scholarly journals Student Participation in University Governance: Experience of Ukraine

2019 ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Lesya Chervona
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
Student Participation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Governance ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
University Environment ◽  
The University

The article analyses the management structures and studying the experience of involving students into governance in Ukraine's universities. The processes of democratization in higher education have led to an increased student voice in university governance. Therefore, student participation is considered as an important and necessary condition (as stated in the official documents of the Bologna Process) of effective governance in higher education. This article considers student participation in university governance in the context of higher education development in Ukraine, namely as one of the mechanisms for improving university governance. In the public consciousness there is a gradual change in the understanding of the role of students in the educational process. The «subject-object» paradigm in the relationship between student and university, in which students are assigned the role of passive «object», is transferring to «subject-subject» relations where students are considered as a full partner in the educational field. The article conceptually clarifies the key concepts used by European researchers when studying the topic of student participation. First of all, these are such terms as: «student engagement» and «voise student». The official documents posted on the official sites of Ukrainian universities such as: University Development Strategies, Charters, Regulations, Teaching and Teaching Strategies, Student Self-Government Pages, etc., i.e. all those documents that can specify the idea of partnering with students within the university environment and whether student partnership is  formulated in the university-level policies.  To construct the scheme of the analysed materials on the websites of the universities, we have distinguished directions of student involvement: partnership with students in the university environment and involvement of students in the processes of governance; mechanisms for responding to student voice; the decision-making process at the university (transparency, accessibility, openness); mechanisms and tools aimed at intensifying student participation (information work, education, etc.).

scholarly journals PROBLEM FIELD OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
M.V. Pashkov ◽  
◽  
S.D. Savin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
The University ◽  
Role Of Information

A problem of the dual role of information technologies’ introduction to the educational process and its institutionalization in the higher education system are analyzed in the article. From sociological perspective the authors distinguish the factors of the influence of globalization and commercialization on structure of higher education, as well as to its implementation approaches. Such crucial social problems as social inequality and "digital divide", "managerialism" of the university structure with lack of creative selforganization, and the strengthening of ethical concerns of academic integrity standards in education are highlighted.

scholarly journals Determinants of the Digital Divide among French Higher Education Teachers

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-28
Author(s):  
Mounir Dahmani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Digital Divides ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

The widespread use of technology in daily life, and particularly in education in higher education institutions has devoted growing attention to the nature of ICT usages by Higher Education Teachers which has seen as an increasingly important factor for the successful integration of these technologies. This study aims to analyze the determining factors of the various uses of ICT by teachers in the university environment and to characterize their variety and intensity. For this end, we conducted a survey of a sample of 2,079 teachers from public universities in France. Our approach consisted in measuring the intensity of use of ICT in academia in order to appreciate the resulting digital divides between different groups of teachers. Multinomial logistic regression shows that the differences in the use of ICT are linked to the differences in initial digital skills between teachers. Furthermore, the training in ICT, age, gender and social context appear to have a manifold influence on ICT use. Our results clearly confirm the existence of digital  divides, it prompts us to analyze more precisely the role of innovative users and that   of first-time adopters when they appear to be actors involved in the diffusion of ICT within universities.

scholarly journals A Study on the Quality of Campus Landscape on Students' Attendance at the University Campus

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 950-962
Author(s):  
Mojgan Ghorbanzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
University Environment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Considering the expansion of higher education program in Iran to meet the needs of youth in recent years, there have been many institutes of higher education in closed spaces. This need is balanced now and it is time to highlight the importance of the impact of open spaces on higher education and improving its quality. The purpose of this study is to review landscape designing theories in University of Bojnord and investigating the role of these components in students’ attendance in the university environment. The ultimate goal is to extract and prioritize the desirability factors of the open spaces of campus and the students' attendance at the university. -The findings of the extraction have been analyzed based on the access to landscape design patterns. It is conducted by designing a visual questionnaire based on the components of landscape desirability such as understanding, exploration, compatible with the desire for participation and relaxation and enjoyment of the landscape. The questionnaire was given to 55 Students of University of Bojnord. The statistical population was all students of University of Bojnord. The sampling method was random clustering from the faculties of based on their gender and major. The data was stored, analyzed and processed in SPSS software. Data analysis shows the priority of the main factors of the desirability of open spaces on campus. The landscape desirability of Bojnurd University and students’ attendance at university is low and it requires a serious review of the architectural design of the university landscape.

