The Deployment of Sustainability in the Higher Education Business Studies Curriculum: Centrality, Pervasiveness and Practical Teaching and Learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 349-359
Author(s):  
Clare Hagerup ◽  
Russell Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Education Business ◽  
Practical Teaching

scholarly journals Video-based learning to enhance teaching of practical microbiology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Lacey ◽  
J Gerard Wall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Laboratory Techniques ◽  
Video Based Learning ◽  
Visual Learners ◽  
Practical Teaching

Abstract Video-based learning is an increasingly important methodology in higher education and has particular value in practical teaching. In order to enhance learning and promote student engagement in our undergraduate microbiology programme, we designed and produced a suite of teaching videos which demonstrate laboratory techniques core to the syllabus. The methods were demonstrated by PhD students and the professionally-produced videos were made widely available via the free YouTube channel Microbiology teaching videos at NUI Galway (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsP4xz5aq7sWfR9eXSCd_QQ/), which accumulated over 40 000 views across 47 countries in its first 15 months online. A survey of students who used the videos in their teaching and learning identified a greatly increased understanding of experimental principles and ability to carry out techniques; greater engagement with practical teaching sessions; particular benefits for visual learners; and increased confidence in teaching and in communicating science amongst undergraduate teaching assistants. The videos will be central to microbiology teaching at NUI Galway over the coming decade and will benefit many 3rd level institutions exploring online and blended learning approaches in the coming years.

scholarly journals Competences of Graduates of Higher Education Business Studies in Labor Market I (Results of Pilot Cross-Border Research Project in Poland and Slovakia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena M. Stuss ◽  
Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna ◽  
Zbigniew J. Makieła
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Education Business

The analysis of the experiences of cross-border countries shall facilitate the identification of the most helpful and useful tools to improve the process of adaptation of young people into the labor market. The goal of the higher education system, as part of cross-border cooperation, is to develop professionally competent, service-oriented, principled and productive citizens in Poland and Slovakia. There are a lot of factors influencing the possibility of undertaking rewarding jobs by students and graduates that are related to their degree, especially the supply and demand of business related jobs which plays a significant role in the process. The analysis of degree programs, the views of working students, graduates and employers, followed by the preparation of a research report and relevant recommendations may have a beneficial effect on the profile and quality of education and the future of graduates in the countries included in the study, as well as in other countries which are interested in the outcomes of the project. The objective of this article is to present the results of research on how graduates of higher education business studies develop in terms of the skills, knowledge and characteristics which enable them to be employable in Poland and Slovakia. The applied research methodology combines the analysis of subject-related literature with empirical research. The questionnaires for data collection constituted a survey for independent completion. The adopted method allowed a numerical description of trends, attitudes and opinions in a selected group. It also facilitated a comparison of the results of the studies of Polish graduates and Slovakian graduates.

Cracks in the Ivory Tower

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Brennan ◽  
Phillip Magness
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Ivory Tower ◽  
Marketplace Of Ideas ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Academic Marketing ◽  
The Many ◽  
Education Business

Ideally, universities are centers of learning, in which great researchers dispassionately search for truth, no matter how unpopular those truths must be. The marketplace of ideas assures that truth wins out against bias and prejudice. Yet many people worry that there's rot in the heart of the higher education business. This book reveals the problems are even worse than anyone suspects. Marshalling an array of data, the authors systematically show how contemporary American universities fall short of these ideals and how bad incentives make faculty, administrators, and students act unethically. While universities may at times excel at identifying and calling out injustice outside their gates, the text contends that individuals within them are primarily guided by self-interest at every level. It finds that the problems are deep and pervasive: Most academic marketing and advertising are semi-fraudulent; colleges and individual departments regularly make promises they do not and cannot keep; and most students cheat a little, while many cheat a lot. Trenchant and wide-ranging, the text elucidates the many ways in which faculty and students alike have every incentive to make teaching and learning secondary.

Work-Based Learning on Trial

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 314-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Kinman ◽  
Gail Kinman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Daily Experience ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Motor Industry ◽  
Early Experiences ◽  
Delivery Technique ◽  
And Training

The need for more flexible patterns of teaching and learning is well recognized both by industry and academic institutions. Leaner, more responsive ‘learning’ organizations require continuing, and more focused education and training for their employees. The development of suitable delivery methods has led to new challenges for higher education, itself involved in significant and continuing change. Integration of the daily experience of employees into the curriculum through work-based learning is one mechanism that might help meet the requirements of both industry and higher education. This paper reports early experiences of delivering an in-house, business studies degree programme to managers in the motor industry, using elements of work-based learning. The appropriateness and effectiveness of work-based learning as a delivery technique, and the strengths and weaknesses of the model in this context are evaluated. It is suggested that there are significant problems that need to be overcome if work-based learning is to reach its full potential. Recommendations for alleviation of the emergent difficulties are provided, and questions for further research are proposed.

