Using Gamification For Teaching Economics In Technical Higher Education: An Exploratory Research

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violeta Simionescu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Teaching Economics

scholarly journals Impacting Networked Technologies on Teaching Practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cutajar ◽  
Matthew Montebello
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Higher Education Administrators ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Work And Life

Networked technologies are found permeating all work and life activities even in the education realm. Today’s networked technologies are changing the way we interact within the online environment and amongst themselves. Networked technologies have unleashed a plethora of possibilities for educators to take advantage of by employing them as part of their teaching practices. In this paper are presented findings related to how academics are experiencing networked technologies for teaching and their relation to learning. A phenomenographic approach and subsequently a quantitative stance was employed to shed light on the nature and the current dynamic of such practices. This paper recounts the phenomenographic outcome, but it particularly attends to subsequent quantitative findings obtained from consideration of learning experiences against the phenomenographic map of variation in teaching experiences whereby an unexpected clustering trend was exposed. The outcomes of this exploratory research provide crucial and essential insights for higher education administrators and policy makers on how to regulate themselves with regards to the adoption of networked technologies within their institution.

scholarly journals Strategic Corporate Alignment: A Methodological Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Regina Campos ◽  
Adriana Gomes de Menezes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Strategy Execution ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Strategic Plans

This paper aims to present a methodological approach to align the strategic plans among Institutions in the area of Higher Education. It adopts an eight-phase research framework. It is a qualitative study which adopts a deductive and exploratory research strategy through the analysis of some institution's strategic plans and other relevant documents to propose a methodological approach for the alignment. Its contribution shall enable HEIs to improve synergy which is essential for achieving efficiency, efficacy and long-term sustainability in the light of the recent challenges facing their environment, considering that the strategy execution and its implementation has been considered much more difficult and complicated to overcome. Particular it shall contribute to alignment among other HEIs which have been subject to mergers and acquisitions processes, in the recent years.

The need for civic engagement and competency in higher education in Lebanon

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-194
Author(s):  
Nadine Joudi ◽  
Ghada Chehimi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
National Security ◽  
The Political ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Security Levels

Lebanon has always been unstable on the political and the national security levels. The youth in Lebanon did not have the privilege of stability to engage in civic activities and become active citizens. The youth need to collaborate with adults to explore different issues and opportunities to develop civic engagement in their own society. This study is an exploratory research which reveals the need for constructive plans in higher education in Lebanon that will lead youth to civic engagement and competence. It also focuses on exploring the existence of university curriculum that fosters the actual implementation of civic engagement and civic competency programmes. Data were collected using a qualitative framework. University students’ civic competency, knowledge, skills, participation in civic engagement, attitudes and efficacy are assessed by using focus group discussions with students and instructors. The research outcomes provide a foundation for the sustainable interventions through the development of a university curriculum.   Keywords: Civic engagement, civic competency, Lebanon.  

LA DESERCIÓN ESTUDIANTIL EN LOS PROCESOS DE NIVELACIÓN DE LA EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Esterlin Arturo Carvajal Zavala ◽  
Nicolás Alfonso Cabezas Baque ◽  
Sara Geoconda Soledispa Reyes ◽  
Martha Susana Chóez Pesantes ◽  
Vanessa Mariuxi García Macías
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Student Dropout ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Family ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
The University

