scholarly journals Pedagogical strategies and Motivation of Hospitality Management Learners in a Higher Education Institution in Botswana

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Diketso Kelebemang Khutsafalo ◽  
Ushe Makambe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Hospitality Management ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Learner Motivation ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Negative Effect

The Botswana higher education system has been producing low-quality unemployable graduates and the low levels of learner motivation is believed to be a major factor. Premised on the Self-Determination Theory, the purpose of this study was to explore the nexus between pedagogical strategies and motivation of hospitality management learners in a selected higher education institution in Botswana. A descriptive survey design was adopted while the quantitative methodology was employed. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as the mean, standard deviation, correlation and regression, which were products of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software, were used to analyse data that was collected from 128 respondents who were selected from a population of 189 learners using stratified random sampling. This study provided empirical evidence on the influence of pedagogical strategies on learner motivation and will provide instructors with knowledge of pedagogical approaches that either facilitate or impede learner motivation. The findings of the study revealed a significant relationship between pedagogical strategies and learner motivation. However, it was discovered that certain pedagogical strategies employed by the instructors had a negative effect on learner motivation namely low quality of academic advising, not affording learners enough opportunities to do presentations in class and failure to effectively inculcate collaborative skills among learners. It is recommended that learners should be afforded opportunities for collaborative learning to stimulate peer engagement which facilitate motivation. The institution should ensure that the curriculum incorporates contemporary issues that are relevant to the learners, industry and society as this will instil in the learners a reason to want to learn with the assurance of ready employment after graduation.

scholarly journals Occupational stress, organisational commitment and ill-health of employees at a higher education institution in South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Coetzee ◽  
S. Rothmann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Control Work

The objectives of this study were to assess the indicators and moderators of occupational stress at a higher education institution in South Africa, as well as differences based on language and years of experience at the institution. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The participants included academic and support staff at a higher education institution (N = 372). An Organisational Stress Screening Tool (ASSET) and a biographical questionnaire were administered. Workload, control, work-relationships and pay and benefits were the major occupational stressors in the institution. Compared to the international norm, participants reported higher levels of physical and psychological ill-health and perceived lack of commitment from the organisation. Analysis of variance revealed differences in occupational stress levels for all the biographical variables tested. Organisational commitment moderated the effect of occupational stress on ill-health. Opsomming Die doelstellings van hierdie studie was om die aanwysers en verligtende faktore van beroepstres in ’n hoëronderwysinstansie in Suid-Afrika te identifiseer, asook moontlike verskille gebaseer op taal en jare ervaring by die instansie te bepaal. ’n Dwarsdeursnee-opnameontwerp is gebruik. Die deelnemers het bestaan uit akademiese en ondersteuningspersoneel verbonde aan ’n hoëronderwysinstansie (N = 372). ’n Organisasiestresgraderingsinstrument (ASSET) en ’n biografiese vraelys is afgeneem. Oorlading, kontrole, werksverhoudinge en salaris en byvoordele was die vernaamste stressore in die instelling. Vergeleke met die internasionale norm, het deelnemers hoër vlakke van fisieke en psigologiese ongesondheid gerapporteer, en ook ’n gebrek aan verbondenheid komende van die werkgewer ervaar. Variansieanalise het verskille in werkstresvlakke uitgewys vir al die biografiese veranderlikes wat getoets is. Organisasieverbondenheid het die effek van beroepstres op ongesondheid gematig.

scholarly journals An adapted model of burnout for employees at a higher education institution in South Africa

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Coetzee ◽  
S. Rothmann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Language Groups

The objectives of this study were to test an adapted four-factor model of burnout consisting of Exhaustion, Cynicism, Professional Efficacy and Cognitive Weariness for employees of a higher education institution in South Africa and to determine differences in burnout levels between different language groups and employees with different years of experience at the institution. A crossectional survey design (N = 372) was used. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey, the Cognitive Weariness Scale and a biographical questionnaire were administered. Structural equation modelling confirmed the hypothesised four-factor model of burnout. The scales showed acceptable internal consistencies. Analysis of variance revealed differences in burnout and cognitive weariness for groups with different languages and different years of experience at the institution. Opsomming Die gesinslewensikluskonsep is as ’n hulpmiddel gebruik in marksegmentering om bemarkingstrategieë te ontwikkel. Huishoudings is egter nie altyd gesins-gebaseerd nie en kan bestaan uit enkel-, dieselde geslag-, en saamblyhuishoudings wat elkeen merkbare verskille kan toon ten opsigte van verbruikspatrone. Ondersoek is gedoen oor die huishoudingslewensiklusteorie as basis vir marksegmentering in die Suid-Afrikaanse omgewing. Die resultate dui daarop dat ofskoon die huishoudingslewensiklus bruikbaar is om tussen huishoudings te differensieer in terme van verbruiksgedrag, diè teorie nie uitsluitlik en in isolasie gebruik moet word nie vanweë die hoë vlak van binne-stadium verskillendheid.

