scholarly journals Increasing Students’ Motivation for the Health-Preserving Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-261
Author(s):  
Iryna Shcherbak ◽  
Liudmila Drozhyk ◽  
Yurii Boichuk ◽  
Tetiana Nizhevska ◽  
Ivan Prokopenko
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Average Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Of Motivation

This article studies the measures to increase motivation of the first-year students in terms of health-preserving activity. The study involved first-year students of various specialties of H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University (Ukraine). The study was performed in three stages. At the first stage, we conducted an anonymous test to determine the motivation of future professionals towards health-preserving activity, the results of which has shown, that 46% of students had a low level and did not have a need for health care; they were not motivated to a healthy lifestyle, while having harmful habits, 35% of students had an average level and were willing to take measures to support their health. And only 19% had a higher level of motivation for health-preserving activitie. At the second stage in the educational process the formation of sustainable motivation and values to health-preserving activities was provided by non-traditional lectures (problem-solving lectures, lectures-presentations, lectures-discussions, organization of practical and seminar classes using innovative teaching methods, organization of educational activities). As an outcome of conducted activities we arranged an anonymous survey among students, the results of which has shown that the level of students motivated to health-preserving activities has increased. 30% of students had a high level of motivation. The majority of students (48%) had an average level of motivation for health-preserving activities and expressed a desire to be engaged in health activities. Students who had a low level of motivation also reconsidered their habits and began to pay attention towards their own health support. Their number decreased to 22%. This indicates the effectiveness of various measures in the educational process to increase student motivation for health-preserving activities. Such data indicates on the effectiveness of health activities support during the educational and training activities of students.

scholarly journals Festival of Audiovisual Micro-Stories in Psychology (Microfest): An Innovative Teaching Project for Students of Audiovisual Communication and Journalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Rebeca Bautista Ortuño ◽  
Beatriz Bonete-López ◽  
Raquel Lorente-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Audiovisual Communication ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
Psychology Course ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
High Level

Introductory psychology courses can be demotivating for students of social sciences degrees such as Audiovisual Communication and Journalism. Although the importance of this subject is more than justified, it is essential to design and apply innovative strategies that stimulate the teaching–learning process among first-year students, so that, through activities other than traditional lectures, their interest in behavioural sciences is aroused and they understand the importance of this subject for the future development of their professional careers. The aim of this paper is to present MICROFEST, a PIEU-UMH teaching innovation project, which has been applied as part of the continuous evaluation of students of the Fundamentals of Psychology course, taught in the first year of the Audiovisual Communication, Journalism and Joint Honours degree programmes at the Miguel Hernández University, during the 2020/21 academic year (n = 167). Through a format similar to that of a short film festival, an activity was proposed that involves the development of a series of sequential tasks aimed at creating, in pairs, a fictional audiovisual micro-story that addresses content or a theme directly related to psychology. The results obtained after the implementation of the project during the four months of the course show that the students of the three degree programmes presented a high level of performance in this part of the course, have favourable attitudes towards it and valued the initiative very positively. The indicators of satisfaction with the project were found to be good predictors of motivation towards the subject as a whole. Thus, continuance of the design and application of teaching innovation strategies that favour the teaching–learning process is recommended, and students’ satisfaction and attitudes toward it.

scholarly journals Digital Technologies’ Impacts On Student Social Adaptation During Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 740-748
Author(s):  
Tatiana I. Shulga ◽  
Ya Juan Li ◽  
Julia A. Krokhina ◽  
Sergey V. Semenov ◽  
Elena L. Ryazanovae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Nonresident Students ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a rather difficult period of adaptation of students to the university system and the new educational process. Digital technologies came to the rescue, which contributed to some solution of emerging adaptation issues for nonresident students. This article is aimed at identifying the features of social adaptation of nonresident students to the educational process at the university. As a research method, the questionnaire method was used, which allowed to identify and analyze the peculiarities of adaptation of first-year students from other cities to the university environment and university requirements. The article reveals the influence of digital technologies on the adaptation of students to the university environment and new living conditions. It was determined that, in general, the participants have a high level of adaptation to the university environment, even in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. Keywords:  digital technologies; educational environment; social adaptation; student youth

scholarly journals Implementation of the Technology of Forming the Gifted Pupils’ Key Competencies

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-79
Author(s):  
Larysa Karpova
Keyword(s):  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Average Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Key Competences ◽  
High Level

