scholarly journals Cultivando Respeto (Cultivating Respect): Engaging the Latino Community

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arcela Nuñez-Alvarez ◽  
Marisol Clark-Ibáñez ◽  
Ana M Ardón ◽  
Amy L Ramos ◽  
Michelle Ramos Pellicia
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
San Diego County ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
Culturally Informed ◽  
New Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Latino Communities

This article addresses an innovative approach to connecting an urban university with the surrounding neighborhoods comprised of Latino immigrants, who represent potential new students or current students’ family members. The National Latino Research Center (NLRC) uses popular education, culturally informed, and linguistically relevant strategies to engage diverse Latino communities in the northern region of San Diego County in California. Methods of engaging the Latino community include cultivating long-term relationships, responding to time-sensitive community crises, facilitating inter-generational connections, presenting material in a culturally informed and relevant way, providing hands-on experiences with civic engagement, and growing partnerships within the university and among non-profits. Preliminary findings described a two-year study on civic engagement testing the effectiveness of a Spanish-language curriculum based on popular education offered (free) to members of urban and rural low-resourced Latino communities. The Center statistically correlated Latino community members’ experiential learning, participating in social media, and voting with gains in civic engagement knowledge.

Can-Do descriptors – Realigning English Language Curriculum at Higher Education Institution to CEFR

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Erda Wati Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
English Curriculum ◽  
The Common ◽  
The University

The Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR) has become the standard used to describe and evaluate students’ command of a second or foreign language. It is an internationally acknowledged standard language proficiency framework which many countries have adopted such as China, Thailand, Japan and Taiwan. Malaysia Ministry of Education is aware and realise the need for the current English language curriculum to be validated as to reach the international standard as prescribed by the CEFR. The implementation of CEFR has begun at primary and secondary level since 2017 and now higher education institutions are urged to align their English Language Curriculum to CEFR as part of preparation in receiving students who have been taught using CEFR-aligned curriculum at schools by year 2022. This critical reflection article elucidates the meticulous processes that we have embarked on in re-aligning our English Language Curriculum to the standard and requirements of CEFR. The paper concludes with a remark that the alignment of the English curriculum at the university needs full support from the management in ensuring that all the stakeholders are fully prepared, informed and familiar with the framework.

scholarly journals Current Status of Knowledge about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among the University Students in the Northern Region of Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulmajeed Owaid Alsharari ◽  
Abdulrahaman Alduraywish ◽  
Ekremah Ali Al-Zarea ◽  
Naif Ibrahim Salmon ◽  
Md Sayed Ali Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The University ◽  
Cpr Training

Background. Sudden cardiac arrest is a major public health problem in the world. Immediate initiation of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) significantly increased patient survival rate. Therefore, it is very important to train young people and increase public awareness of CPR for the long-term benefit of the community. Objective. We aimed at estimating the level of knowledge and attitude towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among the university students in the northern region of Saudi Arabia. Methodology. A cross-sectional, prospective study was conducted among the students of four northern region universities of Saudi Arabia (Jouf, Hail, Northern Borders, and Tabuk) between March and November 2017. A self-administered questionnaire was prepared in both Arabic and English languages and distributed to all the participants. All the data were collected and analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Results. A total of 947 students from four universities completed the questionnaire: Jouf (57%), Hail (15%), Northern Borders (13%), and Tabuk (15%). Although 72% of students have previous knowledge about CPR, 49% of them lack knowledge about a medical emergency. Moreover, 59% failed to answer regarding CPR where only 41% wrote the ABC steps in the correct sequence. However, 67% of the participants had very poor knowledge, 89% of participants desired to receive additional CPR training course, and 49% of the students thought that CPR training should be a mandatory graduation requirement for all universities. There were no significant differences between male and female students. Students from medicine-related colleges have significantly (p<0.001) more knowledge and scored better compared with non-medicine-related colleges. Tabuk University scored better compared to the others, but the overall knowledge and attitude scored were low. Conclusions. Overall knowledge about CPR among the university students was not satisfactory; however, attitude towards CRP training was very positive. Our results suggested that there is a need for improvement of CPR education among Saudi university students, which will help to reduce the cardiac arrest mortality rate among the community.

