scholarly journals Why study in Finland: RAMK, SAMK, and PBL

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-37
Author(s):  
Irina Khramtsova
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Immersion ◽  
State University ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Immersion Experience ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Faculty Exchange

In September 2011, I visited two universities in Finland as part of Magellan faculty exchange: Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences in Pori (RAMK) and Satakunta University of Applied Sciences in Pori and Rauma (SAMK). It was such a wonderful and rewarding trip that I decided to share my experience with students to encourage them to study abroad. to encourage them to study abroad. Arkansas State University is a member of Magellan Exchange Program (http://www.magellanexchange.org/). The mission of this program is “to provide opportunities for students and faculty to have an affordable educational and cultural immersion experience.” I decided to apply for this exchange to foster my professional development and to establish new contacts for cross-cultural collaboration in my area of research.

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Robert Smith
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
North West ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
And Training

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 6Adrienne Barnes, Florida State University, USAAngelina Wilson, North-West University, South AfricaAntónio Calha, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, PortugalArlene Kent-Wilkinson, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaCarmen Pérez-Sabater, Universitat Poltècnica de València, SpainDilek Sevimli, Cukurova University, TurkeyDonna Smith, The Open University, UKEnisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, TurkeyGökhan Arastaman, Hacettepe University, TurkeyHilmi Demirkaya, Akdeniz University, TurkeyHülya Aslan Efe, Dicle Üniversitesi, TurkeyIoannis Syrmpas, University of Thessaly, GreeceKun-Hsi Liao, Taiwan Shoufu University, TaiwanLaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMehmet Akif Ziyagil, Mersin University, TurkeyMehmet Güllü, İnonu University, TurkeyMetin Argan, Anadolu University, TurkeyMuhammad Qasim Ali, Institute of Social Sciences, PakistanMu-hsuan Chou, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, TaiwanMustafa Cin, Giresun University, TurkeyNiveen M. Zayed, MENA College of Management, JordanPirkko Siklander, University of Lapland, FinlandRui Manuel Carreteiro, National Institute of Psychology and Neurosciences, PortugalSabri Kaya, TurkeySadia Batool, Preston University Islamabad, PakistanSait Akbaşli, Hacettepe University, TurkeySarthou Nerina Fernanda, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSerdar Orhan, Fırat University, TurkeySerkan Boyraz, Aksaray Üniversitesi, TurkeyStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceYoung Mudavanhu,University of Exeter, UKRobert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com

scholarly journals African Entrepreneurs’ Perceptions on the Mentoring Provided by a Cross-cultural Professional Development Experience: Implications for Future Programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Lisa Taylor ◽  
M. Craig Edwards ◽  
Marshall Baker ◽  
Craig Watters ◽  
James Rutledge
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
Recommendations For Practice ◽  
Entrepreneurial Training

We conducted a multicase investigation to assess the impacts of a cross-cultural exchange program on Entrepreneur Fellows from Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda (8 women; 14 men) after they had returned home from the United States. Our assessment included the mentoring aspect of the program. Six questions and related probes guided semi-structured interviews with the 22 Fellows, the study’s quintain. The lead researcher transcribed the study’s interviews and verified accuracy and trustworthiness by sending her transcriptions to the Fellows for verification. Findings derived from the interviews or cases crystallized as themes representative of the quintain. The emergent themes, which included mentoring, inspired two theoretical lenses to guide our interpretation of the Fellows’ experiences: human capital theory and theory of planned behavior. Recommendations for practice include additional training of entrepreneur mentors and suggestions to facilitate high-quality field experiences. Additional research examining participants’ views about mentoring – protégés and their mentors – as an integral component of entrepreneurial training in cross-cultural settings, and how that can be improved, would likely enhance the learning outcomes of similar programs. Keywords: entrepreneurship; international exchanges; mentoring; professional development

Study of University Students’ Learning Motivation for Improving the Educational Process Efficiency (in Riga and Smolensk Samples)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
Jelena Jermolajeva ◽  
Svetlana Silchenkova ◽  
Larissa Turusheva
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
State University ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Comprehensive Study

A good professional education is a prerequisite for successful functioning of the state system of labour resources management. For improving the educational process efficiency, a comprehensive study of motivation for learning is necessary. The article presents the results of the Russian-Latvian research project on the learning motivation of university students. The aim is to analyse and compare the learn-ing motivation of students of the first and last courses of the universities of Riga and Smolensk, and to examine the correlation between motivation and the psychological atmosphere in the student group. The data were obtained by the survey in which 230 students of the EKA University of Applied Sciences (Riga, Latvia) and Smolensk State University (Russia) took part. The leading groups of learning motives are identified, and the correlations between them and certain aspects of the psychological atmosphere in the students’ group are found out. The ways of increasing students’ motivation are proposed.

