scholarly journals Preliminary Indicators of the Use of Lesson Study as a Teaching Practice Capable of Enabling an Inclusive Perspective in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jáima Pinheiro de OLIVEIRA ◽  
Seán BRACKEN ◽  
Natália NAKANO
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Lesson Study ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

ABSTRACT: This study approached the Lesson Study strategy as a support for planning academic activities of teachers who intend to adopt or contribute to the adoption of an inclusive perspective in Higher Education. The general objective of this study was to describe preliminary indicators of the use of the Lesson Study as a teaching practice capable of enabling an inclusive perspective, in the context of Higher Education. Specifically, we aim to: a) identify strategies by student with and without markers (social, linguistic, ethnic, neuromotor, among others) as suggestions for the teaching-learning process with an inclusive perspective, and b) compare these strategies and discuss them from the point of view of the teaching practice aspects tested in this analysis. With a predominantly qualitative approach, this research was characterized as descriptive and the investigation instruments used for data collection consisted of interviews, observation and field notes. Three university professors and a group of twelve students, four of them with markers (social, linguistic, ethnic, neuromotor, among others), and eight of them without any makers participated in this analysis. The results allowed to highlight four specific indicators of the Lesson Study and 26 types of strategies indicated by the students (with and without markers) as suggestions for support during teaching practices. It was observed that those provided by students without markers did not differ much from those presented by the students with markers, except in specific situations, such as those pointed out by the deaf student. The obtained data contributed to the discussions on the existing policies and guidelines generated in the University itself and, in particular, the analysis provided professional improvement of the involved professors, in addition to the indication of possibilities of this improvement in relation to the other professors who are concerned with the adoption of actions with inclusive education perspectives.

The Efficiency Of Higher Education Institutions: Evaluation And Management Of Managers

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olesia Tomchuk ◽  
Viktoriia Tserklevych ◽  
Olena Hurman ◽  
Valentin Petrenko ◽  
Kateryna Chymosh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
The University

The article discusses the potential opportunities for leaders of higher education to monitor and implement development management functions using a system of key performance indicators, which is often used by various business entities. The authors adapted it to the needs of higher education institutions, integrating them with their characteristics.The formation of a system of key performance indicators in the article is disclosed from the point of view of improving the management system and motivation of the management and teaching staff of higher education. Approbation of the proposed methodology was implemented in the Institution of Higher Education, where it showed its effectiveness. The new system allowed the university professors to influence directly on the bonus part of income through their own work and efficiency.

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL ROLE AND COMPETENCIES OF TEACHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION BETWEEN THEORY AND TEACHING PRACTICE

2020 ◽  
pp. 045
Author(s):  
Suzana Marković Krstić ◽  
Lela Milošević Radulović
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Social Role ◽  
University Education ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

Starting from the fact that higher education is an activity of special social interest and the initiator of the development and improvement of society, in theory and teaching practice questions are often asked regarding the quality of higher education and the possibility of its improvement. The quality of higher education in terms of the increase in its effectiveness is one of the shared aims of the Bologna convention, that is, the current reform process in European countries. It is determined by the quality of the study programs and the quality of the teaching process, which requires a competent teacher, prepared for the process of innovating teaching plans and programs, and the realization and improvement of the teaching practice. Considering the social importance of education and teaching, research into the social group which performs work-related tasks in the educational process, as well as into the quality of the teaching itself, is of special importance. The paper presents the results of research regarding student perceptions of the characteristics of teachers manifested during the course of educational practice in higher education institutions, which were based on the following: the human, professional and pedagogical qualities of teachers, the quality of the university education/teaching process and learning outcomes/learning achievements (the prevalence of theoretical knowledge, practical application of knowledge, etc.). The aim of the paper is to, on the basis of three empirical studies, from a sociological standpoint evaluate the perception of the social role and competencies of teachers and the quality of university education from the viewpoint of the student youth(in 2009, 985 students from 30 colleges in Serbia were surveyed, in 2012, 2208 students of the University of Niš (818), University of Bitolj (804) and the University of Veliko Trnovo (586), and in 2019, 374 students from 13 faculties of the University of Niš). The empirical findings indicate that teachers are qualified professionals who lecture clearly, comprehensively and are able to emphasize the most important points, but that their lectures are still insufficiently interesting, and that they are often unjust and biased. Considering the noted differences between the competencies of teachers working in higher education settings, and the quality and outcomes of the teaching/learning, “models” of teaching/learning have been proposed in this paper for each of the countries included in the study (Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria). Based on noted disparity between theory and teaching practice, the paper points to the need for new scientific research in the context of reform processes in higher education, with the continued redefinition of its goals and tasks with the aim of improving the quality of the teaching process and teaching practice.