RESUMENEl permanente anhelo de las familias y principalmente de los jóvenes ecuatorianos por acceder a una Institución de Educación Superior y desde esta condición contribuir al mejoramiento de sus estándares de vida, al desarrollo y sostenibilidad de los pueblos, con frecuencia se ve afectado; son varios los estudiantes que deciden dejar la Nivelación o se retiran de la Universidad por diferentes factores. Este artículo luego de una ardua investigación exploratoria, sintetiza las razones que han motivado la deserción de los jóvenes estudiantes del proceso de Nivelación de carrera de la Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí en los últimos dos (2) períodos del año 2017, así como, la afectación en el crecimiento de la población estudiantil de la institución referida; entre los factores consultados está el de tipo económico, nivel de ingresos del grupo familiar del estudiante, necesidad de trabajar para sustentar los estudios, carencia de mecanismos adecuados que permitan al estudiante financiar los estudios, para ello, se ejecutaron más de 250 entrevistas a estudiantes desertores, mediante un cuestionario construido y validado. Adicionalmente, se realizaron 20 entrevistas a expertos académicos de las distintas áreas y administrativos del más alto rango en la universidad. También se evidenció que no lograr ingresar a la carrera preferida alienta la decisión del abandono, que el factor económico no es determinante para la deserción, y que los estudiantes abandonan la institución, pero no el sistema universitario, ya que se incorporan a otras opciones. PALABRAS CLAVE: (desarrollo, deserción, estudiantil,  nivelación y procesos).THE STUDENT DROPOUT IN THE PROCESSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL ABSTRACTThe permanent longing families and the young ecuadorians by access to an institution of higher education and from this condition contribute to the improvement of their standard of living, to the development and sustainability of the villages, mainly with frequency is affected; there are several students who decide to leave the leveling or withdraw from the University by different factors. This article after an arduous exploratory research, summarizes the reasons that have motivated the defection of young students in the process of leveling of the State University of the South of Manabi race in the last two (2) periods of the year 2017, as well as the involvement in the growth of the student population of the institution concerned; among the consulted factors is economic type, income level of the family of the student, need to work to support studies, lack of appropriate mechanisms that allow student finance.KEYWORDS: (development, desertion, student,  leveling, and processes)

scholarly journals Parameters for the Assessment of the Impact of Internationalisation Policy on Quality in Higher Education and its Influence on the Development of Society: The Lithuanian Case

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Alvija Sumskaite ◽  
Inga Juknyte-Petreikiene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The article discusses the envisaged outcomes of internationalisation policy of higher education in the context of the European Higher Education Area, and the effect of internationalisation policy on quality in higher education. In Lithuania, internationalisation of higher education is supported by large amounts of public finance, in the hope that internationalisation will provide added value to the quality of higher education. However, there are no tools for collecting evidence of whether that investment is properly used. The research question of the study is how the internationalisation policy impact on quality in higher education and its influence on wider society may be measured in a particular national context. The article presents exploratory research findings based on an extensive literature review and views of policymakers, higher education administrators and academics evaluated as a set of indicators and criteria to be used in assessing the impact of internationalisation policy on quality in higher education and its influence on wider society.

scholarly journals Tendencias metodológicas universitarias en los siglos XX y XXI. Estudio comparativo / │ 125 │ 125 Tendencias metodológicas universitarias en los siglos XX y XXI. Estudio comparativo University methodological trends in the twenty and twenty-first centuries. A comparative study

Ciencia Unemi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Morales Gomez ◽  
Mary Arteaga Rolando ◽  
Ana Gallegos Samaniego ◽  
Nelly Yanchapaxy Sanchez ◽  
Javier Stay Zuñiga
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
University Professors ◽  
American University ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Pedagogic Practices ◽  
Preliminary Classification

En el presente ensayo se aborda el tema de las metodologías universitarias de los siglos XX y XXI como tendencias pedagógicas en la educación superior occidental, el cual constituye el marco teórico referencial de una investigación exploratoria sobre tendencias metodológicas entre los docentes de una muestra seleccionada en las Universidades de Guayaquil y Estatal de Milagro, en Ecuador, en el año 2014. Se ofrece en primer lugar una mirada panorámica a las características pedagógicas de los siglos XX y XXI; luego se exponen los modelos curriculares y metodológicos más empleados en las prácticas pedagógicas de numerosos docentes universitarios en los países occidentales, y finalmente se intenta, con fines autoevaluativos, una clasificación preliminar de algunas metodologías de los siglos XX y XXI que han logrado un mayor posicionamiento en las experiencias pedagógicas de los docentes universitarios latinoamericanos. AbstractThis essay reviews the topic about university methodologies of the XX and XXI centuries as pedagogic trends in Western higher Education, which is the theoretical framework of an exploratory research on methodological trends among teachers in a selected sample in the State University of Guayaquil and State University of Milagro, Ecuador, in 2014. It is offered, first of all a panoramic view to the pedagogic characteristics of the XX and XXI centuries; it is further presented the most used curricular and methodological patterns in pedagogic practices of many university professors in Western countries; and, with self-evaluation purposes, a preliminary classification is attempted about some methodologies of the XX and XXI centuries which have achieved greater positioning of pedagogic experiences in the Latin American university professors.

