scholarly journals Spirals of Sustainable Academic Motivation, Creativity, and Trust of Higher Education Staff

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7057
Author(s):  
Martina Blašková ◽  
Dominika Tumová ◽  
Rudolf Blaško ◽  
Justyna Majchrzak-Lepczyk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Sustainable Systems ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Future Improvement ◽  
The University

Sustainability has to penetrate more and more into higher education. It should not focus only on traditional elements. It should also enter new, but for future improvement, extremely important areas. Based on this premise, creativity and motivation, when additionally interconnected and supported by trust that is provided and achieved, decide on the progress and sustainability of universities. This connection is gaining importance especially from the point of view of building solid foundations and mechanisms that functionally preserve the potential effects of these elements in the future. For this reason and following the nature, importance, and content of sustainable academic motivation (SAM), the paper introduces two new concepts: sustainable academic creativity (SAC) and sustainable academic trust (SAT). For further original contributions, the paper hypothesizes the existence of mutual—spiral—relations of sustainable academic motivation (SAM), sustainable academic creativity (SAC), and sustainable academic trust (SAT). The empirical section tests the validity of this claim in the universities of two countries: the Slovak Republic and Poland. A survey performed on a sample of n=181 pedagogical, scientific, management, and administrative staff in higher education confirms the existence of these spirals. The results indicate the spiral effect of motivation when connected with creativity and trust and show that it is accented by the crucial principles of sustainability (responsibility, novelty, usefulness, progress, etc.). Therefore, the paper’s conclusion contains the explanations for the potential occurrence of three types of sustainably mutual systems and complexes. These are: (a) individual sustainable systems of SAM, SAC, and SAT; (b) group/sectional sustainable systems of SAM, SAC, and SAT; and (c) the global sustainable complex of SAM, SAC, and SAT in the university.

scholarly journals Team Learning as a Model for Facilitating Entrepreneurial Competences in Higher Education: The Case of Proakatemia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7373
Author(s):  
Timo Nevalainen ◽  
Jaana Seikkula-Leino ◽  
Maria Salomaa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Team Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Entrepreneurial Competencies ◽  
The University ◽  
Quantitative Case Study

In the past decades, there has been a growing interest in entrepreneurship education, and many higher education institutions have developed specific programs and courses to support entrepreneurial competencies. However, there have been significant changes in how universities train competences related to business skills and entrepreneurship in practice. Whereas entrepreneurship courses used to focus on the different forms of businesses and drafting business plans, the overall perception of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial competences has shifted this toward a more holistic educational approach to develop students’ entrepreneurial competencies. In this comparative quantitative case study, we investigate the university students’ perception of the development of their entrepreneurial competencies in the case of Proakatemia (Tampere University of Applied Sciences). The aim was to examine how the entrepreneurial competencies are reflected and strengthened in their thinking and everyday functions through the concept of team learning. The survey involved, altogether, 64 students, of which 21 studied in Proakatemia. The results of this study indicate that the team learning concept of Proakatemia facilitates learning entrepreneurial competencies. Therefore, these results provide insights for universities aiming to develop their curricula, programs and pedagogy, thus promoting sustainable societal development. However, we recommend further studies, e.g., from a qualitative point of view, to assess the effective of the concept in other learning environments.

scholarly journals The necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty member of education, from the point of view of the teaching staff in sudan university

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem Abdel Maged El-Sadek , Rehab Bashir Hassan Al-Awad
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method

The study aimed to identify the necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty memberof education, from the point of view of the teaching staff. In this study the researcher employed the analytical descriptive method and the size of the sample in which the study was applied was (127) individualsof the teaching staff with a degree of Assistant Professorand above The researcher has employed questionnaire technique as a study tool. The most important findings of the study are: The study has come to the fact that the majority of the researchers managed to answer the study areas which are summarized in (the requirements needed for employing e. learning by the teaching staff، which was specified by this study، these requirements are vitally important from the point of view of the teaching staff. The most important requirements for the use of e-learning in the university faculty member. It consists in possessing the competencies of preparing courses electronically, which means designing the content or electronic curriculum in accordance with the principles of educational design. The most important recommendations of the study are: Providing all the requirements needed to put e. learning into practice (for the teaching staff members) which was determine by the study to employ e. learning in the institutions of the higher education in Sudan.  

scholarly journals Marketingovo strategické riadenie verejných vysokých škôl

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
Martin Halmo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Alternative Management ◽  
Higher Education Act ◽  
Education Act ◽  
The University

In the Slovak Republic, on the basis of legislative conditions, the Higher Education Act does not give the possibility to direct the management of public higher education institutions towards the fulfillment of their goals and thus to adapt effectively to the current situation and challenges. This is characterized by processes and structures that are duplicate, problematic or ambivalent, which ultimately prevents public higher education institutions from autonomously receiving and fulfilling their mission. It is therefore important that alternative management trends are introduced into the governance structures to help the development of public higher education institutions. We consider the use of marketing strategic management as such an element. Thus, the use of this type of management can ultimately benefit the university in the form of the required number of pupils. It can also contribute to improving the quality and supply of education, information and information.