scholarly journals Repurposing virtual reality assets: from health sciences to Italian language learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Alessia Plutino ◽  
Tiziana Cervi-Wilson ◽  
Billy Brick
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
Italian Language ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The University

This paper reports on the rationale for the implementation of a pilot project using a scenario-based Virtual Reality (VR) resource, originally developed by Health Sciences at Coventry University and now being repurposed for Italian language learning as a collaborative project with Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton. The original aim of the resource was to prepare health care students for home visits by allowing them to experience a semi-linear conversation with a virtual Non-player Character (NPC). The authors will discuss how they are planning to repurpose the resource for Italian language learning and teaching and will analyse the potential pedagogical uses within the modern language curriculum, including emotional language, employability skills, and the year abroad.

scholarly journals Perancangan Sistem Informasi Akademik Universitas Mahendradata Berbasis Web Dengan Metode Waterfall

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
I Komang Pasek Sudiarsa
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Academic System ◽  
The World ◽  
New Students ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Student Grades ◽  
The University

Management of academic activities at Mahendradata University is still using manually ways, which means that it has not used an integrated information system yet, for the example the process of registering new students, arranging lecture schedules, filling in student KRS, managing lecture attendance, and managing student grades. Nowadays cultural changes have been marked by the increasingly rapid use of the internet. The internet as an information resources for its existence has now become a necessity. The benefits of the internet are quite large, especially in the world of business, entertainment and education. This system is designed to assist academic processes at the University of Mahendradata. The academic processes that have been analyzed and applied in this developed system are the process of preparing schedules, plotting teaching lecturers, printing KRS, printing lecture attendance, presenting inputs, filling in grades, and printing KHS. And the University can immediately develop a new system in order to work optimally. System design that has been used in developing this system uses the SDLC method, the waterfall method. The implementation of the system uses the PHP programming language Codegniter and MySQL database. The results of this study are in the form of an academic system design at the University of Mahendradata. This developed system is aim to assist the academic processes at the University of Mahendradata

scholarly journals From Quest to Conquer: Traversing General Education at a Diverse Alaskan University to Integrate and Assess Transferable Information Literacy Skills in Foundational Courses

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bjartmarsdóttir ◽  
Deborah L. Mole
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Faculty Teaching ◽  
University Of Alaska Anchorage ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
The University ◽  
Professional Degrees

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is an open enrollment university that offers vocational, academic, and professional degrees in a northern region. UAA serves a culturally and demographically diverse population. Given this diversity, students display varying levels of information literacy (IL) competencies. Library Professors Anna Bjartmarsdóttir and Deborah Mole partner with faculty teaching composition and communication courses to create increasingly sophisticated and transferable IL learning opportunities. Strategies include: assessing students’ IL competencies; creating engaging activities; integrating IL throughout the semester; developing reflection opportunities to reinforce IL skills. UAA librarians, partnered with faculty, integrate and scaffold IL activities in foundational GE courses to develop increasingly sophisticated, transferable IL skills and knowledge practices. From team-based learning application exercises to workshops for teaching assistants, students learn how creativity partnered with initiative has helped to integrate transferable IL skill education at this diverse arctic university.

scholarly journals As classes populares no curso de Pedagogia descobrindo-se periferia

2018 ◽  
pp. 149-162
Author(s):  
Fabiana Eckhardt
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
The State ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Popular Classes ◽  
The University ◽  
Center Periphery

