scholarly journals Undergraduate and graduate studies programs in Social Work in Brazil / Graduação e pós-graduação em Serviço Social no Brasil

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia ◽  
Cristiane Bonfim Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Education Personnel

This article examines the expansion of undergraduate and graduate programs in Brazil, characterizing the convergences and divergences between the two educational levels in the last 15 years. This is a document study based on data available on the websites of the Ministry of Education and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Undergraduate studies in social work are currently offered by 575 institutions, distributed among Brazil's five geographical regions, particularly in the Southeast and South. These institutions are for the most part private and provide both classroom-based and distance learning formats. Graduate studies programs continue to expand at a different pace. They are primarily linked to public institutions, with classroom-based teaching and a higher number of PhD holders among their professors.

scholarly journals Graduate Students’ Experience and Academic Achievements with Online Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13055
Author(s):  
Halima Ahmed Omar ◽  
Eqlima Mohamad Ali ◽  
Shashidhar Belbase
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Online Distance Learning

Higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) adopted a distance/online learning approach during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure that students were safe while they received an uninterrupted, high-quality education off-campus. This was the first time that all of the higher education institutions adopted this approach. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct this study to gain insight into graduate students’ experiences in distance learning and to verify whether these experiences are linked to their achievements. The purpose of this study was to examine graduate students’ experiences toward online and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in the academic year 2020–2021 and their academic achievement. A questionnaire was developed for this study and sent online to graduate students’ emails with the coordination of the College of Graduate Studies at a higher education institution in the UAE. The study received 138 responses. The data was analyzed using IBMSPSS-26. The findings of the study showed that graduate students’ level of Engagement, ease of Communication, and quality of learning Experience with online/distance learning were related significantly to their overall academic achievement.

Higher Education and the Move From Bachelor's Degrees to Graduate Programs

2020 ◽  
pp. 8-13
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
American Association ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
American Universities ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Bachelor's Degrees

This chapter explains relevant parts of the historical development of American universities. It begins with the development of graduate studies in European institutions and explains selected parts of this history that are relevant to the doctorate in contemporary American universities. Details of the development of American colleges and universities are presented focusing on the nature of the doctoral degrees in American universities, the founding of the American Association of Universities (AAU), and the AAU's influence on the movement towards standardization of the doctorate.

scholarly journals Will Brazil Follow the Japanese Educational Reforms and Cut the Funding for Research in Humanities? Possibilities and Psycho-political Implications

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
André Dias
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Japanese Education ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Brazilian Students

On May 2019 Brazilian Federal government declared it would follow the Japanese academic model, cutting funding for undergraduate and graduate-level programs and research on Humanities and Social Sciences. The cited reforms were implemented by Japanese Education Minister Shimomura in 2015, but Japan would later back down on these cuts. In Brazil, however, the cuts affect 30% of the budget for Federal educational institutions and frozen the continuity of the most important program from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), which distributed grants for researchers on graduate programs. This paper conducts a literature and bibliographic review in order to debate the Brazilian’s cuts on Higher Education. It is concluded that those cuts are mainly politically motivated, affecting mostly the hard sciences instead of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is also concluded the political motivations behind the slashing of funding for Education may backfire, fostering the actual and new forms of political associativism between Brazilian students and researchers.

Indian Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 96-118
Author(s):  
Nikhila Deep Bhagwat ◽  
Hemant Rajguru
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Distance Learning System ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Open And Distance Learning

This chapter gives an overview of Indian Higher Education system with special reference to Open and Distance Learning. It enlists the merits and limitations of Open and Distance Learning system. It also focuses on complexities and weaknesses of Indian Higher Education comparing it with the educational policies in other Asian Countries. The chapter describes the limitations of Higher Education System in India and discusses the reforms and restructuring announced by the ministry of education in India. It further unfolds the success story of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University's ‘School of Agricultural Sciences' by explaining in detail the innovative practices in Agricultural ODL.

scholarly journals Teaching of bioethics in dental graduate programs in Brazil

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Patrícia Aires ◽  
Fernando Neves Hugo ◽  
Pedro Luiz Rosalen ◽  
Fernanda Klein Marcondes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Study Data ◽  
National Council ◽  
Human Research ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Incipient Stage ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
Young Researchers

