scholarly journals Is there a mismatch between employers’ and university teachers’ perceptions on graduate employability in Croatia?

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
Ljerka Sedlan König ◽  
Helga Maškarin Ribarić
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Economic Worth ◽  
The University

Employability in graduates is considered to be an outcome universities should seek to achieve. At the same time, scholars rarely differentiate between “graduateness as a state after the completion of a course, and employability as an assessment of the economic worth of a student at that time” (Glover, Law and Youngman, 2002:293). This paper aims to study employability in higher education from the employers’ and university teachers’ perspective. It highlights the most highly valued employability competencies and attributes, and paints an interesting picture of perceptions university teachers and employers have of employability characteristics. The empirical research incorporates 134 responses from employers from Croatian companies of all sizes, and 124 from University teachers from two Croatian universities: University of Rijeka and Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. The results indicate that the university teachers and employers have similar views regarding employability characteristics, but view differently the knowledge, skills and attributes significant for employment and the contribution of higher education to the improvement of these attributes. The results point to the necessity of Croatian universities to cooperate and communicate more efficiently with employers and employer associations in developing courses, and delivering relevant subject content.

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

scholarly journals The Higher Education Sustainability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Spanish and Ecuadorian Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6363
Author(s):  
Johanna Andrea Espinosa-Navarro ◽  
Manuel Vaquero-Abellán ◽  
Alberto-Jesús Perea-Moreno ◽  
Gerardo Pedrós-Pérez ◽  
Pilar Aparicio-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Older Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
The University

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre-and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

scholarly journals Developing ESD Competences in Higher Education Institutions—Staff Training at the University of Vechta

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10336
Author(s):  
Lukas Scherak ◽  
Marco Rieckmann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Staff Training ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Trigger Points ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Limited Opportunity ◽  
Assessment Survey ◽  
The University

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) competences have been widely discussed over the past decade. A number of frameworks have been developed, and the Erasmus+ Project “A Rounder Sense of Purpose” (RSP) set out to establish a profound and practical framework of competences to be used in any European context to enable in-service and pre-service educators to demonstrate their competence in ESD. Over the course of two years at the University of Vechta, staff training was provided using the RSP competences model as a guiding framework. Data were collected through a focus group and a self-assessment survey in order to answer the research question, “Which competences do university teachers need in order to work with the concept of ESD in higher education and how can these be developed in a series of staff training workshops?” The results show that all 12 RSP competences are indeed relevant for higher education teaching, but the potential for developing them into a staff training programme is limited. There are multiple trigger points and settings that are beneficial to and necessary for the development of ESD competences. If those conditions are not met there is limited opportunity for applying ESD methods within higher education.

scholarly journals Benchmarking of University teachers’ professional development: successful European, Chinese, and Russian practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Tatiana Tregubova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
The University

In the context of socio-pedagogical transformations of higher education organizations, the modernization of the system of teachers’ professional development becomes an integral component of the reforms. Today university teachers have to be ready for continuous development and advanced training throughout their lives. Thus, the study of the problem of university teachers’ professional development in Russia and abroad is very relevant and timely as a response to the modern requirements of civil society for the personality of the teacher. The need for professional development among university teachers is closely related to his (her) desire for more successful indicators in teaching activities. To do this, it is necessary to fulfill several pedagogical conditions, including the teacher's own awareness of the need for professional development; the interest of the university administration and the availability of resources to organize an effective professional development system, etc. The purpose of the article is to show some successful practices of the teachers’ professional development in Russian, Chinese and European universities which the author observed while visiting those universities within the realization the project “Enhancing teaching practice in the universities of Russia and China”. The article presents the possibilities of benchmarking in higher education, in particular, the use of the benchmarking technology as a method of studying the effective practices of organizing the teachers’ professional development in a modern university.

scholarly journals Learner Autonomy in University English Classrooms: Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiew Yen Dwee ◽  
Elizabeth M. Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teacher Perception ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
English Classrooms ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
The University ◽  
University Setting

While much has been written on the concept and development of learner autonomy, limited studies have investigated the perceptions and classroom practices of teachers in fostering learner autonomy. This paper sets out to examine what teachers think about learner autonomy as well as the strategies they use to develop autonomous learners in a university setting using a qualitative approach. Five English teachers were selected using purposive sampling and a semi-structured interview was conducted with each of them to obtain in-depth data on their perceptions and teaching practices revolving around autonomous learning. The findings revealed that although university teachers possessed a fair understanding of what learner autonomy involves, there was a lack of focus in terms of developing learner autonomy in the classroom due to a number of challenges such as lack of teacher readiness, passive student attitude as well as the relevance and timing of English courses within the university curriculum.Keywords: Learner autonomy, Teacher perception, Teaching practices, English classrooms

scholarly journals Teacher’s professional image: reimagining the future

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 00063
Author(s):  
N.B. Samoylenko ◽  
L.N. Zharko ◽  
A.A. Georgiadi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Common Trends ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The Future ◽  
Professional Image ◽  
The University

