Life-creating education: new educational meanings in modern world

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Lyz ◽  
Anna Opryshko
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to show the impossibility of teaching an individual to live and realize their potential in a modern dynamic environment by being within an artificial education system and explore the idea of life-creating education. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the models of future education and community. Education is viewed from the position of a student’s ability to self-realize in the modern world. This paper relies on the analyses of basic characteristics of formal education, the challenges to it from the point of view of contemporaneous society and the main routes to improve education. Findings An artificial education system with its translation of a stable experience model is obsolete. Formal education does not provide an individual with the necessary life experience. Learners’ interest and involvement into cognitive activity; joint creative activity and production of personal knowledge; self-determination; and personal fulfilment are the main features of life-creating education. It involves the whole society into learning, modifies teachers’ functions and requires developing flexible management tools. Originality/value This original work shows basic principles of life-creating education and maps the way forward. The represented results will be useful for developing new models of education improvement.

scholarly journals Anti-racist actions and accountability: not more empty promises

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 775-786
Author(s):  
C. Malik Boykin ◽  
N. Derek Brown ◽  
James T. Carter ◽  
Kristin Dukes ◽  
Dorainne J. Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Black People ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Motivation ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe current piece summarizes five critical points about racism from the point of view of Black scholars and allies: (1) Black people are experiencing exhaustion from and physiological effects of racism, (2) racism extends far beyond police brutality and into most societal structures, (3) despite being the targets of racism, Black people are often blamed for their oppression and retaliated against for their response to it, (4) everyone must improve their awareness and knowledge (through both formal education and individual motivation) to fight racism and (5) anti-racist policies and accountability are key to enact structural reformation.FindingsThe first three of these points detail the depths of the problem from the perspectives of the authors and the final two lay out a call to action.Practical implicationsThis viewpoint is the joint effort of 14 authors who provided a unified perspective.Originality/valueThis was one of the most original experiences the authors have had – working with 13 former/current students on joint perspectives about police brutality and racism more generally. The authors thank for the opportunity.

Learning film production

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 296-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leona Bunting ◽  
Margaretha Herrman ◽  
Marita Johanson
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to contribute knowledge about learning linked to the film industry by investigating how film producers reason about learning for and in the profession. Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on semi-structured interviews with 20 film producers, both university and workplace trained (UWT) and workplace trained (WT). The content analysis is based on the transcribed dialogues. The study is empirical, explorative and qualitative. Findings – The interviewees consider networks to be of utmost importance for gaining entrance to and continuously finding work in the film industry. They also reason about required knowing and what learning practices are available. Although formal education is not advocated by all, it can hold intrinsic value for the individual. Traditions of learning are being scrutinized, and critical reflection is replacing naivety and emotionality. Practical implications – Different aims regarding learning in the formal education system and film industry result in a gap which needs to be bridged to challenge conserving and reproducing patterns of learning. Collaboration is suggested as a solution benefiting both the individual learner and the film industry. The resulting knowledge from this study can thus be used by the formal education system and the film industry when developing forms for collaboration surrounding learners of film production. Originality/value – The focus presented in this paper of learning in and for film production has been sparingly addressed in previous research.

scholarly journals MEMAKNAI KEMBALI PENINGKATAN PROFESIONALISME TENAGA PENDIDIK PENDIDIKAN NONFORMAL

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
S. Wisni Septiarti ◽  
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Over Time

Professionalism of the non-formal education personnel, which is understood as competency development, is a necessity. If we see from various points of view particularly from sociocultural aspects, the study on the dynamics of non-formal education personnel’s profession, becomes the essential part of this articel. The flexibility, which tends to be biased over time, age, materials or presentation approaches and sosiocultural aspects within the process of learning, becomes the reference for the personnel’s quality improvement efforts. Even though, in common public point of view, the existence of formal teachers is stronger than non-formal education personnel, but the NFE program development in reality is largely required. This happens because many people have not been served by the formal education system. In order to re-defined the meaning of professionalism of the NFE as an effort of the education quality improvement normatively, there is a necessity to improve the culture of operation and the dialogues among education personnel up to the education managers.

