scholarly journals Metasynthesis Regarding the Sociocultural Adaptation of International University

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Vanessa Sarmiento Quiñones ◽  
Claudio Enrique Bustos ◽  
Maria Victoria Perez ◽  
Diana Lucia Peralta ◽  
Natalia Zañartu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Sociocultural Adaptation ◽  
Relational Dynamics ◽  
International University ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
The University

This study centers on the sociocultural adaptation experience of international students in academic life and daily life. Responses to the guiding question of what differences and similarities are discernible in the sociocultural adaptation processes that international university students experience in the university versus outside university in the receiving society. It presents a metasynthesis of 12 empirical studies that apply qualitative methodologies to the study of international university students’ sociocultural adaptation, which were published in scientific journals indexed in Ebscohost, WOS and Scopus from January 2012 to March 2019. The metasynthesis results indicate that sociocultural adaption involves: (1) situations of shock that arise in the two environments of academic and daily life with specific challenges proper to each one, and (2) the deployment of varying intrapersonal and social resources in each context. Academic and daily life can be considered as necessarily linked to sociocultural adaptation given the compensatory function observed in relational dynamics of students as they move between the two settings. The emphasis of the research on presenting sociocultural adaptation as a primarily negative process, the theoretical implications of separating academic life from daily life, and the relevance of exploring the role of social networks in students’ daily life are discussed.

Trauma and Coping among University Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Asanka Bulathwatta
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
University Education ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Students First ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University

University education is an important stage of students’ academic life. Therefore, all students need to develop their competencies to attain the goal of passing examinations and also to developing their wisdom related to scientific knowledge they gathered through their academic life. Life in universities is a critical period for individuals as it is a foot step to acquiring the emotional and social qualities in their social life. There are many adolescents who have been affected by traumatic events during their life span but have not been identified or treated. More specifically, there are numerous burning issues within first year university students, namely, ragging done by seniors to juniors, bullying, invalidation and issues related to attitudes changes and orientation. Those factors can be traumatic for both their academic and day to day life style. Identifying the students who are with emotional damages and their resiliency afterwards the traumas and effective rehabilitation from the traumatic events is immensely needed in order to facilitate university students for their academic achievements and social life within the University education. This study tries to figure out the role of Emotional Intelligence for developing coping strategies among adolescents who face traumatic events. Late adolescence students recently enrolled at University (Bachelor students/ first year students) will be selected as sample. The study is to be conducted in a cross cultural manner comparing 100 students each from Germany and Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals What Challenges and Benefits Can Non-Formal Law and Language Integrated Learning Bring to University Students?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Anastasia Atabekova ◽  
Rimma Gorbatenko ◽  
Aleksandr Belousov ◽  
Ruslan Grebnev ◽  
Olga Sheremetieva
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Academic Progress ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The University

<p class="apa">The paper explores the ways in which non-formal content and language integrated learning within university studies can affect students’ academic progress. The research has included theoretical and empirical studies. The article focuses on the observation of students’ learning process, draws attention to challenges and benefits students experienced through non-formal Law and Language integrated learning. Emphasis is laid on those non-formal learning activities that may be viewed as part of the university students’ training for their future professional activities. The paper provides the results of students’ interviews and questionnaires revealing the issues that students consider important regarding non-formal content and language learning. The research findings aim to contribute to a better understanding of the overall interdependence of formal and non-formal learning within the university academic environment.</p>

scholarly journals Implementation of Electric Vehicles in The Internal Route of The International University of Ecuador

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Azanza ◽  
Álvaro Remache ◽  
Soraya Ruiz ◽  
Gorky Reyes ◽  
Andrés Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Educational Model ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
International University ◽  
Polluting Emissions ◽  
The University

