The Power of Love

2022 ◽  
pp. 264-284
Author(s):  
Marie Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Achievement Gap ◽  
General Public ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Reading For Pleasure ◽  
Aesthetic Reading ◽  
Reading Teaching

Reading for pleasure, or aesthetic reading, brings about a colossal number of benefits. Only half of Americans can say they read even one book a year for pleasure. The rate of teachers who read for pleasure is approximately the same as the general public. The standards-based approach to education, which resulted in a surge of standards-based testing, has not resulted in a significant improvement in reading teaching or learning for students. In fact, the achievement gap and the plight of the struggling learner has not improved at all. The standards-based testing movement may be partially to blame for the reduction in reading enjoyment. Increasing a love of reading in students can make a significant impact on a student's academic career. The teachers now in the classroom do not have a love a reading to model or pass on to students. Teachers have the power to impact how students feel about reading. As higher education instructors it is time to take actions that will bring about more success for our students and their students.

Tainted Love: The Trials and Tribulations of a Career in Animal Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan O’Sullivan ◽  
Yvette Watt ◽  
Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Term Benefit

AbstractDeveloping an academic career can be exciting, rewarding and stimulating. It can also be challenging, disheartening, and highly insecure. Results from a survey of Animal Studies (AS) scholars identifies reasons why pursuing a career in AS might generate additional challenges, over and above those experienced by academics generally. For example, 44 percent of respondents stated that in their view, undertaking research in AS “creates challenges for an academic career.” This is compared to just 16 percent who thought that it is an advantage. Yet despite the challenges, there is much that is positive about AS. Participants described being in “dialogue with clever colleagues,” viewed their work as “totally engaging,” and reported feeling “morally useful.” This in turn affords AS scholars an authenticity that may be of long-term benefit in the competitive and constantly transforming world of higher education.

Reflections on Developing a Career in Kinesiology and Public Health

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Physical Activity Environment ◽  
Professional Activities

This paper provides reflections on my academic career in kinesiology and public health from an autobiographical perspective. Themes include the importance of movement and physical activity in my development and career choices, a recognition of the importance of physical activity for health outcomes, experiences in studying physical activity in a public health framework, and observations on kinesiology in higher education. I also reflect on the importance of the physical education and physical activity environment that brought me a sense of belonging, enjoyment, and accomplishment that has lasted throughout my career. As in sports and professional activities, I have tried my best and never given up until I felt the task was done.

Development of Metacognition in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 22-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maizam Alias ◽  
Nor Lisa Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Explicit Teaching ◽  
Thinking Processes ◽  
Key Success Factor

Metacognition promotes critical and creative thinking, enabling an individual to generate more options to problem solutions, better judgments and decision makings. It is thus, the key success factor for dealing with academic, career and life challenges. Although it can be improved through teaching, explicit teaching of metacognition is not prevalent in higher education as it is often assumed that metacognition is already acquired through previous educational experiences. This assumption may be true for some but lacking in others as both knowledge disseminators (teachers) and recipients (learners) are unable to access and assess their own thinking processes to optimize their thinking efficiency. As a consequence, there are learners in higher education who do not develop their full potential. The aim of this paper is to discuss the concepts in metacognition and strategies that can be adopted to promote the development of metacognition among higher education learners.

scholarly journals How Much is a Full Professor Worth? The Challenge of Attracting the Best Talent

2015 ◽  
pp. 15-16
Author(s):  
Marcelo Knobel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Education System ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
The State ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Higher Education System

There are many factors that motivate the pursuit of an academic career, including academic freedom, prestige, stability, curiosity, among others. However, salary is also key to the future career choices of young talent. In the State of São Paulo, in Brazil, the salary of all public servants is currently tied to the salary of the governor, that, for political reasons, is kept at a rather low value. This fact is already having an effect on thousands of faculty members in the higher education system of the State. In this paper, I discuss how this salary limitation can influence the decision of young talent to follow an academic career and, put at risk a rather well developed higher education system. Furthermore, I discuss this issue in a broader context of strong regulation, a lack of competitiveness to support career development, and how this all undermines the commitment and morale of qualified professors.

