Ideas About Plagiarism and Self-plagiarism with University Professors and Researchers: A Case Study with WebQDA

Author(s):  
Lina Melo ◽  
Luis Manuel Soto-Ardila ◽  
Ricardo Luengo ◽  
José Luis Carvalho
SURG Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Brooke Anderson

Focusing primarily on the period from 1968 to 1970, this essay analyses how a campaign led by two Carleton University professors, Robin Mathews and James Steele, to defeat “Americanization” in Canadian universities, morphed into a crucial nationwide debate. Ultimately, it will find that regardless of academic or social rank or citizenship, all participants in the debate relied on one common idea to support their arguments and criticize their opponents: that of the ‘colonial mentality’, or the notion that Canadians unquestionably accepted their country as subservient to the United States. Ultimately, this paradoxical usage of postcolonial themes represented an underlying ambivalence in regards to what was being debated in the first place. Thus this essay strives to address how a specific dispute within academia could, in Mathews and Steele’s words, evolve into a “struggle for the very existence of Canada as a self-respecting and independent community” [1a]. Moreover, it contributes to a deeper understanding of Canadian-American relations and the recent debate on Canadian universities’ hiring practices, which continues to be an issue nearly forty years later. In doing so it presents a fascinating case study of national identity within postcolonial frameworks.


Retos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Francisco Gallardo Fuentes ◽  
Bastian Ignacio Carter-Thuillier ◽  
Víctor Manuel López-Pastor ◽  
Rodrigo Ojeda-Nahuelcura ◽  
Teresa Fuentes-Nieto

  La evaluación ha dejado de ser una instancia que solo certifica el logro alcanzado a través de una calificación, sino que actualmente se entiende como un elemento fundamental para favorecer los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. El objetivo del presente estudio es: Identificar las capacidades cognitivas, los elementos del programa de asignatura y los procedimientos e instrumentos de evaluación empleados durante la Formación Inicial de profesores de Educación Física (FIPEF) en tres campus universitarios del sur de Chile a partir de la percepción de los estudiantes y académicos. Bajo un enfoque cuantitativo y un diseño de estudio de casos de tipo descriptivo y comparativo de corte transversal, se aplica el “Cuestionario para el estudio del sistema de evaluación en la formación inicial del profesorado de educación física”. La muestra la conforman 162 estudiantes que cursan FIPEF y 44 profesores. Los principales resultados dejan ver una marcada presencia de metodologías e instrumentos tradicionales de evaluación, así como, una apreciación diferenciada entre alumnado vs. profesorado; por ejemplo, cuando el profesorado indica enfocar sus metodologías evaluativas a capacidades cognitivas como la “aplicación y comprensión”, el alumnado tiene una apreciación significativamente diferente. A modo de conclusión, se advierte la presencia de intencionalidad formativa en la entrega de información sobre los aprendizajes a través de los sistemas de evaluación, con la tarea de avanzar a una planificación didáctica, donde la evaluación sea coherente con las metodologías que se despliegan en el aula.  Abstract. Assessment has ceased to be an instance that only certifies the achievement reached through a qualification, but is currently understood as a fundamental element to favour the teaching-learning processes. The aim of this study is: To identify the cognitive abilities, the elements of the subject syllabus and the assessment procedures and instruments used during the Initial Physical Education Teacher Training at three university campuses in the south of Chile, based on the perception of students and university professors. Under a quantitative approach and a descriptive and comparative cross-sectional case study design, the "Questionnaire for the study the assessment system in training of pre-service physical education teachers" was applied. The sample consisted of 162 pre-service teachers and 44 university professors. The main results show a marked presence of traditional assessment methodologies and instruments, as well as a differentiated appreciation between pre-services teachers vs. university professors; for example, when professors indicate that they focus their assessment methodologies on cognitive skills such as "application and understanding", students have a significantly different appreciation. In conclusion, we note the presence of formative intentionality in the delivery of information on learning through assessment systems, with the task of moving towards didactic planning, where assessment is coherent with the methodologies that are deployed in the classroom.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 168-184
Author(s):  
Pavlović Nebojša ◽  
Ivaniš Marija ◽  
Črnjar Kristina

Abstract Organizational culture and job satisfaction are the most important factors for any university. Research into how satisfied professors are with university culture is crucial in finding ways to increase job satisfaction in the present as well as the future. The aim of our study is to investigate whether the type of organizational culture has any effect on job satisfaction and whether there are any differences between Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study was conducted on 489 professors at universities and colleges in Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study shows that university professors in the three investigated countries have a moderate level of job satisfaction. The case study method was used. The data collection technique applied was a survey conducted among university professors. The survey was conducted electronically, via Google Forms, and the key instrument was a questionnaire. The data were processed using SPSS Statistics 21. The results of the study show that improving perceived organizational support can increase the level of job satisfaction of university professors. It is also very important to emphasize the importance and originality of this study since similar studies have not been conducted before in the three countries mentioned.


