scholarly journals The Reflective Practice for Sustainable Future

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Damayanthi Gunasekera ◽  
Manaori Samarakoon
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Reflective Practices ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Automation Project ◽  
The University

This paper reviews the initiatives taken by the library of Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (BPUSL) to achieve the SDGs to create sustainable environment in the library as well as in the university. It also discusses various steps taken by the university as well as the other units connecting it to information as a strategic resource and attempts an articulation of the concept of sustainable information and quality education, building on sustainable future at the university under the theme of “sustainable university”. The article discusses further recent initiatives taken to upgrade the quality of the library services,  automation project to automate the whole library collection, scanning important rare and old books to create digital archive, preparing attractive library building by planting flowers and facilitating natural resources for reading areas addressing the goals on quality and equitable education, gender equity, literacy skills, health, and the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies, justice and strong institutions. The main objective of the article is to share reflective practices among LIS professionals in the field. Action research method was applied to write this article as it describes the reflective practices which promote sustainable future in the university and future endeavors as well. The paper concludes with suggestions on integrating concepts of sustainable information into higher education and role of information professionals towards the achievement of sustainable goals.

Zmiana modelu zarządzania i nadzoru nad jakością kształcenia w szkolnictwie wyższym. Perspektywa doświadczeń Republiki Federalnej Niemiec

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-149
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Szewior
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
University Management ◽  
Strategic Partner ◽  
Higher Education Reforms ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Desk Research

The author focuses on the manner and effects of German higher education reforms that have changed the model of university management. The point of reference is the quality of education and its role, how universities ensure it, and how it is verified through evaluation and accreditation. These elements divide the article into two parts: a part about quality and a part about evaluation and accreditation. The analysis includes the impact of global processes and Europeanization. The research approach is characteristic for public policies, sciences of management and quality. The theories used in this article: the theory of systems and neo-institutionalism, as well as perspectives: the university as an active strategic partner, entrepreneurial university, the third role of universities. The publication is based on desk research and on the analysis of processes.

Examining digital information literacy as a determinant of women's online shopping behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Munazza Mahmood ◽  
Syeda Hina Batool ◽  
Muhammad Rafiq ◽  
Muhammad Safdar
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Online Shopping Behavior

PurposeThe present study aims to examine the current digital information literacy (DIL) skills of female online shoppers in Lahore city of Pakistan. Data were gathered from a purposive sampling of women, aged between 20–50 years who were buying products online, not from the traditional retail stores. Out of 309 received questionnaires, 269 responses were useable and were utilized for data analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to deduce inferences.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative research approach was employed for this study, and a survey was conducted to collect the data from the study's respondents. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used.FindingsResults revealed that the digital information literacy skills of women were good to a moderate level. However, they were not confident in applying advanced searching options. In accordance with what was hypothesized in a directional hypothesis, DIL was found to be a strong predictor of online shopping behavior of women, consequently highlighting the importance of such competencies in modern life. Other findings illustrate that participating women rarely engaged in online shopping and felt hesitation in using credit/debit card for online transactions.Research limitations/implicationsThese observations highlight the important role of information professionals in creating digital literacy among different population groups, specifically women, by planning digital information instruction through courses, workshops and trainings. This could eventually be possible with the dynamic role of librarians or information professionals in the society.Originality/valueThe present study adopts the unique approach of measuring online shopping behavior of female shoppers in connection with their digital information literacy skills.

scholarly journals The Role of Strategic Thinking Patterns in the Quality of Administrative Decision Making

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Ahlam Ibrahim Wali ◽  
Muzaffar Hamed Ali ◽  
Ahmed Azan Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Holistic Thinking ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
The University ◽  
Diagnostic Thinking

The aim of the research is to identify the role of strategic thinking patterns (holistic, abstract, diagnostic, schematic) among the university leaders in the faculties of the University of Salahuddin / Erbil. In order to reach this goal, (The type of holistic thinking, the pattern of abstract thinking, the pattern of diagnostic thinking, the pattern of schematic thinking), while the third axis of the dependent variable relates to the quality of administrative decision making. The questionnaire was distributed to 100 respondents Aclasia and the meanings of the deans and heads of scientific departments, has been pursuing the analytical descriptive approach as a way to research was the use of statistical methods SPSS to get to the search results, and research found a set of results 1-There are levels of (types of strategic thinking and quality of administrative decision-making) among the university leaders in faculties of Salahuddin University / Erbil. 2-There is a positive positive relationship between all types of strategic thinking and the quality of administrative decision-making 3- There is a significant impact of the types of strategic thinking in the quality of administrative decision - making. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that the university leaders at the university be given an interest in strategic thinking as an important factor in the quality of managerial decision making

scholarly journals Beyond the academic’s dilemma: Transdisciplinary and existential perspectives of re-enchantment

