scholarly journals University students’ creative activity development as a pedagogical problem

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-198
Author(s):  
Elena Rudolfovna Statsenko
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Level Sets ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Productive Activity ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Service Department ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The author of the paper considers the problem of university students creative activity development as an urgent social and pedagogical problem. Much attention is paid to the role of the concepts creation and activity that has equal meanings for the concept creative activity. Creativity is regarded as a form of productive activity and autonomy of a person; creativity and innovation relationship is focused on. It is proved that human activity as a vitality sign is a prerequisite and the result of human development. It is alleged that a person gains experience activities on reproductive and imitative activity level referring to the experience of another person; takes tasks and seeks ways of performing on search and performing activity level; sets tasks and chooses new, unconventional, original ways of performing on creative activity level. The author proves that university students creative activity is the quality of an individuals activity. The paper also contains characteristics of university students creative activity, forms, methods and means of university students creative activity development and some examples of the design studio work at Arts and Service Department. The efficiency of the design studio is proved and the principles of university students creative activity development, realized in the design studio, are noted.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Engagement on the Achievement and Quality of Life of University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6586
Author(s):  
Inmaculada García-Martínez ◽  
José María Augusto Landa ◽  
Samuel P. León
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mediational Role ◽  
The Relationship

(1) Background: Academic engagement has been reported in the literature as an important factor in the academic achievement of university students. Other factors such as emotional intelligence (EI) and resilience have also been related to students’ performance and quality of life. The present study has two clearly delimited and interrelated objectives. First, to study the mediational role that engagement plays in the relationship between EI and resilience on quality of life. Secondly, and similarly, to study the mediational role of engagement in the relationship between EI and resilience, but in this case on academic achievement. (2) Methods: For this purpose, four scales frequently used in the literature to measure emotional intelligence, resilience, academic engagement and quality of life were administered to 427 students of the University of Jaén undertaking education degrees. In addition, students were asked to indicate their current average mark as a measure of academic performance. Two mediational models based on structural equations were proposed to analyse the relationships between the proposed variables. (3) Results: The results obtained showed that emotional intelligence and resilience directly predicted students’ life satisfaction, but this direct relationship did not result in academic performance. In addition, and assuming a finding not found so far, engagement was shown to exert an indirect mediational role for both life satisfaction and academic performance of students. (4) Conclusions: The findings of the study support the importance of engagement in the design and development of instructional processes, as well as in the implementation of any initiative.

scholarly journals The Effect of Excessive Use of Virtual Social Networks on the Academic Performance of Bamyan University Students: The Mediating Role of Qualityof Sleep

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Akbar Ebrahimi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mediating Role

Background: The social networks are used today as one of the important tools in establishing communication between people. In addition to the advantages, it can also have several disadvantages and problems, the negative effects of which can be seen on the academic performance of students. Objective: This study was designed to investigate the role of excessive use of virtual social networks on the academic performance of Bamyan University students with a mediating role of quality of sleep. Methodology: The present study has a descriptive-correlational design. A total of 180 Bamyan University students (90 male and 90 female) were selected by convenience sampling method and responded to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (Buysee et al., 1989), Yang Internet and Social Network Addiction Questionnaire, Demographic Questions, and GPA of last semester. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and hierarchical regression analysis by means of SPSS-24. Results: The results showed that the excessive use of social networks had a significant negative correlation with academic performance and predicts it inversely (T = -9.338, ß = - 730) and There is also a significant relationship between excessive use of social networks and quality of sleep (T = 15.726, ß = .763). There was a significant relationship between social and sleep quality (T = 15.726, ß = .763). But sleep quality could not play a mediating role between excessive use of social networks and students' academic achievement and showed that this relationship is not significant (T = -. 174, ß = -. 014). Conclusion: Excessive use of social networks has negative effects on students' academic achievement and quality of sleep. For this purpose, it is necessary to manage the use of social networks for optimal use in order to achieve high academic achievement and good quality of sleep.

scholarly journals The Role of Physical Activity in the Relationship between Satisfaction with Life and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-Age Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Santos Villafaina ◽  
Miguel Ángel Tapia-Serrano ◽  
Mikel Vaquero-Solís ◽  
Juan Luis León-Llamas ◽  
Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship

(1) Background: Adolescence is a critical stage in the development of healthy habits. In this regard, physical activity has emerged as a useful tool to improve satisfaction with life and health-related quality of life in adolescents. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of physical activity in the relationship between satisfaction with life and health-related quality of life in adolescent boys and girls. Also, we aimed to investigate the differences between sexes in the HRQoL, physical activity level, and satisfaction with life. (2) Methods: A total of 297 adolescents, ranging in age from 11 to 12 years (11.46 ± 1.63), participated in this cross-sectional study. The Satisfaction with life scale, Physical activity Questionnaire for Adolescents and the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaires were employed. (3) Results: The estimated indirect effect showed that physical activity level was a mediator of the positive effect of satisfaction with life on health-related quality of life (β = 0.105, 95% CI = 0.031; 0.202). However, the index of moderated mediation showed that sex is not a significant moderator of the mediating role of physical activity in the relationship between satisfaction with life and HRQoL (β = −0.033, 95% CI = −0.023, 0.136). Furthermore, significant differences in satisfaction with life were found, with girls manifesting lower values (p-value = 0.026). (4) Conclusion: This study shows the importance of physical activity during adolescence and the association of this behavior with the health-related quality of life of adolescents.

