scholarly journals Academic Subject Problem: Epistemological Crisis and Its Overcoming

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 144-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Sapunov ◽  
A. A. Polonnikov
Keyword(s):  
University Education ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Academic Subject ◽  
Education Change ◽  
Linguistic Code ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
Object Ontology

The paper focuses on the analysis of ontological, epistemological and pedagogical terms of changes in education, first of all – on the status of an academic subject. From the ontological perspective, they are related to transfer from “object” ontology to communication-and-activity one, in terms of epistemological approach – from naturalism to transcendentalism, whereas with regard to pedagogical perspective – from autocratic-disciplinary organization of the academic process to a student-oriented pattern. The first part of the article describes academic subject’s functions in the process of educational reproduction. An academic subject is interpreted not so much from the perspective of the knowledge it contains, but as a complex linguistic code which organizes and regulates educational interaction. Its basics and structure, a mechanism of constituting educational reality are described, as well as the design specifics that hamper changes in education. The authors dwell on the distinction between an academic and scholarly subject. Part two of the article contains criticism of an academic subject practice in the university education. The central event here is attributed to differentiation and diversification of the form of academic subject, disintegration of its integrity into local autonomous linguistic fields. The conclusion formulates the idea how to overcome an academic subject crisis, which heart is discursive transformation of its representation practice. Based on Gilles Deleuze’s ideas, the authors consider the transformation of discursive practices in which an academic subject is embodied to be the condition for education change.

Humboldtian Man vs. Utopian Future: On the Mission of University in the Modern World

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Liana A. Tukhvatulina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
University Reform ◽  
Academic World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The article analyzes the significance of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s philosophical ideas about the model of the organization of university education in light of modern challenges. The fundamental ideas of the Humboldt’s project are dis­cussed. The “fictitiousness” of the university as a social institution was the most important advantage of Humboldt's educational strategy. The educational agenda here is not determined by institutional interests, which means that it turns out to be flexible and does not seek to maintain the status quo. At the same time, it is the destruction of “fictitiousness” and the university's establishment as a “real” social institution that becomes one of the most important symptoms of the crisis in the modern academic world. One of the vivid expressions of this crisis is the priority of quantitative indicators of the educational process's effectiveness. The key difference of a modern university is its aspiration for the future. In turn, an appeal to the future turns out to be a pseudo-strategy of the educational process, since the future itself is an unattainable goal. At the same time, Hum­boldt’s project suggested that only in the image of a person does the ultimate goal of education find unlimited development opportunities. The author believes that returning to the “Humboldtian man” can be an important task for university reform in the modern world.

scholarly journals PHILOSOPHY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AS A BUSINESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
I.V. Zhurbina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
The Status ◽  
Human Thinking ◽  
The University ◽  
Opening Up

The paper discusses the status of philosophy in the context of the increasing commercialization of higher education, which turns the university into a business. It shows that the neoliberal policy of the commercialization of higher education changes the structure of the educational process dramatically and brings humanism as an educational model inextricably linked with the development of humanitarian disciplines to the limit. In the era of capitalization of knowledge, the principle of utilitarianism becomes dominant. The paper gives reasons for the need to overcome the neoliberal tendency of the educational process dehumanization and return to humanitarian disciplines, which preserve the culture of human thinking in today’s world. The paper finds that the construction of the process of university education according to the being-in-place model actualizes thinking, which brings an individual back from the inertia of non-thinking existence. The paper describes specificity of philosophy as a practice of thinking and language which preserves the foundations of human existence and develops the hermeneutic type of thinking of an individual as “persona”. The hermeneutic type of thinking is focused on a person’s self-understanding of oneself as a personality. At the same time, it contributes to understanding the Other, a dialogue with whom opens up the opportunity not only to look at oneself in a different way, but also to understand the “point of view” of the Other, thereby opening up a different horizon of seeing the world in general.

scholarly journals Opiniones de los estudiantes de la Universidad Ambrose Alli de Ekpoma (Nigeria) acerca de los servicios de apoyo al estudiante

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Oyaziwo Aluede Aluede ◽  
Andrew Uadia ◽  
Raymond O. A. Aluede ◽  
Victor Ogie
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Student Support Services ◽  
Student Support ◽  
University Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University

RESUMENLa percepción de los estudiantes acerca de los servicios de apoyo en la Universidad de Ambrosi Alli de Nigeria se recogió a través de un cuestionario elaborado a tal efecto, aplicado a 500 estudiantes. La mayoría de los encuestados reconocieron que la presencia de los servicios de apoyo era altamente inadecuada. El estudio recomienda, por tanto la mejora de los servicios de apoyo para que los estudiantes puedan beneficiarse de forma holística de la orientación universitaria. Antes de presentar la metodología y los resultados de este estudio, se describe brevemente la situación de las universidades nigerianas y se realiza una fundamentación teórica sobre los servicios de apoyo al alumnado.ABSTRACTUndergraduates perception of the status of student support services at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma Nigeria, was surveyed with the aid of a questionnaire entitled Student Support Services Questionnaire. Information was elicited from 500 students based on sex, residency and level of study. The study found that majority of the students perceived the presence of student support services in the university as grossly inadequate. The study therefore, recommended that Admission, Registration, Health, Hostel and other support services should be improved to enable students to benefit holistically from university education.

