scholarly journals Development of Transferable Competencies in Academic Programs at King Saud University

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Saad Al-Qahtani
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Professional Environment ◽  
Random Method

ABSTRACT The study aims to identify the most important transferable competencies that academic programmes develop among students at King Saud University (KSU) and determine the most prominent methods of their development from their perspectives. It also intends to reveal differences that could be attributed to the variables of gender and academic discipline. A descriptive and analytical approach was used. 387 students from the scientific and humanitarian disciplines were chosen using the stratified random method. Results show that the most important transferable competencies that the academic programmes at KSU develop among their students are professionalism/ work ethics, teamwork/collaboration and digital technology. The most prominent methods of their development are project-based and problem-solving learning, immersion in the professional environment and active learning. No statistically significant differences are observed in the average responses of the participants attributed to the gender variable while there are significant differences ascribed to the academic discipline variable for scientific disciplines.

scholarly journals THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY CAUSED BY THE EMERGING COVID-19 VIRUS AND ITS RELATION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING STRATEGIES FOR GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS’ EMPLOYEES IN THE SULTANATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Huda Nasser Ali AL-BUSAIDI ◽  
Laila Suwaid Said AL-ABRI
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Support Strategy ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies ◽  
Problem Solving Strategy ◽  
Solving Strategy ◽  
Psychological Coping ◽  
Random Method ◽  
Different Levels

This quantitative study discussed the level of anxiety and its relation to psychological coping strategies with Corona pandemic for government and private sectors’ employees in the Sultanate. The problem lies in the employees' return to work in their workplaces in light of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, according to the decision of the Supreme Committee in the Sultanate, and the anxiety that may result from this decision among the employees. The study aimed to reveal the level of anxiety caused by the emerging Covid-19 virus and its relation to psychological coping strategies for government and private sectors’ employees in the Sultanate. The study was applied to a sample of (584) employees chosen by a simple random method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used the descriptive analytical approach, through conducting a questionnaire as a study tool. The results showed that the level of anxiety among employees in both sectors was high. Moreover, the analysis revealed that the employees used coping strategies to control anxiety caused by the pandemic in different levels, varying between significant and medium. The extent of use of these strategies was respectively as follows: religious dimension, and confrontation and problem-solving strategies (significantly), help and support strategy (largely), and escape strategy (medium). The results also showed that there is a statistically positive correlation between anxiety and all coping strategies, except for the confrontation and problem-solving strategy.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Use of Technology Affordances to Contextualize and Dynamically Enrich and Extend Mathematical Problem-Solving Strategies

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 793
Author(s):  
Manuel Santos-Trigo ◽  
Fernando Barrera-Mora ◽  
Matías Camacho-Machín
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Mathematical Problem Solving ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology Affordances ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies

This study aims to document the extent to which the use of digital technology enhances and extends high school teachers’ problem-solving strategies when framing their teaching scenarios. The participants systematically relied on online developments such as Wikipedia to contextualize problem statements or to review involved concepts. Likewise, they activated GeoGebra’s affordances to construct and explore dynamic models of tasks. The Apollonius problem is used to illustrate and discuss how the participants contextualized the task and relied on technology affordances to construct and explore problems’ dynamic models. As a result, they exhibited and extended the domain of several problem-solving strategies including the use of simpler cases, dragging orderly objects, measuring objects attributes, and finding loci of some objects that shaped their approached to reasoning and solve problems.

The early story: A brief history of the creation of entrepreneurship at Babson College and the discovery of innovation’s missing imperative

2020 ◽  
pp. 095042222097856
Author(s):  
Robert Ronstadt ◽  
Jeffrey Shuman ◽  
Karl Vesper
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Early History ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Institutional Commitment ◽  
Undergraduate Major ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Core Part ◽  
Complete Story

