scholarly journals Comparative study to analyze the communication competencies of regular vs contract based educational teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood A. Azhar ◽  
Muhammad F. Javeed ◽  
Bushra Amin
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Effective Delivery ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Communication Competencies ◽  
Contract Teachers

Communication skills include speaking, writing, reading and listening skills. These skills are equally important for the teachers to conduct teaching activities within the classrooms. The effective delivery of information among teachers could help students in improving their academic performance. This study was conducted to explore the communication skills of the teachers working on regular and contract basis in English medium schools in Lahore District. Total 84 teachers (42 regular and 42 contract teachers) participated in this study. Data were collected through questionnaire and analysed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). T-test was applied to compare the communications kills of regular and contract teachers. Findings conclude that regular and contract teachers were statistically different regarding structured sentencing, non-verbal behaviors and speaking skills (P0.05). Low professional qualification, job insecurity, lack of pre-service and in-service trainings, interest and increased curriculum responsibilities were the significant factors (P0.05) impeding the development of communications skills among regular and contract-based teachers. This study urges that a concrete pre-service and in-service training programs should be arranged across the educational institutions for the development of teachers. This study has strong implications for the all-educational institutions carrying teaching activities. 

Perfecting Communication Skills of the Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dr. Neeta Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Listening And Speaking

Abstract Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The teacher should adopt a student centered approach. The learners should be encouraged to do things in the class which result in developing their communication skills. The trainer has to focus on both the linguistic and paralinguistic features of the communication process while enhancing learners’ communication skills. These features involve the effective use of words, forming grammatically intelligible sentences and an appropriate use of voice and intonation. The teacher should encourage and train his students to use positive body language while listening and speaking. In order to hone the communication skills of the learners, it is very important to make the learners comfortable with the language they have to communicate in. Shedding their inhibitions is also one of the pivotal areas of concerns. This paper explores different techniques that could be useful while training students in communication skills. Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The major elements of a communication process are sender, receiver, message and feedback. Effective communication is a two way process. It involves both expressive (speaking) skills and receptive (listening) skills. It entails receiver’s understanding of the message sent by the sender and his feedback to the sender. Listening plays a very important role in the language learning process. It is the most primary of the four basic skills of any language i.e. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Listening paves way for speaking. One can never be a good speaker if one is not a good listener. An effective communicator is first a good listener and then a good speaker. According to Tickoo ( 2003 ), ‘Good listening skills not only lay the foundations of good speech, but they grow best through effective communication’.

The Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and Academic Listening Skills of Pre-Service Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Hatice Altunkaya
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Skill Scores ◽  
Total Scale Score ◽  
Intelligence Scores

In the present study, emotional intelligence and academic listening skill levels of pre-service teachers and the correlations between these variables were determined. Furthermore, the emotional intelligence levels and academic listening competencies of pre-service teachers were also investigated based on the variables of gender, department, and the preference of the department of study. The study group included 361 freshmen pre-service teachers attending the Faculty of Education and the study was conducted with survey method, a quantitative research method. The study data were collected with the “Academic Listening Skill Competency Scale” and “Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale”. In the study, the regression analysis was conducted to determine the causality between emotional intelligence scores and academic listening skill scores revealed significant findings. The study findings demonstrated that “Total Emotional Intelligence” scores of the students reflected above average emotional intelligence levels. It was determined that the academic listening skill competency scores of the pre-service teachers were above average in both scale sub-dimensions and the total scale score. The results of regression analysis showed that the causality between Total Emotional Intelligence and Total Academic Listening Skills was significant.

scholarly journals PERILAKU KOMUNIKASI MAHASISWA DI MESSENGER APPLICATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Estika Wida
Keyword(s):  
Communication Theory ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Anxiety Reduction ◽  
Communication Behavior ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Communication Competencies

