INVESTIGATING THE MOTIVATION LEVEL OF STUDENTS IN ONLINE LEARNING IN JUNIOR HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTION DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19

The purpose of this study was to investigate and explore the level of junior high student’s motivation during online learning in pandemic COVID-19. In this design-based research study, motivation level is examined by ARCS survey, interview and observation. The total of respondents were 180 students with different degree levels of study, gender and academic achievement. The analyzed data was measured by SPSS. From this research, the result shows that students of middle degree level have the highest motivation level during pandemic. A statistically significant difference in motivation level is also seen at the beginning of online learning and at the middle of online learning.

Perception of Teachers in the use of Electronic Platforms to Support Face-to-Face Teaching During the term of The State of Emergency due to Covid-19: Case of the Pedagogical University of Maputo

COVID-19 pandemic forced most of the high education institutions to revert their teaching and learning process from face-to-face teaching system to the process of teaching and learning through the use of electronic platforms. Due to this situation, each high education institution has defined one or a set of electronic platforms to continue to guarantee the effectiveness of teaching classes during this period. It was from the above that this research was developed, which aimed to analyze the perception of teachers at the Pedagogical University of Maputo about accessibility and the use of electronic platforms as a resource to support face-to-face teaching during the term of COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that most of the teachers interact with the students via WhatsApp and Email through their mobile devices and laptops.

Importance of New Class Teaching Methods in Curricula Development in Developing Countries

Developments in economy and labor market have always been much quicker than developments in high education and this gap has always played a big challenge to employers, as well as high education institutions. While some countries and high education institutions try to follow ever-changing market needs and use digital technologies to lower this gap and innovate on curricula development, others, like Bosnia and Herzegovina, haven't done much to lower this gap between market needs and high education curricula. This paper analyses importance of modern teaching methods in curricula development in high education institution in the BiH. New teaching methods were introduced to class for one semester, while in other class traditions teaching methods were used. It was found that students in this class have much higher skills and competences, and what is most important they needed less time to understand and gain knowledge about subject. Moreover, students in class where new teaching methods were used had higher grades than students were traditional methods were used.

EXPERIENCE OF PREPARATION OF COMPETITIVE SPECIALISTS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DUAL EDUCATION IN HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTION

The article deals with the problem of competitiveness of higher education students in higher education institutions on the basis of the introduction of dual education, which includes the integration of the theory in higher education institution and practice in an enterprise (office). One of the educational tasks is to provide with a workplace the future specialist in practice and after completing the training, which will support the formation of the necessary competencies and make the student competitive in the labour market. The basis of the development and implementation of dual education is the experience of practice-oriented training in the German dual system and the corresponding models of their implementation. The advantages of this education are highlighted, and certain difficulties are noted, as well as the specifics of its implementation in a given country, taking into account the specifics of this country and its education system. It is noted that the introduction of dual education involves a flexible organizational and management structure, innovative technologies, as well as cooperation with enterprises and institutions.

Estrategia de gestión de una facultad de ingeniería: Impacto de su aplicación

The present investigation aims to expose the implementation of a management strategy, in which the objective was to strengthen the academic staff profile, guide professors in an educative context of a high education institution, and help their professional development, so that to contribute positively in the training of university students. For that purpose, it was necessary that the educative institution had an administrative-academic management that favored the integration of professors with the necessary profile for the formation of the university students. This work was based on the analysis of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) results and polls carried out with the studied population allowing the implementation of a strategy. This, in turn, allowed the application of a theoretical-methodological system, having as a result the increase from 32% to 58% in the recognition of professors with an ideal profile, awarded by the “Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente” (PRODEP), and an increment from 12% to 31% of the professor-researcher participation in the “Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología”.

Features of organization related to students’ independent work on graphics chair

The questions of students’ independent work organization within the limits of their graphic training in high education institution and in connection with requirements related to Federal State Educational Standards of new generation are considered in this paper. The possible problems arising for students and their supervisors of studies at participation in the computer academic competitions are designated.

SOCIOLOGICAL DESIGN OF NEW PROFESSION

A new profession design technology is reveled in this article. A tool of this design is operational sociology. The main directions related to innovative program of training of higher education specialists in the area of humanitarian technologies are discovered. The sociological construction process consists of several stages. The fi rst one is theoretical basis for the professional fi eld of humanitarian technology. Human technologies have non-material elements as their components which includes knowledge, ideas, sign environment. The second stage of design is building of model of professional competences. The third stage is interaction of high education institution with competent expert community. It has been found that a new type of relationship, the priority of which is involvement of employers in development and implementation of high education institution’s educational policy appears in the modern conditions. The fi nal stage is creation of innovative educational program for new profession staff training — “specialists in the area of humanitarian technologies”.

EFFICIENT INTERACTION EXPERIENCE BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONAL EMPLOYERS IN “PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT”

Some aspects related to the concept of eff ective cooperation between employers and Personnel Management School of Science based on “Economics and Organization Management” Chair of SamSTU are considered in this article. The results of sociological research related to labor market and higher education, which allowed the authors to determine the most popular in innovation economy forms of cooperation between enterprises and high education institution during the training of students in “Personnel Management” direction, are presented. Comparing the world development trends, requirements of employers and state requirements for young professionals the authors emphasize a number of key requirements for bachelors in this direction.