scholarly journals My Journey from a Waiter to a Lecturer: An Autoethnography

NUTA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Rajan Binayek Pasa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Narrative Imagination ◽  
Education Status ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Being There ◽  
Organic Intellectual

This study appraised my momentarily missing twelve years of formal education life (1990-2002) and thoughtful higher education life (2002 to onward). One of the main aims was to ascertain; what are the turning points of my education/working life struggles. In that context, I appraised how I became success to improve my family livelihood by working as a waiter, achieve higher educational status and started my academic career as a lecturer since my engagement with in/formal education. I applied autoethnography as methodology and narrative imagination and writing as inquiry as methods and meditation, self-reflexivity and self-interviewing as major sources of narrative information. While exploring my past, I found, I was ambitious/reflective actor, and rejected the reproduction of my occupational and educational status. I could not become astronaut but I was emotionally committed to perform and produce something unique in my life. Being there, by supporting my family livelihood, I was planning to pledge against stratified socio-economic and cultural structures. I applied vocational rehabilitation therapy and resiliency against my frustration and engaged in working life. My involvement in livelihood not only improved family livelihood but also encouraged me to embark in higher educational voyage. Ultimately, my higher education status and critical thinking ability helped me to transform my life from an anger driven behavior and feelings into happy oriented actions/interactions with self and others. Being here, after becoming a lecturer, I am seeing myself as a new potential organic intellectual as an outcome of my thoughtful education/working life struggles.

scholarly journals MANAJEMEN KEBUTUHAN INFORMASI DOSEN DALAM MELAKSANAKAN TRI DHARMA PERGURUAN TINGGI (Studi Kasus Pada Jurusan SKI Fakultas Adab IAIN Imam Bonjol Padang)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-73
Author(s):  
Nasrul Makdis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
General Public ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Information Availability ◽  
New Information

Abstract: To run the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, lecturers must at all times be able to access and update information quickly. Thus the lecturer will not miss the latest knowledge and information from students or from the general public. Without mastering information, the lecturer will look passive and "telmi" (late thinking). Especially in this highly competitive information technology era, information becomes very important so that lecturers continuously develop and deepen their knowledge. To meet the information needs of lecturers, it is needed a mechanism for access to information and information availability. Access to information requires the availability of infrastructure (telecommunications, electricity) and devices (hardware and software) as well as mastering the use of computers (computer literacy). the problem that often arises now is that there are several attitudes of lecturers in terms of finding information. There are among lecturers who are always actively seeking and finding various information. Meanwhile there are also lecturers who are passive, in the sense that said lecturer there is no desire in finding new information and knowledge, but it is enough to hold the knowledge as it is. However the situation must be said that every lecturer is not likely to neglect information, because that information is an academic and scientific need.Keywords: Information Needs, Tridharma College,Abstrak : Untuk menjalankan Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi, dosen setiap saat harus dapat mengakses dan meng-update informasi dengan cepat. Dengan demikian dosen tidak akan ketinggalan pengetahuan dan informasi terkini dari mahasiswanya atau dari masyarakat umum. Tanpa menguasai informasi maka dosen akan terlihat akan pasif dan “telmi“ (telat mikir). Apalagi di era informatika yang sangat kompetitif ini, informasi menjadi sangat penting agar dosen secara berkelanjutan mengembangkan dan memperdalam pengetahuannya. Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan informasi bagi dosen dibutuhkan adanya mekanisme akses terhadap informasi dan ketersediaan informasi. Akses terhadap informasi membutuhkan ketersediaan infrastruktur (telekomunikasi, listrik) dan perangkat (hardware dan software) serta penguasaan penggunaan komputer (literasi komputer). persoalan yang sering muncul sekarang adalah bahwa terdapat beberapa sikap dosen dalam  hal mencari informasi. Ada di antara dosen yang senantiasa aktif mencari dan menemukan berbagai informasi. Sementara itu ada juga dosen yang pasif, dalam arti kata dosen tersebut tidak ada keinginan dalam mencari informasi dan pengetahuan baru, tetapi cukup memadakan pengetahuan apa adanya. Bagaimana pun situasinya harus dikatakan bahwa setiap dosen tidak mungkin alpa dengan informasi, karena informasi itu adalah kebutuhan akademik dan kebutuhan ilmiah. Kata kunci :Kebutuhan Informasi, Tridharma Perguruan Tinggi,

