scholarly journals APPLYING THE RESEARCH SKILLS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BACHELOR’S THESIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Mirdza Paipare ◽  
Liga Engele ◽  
Olga Blauzde
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
Key Competences ◽  
Article Analyse

We live in the age when research skills are required regardless of person’s field of activity and experience, therefore it is important to acquire the research skills as key competences already in the school years. Also it is possible to purposefully develop the research skills working on the course papers, bachelor's thesis, master's thesis and doctoral dissertation. In Liepaja University, the Bachelor's study program Teacher/ Music teacher gives the students the opportunity to participate in the development of science, ensuring the academic research principles in the science of pedagogy.The authors of this article analyse the choice of research topics selected by the students of Liepaja University, study program Teacher/ Music teacher, as well as the content of the Bachelor’s papers, evaluating the applied research skills. The aim of this research: to explore the students' ability to apply the research skills in the process of Bachelor's thesis development. The research method: This study is designed as analysis and review of the defended Bachelor's thesis. As the result, the topicality and specifics of the Bachelor’s papers is evaluated, keeping in mind the selected qualifications in the context of lifelong education, also analysing the students' ability to apply the research skills while working on Bachelor's thesis.

scholarly journals Social Media Use Among Young People in China: A Systematic Literature Review

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110164
Author(s):  
Lian Tang ◽  
Siti Zobidah Omar ◽  
Jusang Bolong ◽  
Julia Wirza Mohd Zawawi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Systematic Analysis

The widespread use of social media has promoted extensive academic research on this channel. The present study conducts a systematic analysis of extant research on social media use among young people in China. This systematic literature review aims to identify and bridge gaps in topics, theories, variables, and conceptual frameworks in studies of social media usage among young people in China. The study aims to develop a cause–effect framework that shows the causal relationships among research structures. The PRISMA method is used to review 20 articles drawn from the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. From the analysis, 10 major research topics, eight theories or models, and a complete framework of causal relations emerge. It is recommended that future research on social media should include a greater diversity of types of social media, investigate a wider range of research topics, and adopt different theories or models. Researchers should also implement a more complete and detailed systematic method for reviewing literature on social media research in China.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PERKEMBANGAN PENELITIAN KOMUNIKASI PEMASARAN DAN KONTEN DIGITAL

DIALEKTIKA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
Heni Indrayani ◽  
Swita Amalia Hapsari ◽  
Hanif Wahyu Cahyaningtyas ◽  
Rifqi Hindami
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Communications ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

Students try to communicate scientifically through information written in their final project in the form of a Thesis. In the distribution of research topics in the Communication Studies program at Dian Nuswantoro University, most discussed digital content and marketing communication. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the development of digital content research and marketing communications. The method used is a descriptive quantitative method with a bibliometric approach from 21 thesis of Communication Studies Program students from August 2017 to March 2019. The results showed that the study of Communication Studies Program Students at Dian Nuswantoro University was the most adalagh of analyzing digital content and marketing communications. This is in accordance with specialization in the study program. Digital content both online media, social media and Youtube are discussed in terms of strategy and media platform content. Meanwhile, marketing communication research discusses the strategy side and impact of marketing communication.

scholarly journals Simulation of a Real Call for Research Projects as Activity to Acquire Research Skills: Perception Analysis of Teacher Candidates

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7431
Author(s):  
Manuel Rodríguez-Martín ◽  
Diego Vergara ◽  
Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Secondary Teacher ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Master's Thesis

In this research, a novel methodology based on the simulation of a call for research projects was applied for the training of STEM secondary school teachers, with results raised and analyzed to determine the response of the students to this new methodology. The activity was applied in the same course during two academic years with student groups from very different teaching specialties such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, biology and geology, technology and health processes who were studying the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education, specifically, the 3 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) course of Initiation to Educational Research (IER), this Master’s course being mandatory for working as a secondary professor. The Master’s students are asked to write their own research project proposals for a fictitious call on a topic freely chosen by them, which might have been related to the research line of the final Master’s thesis. In it, they had to propose all the contents studied in the course (such as writing a brief state of the art, establishing a research team, setting objectives, a description of the methodology for educational research, instruments, a plan for the dissemination of the results, the needed resources, etc.). The students’ perceptions of the usefulness and reality of what they had learned for their professional development and for writing their final theses were assessed. The results based on the perceptions of the students demonstrate that the activity had been useful for assimilating concepts related to educational research in the context of secondary education (research skills), which will be useful for improving the critical sense of the students (teacher candidates) and for their professional future in the context of applied research in day-to-day secondary teacher activities. Furthermore, the results show the activity was useful for the development of the final Master’s thesis. The difficult aspects that the activity presented for them were analyzed. The results were statistically compared for the students of the different specialties, deducing, in all cases, a homogeneous good acceptance with slight differences between them.