Sustainable campuses have become one of the main objectives of agendas for a wide range of universities as a result of the impacts generated by the activities carried out within an academic life and how they directly affect the environment. An important aspect of the educational model of the International University of Ecuador, considering education as a focal transforming point of collective change, is to teach values and responsibility for the environment, considering that in terms of sustainability a higher education should not be understood only from the technical point of view, but as a process of realizing the significance of substantial values that would encourage future professionals to commit to the construction of a more fair and equitable society. For this reason, the objective of this study is to analyze sustainability through the implementation of electric mass transport vehicles in the internal route of the International University of Ecuador, for which the methodology is based on a quantitative approach, whose type of study is exploratory and of an inductive-deductive nature, analyzing the variables that directly influence a sustainable environment such as altitude above sea level (geographical location), benefited people, consumption and routes. Instruments such as sampling and surveys will be used to determine the decrease in polluting emissions that can affect the natural environment of the area. The technical considerations are the following: the location of the campus presents average slopes of 7.76 ° at 2560 masl, the results of autonomy in a route are 14.8 km benefiting around 450 people a day from the university community, having an annual load consumption of 297311 KWh during day hours and of 114715 KWh during night hours. With the implementation of an electric vehicle for the internal route, a power of 154.7 KW is required to overcome a slope of 18 ° with a campus route of 178.4 km, with this it would stop emitting 29.6 tons of CO2 and 0.76 tons of gases harmful for the environment per year

scholarly journals PEMBEKALAN ILMU KEWIRAUSAHA UNTUK GENERASI MUDA DALAM PERSAINGAN EKONOMI GLOBAL

DEDIKASI PKM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Jeni Irnawati ◽  
Hadijah Febriana ◽  
Wirawan Suryanto ◽  
Sam Cay ◽  
Sri Sukapti
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Lembaga Pengabdian pada Masyarakat (LPM) is a media to bridge the world of education with the community where universities are faced with the problem of how citizens are able to face challenges. Further ahead in the era of globalization with entrepreneurship in the City of South Tangerang, one of the pilot projects that can be used as an opportunity to improve the welfare of the community through entrepreneurship opportunities. Entrepreneurship Counseling for the younger generation is to increase interest in knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurship as well as to grow young entrepreneurs. The outreach activities were carried out on October 21-23, 2019 at SMK Sasmita Jaya 1, Kota Tangerang Selatan. The number of participants was 30 young generation and Pamulang University students who have businesses with a variety of different businesses. The method used: lecture method, question and answer and discussion method. The provision of entrepreneurship knowledge contains material on the basics of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial application so that it is expected to provide broader knowledge that can be directly applied in daily life and can change the mindset of young people in entrepreneurship. Further expectations in the future are of course needed by the South Tangerang Regional Government. And there needs to be closer and planned collaboration between the University and the Regional Government to explore the potentials in the region.Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Young Generation

scholarly journals An Analytical Evaluation of ESP Textbook for Engineering Students in Sudanese Universities A Case Study of Sudan International University SIU English Language Course, C

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Osama Wdidi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Analytical Evaluation ◽  
International University ◽  
The University

The current study is conducted to evaluate the English language textbook used for university students who specialized in engineering; the case study of this research is the textbook which is indorsed to teach English to the university students of engineering college at Sudan International University. The main objective of this evaluation is to analyze the textbook to recognize whether it suits the engineering students. The adopted method for this study was descriptive analytical method. The researcher used the questionnaire, (an Arabic version) for a sample of (90) engineering college students. The findings of the study have shown that an overwhelming majority of the students agreed that the layout of the textbook is perfect and its design is suitable. Besides, they acknowledged that textbook is quite satisfactory in terms of its activities. Based on the above findings, the researcher comes to the conclusion that the textbook which is taught in this university, with all these positive views is definitely a favorable and useful textbook for the engineering students and at Sudan International University.

Entrepreneurship Education and University Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions in Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
pp. 288-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheikh Md. Monzurul Huq ◽  
Sheikh Mohammed Rafiul Huque ◽  
Md. Baktiar Rana
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The University

A university plays a fundamental role in establishing and developing an entrepreneurial-oriented economy. The entrepreneurship education has been recognized very important which helps students to understand and foster entrepreneurial intention and attitude. The purpose of the present study is to examine entrepreneurship education and associated entrepreneurial intentions of students of public and private universities of Bangladesh. Few empirical studies done in Bangladesh have examined the entrepreneurial intentions of the university students. This study will fill the research gap in this respect. This study implies that university role, types of course programs influence attitude and intention and elevates the chances that students would eventually choose an entrepreneurial career. The findings of this study have policy implications in inducing more university graduates to start their own businesses.

scholarly journals 'When they Struggle, I Cannot Sleep Well Either': Perceptions and Interactions Surrounding University Student and Teacher Well-being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Kiltz ◽  
Raven Rinas ◽  
Martin Daumiller ◽  
Marjon Fokkens-Bruinsma ◽  
E.P.W.A. Jansen
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
The University

