scholarly journals An Autoethnographic Narrative of the Relation between Sexuality and University in Post-Revolutionary Iran

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassereddinali Taghavian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Main Question ◽  
University Professors ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The Relationship

The main question that is addressed in this presentation is how we can interpret the situation of sexual relations in the context of higher education in Iran. The article is formed as an autoethnography, focusing on the relationship between sexuality and university in post-revolutionary Iran. Data are gathered from my own lived experiences at university both as a student and as a lecturer during about 25 years of academic life and interpreted by the technique of systematic introspection. I explore specific problems regarding sexuality at Iranian universities, such as sexual harassment and the relationship between male university professors and their female students. I conclude with a set of questions that require further investigations. The whole article, however, can be regarded as the process of the transformation from a sexually ignorant typical Iranian male student to a more or less gender-sensitive Iranian male university professor.

scholarly journals Islamophobia in education: perceptions on the use of veil/niqab in higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-246
Author(s):  
Hanif Cahyo Adi Kistoro ◽  
Badrun Kartowagiran ◽  
Eva Latipah ◽  
Ngainun Naim ◽  
Himawan Putranta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

The phenomenon of the development of the veil in Indonesia, especially among higher education has become a concern lately. This is due to the view of the public about the relationship between the use of the veil with the influence of certain ideologies. This research aims to determine the reasons and motivations for the use of the veil among female students, perceptions received in the surrounding environment, and obstacles encountered. This research uses a phenomenological approach as part of qualitative research. Participants in this research were 12 female students from private universities in Yogyakarta. The method of in-depth interviews using interview guide instruments becomes a technique in collecting data. Data analysis using semantic reduction is done by identifying important statements from the results of the interview, determining the theme of the discussion, and describing the significance of the whole experience of veiled students. The results showed that there were five main themes in the use of the veil in higher education, namely the average age of female students who used veil, motivation and reasons for using a veil, perceptions from within themselves and their environment, constraints encountered, and consistency in wearing a veil. Some of the findings obtained are certainly new references that need to be further developed. Therefore, knowledge about Islamophobia especially the perception of the phenomenon of the veil is important for educational institutions in determining policy and for the community to be a reference in dealing with the phenomenon.

“Colleague postgraduate supervision” and the production of space in higher education: a duoethnographic analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nomanesi Madikizela-Madiya ◽  
John Mushomi Atwebembeire
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Spatial Constraints ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIn this paper we contribute knowledge to the postgraduate supervision discourses by reflecting on our socio-spatial experiences of being supervised by colleagues, a process that we refer to as colleague postgraduate supervision (CPS).Design/methodology/approachWe followed a duoethnographic research design by dialogically presenting and exploring our lived experiences of CPS and critiquing and questioning the meanings we give to those experiences. The experiences shared arose from two different contexts: a contact university and an open distance learning university.FindingsThe reflection suggests that social values of trust, compassion and care in CPS can outrun the spatial constraints for the benefit of the supervisees in the relationship. However, the colleagues in the CPS can also experience some subtle power dynamics and tensions that produce a constraining space, if the CPS process is not well communicated.Originality/valueWhile CPS is a common practice in some universities, there is limited research that pays attention to its socio-spatiality, that is, the interaction between the social and the spatial aspects of this practice.

A sociolinguistic exploration of sexual harassment at an institution of higher education in Zimbabwe

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muzi Ransom Mlambo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
Undergraduate Female ◽  
Institution Of Higher Learning

The aim of this study is to explore some of the main linguistic features that characterize the discourse of sexual harassment of peers at an institution of higher learning in Zimbabwe. One hundred undergraduate female students aged between 19 and 24 were asked to respond to a questionnaire on sexual harassment and describe what they recalled the harassers said to them. The results reveal that the discourse of sexual harassment is characterized by (a) the use of monologic utterances, (b) extensive use of code-mixing and, most importantly, (c) the use of excessively impolite utterances that are couched in hostile jokes.

An Assessment of Gender Norms among Students Towards Equality in Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
Student's Attitudes ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to assess gender norms among students towards equality in higher education in Malaysia. The study was conducted in two higher learning institutions such as International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Malaysia. A total of 300 students (77 males & 223 females) were selected as the respondents using purposive sampling method. A survey research design was employed in this study. Questionnaires were completed in a supervised setting by the research protocol. The first objective of this study was to assess student’s attitudes towards equality at higher education institutions. Results revealed that despite the majority of the respondents showed favorable attitudes towards equality; less favorable attitude towards gender equality was noted with respect on religious leadership and boys’ priority over girls in education. The study examined whether there is any difference between male and female student’s attitudes towards equality. Results showed that female students tended to have more egalitarian or non-traditional attitudes than male students towards equality. The paper analyzed the relationship between the demographic characteristics and student’s attitudes towards equality. The results revealed that the ethnicity, region of residence, father’s educational level have positive associations with student’s attitudes towards equality. Keywords-Equality, Inequality, Gender norms, Traditional, Non-traditional, Decision making

scholarly journals Disciplinary system of higher education of the capital in the early 20th century: the establishment and activities of the professorial court

