Building Capacity and Global Awareness for School Leaders

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-56
Author(s):  
Nancy Staub ◽  
Analese Alvarez ◽  
Justin Johnson ◽  
Donna Stacy ◽  
Tom Walter
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
Short Trip ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The University

The culture of schools is influenced in part by the principal. The vision the principal holds for leadership and direction of the school becomes an important compass for the development of curriculum, pedagogy, and mindset of teachers and students. The educational leadership faculty at The University of Toledo believe that graduate students preparing to become principals must develop understandings and awareness of what it means to be globally competent. This case study illustrates how even a short trip to China can begin to shape the thinking of future principals toward this end.

The Use of Applets in an Engineering Chemistry Course

2010 ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
B.M. Trigo ◽  
G.S. Olguin ◽  
P.H.L.S. Matai
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Engineering Department ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The University

This chapter deals with the use of Applets, which are examples of software applications, combined with a specific methodology of teaching, based on Paulo Freire’s education concepts. According to his methods, co-creation between its participants is fundamental for the effectiveness of learning process. In that way, to promote a cooperative learning, the Applet should have interactive features. The Chemistry course of Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, in which students take in the first semester of the first year of the engineering course, was the case study. First, a research with the teachers of the Chemical Engineering Department was carried out, to identify the main problems and difficulties teachers and students face. Then, a topic was selected to be explored with the Applet, which was developed and applied to a small group of students. To identify the success of this experiment a questionnaire was created and the results are presented in this chapter. Some conclusions were drawn and the interactive features of the Applet received a positive feedback.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ READINESS FOR E-LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 327-339
Author(s):  
Nurdin
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Instructional Material ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The University

The process of e-learning is the operations that involve humans, computers, the Internet, and instructional material and produce the outputs to learners and the organization. This research aimed to study students' readiness for e-learning of graduate students in IAIN Kendari, Indonesia. The research sample consisted of 168 graduate students who were selected purposively. The questionnaire was adapted from Watkins and interviewing 10% of the sample group was conducted to collect the data. The research findings showed that the students were ready for the e-learning, as shown by the overall mean score is 3.72, which is above Mo = 3.40. Due to the low means of statistical calculation, three important items need to be improved, such as Students' household distraction reduction, students' comfort to be involved in multiple online discussions, and students' ability to take notes during online discussions, should be considered. Based on the interview, some challenges met during online learning that reduced students' readiness were unstable internet connection, lecturer's presence on screen, inconducive learning environment, and inability to be a multitasker. Hence, it is recommended that the university and students discuss to improve students' readiness in motivation and technology access.

production of documentary as teaching material for basic education

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Francisco Redondo Periago
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The University

Nowadays it is unquestionable that audiovisual has become a widely used tool for the development of knowledge in the classroom. Based on this assumption, the research that I have developed aims to produce documentaries as helping diffuser product and content for students of Basic Education and also as a form of training, put graduate students to deepen the practices developed in the classroom. The audiovisual aid that will be developed is the documentary which will be the matrix for the development of teaching material that fits the process of cognition between teachers and students. This will be achieved through the interaction between University and Basic Education Institutions and will include the involvement of teachers and students. The activity is of extension and social order and aims to promote integration between the University and the Basic Education Institutions for the development of teaching materials.

scholarly journals A Case Study of a Successful Multicultural Project: CCEP and the Infusion of Internationalization across the University

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangmei Bao ◽  
Mark Seven Ferrara
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Stated Goal ◽  
Student Exchanges ◽  
The University

Globalization has resulted in the call for greater diversity and multiculturalism in higher education. In order to achieve its stated goal of preparing students for “responsible global citizenship,” one master’s university1 has adopted an infusion model of internationalization. This study examines how the university’s Chinese Cultural Exchange Program (CCEP) contributed to those campus efforts to enhance multicultural or global awareness, specifically in regards to faculty and student exchanges.

scholarly journals Integration and Islamisation Program for Clinical Post Graduate Students in International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazri Mohd Yusof
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Postgraduate Programme ◽  
Professional Body ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University

Integration and islamisation (INI) programmes for undergraduate medical students have been practiced, reviewed and published in many journals. However, there is only a dearth of study on the implementation of such a programme for postgraduate clinical students. Hence, there is a need to examine such a programme because of the different learning environment and characteristic of the students. The aim of this paper is to examine the existing clinical postgraduate programme at IIUM and attempts to improve the INI curriculum. Method: The study employs an analytical method and important factors for the development of the curriculum are analysed to come out with the objective, content, teaching methodology and assessment method suitable for the program. Result: The study identified the important factors that determine the curriculum to be the needs of National Health Service, the mission of the university, the requirement of the professional body and characteristic of the students. The study proposes that the objective of the program is to produce holistic orthopaedic surgeons who understand the belief of Muslim patients and is able to facilitate them in their ibadah and daily life as a Muslims. This is achieved through offering a course which consists of 4 main subjects on the principles of shariah which include the element of Islamic worldview, fiqh ibadah, fiqh muamalah and Islamic moral values with emphasis on issues related to medicine. The teaching method proposed is having regular seminars which consist of presentations and discussion of important concept in Islamic fiqh and followed by case study on fiqh issues related to Medicine. Finally, the students should be assessed from the case write up which they are required to submit before they can sit for the final professional exam. Conclusion: This improved program enables students to complete their study without compromising their duties to provide services at their respective hospitals.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Silence Phenomenon and EFL Student Online Class

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-74
Author(s):  
Alimin Adi Waloyo ◽  
Zahrah Qurota’ Ayu Nurrohmah
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Class ◽  
Optimal Outcomes ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
New Type ◽  
The University