Application of the Questionnaire Method as an Effective Tool for Determining the Problems of Organizing Non-formal Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
П.А. Демченкова
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Family ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
Additional Education

статья посвящена применению метода анкетирования как эффективного инструмента определения проблем в организациях дополнительного образования с точки зрения родителей. Описана роль дополнительного образования детей в современном мире и работа с семьями, чьи дети посещают данные организации, основные (базовые) принципы сотрудничества с семьей. Представлены основные направления применения метода анкетирования относительно организаций, предоставляющих услуги дополнительного образования. Для выявления проблем представлен план проведения качественного анализа руководителями, рассмотрены основные вопросы, которые необходимо внести при составлении анкеты для родителей. Обоснованы положительные стороны внедрения социологического исследования в организациях дополнительного образования. the article is devoted to the application of the questionnaire method as an effective tool for determining the problems of organizing additional education from the point of view of parents whose children attend this organization. It describes the place of additional education and development of children in the modern world, participation and work with families, whose children attend these organizations, basic principles of cooperation with the family. The main directions of applying the questionnaire method with respect to these organizations are presented. To identify the problems of organizing further education, the article defines the main stages for the leader, as well as the points in the questionnaire that must be considered when compiling it for effectiveness. There are also presented positive aspects of how this method can help the heads of organizations of additional education of children, subject to the introduction of all the points indicated in the article.

scholarly journals Graduate employability and the development of competencies. The incomplete reform of the “Bologna Process”

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Leoni
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Disciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Development Of Competencies ◽  
The Bologna Process

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the coherence between competency mismatches and the objective of European policymakers to transform the higher education system through the Bologna Process and the Dublin Descriptors, moving from the transfer of knowledge from the teacher to learning by the student and from disciplinary knowledge to competencies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based first on the theoretical arguments that confront the European reform of the tertiary education system and the nature of competency mismatches, and second on graduate earnings function estimates using two Italian databases. The paper demonstrates the waning signalling power associated with university degrees and the disruptive assertion of the competency concept. Findings – The theoretical arguments developed suggest that competency mismatches are not only responsible for the medium-low positioning of the competency profile with respect to a counterfactual constituted by a graduate with a good match but also tend to affect the growth path of the competencies themselves: the bigger the initial gap, the smaller the steps in their growth. The econometric estimates carried out document that the level of expressed competencies drives graduate remuneration. Originality/value – By disentangling educational outcomes (i.e. disciplinary knowledge) from requested competencies, the study demonstrates that firms remunerate competencies and to a far lesser extent disciplinary knowledge per se, and that cultural background tends to assume greater importance than formal education in forging transversal competencies. The Bologna Process could overturn this situation, provided it is integrated with a constructivist pedagogical approach, a tool that is lacking today but is vital in providing education processes that enable students to acquire and develop the competencies required by modern production techniques.

About the (non) existence of a lifelong education system in Chile

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Didier
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Ageing Society

This article aims to present the lifelong education system of Chile from a functional and institutional point of view, in an attempt to describe its strategy. This paper covers both formal education and graduate studies, which were analyzed systematically from the institutional framework and experience of Chile. A comprehensive review of open access data of Chilean higher education was performed, analyzing human capital investment and access to post-secondary education. The main findings are based on the lack of coordination between the educational levels and postsecondary education which make career progression and integration difficult, obstructing tenure and qualifications valuation by employers. In an ageing society such as that of Chile, workers may be forced to take up continuously training courses to sustain their situation inside the labour market. If there is no coordination between training and educational system, workers will face major difficulties in being considered as employable. This work opens the question of lifelong education policies in less developed countries such as Chile, which is facing the same demographic phenomenon as developed countries, but without the same level of resources or institutional development. This article concludes with the requirements for the design of this kind of educational policy.

Psychological impact of the use of new computer technologies on young schoolchildren

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
Şəlalə İltizam qızı Seyidova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
The Right ◽  
Electronic Games

The article discusses the psychological effects of using computer technologies in the educational process on young schoolchildren. The issue was approached both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. This includes ideas put forward in various literature. The research has shown that computerized learning has a positive effect on the motivation of students, as well as on the development of thought processes in accordance with the learning process. The problem of the influence of information technology on students has both psychological and social significance. Teachers should be able to solve this problem in favor of the educational process. Thus, without prohibiting access to computers and electronic games, the child should be taught to make the right choice in terms of development, to understand the peculiarities of the development of information technologies in the modern world. Key words: teaching process, auxiliary technologies, elementary school student, cognitive activity, development

Socio-demographic drivers of the risk-taking propensity of micro farmers

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindrich Spicka
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Credit Rating ◽  
Risk Attitude ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour

