scholarly journals Peculiarities of Subjectively Evaluated Giftedness of University Students with Different Statuses

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-107
Author(s):  
S.O. Kursov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Position

The article discusses the interconnection of subjective evaluation of giftedness with status position of university students in the study group. The paper presents a theoretical analysis of approaches to the study giftedness and proves necessity of the study of giftedness subjective assessments. The empirical study included 231 full-time students of the first, third and fifth year of Moscow higher education institute. The paper confirmed the hypothesis that student’s giftedness subjectively evaluated by his (her) classmates positively correlated with its position in the study group. To test the hypothesis we used sociometry, referentometry, methodological procedure to define the informal power structure in a group, as well as the author's questionnaire to identify giftedness subjective assessments. The paper analyzes the features of the giftedness subjective assessments of student by his (her) groupmates studying the engineering and natural science. Giftedness estimation in the groups of students studying engineering is more associated with the status position of students than in the groups studying natural science.

scholarly journals “Absent data, absent women”: Gender and higher education leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jane Aiston ◽  
Zi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The West ◽  
Women Academics ◽  
The Status ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
Asian Context ◽  
Status Position

The study of the position, status and experience of women academics has in recent decades attracted a great deal of scholarly attention. The literature is characterized by what might be referred to as the ‘absent women’ discourse, namely the underrepresentation of women in the highest positions in the sector, and is dominated by research conducted in the West. It is key, however, to look beyond the Western academy and not make assumptions about the status, position and experience of women academics in other contexts, or to assume that priority is given to gender equity universally. A key aspect from a policy perspective and in relation to supporting the advancement of women as academics is data: the absence of adequate, publically accessible data results in higher education sectors not being open to scrutiny. The purpose of this article is two-fold: first, the issue of absent data in the East Asian context – using Hong Kong as an example – is discussed. Second, the article presents large-scale empirical data generated by the authors to show that women academics are woefully underrepresented in all levels of leadership in the Hong Kong Academy.

The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Building a Culture of Peace: An Albanian Case

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reina Zenelaj Shehi ◽  
Salih Ozcan ◽  
Timothy Hagen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
University Students ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Culture Of Peace ◽  
Science Curricula

This study explores the status of peace education and its correlation to student perceptions of peace in social science curricula in Albanian universities. The study finds that social science programmes in Albania offer varying coverage of peace education topics. Using quantitative surveys of 460 social science university students, the study finds evidence for a positive understanding of peace. Employing a Pearson's correlation analysis, the study finds a lack of support for the hypothesis that the prevalence of peace topics in the curricula to which students are exposed significantly explains students’ perceptions of peace. The implications of the study are that Albanian curricula and students affirm a positive understanding of peace, yet more research is needed to understand what factors impact student perceptions of peace and how they may be leveraged to further peace education and overall peace dividends in Albania and beyond.

scholarly journals The student time-budget and their adaptation to educational activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-144
Author(s):  
Ol`ga A. Bolshakova ◽  
Tatyana M. Karakhanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Study Time ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities

The article examines the general picture of the use of their time fund by university students, its structuring, as well as the dynamics of time indicators related to the main spheres of students' daily activities in 2002–20. Particular attention is paid to educational activities as status-forming for full-time students. A survey of university students in Moscow, Omsk and Pskov was conducted in March 2019 – January 2020 by the sector for studying the daily activities and time budget of the ISRAS within the framework of the monitoring complex research "Daily activities of the urban population: time budget, values, social adaptation." The real behaviorur of students was analyzed in combination with the analysis of motivation to obtain higher education, adaptive opportunities for participation in educational activities and the success of professional socialization of students. It was revealed that the dominant motive for obtaining higher education - “the need to have a higher education diploma in order to get a good job” - not only retained (over the period 2002–20) its dominance and a significant “gap” from the significance of other motives, but its importance even rose. In general, the configuration of educational motivation has not changed much. Changes in resource time possibilities least of all affected the segment of daily activities related to the total work load (study time, paid work, unpaid work). The study time of students decreased more significantly for women (much less for men). The amount of time spent on physical recovery of students has decreased, but the space for studying in their free time has significantly expanded. It is shown that the types of students' value orientation in relation to educational activities have a connection with the volume, structure of educational time and other indicators. Indicators of adaptive capabilities of students for the implementation of educational activities are associated with the degree of preparedness of students to study at the university. It was revealed that the time spent on all educational activities and its structure in 2019–20 differs by the worst characteristics both in comparison with 1920 and in comparison, with other periods (the period of 1920–2020 was considered in dynamics).

