Higher Education engagement in citizen enhanced open science: Between Humanities and Natural Sciences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Zourou ◽  
Mariana Ziku
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Multimethod Research ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
History Of

<p>The importance of HEIs in supporting and promoting open science is highlighted in several EU policies. Among them, the 2017 Report of the Working Group on Education and Skills under Open Science emphasizes the need to shape HE students/next generation researchers as “open science citizens”. More precisely: “The European Research Area (ERA) should work in closer collaboration with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) (...), enabling the next generations of researchers to evolve as Open Science citizens (...) New generations of scientists and researchers, as the driving force for innovation and economic growth, are of vital importance to Europe's future competitiveness and leadership” (p. 16).</p><p>Our study problematizes on the role of HEIs as incubators of the next generation open science citizens (in terms of HE staff and student skills, curricula and interdisciplinarity), including a niche of cross-disciplinary humanities and natural sciences applied cases, where institutions situated in a broader social context leverage citizens in knowledge creation processes through professional-amateur (pro-am) collaborations, and in decision making in diverse populations as urban, Indigenous or special needs communities (active citizenship, civic engagement, citizen science). </p><p>The study, initiated by the European project CitizenHeritage ("Citizen Science Practices in Cultural Heritage: towards a Sustainable Model in Higher Education", https://www.citizenheritage.eu/ ) presents the analysis resulting from a desktop research and a survey on practices conducted between November 2020 and January 2021. The presentation focuses on a number of registered practices that bridge scientific disciplines in the areas of earth and life sciences, history of science and cultural heritage, producing a substantial, evidence-based review of multimethod research practices of Higher Education engagement in citizen enhanced open science.</p>

Of skyhooks and the coevolution of scientific disciplines

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 836-837
Author(s):  
Donald R. Franceschetti
Keyword(s):  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Future Science ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Two Bodies

The history of the natural sciences repeatedly shows that the unification of a higher level theory with a lower level theory by reduction does not eliminate the need for the higher level theory nor preclude its further development, leading to changes in the understanding of the lower level. The radical neuron doctrine proposes that the future science of psychology or linguistics will derive principally from the evolution of understanding at the neural level and not from current theories based on the observation of behavior. It is far more likely that the two bodies of theory will coevolve in semiautonomous fashion.

scholarly journals PEMETAAN PENELITIAN HADIS: Analisis Skripsi UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Wahyudin Darmalaksana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

<p>Penelitian hadis mengalami perkembangan pesat di Indonesia, namun belum ditemukan pemetaan penelitian hadis secara memadai bagi keberlanjutan pengembangan penelitian hadis pada Jurusan Ilmu Hadis di lingkungan Pendidikan Tinggi Islam. Penelitian ini bertujuan memetakan penelitian hadis yang menjadi petunjuk jalan bagi pengembangan penelitian hadis. Metode penelitian ini bersifat kualitatif melalui studi pustaka dengan analisis isi pada kasus penelitian skripsi. Hasil dan pembahasan penelitian ini meliputi pemetaan penelitian hadis pada wilayah penelitian ilmu hadis dan wilayah penelitian konten hadis beserta implikasinya. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa sejarah perkembangan hadis memberikan kontribusi signifikan hingga terpetakannya wilayah penelitian hadis bagi petunjuk jalan pengembangan penelitian hadis, khususnya pada Jurusan Ilmu Hadis di lingkungan Pendidikan Tinggi Islam di Indonesia.</p><p> </p><p>[<strong>Hadis Research Mapping: Thesis Analysis of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung</strong>.<strong> </strong>Hadith research has experienced rapid development in Indonesia, but there has not been an adequate mapping of hadith research to sustain the development of hadith research in the Department of Hadith in Islamic Higher Education. This study aims to map the hadith research which guides the way for the development of hadith research. This research method is qualitative through a literature study with content analysis in thesis research cases. The results and discussion of this research include mapping the hadith research in the hadith science research area and the hadith content research area and its implications. This study concludes that the history of the development of hadith has contributed significantly to the mapping of the areas of hadith research to guide the development of hadith research, particularly in the Department of Hadith in the Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia.]</p>

scholarly journals Online Problem-Based Learning Approach in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 1402-1411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roisin Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Recent Case Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues

This paper begins with a brief review of the history of problem-based learning (PBL) integrated with online learning, and surveys relevant learning theory, including constructivism and cognitivism. Recent case-study research on a postgraduate diploma module in learning and teaching for faculty and lecturers in higher education is then provided to illustrate the key issues for both faculty and students in this evolving area. Emerging trends in combining PBL and online learning are outlined, along with potential opportunity to continue to research the topic in a different light. The paper concludes with an overview of the research area, aspects of which have been confirmed as strengths, and others that have been highlighted for change.

scholarly journals ACADEMIC STAFF RESEARCH PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: THE FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

2020 ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Iryna Reheilo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research Area ◽  
European Research Area ◽  
European Research ◽  
Staff Research ◽  
Research Performance Evaluation

The problem of evaluating the university faculty research performance in the European Higher Education Area and in the European Research Area is enlightened in the paper. It is emphasized that under the transition to open science and open access and increasing digitalization, that has emerged in the higher education system due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the problem of academic staff research performance evaluation and their career attractiveness needs to be reconsidered. The article analyses the key principles of evaluating researchers and their professional development; they are enlightened in the basic regulations of the European Commission, European University Association and European Research Area, and in the Hong Kong Principles as a part of the Open Science and Open Access Initiative. The issue of using almetrics in evaluating research outputs is actualized; it provides the «visibility» of the researcher not only for the scientific or educational community, but also for society as a whole. This expands the scope of usual indicators of research performance and provides a comprehensive and more objective measurement of researchers’ excellence. The structure of research performance evaluation is given; it should be based on an integrated approach, taking into account the peer-review, quantitative and qualitative measurements, and include all the components of university staff research activity, i.e. the scientific creativity potential and its research outputs, research supervision, young scientists’ mentoring, national and international cooperation, performing administrative duties, research dissemination, and mobility.

scholarly journals Citizen science as a new approach in Geography and beyond: Review and reflections

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Trojan ◽  
Sven Schade ◽  
Rob Lemmens ◽  
Bohumil Frantál
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Citation Rate ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Future Challenges

Abstract Issues related to the evolving role of citizen science and open science are reviewed and discussed in this article. We focus on the changing approaches to science, research and development related to the turn to openness and transparency, which has made science more open and inclusive, even for non-researchers. Reproducible and collaborative research, which is driven by the open access principles, involves citizens in many research fields. The article shows how international support is pushing citizen science forward, and how citizens’ involvement is becoming more important. A basic scientometric analysis (based on the Web of Science Core Collection as the source of peer reviewed articles) provides a first insight into the diffusion of the citizen science concept in the field of Geography, mapping the growth of citizen science articles over time, the spectrum of geographical journals that publish them, and their citation rate compared to other scientific disciplines. The authors also discuss future challenges of citizen science and its potential, which for the time being seems to be not fully utilized in some fields, including geographical research.

scholarly journals Academic Systems and Professional Conditions in Five European Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. S35-S53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Cavalli ◽  
Roberto Moscati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Professional Fields ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Functions Of Higher Education

Despite the tendency to create a European Higher Education and Research area, academic systems are still quite different across Europe. We selected five countries (Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway and the UK) to investigate how the differences have an impact on a number of aspects of the working conditions of academic staff. One crucial aspect is the growing diversification of professional activity: reduction of tenured and tenure tracked position, the growing number of fixed-term contracts for both teaching and research, including the growing recruitment of academic staff from external professional fields. These changes are connected with the changing functions of higher education systems and signal the growing openness of higher education institutions to their outside social and economic environment. To understand these trends one has to take into consideration the different degree in which systems distinguish between teaching and research functions. A second aspect has to do with career paths, their regulation, their length and speed. Here, the history of recruitment and career mechanisms in different countries are of particular importance because the different systems went through different periods of change and stability. Also connected to career is the willingness and the opportunity to move from one position to another, both within and outside the academic world. A third aspect deserving attention that is connected to mobility is the professional satisfaction among academic staff in the five systems considered.