scholarly journals Academic Staff Practices and Challenges of Publishing:

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
Abatihun Alehegn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Inadequate Information ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This article reports on the findings of a study undertaken to establish practices and challenges to academic publishing at a higher education institution in Ethiopia. A descriptive survey design was employed and con- -venience and purposive sampling were used to select the sample. The data were gathered by means of a questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions and were analysed using descriptive and thematic analysis. The results show that, despite the benefits of publishing, not all academics in the university are publishing in local and international journals due to a number of challenges. These include a lack of commitment and motivation, lack of experience and exposure to publishing, and inadequate information,knowledge and skills to access accredited journals. Academics also suffer from work overload, a lack of support from the university to publish, and challenges emanating from journals themselves. It is recommended thatthe university, the Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and other relevant stakeholders should collaborate to address this situation. Key words: academics, academic publishing, higher education institution, challenges, practices, university

scholarly journals The Conceptual Principles for the Creation and Functioning of Innovation-Active University

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (515) ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
O. V. Rayevnyeva ◽  
◽  
V. Y. Yermachenko ◽  
M. M. Berest ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Strategic Model ◽  
The Creation ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

The article is aimed at developing the conceptual principles for the creation and functioning of innovation-active university (IAU) as a modern strategic model of higher education institution in conditions of transformation and digitalization of society. A number of problems and contradictions are allocated and systematized, causing the need to transform the traditional university into an innovation-active, entrepreneurial structure, the activity of which consists in the interaction of the university with the economy, public administration bodies and society. It is determined that the formation of a new paradigm for the development of the higher education system raises the need for innovation-active universities in the form of entrepreneurial organizations that have a resource willingness to promote accelerated development of both the economy and society through intensive transfer of new, generated at the university knowledge and technology on the basis of partnership with key stakeholders. On the basis of studying the conceptual basis of the emergence and development of the IAU, a number of hypotheses of building an innovation-active university were developed, a system of conceptual provisions and principles of its functioning was formed. The purpose and objectives of the innovation-active university are defined, the system-forming directions of its innovation activity are allocated and characterized. On the basis of the carried out researches, the framework for the creation and development of the IAU was formed, containing a list of components of the internal environment and the factors that ensure their support on the basis of development of entrepreneurship and innovation. Prospects for further research in this direction are the development of a mechanism for the functioning of an innovation-active university, which will ensure the effective transformation of higher education institution on the basis of innovation and entrepreneurship development and will contribute to maintaining a high level of its competitiveness in the educational space.

scholarly journals University Governance: Risk Management Approach

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ghaleb A. El Refae ◽  
◽  
Abdelhafid K. Belarbi ◽  
Jamal A. Abu Rashed ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
University Governance ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Fierce Competition

It is of paramount difficulty to capture the governance and management arrangements of a higher education institution. There is no unified model of university governance system. University governance depends on the type of property ownership, its management paradigm, and its set of goals and objectives. Under the auspices of internationalization of higher education and the fierce competition after the prevalence of higher education privatization، and the move of public higher education institutions to self-finance sustainability, the proposal for tracing out a system of university governance requires the detection of three elements: Governance of academics, business governance، and corporate governance. The first element treats the management of academic affairs. Business governance manages the measurement of the institution performance, while corporate governance manages the development of the institution organizational culture. The paper aims at analyzing the university governance of an Arab higher education institution, where the higher education system is witnessing reform policies in face of rising higher education globalization and a fierce competition in the higher education industry. The analysis is taken within a risk management approach.

scholarly journals Innovative Basis of Improvement of Professional Development System of Higher Education Institution Pedagogical Staff

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Uzokboy Begimkulov ◽  
Tuymurod Shoymardonov ◽  
Shavkiddin Adashboev ◽  
Azamat Obidov ◽  
Ismoil Eshmamatov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Continuous System ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Development System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Republic