Comparison of study motivation and job expectations of Russian full-time and part-time university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-561
Author(s):  
Martin Sikyr ◽  
Nina Ivanovna Basmanova ◽  
Mikhail Abrashkin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Current Generation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Part Time Students ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Russian Universities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the authors’ questionnaire survey focused on the comparison of study motivation and job expectations of full-time and part-time students of Russian universities and identify main problems of higher education and graduate employment and suggest their possible solutions. Design/methodology/approach The authors’ questionnaire survey was conducted from March to October 2018. The respondents were full-time and part-time bachelor’s and master’s students from 30 regions across Russia. The relevant data were obtained from 1,051 students. The data analysis was based on the calculation of relative frequencies (as a share from the total number of respondents) and the evaluation of the dependence of responses on the form of study (full-time students and part-time students) using contingency tables and χ2 tests of independence. Findings The results of the authors’ questionnaire survey support the assumption that the current generation of full-time and part-time students of Russian universities studies to succeed in the future. Surveyed university students certainly have a high motivation to study, but at the same time, they seem to have too high expectations about their future work and career, which can negatively affect their future success in their jobs if they do not have appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities. Originality/value The results of the authors’ questionnaire survey show some unique tendencies in the Russian university students’ attitudes to study, work and career that are worth attention both from the point of view of universities and from the point of view of employers and their current approaches to the education and the employment of the current generation of young people. The results open up new possibilities for further research focused on the higher education and the employability of the new generation of work force.

scholarly journals Part-Time Learners of Higher Education: Training and After Graduation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-64
Author(s):  
Galina A. Cherednichenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
Subjective Evaluations ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Part ◽  
Educational Path ◽  
The Unemployed

Analysis based on state statistics and survey data of RLMS for 2016 on 30–39-year-olds with higher education, who completed part-time and completed full-time education in universities, allows to detect the degree of commonality/differences in their socio-demographic characteristics, educational path, employment status and subjective evaluations. “Part-timers” are older, among them the proportion of women, residents of villages and settlements, who are married and have children, is higher. They study more often in rural schools and graduate from 9 rather than 11 grades; more than a half go to university after receiving a secondary vocational education. “Part-timers” are very slightly different from “Full-timers” in main indicators of labor activity: share of employed is slightly higher, one of the unemployed is lower; more often work in formally organized jobs. The first ones are distributed on somewhat lower statuses: the share of highly qualified specialists (which is formally provided by diploma) is lower and the share of workers is slightly higher. There is much more unity than differences in subjective assessments of their work by “Parttimers” and “Full-timers “. Almost three quarters are satisfied with working conditions and 7–10% are not; the ratio of satisfied to unsatisfied wages is 45 to 30%. At the same time, “Part-timers” have a small margin of positive ratings. Ideas about their place in some social hierarchies are also very close in both groups.

scholarly journals Trends in self-reported psychological distress among college and university students from 2010 to 2018

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marit Knapstad ◽  
Børge Sivertsen ◽  
Ann Kristin Knudsen ◽  
Otto Robert Frans Smith ◽  
Leif Edvard Aarø ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
University Students ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Full Time ◽  
College And University ◽  
Hopkins Symptom Checklist ◽  
Actual Increase

Abstract Background An increase in reported psychological distress, particularly among adolescent girls, is observed across a range of countries. Whether a similar trend exists among students in higher education remains unknown. The aim of the current study was to describe trends in self-reported psychological distress among Norwegian college and university students from 2010 to 2018. Methods We employed data from the Students' Health and Wellbeing Study (SHoT), a nationwide survey for higher education in Norway including full-time students aged 18–34. Numbers of participants (participation rates) were n = 6065 (23%) in 2010, n = 13 663 (29%) in 2014 and n = 49 321 (31%) in 2018. Psychological distress was measured using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25). Results Overall, a statistically significant increase in self-reported psychological distress was observed over time across gender and age-groups. HSCL-25 scores were markedly higher for women than for men at all time-points. Effect-size of the mean change was also stronger for women (time-by-gender interaction: χ2 = 70.02, df = 2, p < 0.001): in women, mean HSCL-25 score increased from 1.62 in 2010 to 1.82 in 2018, yielding a mean change effect-size of 0.40. The corresponding change in men was from 1.42 in 2010 to 1.53 in 2018, giving an effect-size of 0.26. Conclusions Both the level and increase in self-reported psychological distress among Norwegian students in higher education are potentially worrying. Several mechanisms may contribute to the observed trend, including changes in response style and actual increase in distress. The relative low response rates in SHoT warrant caution when interpreting and generalising the findings.