scholarly journals TERCEIRIZAÇÃO E PRECARIZAÇÃO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Josemberg Moura de Andrade ◽  
Kaline Da Silva Lima ◽  
Hemerson Fillipy Silva Sales ◽  
Thais Fernanda Leite dos Santos Souza
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
University Professor ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This article aimed to present a review of the literature regarding the outsourcing and precarization of university professors’ work in Brazil. The practice of outsourcing in higher education had been carried out illegally in our country, however, this theme brings great political, social and educational repercussion after the approval of the bill, which authorizes outsourced work in all spheres, voted by the federal deputies in the March 22, 2017. Works over the last 10 years have been investigated in databases such as Scielo, Pepsic, LILACS. A total of 16 papers that dealt with the relationships between outsourcing and precariousness of the university professor have been selected. However, despite the scarce literature, the studies emphasized relevant aspects because they unanimously evidence that this practice promotes discouragement, demotivation, devaluation, accumulation of functions, and several factors which contribute to illness. Therefore, it is essential that this theme be carried forward in later studies which offer a better understanding of this type of contract model of teaching activities and their respective impairments in working relations and conditions, quality of life, mental health and in the teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals ENSINAR NA DOCÊNCIA UNIVERSITÁRIA: indícios da integração ensino e pesquisa

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Isabel Maria Sabino de Farias ◽  
Silvina Pimentel Silva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education ◽  
De Medicina

Docentes universitários que pesquisam possuem um modo diferenciado de ensinar? A interrogação permeia as análises deste artigo, que discute a integração ensino e pesquisa com base em estudo empírico com professores que mantêm vínculo com a atividade de pesquisa no exercício da docência na Educação Superior. Argumenta sobre a natureza epistêmica do ensinar e sua interface com a pesquisa, compreendida como indissociável da aprendizagem. Descreve a prática de ensino de cinco professores da Medicina, Biologia, Educação Física, Enfermagem e Física, evidenciando elementos que ancoram suas decisões. Identificou uma racionalidade prática no modo de ensinar dos professores pesquisados, desdobrada, por diferentes caminhos, na preocupação com o aluno.Palavras-chave: Ensino Superior. Práticas pedagógicas. Aprendizagem da docência. Pesquisa. Formação docente.  TEACHING IN UNIVERSITY: evidence of the integration between teaching and researchAbstract: University professors who research have a different way of teaching? The question permeates the analyzes in this article, which discusses the integration of teaching and research based on empirical study with professors who maintain ties with the research activity in the practice of teaching in Higher Education. Argues about the epistemic nature of teaching and its interface with the research, understood as inseparable from learning. Describes the teaching practice of five professors of Medicine, Biology, Physical Education, Nursing and Physics, highlighting elements that anchor their decisions. The research Identified a practical rationality in the way that the professors surveyed teaches, outspread in different ways in the concern with the student.Keywords: Higher education. Pedagogical practices. Teaching learning. Research. Teacher training.  ENSEÑAR EN LA CARRERA UNIVERSITARIA: evidencia de la integración de la enseñanza y la investigaciónResumen: ¿Maestros universitarios que pesquisan tienen un modo diferente de enseñanza? La interrogación impregna los análisis en este artículo, que trata de la integración entre enseñanza y la investigación basada en el estudio empírico con los maestros que mantienen vínculos con la actividad de investigación en la práctica de la enseñanza en la Educación Superior. Discute la naturaleza epistémica de la enseñanza y su interrelación con la investigación, comprendida como inseparable de la aprendizaje. Describe la práctica de la enseñanza de cinco profesores de Medicina, Biología, Educación Física, Enfermería y Física, destacando los elementos que anclan sus decisiones. Identificada una racionalidad práctica en la manera de enseñanza de los maestros encuestados, desplegada de distintas maneras, en la preocupación con el estudiante.Palabras clave: Educación Superior. Prácticas pedagógicas. Enseñanza-aprendizaje. Investigación. Formación de maestros.