The article theoretically substantiates the technology of forming the gifted pupils’ key competences at the specially created educational and developing environment. The author focuses attention on the fact that the result of this technology implementation is the formed key competences of gifted pupils, which include: communication in the state language; main competencies in the field of natural sciences and technologies; informational and digital competence; lifelong learning skill; communication in foreign languages; mathematical competence; initiative and enterprise; cultural awareness and self- expression; environmental awareness and healthy lifestyles; social and civic competencies. The article substantiates all structural components, specifies the criteria, and determines the indicators to the chosen criteria and the levels of formedness of the gifted pupils’ key competences. The results of the questionnaires, tests and surveys gave grounds to state mainly the average and low levels of of formedness of the gifted pupils’ key competences. On the basis of the obtained results, it was designed the technology in a specially created educational and developing environment, and the stages of its implementation were substantiated as those: organizational-diagnostic, procedural-accompanying and reflective-corrective. Some changes took place both in the experimental group EG, where the designed technology was implemented, and in the control group CG, where the educational process was traditional. According to the motivational- value component ‒ at the beginning of the experiment, most of the gifted pupils of the EG and CG had an almost equally low level of value attitude to the formation of key competencies, in particular: the high level was diagnosed at 1.62% (EG) and 1.87% (CG); the average level is 35.92% (EG) and 39.18% (CG); the low level of 62.46% (EG) and 58.95% (CG). The repeated diagnostics showed positive changes in the EG and CG groups, however, the changes were more noticeable in the EG and manifested in the rapid growth of the number of gifted pupils with the high level ‒ 75.08% and the average ‒ 24.92%, as well as an absence of the low level pupils. In the CG, despite the fact that the proportion of gifted pupils with the high level was increased from 1.87% to 5.96% and the average level from 39.18% to 66.04%, the presence of gifted pupils with the low level was still recorded 28%. According to the cognitive-operational component, the percentage of EG gifted pupils who showed the high level of knowledge increased significantly from 0.65% to 78%, while in the CG ‒ from 1.12% to 24.85%, and the number of gifted pupils who was reduced to the low level from 57.28% to 2.91% (EG) and from 61.94% to only 21.05%. According to the evaluation-reflection component, the dynamics of formedness was manifested in the ability to carry out reflexion. Thus, in the EG, the low level decreased from 91.9% to 1.9%, while in the CG it decreased from 89.9% to 41.83%, the high level in the EG increased by 31.1%, which is very noticeable in comparison with СG, where positive changes have only occurred at 11.87%. The experimental implementation of the developed technology indicates the positive results of the gifted pupils’ key competencies formation in a specially created educational and developing environment.

scholarly journals English Learning Motivation of First-Year Students in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azilah Mahammed ◽  
Rafizah Mohd Rawian
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Language Performance ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Motivation Level ◽  
The Difference ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Learning English

Studies have shown that motivation influences the learning of English as a second language (ESL) where it has not only increased students’ drive in language learning but it also influenced their language performance. However, most of the first-year students in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) were found to have low English performance. This study thus examined UniSZA students’ motivation level in learning English and significant difference in their level of motivation in learning English in terms of gender. The sample for this study comprised of 112 first-year students of UniSZA. The data for this study were gathered through the adapted version of Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB). The findings revealed that most of the students had high level of motivation and the difference between males and females in terms of their motivation level was significant. Interestingly, females were found to be more motivated than the males. It is hoped that the findings would help English instructors in their teaching as they can plan appropriate motivational strategies for both the male and female students to enhance their potential in learning English and thus increases their English performance.

scholarly journals Readiness of first-year students of Russian universities to study using massive open online courses

2019 ◽  
pp. 126-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Astashova
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Self Control ◽  
First Year ◽  
Full Time ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Russian Universities

The article discusses issues related to  the  possibility of  introducing mass open online courses (МООС) in  the  educational process of  first-year full-time students majoring in  technical directions. The  results of  the  analysis of  the  experience of  using MOOС in  the  educational process of  Russian universities with identified advantages and disadvantages are presented. MOOC-technology is  presented as  an  element of  connectivism theory. The  author conducted a  study with the purpose to study the readiness of students to learn using MOOCs. The results of the study allow to conclude that the modern first-year student has an insufficient level of motivation, independence, responsibility, self-discipline and self-control for the effective use of МООС in the educational process, but they are quite productive in mastering the material of the discipline in a combined form.

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE TEACHING INSTRUMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT MATHEMATICAL TRAINING OF FUTURE PHYSICS TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Oleg Chepok ◽  
Helena Sinyukova
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Mathematics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Physics Teachers ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Intensive Course

Conception of practical-oriented teaching-learning process, turned to the concrete results, is among the modern world educational trends. Physics teacher’s personal persuasion in a special, mutually penetrative, character of relations between Physics and Mathematics, his ability to demonstrate this character in teaching and educational process and to favor in such a way the formation of analogic persuasions of his students are among the most impotent concrete results of the process of such teacher’s, training. A system of mutual co-ordination between the course of General Physics and mathematical courses for the first-year students of physical specialties, together with the author’s concept of its implementation are represented. Keywords: Mathematics, Physics, practical-oriented training, mutually penetrative character of relations between Physics and Mathematics, educational curricula, intensive course of Elementary Mathematics.

