scholarly journals Astronomy Courses for Adults in Sydney, Australia

1990 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 360-362
Author(s):  
J.W. O’Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Time Activity ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Astronomy And Astrophysics ◽  
Sydney Australia

The University of Sydney has been associated with adult education courses for the general public for at least 70 years and astronomy has often been a part of this activity. Since 1976, these courses have been conducted by a succession of graduate students from the Astronomy and Astrophysics departments within the university. The courses were a part-time activity conducted with limited resources, but served as useful teaching experience. This arrangement continued until the end of 1987 when I left the university. I am pleased to report that this activity is considered sufficiently important to be continued by the permanent academic staff.Here I seek to briefly report on these astronomy courses by describing those that I conducted at the university over the last five years. I should firstly acknowledge the work of Dr. Graeme White in particular, for his earlier courses and continuing interest. Also, this discussion should be placed in context by recognizing that other astronomy courses are run in Sydney by professional and amateur astronomers through local evening colleges and other organizations. These vary in format, with many of the amateur-run courses emphasizing the practical aspects of sky observing. The displays and facilities provided by the Sydney Observatory also play an important role. Each activity helps to meet the demand in the Sydney region for astronomical education and thereby undoubtedly serves the interests of Australian astronomy.

scholarly journals Promoting botanical literacy with a mobile application - CampusFlora - using an interdisciplinary, student-as-partners approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dimon ◽  
Lachlan Pettit ◽  
Caroline Cheung ◽  
Rosanne Quinnell
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Online Maps ◽  
Student Cohorts ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
The University ◽  
Biology Curriculum ◽  
Sydney Australia

In this article, we describe our students-as-partners process for bringing undergraduate and academic staff together to develop a mobile application (app) - CampusFlora - for use across our campuses. Our project at the University of Sydney, Australia, was conceived as a way to improve the botanical literacy of biology students by engaging undergraduates to develop online maps of plant locations coupled with information relevant to biology curriculum. Through continuous improvements to the CampusFlora app system, we have expanded the user-base well beyond the life  science student cohorts and now offer content that embraces cultural competence and organisational health initiatives. We offer reflections from student and staff partners on the project that highlight the value of the students-as-partners approach, and the potential value of establishing student partnerships across disciplines, across institutions, and into the community at large.

Academic Leadership

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonu Narayana Swami ◽  
Tobedza Gobona ◽  
Joe Joseph Tsimako
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The University

Academic Leadership involves managing people in higher education and also elsewhere. Academic leaders could emerge due to their committed and continued pursuit in research; quality assurance; strategies adopted; marketing abilities; contributing education to wider community; developing new programmes and timely reviewing them. The research is aimed at reviewing the literature that exists in this field and to find out the degree or state of academic leadership that exists within the University of Botswana (UB) and how far UB academic leadership has impacted on its vision and mission statement. Primary data was collected through administering a questionnaire within UB on selected five strata of graduate students, academic staff, lower, middle and top management. Respondents were happy with the Academic Leadership in the areas of motivation, professionalism, sense of belonging, building consensus and communication skills.

Design of innovative technologies and modeling in the educational process of the University

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Innovative Development ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Organizational Functions ◽  
The University

Textbook designed to assist teachers of higher and secondary professional educational institutions. Revealed the foundations of innovative development of pedagogical education, the peculiarities of the project-organizational functions of the academic staff of the University, presented the specifics of the model design and technology innovative research activities in the educational process. It will be useful to undergraduates, graduate students, assistants, teachers and lecturers in the implementation of project and research activities with students.

scholarly journals On Privacy and Public Data: a Study of data.gov.uk

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The University ◽  
The Web

The web-site data.gov.uk (the UK's counterpart to the US's data.gov site) was launched in January 2010. The site proclaims that ``transparency is at the heart of this Government'' and that ``data.gov.uk is home to national & local data for free re-use.'' As part of an assignment for a masters-level course on Data Security at the University of Oxford, 18 part-time post-graduate students were asked to give consideration to the benefits and drawbacks of releasing public data, with particular focus being given to data.gov.uk. In this paper we describe the findings of four of these students and show how the issues raised---both in isolation and when taken in combination---may be a cause for concern, both to those responsible for releasing such data and to those to whom the data pertains. The discussion is not intended to be a critique of data.gov.uk per se; rather, our hope is that this contribution may play a role in the wider debate pertaining to the issues surrounding the release of public data.