Purpose Risk attitude is an elementary attribute of entrepreneurial behaviour. Determinants of risk-taking propensity have been widely investigated in the group of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs so far. There is a lack of evidence on determinants of risk-taking propensity in the farming business, which is considered as risky business because of the ongoing climate change and epidemic outbreaks. Alternatively, the risk of lower European Union budget raised the question, how to implement publicly supported financial instruments for micro and small farmers which have lower credit rating. The purpose of this study is to find socio-demographic determinants of the risk-taking propensity of the Czech micro farms, controlling for the type of farming. Design/methodology/approach The survey of 747 micro farmers was processed through ordinal logistic regression. The study is based on the subjective self-assessment of the risk-taking behaviour which is frequently used to measure risk-taking attitude. The results are representative from the type of farming point of view. Findings The model provided clear evidence that age, household size, living with the partner/wife/husband and level of education have a significant relationship with risk-taking propensity. The most risk-tolerant farmers are young with less formal education and living in small households. The risk-taking propensity varies by the type of farming. Specialized crop farms have significantly higher risk-taking propensity than farms with a substantial share of livestock production. Alternatively, gender, feeling about household income and religion are not significantly related to the risk-taking propensity of the Czech micro farms. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of the study is the number of explanatory variables and the use of self-assessment of risk-taking attitude. The risk attitude can be explained by other variables which require in-depth qualitative research, such as past risk experience, the structure of decision problems, market orientation and operation under subsistence conditions. Practical implications The significant determinants of risk-taking attitude of micro farmers are important for banks, the Czech Support and Guarantee Fund for Farmers and Forestry and for policymakers who design the rules for post-2020 common agricultural policy. The study is original and valuable for the Central and Eastern European countries’ implementation of financial instruments as new rules for investment support are being prepared and research on the risk-taking attitude of the most vulnerable segment of farmers has not been conducted. Originality/value The originality of this study is from the perspective of agricultural sector as well as from the micro farms point of view. The results have commercial and political implications. Younger farmers, singles and lower-educated farmers have significantly higher risk-taking propensity and can be potentially risky clients for banks. Such farmers represent the financial gap in the credit market, and their viable development projects could be subject for implementation of financial instruments co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in the forthcoming programming period past 2020.

Towards protecting organisations’ data by preventing data theft by malicious insiders

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abir Al-Harrasi ◽  
Abdul Khalique Shaikh ◽  
Ali Al-Badi
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Gain ◽  
Protection Technology ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Data Theft ◽  
Malicious Insiders

Purpose One of the most important Information Security (IS) concerns nowadays is data theft or data leakage. To mitigate this type of risk, organisations use a solid infrastructure and deploy multiple layers of security protection technology and protocols such as firewalls, VPNs and IPsec VPN. However, these technologies do not guarantee data protection, and especially from insiders. Insider threat is a critical risk that can cause harm to the organisation through data theft. The main purpose of this study was to investigate and identify the threats related to data theft caused by insiders in organisations and explore the efforts made by them to control data leakage. Design/methodology/approach The study proposed a conceptual model to protect organisations’ data by preventing data theft by malicious insiders. The researchers conducted a comprehensive literature review to achieve the objectives of this study. The collection of the data for this study is based on earlier studies conducted by several researchers from January 2011 to December 2020. All the selected literature is from journal articles, conference articles and conference proceedings using various databases. Findings The study revealed three main findings: first, the main risks inherent in data theft are financial fraud, intellectual property theft, and sabotage of IT infrastructure. Second, there are still some organisations that are not considering data theft by insiders as being a severe risk that should be well controlled. Lastly, the main factors motivating the insiders to perform data leakage activities are financial gain, lack of fairness and justice in the workplace, the psychology or characteristics of the insiders, new technologies, lack of education and awareness and lack of management tools for understanding insider threats. Originality/value The study provides a holistic view of data theft by insiders, focusing on the problem from an organisational point of view. Organisations can therefore take into consideration our recommendations to reduce the risks of data leakage by their employees.

Impact and Challenges of Centres for Education and Community Action in Cameroon’s North West Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-74
Author(s):  
Fonteh Athanasius Amungwa
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
North West ◽  
West Region ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of community education and challenges facing Centres for Education and Community Action as a rural development strategy in Cameroon. The study was conducted in the North-West Region of Cameroon, employing field observations, semi-structured interviews with key informants using a convenient sampling technique and through elaborate review of documents. These research instruments were blended into what is termed triangulation and the data collected was analysed descriptively. The main focus of qualitative analysis is to understand the ways in which people act and the accounts that people give for their actions. This paper posits that extreme dependence on the provision of Western formal education cannot solve the problems of a rapidly changing society like Cameroon, which is facing a long-term economic crisis and persistent unemployment issues of graduates. Consequently, education should be redefined in the context of the prevailing economic crisis to make it responsive to the aspirations of rural communities. Findings showed that community education had contributed towards rural development immensely but has suffered many challenges due to neglect of the field in the policy agenda. This paper recommends the integration of community education with formal education to facilitate group and community betterment in particular and rural transformation in general.

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