Ethical Issues in Higher Education Pedagogy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana Mancovsky
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Higher Education Pedagogy ◽  
Pedagogical Relationship ◽  
The University

This article proposes thinking of a higher education pedagogy called into question by ethics. In particular, the focus is on two significant moments in the life of a university student: the decision to begin an undergraduate course of studies and the decision to continue and/or resume graduate studies, specifically, doctoral training. To this end, the specificity of pedagogy is defined as an “exercise of reflection” and as “accompaniment,” and on the basis of this conception, it is called into question by ethics. Several authors shed light on some ethical matters from the perspective of education philosophy in order to explore and challenge teaching practices, with a view to welcoming and hosting students in their diversity, that is, accepting “otherness.” This idea is summarized in the figure of a “host professor” capable of building a pedagogical relationship that will accompany the students’ learning processes. The university teaching practice is problematized by posing questions rather than providing answers or closed statements that prescribe an “ought to be” model of professor. Thus, these open questions are intended to encourage university professors to reflect on how to improve their pedagogical relationship called into question by ethics from a contemporary perspective.

scholarly journals Spirals of Sustainable Academic Motivation, Creativity, and Trust of Higher Education Staff

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7057
Author(s):  
Martina Blašková ◽  
Dominika Tumová ◽  
Rudolf Blaško ◽  
Justyna Majchrzak-Lepczyk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Sustainable Systems ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Future Improvement ◽  
The University

Sustainability has to penetrate more and more into higher education. It should not focus only on traditional elements. It should also enter new, but for future improvement, extremely important areas. Based on this premise, creativity and motivation, when additionally interconnected and supported by trust that is provided and achieved, decide on the progress and sustainability of universities. This connection is gaining importance especially from the point of view of building solid foundations and mechanisms that functionally preserve the potential effects of these elements in the future. For this reason and following the nature, importance, and content of sustainable academic motivation (SAM), the paper introduces two new concepts: sustainable academic creativity (SAC) and sustainable academic trust (SAT). For further original contributions, the paper hypothesizes the existence of mutual—spiral—relations of sustainable academic motivation (SAM), sustainable academic creativity (SAC), and sustainable academic trust (SAT). The empirical section tests the validity of this claim in the universities of two countries: the Slovak Republic and Poland. A survey performed on a sample of n=181 pedagogical, scientific, management, and administrative staff in higher education confirms the existence of these spirals. The results indicate the spiral effect of motivation when connected with creativity and trust and show that it is accented by the crucial principles of sustainability (responsibility, novelty, usefulness, progress, etc.). Therefore, the paper’s conclusion contains the explanations for the potential occurrence of three types of sustainably mutual systems and complexes. These are: (a) individual sustainable systems of SAM, SAC, and SAT; (b) group/sectional sustainable systems of SAM, SAC, and SAT; and (c) the global sustainable complex of SAM, SAC, and SAT in the university.

