scholarly journals Social Science Pedagogy as a Way of Integrating Sustainable Education and Global Citizenship into the Initial Training of Pre-Primary Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 975-989
Author(s):  
Rocío Diez ◽  
Andrea Dominguez ◽  
Santiago Ponsoda ◽  
Bárbara Ortuño
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Science Pedagogy ◽  
Equal Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Family Trees

The main objective of this research was to demonstrate the integration of international and national strategies in education for sustainable development and global citizenship into initial teacher training. The researchers analyzed the outcomes of a feminist teaching strategy based on family trees, focusing on the usefulness of social science pedagogy in developing critical thinking among pupils. They also attempted to enhance teachers’ digital literacy and make progress in reflecting on its functioning and use. The research used mixed methods, and the research instrument was a questionnaire using Likert-type scales validated by specialists from several universities. It was deployed in the module Didáctica del Conocimiento del Medio Social y Medioambiental (Pedagogy of Knowledge of the Social and Cultural Environment) of the Bachelor’s Degree in Pre-Primary Education at the University of Alicante. Using historical research with a gender perspective, the trainee teachers investigated their family trees, focusing on the women in their families. They also carried out a speculative exercise to aid reflection on their contributions as teachers in support of equal education. The results obtained showed that this was a novel and useful educational activity, which inspired participants to work for a fair and democratic global citizenship based on coeducation.

scholarly journals Higher apprenticeship as educational strategy after the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-372
Author(s):  
Paolo Bertuletti ◽  
Andrea Potestio
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Educational Strategy ◽  
Good Teaching ◽  
Educational Sciences ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This article analyzes strengths and weaknesses of the higher apprenticeship programme carried out by the University of Bergamo within the bachelor’s degree in educational sciences since the academic year 2017/2018. Starting from the voices of apprentices and tutors, a qualitative research tries to find out whether higher apprenticeship may be a good teaching strategy to enhance the principle of alternation between theory and practice in tertiary education.   L’apprendistato di terzo livello come strategia formativa per le società dopo il Covid.   L’articolo esplora punti di forza e criticità dei percorsi di apprendistato di terzo livello avviati dall’Università di Bergamo a partire dall’a.a. 2017/2018 nell’ambito del corso di laurea triennale in Scienze dell’educazione. La ricerca qualitativa consente, grazie alle testimonianze di apprendisti e tutor, di descrivere situazioni ed episodi di apprendimento e di mettere in evidenza come l’apprendistato di terzo livello, almeno potenzialmente, possa costituire un’ottima strategia didattica per realizzare il principio dell’alternanza formativa negli studi terziari.

Why they shared: recovering early arguments for sharing social scientific data

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-119
Author(s):  
Emily Hauptmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
The University ◽  
University Consortium

ArgumentMost social scientists today think of data sharing as an ethical imperative essential to making social science more transparent, verifiable, and replicable. But what moved the architects of some of the U.S.’s first university-based social scientific research institutions, the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR), and its spin-off, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), to share their data? Relying primarily on archived records, unpublished personal papers, and oral histories, I show that Angus Campbell, Warren Miller, Philip Converse, and others understood sharing data not as an ethical imperative intrinsic to social science but as a useful means to the diverse ends of financial stability, scholarly and institutional autonomy, and epistemological reproduction. I conclude that data sharing must be evaluated not only on the basis of the scientific ideals its supporters affirm, but also on the professional objectives it serves.

scholarly journals Tourism and ICT. Bibliometric Study on Digital Literacy in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
David Caldevilla-Domínguez ◽  
Alba-María Martínez-Sala ◽  
Almudena Barrientos-Báez
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