In this research, the authors aim to determine the teachers’ professional image in the present-day context. The issues of teachers’ new role, new image and professional conditions are analyzed with regard to the reforms and commercialization of higher education as the most common trends. The paper examines the data of the survey which was conducted on the basis of written questionnaire designed to investigate the university teachers’ readiness to work in the new conditions, their readiness to innovation, the factors constraining innovation in the sphere of higher education in the context of its commercialization. The research carries value to education policymakers and university authorities. They can use these findings to reflect on regulations that would ensure favorable academic environment and increase the brand image of their staff.

scholarly journals Networking of Educational Organizations of General and Higher Education: Infrastructure Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 03015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Georgievich Vorovshchikov ◽  
Olga Andreyevna Lyubchenko ◽  
Aishat Shahmadovna Shakhmanova ◽  
Andrey Alexandrovich Marinyuk ◽  
Lhaamtseren Bold
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Student Research ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Infrastructure Project ◽  
The University ◽  
Additional Education

The article deals with organizational details and results of the infrastructural project that has been implemented over 15 years in several Moscow schools with consulting support of a pedagogical university. The goal of the project: through the interaction of schools and the university, develop and test a comprehensive system of didactic and methodological support for the development of research culture in schoolchildren as a metasubject result. Such support has been designed as a complex intraschool didactic and methodological system that includes the priority values and goals of meta-subject education, the determination of the activity-based component of meta-subject education content, the projects of meta-subject courses, methodological recommendations on designing meta-subject lessons and organizing students’ research. This system of didactic and methodological support requires managerial assistance that ensures coordination and consistency in the work of additional education pedagogues, teachers, university teachers who consult student research.

scholarly journals University Teachers and Their Reflections on Their Pedagogical Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-229
Author(s):  
Barbora Nekardová
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Development ◽  
The University

In this paper, I deal with the question of how university teachers perceive and evaluate their pedagogical development. I originate from a qualitative analysis of 9 in-depth semi-structured interviews with teachers from different faculties of Masaryk University who participated in a two-semester educational program aimed at increasing pedagogical competencies organized by the university. The respondents draw attention to the lack of educational opportunities to support pedagogical competencies, identifying several areas in which they would like to develop. That is why they had applied for a program organized by the University. As a part of this program, it wasn‘t the intensive full-time course led by experienced lecturers that teachers evaluated as the best, but a collaboration with a mentor they chose from their colleagues on their own. These findings are discussed in the context of current efforts of higher education institutions to achieve excellence in teaching.

scholarly journals PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION FOR FUTURE UNIVERSITY TEACHERS: DETERMINANTS OF EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
O. K. Logvinova ◽  
V. K Vittenbek ◽  
G. P Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Group Method ◽  
University Environment ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Higher Education Pedagogy ◽  
The University ◽  
Focus Group Method

The study is aimed at identifying and analyzing the determinants of effective pedagogical education for future university teachers. Research interest in this issue stems from world wide dramatic changes in higher education caused by interdependent processes of globalization, massification and digitalization, which in turn foregrounds the problem of effective teaching in a more diverse and complex university environment. The research is based on both theoretical analysis and comparison of modern approaches to the problem under study, generalization of pedagogical experience and empirical investigation. The authors focused on students’ expectations and perceptions regarding real and ideal university teachers. Data collection involved the qualitative approach with the use of focus group method as well as focused interviews. The findings obtained helped to substantiate key determinants of effective pedagogical education for future university teachers, namely an opportune content and teaching methods updating, relevant forms of training, consideration of students’ expectations. The results of the research are of interest to a wide range of experts in the field of higher education and can be applied within the courses of “Pedagogy of Higher Education”, “Pedagogy and Psychology of Higher Education”, “Methods of Teaching at the University”, etc.

Technological Skills and Initial Teacher Training

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Nuzzaci
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Primary Teacher Education ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
The University

This article describes how the use of education technology by those responsible for teacher training is one of the training issues that are often associated with the importance of enhancing didactic efficiency and the procedural and logistical difficulties associated with the instructional design that are identified as the main sources of concern in the professionalization of teachers and sometimes lead to unjustified assumptions about the very nature of the formation. Understanding attitudes towards ICT is important in determining whether future teachers' perceptions about the advantages or disadvantages of using ICT in higher education may condition their proper use in teaching as this provides the basics for professional conduct that is most appropriate. The present article aims to investigate the attitudes of personal and didactic use of technologies and the perception of their digital skills in students attending the Degree Course in Primary Teacher Education at the University of Aquila Studies.

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