scholarly journals Team Learning as a Model for Facilitating Entrepreneurial Competences in Higher Education: The Case of Proakatemia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7373
Author(s):  
Timo Nevalainen ◽  
Jaana Seikkula-Leino ◽  
Maria Salomaa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Team Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Entrepreneurial Competencies ◽  
The University ◽  
Quantitative Case Study

In the past decades, there has been a growing interest in entrepreneurship education, and many higher education institutions have developed specific programs and courses to support entrepreneurial competencies. However, there have been significant changes in how universities train competences related to business skills and entrepreneurship in practice. Whereas entrepreneurship courses used to focus on the different forms of businesses and drafting business plans, the overall perception of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial competences has shifted this toward a more holistic educational approach to develop students’ entrepreneurial competencies. In this comparative quantitative case study, we investigate the university students’ perception of the development of their entrepreneurial competencies in the case of Proakatemia (Tampere University of Applied Sciences). The aim was to examine how the entrepreneurial competencies are reflected and strengthened in their thinking and everyday functions through the concept of team learning. The survey involved, altogether, 64 students, of which 21 studied in Proakatemia. The results of this study indicate that the team learning concept of Proakatemia facilitates learning entrepreneurial competencies. Therefore, these results provide insights for universities aiming to develop their curricula, programs and pedagogy, thus promoting sustainable societal development. However, we recommend further studies, e.g., from a qualitative point of view, to assess the effective of the concept in other learning environments.

scholarly journals Universidad en tiempos de Covid-19: tecnologías que acortan distancias

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
Gloria María Pérez Montero
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The presence in the world of the pandemic known as Covid-19 has brought with it challenges and challenges in all areas, but especially in the educational context. The University of Granma responds to the intention of promoting the use of technologies in the improvement of Higher Education and in current times has had to enhance this aspect due to the need for social distancing. This work presents some of the alternatives that have been adopted in the House of Higher Studies and how young people have assimilated them, based on the experiences obtained in the teaching of the Communication course, which belongs to the Sociocultural Management for Development career from the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences. The epidemiological situation has not prevented the training of comprehensive and competent professionals, on the contrary, it has enabled students to achieve self-management of knowledge and meaningful learning, using virtual teaching- learning environments.

scholarly journals The necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty member of education, from the point of view of the teaching staff in sudan university

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem Abdel Maged El-Sadek , Rehab Bashir Hassan Al-Awad
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method

The study aimed to identify the necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty memberof education, from the point of view of the teaching staff. In this study the researcher employed the analytical descriptive method and the size of the sample in which the study was applied was (127) individualsof the teaching staff with a degree of Assistant Professorand above The researcher has employed questionnaire technique as a study tool. The most important findings of the study are: The study has come to the fact that the majority of the researchers managed to answer the study areas which are summarized in (the requirements needed for employing e. learning by the teaching staff، which was specified by this study، these requirements are vitally important from the point of view of the teaching staff. The most important requirements for the use of e-learning in the university faculty member. It consists in possessing the competencies of preparing courses electronically, which means designing the content or electronic curriculum in accordance with the principles of educational design. The most important recommendations of the study are: Providing all the requirements needed to put e. learning into practice (for the teaching staff members) which was determine by the study to employ e. learning in the institutions of the higher education in Sudan.  

scholarly journals Do LEGO® Models Aid Reflection in Learning and Teaching Practice?

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrissi Nerantzi ◽  
Craig Scott Despard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Academic Practice ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Good Assessment ◽  
The University ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
The Impact

In this paper we describe the use of LEGO® models within assessment of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) offered at the University of Salford. Within the context of the PGCAP, we model innovative and contextualised assessment strategies for and of learning. We challenge our students, who are teachers in higher education (HE), to think and rethink the assessment they are using with their own students. We help them develop a deeper understanding and experience of good assessment and feedback practice in a wider context while they are assessed as students on the PGCAP. We report on an evaluation of how the LEGO® model activity was used with a cohort of students in the context of the professional discussion assessment. We share the impact it had on reflection and the assessment experience and make recommendations for good practice.

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