scholarly journals Fake Qualifications and the Challenge of regulating Higher Education in Southern Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignasio M. Jimu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Education System ◽  
General Public ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Legitimate Expectations ◽  
The Subject

This article examines the prevalence and implications of fake qualifications and the need for an effective regulatory regime to contain fake higher education qualifications. Fake qualifications by definition refer to false academic and professional credentials, regardless of the source, which means they may be acquired from illegitimate institutions, superficially legitimate institutions or through illegitimate means from legitimate institutions. The qualifications are in this sense illegitimate both in the manner in which they are obtained and also in terms of what they signify. The research for this article shows that the clandestine nature of the production and issuance and its global reach make it difficult to quantify, but also to control the use of fake qualifications and to manage their impact locally, nationally and globally. Drawing from several cases, it is apparent that the phenomenon of fake qualifications defies the integrity and legitimate expectations from an education system and is a serious challenge to education and ethical standards. It is further argued that given the challenges presented by the proliferation of fake qualifications generally, and in southern Africa in particular, it is imperative for higher education institutions, regulatory bodies, employers and the general public to develop a keen interest in the subject of fake qualifications and to cooperate in order to contain the menace.

scholarly journals Career advancement comparative perspective study of university lecturer

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Kurniawati ◽  
Choirul Saleh ◽  
M.R. Khairul Muluk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
The United States ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Usa ◽  
World Class ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Insight Into

Globalization and international standard universities trend drive the higher education system to become more dynamic and innovative. The lecturer is a profession that drives and encourages university competitiveness. Therefore, better career advancement and development are vital in encouraging higher education competitiveness. The United States of America (USA) is currently a world-class university orientation, followed by Australia. Hence, other countries, especially developing countries, should know the USA and Australia higher education system, especially in the lecturers’ career advancement and development. This study is necessary to answer research questions about comparing academic career advancement systems in the USA and Australia. This study will give other countries new insight into academic career advancement. The researchers apply the findings from a systematic review. This study focuses on six aspects discussed: regulations, educational qualifications, lecturer obligation status in the higher education, career ladder, career advancement stages, and the lecturers' duties also responsibilities in lecturer career advancement in the USA and Australia. This study examines the gap between lecturers' career advancement systems in the USA and Australia comprehensively. The researchers observe by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the lecturer career advancement system in the USA and Australia. Also, the researchers compare the results using comparative public administration theory.

scholarly journals Languaging Network Learning: The Emergence of Connectivism in Architectonic Thought

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Dennis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Achievement Gap ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Network Learning

As technological advancements and online education transform higher education, the achievement gap among students is widening rather than closing. Critics suggest that we need to reassess the promises of online education and the connectivism or network learning that is sometimes employed as its pedagogical underpinning. As scholars and practitioners struggle to define connectivism as a learning theory, many often exclude language as a feature in its conceptualization. This practice is at odds with architectonic thought, the philosophical tradition in which constructivist theories of learning are rooted. This article reveals the central role that language and texts play in architectonic thought and why they are inseparable from our understanding of knowledge and network learning. When we recognize language as a medium and model for reflection and criticality in the architectonic tradition, we are better positioned to use pedagogy and computer technology to transform online education and reorient our competing views of connectivism.

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