scholarly journals Aesthetics and Environment: What is the Role of Beauty in Supporting Ageing Well?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 780-780
Author(s):  
Holly Nelson-Becker ◽  
Eleanor van den Heuvel
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Total N ◽  
Relational Quality ◽  
Aesthetic Sensibility ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Abstract Access to beauty is intrinsic to psychological, social, and spiritual health. Aesthetic sensibility includes awareness initiated in both mind and emotion accessed through nurturing environments (Caspari, Eriksson, & Naden, 2011). While individual tastes vary and aesthetic preferences are culturally conditioned, an appreciation of natural and constructed beauty is fundamental to human meaning-making, creativity, and innovation (Hillman 1998). Beauty is thus an instrumental tool that may support ageing well. We investigated the question of what aesthetics/beauty meant to older adults in England, how they experienced it, and whether experiencing beauty sustained them. Three focus groups were conducted with community dwelling participants aged between 60 and 93 (median age 75) for a total N of 14. Five themes emerged related to experience: an unexpected recognition; an evolving openness to experience; a universal perception available in micro and macro environments; a force that can alleviate depression; and a relational quality of some interactions. The value of beauty was identified through all groups: participants found it difficult to imagine a world with no beauty in it. They wondered if age made discernment capacity greater. Appreciation of beauty in unexpected places like a cracked pot led participants to identify happiness and wellbeing as outcomes of perception. This study suggests that beauty is essential for wellbeing and human flourishing and can emerge in unlikely ways. Implications are that professionals should assist older people to consider the role of beauty in life and develop interventions to consciously keep beauty awakened in normal and aesthetically-deprived environments.

Technologies of Educational Consulting Accompanied by Pedagogical Practice of University Students

2018 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Н. Саханский ◽  
N. Sakhanskiy
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Academic Group

The article deals with innovative technologies of educational consulting in support of preparation and conduct of teaching practice, the role of the teacher consultant academic group, consulting pedagogical practice of future teachers, the contradictions and benefi ts of innovative technologies in key consulting services, organizing and conducting practices, improving the quality of management of the pedagogical practice of the students, the functions of educators, pedagogical conditions of realization of activity of a curator of academic groups, aimed at improving the quality of management of teaching practice, there are concerns the interaction with the “network consultants” .

Problem learning method in the context of personal creativity development of a musician teacher

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-158
Author(s):  
Nauryz Kuldanov ◽  
◽  
Svetlana Balagazova ◽  
Irina Malakhova ◽  
Mariya Ivanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Productive Activity ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
Creative Teaching ◽  
Personal Quality

In this article the authors consider the phenomenon of creativity as an integrative personal quality of a music teacher, characterizing him from the standpoint of internal freedom, harmony, well-developed creative imagination, readiness to make choices in non-standard situations, independence of own opinion, ability to independently lead productive activity and focus on its result – creation of an original creative product. The obtained qualitatively unique result should be distinguished by novelty, which is the main sign or indicator of creative activity in general. Consequently, in order to develop the creativity of an individual in the process of organizing educational activities, it becomes necessary to use creative teaching methods. The process of developing creativity in course of increasing vocal experience consists of purposeful interaction of musical art, co-creation of a teacher together with a student in adequate conditions with the use of effective methods of problem-based learning and choosing situations for realizing the creative potential of a student.

scholarly journals The role of sources of social support on depression and quality of life for university students

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Alsubaie ◽  
H. J. Stain ◽  
L. A. D. Webster ◽  
R. Wadman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
University Students

scholarly journals Importancia del programa institucional de tutorías en alumnos universitarios / The Importance of the Institutional Academic Advice Program on University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gladys Hernández Romero ◽  
Nidia Hernández Romero ◽  
Nelly del Carmen Cordova Palomeque
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Innovación Educativa ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTThe subject is approached from the line of research of Teaching Innovation by the members of the research group: "Educational Innovation in Teaching and Learning Processes", of The Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, which academic model contributes to the comprehensive education of students, resulting in the improvement of the quality of their education process and the strengthening of their abilities for their own benefit. The results show the students’ lack of information over the academic advice and the role of the advisor in the academic life of the university students. The research instrument used to measure the information were two semi-structured questionnaires applied to university students at different times from November 2012 to June 2013. The results show the need to raise awareness among students about the real objective of academic advice in their program advancement and the development of a personal education path.RESUMENEste trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio sobre los universitarios y la opinión que tienen sobre la asesoría tutora que reciben de sus profesores universitarios en la División Académica de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, perteneciente a la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, en México. El tema se aborda desde la línea de la investiga-ción educativa, que cultivan los integrantes del grupo de investigación “Innovación Educativa en los Procesos de Enseñanza y de Aprendizaje”, de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, cuyo modelo académico busca la formación integral del estudiante, así como mejorar la calidad de su proceso de aprendizaje, y potenciar capacidades que repercutan en su beneficio personal. El trabajo muestra evidencias de la desinformación que tienen los estudiantes sobre lo que es la tutoría y el rol que debe jugar el tutor y su habilidad pedagógica en la vida académica de los universitarios. Los instrumentos utilizados para la medición, fueron dos cuestionarios semiestructurados y aplicados en distintos momentos durante los meses de noviembre de 2012 a junio de 2013. Los resultados apuntan hacía la necesidad de concientizar a la población estudiantil sobre el verdadero objetivo que tiene la tutoría en el desarrollo curricular, y en la elaboración de una propuesta de trayectoria. Contacto principal: [email protected]

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