scholarly journals Basic Training of Teachers and Public Health Nurses for Communication with Residents for Smooth Shelter Management: A Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10253
Author(s):  
Hiromi Kawasaki ◽  
Masahiro Kawasaki ◽  
Md Moshiur Rahman ◽  
Satoko Yamasaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Murata
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Free Response ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Management Roles ◽  
Educational Interruptions ◽  
Clear Idea

In Japan, schools are commonly used as disaster evacuation centers. Teachers have evacuation center management roles; however, there is no established training for teachers to balance their management roles and teaching activities. We evaluated the effectiveness of simulation training that we designed to help teachers fulfill their roles in disaster situations while minimizing educational interruptions. A total of 42 teachers completed pre- and post-simulation questionnaires. Qualitative data were collected based on their free-response evaluations. The average scores showed significant increases in the cognitive (p < 0.001), affective, (p = 0.001), and psychomotor (p < 0.001) domains. The participants expressed acceptance of the others, confirmation of evacuation center rules, and a capacity to handle personal information. The study displayed what had happened at the shelters, and highlighted consensus building and job conflicts among the evacuees. Participating teachers learned a clear idea of what would happen in the workplace if it became a shelter after a disaster. They were accepting evacuating residents to their workplace and understood that cooperation was essential to ensure the education and safety of their school children.

Models of Social Cash Transfers

2018 ◽  
pp. 105-138
Author(s):  
Lutz Leisering
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Partial Models ◽  
Social Cash Transfers ◽  
Clear Idea

Around 2000, poverty had moved to the top of global agendas, but there was no clear idea what policies would be appropriate. By the mid-2000s, a consensus among international organizations on social cash transfers had emerged. This chapter investigates what models of cash transfers were proposed by international organizations, and why, considering that global actors of all political leanings had rejected the idea of cash transfers well into the 1990s. The analysis draws on unique qualitative data on all major international organizations involved. It is argued that the idea of social cash transfers marks a paradigm shift in global anti-poverty policy, driven by pioneering country examples, sectional interests of international organizations, and new discursive frames. However, the idea of cash transfers was discursively reduced to four partial models that define the field to the present day, reflecting mandates of lead organizations and adding up to a fragmented and incomplete universalism.

scholarly journals Chair Perceptions of Trust between Mentor and Mentee in Online Doctoral Dissertation Mentoring

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linnea Rademaker
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Personal Connections ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Relationship

We explored online dissertation chairs’ perceptions of trust in the mentor—mentee relationship, as trust was identified as a crucial factor in the success of doctoral students. Through the implementation of a multiple-case study, and a qualitative, online questionnaire, and through qualitative data analysis, we discovered 16 chairs’ perceptions of trust and that student vulnerability is an important part of the relationship that chairs consistently work to alleviate. Findings point to the importance for chairs to establish trust through feedback, consistency, and personal connections with students. Second, chairs perceived student vulnerability to include both students’ discussion of their academic skills (or lack thereof) and their willingness to share personal information. Chairs were very resourceful in enacting strategies to alleviate all types of student vulnerability, including recognizing student strengths and pointing to the positives of vulnerability and by offering scholarly resources for students to develop their academic strengths.

“Digesting the abundance of idol matter” key factors in personal information management experiences of selected social science faculty

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Williams Nwagwu
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Mixed Data ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Science Faculty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Science Faculty ◽  
Data Design

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the personal information management (PIM) behaviours of social science faculty in Africa. The study examined the experiences and encounters of selected social scientists in Africa in organising and finding and re-finding of the information they previously created or stored. More specifically, the study sought to examine how faculty keep and refind information, the files and folders in which they store the information. Also, the study examined the nature and characteristics of faculty information spaces with particular respect to electronic documents including emails and paper documents. Design/methodology/approach Sample survey research design and a mixed methods approach consisting of qualitative and quantitative were used. Data was collected using a discursive technique, an interview schedule and a questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using factorial analysis of mixed data design, guided by a combination of category and codes identification using NVivo and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 17. Principal component analysis (PCA) of factor analysis was executed to identify key components. Findings Eleven issues, namely, time, infrastructure, importance of the information, folder/file management, document characteristics and organisational context played significant roles in the PIM behaviours of the respondents. Others were importance of the information, document overload, memory, workload and computer literacy. PCA extracted four major components, namely, document overload, time, computer literacy and importance of the information. Research limitations/implications An expansion in the number of faculty involved in this study would probably yield a more reliable outcome. Extending the study to cover Africa would also yield a more applicable result. Practical implications The key PIM issues identified in this study, namely, document overload, time, computer literacy and importance of the information should constitute the focus of continuous information literacy education aimed at improving PIM social scientists’ faculty in Africa. Social implications Improved PIM of social science faculty will result to improved research productivity and good health. Originality/value PIM of social scientists has not been examined in the literature, and yet it is crucial for further understanding their learning and information behaviours, and improving their productivity. The design and administration of a questionnaire constructed based on codes extracted from qualitative and discursive sessions to the same respondents from whom the qualitative data was collected makes the findings very strong. A further deployment of factorial analysis of mixed data design to handle qualitative data makes the contribution of the study very significant.

