scholarly journals Research Collaboration: Enhancing the Research Skills and Self-Confidence of Early Career Academics

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Faridah Mydin ◽  
Radin Siti Aishah Radin A. Rahman ◽  
Wan Muna Ruzanna Wan Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Research University ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Low Performance

Abstract: An academic’s career development chiefly depends on research and publication performance. For young academics, support and guidance are needed to help with the transition to new work culture and practices in the early phase of their career. This study intended to explore the benefits of research collaboration activities in relation to young academics’ knowledge, skills, and personal development. A total of 15 young academics from one research university with each having less than five years of work experience selected using purposive sampling. In-depth interviews were used to collect data. The data transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that research collaboration activities have substantial impact on young academics in updating their research knowledge and skills, and this subsequently caused them to be more confident with their ability to manage research independently. Collaboration activities also have remarkable impact on young academics’ generic skills development and psychological wellbeing, increase young academics’ self-confidence, to reduce isolation as well as overcome the problem of low performance. Based on the findings, it is suggested that collaborative working culture is promoted and enhanced by universities as a practical platform for young academics to continue upgrading their knowledge and skills.   Keywords: Performance, Research Collaboration, University, Young Academics

scholarly journals What Else Matters? Competency of Malaysian Educators in Technical and Vocational Education: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Ain Saipudin ◽  
◽  
Nornazira Suhairom ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Technical Competency ◽  
Systematic Selection

This article reported up-to-date studies on competencies issues of TVET educators from Malaysia’s institutions. Various electronic databases were used and through systematic selection, 12 scientific articles were identified. The findings of the identified studies were organized by five emerging key matters (1) imbalance of technical and non-technical competency; (2) lack of practical skills training and work experience; (3) issue of greening TVET; (4) lack of self-concept and self-confidence in improving performance; and (5) lack of pedagogical approach for social and humanity competency. This review indicates that these five key matters about competency apply to the current norm of Malaysian TVET educators across all ages. Thus, the review concludes by suggesting educators to progressively increase their knowledge and skills through theoretical and practical training and real experiences acquired from home and abroad. This will enhance their competencies in line with the national and international core standards, that aim to produce skilled, knowledgeable, and high-quality workforces in various TVET industries.

scholarly journals Exploring the factors that contribute towards better student-mentor relationship in work-based learning (WBL) practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60
Author(s):  
Abdool Qaiyum Mohabuth
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Mentor Relationship ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Core Components ◽  
The Right ◽  
Student Mentor ◽  
The University

Mentors are called upon to counsel, guide, coach and advise mentees. Mentoring creates a relationship with the purpose of facilitating learners to achieve their learning goals. It allows individuals to look objectively at their performance and future development. Mentoring takes a formal setting in WBL practice which involves an experience for learning and a change in which mentor and mentee utilize a range of core components including honesty, trust and respectful listening to transfer knowledge and skills. Students on WBL practice view mentors as the right professionals with advanced work experience and knowledge from whom they may seek assistance for their professional and personal development. While many students undertaking WBL practice have experienced positive mentoring, there are some that complain about the lack of attention and care provided by their mentors. Most studies investigated the antecedents, outcomes, and benefits of programs with little attention given to identifying and illustrating what is required to ensure the quality of the mentoring process and the effectiveness of the mentoring relationship. This study sought to identify the factors that contribute towards positive mentoring for enhancing the student-mentor relationship. A survey questionnaire was designed for exploring the factors that lead to positive mentoring in WBL practice. The questionnaire was administered to students of the University of Mauritius who undertook WBL practice at the respective placement settings. Mentors providing the necessary coaching at these practice settings were also requested to complete a questionnaire. The findings reveal a list of the main factors which can lead to successful mentoring and enhance the student-mentor relationship. The element of ‘trust’ was found to be the most influential factor in the relationship, followed by ‘empathy’ and ‘openness’. These factors are seen to enhance interactive capability of mentees which contribute much towards improved acquisition of knowledge and skills in the practice.

scholarly journals Adding Authenticity to Inquiry in a First-Year, Research-Based, Biology Laboratory Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. ar38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L. Indorf ◽  
Joanna Weremijewicz ◽  
David P. Janos ◽  
Michael S. Gaines
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Undergraduate Science