A wealth of evidence has indicated that both students and teachers experience high levels of stress, burnout, and ultimately compromised well-being in the university context. However, although numerous studies have investigated well-being among university students, and some studies have addressed well-being among university teachers, these lines of research are often conducted in isolation from one another. This is surprising, as the importance of considering reciprocal links between students and teachers has been suggested in numerous empirical studies. Additionally, when researching well-being in academia, conceptualizations of well-being differ from study-to-study. The present research therefore investigated how students and teachers conceptualize well-being at the university based on their personal experiences, as well as how student and teacher well-being interact. To examine this, six university students (50% female), and ten teachers (50% female) from Germany and the Netherlands participated in semi-structured interviews. Qualitative analysis using a multistage coding process revealed detailed insights concerning students’ and teachers’ perceptions of well-being that coincided with positive psychology, resilience, multifaceted, and basic psychological need fulfillment approaches. Moreover, an interaction between students’ and teachers’ well-being became apparent, including several factors such as the student-teacher relationship, that contributed to both population’s well-being. The present findings lend evidence towards a more coherent conceptualization of well-being for further research and are discussed in terms of suggestions for initiatives that simultaneously support both populations, for example, through the student-teacher relationship.

scholarly journals The causes of depression among university students and its effects on their academic life in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 154-167
Author(s):  
Jonathan Mensah Dapaah ◽  
Henrietta Amma Fremponmaa Amoako
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah ◽  
Consensual Definition ◽  
The University

Introduction: This article discusses the causes of depression among university students and how it affects their academic life. It also looks at how students understand and define the concept of depression since research evidence points to the fact that arriving at a consensual definition for depression can be difficult due to the varying experiences among individuals influencing its definition. Methods: Data was collected through in-depth interviews with undergraduate students in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Faculty of Social Sciences and review of various literatures on depression. Findings: The study revealed that majority of the students viewed depression as a long period of sadness where one feels hopeless and worthless; few viewed depression as a long period of sadness and isolation. Students understood the concept based on their personal experiences. It also indicates that loss of a loved one, financial crisis and unmet expectations in their academic work were the causes of depression among university students. It also confirmed that depression affects students’ academic life in a number of ways which includes inability to study and poor academic achievements. Conclusion: The study concludes by acknowledging that students are able to cope with their depression on their own, yet it recommends that the counseling unit of the university be made easily approachable and strengthened, students encouraged to seek guidance and counseling.

scholarly journals Does Technostress Impact On University Students’ Academic Performance in the New Normal?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilith Ranura Perera
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
University Students ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The University

Technostress is a critical disease in the current competitive environment experienced by all of us with the rapid enhancement in technology. COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s lives to blend more with technology. Earlier, organizations and employees used more technology compared to school & university students. But now students have to use technology to do their studies, maintain their association with friends and to spend their leisure time as well. Moreover, every private and public educational institute is converting into online learning and teaching. Specially, all government universities are conducting lectures and assessments using technology. Even though this technology enables us to continue all our daily routines, it has a dark side that we need to examine. The purpose of this paper is to discuss about the technostress and its impact on academic performance among university students in Sri Lanka. Technostress is defined as a common problem of adaptation that may occur if the user is unable to adapt to, or work effectively with information and communication technology. This is vastly visible in government universities because there are many students who have stepped into the university representing both rural and urban areas in Sri Lanka. Technostress consists of several dimensions, including Techno-overload, Techno-invasion, Techno-complexity, Techno-insecurity, and Techno-uncertainty. There is a lack of empirical studies from the Sri Lankan context in relation to technostress and academic performance hence it is vital to examine the prevalence of technostress among undergraduates and postgraduates in Sri Lankan universities. This study therefore aims to provide researchers and practitioners a meaningful understanding of the university students' technostress and its influence on academic performance in the new normal.

scholarly journals La didattica universitaria a distanza durante e dopo la pandemia: impatto e prospettive di una misura emergenziale

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Federico Zannoni
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Participation in online lessons, delivered on virtual platforms to replace traditional face-to-face activities, took on a significant role in the daily life of numerous university students during the quarantine imposed on a national scale in response to the pandemic emergency. A qualitative survey conducted on a sample of students enrolled in the School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Bologna allowed to analyse the impact and the factors of positivity and negativity of online lessons, providing elements to reflect on possible developments, when this method will cease to be bound to the emergency, to become an opportunity to be integrated with traditional face-to-face learning.

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