scholarly journals Upbringing aspect of literature teaching process in higher education in Ukraine and Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Анджей Совіньскі
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Literature Teaching ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Common Experience ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Polish People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Educational Aspect

The author refers to the ideas of the history of pedagogy, which were formed based on the common experience of Ukrainian and Polish people during thewar and Russian domination in the XX century, noting the importance of the activities of two educators: of Vasyl Sukhomlynsky and Aleksandr Kaminsky in the field of science and humanitarian education. This paper analyzes the connections of two scientific disciplines: literary studies and pedagogy, points out its educational aspect. The author clarifies the peculiarities of integration of education and upbringing in higher education and argues the importance of using educational dialogue.

scholarly journals Online Problem-Based Learning Approach in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 162-173
Author(s):  
Roisin Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Recent Case Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues

This paper begins with a brief review of the history of problem-based learning (PBL) integrated with online learning, and surveys relevant learning theory, including constructivism and cognitivism. Recent case-study research on a postgraduate diploma module in learning and teaching for faculty and lecturers in higher education is then provided to illustrate the key issues for both faculty and students in this evolving area. Emerging trends in combining PBL and online learning are outlined, along with potential opportunity to continue to research the topic in a different light. The paper concludes with an overview of the research area, aspects of which have been confirmed as strengths, and others that have been highlighted for change.

scholarly journals Higher education in prehistory and archaeology

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Luiz Oosterbeek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Humanities Education ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
Adaptation Mechanisms ◽  
Cultural Networks ◽  
And Training

The growing divide between sciences and humanities has led, in the last decades, to their global weakening, leading to a pragmatic empire of technological solutions deprived from meaning and global reasoning. In parallel, the source o many current disruptive processes is the incapacity of understanding the implications of the global merger of economies and societies, but also the trend towards segregating new identities and cultural networks. We consider that education and training are key elements in the process of building shared landscapes, i.e., shared convergent perceptions of the territories, and that education in prehistory and archaeology should be structured within this framework. Reflecting on general concerns and perspectives of Humanities education at large, and on specific constraints in Europe and Portugal, we argue that the specific relevance of archaeology within a programme for humanities concerns its expertise in assessing adaptation mechanisms, economy-environment balances, techniques and technology, as well as its interdisciplinary approach, going beyond humanities and involving social and natural sciences. The text concludes by presenting the structure and strategy of the Master programme in Prehistoric Archaeology and Rock Art, as part of a wider programme of archaeology and cultural heritage education at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar.

scholarly journals Higher education in prehistory and archaeology

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Luiz Oosterbeek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Humanities Education ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
Adaptation Mechanisms ◽  
Cultural Networks ◽  
And Training

The growing divide between sciences and humanities has led, in the last decades, to their global weakening, leading to a pragmatic empire of technological solutions deprived from meaning and global reasoning. In parallel, the source o many current disruptive processes is the incapacity of understanding the implications of the global merger of economies and societies, but also the trend towards segregating new identities and cultural networks. We consider that education and training are key elements in the process of building shared landscapes, i.e., shared convergent perceptions of the territories, and that education in prehistory and archaeology should be structured within this framework. Reflecting on general concerns and perspectives of Humanities education at large, and on specific constraints in Europe and Portugal, we argue that the specific relevance of archaeology within a programme for humanities concerns its expertise in assessing adaptation mechanisms, economy-environment balances, techniques and technology, as well as its interdisciplinary approach, going beyond humanities and involving social and natural sciences. The text concludes by presenting the structure and strategy of the Master programme in Prehistoric Archaeology and Rock Art, as part of a wider programme of archaeology and cultural heritage education at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar.

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