The Efficiency Of Higher Education Institutions: Evaluation And Management Of Managers

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olesia Tomchuk ◽  
Viktoriia Tserklevych ◽  
Olena Hurman ◽  
Valentin Petrenko ◽  
Kateryna Chymosh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
The University

The article discusses the potential opportunities for leaders of higher education to monitor and implement development management functions using a system of key performance indicators, which is often used by various business entities. The authors adapted it to the needs of higher education institutions, integrating them with their characteristics.The formation of a system of key performance indicators in the article is disclosed from the point of view of improving the management system and motivation of the management and teaching staff of higher education. Approbation of the proposed methodology was implemented in the Institution of Higher Education, where it showed its effectiveness. The new system allowed the university professors to influence directly on the bonus part of income through their own work and efficiency.

Arnaıy dárіgerlіk top stýdentterіne arnalǵan beıіmdіk dene tárbıesіnіń modelі [Model of Adaptive Physical Education for Students of Special Medical Groups]

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (117) ◽  
pp. 224-234
Author(s):  
J.M. Esіrkepov ◽  
◽  
O. Dúısenov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Skeletal System ◽  
Medical Groups ◽  
Adaptive Physical Education ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The University

In this article the actual questions arising at the organization and carrying out of discipline of physical education of students of special medical groups in higher education institutions are considered. The authors, based on many years of experience in the University, propose to develop and implement a model of formation of the profile-developing environment for students of special medical groups. Ways to increase the interest of students with disabilities (with diseases of the musculoskeletal system) to systematic physical education are divided into blocks and studied from a scientific point of view. The General model consists of three blocks. In each block, the issues of rehabilitation of students with diseases of the musculo-skeletal system are comprehensively studied. Бұл мақалада жоғары оқу орындарында арнайы дәрігерлік топ студенттеріне дене тәрбиесі пәнін жүргізіп, ұйымдастыру барысында кездесетін өзекті мәселелер қарастырылады. Авторлар ЖОО-дағы көпжылдық тәжірибелеріне сүйене отырып, арнайы дәрігерлік топ студенттеріне арналған бейімдік дене тәрбиесінің моделін жасап, тәжірибеге енгізуді ұсынады. Дене мүмкіндіктері шектеулі студенттерді (тірек-қимыл аппараты зақымданған) дене тәрбиесі жаттығуларына жүйелі түрде қатыстыру арқылы қызығушылықтарын арттыру жолдары блоктарға бөлініп, ғылыми тұрғыдан зерттеледі. Жалпы модель үш блоктан тұрады. Әр блокта тірек-қимыл аппараты ауыратын студенттерді сауықтыру мәселелері жан-жақты зерделенеді.

scholarly journals Volunteering to Help People with Disabilities and Less Mobile People in Transport Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 246-258
Author(s):  
N. V. Gruver ◽  
O. M. Zemlina ◽  
R. K. Nazarova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The University ◽  
Transport Complex ◽  
The Impact

The objective of the study was to examine the impact of organisation of volunteer movement on solving of the University tasks and on motivation of the students, particularly considering the sustainable development goals.The attention has been focused on the analysis of the mechanism and methods of implementing the capacity of volunteer movement, from the point of view of possibilities of forming socially significant qualities and value orientations in students that correspond to the needs of society and development of the transport complex, as week as the skills of legal culture and behaviour of future transport employees. A conclusion is drawn about the need to use the opportunities of volunteering as a means of self-development of the student’s personality.The study was particularly dedicated to examining the experience of the Resource Training and Methodological Centre for Training Disabled Persons and Persons with Disabilities created and operating in Russian University of Transport, main directions of increasing the efficiency of activities to create necessary conditions for accessibility of higher education for persons with disabilities in transport universities.Social survey allowed to reveal and assess the correlation of motivation and interest of participants in volunteer movement in training on the programs offered at Russian University of Transport and in participating in volunteering since most important incentives spread among the students comprise desire to help people to feel needed, as well as the desire to master new skills and acquire competences.

scholarly journals Organization Versus Profession? Teaching in the context of higher education reforms from a Sociology of Professions Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-408
Author(s):  
Melike Janßen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Education Reforms ◽  
Academic Teaching ◽  
Sociology Of Professions ◽  
Higher Education Reforms ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Impact Of Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The paper addresses the impact of higher education reforms on academic teaching and the concrete implications of the new academic teaching requirements for the professional practice of professors. It explores how labour market requirements change the university from the point of view of professors and how they deal with these changes. The paper draws on 64 interviews with professors from Germany, which were conducted as part of a qualitative study on the consequences of performance evaluation procedures at German universities.

scholarly journals Development of Erasmus+ programme at the University of Pristina temporarily settled in Kosovska Mitrovica

