scholarly journals Redefinition of Park Design Criteria as a Result of Analysis of Well-Being and Soundscape: The Case Study of the Kortowo Park (Poland)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2972
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Jaszczak ◽  
Ewelina Pochodyła ◽  
Katarina Kristianova ◽  
Natalia Małkowska ◽  
Jan K. Kazak
Keyword(s):  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
Space Planning ◽  
Mental Map ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Park Design ◽  
The University

Well-being and soundscape analysis should be useful in re-design works involved in the planning of recreational areas and green spaces on campuses to improve the health of students, academics, and university staff. Proper space planning, for example, in campus parks, including the planning of soundscape zones, is important in relieving study and work stress. The aim of the study was to conduct a multicriteria analysis of the soundscape and well-being of users in the university park on campus in Olsztyn (Poland). It was important to redefine thinking about the re-composition of park space, including reduction of noise and improving well-being. The research included: 1. measurements of sound pressure levels (SPL) at selected points in two periods, 2. interview with park users and preparation of a mental map, 3. experts’ opinion on soundscape and well-being, and 4. design schemes for re-design of the park. The results of research regarding the perception of the soundscape and well-being in Kortowo park by respondents differ slightly from the results of SPL measurements. The results also confirm the difference between SPL in the leafless and leafy period. The results show a clear relationship between the perception of sounds and well-being in the park. However, in some areas near the water, where higher noise levels are reported the respondents felt quite comfortable. Finally, design schemes are proposed, based on experts’ opinions and results of the analysis.

The Impact of Knowledge of English Rhetorical Patterns of Organisation on BA Accounting and Finance Students' Writing Academic Genres

2020 ◽  
pp. 128-149
Author(s):  
Malika Kouti
Keyword(s):  
Direct Instruction ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Academic Genres ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the impact of knowing the English rhetorical pattern of organisation on BA Accounting and Finance students' academic writing. More specifically, it focuses on the knowledge of how to structure a letter of application for job hunting purposes. This case study involved the analysis of 40 letters of application written by 40 Accounting and Finance students in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Ghardaïa, Algeria after they had been trained to structure this type of letter. The training lasted for two sessions in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Ghardaia University, Algeria. The training was a direct instruction in which students were shown activities that assisted them in mastering the rhetorical pattern of organisation that concerns letters of application. They were also shown the difference between formal and informal letters of application. The obtained results demonstrated the efficiency of the direct instruction in teaching Accounting and Finance students how to write a letter of application.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KAPASITAS : STRATEGI INTERNASIONALISASI PENDIDIKAN TINGGI DI INDONESIA

GEMA PUBLICA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Retno Sunu Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Hands On ◽  
High Competence ◽  
The University

Higher education is one of the key factors in the effort to improve the lives and well-being of a nation. The experience of developed countries in Asia showed that the quality of higher education correlated significantly with the increased competence of human resources as a whole which eventually forms a high competence in the global competition. Globalization proactively answered by the governments in various parts of the world through international cooperation in the form of teaching, research, and dedication to the university in the form of the internationalization program. Through descriptive qualitative method enriched by quantitative techniques with intrinsic case study design (intrinsic case study), this research found that the success of internationalization is driven by capacity building supported by horizontal and hands on leadership. Therefore, the leadership of a university is not only an academic but it must be a manager who is able to read the signs of change.

scholarly journals Crafticulation as a method of knowledge creation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henna Lahti ◽  
Päivi Fernström
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Well Being ◽  
First Year ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Mind Maps ◽  
The University

Our aim in this article is to introduce the idea of ‘crafticulation’ as a part of scientific method and to present a case study related to it. A novel course, Materializing in Craft Science, was offered in the first year of the craft teacher master’s degree at the University of Helsinki. The aim of the course was to pilot a method of crafticulation by materializing theoretical mind maps. Crafticulation consists of the words, ‘craft’ and ‘articulation’ and further, crafticulation is seen as a part of practice-led research in which craft plays a key role in eliciting a wide spectrum of knowledge. Our research question is how crafticulation emerged in students’ inquiry processes. The research data included twenty individual mind maps, materializations and reflections of the course. Based on theory-driven data analysis, the results indicated that many students used crafticulation for demonstration purposes. For example, they tested the connection between their craft-making process and well-being. Another approach was to convey a certain experience by way of crafticulation. In some cases, crafticulation was linked to analogies and metaphors in learning theoretical concepts. Furthermore, the students found new avenues in which to reflect research topics and to deepen their inquiry processes.

scholarly journals Transfer and Reception of New Institutional Economics: An Example of Two Universities in Serbia

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-142
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Jovanović ◽  
Aleksandar Stevanović
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Western Influence ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Analysis

The research “Transfer and Reception of New Institutional Economics: An Example of Two Universities in Serbia” was conducted in 2005/2006. In order to achieve the goals of the Serbian team of the DIOSCURI project, the main aim of the case study is analysis of the influence of Western institutions in the light of transfer and reception of new institutional economics in two academic institutions in Serbia: The Faculty of Law (The Department of Law and Economics) of the University of Belgrade, and The Faculty of Management of BK University. The title of the case study illustrates the focus of the entire research: analysis of Western influence, namely transfer and reception of new institutional economics, on the two institutions and possible obstacles caused by old-fashioned stakeholders and informal institutions. Bearing in mind that the Department of Law and Economics is the leader in the reception of the new institutional economics (NIE) in Serbia, the case study will be mostly about it. The Faculty of Management was chosen because of its “greenfield” character and the fact that from its very beginning it followed the experiences of North American universities. The research investigates whether and how the transfer and reception of the Western ideas and economic theory, particularly the NIE, is affected by the difference between an institution with a two-hundred-year tradition and a newly established one. The question is how a traditionalist institution like the Faculty of Law communicated Western economic thought and whether endurance in teaching the exclusively Marxian paradigm up until the 1990s, was an obstacle to the reception of Western economic thought, particularly NIE.

