The expectations of Finnish RE student teachers of their professional development in their academic studies in the light of twenty-first-century skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaisa Viinikka ◽  
Martin Ubani
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ahmed Morched Al-Qawas, Sinaa Kassem Ahmed Al-Manso

The study aims to identify the role of Colleges of Education at Yemeni universities in providing student teachers with twenty-first-century skills. The analytical descriptive approach was used. The two researchers designed a questionnaire that was distributed to a stratified random sample consisting of 169 male and female students from the student teachers at the fourth level of the two Colleges of Education at the Universities of Aden and Ibb. The results of the study showed that the degree of the acquisition of twenty-first-century skills among the student teachers in the Colleges of Education at the Universities of Aden and Ibb, at the level of the questionnaire, obtained an overall average (3.50 out of 5), which means a high degree. At the level of the areas, the communication skills area obtained the highest average (3.96), secondly, the area of life and job skills was with an average of (3.66), both of them had a (high) score; thirdly, thinking skills area was with an average of (3.37), and fourthly, professional skills area had an average of (3.27); finally, the area of the skills of using digital technology and computing culture obtained an average of (3.21), all of which had a (moderate) average. The results also revealed that there are no differences in the degree of student teachers' acquisition of twenty-first-century skills, which are attributed to the variables of gender, specialization, and university. Based on the findings, the two researchers offered a number of recommendations. The most important of them are: It is necessary to develop the teacher preparation programs in the Colleges of Education at the Yemeni Universities in terms of curricula and teaching and evaluation strategies, and constantly reviewing to the extent to which such programs are consistent with the requirements and needs of the labor market and the sustainable development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (47) ◽  
pp. 103-130
Author(s):  
عبد الغني أحمد علي الحاوري ◽  
محمد عبد الله حسن حميد

The study aimed to examine the role of colleges of education in Yemeni universities in developing the twenty-first century skills among students. The skills include critical thinking and problem-solving; creative thinking; effective communication and cooperation with others; flexibility; adaptation and change management; self and continuous learning; leadership and working with a team; taking responsibility and making decisions; using technology efficiently; understanding and interacting with diverse cultures; and work and self-management. The followed the descriptive and analytical method, using a questionnaire that was distributed to a random sample of (408) students selected from the fourth level of the Faculties of Education in four public universities: Sana'a, Hajjah, Amran, and Hodeidah.  The study results revealed a medium role that the colleges of education in Yemeni universities play in developing the twenty-first century skills among their students. The skill of effective communication and cooperation with others received the highest attention, while the skills of work, self-management and the skills of using technology efficiently received the lowest level of attention.  The study concluded with a number of conclusions, including absence of a vision for the challenges and requirements of the twenty-first century and lack of support provided to colleges to purchase facilities and equipment. The study recommended that the colleges of education should pay more attention to developing the twenty-first century skills, especially work and self-management skills and the efficient use of technology. Keywords: role, education college, skills, twenty-first century, Yemeni universities.


Author(s):  
Samuel Kai Wah Chu ◽  
Rebecca B. Reynolds ◽  
Nicole J. Tavares ◽  
Michele Notari ◽  
Celina Wing Yi Lee

2012 ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Noweski ◽  
Andrea Scheer ◽  
Nadja Büttner ◽  
Julia von Thienen ◽  
Johannes Erdmann ◽  
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Gamification ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 1479-1505
Author(s):  
Kate Thompson ◽  
Lina Markauskaite

In the last five years, the analytical techniques for identifying the processes of online learning have developed to the point where applications for the assessment of learning can be discussed. This would be most appropriate for twenty-first century skills—such as collaboration, decision-making, and teamwork skills—which are the core learning outcomes in immersive learning environments. The state of the art in this field is still at the stage of discovering patterns of the processes of learning, identifying stages, and suggesting their meaning. However, already it is important to consider what technologies can offer and what information teachers need in order to evaluate students' situated performance and to provide useful feedback. This chapter describes an imagined virtual world, one that affords the range of twenty-first century skills, in order to illustrate types of analyes that could be conducted on learning process data. Such analytical methods could provide both descriptive information about the performance of learners and depict structures and patterns of their learning processes. The future assessment of learning in immersive virtual worlds may draw on data about deep embodied processes and multiple senses that usually underpin professional skills, such as affect, visual perception, and movement. This type of assessment could also provide deeper insights into many psychological processes in collaborative learning, decision-making, and problem-solving in virtual worlds, such as motivation, self-efficacy, and engagement. Overall, the view of the assessment presented in this chapter extends beyond the formal learning outcomes that are usually required by tertiary education quality and standards agencies and assessed in traditional courses in higher education to include a range of new capacities that may not be required but are essential for successful performance in contemporary workplaces.


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