The scientific production of digital literacy at the university level published in the Scopus database is analyzed, with a special emphasis on studies on tourism due to the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in said professional sector. For this, a bibliometric study of a pertinent sample is undertaken using a mixed methodology and based on a series of variables related to formal and content aspects. The last variable, reserved for the academic field under study, directly addresses the main objective as regards tourism. The results show a great global and multidisciplinary interest in digital literacy (DL), mainly from students. There is also a parallel between the integration of ICT into society and the growing evolution of case studies, as well as little interest in their development in specific areas such as tourism studies. Despite good results in general terms, the lack of specialization poses challenges that require greater involvement of training institutions in the sense of providing future professionals with the necessary tools to face them successfully, especially in sectors such as tourism where ICTs are a key piece.

scholarly journals Beyond e-learning: from blended methodology to transmedia education

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Favrin ◽  
Elisabetta Gola ◽  
Emiliano Ilardi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Convergence Culture ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
The University ◽  
Traditional Activity

Abstract Nowadays, at the time of convergence culture, social network, and transmedia storytelling – when social interactions are constantly remediated – e-learning, especially in universities, should be conceived as a sharing educational activity. Different learning experiences should become smoother and able to fade out the closed learning environments (as software platform and classrooms (either virtual or not)). In this paper, we will show some experiences of the Communication Sciences degree program of the University of Cagliari, which is supplied through an e-learning method. In the ten years since its foundation, the approach has evolved from a blended learning with two kinds of traditional activity (online activities and face-to-face lessons) to a much more dynamic learning experience. Many new actors (communication companies, local government, public-service corporations, new media and social media) – indeed – have been involved in educational and teaching process. But also these processes changed: collaborative working, new media comprehension, self-guided problem solving are examples of the new literacies and approaches that can be reached as new learning objectives.

Color and Coloristic Tasks in the Organization of the Methodology of Educational Projects in the Training of Architects and Designers at the University

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
N. Ul'yanova
Keyword(s):  
Educational Activity ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Color Palette ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Space Organization ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
The University

The article is devoted to the meaning and use of the possibilities of color and pictorial combinations in architecture and design, when performing educational project tasks. The study examines the emerging problems in the organization of educational work. The purpose of the study is to create a comprehensive design methodology with the inclusion of a module of coloristic and color aspects. Possible methods of organizing project educational work are proposed. The advantages and disadvantages of performing these tasks are analyzed. The methods of project work are aimed at creating convenient and at the same time aesthetic architectural objects. The methods under consideration are based on practical work, which is the basis of any educational activity in the training of higher school specialists. When forming the educational methodology, the nature and technological possibilities of using color in the design of architectural and design solutions were taken into account. The presented project proposals are based on a practical experiment and demonstrate the possibilities of planning coloristic tasks. The study determines the problem based on the analysis of modern buildings and its architectural solutions. The analysis of this topic highlights the insufficient training of future specialists in the field of using the possibilities of color in architecture and design of residential and public buildings. The research suggests and analyzes artistic and aesthetic technologies of space organization. The results of the study put forward new tasks in the planning of educational design solutions, using color, harmony of the color palette, subordinate to the color and coloristic unity of the environment.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes and practice in regard to aids: The case of social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana

Curationis ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. O. Kaya ◽  
M. Kau
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Educational Campaigns ◽  
The University

The necessity of AIDS educational campaigns is to reduce the spread of HIV infection by changing attitudes and practices related to high-risk behaviours. However, before such programmes are implemented a needs assessment should be conducted This includes the existing knowledge and attitudes and sexual practices of the specific risk-group. In this study the risk-group were social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana. The majority of the respondents showed a general knowledge about AIDS in terms of its main symptoms, common modes of transmission and the non-availability of a cure. They, however, expressed the need for more information about AIDS. Lack of enough knowledge was shown by their negative altitudes towards those who had already contracted the disease and the number of sexual partners they had Furthermore, despite the realization of the necessity to use condoms during sexual intercourse, the majority of them did not use them. The study also revealed the minimal role parents, teachers and lecturers play in the dissemination of information about AIDS. The findings call for more AIDS educational programmes to clear away misconceptions about the transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus; and the need to involve parents, schools and universities actively in the dissemination of information about AIDS.

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