THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS IN STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION DURING ACTIVE LEARNING PROGRAMS

Author(s):  
Priit Reiska ◽  
Aet Möllits
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Swanger ◽  
Beth H. Jones

ABSTRACT Accounting educators strive to prepare graduates for work in their chosen field. Various teaching methods can be employed to best accomplish this goal. One valuable tool is the use of active learning tasks that simulate external work environments. This paper describes the collaboration between an AIS and an Auditing professor who used an integrative task that spanned their two classes over two semesters. The authors had their AIS students complete Arens and Ward's Systems Understanding Aid (SUA) project (Arens & Ward, 2008). The following semester, students in the auditing class audited the records and financials that had been generated by students the previous semester. The project was designed to facilitate course integration and teamwork by having groups of students play the role of corporate accountants, then act as independent auditors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6414
Author(s):  
Yun-kyung Jeon ◽  
Daeh-wan Kim ◽  
Seung-jin Han ◽  
Yi-han Huang ◽  
Jin-jae Kim

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the structural relationship between the servicescape, the emotional experience, space flow, satisfaction, and consumer loyalty in the context of sport fitness centers. Furthermore, the present study aimed to examine the moderating role of knowledge acquisition motivation in the effect of the servicescape on the emotional experience and space flow. For these research purposes, a survey study targeting 400 consumers of sport fitness centers was conducted via online and offline survey platforms in South Korea. After deleting 16 incomplete cases, 384 cases were included in the final data analysis. The results of latent moderated equations modeling (LMS) showed that the servicescape directly enhances the emotional experience and space flow. Also, it indirectly affects consumer loyalty via the emotional experience, space flow, and consumer satisfaction. Meanwhile, knowledge acquisition motivation was found to moderate the effect of the servicescape on space flow. The present study has several theoretical implications. First, the current study illuminates the process mechanism of the effect of the servicescape in sport fitness centers on consumer loyalty. Second, the present study empirically shows different patterns of consumer experiences and decision-making depending on consumption motivation. Based on the results, sport fitness center managers should not only pay more attention to the convenience of their servicescape but they should also design service environments maximizing consumers′ emotional experiences. Additionally, the results imply that assigning exercise beginners to an attractive physical environment is an effective strategy, because they are more likely to evaluate their experiences based on the perceived servicescape.


2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110325
Author(s):  
Charalampous Constantia ◽  
Papademetriou Christos ◽  
Reppa Glykeria ◽  
Athanasoula-Reppa Anastasia ◽  
Voulgari Aikaterini

In recent years, the role of the leader in the effective operation of the school has been vastly debated in the international educational community. Through a historical study of educational leadership, this research discovered that the position of the leader is constantly being reshaped and adapted to the current social, cultural, and economic circumstances. During the last year, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the educational leadership has had to be reshaped worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the issues that have arisen from the aforementioned situation, as well as to try to figure out how a school’s principal might apply the basic principles of educational leadership, in a period of crisis. This investigation was focused on the use of the qualitative method. The study included 88 teachers and 5 principals from Cyprus, as well as teachers and parents. Based on the findings of the study, we discovered that the challenges faced by school principals and teachers are primarily linked to alienation, marginalization, time management, improving bureaucracy, problems with technical equipment and distance learning programs. Solution to these obstacles seemed to be the: Empathy, teamwork, and decentralization of the educational system, which are all promoted by the principal, who occasionally has additional authority.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy M. Connor ◽  
Sangeeta Karmokar ◽  
Chris Whittington

This paper sets out to challenge the common pedagogies found in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education with a particular focus on engineering. The dominant engineering pedagogy remains “chalk and talk”; despite research evidence that demonstrates its ineffectiveness. Such pedagogical approaches do not embrace the possibilities provided by more student-centric approaches and more active learning. The paper argues that there is a potential confusion in engineering education around the role of active learning approaches, and that the adoption of these approaches may be limited as a result of this confusion, combined with a degree of disciplinary egocentrism. The paper presents examples of design, engineering and technology projects that demonstrate the effectiveness of adopting pedagogies and delivery methods more usually attributed to the liberal arts such as studio based learning. The paper concludes with some suggestions about how best to create a fertile environment from which inquiry based learning can emerge as well as a reflection on whether the only real limitation on cultivating such approaches is the disciplinary egocentrism of traditional engineering educators.


2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice W. Ra'anan

Laboratory exercises are intended to illustrate concepts and add an active learning component to courses. Since the 1980s, there has been a decline in animal laboratories offered in conjunction with medical physiology courses. The most important single reason for this is cost, but other contributing factors include the development of computer simulations, changes in medical education, and pressure from antivivisectionists. Unfortunately, the elimination of animal laboratories has occurred with relatively little consideration of the educational impact of this change. Although computer simulations are considered effective in helping students acquire basic physiological concepts, there is evidence some students acquire a more thorough understanding of the material through the more advanced and challenging experience of an animal laboratory. The fact that such laboratories offer distinct educational advantages should be taken into account when courses are designed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Soldner ◽  
Heather Rowan-Kenyon ◽  
Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas ◽  
Jason Garvey ◽  
Claire Robbins

Author(s):  
Maria Sobieszczyk ◽  
◽  
Katarzyna Wojciechowska ◽  

A kindergarten gives extensive opportunities for cooperation with parents. The article is limited to present two aspects of cooperation. One area concerns health education, which can and should combine and integrate the activities of kindergarten teachers and parents, concerning children’s knowledge acquisition and formation of health-oriented behaviour. The second area concerns preparing preschool children for the future role of a tourist. Advantages of tourism for a child’s development were presented, including trips as an organizational form of kindergarten work. In addition to evidence confirming the numerous cognitive, health, cultural, and aesthetic values of trips, the importance of cooperation between a kindergarten and parents in this regard was highlighted. The article also contains many proposals for methodological solutions for the discussed issues.


Author(s):  
Omar Abdelaziz Mosa Yasen

This study aimed to identify the degree to which Islamic Education Teachers possess the principles and strategies of active learning In Government Schools of the Education Directorate in the Zarqa governorate (1). The descriptive approach was used and to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection; it consisted of (27) paragraphs, which applied on a sample of (72) male teachers and (88) female teachers. The result showed that the level of Degree to which Islamic Education Teachers possess the principles and Strategies of active learning was High with (3.92) score The findings also showed there were no statistically significant differences between the level of Islamic Education teachers sex (male and female) in addition there were statistically significant differences between teachers of (5 years and less) of experience and these with (5-10) years of experience in favor of the second group and statistically significant differences between teachers of (5-10) years of experience and these with (10 and more) years of experience in favor of the second group. In light of these findings, the researcher suggested a set recommendation including the necessity of holding training courses for teachers and students to explain the role of each other in light of active learning.


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