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING MECHANISMS IN SOHAR UNIVERSITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noura Al Jahwari ◽  
M. Firdouse Rahman Khan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Organizational Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe objective of the study is to critically examine the mechanisms of organizational learning in Sohar University and to identify the relationship between stages of organizational learning and mechanisms of organizational learning and to examine the effectiveness and the nurturance of the pedagogical practices.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted with 76 employees from all the departments of Sohar University, who were selected on a simple random sampling basis and were contacted through a well-defined questionnaire. FindingsThe study reveals that the employees of Sohar University are encouraged to attend external programs and seminars on new developments have been organized and the university prepares detailed plans reflecting contingency approaches. The study also confirmed that there is no relationship between demographic factors (Gender, age, qualification and teaching experience) and the Organizational learning. The study also reveals that there is an association between the Innovations, Implementation and Organization learning.Practical ImplicationsThe study has thrown light on the organizational learning process, which is the key driver in innovating, implementing and stabilizing.Research limitationsThe study was restricted to the academic staff from all the faculties of Sohar University. Many of them did not understand the concept. So the researcher has to explain them in detail before furnishing the detailed questionnaire.Social ImplicationsThe study can be extended to other colleges and universities in Oman so that the accuracy of the tools and techniques of organizational learning can be ascertained. This will induce high transmission goals to equip and uplift the participants in a positive and creative contribution.Originality/valueOnly a very few have examined the impact of Organization Learning in the Universities of Oman, and it is a first-hand study of its kind. 

scholarly journals Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Beyth-Marom ◽  
Gal Harpaz-Gorodeisky ◽  
Avaid Bar-Haim ◽  
Eti Goder
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Open University ◽  
Learning Centers ◽  
Organizational Attachment ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The University ◽  
Practical Implications

Tutors in the OUI- The Open University of Israel (a distance learning institution) are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Therefore, their performance is crucial for the university. However, the nature of their job might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, thus having low job security. Their academic freedom is limited and in most learning centers of the OUI they are professionally isolated. These factors can affect negatively organizational identification, job satisfaction and motivation. The present study is focused on two sets of variables that serve as possible predictors of identification, satisfaction and motivation: role perceptions (job importance and job richness) and organizational attachment (relations with the university, attentiveness of the university and the university's appreciation of their work). 71 tutors completed a general survey. Regression analysis and path analysis revealed that identification and job satisfaction were well predicted by job importance and organizational attachment, while work motivation was not. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals How to Teach Ecology to Students of Environmental Engineering

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Giulia Cantiani
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Emotional Competencies ◽  
Integrated Method ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Method Of Evaluation ◽  
The University

The paper illustrates a set of teaching practices applied by the author in the course of Ecology, addressed to third year students of the First Cycle Degree (BSc) in Environmental and Land Engineering, at the University of Trento (Italy). The features of the university context and the main characteristics of these students are described, also referring to changes which have occurred over time. On the basis of a twenty-five-year teaching experience, the author highlights the challenges and opportunities of an approach aimed at involving students in the learning process, raising interest and curiosity towards ecological issues, stimulating students’ emotional competencies and  their capacity to critically reflect on their own educational experience. In conclusion some comments are made regarding the need for a greater engagement by the academic staff towards non-conventional teaching and learning experiences. In particular, a more integrated method of evaluation of the quality of teaching is sought, effective in taking into account different approaches and techiniques and comparing learning outcomes.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Peer Review of Teaching when performed between Early-career Academics