Bastina ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 345-362
Author(s):  
Goran Lazić ◽  
Mirjana Lončar-Vujnović
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Union ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Previous Generation ◽  
Institutional Cooperation ◽  
International Credit ◽  
Erasmus Programme ◽  
The University

After closure of Tempus, European Union programme for reform and modernization of Higher Education at the end of 2013, European Commission promoted new integrated European Union programme Erasmus+ for a period from 2017-2021, which encompassed seven various programme for education, youth and sport of previous generation. Aside from seven implemented Tempus projects, University Pristina temporarily settled in Kosovska Mitrovica, continued with successfull participation in Erasmus+ programme. Since 2015, university gained seven Erasmus+ Key Action 2: Capacity Building in Higher Education projects, which is the most significant action and represents the inheritance of Tempus programme. University also realised inter-institutional cooperation with big number of universities from European Union with whom he gained 10 International Credit Mobility projects aiming at promotion of students, academic and administrative staff mobility of this university.

scholarly journals An investigation of students’ experience of service quality delivered by administrative staff at one site of a South African comprehensive university

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mxolisi Walter Ntoyakhe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
South African ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Comprehensive University ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Perceptions And Expectations ◽  
The University

Over the last decade the institutional framework within which most universities in South Africa operate has undergone major transformation forcing the higher education sector to become more competitive in its approach to attracting and retaining quality students. Against this background, service quality has been put forward as a critical determinant of competitiveness. Higher Education Institutions are increasingly placing greater emphasis on meeting students’ expectations and needs. As institutions of higher learning become more student orientated, student perceptions of higher educational facilities and services are becoming more essential. It is clear that there is a need to measure students’ experience of service quality in order to develop innovative academic structures, facilities and services to retain and attract new students. Therefore, this study used a mixed research approach and a nonprobability sampling technique to identify the sample size. The purpose of this study was to investigate the students’ experience of service quality delivered by administrative staff at one site of a South African Comprehensive University. Underpinned by the Gap Model of service delivery and an adapted SERVQUAL instrument, this study sought to determine perceptions and expectations of service quality across five dimensions, namely: tangibles; reliability; responsiveness; assurance; and empathy. Questionnaires were used as data collection instrument to collect data from two hundred and sixty (260) registered students; twelve (12) academic departments, residence and library administrative staff members. Questionnaires were used to gather data from administrative staff of academic department, library and residence; and registered students in one comprehensive university in South Africa. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 was used to analyse the data. Statistical tools that include frequencies, mean scores and tabulations were utilized to present the data from findings. The Wilcoxon signed ranks test was also utilized to further analyse the significance of the gaps. Various gaps between students’ perceptions and expectations indicating dissatisfaction with administrative services particularly among the students were identified. The findings from the study indicated that, a negative service quality gap exists at selected site of Comprehensive University in SA. The findings further suggested that issues such as service quality planning and monitoring, establishing recovery mechanisms for service failures, and student- driven service design and standards need to be high on the agenda at higher education institutions to ensure service quality. All five dimensions of SERVQUAL indicated a negative score or quality gap suggesting that the administrators of selected departments need to urgently close the gaps that exist at their institution; key recommendations were thus made to improve the gaps identified. Frequent interaction between the administrators and the students is recommended for the university as it provides important information on student expectations and perceptions. Continuous employee training to improve the existing skills is also recommended for comprehensive university employees as it can have a good impact on meeting the students’ expectations of the service quality dimensions. The study therefore, concluded that the university needed urgent intervention in terms of developing proper academic support structures, facilities and quality services that would satisfy the needs of students.

scholarly journals Desafios históricos da inclusão: Características institucionais de duas novas universidades federais brasileiras

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Eduardo Santos ◽  
Manuel Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
National Response ◽  
Project Monitoring ◽  
The University

This paper is a reflection on the new university models that emerged in Brazil from government of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (2002-2010), continued from the former government of Dilma Roussef. In our view, they represent a “transgression” in relation to the classic models of the university and a national response against the hegemonic lines of power (conceptual and political) of a wider process of reconfiguration of higher education in the contemporary world. We take as case studies for this debate the federal universities of Fronteira Sul (UFFS), based in Chapecó, Santa Catarina, and Sul da Bahia (UFSB), based in Itabuna, Bahia, because they are institutions that assume commitments with the ecology of knowledge (Santos, 2004; Benincá, 2011) and with the omnilateral cognitive democracy (Romão, 2013), which places the university at the service of historically oppressed populations and promotes the inclusion of other territories, cultures and epistemologies. In their founding documents both institutions claim the condition of radically democratic and strongly inclusive universities, as well as proposing a focus on regional integration. We defend the claim that such models are close to a popular perspective of higher education, from the point of view of its institutional and curricular matrices or their inclusion policies. This text is guided by the analysis of data collected with research professors of the project “Monitoring the Popular University in Brazil,” developed by the Program of Graduate Studies in Education, University Nove de Julho (PPGE-Uninove). 

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