scholarly journals Awareness and perceptions of available Major programs by first year Zayed University students

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11
Author(s):  
David J. Gallacher ◽  
Angela Skuba ◽  
Roudha Al-Bahri

In recent years there has been a large increase of Higher education options in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati school leavers must choose among newly established institutions that provide unproven qualifications, at the same time as their society undergoes a rapid transformation. Online surveys were administered to female Emirati students in the first (n = 407) and second (n = 188) semester of the Zayed University general education program, to investigate entering student awareness and perceptions of the seven majors available. Respondents indicated they were motivated by a desire to learn, and had selected their institution for its high academic standards. Half thought they had already decided their major, and while most felt they had made the decision themselves, they were influenced mostly by their immediate family members. Business was ranked highest for potential salary and job availability, and was second only to International Studies for potential social status. All other majors effectively compete with Business for students. Student awareness of Health Sciences and International Studies lagged behind other majors, indicating a need for promotion and/or rebranding. Respondents expressed a clear desire for the introduction of Engineering, Medicine and Law to the course offerings.

Author(s):  
UmmeSalma Mujtaba

This chapter sets ground to realize the exceptional significance of students to international branch campuses, which is a popular mode of transnational higher education. Mission statements of different international branch campuses are analyzed that converge on the fact that most of these institutions irrespective of the host country perceive student as their priority. The chapter then moves on to explaining student choice, in a situation where number of international branch campuses co-exist in a home country, such as the case of United Arab Emirates that hosts 19% of the world’s current branch campuses (Observatory, 2012). This information is then employed to expound how international branch campuses can progressively build student experience. Within this chapter, readers can find steps to build student experience in the first year of operation, followed by fine steps that can assist in progressively developing student experience. The chapter then addresses the significance of students in transnational higher education and how this can be developed, leveraged, and converted to be a potent tool such as to ensure sustainable branch campuses (a form of transnational higher education).


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fotios S. Milienos ◽  
Christos Rentzios ◽  
Leen Catrysse ◽  
David Gijbels ◽  
Sofia Mastrokoukou ◽  
...  

International studies focus on the successful transition into higher education, which is considered crucial for both the students and the educational institution in the context of students' learning and adjustment in higher education. The aim of the current study was to identify student profiles that include cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational aspects of learning, but also aspects of resilience, emotion dysregulation, and anxiety. The sample consists of 316 Greek undergraduate students (18.7% males and 81.3% females). The results showed four different (meta)-cognitive-emotional learner profiles: the emotionally stable and highly adaptive learner; the emotionally dysregulated and at risk learner; the emotionally dysregulated and highly adaptive learner; the emotionally stable and at risk learner. Emotionally dysregulated and at risk learner has a lower GPA than the emotional stable and highly adaptive learner, the emotionally dysregulated and highly adaptive learner and the emotionally stable and at risk learner.


Author(s):  
Djonde Frega Antiado ◽  
Maher Ibrahim Mikhael Tawadrous ◽  
Rommel Pilapil Sergio

The need of skilled workforce to meet the challenges of the 21st century puts teaching effectiveness to the forefront of higher education policies. Therefore, the current study explores the Characteristics of Effective Teaching (CET) as observed by the students from a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates. The study employed a descriptive survey method wherein qualitative analysis of data was used. The respondents (N=199; 121 were females and 78 were males) are registered in General Education courses using a pre-constructed interview schedule. The 69 CETs had been ascertained by qualitative method through axial coding of general themes in order to come-up with recommendations pointing to Effective Teaching Program (ETP). The dominant characteristics of effective teaching as perceived by the student respondents were 21 items with “helpful” topping the list, followed by “knowledgeable,” “friendly,” “organized,” and “flexible.” Six classifications were derived from clustering the CET, namely: buddy type, accommodating type, cool type, academician type, techie type, and non-biased type. The major findings reveal that the three important elements of effective teaching as perceived by students are academic qualification, attitudes, and skills. Specific recommendations to ETP are also introduced in the paper to strengthen the quality of teaching effectiveness.