scholarly journals Pedagogical conditions for forming the project competence of future teachers in the university environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Olga Yu. Muller
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

The relevance of the problem under study is associated with an important task of the higher education system the preparation of students future teachers for project activities in an educational institution. A modern teacher should have a wide range of knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of project activities. The purpose of the paper is a theoretical substantiation of pedagogical conditions that contribute to the formation of project competence of future teachers in the university environment. As designated pedagogical conditions are named and described: organization of training in cooperation; introduction of an additional course Learning to work on a project into the educational process; the use of the project method as a form of independent work of students in the study of various disciplines of the curriculum. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that pedagogical conditions have been developed and substantiated, contributing to the effective formation of the project competence of future teachers in the conditions of a university. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the fact that its results enrich the theory and methodology of vocational education in the field of forming the project competence of future teachers; complement scientific ideas about the pedagogical conditions for the effective formation of project competence, as well as about the features of its functioning; scientific approaches are systematized. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the revealed pedagogical conditions lead to the effective formation of the project competence of future teachers in the conditions of a university. The developed additional course can be applied in the practice of teaching universities in order to improve the quality of professional training of future teachers. The experimental base of the study was the budgetary institution of higher education Surgut State University. The methods used in the research: generalization, analysis and synthesis of information, comparison, analysis of educational and project activities of students. The effectiveness of preparing students - future teachers - for project activities with students is an urgent task in the education system, which can be ensured through the implementation of certain pedagogical conditions. It is the pedagogical conditions that increase the effectiveness of educational and cognitive activities and contribute to the most fruitful work of the teacher and students.

Educação em direitos humanos: para lá da informação (p. 83-100)

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivar César Oliveira De Vasconcelos ◽  
Geraldo Caliman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
The University

Nos tempos atuais, a educação segue acolhendo crianças, adolescentes e jovens frequentemente sujeitos ao adestramento com vistas à obtenção de bom desempenho em testes padronizados. Vigora o processo educacional que pouco articula aspectos informativos e formativos da educação. Indaga-se: os processos educacionais desenvolvidos na universidade formam ou informam? Investigou-se, por meio de uma abordagem qualitativo exploratória, com grupos focais, a percepção de jovens estudantes a respeito da educação desenvolvida na universidade, visando a compreender como concretizar, cada vez mais, a pedagogia dialógica (FREIRE, 2009, 2011) e, assim, contribuir com a educação para direitos humanos. Segundo declararam, o curso superior oferece acesso a uma vida melhor, não significando isto só ganhar dinheiro, mas também situar cada vez mais o indivíduo nas relações sociais. Percebem priorização de aspectos informativos, em detrimento dos formativos. Para eles, torna-se necessário superar os limites dos conceitos aprendidos, para o que as aulas deveriam ser mais dinâmicas e capazes de facilitar, junto aos estudantes, a vinculação entre teoria e prática, o que, inclusive, contribuiria para a maior compreensão de direitos humanos. Palavras-chave: Educação superior. Direitos humanos. Formação de professores. Juventude. Pedagogia dialógica.ABSTRACTNowadays, education shelters children, adolescents and young people who often are subjected to dressage, aiming to obtain good performance on standardized tests. The educational process that does not articulate informative and formative aspects of education remains as the rule. Based on this, it is reasonable to ask: do educational processes developed at the university environment form or inform? Through a qualitative exploratory approach, with focus groups, it was investigated the perceptions of young students about the educational process developed within the university in order to understand how to reach a dialogical pedagogy (FREIRE, 2009, 2011) and thus contribute to a human rights oriented education. According to respondents, higher education leads to a better life, although it do not means only making money, but also reinforcing individuals' place in social relationships. For them, it is necessary to overcome the limits of the learnt concepts through more dynamic classes, able to provide the linkage between theory and practice, thus enhancing a wider understanding of rights humans.Keywords: Higher education. Human rights. Teacher education. Youth. Dialogic pedagogy.RESUMENHoy en día, la educación sigue aceptar los niños, los adolescentes y los jóvenes son a menudo objeto de la formación con el fin de obtener buenos resultados en los exámenes estandarizados. Forzar el proceso educativo que articule la información y la formación pequeños aspectos de la educación. Pide a sí mismo: los procesos educativos desarrollados en el formulario universidad o informe? Se investigó mediante un enfoque cualitativo y exploratorio con grupos focales, la percepción de los jóvenes estudiantes sobre la educación desarrollada en la universidad con el fin de entender cómo darse cuenta, cada vez más, la pedagogía dialógica (Freire, 2009, 2011) y así contribuir a la educación de los derechos humanos. Según los encuestados, el curso superior ofrece acceso a una vida mejor, lo que significa que no sólo ganar dinero, sino también colocar cada vez más al individuo en las relaciones sociales. Darse cuenta de priorización de aspectos informativos, a expensas de la formación. Para ellos, es necesario superar los límites de los conceptos aprendidos, por lo que las clases deben ser más dinámico y capaz de facilitar, con los estudiantes, el vínculo entre la teoría y la práctica, que incluso contribuir a una mejor comprensión de los derechos humanos.Palabras clave: Educación Superior. Derechos humanos. La formación del profesorado. Juventud. Pedagogía dialógica.

