The Role of Generic Skills in Measuring Academic Quality

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Roger Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Academic Quality ◽  
Generic Skills

The Role of the Mentor

2018 ◽  
pp. 225-234
Author(s):  
Chris Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The Other ◽  
English Studies ◽  
Mentor Program ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
External Context ◽  
The Uk

This chapter focuses on the role of the mentor the context of a modern language institution. It looks at two strands of mentorship: within the organization and while interacting with the wider ELT world. In the first context the authors look at the various functions a mentor is expected to perform with a particular focus on the scheme as it exists in Centre of English Studies in the UK and Ireland. Here we have a comprehensive mentor program in operation for the summer quarter of the year with weekly sessions and comprehensive support provided. For the other three quarters of the year, the mentor role is more ad-hoc, with a flexible program and timetable dictated by the teachers' needs. In both of these situations, the mentor has to play a number of key roles and be relatively proficient in these. In terms of the role of the mentor in an external context, this chapter looks at the role of mentor in the Irish Research Scheme for Teaching, a national research scheme aimed at promoting academic quality through research in Ireland.

scholarly journals THE CHANGING ROLE OF FACULTY AND ONLINE EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray Turoff
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Institutional Policies ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Will Force ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
The U.S

Environmental forces influencing the future of higher education in the U.S. threaten to undermine the desirable role of faculty as arbiters of academic quality. For online learning to live up to its potential, institutional policies can return academic authority to faculty over degree programs in all modes and support the importance of education in promotion and tenure processes. Accreditation agencies traditionally have been a service to the institutions and the administration at higher education institutions; they will also have to become an equal service to the consumer of higher education. Consumerism will force all those concerned with the quality and utility of a higher education to focus on the quality and effectiveness of the instructors.

scholarly journals Motivación a la lectura en niños de edades tempranas

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (e) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Asdrúbal Emilfo Ayala Mendoza ◽  
◽  
Jenny Maribel Arcos Tasigchana ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Dialogic Reading ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Complex Skill ◽  
The Family ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
Reading Activity ◽  
The Relationship

The action of reading is a complex skill in order to understand the written text. Children tend to present problems when reading, generating difficulties in reading comprehension and affecting their educational performance, the responsibility of stimulating children to read lies with parents, school and society. The objective of this research is to identify those motivational practices towards reading at early ages, exposed by different theoretical references, extracted from updated primary sources, in which positive results are evidenced for the reading habit of children. This research was carried out with a qualitative approach, at a descriptive level, with the documentary bibliographic type, with an analysis of references. The results show that the motivating practices for reading at early ages are those applied by teachers, as well as the imitation of children with parents who have reading habits. Dialogic reading that generates the role of narrator in the child and the use of bibliographic material as a promoter of the relationship between the child and the text. Reading is of vital importance for the promotion of the student's academic quality, magic methods to stimulate reading do not exist and motivating the child properly will have a positive result in his or her intellectual and academic development. The teacher as motivator is the support for the child to assume the reading process; the family is in charge of stimulating reading activity in early childhood; story reading involves children as active readers and writers; the use of library material generates a relationship between the child and the text; and dialogic reading creates an environment of equal reading motivation.

Soft competencies developed in students as the result of the implementation of the 4td curricular strategy at the Universidad Autónoma del Noreste. Topic line: Employability practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-98
Author(s):  
María Teresa de Jesús Martínez Núñez ◽  
Dulce María del Carmen Villegas Aréchiga ◽  
Estefania Villarreal Nájera
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
Problematic Situations