2014 ◽  
pp. 1281-1300
Author(s):  
Lorayne Robertson ◽  
Wendy Hardman

The transition from the lecture hall to the online teaching environment requires more than a change of venue – it requires role changes as well as a shift in focus from delivering content toward designing a learning environment where students can build skills for learning and collaboration. The research described in this chapter employs a case-study method to capture the perceptions of a small cohort of university professors participating in a synchronous e-training program to prepare them for synchronous e-teaching. Participating professors possessed a range of diverse prior experiences with teaching and e-teaching, creating unique training challenges. Data include the video-recorded training sessions as well as focus group and individual interviews held one year post-training. The findings indicate that, although the intended training focus was not the primary outcome realized, this study provides some insights into planning and delivering e-training for similar transitions to synchronous online teaching for tertiary instructors.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Mohamad Reza Hamidizadeh ◽  
Parinaz Aghaei Meibodi

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between marketing knowledge sharing and developing competitive advantage. This research is an applied objective research and data collection method of description-correlation nature the subjects under study by this research are employees of Arak Shazand petrochemical industry. The sample size was estimated 90 people. The method is stratified random sampling. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data. Marketing knowledge sharing questionnaire of Moghimi and Ramazani (2011) contains 17 items and developing competitive advantage questionnaire of Hill and Jones (2010) contains 16 items. Logical validity (face and content) of questionnaires was reviewed and approved through several university professors and several experts of this industry. Also, construct validity was reviewed and approved by confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS software. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.7 was obtained for variables that indicate internal consistency of items and acceptable reliability of the questionnaire. The research hypothesis test using univariate linear regression was performed with application of SPSS software. The results showed that, given that the t-statistic value is greater than 1.96 (t = 6.48), the relationship between two variables, competitive advantage and marketing knowledge sharing was significant at the 5% error level  Standard regression coefficient (0.57) also specified the share of independent variable in explaining the changes of dependent variable so that for every one unit increase in variable of marketing knowledge sharing, competitive advantage increases 0.57.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Francisca Muñoz-Oyarce ◽  
Eugenio Merellano-Navarro ◽  
Marta Rios Chandia ◽  
Manuel Monzalve Macaya

The present study aims to critically analyse university teaching from the perspective of the actors themselves, since the exercise of teaching allows the teacher to look at their pedagogical practice, interpret it, and recreate it, also turning it into a source of learning from a perspective of change and innovation. In methodological terms, the study is based on the interpretive paradigm which is intended to understand how teachers mean the teaching process, therefore, the methodology option is qualitative through the case study. The data have been obtained through focus groups, with the participation of 16 university professors, a question that allowed the emergence of the discourse of the investigated subjects referring to their experience in the exercise of university teaching. The results point to the importance of didactics in the learning process, the establishment of good personal relationships with their students, the deep mastery of the content of the discipline taught by the teacher, the adequate theory-practice relationship, and the primary concern for the learning in their classrooms, as factors that stand out in those teachers who transcend in the lives of their students. They also open up the opportunity for a series of questions, many of them about the role of university teachers in their capacity as trainers of trainers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (44) ◽  
pp. 28-54
Author(s):  
أ. جمعة خير الدين ◽  
أ. أحلام دريدي ◽  
أ. صبرينة خليل

This study aimed to identify the impact of knowledge management processes on the quality of higher education from the viewpoint of university professors at the Faculty of Economic,Commercial and Administrative Sciences at the University of Muhammad Khaydar Biskra. To achieve this objective, the descriptive analytical and case study method was used. Thestudy population was 195 professors, 109 of whom were selected as a sample of the study. To collect data from the study sample, a questionnaire was used. 195 questionnaires weredistributed to the study sample, but 72 questionnaires were returned at a rate of return (66.05%). Then the hypotheses were tested based on a set of research methods, using theSPSS software. Major findings of the study indicated a statistically significant effect of knowledge management processes with their dimensions (quality of scientific research,quality of student services and graduates, quality of curricula and study programs) on the quality of higher education among professors of the Faculty of Economic, commercial andadministrative sciences at the University of Biskra. The study concluded with a set of recommendations, including the adopting knowledge management processes approach todevelop and improve the quality of higher education institutions, utilizing and activating professors' roles, knowledge, ideas and expertise.Keywords: knowledge management, knowledge management processes, higher education quality, university professors, University of Biskra.


Author(s):  
Rana Tamim

The advent of technology has changed the landscape in post-secondary academic institutions and technology-enhanced university courses are becoming the norm. While Distance Education was previously restricted to traditional correspondence having limited options for student interaction with the instructor and no interaction with other learners, technology’s progression changed the context drastically. One of the emerging delivery modes is blended learning which combines the advantages of technology enhanced face-to-face instruction and electronic supported learning. The chapter offers a general overview of the influence of technological development on the post-secondary Distance Education sector and presents the advantages of the blended learning approach. Insights are offered from a UAE e-learning University case study while discussing implications for university professors and faculty members pertinent to instructional design and course delivery.


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