Dynamics of Socio-Cultural Processes of Higher Education Institutions: Digital Aspect

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
S. Gerasimov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Digital Format ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Communication Space ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Digital Formats ◽  
The University

A modern University in the XXI century is a center of public communications, which has a certain specificity. At the present stage, the University’s communication space has almost completely switched to a digital format. This is due to several factors. First of all, the digitalization of communication channels and the creation of digital realities is an essential feature of the information society in which society will develop in the foreseeable future. On the other hand, the pandemic that limited traditional forms of communication, including in the University environment, was a factor that accelerated the creation of digital reality at the University. The events of 2020 have become a trigger that intensifies all digital formats of socio-cultural processes. The generality of the changes that have occurred puts forward new requirements for the knowledge, skills and abilities of specialists who determine the country’s economy, science, politics, and socio-cultural sphere today. In these conditions, the digital reality of the University becomes a unique space in which society’s demands for training effective personnel are realized. The digital aspect of the educational process imposes requirements for the possession of digital technologies for teachers and University administration. In the new conditions, the digital space of higher education becomes the basis for creating a digital reality of the entire state, where technologies for the successful development of society are developed and verified.

scholarly journals Student Protests. Three Periods of University Governance

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 524-539
Author(s):  
Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat ◽  
Bob Jeffery
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Political Action ◽  
University Governance ◽  
The Political ◽  
Student Protests ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University

Exploring the idea of student protests as an autonomous object of research and discussion, this paper leads to the understanding that the transforming role of the university and its governance defines the possibilities for the political role of students. In this perspective, there is a particular constellation of the different forms of higher education governance that provides students with the right and even the responsibility of protesting as politically engaged citizens of the university and of the state. Approaching the transformation of the models of university governance as a set of archaeologically organised states this paper identifies the sequential roles provided to the students and the meaning of their protests and demonstrations. After visiting some antecedents of more contemporaneous student movements and protests, this paper focuses on the UK to explore three manifestations of university governance that can be roughly differentiated as the enduring democratic period that extends from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, the globalisation period that extends from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s and as the post-millennial turn. These periods, embodying three different styles of governance of higher education, not only demonstrate conformity with the political and economic contexts in which they are embeded, they also correspond to particular socio-technological and communicative ecosystems and determine the specificities of the role of the students and their capacity for political action.

scholarly journals The value foundations of the university teacher’s orientation towards the implementation of personality oriented education ideas

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-298
Author(s):  
Anzhelika N. Tsepkova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Moral Consciousness ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Integral Component ◽  
The University