Author(s):  
Candyce Reynolds ◽  
Judith Patton

The use of eportfolios in American universities has proliferated over the last ten years as administrators and educators have discovered the rich opportunities that they provide for both promoting and assessing student learning. However, too often institutions of higher education prioritize assessment over student learning, creating assignments and protocols that ease assessment of student work while at the same time ignoring the valuable aspects that creating an eportfolio can provide for students, rendering the eportfolio as merely another assignment. This chapter focuses on lessons learned in University Studies, Portland State University’s four-level interdisciplinary general education program, about the importance of balancing assessment needs with student learning needs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (73) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Carneiro ◽  
Adriana Bin

<p>O objetivo deste artigo é discutir o conceito de avaliação continuada a partir da experiência avaliativa de um programa de educação superior de uma universidade pública, que é ao mesmo tempo uma ação afirmativa, um curso de educação geral e uma nova forma de acesso aos cursos de graduação. Avaliação continuada representa uma inovação em termos conceituais e metodológicos na área de políticas públicas ao propor um processo que acompanha toda a existência de uma política. A análise da avaliação do programa de educação geral traz contribuições de duas naturezas: a) a compreensão de como construir um sistema de avaliação continuada; b) a operacionalização de tal sistema, evidenciando tanto a geração de insumos de forma contínua para a tomada de decisões quanto os desafios que vêm sendo enfrentados para que essa integração entre avaliação e tomada de decisões continue ocorrendo.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong>: Avaliação de Programas, Educação Superior, Políticas Públicas, Avaliação de Inovações Educacionais.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Evaluación continuada de programas de educación superior</strong></p><p>El objetivo de este artículo es discutir el concepto de evaluación continuada a partir de   la experiencia evaluativa de un programa de educación superior de una universidad pública, que es a la vez una acción afirmativa, un curso de educación general y una nueva forma de acceso a los cursos de graduación. La evaluación continuada representa una innovación en términos conceptuales y metodológicos en el área de políticas públicas al proponer un proceso que acompaña toda la existencia de una política. El análisis de la evaluación del programa de educación general contribuye con aportes de dos naturalezas distintas: a) la comprensión de cómo construir un sistema de evaluación continuada; b) la ejecución de tal sistema, que pone de manifiesto tanto la generación de insumos de forma continua para la toma de decisiones, como los desafíos que se enfrentan para que dicha integración entre evaluación y toma de decisiones siga ocurriendo.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave</strong>: Evaluación de Programas, Educación Superior, Políticas Públicas, Evaluación de Innovaciones Educativas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Continuous evaluation of higher education programs</strong></p><p>This paper discusses the concept of continuous evaluation, based on the evaluation experience of a higher education program from a public university. The program is not only an affirmative action, it is also a general education program and a new admission way to the undergraduate courses. Continuous evaluation represents innovation in conceptual and methodological terms, in the public policy area, as it proposes a process based on a policy. The analysis of the general education program provides two main contributions: a) the understanding of how to set up a continuous evaluation system; b) the management of the system. This highlights the continuous generation of subsidies for decision-making as well as the challenges that are being faced, which guarantee that the integration between evaluation and decision-making will continue to occur.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Program Evaluation, Higher Education, Public Policies, Evaluation of Educational Innovation.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Upaasna Ramraj ◽  
Ferina Marimuthu

Higher Education systems need to undergo significant transformation to produce graduates who are highly skilled and prepared for their roles in the impending workforce. Despite an improvement in university throughput rates, unemployment remains predominantly high, which could be attributed to the misalignment between mandatory workplace skills and those possessed by graduates. The focus of the study was on the exploration of skills acquired from the new General Education modules introduced into the curriculum of undergraduate programmes. Hence, the study discovered learners’ perspectives on the relevance of the skills acquired from these modules in the undergraduate programme to ensure survival in the workforce. The methodology adopted in the study was a quantitative survey research design, using the questionnaire as the data collection tool from a census of the first-year learners registered in the undergraduate programme. The results provided significant evidence to support the view that the skills acquired from the General Education modules in the undergraduate programme are indispensable in industry and enhanced critical thinking of the learners.


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