scholarly journals All Power To All the People: WGS and Feminist Pedagogy in the Era of the Alt-Right

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
Zakiya Adair
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Feminist Pedagogy ◽  
English Composition ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Composition Course ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Academic Feminists have long used anti-oppression composition writing as a emancipatory pedagogical tool, but the impact of neoliberalism on higher education and the institutionalization of WGS have impacted how faculty teach these courses. As well the successful implementation of a gender course requirement has changed the demographics of these classes. This essay looks at the pedagogical parallels between teaching the gender studies course and the English composition course. An additional focus is how institutional shifts in WGS and its curriculum impact pre-tenure faculty's ability to offer emancipatory writing and teaching.

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Flipped Classroom Model: A Case Study from Oman

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Bilal Ahmad Pandow ◽  
Nihan Kutahnecioglu Inan ◽  
Ananda S.
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
The Impact

The flipped learning approach over the years has gained importance, especially in higher educational establishments that primarily focus on more personalized learning for the students. In this context, the current study evaluates a flipped learning approach which was implemented by a higher education institution from the Middle East region as a pilot project and analyses the impact of the flipped approach on the student performance from the educators’ perspective. The study focuses on different aspects like the impact of the flipped approach on student performance in a different type of assessments, the impact of the flipped approach on academic performance, learning and development, and academic support activities. Also, this article analyses whether flipped learning reduces the plagiarism cases, impact on student attendance, student participation in extracurricular activities, impact on student’s knowledge, influence on student collaboration, effect on improvement in the ability to solve problems and impact of this approach on helping students to take the responsibility of their learning and become self-learners. This study empirically identified the learning outcomes from a flipped class and provides recommendations for the educators and higher education institutions for successful implementation of the flipped learning approach.

Threshold Concepts Theory as a Pedagogical Tool for Articulating Transformational Learning: An Initial Exploration

2020 ◽  
pp. 154134462096371
Author(s):  
Matthew Christopher Atherton ◽  
Yvonne Nalani Meulemans
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Transformational Learning ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Academic Experiences ◽  
Threshold Concepts ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Student Reflection ◽  
Concept Framework ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Initial Exploration

As the landscape of higher education gets more complex, there is a need to increase engagement and student reflection on their academic experiences. This research explores whether a threshold concept framework (TCF) can be used in an interdisciplinary social science culminating course as a tool for students to consider the transformative nature of their education and articulate the meaning of their educational experiences. Student reflective work was analyzed to see whether students can (1) understand TCF, which is typically used to analyze student learning, rather than as a reflective tool for students and (2) successfully apply TCF to their educational experiences. The authors conclude that using written reflections, students could understand and apply TCF to articulate the transformational nature of their education and consider the impact of their experiences as an undergraduate. These results illuminate the potential of using TCF as a pedagogical tool within the classroom and curriculum development.

The Impact of Clustering First Year Seminars with English Composition Courses on New Students' Retention Rates

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Crissman
Keyword(s):  
Retention Rates ◽  
English Composition ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Independent College ◽  
Composition Course ◽  
New Students ◽  
First Year Seminars ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Year Seminar

Research has shown that two effective programs that positively impact upon new students' retention are first year seminars and clustering two or more academic courses together. This article discusses the results of one institution's approach to increasing student retention. The study analyzed the impact of clustering a first year seminar with an English composition course on new students' retention rates at a small, independent college in the northeast. The study, using multivariate regression models, showed no statistical difference in retention rates between students taking a clustered first year seminar and students taking a nonclustered first year seminar. This article discusses reasons that may account for the inconsistency with the literature, and closes with implications of the study and future research ideas.

scholarly journals Using intentional humour in a higher-education classroom: connecting with, and building on Lovorn and Holaway

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Jannie Pretorius ◽  
Mariëtte Koen ◽  
Robert Schall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Test Statistic ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Positive Feeling ◽  
Data Content ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Educational Perspective ◽  
The Impact

Positive humour can facilitate learning. From an educational perspective, it is important to examine how, when and why humour elicits a positive feeling in students, which, in its turn, creates an environment conducive to learning. Previous studies in humour research have focused on the generally perceived impact of humour in educational settings. Reflection on this idea gives rise to two questions. Will the use of intentional humour as a pedagogical tool indeed be perceived as such by students? Also, will a lecture containing positive humour affirm the impact of humour reported in academic literature? The researchers therefore decided that a lecture containing intentional humoristic elements would be presented to two groups of students with a view to determining their responses. To accomplish this, a mixed-methods approach was used, one employing a concurrent embedded nested design to explore the role and impact of intentional humour in two higher-education classrooms. A Likert-scale survey exploring six themes was developed regarding the impact of humour, as identified by Lovorn and Holaway (2015). Open spaces were provided to allow participants to expand quantitative responses. While the Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test statistic was used to analyse the quantitative data, content analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. The theoretical framework for this paper was drawn from the instructional humour process theory (IHPT). Trustworthiness was gauged by applying Lincoln and Guba’s (1985) model of trustworthiness. The findings of the paper are in line with Lovorn and Holaway’s (2015) research, which suggests that when lecturers take advantage of the positive attributes of humour, it has the power to fuel both students’ engagement and their learning.