scholarly journals Connecting critical thinking, caring, and curiosity in nurse education: Exploring the beliefs and practices of nurse educators

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandie G. Nadelson ◽  
Louis S. Nadelson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Nurse Education ◽  
Nurse Educator ◽  
Free Response ◽  
Direct Communication ◽  
Beliefs And Practices

A theoretical association exists between caring, critical thinking, and curiosity. We wanted to gain a deeper understanding about how the relationships translated to the perceptions and practices of nurse educators. We developed a survey of selected and free response items to gather a combination of quantitative and qualitative data related to nurse educators’ perceptions and practices related to caring, critical thinking, and curiosity. We distributed an invitation to participate in our online survey research project through direct communication with a sample of nurse educators and posted the request to a handful of nurse educator social media sites and listservs. Forty-six nurse educators fully completed our survey. Findings include a mixture of positive perceptions about learning caring and curiosity, insights about the importance of caring and curiosity in nursing, and practices that included promoting critical thinking and curiosity among nurses. We follow the results with a discussion of implications for nurse education.

scholarly journals Teaching to teach with a LMS: the experience at University of Perugia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Filomia ◽  
Valentino Santucic ◽  
Gianluca Vinti ◽  
Giovanni Maria Perfetto De Santis ◽  
Floriana Falcinelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
The University

A Learning Management System (LMS) is nowadays a pivotal element in the education environment of a modern university. However, though it generally has a beneficial and positive impact on the education, a part of the teachers is sometimes reluctant to adopt a LMS because of the perceived usage difficulty. Therefore, it is clear that a key step in order to spread the use of a LMS is to teach to the teachers how to use it and which benefits their teaching activities can gain. In this paper, we report and analyze the experience we had at University of Perugia. An e-learning course has been released to the (approximately) 1000 teachers of the university with the aim of introducing them to the basic tools provided by the LMS. Importantly, the course has been created and delivered by means of UniStudium, i.e., the Moodle-based LMS deployed in our university. This allowed us to collect interesting quantitative and qualitative data that have been elaborated and analyzed. The analysis shows that the activities carried out reached a prominent percentage of teachers, by also providing us important suggestions and hints to guide our future activities in this direction.

scholarly journals Penerapan Media Audio-Visual dalam Meningkatkan Hasil Latihan Teknik Dasar Dollyo Chagi pada Peserta Ekstrakurikuler Taekwondo di SMA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 761-768
Author(s):  
Muhamad Arfliza Ilham Riski ◽  
Sugiyanto Sugiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Male Participant ◽  
Female Participant ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Extracurricular Activity ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine and description the application of audio-visual media and enhance the basic training result of dollyo chagi in application audio-visual media for extracurricular participant taekwondo in SMA. This research is sport action study (PTO). This research use descriptive qualitative and quantitative method. The sample of this study has 11 participant with 6 male participant and 5 female participant category. The instrument used is observing guidelines for activities extracurricular participants for qualitative data and assessment basic training dollyo chagi for quantitative data. The results of show percentage whole participants before action is 3 percent. After that cycle I be an 81 percent and cycle II to 91 percent. Unfortunately, participant’s activity before action reach 81 percent and include to category “Cukup”. Thus, it can be concluded that audio-visual media can enhance basic training result of dollyo chagi for extracurricular participant taekwondo in SMA. Audio-visual media can be helper for extracurricular activity for coach to be enhanced training result. Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengkaji dan mendeskripsikan penerapan media audio-visual dan peningkatan hasil latihan teknik dasar dollyo chagi dalam penerapan media audio-visual pada peserta ekstrakurikuler taekwondo di SMA. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan olahraga (PTO). Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif kuantitatif. Sampel penelitian ini berjumlah 11 peserta dengan kategori 6 peserta laki-laki dan 5 peserta perempuan. Instrumen tes yang digunakan adalah kisi-kisi pedoman observasi aktivitas latihan peserta ekstrakurikuler untuk data kualitatif dan rubrik penilaian teknik dasar dollyo chagi untuk data kuantitatif. Hasil data penelitian menunjukkan persentase hasil latihan peserta secara keseluruhan sebelum tindakan berada pada 3 persen. Setelah dilakukan tindakan pada siklus I menjadi 82 persen dan pada siklus II sebesar 91 persen. Sedangkan untuk aktivitas peserta sebelum tindakan mencapai angka 81 persen yang dikategorikan cukup. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa media audio-visual dapat meningkatkan hasil latihan teknik dasar dollyo chagi peserta ekstrakurikuler taekwondo di SMA. Media audio-visual disarankan dapat dijadikan media bantu kegiatan ekstrakurikuler oleh pelatih untuk mengoptimalkan hasil latihan.