Theory and application: the early chemical work of J. A. C. Chaptal

1984 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Le Grand
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Chemical Processes ◽  
Industrial Chemistry ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Chemical Work ◽  
Oxygen System ◽  
Close Study ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Selection Of

Jean Antoine Claude Chaptal was not only a chemical manufacturer and one of the first ‘industrial scientists’ but was also, according to his own testimony, one of the early supporters of Lavoisier's system of chemistry. It might be assumed that Chaptal's pioneering work in industrial chemistry was intimately linked with his acceptance of the oxygen system of chemistry; more specifically, that this theory served to direct and inform his applied research and contributed not a little to its success. Indeed, he himself in 1790 explicitly stated this to have been the case. A close study of his work prior to 1790 fails, however, to establish the importance of such a linkage. First, his selection of research topics proves to have owed little to the ‘new chemistry’ but much to the scientific and economic milieu of his province of Languedoc and of Montpellier, its administrative seat. Second, the significance of his acceptance of the ‘new chemistry’ appears rather problematic, not the least because of the rather hazy boundaries between the phlogistic and Lavoisian theories in the 1780s. Third, it is not clear from the evidence available how the new theory helped solve the various problems of industrial chemistry he faced, or could have done so, other than to offer alternative explanations for processes with which he was already familiar and indeed had often mastered. It will be suggested that it is precisely this less dramatic role which was filled by the new chemistry: that of ‘rectifying’ his ideas by providing alternative and more satisfactory rationalizations of his experiences and experiments in the laboratory and the factory, not that of enabling him to simplify and perfect old processes nor to invent new ones. To put the point more bluntly: Chaptal's early successes and reputation in industrial chemistry were not a by-product of his allegiance to the new chemistry; rather, his growing adherence to that system was a by-product of its ability to provide satisfactory post-hoc explanations of the chemical processes and products with which he was concerned.

scholarly journals Communicating the relevance of the library in the age of Google: Improving undergraduate research skills and information literacy though new models of library instruction

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Rempel ◽  
Danielle M. Cossarini
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Research Skills

Most academic librarians have long been aware that the ascent of the Internet has posed a challenge to the primacy of the library as information hub. Recent studies have shown that the majority of undergraduate students do not begin their research in the library, but with Google and Wikipedia - and many students end their research here as well (Connaway, Dickey, & Radford, 2011). This trend would seem to bode ill for the quality of the research skills and the level of information literacy among current undergraduates, as many students privilege convenient access to information over quality of content (Colón-Aguirre & Fleming-May, 2012; Connaway, et al., 2011). But how do we prepare undergraduate students for the rigours of academic research given this circumstance? The library instruction session has been the path to information literacy traditionally taken by colleges and universities, but increasingly, librarians have begun questioning the value of these sessions. Many undergraduates do not find library instruction sessions relevant to their practical information needs and to changing modes of information access, and many students do not come away from library information sessions feeling fully prepared - or even fully willing - to move beyond Google and into the library in order to carry out quality information searches (Colón-Aguirre & Fleming-May, 2012). Indeed, many librarians also now feel that the classic model of library instruction no longer fully meets the information needs of undergraduates nor anticipates their Internet-focused research habits, and that library instruction needs to change dramatically in order to do so (Colón-Aguirre & Fleming-May, 2012; Farkas, 2012). Such means of improving library instruction include: breaking away from the single-session model and moving toward a multiple-session model (Farkas, 2012); incorporating discussion of Internet-based and electronic resources more fully into instruction sessions (Colón-Aguirre & Fleming-May, 2012); tailoring library instruction to course curricula and assignments (Smith, et al., 2012); and incorporating active, student-centred learning into library instruction sessions (Abate, Gomes, & Linton, 2011). The successful implementation of these measures is ultimately dependent upon communication and collaboration among library staff, faculty, and students. Implementing major changes to library instruction can be challenging for all stakeholders; such challenges will be explored in a discussion of the implementation of a prototype library instruction model developed at Selkirk College, a small undergraduate-focused institution in British Columbia, Canada.

scholarly journals Review and Reflection on the Research of Mathematics Problems in Junior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Li
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
High School Mathematics ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mathematics Problems ◽  
Master's Thesis