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-145
Author(s):  
Ekaterina A. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Disciplinary System ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The article considers government measures to establish professorial disciplinary court at higher education institutions of the capital (the court conducted its work from August 27, 1902 to February 22, 1917), the work of the commission on the development of regulations for this body, and the main normative legal acts to implement it. The article examines the issues of the activity of the professorial disciplinary court and the relationship between the participants of this disciplinary system: students, professors, and the authorities. The students who appeared before the professorial disciplinary court were accused of violation of the norms of administrative law of their educational institution, and in accordance with the university charter and the rules of the university, they had to abide by the decision of the court. Professors were in the same position of dependence: membership in the Council of the educational institution obliged them to assume the role of judges. The article explains why the professorial courts did not have the opportunity to become an autonomous body, why the professors themselves did not want to take on the responsibility of judges, and whether all students were hostile to their work. Analyzing the cases of violations which were considered at that time and concerned the rules and order at a university, the author comes to the conclusion that it was not possible to ensure order and create conditions for the restoration of the proper course of academic life by introducing the system of university disciplinary proceedings. The compromise between the authorities and the students, which should have been facilitated by the existence of the professorial court, was not reached. Resistance from students and professors forced the Ministry of Public Education to reconsider the need for the existence of professorial courts and exclude them from the draft of the new university charter.

scholarly journals Teaching Models that Emerge from the Practice of Teachers at the Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Derling José Mendoza Velazco ◽  
Jenniz La Madriz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Didactic Training ◽  
Teaching Models ◽  
Educational Perspective ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The didactics from its educational perspective, is located in the axis of reflection and theoretical operational projection, from the edge of interaction and communication, between the being of education and the dissimilar educational models. Therefore, the present study is based on generating a theoretical approach that arises from the practice of university professors. In this case, the Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador (UNIB.E) will be used as the research scenario. As a first objective, the didactic models that are frequent in the practice of university professors were analyzed. The second objective of the study was to interpret the relationship between the explicit theories, and those of common use, that university professors develop in their practice. To this end, the researchers carried out qualitative research based on the interpretative-hermeneutic paradigm, using a method of analysis and ethnographic study. Structured interviews and observations, both validated through expert judgement, were used as data collection techniques. Based on the information obtained, the importance of strengthening the didactic training of some teachers was detailed as important manifestations. Highlighting the conceptualization and effective application of the different models that arise in the andragogical practices of higher education.

scholarly journals Physical activity and fitness levels of Physical Education and Sports teacher Department students during the graduation

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-180
Author(s):  
Celal Gençoğlu ◽  
Hikmet Gümüş ◽  
Fırat Özdalyana ◽  
Sercin Kosova ◽  
Egemen Mancı
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Impedance Method ◽  
Physical Tests ◽  
Run Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shuttle Run

This study aimed to compare physical activity and fitness of physical education and sports teacher department students and investigate the relationship between physical parameters and academic success. Twenty-five (12 male and 12 female) students volunteered to participate in this study. Sportive background and higher education examination points, shuttle run test scores, and academic success pieces of information of students were taken from the personal folder with the permission of faculty administration. Body composition measured via bioelectric impedance method, shuttle run test performed. Self-admitted international physical activity questionary (long form) was performed. Sportive background and higher education examination points, physical activity levels, and academic success have founded similar within both sexes. However, aerobic capacity results decreased when compared to the entrance of the college with graduation in both male and female students. Also, there was a correlation between VO2max change percentage and academic success. Requirements of physical education and sports department cannot maintain until graduation. These results indicate that there is not an impact of physical tests to graduation quantities of the physical education teacher. However, the relationship between VO2max change percentage and academic success is important indicator that active playing sports and physical activity may be beneficial. To grow up better and more quantitative physical education teachers, future studies require to investigate current physical test which performed the entrance of physical education and sports teacher education and querying that do physical tests a good method to attain requested goals.

Exploring Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Software Piracy Among Undergraduate Students in a Developing Country

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Acilar ◽  
Muzaffer Aydemir
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Study Finding ◽  
Software Piracy ◽  
Public University ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the relationship between gender of undergraduate students and their attitudes towards software piracy. Research data was obtained by surveying the undergraduate students of a business administration department at a public university in Turkey. Independent samples t-test was used for comparisons between male and female students’ attitudes toward software piracy. It was found that female students find software piracy less acceptable than male students do. The study finding is consistent with previous studies that reported female student participants are significantly more ethical than male student participants in terms of software piracy.

scholarly journals TERCEIRIZAÇÃO E PRECARIZAÇÃO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Josemberg Moura de Andrade ◽  
Kaline Da Silva Lima ◽  
Hemerson Fillipy Silva Sales ◽  
Thais Fernanda Leite dos Santos Souza
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
University Professor ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This article aimed to present a review of the literature regarding the outsourcing and precarization of university professors’ work in Brazil. The practice of outsourcing in higher education had been carried out illegally in our country, however, this theme brings great political, social and educational repercussion after the approval of the bill, which authorizes outsourced work in all spheres, voted by the federal deputies in the March 22, 2017. Works over the last 10 years have been investigated in databases such as Scielo, Pepsic, LILACS. A total of 16 papers that dealt with the relationships between outsourcing and precariousness of the university professor have been selected. However, despite the scarce literature, the studies emphasized relevant aspects because they unanimously evidence that this practice promotes discouragement, demotivation, devaluation, accumulation of functions, and several factors which contribute to illness. Therefore, it is essential that this theme be carried forward in later studies which offer a better understanding of this type of contract model of teaching activities and their respective impairments in working relations and conditions, quality of life, mental health and in the teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals Struggle of women for higher education

10.30544/306 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Fathi Habashi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women Students ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Female Students ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Nobel Prizes ◽  
Women Researchers

Higher education was denied for women in most countries mainly by the clergy till the beginning of the 20th century. Universities in most European countries were closed to female students. Few research centers accepted women researchers and similarly few university professors accepted women students. In spite of this many women chemists and physicists distinguished themselves in great discoveries and women got Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Now, girl graduates from most colleges are twice the number of boys graduates.

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