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective way to integrate research into an undergraduate science curriculum and extend research experiences to a large, diverse group of early-career students. We developed a biology CURE at the University of Miami (UM) called the UM Authentic Research Laboratories (UMARL), in which groups of first-year students investigated novel questions and conducted projects of their own design related to the research themes of the faculty instructors. Herein, we describe the implementation and student outcomes of this long-running CURE. Using a national survey of student learning through research experiences in courses, we found that UMARL led to high student self-reported learning gains in research skills such as data analysis and science communication, as well as personal development skills such as self-confidence and self-efficacy. Our analysis of academic outcomes revealed that the odds of students who took UMARL engaging in individual research, graduating with a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) within 4 years, and graduating with honors were 1.5–1.7 times greater than the odds for a matched group of students from UM’s traditional biology labs. The authenticity of UMARL may have fostered students’ confidence that they can do real research, reinforcing their persistence in STEM.

Three-Year Study of the Impact of a Research Experience Program in Aerospace Engineering on Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Jacques C. Richard ◽  
So Yoon Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Research University ◽  
Aerospace Engineering ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Public Research University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Engineering Career

This study reports results from a three-year implementation of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation in aerospace engineering at a public research university in the southwestern United States. Students’ perceptions of research knowledge, skills, and engineering career paths were all positively affected.

scholarly journals The Early Career Paths and Employment Conditions of the Academic Profession in 17 Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. S7-S33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Bennion ◽  
William Locke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Academic Profession ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
National Differences

The expansion of higher education systems, new demands on institutions and growing pressures on resources have become common trends across most developed countries. They bring increased expectations of academic staff and appear to lead to greater differentiation in their work roles and activities. At the same time, the backgrounds of some academics are changing and they are developing new specialisms and interdisciplinary collaborations, becoming more mobile domestically and internationally and, for some, the profession is becoming increasingly insecure. The Changing Academic Profession study has produced a rich set of data on the preparation of academics for their roles and the individual circumstances of their working lives, among other aspects of the profession. Respondents to the survey reported on the degrees they have attained, the countries in which they studied for them, the age at which they qualified and the nature of the doctoral training they received. This paper explores the early career paths of academics, makes initial comparisons between different higher education systems and begins to explore how some of these national systems interrelate with each other through academic mobility. Respondents also reported on the disciplines they studied and now teach, the number of institutions worked in and their contractual conditions and income. These data give an indication of the various degrees of flexibility and mobility required of – or chosen by – academics in the early and later stages of their careers and the stability, or perhaps rigidity, of different higher education systems and national career patterns. The data also supplement other evidence of the employment conditions and remuneration of scholars in an increasingly globalised academic labour market.1,2 The conditions of academic work are explored through analysis of the views of survey respondents on the facilities, resources and personnel needed to support it and the degree of research collaboration undertaken. Academics from the 17 countries in the study seem more content with the physical and technical resources provided by their institutions than the personnel and funds available to support teaching and research. Finally, it is suggested that the propensity for collaborative or individual research may be partially related to national differences in academics’ mobility during their training for the profession.

scholarly journals Geo-gebra como herramienta didáctica en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de la matemática, y su incidencia en el rendimiento académico en los estudiantes de la carrera de ingeniería agronómica

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3.1) ◽  
pp. 204-223
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Martínez Nogales ◽  
Jorge Cachuput Gusñay ◽  
Hernan Eriberto Chamarro Sevilla ◽  
Jorge Rigoberto López Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
High Rate ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Engineering Career

The Geo-Gebra software as a didactic tool in the teaching-learning process of mathematics and its impact on academic performance in the first semester students of the Faculty of Natural Resources, Agronomic engineering career of ESPOCH. The problem that has been detected in the students of the first semester, a high rate of low performance in the learning of mathematics, in the race because there is a culture of learning on the part of the students, it is determined that we must make profound changes in educational paradigms, the proposal for this process is to use the Geo-Gebra software didactic tool of mathematics, for the research was based on a questionnaire of questions applied with respect to the use of Goe-Gebra software, as a teaching resource in teaching- learning of mathematics, then with the use of this tool a form of satisfaction was applied to students and teachers, to later make the didactic guide using the Geo - Gebra educational software, hence the importance of making striking designs according to the level or semester and with contents attached to the current geometry plans and programs in which  educational. According to the work experience, a didactic guide was designed for the use of educational software specifically for inequations. It is concluded the research carried out that 72% of the students surveyed consider, using the ICTs it would improve the learning of the geometry and its academic performance; Therefore, it is recommended to train the teachers of the area and promote the proposal in the institution for the application in the teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals Eksistensi Bimbingan Perkawinan Pranikah di Wilayah Kecamatan Ujung Tanah Kota Makassar