The problem of mathematics is an important teaching method of students' core qualities cultivation. Statistics and analysis of The master's thesis related to "junior high school mathematics" and "problem posing" in the past ten years were counted and analyzed from chronological distribution, institutional distribution and research topics and other dimensions. The research results: ignorance of domestic research on the textbook content; formalization of problem raising under the the guidance of theory; the opposite direction of demonstration and qualitative research; fuzzy and superficial results and countermeasures of research. Research reflection: broaden thoughts of the field, attach importance to the study of textbook content, and enhance the expression of the teacher’s question raising; deepen the guiding ideas, reiterate the theory to guide the practice, reflect the complement of the theoretical practice; be rigorous about thoughts, attach importance to empirical and quantitive combination, improve scientific and appropriate research methods;  develop the logical thinking, focus on the study of results and countermeasures, and manifest the value of research results.

scholarly journals The motives to choose music teacher profession and its change during studies

Pedagogika ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Abramauskienė ◽  
Rasa Kirliauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Music Pedagogy ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Program Selection ◽  
The People ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
Main Motive ◽  
Educational Sciences ◽  
Selection Of

Nowadays modern competetive labor market situation results the diffuculties to adapt to the younger generation rather than the people with other age groups. People who are trying to employ are being asked much more requirements, that‘s why it’s very important to highlight those motives, which are related to the choice of profession. Beause of the motives, it depends every activity and it’s success. Scientists note, that it is very important to know your motives, that you can adjust and control them; because the intensity, direction of the activity and comunicationcan be changed by changing the motives. In the research there were 115 Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences music pedagogy study program students.Research aim – to examine Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences music pedagogy program selection of the motives and their alteration during the study year.Research objective: to identify the students with music pedagogy bachelor study program selection for their profession motives; to reveal the change of students attitude towards their profession during studying year; find out students fulfillment of their studies and their willingness to work in the educational system.Music pedagogical profession selection of the motives research showed students’ professional orientation and the willingness to be the music teacher. The highest value had cognitive and personal motives. For more than two-thirds of patients it is very important to achieve higher education. The least significant motives are other people – friends, parents, relatives and family traditions – influence.Revealed the change of the respondents’ attitude towards their profession during the study year: the impression and experiences towards their  profession changed after practice period; the perception, that the teacher profession is connected with patience, occurs; disclose the need to know pedagogical topics better; passion to work with children and  self-expression. More than one-third of the respondent noted, that the need to be the music teacher is their main motive, which is not changing and stimulating to study in the university. However the research resultsshowed that there are some students, who lack in professional  purposefulness, which comes out in doubts, emergence of the problems and disappointment. Revealed that the strongest professional  purposefulness is during the study years, which been influenced by quality of studies, expectation fulfillment, needs satisfaction and benefit of the practice. Established the satisfaction of the studies: future music teachers during their studies finds perspective of their own subject, finds the  meaning to do pedagogical work; self-realizing by communicating with children and by implementing their own creative ideas.

scholarly journals MULTIMODALITY IN TEACHING ACADEMIC RESEARCH SKILLS: THE COGNITIVE CREATIVE METHODOLOGY CASE OF CRITICAL ASSESSMENT COMPETENCE SHAPING

2019 ◽  
pp. 493
Author(s):  
Irina Ubozhenko ◽  
Zihao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Analytical Skills ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Reading Professional ◽  
Fundamental Research

In the proposed case study the authors show, how the original methodological algorithm may be used to creatively teach basic academic research skills and shape the fundamental research competence of professional literature critical assessment. The didactic technique of key concepts mind-mapping and presenting critical thinking reports by means of cognitive comprehensive reading professional academic literature is going to be demonstrated in the current paper as a creative tool of training analytical skills of critical evaluation, necessary for post graduate students involved in their early research activities.

scholarly journals Exploring the Conceptual Structure of the Research on Innovation in Hotels through Co-Word Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Catarina Fernandes ◽  
Rui Pires
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Organizational Capability ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Word Analysis ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Scopus Database

This paper presents the results of a bibliometric analysis of published academic research on innovation in hotels. In particular, it aims to analyze the conceptual structure of the field, covering the period until October 2020, and predict emerging trends. This approach provides an exhaustive analysis of 334 papers collected from the Scopus database. Co-word analysis used to identify the conceptual structure reveals four clusters: (1) technological innovation, (2) innovativeness and innovation strategy, (3) knowledge and employee innovative behavior, and (4) performance as an outcome of organizational capability to innovate. The present study contributes to the literature by increasing the accumulation of knowledge on research topics, providing an up-to-date review on hotel innovation literature, and setting forth an agenda for future research.

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