scholarly journals African Entrepreneurs’ Perceptions on the Mentoring Provided by a Cross-cultural Professional Development Experience: Implications for Future Programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Lisa Taylor ◽  
M. Craig Edwards ◽  
Marshall Baker ◽  
Craig Watters ◽  
James Rutledge
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
Recommendations For Practice ◽  
Entrepreneurial Training

We conducted a multicase investigation to assess the impacts of a cross-cultural exchange program on Entrepreneur Fellows from Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda (8 women; 14 men) after they had returned home from the United States. Our assessment included the mentoring aspect of the program. Six questions and related probes guided semi-structured interviews with the 22 Fellows, the study’s quintain. The lead researcher transcribed the study’s interviews and verified accuracy and trustworthiness by sending her transcriptions to the Fellows for verification. Findings derived from the interviews or cases crystallized as themes representative of the quintain. The emergent themes, which included mentoring, inspired two theoretical lenses to guide our interpretation of the Fellows’ experiences: human capital theory and theory of planned behavior. Recommendations for practice include additional training of entrepreneur mentors and suggestions to facilitate high-quality field experiences. Additional research examining participants’ views about mentoring – protégés and their mentors – as an integral component of entrepreneurial training in cross-cultural settings, and how that can be improved, would likely enhance the learning outcomes of similar programs. Keywords: entrepreneurship; international exchanges; mentoring; professional development

scholarly journals Professional development arising from multiple-site workplace learning: boundary crossing between the education and clinical contexts.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Barry ◽  
Wietske Kuijer-Siebelink ◽  
Loek A.F.M. Niewenhuis ◽  
Nynke Scherpbier
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Faculty Roles ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences

Abstract Background: This research explores the value of an inter-organisational jurisdiction, on the professional development of faculty members in their roles of researcher and educator. Faculty members from a Dutch university of applied sciences, who work in both the education and clinical practice contexts, participated in this research. Methods: Individual semi-structured interview were conducted with nine faculty members, from various academic health professions, on their experiences of professional development arising from working in both the clinical and education contexts. In this exploratory, post-positive interview study, interview transcripts were analysed thematically.Results: Participants reported that working in two organisational contexts, whilst performing two faculty roles that span both contexts, enhances their ability to broker connections between research, teaching and practice. The boundary crossing activities which participants performed, contributed to professional development in all faculty roles. The broker role was not seen as being a unique role which is distinct from research and practice roles. Broker activities were seen as generic and supportive of the roles that bestow academic status and expertise. Conclusions: To the participants in this research, tThe relevance of the broker role in professional development is not as evident as the relevance of roles that enhance specialisation and subject specific expertise. They consider broker activities as supportive to the roles of researcher and teacher.This could be due to the fact that t The broker role is time consuming, but not yet visible as a distinct professionalisable work-package in its own right. It is also not well defined in literature. and it is not yet visible as a distinct professionalisable work-package. A better understanding of the broker role could lead to its development in order to harness its professional development potential tenably across academic roles.

scholarly journals Report from the 13th International Conference on Researching and Applying Metaphor: "Metaphorical Creativity in a Multilingual World" (Hamar, Norway, 18–21 June 2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Ostanina-Olszewska
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Spoken Discourse ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Research Findings

Report from the 13th International Conference on Researching and Applying Metaphor: Metaphorical Creativity in a Multilingual World (Hamar, Norway, 18–21 June 2020)The RaAM 2020 conference on metaphor research was held online on 18–21 June 2020, hosted by the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN) in Hamar, Norway. The aim was to exchange ideas and research findings of historians, culture studies specialists, and cognitive linguists from all around the world. The theme of the event was Metaphorical Creativity in a Multilingual World, including the following areas: multimodal metaphor, metaphor in spoken discourse, metaphor in gesture, metaphor in cross-cultural communication, metaphor and translation, metaphor and film, metaphor in education. Among the large group of researchers, specialists from Lithuania and Latvia presented their findings in metaphor research based on local data (Lithuanian media, posters, advertisements and billboards, film translation into Lithuanian). Sprawozdanie z trzynastej międzynarodowej konferencji dotyczącej badania i zastosowania metafory pt. Metaphorical Creativity in a Multilingual World (Hamar, Norwegia, 18–21 czerwca 2020)Wirtualna konferencja naukowa RaAM 2020 poświęcona badaniom nad metaforą odbyła się w dniach 18–21 czerwca 2020 roku w Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN) w Hamarze w Norwegii. Celem spotkania była wymiana myśli i wyników badań naukowych historyków, kulturoznawców i językoznawców kognitywnych z całego świata. Tematem konferencji była kreatywność metaforyczna w wielojęzycznym świecie i obejmował on następujące obszary: metafora multimodalna, metafora w dyskursie mówionym, metafora w gestach, metafora w komunikacji międzykulturowej, metafora i przekład, metafora i film, metafora w edukacji. Wśród licznych badaczy byli również specjaliści z Litwy i Łotwy, którzy zaprezentowali wyniki badań nad metaforą na podstawie danych ze źródeł krajowych (media litewskie, plakaty, reklamy i bilbordy, tłumaczenie filmów na język litewski).