Al-Mizan ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jazil
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Domestic Life ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Marriage Contract ◽  
Happy Family ◽  
Harmonious Family ◽  
Collection Methods

Pre-marital marriage cource aims to equip brides-to-be with understanding and knowledge and skills about married life, hoping that in the future they can create a harmonious family while reducing conflict, domestic violence and divorce. This study discusses the existence of pre-marital marriage course in the Ujung Tanah District, Makassar City. This study uses a qualitative approach with data collection methods through interviews. The results of this study indicate that participants of premarital marriage course in the Ujung Tanah District, Makassar city are participants who have registered at the Office of Religious Affairs, but have not yet entered into a marriage contract. The fact that after following pre-marital marriage course, the couples feel each other's self confidence increases and their are better prepared to live a domestic life, so that the existence of pre-marital marriage course can create a happy family. However, in the implementation there were also obstacles faced by the facilitators and the guidance participants.

Necessary research knowledge and skills for all surgeons: a futile survey or fuel for debate?

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (10) ◽  
pp. 702-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah M. Wright ◽  
Nicholas J. Evennett ◽  
John A. Windsor
Keyword(s):  
Research Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills

Influence of Test Anxiety on Measurement of Intelligence

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Oostdam ◽  
Joost Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Low Performance

In this study a measurement model for a test anxiety questionnaire was investigated in a sample of 207 Dutch students in the first grade of junior secondary vocational education. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis showed that a model for test anxiety with three factors for worry, emotionality, and lack of self-confidence is associated with a significantly better fit than a model comprised of only the first two factors. The relations of the three test anxiety factors to scores on intelligence tests for measuring verbal ability, reasoning, and spatial ability were examined. The results indicated that test anxiety appears to be transitory: the negative relation between test anxiety and test performance promptly fades away. Finally, we examined whether a distinction can be made between highly test anxious students with low performance due to worrisome thoughts (interference hypothesis) or low ability (deficit hypothesis). Results do not support the deficit hypothesis because the scores of all highly test anxious students increased in a less stressful situation.

Educators, professional bodies and the future of the valuation profession

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-399
Author(s):  
Sara Wilkinson ◽  
Dulani Halvitigala ◽  
Hera Antoniades
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Professional Body

Purpose Valuers face significant challenges as valuation becomes automated and the role evolves from economic analysis to data handling and processing. The purpose of this paper is to identify new knowledge and skills Valuers will need in the future and the role of professional bodies and educators in meeting future challenges in Australia, although the issues are considered global. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative research sought a deeper understanding of the issues, threats, challenges, opportunities, new areas of practice and knowledge that Valuers were experiencing with a view to identifying the role of professional bodies, industry and educators to meet the challenges. A focus group approach was adopted to collect data from practitioners in Sydney and Melbourne. Findings The roles of the professional body the Australian Property Institute, industry/employers and educators to meet these future challenges were identified. Changes are required to degree programme content in respect of digital technologies and statistical knowledge and skills. Continuing professional development programmes are required to address knowledge and skills gaps in existing practitioners. Research limitations/implications In this study, key limitations were that focus group participants were from Melbourne and Sydney only, and the focus is NSW and Victoria centric, although many participants have international work experience. Overall there was under representation of rural Valuers, of small valuation firms, of young, recently joined or qualified Valuers and females. Originality/value This is original research and highlights some real threats, issues and challenges facing the Australian Valuers. It complements work undertaken by legal and accounting professional bodies who perceive change and uncertainty affecting membership and services. To address and where, appropriate, embrace the changes that are coming and those already here, a manifesto for action for educators and the professional body is established.

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