<p><em>The article highlight’s innovative approaches of organizing pedagogical staff professional development in higher education system of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The essence of integrative model of distance professional development, continuous system of higher education pedagogical staff’s professional development is being described there.</em></p><p> </p>

scholarly journals CHANGING CAREER DIRECTION FROM HIGHER EDUCATION TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Lina Kaminskiene ◽  
Judita Bertašiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Career Direction ◽  
And Training

The article discusses the problem of overeducation which is described as a situation when individuals gain education higher than required in the labour market and, thus, fall into the so-called opportunity trap (Brown et al., 2011). Individuals’ investment into their education does not meet the expectations: they must expand their career opportunities by changing a career direction towards vocational training. The article aims to reveal the reasons that lead to such a situation. The case analysis revealed three periods which characterize and explain transformations in individuals’ considerations about the value of education and qualification. The 1st period describes a transition of graduates from secondary school to higher education institution. It reveals factors determining the choice of higher education institution. The 2nd period describes experiences of students in higher education system until changing their career for vocational training.  The 3rd period reveals main reasons and factors of students’ choices.

scholarly journals HIGHER EDUCATION BRANDING

2021 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 118-136
Author(s):  
PIATNYTSKA Galyna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
International Market ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Special Assessment

Background. The increasing intensity of competition in the international market for higher education services leads to an increase in the importance of brands of higher education institutions (HEIs) and the branding of national higher education in general. The aim of this study is to determine the target setting and the main objectives of the country’s higher education branding in the international market of educational services. Materials and methods. Methods of comparative and critical analysis, analytical processing of the collected data, graphical display of trends and interrelations, synthesis, etc. are used to achieve the purpose and accomplish the assigned tasks. Results. Analysis of the dynamics of appeals to the Google-system with queries to search for such words and phrases as: "Brand"; "Higher education"; "Uni­versity" showed that after a sharp decline in the number of brand and branding queries in March 2020, the trend of increasing attention to this concept among Internet users began to grow again. At the same time, in the last months of 2021, there is a trend towards a decline in requests for higher education and universities. The risk of such a situation for the deve­lopment of existing universities lies in the fact that the latter is happening against the back­ground of the periodic introduction of quarantine restrictions and the loss of the opportunity to establish constant offline communications with students and youth audience. On the basis of a critical analysis, comparison and systematization of the existing definitions of the concepts of "branding of higher education" and "brand of higher edu­cation", it is proposed to understand the process of "branding of higher education" as a process aimed at implementing the strategy for the development of higher education, strengthening the identity of the higher education system of the country in the international market of educational services, support competitiveness of the higher education sector by establishing effective communications with all stakeholder groups both within the country and abroad. It has been substantiated that the "brand of a higher education institution" should be understood as a specific model of ideas and value characteristics about the HEI and its educational services in the minds of stakeholders. It is emphasized that the process of the higher education branding should be aimed at forming the value of the brand. This requires the following tasks, the implementation of which: 1) will create a strong competitive brand of higher education in the country, which will help solve educational problems and meet the needs of the labor market, especially within the country; 2) provide preconditions for further geographical diversification in the provision of educational services of the country’s HEIs; 3) will increase the volume of foreign and domestic investment in the educational and scientific space of the country. Along with this, the factors that should be paid attention to in the process of higher education branding and which were formed under the influence of Globalization 4.0 and the manifestation of the consequences of the COVID crisis were identified. Considering the level of development of the higher education system in the country, the choice of one of the following branding strategies for higher education is envisaged: internal orientation; internal-external orientation; external-internal orientation. It is established that Ukraine must now implement a strategy of internal-external orientation of higher education branding. It was noted that it would be better to track the results of higher education branding through special assessment and monitoring of changes in the Global Tertiary Education Brand Index and by region. Conclusion. The problem of the higher education branding, as evidenced by the results of the study, is far from simple and requires the setting of specific tasks, the completion of which should contribute to the achievement of the goal of maximizing the value of the country’s higher education brand. In the process of higher education branding and specific HEIs branding the interests of various groups of stakeholders as well as changes that taking place in the international market of educational services (including due to Globalization 4.0 and the effects of the pandemic) should be taken into account. The results of the study can be further used to develop and substantiate metho­dological approaches to determining the Global Tertiary Education Brand Index and the corresponding country indices, by which it will be possible to track imbalances and competitive advantages in the development of higher education in the regions of the country. Keywords: branding, brand management, higher education, brand of higher education institution, risks, strategies of higher education branding, digitalization, the market of educational services.

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