scholarly journals The socio-labor implications in vocational training and its relationship with curriculum design and training

Author(s):  
Sara Margarita YAÑEZ-FLORES ◽  
Jaquelina Lizet HERNÁNDEZ-CUETO ◽  
María del Consuelo SALINAS-AGUIRRE ◽  
Daniela DELGADO-TALANCÓN

University professional training is the sum of individual and group efforts that are intertwined as students and teachers advance, semester or annually. It has its precedent in curricular designs and may or may not be spiced up with job training. The objective is to analyze the relationships of the elements of professional training, curriculum design and training from the university perspective. The present study is quantitative, cross-sectional and with a sample by availability. 18 variables that make up the axes of Vocational Training (8), Training (4) and Curricular Design (4) are analyzed, the results of which have been treated with Pearson's Product Moment Correlation analysis; the scale used is decimal ratio. The participants were 65 teachers and 138 students from different Academic Units. It is stated that the themes that allude to the social rights, rights, and obligations of the workers, the Afores, the educational-labor reforms should be considered as cross-cutting themes in any university career due to their socio-educational-labor implications.

Author(s):  
T. Chernyak

The article discusses the current problems of assessing the quality of professional training of HR managers from the perspective of graduates of the HR direction working in this area.For ten years the author of the article has been assessing the quality of training university graduates as deputy vice rector for organizing practice, employment and promoting employment of graduates. The results of annual studies of satisfaction with the quality of education of all participants in the educational process: students; employers and graduates of the university were an indispensable indicator in the preparation and conduct of accreditation of the university, it has repeatedly reported at conferences and published. The accumulated experience allowed us to conduct annual monitoring studies on the problem of satisfaction with the quality of professional training of graduates of the Department of Personnel Management of the Siberian Institute of Management, a branch of the RANEPA. The article provides only some generalized results of the author's studies in 2017 - 2019 on assessing the quality of professional training and career of specialists from the position of graduates of the department. The author conducts a brief analysis of theoretical foreign and domestic sources to study the problems of assessing the quality of education and training of specialists; considers the problems of development of criteria for assessing the quality of training, external and internal assessment, and the inclusion of certain assessment objects in the assessment, relevant to universities. The practical focus of the article allows us to see both the positive aspects in the training of future specialists in the field of personnel management, and some omissions, which will improve the quality and applied nature of training, taking into account the identified needs of graduates oriented to the demands of the labor market.


2011 ◽  
Vol 271-273 ◽  
pp. 1747-1752
Author(s):  
Jie Liu ◽  
Wei Qi ◽  
Chun Zi Liu ◽  
Xiu Zhen Zhang

With the social reform and economy development, both laid-off and employment of university students become the more important social problems. Based on the re-employment project of intelligent building, the technical training characteristics and training strategy have been analyzed. Moreover, in order to improve the professional training effect, some factors should been pay more attention and guaranteed primarily, such as improvement the publicity of related departments, students learning basis and ideological trends, quality education and creative ability training, reasonable arrangement of the training mode, widen training form and so on.


Author(s):  
Jayashree Sajjanar ◽  
Minal Soni ◽  
Jaykumar Gade ◽  
Megha Agrawal ◽  
Arunkumar Basavaraj Sajjanar

Introduction: Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs) accounts for common Orofacial Pain (OFP) arising from musculoskeletal origins, affecting almost 80% of the overall population. The multifactorial nature of the disease makes it difficult to diagnose and treat and is challenging to a considerable number of General Dental Practitioners (GDPs). They’re increasingly approached by patients for advice on TMD, but little is understood about how this disorder is addressed with in primary health care. Aim: To assess the awareness and knowledge regarding management of TMDs among GDPs in Central India. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at Central India, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India from 20th June 2020 to 12th December 2020, including 200 general dental practitioners, who were registered under the Dental Council of India. A questionnaire consisting of 17 questions with reference to TMDs was designed and the questionnaire was circulated through a web designed program. The responses were collected, and data were analysed descriptively using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) statistics for windows version 24.0. Results: The mean age of the participants in the study was 24.80±1.63 years. Predominantly, participants were 164 females (82%). Among all the participants, about 181 (90.50%) of GDP’s were practicing Dentistry. The study findings suggest that the overall general practicing dentists encounter TMD cases and 162 (81%) of GDP’s treat patient at their clinic. A 76% of GDPs acknowledged the causative factor for TMD to be multifactorial and physical examination (88.50%) as the diagnostic tool. Most of the general practitioners around 126 (63%) preferred referring the patient to the specialist, maxillofacial surgeon. Among the practitioners who were confident in treating TMD, occlusal splint was the treatment of choice for 198 (96%) of the GDPs. Conclusion: Many GDPs lack standard protocol knowledge, felt insecure in TMD diagnosis, therapy decisions and treatment. There is a requirement for better quality evidence on which TMD diagnosis and treatment, including the event of a valid, reproducible patient-centered outcome measure to enable dental practitioners to feel confident in managing TMD. It is essential to train GDPs to identify individuals with TMDs through professional courses and training. It would be highly beneficial to educate the undergraduates regarding the diagnosis of TMDs in their curriculum.