Influence of negative aff ectivity, social suppression and anxiety on motivation for health and a healthy lifestyle in coal industry workers

2020 ◽  
pp. 354-358
Author(s):  
I. P. Danilov ◽  
N. I. Vlakh ◽  
V. I. Gugushvili ◽  
N. Ya. Paneva ◽  
T. D. Logunova
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Type D ◽  
Situational Anxiety ◽  
Personal Anxiety ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Social Suppression

Introduction. A healthy lifestyle is one of the most eff ective methods of preserving health and preventing non-infectious diseases. The mechanisms and factors that infl uence the formation of motivation for health and a healthy lifestyle in employees engaged in harmful working conditions have not been suffi ciently studied. The study of these mechanisms will allow us to more eff ectively shape health-saving behavior.The aim of the study is to study negative aff ectivity, social suppression and anxiety in the formation of motivation to maintain health and a healthy lifestyle in coal industry workers.Materials and methods. A survey was conducted of 75 employees of mines and sections in the South of Kuzbass with an established diagnosis of occupational diseases, as well as 54 people who do not work in harmful working conditions (engineering and technical workers). Surveys were conducted using the method “Index of motivation to health and a healthy lifestyle”, the presence of personality type D was conducted using the DS14 questionnaire, the level of personal and situational anxiety was assessed using the Spielberger — Hanin questionnaire.Results. Th e level of motivation for health and a healthy lifestyle among patients with occupational diseases is signifi cantly lower than the level of motivation for the health of engineering and technical workers. Th e infl uence of negative reaction and social suppression on the level of motivation for health and a healthy lifestyle was not found. Th e level of situational anxiety also has no eff ect on health motivation. A higher level of personal anxiety among people with a high level of motivation for a healthy lifestyle was determined.Conclusions. Personal anxiety aff ects the level of motivation for health and a healthy lifestyle in people with occupational diseases. 

scholarly journals The Use of Monologue Speaking Tasks to Improve First-Year Students’ English-Speaking Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Irina Karpovich ◽  
Oksana Sheredekina ◽  
Tatyana Krepkaia ◽  
Larisa Voronova
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Speaking Skills

A significant number of studies are devoted to the psychological and social adaptation of students to the educational process at university. This research contributes to the solution of the problem of first-year students’ academic performance in the framework of studying a foreign language by working with monologue speaking tasks. The study offers an analysis of the improvement of academic performance in this particular type of language activity. The study took place at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia, and involved 274 first-year students enrolled in undergraduate programs. Mixed qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to collect and analyse data for the study. The research included the qualitative content analysis of monologue speaking tasks. Results of the study make it possible to conclude that the use of monologue speaking tasks paired with peer interaction and peer assessment can improve first-year students’ English-speaking skills.

A FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ ADAPTATION TO DIFFICULTIES AT HIGH EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-113
Author(s):  
Nailya R. Salikhova ◽  
◽  
Aida R. Fakhrutdinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Transition To Higher Education ◽  
Study Participants

Data from an empirical study aimed at identifying the difficulties faced by students in their transition to higher education, the overcoming of which is important for personal development, are presented in the article. The study participants (n=179) were asked to describe the difficulties of transition from school to University in the 1st year based on analysis of their autobiographical memory. The content analysis of texts allowed identifying the main themes and compiling a list of challenges, and then the frequency of occurrence of each of them was determined. According to the results, the most actual difficulties are the different aspects of integrating into the new social community due to sharp changes in the social environment during the transition from school to University. A big challenge is the need for self-organization in educational and everyday matters, planning and organizing your time. The third most frequently mentioned is learning difficulties, especially those related to mastering the material in the new educational environment. Problematic areas of adaptation to higher education that have not been previously reflected in the sources are the establishment of a common life in the dormitory, pressure from parents, the manifestation of their individuality, the increase in the length of classes and the pace of learning, romantic relationships and language barriers. The difficulties of the first examination session are much less frequently mentioned, and are more frequently mentioned when examining the current adaptation process. The results of the study can be used for the development and subsequent implementation of a system of practical measures aimed at helping students to adapt to the new environment and conditions. Such assistance to students in building a new way of life at a university, especially at an early stage of study, is necessary not only to improve the effectiveness of the educational process, but also to facilitate the processes of personal growth and development of students

Criteria and indicators associated with adaptation to the educational process of first-year students at the university

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Evgeniya N. Popova
Keyword(s):  
Research Topic ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
Adaptive Potential ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The University

The issue of adaptation of modern first-year students to the educational process at the university is one of the current pedagogical tasks. Successful adaptation significantly affects the quality of received education, the degree of formation of personal and professional qualities, contributes to the development of motivation, self-education, and self-development. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the criteria, indicators, and levels of adaptation of first-year students to the learning process at the university. The material for the study was the domestic scientific sources of studying the peculiarities of the adaptation process of students to educational activities in higher education. Research methods: analysis and generalization of psychological-pedagogical and educational-methodical literature on the research topic. We determine as the main criteria for the adaptation of first-year students to the university, the adaptive potential and professionally important qualities of students, consider these concepts, their structure, and their basic properties. On the basis of the analysis and generalization of the existing indicators of the implementation of the adaptive potential, we formulate the author's indicators for determining the level of its development. The degree of formation of professionally important qualities of students are low, medium, and high levels of development of emotional intelligence, negative communicative attitude, intellectual lability, and stress tolerance.

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