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rennie Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Dialectical Tensions ◽  
Dialectical Approach ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

The purpose of this article is to stimulate debate about the developing paradoxes and dilemmas facing the university academic. This article argues that academics are increasingly being steeped in an inauthentic existence due, at least partly to, egocentrism and sociocentrism. A modest transdisciplinary- existential analytical framework is applied as an intellectual method to reflect on the prevailing monological perspectives stifling the role of academics, in working towards building a more sustainable future. Using concepts such as the subject, facticity and transcendence, the article investigates the dialectical tensions between some of these monological perspectives and proposes avenues to create new possibilities to progress the role of the academic. The article argues that the multilogical perspectives of transdisciplinary thinking and the empowering perspectives of existential thinking can provide academics with the necessary conceptual tools to transcend egocentrism and sociocentrism. While it is likely that new contradictions will emerge as a result of this synthesis, open-minded academics are urged to ignite their imaginative powers and take up the challenge of creating and acting on new possibilities. A transdisciplinary-existential dialectical approach can provide a richer understanding of present dilemmas in academia and the world, and suggest more satisfying paths to a sustainable future.

scholarly journals Role of Prayers in Anxiety Management Among the Youth of Pakistan: An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Ghulam Shabir ◽  
Arif Ahmad ◽  
Imran Shah ◽  
Rana Faizan Ali
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Anxiety Management ◽  
Management Method ◽  
The University

Background: Regular feelings of anxiety is a severe life and highly prevalent psychiatric disorder which becomes one of the major cause of death across the globe. Although the exact causes responsible for anxiety are not known only in Pakistan 44 % of the population is facing anxiety problems which leads to many other diseases and low quality of life. Objectives: To investigate whether the youth of Pakistan is facing anxiety problems, what are the major cause of anxiety, how anxiety can be managed, and to study the role of prayers in anxiety management.  Method: The researcher select 400 respondents from two universities of Lahore (the University of Central Punjab and Punjab University) through a systematic random sampling technique. In the first phase, the researcher filters those people who did not face an anxiety problem in the last month. Researchers collect data only from those respondents who can recall and face an anxiety problem in the last month. Results: Rate of anxiety among the youth of Pakistan is alarming, as (71 %) of the respondent said that they face anxiety problems. But there is a very significant relationship between prayers and anxiety management. Conclusion: The researcher concludes that prayers can be used to manage or reduce anxiety.

scholarly journals Prerequisites for the development of educational ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Е.Н. Прокофьева
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Flexible Mechanism ◽  
Human Orientation ◽  
Human And Nature ◽  
The University

В современной методологии образования основным является подход «ориентация на человека», что порождает вектор экосистемности образования как новую норму образовательной деятельности. Сейчас только формируются и отрабатываются стратегии создания и развития образовательных экосистем и ее педагогических практик, как в цифровом пространстве, так и вне его. Обосновывается роль трансформационных процессов в научно-образовательной сфере, которые предопределяют необходимость формирования в вузах образовательных экосистем. В статье автор раскрывает предпосылки развития образовательной экосистемы с позиций реализации когнитивной парадигмы образования. Автором рассмотрены проблемы представления образовательных экосистем при отсутствии ориентира на гуманитаризацию обучения, недостаточно развитых системах управления, ориентире на человекоцентризм вместо человеко- и природосообразности. Представлен анализ результатов пилотного исследования факторов организации образовательных экосистем. Выделены основные ориентиры формирования образовательных экосистем. Описана сущность образовательной экосистемы через призму: отношений, педагогических взаимодействий, образовательной среды, ориентации на качество образования, образовательных стратегий и технологий. На основании выделенных предпосылок развития образовательных экосистем, делается вывод о том, что университетская экосистема – это гибкий механизм взаимодействия всех акторов образования, который позволяет своевременно и адекватно реагировать на внешние и внутренние изменения. Статья предназначена для педагогов, руководителей образовательных организаций, исследователей, занимающихся вопросами образовательной экосистемы. In the modern methodology of education, the main approach is "human orientation", which gives rise to the vector of ecosystem education as a new norm of educational activity. Strategies for the creation and development of educational ecosystems and its pedagogical practices both in the digital space and outside it are just being formed and worked out. The role of transformational processes in the scientific and educational sphere, which predetermine the need for the formation of educational ecosystems in universities, is substantiated. In the article, the author reveals the prerequisites for the development of the educational ecosystem from the standpoint of the implementation of the cognitive paradigm of education. The author considers the problems of representing educational ecosystems in the absence of a focus on the humanitarization of learning, insufficiently developed management systems, a focus on humanocentrism instead of human- and nature-conformity. The analysis of the results of a pilot study of the factors of the organization of educational ecosystems is presented. The main guidelines for the formation of educational ecosystems are highlighted. The essence of the educational ecosystem is described through the prism of: relationships, pedagogical interactions, educational environment, orientation to the quality of education, educational strategies and technologies. Based on the identified prerequisites for the development of educational ecosystems, it is concluded that the university ecosystem is a flexible mechanism for the interaction of all actors of education, which allows timely and adequate response to external and internal changes. The article is intended for teachers, heads of educational organizations, researchers dealing with the issues of the educational ecosystem.