In order to eliminate the spread of the Corona Virus, the students have been being required to study from homes either synchronously or asynchronously. It is commonly known asan online class. It has been being done to cut the spread of theCOVID-19 virus. This new teaching approach needs EFL students to adjust their way of learning. Also, the online class creates some challenges, such as limited interaction, low motivation, internet connection issues, etc) for EFL learners in their learning process because teachers and students have less interaction. This situation is called a silence phenomenon. Due to this was a new type of issue in EFL teaching and less investigated research, the researchers conducted the study to investigate the factors and solutions of the silencing phenomenon faced by EFL students during an online class. This study employed a case study research method.The subjects of this studywere tenstudents of English Language EducationDepartment students, 2017 academicyear at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM). The researcher collected thedata through the interview technique.The interview was applied, so the researchers obtained rich and in-depth data. The finding of this studyshowed that students’active participation during online classes was very low.That low participation was caused by several aspects: individual, teacher,cultural, technological, and domestic. The students could implement various ways to minimize the students’ reticence in the online class. This research hopefully provides different views to make teachers' online classes fun and interesting, so English learning can obtain optimal outcomes.    

scholarly journals Developing Graduate Students' Self-Efficacy with Learner-Centred Lecturing

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Meagan A. C. Troop ◽  
Lauren E. Wallar ◽  
Erin Aspenlieder
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Development Programming ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
The University

This paper presents the findings of a mixed-method case study conducted at the University of Guelph on the relationship between practice lecturing and graduate student self-efficacy. Building on the work of Boman (2013), and using surveys and individual interviews, we measured and characterized the perceived changes in graduate students’ self-efficacy in learner-centred lecturing. Our research question was: In what ways, if any, does microteaching contribute to participants’ perceived self-efficacy in learner-centred lecturing? Our results and discussion reveal that practice increases self-efficacy with respect to the design, facilitation, and assessment of learner-centred lectures, and is a vital component to graduate student teaching development programming.  

scholarly journals A Case Study on Online Learning and Digital Assessment in Times of Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. p44
Author(s):  
Theresa Kwong ◽  
Lawrence Mui ◽  
Eva Y. W. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
Digital Assessment ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

To minimise the adverse impact on student learning due to escalating social unrest started locally in June 2019 and the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong Baptist University has emphatically strengthened its strategic resolve in e-Learning deployment. With various measures and e-Learning initiatives rolled out, HKBU teachers gained more momentum in launching online classes and conducting e-Assessments with different e-Tools. Peer-sharing from teachers who have successfully implemented online classes and digital assessment was conducive to creating a culture to fast-track e-Learning adoption. This case study sheds light on how virtual teaching and learning have assisted HKBU teachers and students circumvent the recent crises. The study also identifies determining factors and challenges of adopting e-Learning strategies at the University.

scholarly journals The response of the University of Isfahan to COVID-19: remote online language teaching

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
Adel Rafiei ◽  
Zahra Amirian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Instructional System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Assessment Procedures ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This study describes the changes in the instructional system experienced by the language departments in the University of Isfahan, Iran, during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak and the consequent national lockdown. After providing a very brief scenario of a regular academic year in higher education in Iran, this chapter focuses on the changes made to the instructional system in response to this world-wide pandemic and the non-academic measures taken across the university in general and language departments in particular. After pointing to some challenges of online instruction, the advantages and disadvantages of remote instruction with regard to the four language skills from both teachers’ and students’ perspectives will be discussed. A review of the assessment procedures in the platform used by the University of Isfahan will then be provided. This case study will come to an end by providing some outlook for the future.

Evaluative Speech Acts of Ghanaian Graduate Students: A Case Study of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Abraham Kwesi Bisilki ◽  
Isaac Bisilki
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Evaluative Language ◽  
The University

This paper describes an aspect of language use in the Ghanaian academic community, specifically investigating the use of evaluative speech acts in the review language of graduate students at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). The study is situated in Hyland’s (2004) conceptual framework of evaluative language. Using a content analysis approach to corpora, the study revealed that the reviews of the graduate students contained both positive and negative evaluative speech acts as well as linguistic mitigating strategies meant to soften criticisms that were face-threatening. However, it is worthy of note that the positive speech acts or praises were recorded in a higher proportion than were the criticisms. More intriguing was the discovery that much more of both the praise and the criticism were focused on the text, rather than on the author. Overall, the pattern of evaluative language use discovered in this analysis, if generalisable, renders the academic discourse culture of the Ghanaian graduate student more akin to Asian linguistic cultures than to Western ones.   Actes de Discours Evaluatif des Etudiants de Cycle Supérieur de l’University of Cape Coast, Ghana   Résumé Cet article décrit un aspect de l’utilisation du langage dans la communauté académique ghanéenne, en examinant, notamment, l’utilisation des actes de discours évaluatif dans le langage des étudiants de cycle supérieur de l’University of Cape Coast (UCC). Cette étude se situe dans le cadre théorique conceptuel de Hyland (2004) relatif à l’utilisation du langage évaluatif.  En utilisant une approche pour l’analyse du contenu appliquée au corpus, l’étude a révélé que les évaluations des étudiants de cycle supérieur comprenaient à la fois les actes de discours positif et négatif ainsi que certaines stratégies atténuantes linguistiques adoptées pour adoucir les critiques qui étaient menaçantes pour la face. Toutefois, il est important de noter que les actes de discours positif ou d’éloges étaient enregistrés dans une proportion supérieure à celle des critiques. Il est aussi intéressant de noter que, selon la découverte faite, la plupart des éloges et des critiques étaient concentrés sur le texte, plutôt que sur l’auteur. En général, le schéma d’utilisation du langage découvert dans cette analyse, si généralisable, rend la culture de discours scolaire de l’étudiant ghanéen de cycle supérieur plus comparable aux cultures linguistiques asiatiques qu’à celles de l’Occident.

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