The present investigation shows students' perception of the soft-skills they have developed throughout their school journey by applying the four teaching techniques (4td) included in their curriculum as the core to promote in students and future graduates learning for life and employability. It is a strategy embedded as a part of the academic quality project, established in the Institutional Development Plan UANE (2013) and implemented since 2004. 4td is a curricular strategy whose purpose is to promote students' generic skills to support them in their daily life as human beings. 4td refers to the application of active teaching methods such as Collaborative Learning (CL), Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Project-Oriented Learning (POL), and Case Method (CM) that relate objectives in the curriculum to problematic situations of professional practice or life itself. The teachers' essential work is to plan the subject with cases, scenarios, projects, or collaborative activities to transform information into useful personal and professional knowledge. Research with a qualitative approach. A population of 988 students who completed their subjects with 4td in two different semesters was studied. The technique used for collecting the information was focus groups through an open-ended question instrument. The information was analyzed through content analysis using the MAXQDA tool. Results highlight 1642 comments, of which 200 (12%) report having developed higher-order cognitive skills; 971 (59%) leadership skills and 471 (29%) refer to attitudes and values. Mainly they strengthened interpersonal skills related to communication, teamwork, emotional intelligence, and leadership, values such as respect and responsibility. Derived as a conclusion, the 4td curricular strategy is sustainable over time. It represents one of the academic quality elements in the institution for promoting learning for life and the employability of our students.

Financing universities through waqf, pious endowment: is it possible?

Humanomics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Mashitoh Mahamood ◽  
Asmak Ab Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Board Of Trustees ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Financing Higher Education ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of waqf in financing higher education. Nowadays, higher education is costly and this has prevented students, especially those who are self-financed, from accessing such learning environments. This paper offer an alternative solution to relieve such a situation, namely, through the application of an endowment-based or waqf educational institution. The study suggests a way to establish an endowment university by concentrating the discussion on the concept and principles of its establishment, as well as sharing the experiences of the Malaysian waqf universities and the Turkish Foundation Universities/Vakif Üniversitesi in financing their universities using waqf, i.e. a pious endowment instrument. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data were mainly collected using in-depth interviews with the universities’ higher management authorities and some of the members of the board of trustees. Findings – The findings show that the role of waqf or pious endowment is significant in providing financial assistance to their communities as well as strengthening their academic quality. In addition, tawhidic epistemology together with morality and ethics have influenced waqf donors or founders to donate their wealth and property to enrich and sustain universities and higher education. Originality/value – This article provides the experiences of the Malaysian Waqf Universities and the Turkish Foundation Universities/Vakif Üniversitesi in financing their universities using waqf. It also contains some good examples from the experience of several earlier Islamic civilizations, in particular those of the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. In addition, examples of the implementation of waqf and endowment-based universities in the UK and USA as well as the Al-Azhar University of Egypt is also included.

scholarly journals The Role of Quality in Higher Education and Lifelong Learning in Entrepreneurship Competencies of Undergraduate Students

Pedagogika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-256
Author(s):  
Ali Asgari ◽  
Hossein Shokouhi Fard ◽  
Fatemeh Tirgoo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Learning Competencies ◽  
Quality In Higher Education

The main objective of this research is to investigate the role of quality in higher education and lifelong learning competencies in entrepreneurship competencies of undergraduate students. The statistical population of this study was all undergraduate students. The descriptive correlational research method was used. For collecting data these questionnaires were used: the Liberal Entrepreneurship Competency Questionnaire (2007), Mantz Academic Quality in Higher Education (1995) and the Life-Long Learning of Wielkiewicz and Meuwissen (2014). The results showed that the entrepreneurial and lifelong learning competencies are at a good level. There is also a positive and significant relationship between lifelong learning and entrepreneurship competencies.

The apprentice experience: the role of interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-327
Author(s):  
Joe Pagnoccolo ◽  
Santina Bertone
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Workplace Relationships ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis research explores the training experiences of Australian apprentices in the workplace with a focus on workplace relationships and their link to interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills among apprentices.Design/methodology/approachQualitative research is conducted, and the authors analysed interview data from 20 apprentices (17 men, three women; average age 25 years) who came from a range of industries and trade sectors.FindingsThese findings revealed common themes around the importance of communication, emotional direct cognition, self-awareness and teamwork during training on the job. This suggests that interpersonal attributes are central to apprentices' practices within their training experiences.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings indicate a need for greater emphasis on the development of interpersonal attributes in training both on the job and within training packages.Practical implicationsThe paper extends the literature on the role of interpersonal skills in the apprentice experience, presents information about young people's challenges in training and points to further investigations needed to explore this phenomenon.Originality/valueAn authentic detailed account is presented of apprentices' interpersonal attributes and people-related generic skills in their training experiences.

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