2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perttu Vartiainen ◽  
Arto Viiri

In the 1990s Finland began to emphasize a ‘new’, expertise-based regional policy driven by local initiatives and networking. An essential part of this approach is the intertwining of the universities and regional development processes, in which a major role is played by such facilities as science parks. At the heart of the regional impact of the University of Joensuu is the research and training carried out in its basic academic units. The greatest regional effect of the university is due to its internationally competitive research and education, as well as to the development of strategic priority areas. The strategic focal points and strengths of the University of Joensuu, the Joensuu Science Park and the North Karelia region of Finland complement one another well. In addition to the university's own departments, a key channel for transferring expertise is the Joensuu Science Park. The park is responsible for technology transfer, training, development measures and networking with other actors in their fields of expertise.


Author(s):  
Beverley Haddad

The field of theology and development is a relatively new sub-discipline within theological studies in Africa. The first formal post-graduate programme was introduced at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa during the mid-1990s. In the early years it was known as the Leadership and Development programme and since 2000, as the Theology and Development programme. Over the past twenty years, this programme has graduated over 160 BTh Honours, 100 MTh, and 15 PhD students. This article outlines the history of the programme, addresses its ideological orientation, its pedagogical commitments and preferences in curriculum design. It further argues that theological reflection on “development” must seek to understand the prophetic role of the church in responding to the complexities of the social issues facing the African continent.  Key to this discussion is the contested nature of “development” and the need for theological perspectives to engage this contestation through a social analysis of the global structures of injustice. This requires an engagement with the social sciences. It is this engagement of the social sciences with theological reflection, the essay argues, that has enabled the students who have graduated from the Theology and Development Programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal to assist the church and faith-based organisations to become effective agents of social transformation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Copperstone ◽  
M Bonello

Abstract Background Addressing health inequalities is a crucial public health issue. It is thus imperative that health professionals are equipped with explicit competences to recognise and address health inequalities. Methods This is a multi-phase mixed-methods study exploring health inequalities and training within professional health curricula at the University of Malta. Phase One consists of a scoping study which explores whether and how health inequalities feature within the health professions' undergraduate curricula. This involved a systematic search of undergraduate health professional curricula, including competency profiles in each programme of study, using information available in the public domain. Academic year reviewed was 2019-2020. To ensure harmonisation, the two independent reviewers used the following search strategy: a) using a keyword descriptive approach (MeSH terms divided into two levels: direct, level one, and more general keywords, level two) and b) a more subjective approach to assess wider topic elements. Results Preliminary results emanating from mapping of 19 different programmes of study will be presented. A wide range of occurrences, from zero occurrences in some programmes to a maximum of one occurrence for level one and 12 for level two keywords in other programmes, was observed. Conclusions There is a wide disparity between the awareness of and training of inequalities across different professional training programmes. This provides the groundwork for Phase Two of this research during which public health stakeholders' attitudes and perceptions on health professional training and current practices will be explored. Findings from this study will provide the evidence and the impetus for possible interdisciplinary modules and/or continuous professional development programmes in health inequalities. Key messages The need for developing short courses/reviewing health curricula to incorporate health inequalities is encouraged. Public health professionals have a responsibility to address health inequalities in their professional practice.