The authors document in detail how the entrepreneurship program was created at Babson College in the 1970s. They recount the early history of Babson’s program because the school was one of the first, if not the first, to make a huge institutional commitment that led to entrepreneurship becoming a core part of its academic programs. At the time, other schools had an entrepreneurship course or two, but Babson’s commitment involved the creation of an undergraduate major, an MBA concentration, an annual research conference, a Distinguished Academy of Entrepreneurs, an Entrepreneurship Chair, and numerous outreach programs. These efforts influenced other universities to increase their entrepreneurship offerings to the extent that a new academic discipline—entrepreneurship studies—was born. A second reason for this article is the belief by those directly involved in the creation of Babson’s program that the complete story has not been told and is in danger of being misunderstood. Like most innovations, the creation of Babson’s entrepreneurship program was not a neat and tidy affair, but one more consistent with the turbulent notions put forth by Joseph Schumpeter and Clayton Christenson. Understanding Babson’s early history with entrepreneurship can help others pursuing or facilitating their own academic innovations.

scholarly journals Educational puzzles for understanding gastrointestinal physiology.

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (6) ◽  
pp. S1 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Bailey ◽  
C T Hsu ◽  
S E DiCarlo
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Small Group Discussion ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Gastrointestinal Physiology

We developed four innovative, creative, and fun educational tools to promote active learning, enhance problem-solving skills, and encourage small group discussion. Furthermore, the tools encourage deductive reasoning and critical thinking rather than passive memorization of material. The tools include crossword puzzles, hidden messages, word scrambles, and word searches. These tools were developed using two computer programs: the Crossword Construction Kit and The New Puzzle Factory. Instructors are encouraged to optimize the value of the tools by using the additional options presented at the end of each of the puzzles. The additional options encourage students to become active learners by creating their own tools. Although the principles of these four tools can be adapted to many disciplines, these specific games focused on gastrointestinal physiology. Our goal was to create tools that can be used either inside or outside the classroom to complement and enhance the lecture.

Multiculturalism, Morality, and Secondary Secularisation

2016 ◽  
pp. 297-314
Author(s):  
Marie Chollier ◽  
Mariateresa Tassinari
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Scientific Disciplines

Starting from secularisation and its social counterpart, namely the institutional roles and functions of religious bodies being replaced by scientific disciplines or rationales, this chapter aims at providing an analytical approach of restorative justice, focusing on chaplaincy interventions in prison and probation settings. A case study of the Circle of Support and Accountability (CoSA) following a structural and moral analysis is provided. CoSA origin and expansion are developed to understand how a religious initiative became within less than two decades a standardised intervention. This process is described as secondary secularisation to illustrate how secular and religious morals find a common ground by building common good through practices.

Active Learning, Mentoring, and Mobile Technology

2015 ◽  
pp. 760-778
Author(s):  
Dianna L. Newman ◽  
Jessica M. Lamendola ◽  
Meghan Morris Deyoe ◽  
Kenneth A. Connor
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Stem Careers ◽  
Transfer Of Skills ◽  
Authentic Environment ◽  
Students Success

Educators are creating authentic settings that utilize active learning, mobile technology, and mentoring in efforts to promote students' success in developing 21st Century skills, motivation, and interest in STEM domains and STEM careers. Each of these approaches has been found to promote and transfer knowledge, as well as to develop problem-solving and communication skills in STEM. Little information, however, is available about the interactive effect of mobile technology and active learning in promoting learning in settings that use a hierarchical model of mentoring to promote the transfer of skills and knowledge. This chapter presents findings of a program that used mobile technology in active learning environments for five interrelated levels of an active, authentic environment, facilitated by mobile technology and hierarchical mentoring. Positive outcomes were documented at each level of participation; use of the mobile technology integrated within active learning settings supported by hierarchical mentoring increased learning in STEM content, skills, and affect.

scholarly journals Change of Awareness and Characteristics of Student Groups in Class Creating PowerPoint Slides to Introduce Books

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Isao Miyaji
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Computer Skills ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Student Groups

This paper deals with the class where university students recommended books they are interested in by means of PowerPoint slides. In this course, they were required to create PowerPoint slides to introduce books by inserting animations and narrations. It applied active learning in combination with evaluation and revision activities to enhance their computer skills, to raise awareness towards various types of skills necessary for problem solving and to nurture active thinking. It particularly aims not only to acquire PowerPoint skills but also to develop their skills in expression, project planning and suggestion. This paper informs of the content of the course, proves change of awareness, and reports characteristics of student groups by classifying students according to principal components in rating scale values of awareness.

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