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-18
Author(s):  
Richard J. Woodman ◽  
◽  
Maria B. Parappilly ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Teaching Philosophies ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
The University

The success of peer review of teaching (PRT) in shaping teaching practice during an academic’s formative years may depend on the peers’ teaching experience and the frequency of evaluation. Two Australian early-career University lecturers with no previous experience of peer review performed a single PRT on one another following a one week academic development program, a mandatory exercise for all new academic staff with teaching roles within the University. Their experiences were recorded and used in the development of a teaching philosophy. The same PRT was then repeated between the same 2 individuals for the purpose of mandatory peer evaluation some 5 years later and after gaining considerable teaching experience. This paper describes the perceived impact of the PRT process on their teaching philosophies and the potential limitations imposed by their inexperience in formative PRT and teaching itself. Despite this relative inexperience, both academics believed their initial PRT accelerated changes to their mainly teacher-focused knowledge-transfer approaches. This case study provides qualitative evidence that PRT programs can successfully shape teaching practice without the involvement of more experienced teaching faculty. Academic developers should highlight the importance of building collegiality and the scholarship of teaching and learning for early-career PRT participants.

Penglibatan Ahli Akademik Terhadap Pengajaran Hadith di Institusi Pengajian

2018 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Amran Abdul Halim ◽  
Abdulloh Salaeh
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
National University ◽  
Islamic Science ◽  
The University

This study is to identify the involvement of academicians on the teaching of the hadith. The contribution of the academicians to the teaching of the hadith is also very much needed so that Muslims can acknowledge al-Sunnah closely. The academicians were selected from Academic of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya Islamic Studies Academy, the National University of Malaysia, the Islamic Science University of Malaysia and the International Islamic University which they are all from various fields of Islamic Studies. The methodology used in this study is a questionnaire which is group sampling. The researcher distributes the questionnaire to the academic staff at the university involved. Based on this descriptive analysis of the questionnaire, it can be concluded that academic practitioners either in the field of hadith or other fields are involved and contribute to the teaching of hadith such as in public universities and other institutions. This shows that most academicians have good knowledge related to the field of hadith. Therefore, they are among the most suitable as references to the community in solving Sunnah and bidaah issues, especially the academicians who are experts in the field of hadith. Abstrak Kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti penglibatan ahli akademik terhadap pengajaran hadith. Sumbangan ahli akademik terhadap pengajaran hadith juga amat diperlukan agar umat Islam dapat mengenali al-Sunnahsecara  lebih  dekat.  Ahli-ahli  akademik  yang  dipilih  adalah  dari  Akademi  Pengajian  Islam  Universiti Malaya,   Universiti   Kebangsaan   Malaysia,   Universiti   Sains   Islam   Malaysia   dan   Universiti   Islam Antarabangsa  yang  mana  kesemuanya  dalam  pelbagai  bidang  Pengajian  Islam.  Kaedah yang  digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah soal selidik iaitu persampelan berkelompok. Penyelidikmengedarkan borang soal selidik tersebut kepada ahli akademik di universiti tersebut. Berdasarkan, analisis deskriptif soal selidik ini, dapat dirumuskan bahawa ahli akademik sama ada dalam bidang hadith atau lain-lain bidang adalah terlibat dan turut memberi sumbangan dalam pengajaran hadith seperti di universiti-universiti awam dan lain-lain institusi  pengajian.  Ini  menunjukkan  bahawa  kebanyakan  ahli  akademik  mempunyai  pengetahuan  yang baik  berkaitan  dengan  bidang  hadith.  Oleh  itu,  mereka  adalah  antara  golongan  sangat  sesuai  dijadikan sebagai rujukan masyarakat dalam menyelesaikan permasalahan Sunnah dan bidaah, terutama sekali ahli akademik yang pakar dalam bidang hadith.

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