scholarly journals On the History of the University Press in the 20s of the 20th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 666-679
Author(s):  
Natalia Kodola
Keyword(s):  
State University ◽  
Educational Role ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University ◽  
Moscow State University

The research analyzed the biography of the editors of the newspaper of the 2nd Moscow State University "Za Leninym" as well as their role in the management of the publication. We used archival documents of the 2nd Moscow State University which have not been studied before. The newspaper "Za Leninym" was published from 1926 to 1930. Its editors were students and employees of the 2nd Moscow State University. In the 1920s of the twentieth century university mass media were established. There was an acute shortage of professionals who could help the large-circulation press to reach a professional level. The study found that media played an important ideological, informative, and educational role. The newspaper "Za Leninym" was no exception. The leadership of the 2nd Moscow State University was genuinely interested in publishing a newspaper, the editorial board was appointed, the issues of the newspaper and the content of "Za Leninym" were repeatedly discussed. The role of newspaper editors in its development and improvement of the quality of the content of materials and layout was also crucial. Especially it is interesting to learn about the editors who really made a big contribution into science and in the history of the country (Y. Uranovsky, A. Bagdasarov, Y. Bugaysky). Thanks to the editors the newspaper which they wanted to close at its very beginning really took off and was being published regularly until 1930 under the name "Za Leninym", and since 1931 under the name "Kultarmeets".

scholarly journals The role of accounting information in the rationalization of expenditure policies on higher education to meet the labor market requirements of a field study of the University of Sirte: دور المعلومات المحاسبية في ترشيد سياسات الإنفاق على التعليم العالي للوفاء بمتطلبات سوق العمل: دراسة ميدانية جامعة سرت

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahabuddin Mohamed Ahmed - Taj Alsar on Ahmed Al Maqtese
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Quality Of Accounting Information ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Simple Regression Analysis ◽  
The University

   The study carried out to study bridge gap between higher education, and Community service. In addition, to highlight the output of higher education and its importance in fulfilling the requirements of the Libyan labor market, and examine policies to rationalize spending and the extent of its impacts on the quality of education output and suitability to the needs and requirements of the labor market in the future. The study relied on a method of descriptive statistical analysis to analyze the raw data obtained from the questionnaire using a statistical program (SPSS) to get to the results of the study premise and tested through correlation matrix and simple regression analysis The study resulted in the following findings: - - The university, like other public sector units to license its annual set of allocated to finance ongoing activities what you offer these units of accounting information funds. - Spending is not objective judgment on the efficiency due to the limited range of models and methods that are included in the plans in order to meet the requirements of the Libyan labor market. - The quality of accounting information to find a property in decisions making to contribute to the policy of fiscal spending on higher education as reflected positively on the economic return.

scholarly journals Why do people apply for admission to Moscow universities? An analysis of the reasons and development of recommendations

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Evgeniya Jukova ◽  
◽  
Maxim Kozyrev ◽  
Irina Ilina ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Source Of Information

When there is high competition between universities for applicants, research into the applicants’ motives becomes relevant. This research used a survey questionnaire, the results of which were subjected to correlation analysis. The survey involved students from four Moscow universities, differing in both rating and quality of admission. The main reasons why applicants choose their university were the availability of budget places and the cost of training. The source of information about the university is also important. Modern youth (and also their parents) focus mainly on Internet sites for applicants and on the university’s website social networks. The role of Internet resources will only increase in the future although traditional forms of attracting applicants, such as open days and Olympics should not be discounted. They attract at least a quarter of the admissions. The research revealed that school graduates who are strongly oriented toward higher education prepare for exams very seriously. More than two-thirds of all students surveyed noted several options for preparing for the exam. However, not all applications had a solid life position with regard to their future profession. Many have chosen those courses that are easier to pass. One of the important factors in making a choice and in preparation is the image of the university. The higher the rating of the university, the more motivated applicants it attracts and as a result, the level of training of graduates also increases. It is proposed that distance forms of participation in university events are developed so as to expand coverage.

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