scholarly journals IMPROVEMENTS IN ONLINE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ROLE OF MEDIA: A FOLLOW UP STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (04) ◽  
pp. 455-468
Author(s):  
Anwar Khan ◽  
Muhammad Anwar ◽  
Sajjad Ahmad Jan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education System ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Inferential Statistics ◽  
Online System ◽  
Follow Up Study

The ongoing COVID-19-pandemic has particularly affected the education sector. Globally all educational intuitions have been shifted towards the online education system. Online system was perceived challenging due to different barriers and issues. For this reason, different research studies were conducted on online education system. However, it is not known whether any improvements have occurred in the online education system? Keeping this in mind, this study has examined improvements in online education system by looking at role of media. For this purpose, a longitudinal design was selected, and data were collected through the online-self-administeredquestionnaire from 707 students studying in a public sector university of Pakistan. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that with passage of time improvements had occurred in online educational system of COVID-19. This study recommends that Government should continuously work on further improving online education system towards sustainability.

scholarly journals Students’ Wellbeing during Transition from Onsite to Online Education: Are There Risks Arising from Social Isolation?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9665
Author(s):  
Gina Ionela Butnaru ◽  
Alina-Petronela Haller ◽  
Larisa-Loredana Dragolea ◽  
Alexandru Anichiti ◽  
Georgia-Daniela Tacu Hârșan
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Online System ◽  
Contamination Fear ◽  
Specific Activities

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption to activities in many fields, including education and lifestyle. Major changes have taken place in the education system, where specific activities migrated suddenly from onsite to online. As a result, this period has witnessed an increased interest in impact studies that analyse the perceptions of the actors involved in the educational process. Based on the survey data (N = 665), the perceptions of the students in Romanian universities with regard to the effects of online education during the pandemic on their wellbeing were analysed. The empirical apparatus—SEM analysis—reached the following conclusions: the students’ wellbeing was increased under the traditional education system; the economic crisis has caused concern, and a decrease in their wellbeing; their contamination fear is moderate to low, and does not influence their wellbeing; they have been discouraged in terms of their personal development during the pandemic, and their wellbeing has suffered as a result; the role of institutions is extremely important, given that the students’ ability to study online depends on the universities’ efficiency in implementing the online system.

Cattle, Women, and Wells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Toulmin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Farming Families ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Village Life

This book describes the choices open to farming families in the Sahelian village of Kala, in central Mali. Life in this drought-prone region is harsh and full of risk to health, crops, and livestock, yet there are also opportunities open to the hard-working, audacious and lucky, bringing considerable returns if the timing is right. Three inter-related themes underlie the analysis of production and investment decisions faced by households; the role of risk, the long timeframe within which decisions are made, and the close links between economic performance and household size and organisation. Climatic variability and demographic uncertainty lie at the heart of domestic structures; the extreme vulnerability faced by single individuals means people cluster in large kin-based groups, pooling risks and providing protection. The very limited development of labour markets means that households rely almost entirely on their own members for their workforce, and generating the capital needed for investing in ploughs, wells, carts and livestock must stem from a good year’s grain surplus and migration earnings. Based on field-research over the period 1980-82, this study illustrates a successful response to making ends meet in a land abundant region, despite high risks of drought. A follow-up study of this village was published in 2020: Land, Investment, and Migration. Thirty-five years of village life in Mali (OUP).

Role of the FKBP5 polymorphism rs1360780, age, sex, and type of surgery in weight loss after bariatric surgery: a follow-up study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elionora Peña ◽  
Assumpta Caixàs ◽  
Concepción Arenas ◽  
Mercedes Rigla ◽  
Sara Crivillés ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Type Of Surgery

Preventing exclusion: the role of therapists and parents in the inclusion of a disabled child in the education system

2021 ◽  
Vol LXXXII (5) ◽  
pp. 370-386
Author(s):  
Monika Gałkowska ◽  
Katarzyna Kruś-Kubaszewska
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education System ◽  
School Education ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Stressful Experience ◽  
Role Of Parents

Choosing an educational system for a disabled child already at the stage of pre-school education is a difficult and stressful experience for parents, which regardless of the final decision, raises many doubts. Certain questions arise: ‘where there is a place in the education system for the child with a disability certificate?’, ‘where the child can develop best?’, but also ‘where the child simply feels happy and does not experience exclusion?’. Many things depend on the level of the child’s disability, on key choices made by parents, and on the quality of cooperation, both in the three-way parent-therapist-child relationship, but also in the two-way parent-child and therapist-child relationships. Parents more and more often make decisions about inclusive education, where a child can develop amongst non-disabled peers. This article focuses primarily on the role of parents and therapists in the process of including a disabled child in the education system, the potential of cooperation, but also the fears, difficulties and expectations accompanying both sides.

scholarly journals Workplace bullying and depressive symptoms among employees in Germany: prospective associations regarding severity and the role of the perpetrator

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Lange ◽  
Hermann Burr ◽  
Uwe Rose ◽  
Paul Maurice Conway
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Nonsignificant Effect ◽  
Degree Of Severity

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of self-reported workplace bullying on depressive symptoms in a prospective study among a representative sample of employees from Germany. We focused specifically on the role of the perpetrator (co-workers and superiors), which was never done before in a longitudinal design. Methods We used data from a nation-wide representative panel study with a 5-year follow-up (N = 2172). Data on bullying exposure were obtained separately for different perpetrators (co-workers and superiors) and degree of severity (severe bullying, i.e., at least weekly). Depressive symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ). We used logistic regression analyses to examine the effect of workplace bullying at baseline on depressive symptoms at follow-up. Results After adjusting for baseline depressive symptoms, severe bullying by co-workers significantly increased the 5-year risk of depressive symptoms (OR = 2.50). Severe bullying by superiors had a nonsignificant effect. Conclusions Workplace bullying is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among employees in Germany. The type of perpetrator seems to be an important factor to consider, as indicated by the elevated risk of depressive symptoms when bullying is perpetrated by co-workers.

Depression and monocyte dysfunction: a follow-up study

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 293-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Cervera-Enguix ◽  
A Rodriguez-Rosado
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Phagocytic Activity ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Opioid Activity ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Hla Dr ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Vimentin Filaments

SummarySeveral studies have reported immune cellular and humoral dysfunction during depression. We specifically focused on the study of the monocyte as it has a key role in the activation of the immune response. To examine the association between severity of depressive symptoms and values of monocyte parameters (HLA-DR, CD35, phagocytic activity and vimentin filaments), we used a longitudinal design and assessed monocyte markers at intake and at follow-up 12 weeks after discharge from the hospital in 49 depressed patients. Seventy percent of patients showed pretreatment a marked monocyte dysfunction (82.5% had at least one parameter altered). After treatment, alterations in immunological variables were significantly associated (P < 0.05) with depression scores higher than 15. The findings indicate that the monocyte dysfunction is temporally associated with the state of depression. Before and after treatment the immunoreactive vimentin filaments significantly increased (P < 0.01) after incubation of monocytes with naloxone, suggesting that an increased opioid activity might account for the monocyte dysfunction.

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