The use of IT tools in higher education

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Iwona Bąk ◽  
Katarzyna Wawrzyniak
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Computer Equipment ◽  
The Status

The article presents the results of a study whose main objective was to answer the question to what extent the use of the computer and the Internet supports learning in higher education. The study also made it possible to know the status of the equipment the students in the computer equipment, how to use it and to assess their skills. The survey was conducted in April and May 2015 among full-time students of the largest Szczecin universities. The study used statistical methods aiming at the characteristics of the distributions of responses and relationships between them. In addition, the authors used multivariate correspondence analysis (suitability) to identify the coexistence of selected categories of characteristics.

scholarly journals Research on the Mode of University-Enterprise Cooperation to Promote Engineering Students' Employment

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 04027
Author(s):  
Yan Hui ◽  
Sun Lihua
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Important Trend ◽  
Cooperation Model ◽  
Recruitment Model

The employment of university students has become a hot issue of concern to the whole society. Promoting the employment of university students is a top priority for higher education institutions. University-enterprise cooperation is an important trend in the development of modern higher education. It is also an important channel for promoting the employment of university students, especially for engineering students. Through an in-depth analysis of the status quo of employment of university graduates, this paper proposes four modes of university-enterprise cooperation to promote university graduates’ employment: The post-employment cooperation model, the professional internship cooperation model, the second classroom expansion cooperation model and the enterprise-oriented recruitment model, and further proposed the countermeasures to strengthen the cooperation between university and enterprise in order to promote the employment of university students.

Challenging the Multidimensional Conception of Perceived Person-Environment Fit

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Julian M. Etzel ◽  
Gabriel Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Substantial Proportion ◽  
Unique Variance ◽  
First Order ◽  
Person Environment Fit ◽  
Order Factor

Abstract. In the current study, we examined the viability of a multidimensional conception of perceived person-environment (P-E) fit in higher education. We introduce an optimized 12-item measure that distinguishes between four content dimensions of perceived P-E fit: interest-contents (I-C) fit, needs-supplies (N-S) fit, demands-abilities (D-A) fit, and values-culture (V-C) fit. The central aim of our study was to examine whether the relationships between different P-E fit dimensions and educational outcomes can be accounted for by a higher-order factor that captures the shared features of the four fit dimensions. Relying on a large sample of university students in Germany, we found that students distinguish between the proposed fit dimensions. The respective first-order factors shared a substantial proportion of variance and conformed to a higher-order factor model. Using a newly developed factor extension procedure, we found that the relationships between the first-order factors and most outcomes were not fully accounted for by the higher-order factor. Rather, with the exception of V-C fit, all specific P-E fit factors that represent the first-order factors’ unique variance showed reliable and theoretically plausible relationships with different outcomes. These findings support the viability of a multidimensional conceptualization of P-E fit and the validity of our adapted instrument.

THE FACTORS OF CAREER SELF-DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Inna Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Right

Choice of profession is a social phenomenon that every person has to face in life. Numerous studies convince us that not only the well-being of a person depends on the chosen work, but also his attitude to himself and life in general, therefore, the right and timely professional choice is very important. Research about factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions in Ukraine shows that self-determination is an important factor in the socialization of young person, and the factors that determine students' career choices become an actual problem of nowadays. The present study involved full-time and part-time students of Institute of Philology and Mass Communications of Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" in order to examine the factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions (N=189). Diagnostic factors of career self-determination of students studying in the third and fourth year were carried out using the author's questionnaire. Processing of obtained data was carried out using the Excel 2010 program; factorial and comparative analysis were applied. Results of the study showed that initial stage of career self-determination falls down on the third and fourth studying year at the university, when an image of future career and career orientations begin to form. At the same time, the content of career self-determination in this period is contradictory and uncertain, therefore, the implementation of pedagogical support of this process among students is effective.

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