.</p>