scholarly journals LAST YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ MOTIVES FOR LEARNING AND THE WAYS TO INCREASE THEIR MOTIVATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 266
Author(s):  
Jelena Jermolajeva ◽  
Svetlana Silchenkova ◽  
Larissa Turusheva
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
State University ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Study Programme ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
The University

Monitoring and analysing the students’ academic motivation allows the university teacher to look at the results of her/his work from another aspect and reflect on the ways of increasing the effectiveness of teaching. The aim of the study is to analyse and compare the groups of the learning motives of last year students at the Universities of Riga (EKA University of Applied Sciences) and Smolensk (Smolensk State University), on the basis of which propose the ways to increase their motivation. In the international survey, which was carried out in December 2018 – June 2019, 101 students participated. Descriptive statistics was used for the data processing. Data analysis shows that in both samples the group of professional motives plays a leading role in the students’ learning motivation. In Latvia, the second and third places are to communication and creative self-realisation motives, in the Smolensk sample – social and communication motives, respectively. The results of the study can be used by university teachers and study programme directors for improving the management of education and raising the quality of the pedagogical process.

scholarly journals Professional development arising from multiple-site workplace learning: boundary crossing between the education and clinical contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Barry ◽  
Wietske Kuijer-Siebelink ◽  
Loek A. F. M. Niewenhuis ◽  
Nynke Scherpbier
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Work Package ◽  
Faculty Roles ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences

Abstract Background This research explores the value of an inter-organisational jurisdiction, on the professional development of faculty members in their roles of researcher and educator. Faculty members from a Dutch university of applied sciences, who work in both the education and clinical practice contexts, participated in this research. Methods Individual semi-structured interview were conducted with nine faculty members, from various academic health professions, on their experiences of professional development arising from working in both the clinical and education contexts. In this exploratory, post-positive interview study, interview transcripts were analysed thematically. Results Participants reported that working in two organisational contexts, whilst performing two faculty roles that span both contexts, enhances their ability to broker connections between research, teaching and practice. The boundary crossing activities which participants performed, contributed to professional development in all faculty roles. The broker role was not seen as being a unique role which is distinct from research and practice roles. Broker activities were seen as generic and supportive of the roles that bestow academic status and expertise. Conclusions To the participants in this research, the relevance of the broker role in professional development is not as evident as the relevance of roles that enhance specialisation and subject specific expertise. They consider broker activities as supportive to the roles of researcher and teacher. The broker role is time consuming, but not yet visible as a distinct professionalisable work-package in its own right. It is also not well defined in literature. A better understanding of the broker role could lead to its development in order to harness its professional development potential tenably across academic roles.

The knowledge of beauty salon clients about hallux valgus therapy. Preliminary study

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
M. Niczyporuk ◽  
P. Pupek ◽  
J. Masłowska ◽  
M. Knaś
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Hallux Valgus ◽  
State University ◽  
Beauty Salon ◽  
Joint Structure ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Professional Care ◽  
Orthopedic Insoles

<b>Introduction:</b> Hallux valgus is a frequent painful deformity of the feet, and occurs most often in women of different ages. People with hallux valgus have, among others, a genetic predisposition, a weaker ligament-and joint structure of the foot, pes planus (flatfoot), rheumatoid arthritis, muscular balance disorders, are obese, and wear improper footwear. <br/><b>Purpose:</b> To assess the knowledge of beauty salon clients on the subject of professional care of hallux valgus. <br/><b>Materials and methods:</b> Research was conducted in a beauty salon in Lomza, Poland using an original questionnaire. The study was approved (No. 4/2013) by the senate of the Ethics Committee of the Lomza State University of Applied Sciences. <br/><b>Results:</b> The conducted research showed that 48% of the surveyed women dealt with hallux valgus using orthopedic insoles, and 26% underwent procedures recommended by a specialist. Respondents knew kinesiotherapy and taping as treatment methods for this ailment. The vast majority of the surveyed women would undergo non-surgical hallux valgus treatment, and only a few would opt for surgery. <br/><b>Conclusions:</b> The knowledge of the studied women about hallux valgus was quite extensive.

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