scholarly journals Musicians’ perceptions and experiences of using simulation training to develop performance skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Aufegger ◽  
Rosie Perkins ◽  
David Wasley ◽  
Aaron Williamon
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Performance Skills ◽  
Training Techniques ◽  
Simulated Performance ◽  
Conservatory Students ◽  
Psychology And Medicine ◽  
And Training

Simulation has been applied as a tool for learning and training in sports, psychology and medicine for some time, but its current use and potential for training musicians is less well understood. The aim of this study was to explore musicians’ perceptions and experiences of using simulated performance environments. Nine conservatory students performed in two simulations, each with interactive virtual elements and vivid environmental cues: a recital with a virtual audience and an audition with virtual judges. Qualitative data were collected through a focus group interview and written reflective commentaries. Thematic analysis highlighted the musicians’ experiences in terms of (1) their anticipation of using the simulations, (2) the process of performing in the simulations, (3) the usefulness of simulation as a tool for developing performance skills and (4) ways of improving simulation training. The results show that while simulation was new to the musicians and individual levels of immersion differed, the musicians saw benefits in the approach for developing, experimenting with and enhancing their performance skills. Specifically, the musicians emphasised the importance of framing the simulation experience with plausible procedures leading to and following on from the performance, and they recognised the potential for combining simulation with complementary training techniques.

A PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY AS TOOL FOR EDUCATING ADOLESCENTS ON INTERNET SAFETY

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-321
Author(s):  
Serahni Symington ◽  
Munita Dunn-Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Educational Strategy ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Internet Safety ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Online Safety

This psycho-educational strategy, in the form of a website, was designed to educate adolescents in schools with regard to online safety practices. The study made use of a mixed-method methodology. One hundred and eightythree (183) adolescents completed quantitative questionnaires. Qualitative data was gathered by eight semi-structured adolescent focus groups. After the integration of results, a website that included information on safety education was designed. Six areas of online safety were illustrated and addressed on the website - cyber bullying, pornography, social networking, online gaming, sharing of personal information, as well as plagiarising and stealing content. Adolescents were given the opportunity to explore the website in order to evaluate it as an effective educational tool for promoting online safety. The research reveals that adolescents could benefit from the psycho-educational strategy as it creates awareness and serves an educational purpose in terms of identifying possible harms of the internet. Findings indicate that schools, educators and parents could use the psychoeducational strategy to educate adolescents about internet safety.

The Contribution of Simulation Training in Enhancing Key Components of Laparoscopic Competence

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 708-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos Loukas ◽  
Nikolaos Nikiteas ◽  
Meletios Kanakis ◽  
Evangelos Georgiou
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Learning Curves ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Significant Performance ◽  
Quantitative Performance ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Laparoscopic Performance

This study aims to investigate how basic training contributes to the performance of complex laparoscopic tasks performed in a virtual reality (VR) environment. An assessment methodology is proposed based on quantitative error analysis of key components of laparoscopic competence. Twenty-five inexperienced surgeons were trained on four basic tasks. The effect of training was assessed on three independent scenarios (two procedural: adhesiolysis and bowel suturing, and a laparoscopic cholecystectomy [LC]). Several error parameters were post hoc analyzed to yield a quantitative performance index for two fundamental skills: proficiency and safety. Time and instrument path length were also measured and compared. Correlation analysis was performed to study how these indices correlate one another. Significant learning curves were demonstrated during training. For adhesiolysis, all four indices improved significantly ( P < 0.05). Time and path length presented plateaus for all basic tasks, whereas proficiency and safety only for two and one task(s), respectively. For bowel suturing, only time and safety errors showed a decrease ( P < 0.05). Significant performance enhancement was observed for LC in which errors and path length reduced after training ( P < 0.05). Our results revealed also an increased number of correlations after training, especially for proficiency. This study finds it possible to assess key competence skills based on the quantitative analysis of various parameters generated by a VR simulator. The improvement in basic training is transferred to more complex tasks. The proposed methodology is useful for structured evaluation of laparoscopic performance demonstrating fundamental elements of surgical competence.

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