Author(s):  
Marina Minussi Franco

Este artigo trata de descrever os processos de formação profissional de educa-dores sociais no âmbito da educação universitária na Comunidade Autônomada Catalunha, na Espanha. Nos últimos anos, devido ao surgimento de novasformas de exclusão social, ao aumento das desigualdades e à crescente globali-zação, verifica-se um aprofundamento do debate sobre a profissão do educadorsocial, suas competências e funções e, ao mesmo tempo, sobre a necessidade derepensar sua formação. Este trabalho faz parte de um projeto mais amplo sobreo assunto e apresenta uma revisão bibliográfica baseada no contexto acadêmicoespanhol, com uma descrição das propostas formativas dos cursos de graduaçãode Educação Social de duas universidades catalãs de importante reconhecimentointernacional: Universidade de Barcelona e Universidade Autônoma de Barce-lona. Os resultados evidenciam a necessidade de uma maior aproximação entreo processo formativo que os educadores recebem no âmbito universitário e asnecessidades reais presentes nas instituições socioeducativas.Palavras-chave: Educação social. Educador social. Formação profissional.Competências.ResumenEste artículo trata de describir dos procesos de formación profesional de educa-dores sociales en el ámbito de la educación universitaria en la Comunidad Autó-noma de Cataluña, España. En los últimos años, a consecuencia del surgimientode nuevas formas de exclusión social, del aumento de las desigualdades y de lacreciente globalización, se verifica una intensificación del debate sobre la profe-sión del educador social, sus competencias, sus funciones y a la vez sobre la ne-cesidad de repensar su formación. Este trabajo forma parte de un proyecto másamplio acerca del tema y presenta una revisión bibliográfica basada en el contex-to académico español, al lado de una descripción de las propuestas formativas delas carreras de Educación Social de dos universidades catalanas de importante re-conocimiento internacional: Universidad de Barcelona y Universidad Autónomade Barcelona. Los resultados evidencian la importancia de la aproximación entreel proceso formativo que los educadores reciben en el ámbito universitario y lasnecesidades reales presentes en las instituciones socioeducativas.Palabras clave: Educación social. Educador social. Formación profesional.Competencias.AbstractThis article looks at the courses offered at two higher-education institutions fortraining social educators in the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain. In recentyears, due to new forms of social exclusion, the escalation of inequality andincreasing globalization, there is a more intense debate on the profession of thesocial educator, their competences, roles and, at the same time, on the need torethink their training. This work is part of a larger project on the subject and pre-sents a bibliographical review based on the Spanish academic context, along witha description of the training proposals of the Social Education careers withintwo Catalan universities: University of Barcelona and Autonomous University ofBarcelona. The results show the importance of combining the training processoffered to social educators in the university context with the real needs of thesocio-educational institutions where they will practice their profession.Keywords: Social education. Social educator. Professional training. Competencies.


Author(s):  
Мария Валерьевна Созинова

В статье автором раскрывается необходимость подготовки руководителя организации социального обслуживания в вузе на уровне магистратуры. Выделяются особенности подготовки руководителя организации социального обслуживания в высшей школе, а также дана характеристика социально-психологических проблем их профессиональной подготовки. In the article, the author reveals the need to train the head of the social service organization at the University at the master's level. The article highlights the features of training the head of a social service organization in higher education, as well as the characteristics of socio-psychological problems of their professional training.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yordanos Tsehai Jemberu ◽  
Yared Assefa Woldie ◽  
Wossen Mulugeta ◽  
Destaye Shiferaw Alemu ◽  
Getasew Mulat Bantie

Background. For so long, corneal diseases have been known as one of the leading causes to blindness in the global. This blindness might be due to failure to accept the corneal transplantation. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and the root challenges for corneal transplantation acceptance at the University of Gondar tertiary eye care and training center, Ethiopia. Methods. An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who had an indication for corneal transplantation at the University of Gondar tertiary eye care and training center since January 1, 2017, up to October 30, 2018. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data and entered into Epi-Info 7 software and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Simple logistic regression was used to identify the associated factors of corneal transplantation acceptance. Associations between outcome and exposure variables were expressed by the adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval and p value <0.05. Result. A total of 116 patients with a mean age of 51 (±21) years participated in the study. The overall acceptance level of corneal transplantation was only 38.8% (95% CI: 29.93, 47.66). Patients with poor knowledge [AOR = 2.41; 95% CI: 1.90, 6.48] and an unfavorable attitude [AOR = 6.33; 95% CI: 2.42, 16.54] were significantly associated with the acceptance of corneal transplantation. Conclusion. The study revealed that the corneal transplantation acceptance level was very low. Hence, the government and other concerned stakeholders should give due emphasis to the awareness creation and behavior change communication strategies to increase the acceptance level of corneal transplantation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 106-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azra Zafar ◽  
Rizwana Shahid ◽  
Saima Nazish ◽  
Danah Aljaafari ◽  
Fahd Ali Alkhamis ◽  
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ABSTRACT Context: Medication nonadherence is a significant barrier in achieving seizure freedom in patients with epilepsy. There is a deficiency of data about the reasons for nonadherence in Saudi population. Aims: The aim of this study is to prove the existence of nonadherence to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with epilepsy and identify the responsible factors. Setting and Design: This is a prospective, cross-sectional study carried in the Department of Neurology at King Fahd Hospital of the University affiliated with Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. Subjects and Methods: Patients of all ages diagnosed to have epilepsy as mentioned in their medical record and taking antiepileptic medications were interviewed using a questionnaire. Statistical Analysis Used: Statistical analysis was performed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Statistical significance was defined as two-tailed with a P ≤ 0.05. Results: Among 152 participants, 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Mean age of the patients was 28 ± 14.3 (mean ± standard deviation) years. Of 152 patients, 48.7% were found to be nonadherent to their AED therapy. The most commonly identified factor was forgetfulness. Nonadherence was significantly associated with poor seizure control (P = 0.002). Conclusion: Nonadherence to the AED is common among patients with epilepsy and affects seizure control adversely.


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