scholarly journals FORMATIVE STRATEGIES FOR EVALUATING LANGUAGE COMPETENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION BUSINESS PROGRAMMES

2021 ◽  
Vol 14(63) (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Ioana Paula Armăsar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
Specific Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Education Business

Evaluation does not represent an objective per se, but the strategies adopted in this process may take the teaching/learning process in different directions, according to the students’ language needs and to the competences that should be developed. The phenomenon is a complex one, sometimes comprising errors, which, nevertheless, contribute to progress, it gives precise clues and helps in identifying the positives and negatives in foreign language learning. The higher education system in Romania is adjusted to the quantitative and qualitative exigency of the European administration, with evaluation always accompanying the learning process, having both diagnostic and prognostic characteristics. The evaluation strategy predicts the most appropriate methodical path which ensures efficiency in approaching specific teaching and learning situations

PENERAPAN iLEARNING SURVEY (iSur) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS SISTEM INFORMASI SELAMA PROSES PEMBELAJARAN DI PERGURUAN TINGGI RAHARJA

CCIT Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-354
Author(s):  
Untung Rahardja ◽  
Muhamad Yusup ◽  
Ana Nurmaliana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Faculty Performance ◽  
Satisfaction Measurement ◽  
Valid Information

The accuracy and reliability is the quality of the information. The more accurate and reliable, the more information it’s good quality. Similarly, a survey, the better the survey, the more accurate the information provided. Implementation of student satisfaction measurement to the process of teaching and learning activities on the quality of the implementation of important lectures in order to get feedback on the assessed variables and for future repair. Likewise in Higher Education Prog has undertaken the process of measuring student satisfaction through a distributed questioner finally disemester each class lecture. However, the deployment process questioner is identified there are 7 (seven) problems. However, the problem can be resolved by the 3 (three) ways of solving problems one of which is a system of iLearning Survey (Isur), that is by providing an online survey to students that can be accessed anywhere and anytime. In the implementation shown a prototype of Isur itself. It can be concluded that the contribution Isur system can maximize the decision taken by the Higher Education Prog. By using this Isur system with questions and evaluation forms are submitted and given to the students and the other colleges. To assess the extent to which the campus has grown and how faculty performance in teaching students class, and can be used as a media Isur valid information for an assessment of activities throughout college.

EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT EVALUATION IN ENGLISH AS A CRITERION FOR ADMISSION TO MASTER`S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Л. Е. Бєловецька
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Independent Evaluation

The problem of external independent evaluation in English for admission Master`s degree programs in Ukraine is considered in the article. The perspective for further improvement of English teaching and learning standards at Ukrainian universities has been found. The correspondence to the CEFR basic levels and English proficiency has been identified. Conceptual Principles of State Policy on the Development of English in the Field of Higher Education are considered. The study included 1546 participants. The age of students, who studied to gain the first higher education, was between 17 and 20. The students were not familiar with the structure of External Independent Evaluation and they have never passed it. The research was carried out during the period 2018–2019. The relevance of English language competence in the professional context is noted emphasized as a key point of the presented research. The necessity to provide a sufficient competitive level for Ukrainian graduates through improving correspondent English language training has been considered. The study is based on a study of reports by British experts and contemporary scientific publications presented international researchers have focused on the problems of internationalization and perspectives for Ukrainian universities in the English language dimension. The relevance of studying and adaptation of the UK higher education successful practice has been highlighted. The problems and potential ways of improving students` English language proficiency in the given context are identified. In particular, the study contains important recommendations regarding the number of contact hours and the required levels of English proficiency for the main groups of participants in the educational process in higher education according to international standards.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: THE FREQUENCY AND VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ONLINE INSTRUCTORS

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Heather Herman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Online Instruction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Online Instructors ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Printed Materials

Online education is no longer a peripheral phenomenon in higher education: over one-third of faculty have taught or developed an online course. As institutions of higher education expand their online education offerings, administrators need to recognize that supporting faculty through the use of incentives and through effective faculty development programs for online instruction is important to the improvement of the quality of educational programs. This quantitative study used an online survey to investigate the types and frequency of faculty development programs for online instruction at institutions with an established teaching and learning development unit (TLDU). The average TLDU offered about fifteen different types of faculty development programs, the most common being websites, technical services, printed materials, and consultation with instructional design experts.

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