Use of ICT and Student Learning in Higher Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-49
Author(s):  
Rodney Arambewela ◽  
Dilanthi Koralagama ◽  
Shyamali Kaluarachchi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Added Value ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Learning Orientations ◽  
The Impact

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Higher Education (HE) and the capabilities of the internet have added value to university teaching and learning. It has also tested the resolve of universities to maximise the benefits of technology integration amidst increasing class sizes, student expectations, cultural diversity and mobility of students. Understanding how students learn and devising appropriate student centred instruction and learning are considered essential to the successful implementation of ICT and allied technologies in teaching and learning. Supported by the findings of an empirical study conducted in an Australian university on student learning orientations and perceptions of course delivery, this article discusses the challenges faced by universities in the integration of technology in teaching for better learning outcomes. The study indicates that technology and learning contexts have a profound influence on student learning orientations of deep or surface learning and students seem to have mixed feelings about the impact of technology in teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Sports sponsorship of communication companiesİletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özge Ercan ◽  
Oğuz Özbek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Sport Sponsorship ◽  
The People ◽  
Sports Sponsorship ◽  
Telecommunication Companies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cooperation Support

The purpose of this research has been to determine the opinions of consumers the impact of the sports sponsorship done by the telecommunication companies on the development of sports and sports related activities. The effects of sports sponsorship on consumers and sports, and at what level have the communication (GSM) companies achieved to their target audience by supporting sports sponsorship have been tried to be determined. A descriptive method has been used in this study. The universe of the study for quantitative data has been composed of students who study four-year sports education program at state universities higher education institutions and the people residing in Ankara. On the other hand the sample has been composed of 361 students studying at four-year sports education institutions of higher education of the state universities in Ankara and 500 residents of central Ankara. A sports sponsorship scale has been developed for the data. The validity of this scale has been done by concerning the item-total correlations result, and also exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis has been performed. Alpha Cronbach's coefficient has been calculated for the reliability. The items included in the scale have been evaluated by five-point Likert scale. Sports Sponsorship scale has 25 items in three dimensions which are cooperation, support and impact. Since the data has not distributed normally, Mann Whitney U test, a non-parametric test, has been used for two groups while the Kruskal-Wallis test has been used for more than two groups. The Mann-Whitney U test has been manually applied in order to find the different group in the case of there has been a difference between groups according to the Kruskal-Wallis test results. The result of this study indicates that there has usually been a positive understanding of the practice of sports sponsorship done by GSM communication companies. It has been found that the population of the people who had attended this research have preferred A while the majority of students who had attended this research have preferred C for their communication. In the light of the findings from the both populations, A, C and B GSM companies have supported sport more, respectively. Regarding the genders; there has been no difference between the views of public and the students on the cooperation, support and impact sub dimensions of sports sponsorship. People in the middle age, according to the younger and older groups, have thought that the impact and collaboration dimensions of sport sponsorship has been more realized. It has been determined that primary school graduate population have looked more favourably to the sports sponsorship application done by the communication companies.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, iletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğunun, sporun ve spor faaliyetlerinin gelişimine etkisi konusunda tüketicilerin görüşlerinin belirlenmesidir. Spor sponsorluğunun tüketicilere ve spora olan etkileri ile iletişim (GSM) şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu yaparak hedef kitleye ne ölçüde ulaştığı belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada betimsel yöntem kullanılmıştır. Araştırma evrenini Ankara’da bulunan devlet üniversitelerine bağlı dört yıllık spor eğitimi veren yükseköğretim kurumlarında öğrenim gören öğrenciler ile Ankara’da ikamet eden kişiler örneklemini ise Ankara’da bulunan devlet üniversitelerine bağlı dört yıllık spor eğitimi veren kurumlarda öğrenim gören 361 öğrenci ve Ankara’nın merkez ilçelerinde ikamet eden 500 kişi oluşturmuştur. Verileri elde etmek için spor sponsorluğu ölçeği geliştirilmiştir. Ölçme aracının geçerlik çalışması için madde toplam korelasyon değerlerine bakılmış ve açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Güvenirlik için Alpha Cronbach’s katsayısı hesaplanmıştır. Ölçekte yer alan maddeler 5’li Likert tipi derecelendirme ölçeği ile değerlendirilmiştir. Spor Sponsorluğu Ölçeğinde işbirliği, destek ve etki olmak üzere üç boyutta 25 madde yer almıştır. Veriler normal dağılmadığı için; non-parametrik testlerden ikili gruplar için Mann Whitney U testi, ikiden fazla gruplar için ise Kruskall-Wallis testi kullanılmıştır. Kruskall-Wallis testi sonucu gruplar arasında fark bulunması durumunda ise Gruplar arasında farklı olanı bulabilmek için manuel olarak Mann Whitney U testi uygulanmıştır.                                                                                     Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlara göre; iletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu uygulamalarına yönelik genelde olumlu bir anlayış vardır. Araştırmaya katılan halkın haberleşmede A şirketini tercih ettiği, öğrencilerin büyük çoğunluğunun ise C şirketini tercih ettiği tespit edilmiştir. Her iki grubunda, sırasıyla A, C ve B GSM şirketlerinin sporu daha fazla desteklediği yönünde görüş belirttiği saptanmıştır. Halkın ve öğrencilerin cinsiyetlerine göre spor sponsorluğunun işbirliği, destek ve etki alt boyutlarına ilişkin görüşleri arasında fark bulunamamıştır. Orta yaş grubundaki halkın, genç ve yaşlı gruptakilere göre, sponsorluğun etki ve işbirliği boyutunun daha çok gerçekleştiğini düşündüğü tespit edilmiştir. İlköğretim mezunu halkın, iletişim şirketlerinin spor sponsorluğu uygulamalarına daha olumlu baktıkları tespit edilmiştir.