Compromise and Conflict in Teacher Education at the University of Melbourne, 1919–1939

1977 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-305
Author(s):  
B. K. Hyams
Keyword(s):  
Education Department ◽  
Teachers College ◽  
Bureaucratic Control ◽  
College And University ◽  
State Education ◽  
State Education Department ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Joint Appointment

This paper offers a case study of the difficulties involved in associating teachers' college and university in teacher preparation through the device of joint appointment of professor-principal. The dual post, which was created in Melbourne in 1919, terminated in 1939 in an atmosphere in which the aims and ideals of university and State education department respectively were patently in conflict. Compromise negotiations in 1938–1939 served largely instead to underline incompatibilities between bureaucratic control and academic freedom. Even more fundamentally, the 1938–1939 experience demonstrated the difference between departmental stress on “technical” training and university emphasis on liberal education for teachers.

Measuring Social Welfare

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Adler
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Risk Regulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Impacts ◽  
The Difference

The social welfare function (SWF) framework is a powerful tool for evaluating governmental policies in light of human well-being. The framework originates in theoretical welfare economics and is widely used in contemporary economic scholarship, although not (yet) in governmental practice. This book is intended to provide an accessible, yet reasonably rigorous overview of the SWF approach. The framework has three components: an interpersonally comparable measure of well-being, which functions to translate outcomes into lists (“vectors”) of well-being numbers, one for each person in the population; a rule (the SWF) for ranking well-being vectors, such as the utilitarian SWF (which simply adds up well-being numbers), a continuous-prioritarian SWF (which gives greater weight to the worse off), or some other; and a procedure for ranking policies, understood as probability distributions across outcomes. Each component of the SWF framework is reviewed in detail; in doing so, the book engages both the economic literature on SWFs and philosophical scholarship regarding individual well-being, ethics, and distributive justice. The book also clarifies the difference between the SWF approach and cost-benefit analysis (CBA), which uses money rather than an interpersonally well-being measure as the scale for quantifying policy impacts. The book includes a detailed case study of risk regulation—illustrating how the SWF framework can be used in practice and how it contrasts with CBA. The book is written to be accessible to readers without much mathematical training, but is backed up by an extensive mathematical appendix.

scholarly journals The effect of social-cultural factors on foreign students' well being: Evidence from Thailand universities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao Duy Tung
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Academic Adjustment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The University

The aim of this study was the primary focus of the international students remains on the academic adjustment aspect, which stays as the cornerstone of their well-being and satisfaction. The questionnaire data collected from four universities, both public and private, were analyzed to provide proof. The results from methods analyzing data stated that there was a positive impact of social-cultural factors affecting well-being. And this research finds no significant evidence of the difference in levels of adaptation between male and female students. The finding also implies that the university and the authority should focus on the positives of the issue, possibly needs some more attention to derive benefits from this potent sector.

scholarly journals Career satisfaction among medical school professors: a case study in Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilce Maria da Silva Campos Costa
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Career Satisfaction ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The University ◽  
University Setting

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the career satisfaction of medical school professors in relation to initial motivation, satisfaction factors, and the desire to remain in the profession. METHODOLOGY: A qualitative methodology was used, based on questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with faculty members at a federal institution of higher education in Brazil. RESULTS: For 42.86% of the sample, teaching began while they were medical students; 80% had chosen teaching either as a vocation or due to influence from families or professors; 20% chose teaching as a professional opportunity. The majority, 57.14%, stated they were happy with teaching, and 51.42% did not plan to leave the career. Factors involved in satisfaction with teaching were: the possibility of remaining up-to-date in the medical profession, the feeling of doing their duty, their contribution to training future doctors, and contact with young people and the university setting. Factors leading to dissatisfaction were pedagogical (33.33%), economic (30.95%), institutional (14.28%), and relational (14.28%). CONCLUSIONS: Subjects expressed a positive attitude towards teaching, and because of their great personal satisfaction with the career, they did not plan to leave it. These findings should shed light on factors that interfere with career satisfaction and help increase those that promote satisfaction, thus improving the productivity and well-being of medical professors.

scholarly journals Analysis of Impact Factors of the Quality Accreditation on Design and Improvement Curriculum in the University

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duc Hanh ◽  
Pham Van Thuan ◽  
Vu Quynh Loan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Higher Education Leaders ◽  
The University

Studies here are the to determine effects of the quality accreditation to a training program on aim, teaching method, test and assessment methods and content, outcomes to students. Consider the fields and the professions, skills and attitudes that the curriculum must address to support graduate outcomes for students. Analyze the challenges for higher education leaders to appropriate industry requirements and the effects on faculty perceptions and capacity to design a transformative educational program for students. Comparing the difference between a curriculum only has concentrated on meeting requirements and follows quality accreditation standards with a curriculum focus to experiment for students. A case study for universities in Australia and Vietnam have been considered, compared and recommended.

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