scholarly journals Practical approach towards teaching a content intensive subject in higher education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Lambrechts ◽  
Anuja Kamat ◽  
Ron Frattura
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Practical Approach

New Perspectives on Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Duță
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This chapter approaches the problematic of communication in teaching-learning activities in higher education during the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have proposed to present a theoretical and practical approach to the effective communication in teaching, with the objective of knowing which are the opinions of students on communication skills and motivation of them in the classroom. The study included a total of 261 students from different faculties at the University of Bucharest, who were a Likert-scale survey in the period May -July 2020. Results of the analysis of research data shows that students have seen their ability to concentrate and motivation to perform tasks affected, but they did not leave university. In this respect, most difficulties were in carrying out teamwork than individual. The adaptations made by the university during confinement have been positively appreciated. The research findings coming according to recent studies confirm that without communication the teaching and learning process will not take place.

Constructing Universal Values? A Practical Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-277
Author(s):  
Anthony F. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Drugs And Crime

AbstractThis essay explores the possibility of universal values. Universal values do not exist as Platonic ideals nor do they exist in clearly defined lists of rules or laws. Rather, universal ethical claims are constructed through the actions of individual political leaders, scholars, and activists. This essay explores how such normative constructions take place. It uses an initiative undertaken by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime to further education around corruption as an example of how such universal values come into existence. The initiative focused on developing teaching materials for higher education. The essay focuses on two particular modules, both their content and the process by which they were written.

scholarly journals UNIVERSITY RESERVES MANAGEMENT: INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LITHUANIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Gediminas Černiauskas ◽  
Jusif Seiranov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Private Funding ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
University Funding ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
Funds Management

The article considers the new opportunities for university reserves management arising in the process of transition to non-profit institution model in Lithuania. Authors review historical background of university funding and significance of endowments. The role of endowments in leading USA and UK universities is analyzed. Structural differences and common trends in the mix of public and private funding of higher education in different countries are showed. Authors analyse the transition from budgetary to nonprofit institution in higher education in Lithuania since 2009 and suggest practical approach to university reserve creation, funds management and financial endowment build-up in the new institutional framework of higher education in Lithuania.

scholarly journals The partnership co-creation process: Conditions for success?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-66
Author(s):  
Susan Smith ◽  
Kimiya Akhyani ◽  
Dan Axson ◽  
Andre Arnautu ◽  
Ilina Stanimirova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Quality Enhancement ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Different Types

Staff-student partnership activity continues to increase across the higher education sector, expanding to encompass a broad range of initiatives. Numerous frameworks and typologies have been proposed to help organise the literature and facilitate comparisons among different types of partnerships. The research reported here draws on a case study of a quality-enhancement staff-student partnership to identify the stages of the partnership co-creation process. It argues that the establishment of partnership values is intertwined with the stages of the co-creation process and is critical to the partnership’s success. This research contributes to practice and the literature by offering a practical approach to managing a staff-student partnership, adding to work on quality enhancement partnerships, and extending prior work evaluating partnership activity from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders.

Holland's Theory and Implications for Academic Advising and Career Counseling

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Reardon ◽  
Emily Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Holland's Theory ◽  
Subsequent Research

John Holland's typological theory of persons and environments is regarded as the most influential in the field of career counseling (Brown, 2002), but few have carried the theory over to the field of higher education and academic advising (Smart, Feldman, & Ethington, 2000). Therefore, Holland's theory and the subsequent research on it were explored to determine if the theory would be an appropriate means of understanding the behavior and organization of college faculty members and students. A practical approach for integrating a Holland-based system of academic advising and career counseling is discussed.

scholarly journals Incorporating Writing Into An Introductory Business And Economics Statistics Course: A Practical Approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cullen F. Goenner ◽  
Sean Michael Snaith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Writing Across The Curriculum ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Multiple Constraints ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Do So

Writing across the curriculum (WAC) has become a guiding principle at many institutions of higher education.  Unfortunately for many students of economics and business the standard vehicles of WAC do not adequately prepare them for the type of writing appropriate for the audience they are expected to address upon graduation.  We describe a method of implementing writing into the introductory statistics courses that are required by many programs in economics and business.  This method addresses the shortcomings of the standard vehicles of WAC while at the same time providing instructors with a feasible solution to do so in light of the multiple constraints faced by many instructors of this type of course.  (JEL A22)

scholarly journals Developmental biology teaching - the importance of a practical approach

F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
John F Mulley
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Developmental Biology ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Embryonic Development ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Massive Growth ◽  
Direct Exposure

The huge growth in knowledge in many areas of biological sciences over the past few decades has created a major dilemma for those of us in higher education, for not only must we adequately and efficiently convey these new facts and concepts to our students, we must also ensure that they understand and appreciate them.The field of developmental biology has witnessed such a massive growth in knowledge since the mid-1980s, driven mainly by advances in cell and molecular biology, and the development of new imaging techniques and tools. Ensuring that students fully appreciate the four-dimensional nature of embryonic development and morphogenesis is a particular issue, and one that I argue can only be properly learned via direct exposure to embryos via laboratory practicals.

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