ABSTRACTThe presence of messenger application makes communication between lecturers and students easier, but in fact the ease gives negative impact so that the ethics should be owned by the students have decreased. At the time of contacting the lecturers, some of them did not say hello, introduced themselves, used informal language and were pushy. The purpose of this research is to know the student communication behavior in messenger application. Theory used is Theory of Communication Competence, Management of Anxiety and Uncertainty Theory and Computer Mediated Communication Theory. The research method is qualitative using case study data analysis. The results of this research that communicating with the lecturer using an informal language, calling a lecturer, not introducing himself, no apology does not mean the student is not polite. Familiarity, self-disclosure, and the environment shared between lecturers and students influence communication behavior. Students who have intimacy and openness communicate in a relaxed manner, but unlike students who lack familiarity and openness with the lecturers so that they communicate rigidly and reluctantly. Students decided to using whatsapp because is more effective and more personal. Communication competencies held by students are at the conscious competence stage, where students realize that they are able to understand, maintain and overcome how to communicate with lecturers. Students overcome their concerns before contacting lecturers using anxiety reduction and uncertainty strategies, 1) Passive strategy (students observing lecturers’ behavior when communicating in class), 2) Active Strategy (students ask senior lecturers), and 3) Interactive Strategy (students ask directly to the lecturer about the character of the lecturer).Keywords : Communication behavior, student, messenger application, lecturers.

scholarly journals Professional Master's degree in Nursing: knowledge production and challenges

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denize Bouttelet Munari ◽  
Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada ◽  
Francine de Lima Gelbcke ◽  
Zenith Rosa Silvino ◽  
Luana Cássia Miranda Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Course Completion ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Nursing Knowledge ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Master’S Degree

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the production of knowledge resulting from the professional master's degree programs in Nursing and to reflect about their perspectives for the area.METHOD: descriptive and analytical study. Data collected from the dissertations of three educational institutions that graduated students in programs of professional master's degree in Nursing between 2006 and 2012 were included.RESULTS: most of the 127 course completion studies analyzed were developed within hospital contexts; there was a focus on the organizational and healthcare areas, in the research fields care process and management, and predominance of qualitative studies. There are various products resulting from the course completion studies: evaluation of services/healthcare programs and development of processes, care or educational protocols.CONCLUSION: the programs of professional master's degree in Nursing, which are undergoing a consolidation stage, have recent production under development and there is a gap in the creation of hard technologies and innovation. They are essential for the development of innovative professional practices that articulate the healthcare and educational areas.

scholarly journals Higher Levels of Discourse and Understanding of Language Use

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1 (8)) ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Iraj Safaei Keshtegar
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
Grammar Rules

Discourse analysis theory is an extensive scientific field where a number of scientific traditions cooperate, including linguistics, cognitive psychology, sociology and artificial intelligence. The present article attempts to reveal the role of the highest levels of discourse in explaining the role of the application of the language. To achieve the goal 70 male and female students of general English have been chosen randomly. The findings of the research correspond to the famous idea of D.H. Hymes about the application of the language according to which grammar rules are senseless without the knowledge of the rules of the language use. The research presents methodological advice to the lecturers of higher educational institutions which can help develop the communication skills of their lecturers.

Introduction to teaching activities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Shaydenko ◽  
Svetlana Kipurova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
State Educational ◽  
Historical Periods

The textbook is devoted to the first stage of professional growth of a teacher in a pedagogical university. The purpose of the teacher's profession in society and the corresponding requirements for the professional's personality are defined. The specifics of the teacher's work in different historical periods are revealed. Special attention is paid to the state policy in the field of education in modern Russia. A retrospective analysis of the development of teacher education in Russia is given, as well as the foreign experience of teacher training is described. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For students of higher educational institutions, teachers and teachers.