Este artigo apresenta parte de um estudo qualitativo de cunho participativo, realizado entre os anos de 2013 e 2017, e traz uma reflexão sobre a crescente inserção de sujeitos das classes populares no curso de Pedagogia de uma universidade privada localizada na região Serrana do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Para o desenvolvimento do texto, busca-se situar a chegada desses estudantes na universidade e, em diálogo com as experiências desses sujeitos, os estudos decoloniais e a pedagogia do oprimido, visualizar o deslocamento do sentimento de humilhação para o sentimento de periferia. Entre o desejo de pertencimento e a sensação de inadequação, estudantes se movem no cotidiano do curso de Pedagogia e demonstram outras possibilidades de compreensão do processo formativo. Tomando a relação centro-periferia (DUSSEL, 2006) como metáfora, este texto sinaliza como resultado outra compreensão acerca da formação de professores oriundos das classes populares. Palavras-chave: Curso de Pedagogia. Democratização da educação. Educação Popular The popular classes in the Pedagogy course discovering yourself as periphery AbstractThis subject is part of a qualitative study of participatory nature carried out in the Pedagogy course of a private university in a city in a moutain region of the state of Rio de Janeiro, between the years 2013 and 2017, dealing with reflection about the growing isertion of subjects from popular classes. For the development of the text, I seach to situate the arriving of this studants in the university and, in dialogue with those experiences, the Decolonial Studies and the Pedagogy of the Opressed visualize the displacement from the humiliation feeling for the periphery feeling. Between the desire for belonging and the sensation of indequacy, the students move in a daily couse of pedagogy and showing anothers possibilities of comprehension about their formation. Taking the relaction center-periphery (DUSSEL, 2006) as a metaphor, at this article, signals as the results another comprehension about the formation of teachers from popular classes. Keywords: Pedagogy course. Democratization of education. Popular Education. Las clases populares en el curso de Pedagogía si descubriendo periferia ResumenEste artículo presenta parte de un estudio cualitativo de cuño participativo realizado entre los años 2013 y 2017 y trae una reflexión sobre la creciente inserción de sujetos de las clases populares en el curso de Pedagogía de una universidad privada ubicada en la región serrana del estado de Río de Janeiro. Para el desarrollo del texto, busco situar la llegada de esos estudiantes en la universidad y, en diálogocon las experiencias de esos sujetos, los Estudios Decoloniales y la Pedagogía del Oprimido visualizar el desplazamiento del sentimiento de humillación hacia el sentimiento de periferia. Entre el deseo de pertenencia y la sensación de inadecuación, los estudiantes se mueven en el cotidiano del curso de pedagogía y demuestran otras posibilidades de comprensión del proceso formativo. Tomando la relación centro--periferia (DUSSEL, 2006) como metáfora, este texto, señala como resultado otra comprensión acerca de la formación de profesores oriundos de las clases populares. Palabras clave: Curso de Pedagogía. Democratización de la educación. Educación Popular.

A collaborative digital oral history collection

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Beth J Thompson ◽  
Rebecca A Baugnon
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Oral History ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Endowment ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Faculty And Staff ◽  
The University

A collaborative oral history project was recently completed at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) by students enrolled in a Spanish seminar course and library faculty and staff members at the University. The course, ‘Hispanics in N.C.: Service Learning and Research,’ was created and offered as one component of a public programming grant awarded to UNCW by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association through these institutions’ initiative called ‘Latino Americans: 500 Years of History.’ The course provided students with an opportunity to interview individuals in the southeastern North Carolina Latino community about their experiences in the United States. Students captured an audio recording of the interview which they later transcribed and provided a photograph of the interviewee. Library faculty and staff members were tasked with creating a digital collection to highlight the oral histories. Working within a limited time frame and with no funding for the project, the planning and implementation for the digital collection was completed by librarians in the library’s Information Technology and Systems, Special Collections, and Technical Services departments. Utilizing technology, systems, and skill sets that were already in place at Randall Library, a final product titled, ‘Somos NC: Voices from North Carolina’s Latino Community,’ was created. This article seeks to provide a practical discussion of the oral history project, outlining the Library’s processes and project workflows as well as assessment and reflections. Synthesizing knowledge gained through the experience, the intent is to provide an example of how, through collaboration and innovation, small to midsized libraries can accomplish similar projects.

Promoting Civic Engagement through University Curricula

2017 ◽  
pp. 218-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryna Bobick
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Arts ◽  
University Curricula ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

In recent years, universities and colleges are including civic engagement in their mission statements. University administrators are increasingly encouraged faculty and students to participate in civic engagement both on and off campus. Various stakeholders should be part of this conversation in order to create a setting for learning that reflects the mission of the university or college. In this study, sixteen university freshmen participated in civic engagement through a freshman honors forum course. In addition to promoting civic engagement, the course supported the arts and museums in Memphis, Tennessee. Pre and exit surveys were conducted the participants to gain insight into their thoughts and experiences towards the course's curriculum. Their experiences provide a window into thinking about the role of civic engagement with university students.

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