In the field of human research, researchers are faced with unexpected moral dilemmas, as a result of the development of technologies applied to health. Due to the great importance of this issue, our objective was to evaluate bioethics instruction in the education of researchers in Brazilian graduate programs in dentistry. Eighty-seven graduate programs in dentistry, recognized by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) were evaluated in this study. Data were extracted independently by two researchers from the CAPES website, and from the websites of the graduate programs, directly or via links to the programs available at the CAPES website. Forty-eight out of 87 programs had an ethics/bioethics course as part of their curricula. Of the graduation programs graded 5, 6 or 7 by CAPES, 38% included bioethics courses, while 62% of the programs graded 3 or 4 by CAPES had bioethics courses as part of their curricula. These findings are an alert to those involved in dental research education, as they showed that, although resolution 196/96 by the National Council of Health regulating human research in Brazil was published ten years ago, bioethics instruction in Brazilian graduate programs in dentistry is still at an incipient stage. This situation indicates a need for ethics pedagogy in the education of young researchers.

scholarly journals Teaching Teachers for Brazilian Universities: A Content Analysis of Scientific Publications Focused on the Sustainability of Stricto Sensu Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Lilian Gavioli ◽  
Paulo Reis Mourão
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Electronic Library ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
Current Stage

After more than four decades of post-graduate programs in Brazil focused on the preparation of teachers – the Stricto and Lato Sensu programs – we have verified a gearing frequency of academic works that reflect on these programs. Through a bibliometric analysis and a content analysis of scientific publications focused on the Stricto Sensu programs we conclude that the current stage of research development shows that these programs are associated with a concentrated focus on research and that pedagogical preparation is being made secondary. The methodology used was qualitative, data from the Brazilian Platform for Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination (CAPES) and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) were used and analyzed using the Iramuteq software.The results showed that since the 2000s the number of doctoral theses and master's dissertations has grown and the area with the most publications refers to the health sciences.This bias motivates an accessory debate as well as revealing the implications of the focus of these programs.

scholarly journals Towards Matching Access with Success: Using Technology to Create an Effective Learning Environment for Postgraduate Distance Learning Students

2019 ◽  
pp. 191-202
Author(s):  
Karin (Catharina) Muller ◽  
Marilize Putter
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
African Higher Education ◽  
South African Higher Education

Distance learning has been identified as a key enabler in providing greater access to education. Yet, in order to provide meaningful access and constitute a productive application of both the student and country’s resources, such access must include a reasonable chance of success (Department of Higher Education and Training – DHET, 2014). In the South African higher education environment, success – if measured by dropout and throughput rates– has been considerably lower on undergraduate distance learning programmes than on contact learning programmes (DHET, 2018b). On a postgraduate level, the graduation benchmark rate set by government similarly shows a significant disparity between contact and distance learning. For postgraduate qualifications (up to honours level), it is earmarked at 60% for contact learning; but for distance learning, the target is halved, and set at only 30% (Ministry of Education – MOE, 2001). These low rates indicate that for many distance learning students, they may have gained access to education, but have a small chance of converting such access into success.

scholarly journals Programas profissionais. Situação atual e perspectivas na área Ciências da Religião e Teologia no Brasil

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Flávio Senra
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Professional Category ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
Recursos Humanos ◽  
The Given

A área Ciências da Religião e Teologia conta, até o final do quadriênio 2013-2016, no Sistema Nacional de Pós-graduação (SNPG), com três Programas de Pós-graduação na modalidade profissional. Em primeiro lugar, o presente trabalho pretende apresentar um breve histórico de cada um dos programas profissionais da área e, comparativamente, traçar o perfil e indicadores de produção desses programas a partir dos dados disponíveis na Plataforma Sucupira, disponibilizada pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). Em segundo lugar, o artigo objetiva discutir perspectivas para a consolidação dessa modalidade de programas de pós-graduação na área Ciências da Religião e Teologia, considerando as suas especificidades para a formação de recursos humanos qualificados.The academic field of Religious Studies and Theology comprises, until the end of the 2013-2016 quadriennium, three graduate programs in the professional category of the National Graduate System (SNPG). First and foremost, the current work intends to present a brief history of each professional program in the given study field and, comparatively, to outline profile and production indicators of such programs based on data from the Sucupira Platform, made available by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Secondly, the article aims to discuss perspectives on the consolidation of this category of graduation programs in the field of Religious Studies and Theology, taking into account their specificity to form qualified human resources.

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