Perceived Job Demands: A Qualitative Study of Stress in Healthcare Workers after Organizational Changes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoume Zeinolabedini ◽  
Alireza Heidarnia ◽  
Ghodratollah Shakeri Nejad ◽  
Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Primary Health Care System ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BackgroundHealth care workers (HCWs) are at risk for occupational stress. The negative effects of stress HCWs subsequently affect the quality of their job performance. Since 2014, there have been extensive changes in the primary health care system in Iran. Because evidence has shown that organizational change can cause stress in employees, this study was designed and conducted to explore the perceived job demands by HCWs in primary care centers after extensive organizational change.MethodA qualitative study was designed with a content analysis approach. Study data were collected through 11 semi-structured individual interviews and a focus group with HCWs.ResultsParticipants reported high stress at work. They reported various factors as stressful job demands. These factors included: organization's supervisory function (Weakness of the monitoring process, Unfair policies, Apply regulatory pressure), Role features (Role load, Role conflicts, Role ambiguity(,Workload )High workload, Not having time, Great variety of tasks), job insecurity (Lack of job security due to employment status, Concerns about payments, Lack of physical security, Uncertain job future), Working with clients (Different characteristics of clients, Harassment of clients to achieve their expectations, Tensions in client relationships, Lack of knowledge of clients about health care work instructions), Perceived job content (Annoying work with different units of the organization, Monotonous and repetitive tasks, Meaningless tasks, No attractive and no excitement).ConclusionCurrently, HCWs working in health centers are faced with various stressful situations. Most of the factors identified in this study overlap in increasing stress. The impact of workload and organizational oversight on occupational stress seems to be more pronounced. Given the important role of HCWs in promoting health, the design and implementation of effective interventions by policymakers to control stress in HCWs is essential.

Do Americans View Financial Threats as Important Political Issues?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Seth Levine
Keyword(s):  
Time Series Data ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The People ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
The Cost

This chapter describes in greater detail the objective situation facing Americans in four major areas of financial threats: job insecurity, healthcare costs, retirement, and the cost of college. It analyzes the politics of such threats among the mass public. It examines the extent to which the people who consider such issues important are facing them in their own daily lives, as opposed to a situation in which their concerns are reflective of what others are facing. The data for this chapter are drawn from several sources, including time series data from Gallup beginning in the early 1950s as well as American National Election Study data from the past three decades that (broadly) match the time frame in which the objective situation in these four areas has become more insecure.

Characterological profile of cadets of the naval educational institution as an indicator of their professional adaptation

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Anton G. Zaitsev ◽  
Pavel A. Soshkin ◽  
Dmitry S. Zabrodsky
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Stage Characteristic

A 2-stage comprehensive psychological and physiological examination of freshmen of a higher naval educational institution was carried out. At the first stage, characteristic profiles of cadets were determined. At the second stage, the identified characteristic profiles were correlated with the traditional criteria for military-professional adaptation. It was found that the most often examined young men (according to the Leonhard Schmiszek technique) have such character accentuations as hypertimicity (81.8%) and demonstrability (53.1%), less often stuck (39.3%), pedanticity (19.6%), emotion (18.2%), exaltation (15.4%), and even less often cyclothymic (8.4%), excitability (7.7%), anxiety (2.8%) and dysthymic (2,1%). Cadets assigned to the passive-aggressive stereotype group manage worse in the main disciplines than cadets from other groups. Cadets with passive-aggressive stereotype have lower academic performance as compared to other groups. They have lower expert scores in discipline, neuropsychic stability, communication skills, credibility in a team and level of general culture. In addition, in cadets of this group, the mobility of the main nervous processes at the level of the motor analyzer is somewhat lower to the comparison group. The study showed that the characterological features in the form of mixing or opposing accentuations of characters revealed in cadets play in favor of their personal development, health and successful study only in about 2040% of cases. In other cases, these character features do not contribute to this and can develop into personal disorders incompatible with military service during the training process. Based on the results of the study, psychological and pedagogical tasks were formulated to improve the system of selecting of cadets for naval educational institutions and to improve their professional education.

Training Weed Scientists for Extension

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellery L. Knake
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Weed Science ◽  
Related Subject ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Teaching Assistantships

Those preparing for a career in weed science extension are expected to take formal courses in weed science and related subject matter. They should gain experience in conducting and interpreting research. They also can benefit from formal courses and experience to develop communication skills for technology transfer. Such courses as psychology, journalism, photography, and public speaking should be considered. Along with research and teaching assistantships, educational institutions should establish extension assistantships to help those preparing for a career in weed science extension.

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