scholarly journals The Market Functioning of Polish Higher Education Institutions in the Context of the Implementation of the Concept of Social Responsibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Angelika M. Pabian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Polish Higher Education

Abstract The evolution in the sector set new tasks for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)*, where — in addition to educational activity — their cooperation with other entities is assumed, which will make it possible to take up contemporary challenges. One of these is University Social Responsibility (USR)*, the popularity of which is growing; however, this area is not sufficiently recognized in the relevant literature. This fact was an important premise for undertaking research to assess the current state of the higher education sector in the context of the implementation of the concept of social responsibility. The purpose of the paper is to show students’ opinions on the implementation of USR by HEIs and their knowledge of SR. The author’s intention is to present the results of her own research. The material obtained in the course of the survey showed that the symptoms of the adaptation of the concept of Social Responsibility (SR)* to HEI management were identified, but the degree of their involvement in this area is insufficient, as is the level of students’ knowledge in the field of SR. The exploratory research referred to in this article is an introduction to a broader scope of research.

scholarly journals An entrepreneurial education model for the Namibian Higher Education system

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ras ◽  
M. Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Education System ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Education Model ◽  
The Government

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to develop an entrepreneurial education model for implementation in the Namibian Higher Education system. Namibia, just like South Africa, has an objective to develop small, medium and micro enterprises to enhance economic growth and reduce unemployment. Development of such a model is supported by the government of Namibia. This paper investigates appropriate entrepreneurial education models used in South Africa for this purpose.Design/Methodology/Approach: This research is an exploratory research design based upon secondary data mainly provided by the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) that enabled the researcher to understand and identify the problems that Namibia encounter in their small business environment. Theories, as developed by the University of Pretoria based on entrepreneurial education, were explored and formed the base of the theory exploration. Findings : The researcher investigated an existing entrepreneurial education model being used for the South African context, as well as a comparison of two models, and an integrated model based on the cited models. These models are used to show the importance of such models and the need to develop one for Namibia. Implications: This paper presents a model that can solve the basic need expressed by the Namibian Higher Education System to find an appropriate model to implement. Originality/Value: This paper provides a foundation from which an entrepreneurial education model can be implemented and improved / customised for the Namibian context.

scholarly journals Knowledge management to support innovation in higher education institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 254-271
Author(s):  
Adriana Karam-Koleski ◽  
Gregorio Varvakis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education

This paper presents and discusses the use of knowledge management to support innovation in higher education institutions (HEI). The study was conducted at Brasil-STHEM Consortium - a network of Brazilian higher education institutions that work together in the implementation of innovation in their teaching and learning practises. 29 HEI participated in the study that was designed as an exploratory research and used the Asian Productivity Association (APO) knowledge management maturity level assessment tool as a framework for data collection and analysis.  Results demonstrate that there was openness for knowledge management and that there is technological infrastructure available for this to happen, but found  little evidence of the systematic use of knowledge management  practices. The study contributes to research and practise in education management  by proposing the use of KM theory and tools to understand how knowledge being generated by higher education institutions can be identified, stored, shared, created and applied in order to amplify its impact to educational change and innovation.   

scholarly journals Accounting reform of higher education: A social and managerial analysis in the era of digital intelligence

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Yanni Zhang ◽  
◽  
Qamar Farooq ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Profit Model ◽  
Corporate Profit ◽  
Green Finance ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the accounting reform of higher education in China with a socio-managerial analysis in the digital intelligence era. It will enable students to actively adapt to the development need of the market economy. This article uses an exploratory research method and analyzes the challenges faced by Higher Education in the era of digital intelligence from the three dimensions of corporate profit model, webcast rewards, and changes in the environment. With the development of digital intelligence, new industrial formats and business models are constantly emerging. Digital transformation has brought severe challenges to accounting theory and practice. Now green finance is emerging with the concept of sustainable development. Based on this analysis, the article proposes a training framework for accounting and management talents in the era of digital intelligence.

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