The paper substantiates the importance of the implementation of personality-oriented education in higher education. The author reveals specifics of personality-oriented education at the university, an integral component of which is subjectivity. The author substantiates the legitimacy of extrapolating the ideas of personality-oriented education, the implementation of which is effective in a secondary school, to the university educational process and proposes the formulation of these ideas in relation to the university: the idea of recognizing a particular students personality value; development of the students personal experience; the ascent of the student to culture. The role of a university teacher in the implementation of personality-oriented education ideas in the process of interaction with students is revealed and the need to identify the value foundations of the university teachers orientation towards the implementation of such ideas is substantiated. The author considers that knowledge has a direct impact on human morality, the development of which is carried out through the choice of values and their subsequent appropriation by a person. The author also reveals the role of the teachers moral consciousness in understanding the value foundations of the orientation towards the implementation of personality-oriented education ideas. An example of determining the value foundations of personality-oriented education idea as the recognition of the value of a particular students personality is given and it is substantiated that this value basis is the value of good. The author proves that it is possible to assess the implementation of personality-oriented education ideas according to moral criteria, in the role of which are the values that take on the meaning as values for oneself and for another, the concepts of morality good, duty, mercy, justice, honor. It is substantiated that the axiological space of the university filled with values, the meaning of which is acquired by the concepts of morality, can become a means of teachers orientation towards the implementation of personality-oriented education ideas.

scholarly journals Poblaciones indígenas de Costa Rica y su acceso a la educación superior. División de Educación Rural: Una alternativa de formación

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Vivian Carvajal-Jiménez ◽  
Kenneth Alfredo Cubillo-Jiménez ◽  
Marielos Vargas-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
University Environment ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
Work Done

The following text describes the historical and operational evolution of inclusive actions in education directed towards indigenous populations in Costa Rica, one of the most vulnerable and discriminated groups in the country. This article specifically underlines how the national higher education and laws have evolved toward acknowledging the inalienable rights of these ancient peoples. The work done by the Universidad Nacional [National University of Costa Rica], specifically by the Rural Education Division (DER, in Spanish), stands out with roving degree courses and trainers of teachers for the General Basic Education being offered in the rural and indigenous contexts where students live. Part of the analysis includes a review of the barriers for accessing the university environment, as well as the role of public universities in democratizing higher education. The conclusion is that Costa Rica has made significant progress in the fields of law, administration, and pedagogy regarding access to education for the indigenous peoples; notwithstanding, these shall not be deemed as concluded achievements concerning the rights of the original peoples as there is a long way to go yet for asserting an equitable offering for them.

scholarly journals Modification of the Role of a Teacher Under the Conditions of Distance Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Viktorovna Otts ◽  
Elena Pavlovna Panova ◽  
Yuliya Vladimirovna Lobanova ◽  
Natalya Victorovna Bocharnikova ◽  
Valentina Michailovna Panfilova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
System A ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the features of the transformation of the role of a teacher in higher education in connection with the digitalization of education in the period before the pandemic, and during the transition of the university to a forced remote mode under the conditions of the pandemic. The assessment of the effectiveness of distance learning from the point of view of students and teachers is given. The purpose of the article is to determine expectations, the degree and nature of the influence of the teacher's personality on the effectiveness of educational process in general and distance learning in particular. Researching the effectiveness of higher education in the digital age and assessing the impact on teacher effectiveness involves the use of a number of scientific principles and research methods, theoretical and empirical. To achieve the goal, the scientific works of leading foreign and Russian scientists on the problems of digitalization of education, dehumanization of education, transformation of the role of the teacher have been analyzed, and our own research has been carried out on the basis of the Moscow Polytechnic University in the form of a survey. An assessment of the emotional consequences of isolation is given. The analysis of the effectiveness of distance learning, from the point of view of higher education teachers and students has been carried out. The expectations of students and the change in the role of a teacher of higher education as a result of expansion of functional responsibilities under the circumstances of distance learning are described. Long before the coronavirus pandemic, digitalization had been a trend in the education system. A year of distance learning has revolutionized higher education. The role of a teacher in higher education has been transformed with a significant expansion of functions and a rapid increase in the level of competencies.

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