scholarly journals The Influence of Brand Equity and STP Towards Pricing Strategy and the Impact on Decision Making

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.34) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Ryan Kurniawan ◽  
Mohd Haizam Mohd Saudi ◽  
Zeffanya Raphael Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Pricing Strategy ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
The People ◽  
New Students ◽  
The Impact

This research was conducted to find out the influence of brand equity, STP, pricing strategy, and decision making to increase the number of new students every year at the Excellent Class Wiyata Indonesia Management Institute (IMWI) located in Sukabumi City. This is because higher education is one of the driving forces of success of a nation to move forward and able to compete with other nations, then a university should be able to run a quality operational and service, as mandated by law. This research uses an explanatory method, a questionnaire with 5-point scale used to collect data, in order to measure indicators of variables studied. The sample obtained is 163 students, with calculation using Slovin formula, (1) there is an influence of brand equity and STP on decision making, either partially or simultaneously, (2) there is influence of brand equity and STP on pricing strategy, (3) there is an intervening pricing strategy towards decision making. The results of this study are very important for the IMWI Rector to evaluate how to increase the number of students and IMWI images in the minds of the people.  

scholarly journals Edukasi Vaksinasi Covid-19 dan Penerapan 5M Dalam Menanggulangi Penularan Covid-19 di Desa Borisallo Kabupaten Gowa

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Sari Aldilawati ◽  
Rahmat Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Continuous Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Education And Outreach ◽  
The Impact

This community service is carried out as a form of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, community service with the theme of the importance of vaccination and implementing 5M in preventing the transmission of covid-19 is not without reason but seeing the tendencies and habits of the people who always ignore health protocols, besides that this service is in the form of counseling. The purpose of this service is to educate the public about the impact and influence of Covid-19. The method of implementing community service with direct counseling techniques to the community. The results of the service, in general the counseling participants said that their knowledge of covid-19 was increasing and they were committed to complying with the Health protocol. The conclusion of this service is the importance of continuous education and outreach to the community regarding the effects and dangers of Covid-19.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education in India: Lessons Learned and Mitigation Measures

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
C.P. Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Online News ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a communicable disease caused by a newly detected severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 virus has spread all over the world including India. This corona virus pandemic has radically disrupted all the sectors including education sector, which affects the socio-economic conditions of the people and education system. This study is aiming to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on educational institutions, especially imparting higher education and related stakeholders till date, when the government has taken early decisions to breakdown the spread of virus among the community. The study is descriptive and analytical in nature where the information has been collected from the various official websites, newspapers, online news articles, and discussions with colleagues working in the higher education setup. This review study suggested some measures to overcome the situation such as special hygiene and health related measures like social distancing, using precautionary tools and equipment and some socioeconomic and technological measures such as economic supports for redesigning of the sector, public private partnerships in education system, digitization of the study techniques and educational infrastructure and use of Indian traditional knowledge. The higher education plays a key role for socio-economic development of the people in any country and with the implementation of these suggestive measures, the country will move forward and ensure the overall progress in education sector.

scholarly journals The Impact of Digital Learning on Private School from Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.20) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
Hayder Hussein Azeez ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Private School ◽  
Digital Systems ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Implementation ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
The Impact

Despite the difficulties, risk and failures, higher education institutions are continuously replacing/implementing digital Systems to meet the demands of sector competition and expectation forming the stakeholders. Many literatures claim that the digital implementation is risky and challenging. Especially when HEIs are novice, it becomes important to mitigate the risk involved in digital implementation for a successful implementation. This paper proposes a new risk based framework for digital implementation in higher education.  

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