scholarly journals National idea as a consolidating principle of university education

ScienceRise ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Valerii Budak ◽  
Iryna Loshchenova ◽  
Oksana Oleksyuk
Keyword(s):  
General System ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Environment ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Values ◽  
The Status ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Historical Past

The object of research is national education of students in the university environment. Investigated problem. As a result of a critical analysis of the works of Ukrainian scholars, the issue under investigation has been solved. The status of contemporary higher education in Ukraine, and the processes that can negatively affect it have been analyzed. The state holistic strategy of national education for young people, enshrined in the legislative documents of various ministries and departments has been investigated. The views of western scholars on the discussed problem have been regarded, as a result, the implementation of a new term has been identified. Main scientific results. The fundamental goals and basic tasks of a national idea implementation in the general system of Ukrainian education have been determined. The complex perspectives of an up-to-date teachers’ training which can be regarded controversial in terms of new challenges in Ukrainian society have been outlined. Much attention has been paid to the issues national identity, national values and patriotism of students through the prism of global values and tolerant relationship. The idea of close cooperation necessity between ministries and educational institutions aimed at establishing peaceful and friendly relations between residents of different regions of Ukraine has been expressed. The idea of national consolidation on the basis of common cultural and historical past, national values and interests has been defined as the principal factor in the university students’ education. Scope of practical application. The results of the research can be used in both cognitive and educational values.

scholarly journals Gheorghe Mârzescu și vocația libertății. Despre un profesor uitat al Facultății de Drept din Iași

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-539
Author(s):  
Dan Constantin Mâță ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
University Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Legal Expert ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

Professor Gheorghe Mârzescu's contribution to the development of legal education at the University of Iași is essential. A French legal expert, he was actively involved in the institutional and didactic consolidation of the Faculty of Law in its first years of operation. The fact that for a long time he did not have the status of professor shows us the difficult context in which the foundations of the university education from Iasi were laid. Through his works Gheorghe Mârzescu is the founder of the scientific study on civil law at the University of Iași. He was a follower of liberal values and a constant promoter of the principle of laicization, which is why he openly came into conflict with the representatives of the Church. Despite this complexity, the life and work of Professor Gheorghe Mârzescu are less well known today, often being mistaken for his son, an important politician at the beginning of the interwar period. This article aims to bring back to life some of the complex valences of this personality, emphasizing its founding role and the vocation of freedom that he has permanently promoted.

Hindrance to the Integration of e-learning Adoption in Nigerian Universities

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Abasiama G. Akpan ◽  
Chris Eriye Tralagba
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
University Education ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
University System ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
The University

Electronic learning or online learning is a part of recent education which is dramatically used in universities all over the world. As well as the use and integration of e-learning is at the crucial stage in all developing countries. It is the most significant part of education that enhances and improves the educational system. This paper is to examine the hindrances that influence e-learning in Nigerian university system. In order to have an inclusive research, a case study research was performed in Evangel University, Akaeze, southeast of Nigeria. The paper demonstrates similar hindrances on country side. This research is a blend of questionnaires and interviews, the questionnaires was distributed to lecturers and an interview was conducted with management and information technology unit. Research had shown the use of e-learning in university education which has influenced effectively and efficiently the education system and that the University education in Nigeria is at the crucial stage of e-learning. Hence, some of the hindrances are avoiding unbeaten integration of e-learning. The aim of this research is to unravel the barriers that impede the integration of e-learning in universities in Nigeria. Nevertheless, e-learning has modified the teaching and learning approach but integration is faced with many challenges in Nigerian University.

The Sinful University?

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel James Cook
Keyword(s):  
University Education ◽  
Moral Failure ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University

There is a difference between doing something well and doing something good. And there is a difference between failing to do something well, and failing to do something good. In this paper, I assess our contemporary University in the latter sense of failure. While the University can be ineffective, or fail to function well, there is more at stake if the University, as an institution, is in conflict with nature. That is, it is one thing for the University to be ineffective in its means, but here I will pose the question: is the contemporary University sinful? Using Josef Pieper's elucidation of moral failure and John Henry Newman's analysis of the proper ends of University education, I defend the thesis that because the aim of our contemporary University seems to come in conflict with the goal of nature as a whole, it may be understood as sinful.

WORK-BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES OF LEARNERS, WORKPLACES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Roosipõld ◽  
Krista Loogma ◽  
Mare Kurvits ◽  
Kristina Murtazin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Constructivist Learning Theory ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Restaurant Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Constructivist Learning

In recent years, providing higher education in the form of work-based learning has become more important in the higher education (HE) policy and practice almost in all EU countries. Work-based learning (WBL) in HE should support the development of competences of self-guided learners and adjust the university education better to the needs of the workplace. The study is based on two pilot projects of WBL in HE in Estonia: Tourism and Restaurant Management professional HE programme and the master’s programme in Business Information Technology. The model of integrative pedagogy, based on the social-constructivist learning theory, is taken as a theoretical foundation for the study. A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with the target groups. The data analysis used a horizontal analysis to find cross-cutting themes and identify patterns of actions and connections. It appears, that the challenge for HE is to create better cooperation among stakeholders; the challenge for workplaces is connected with better involvement of students; the challenge for students is to take more initiative and responsibility in communication with workplaces.

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