scholarly journals Teaching Resilience: Enabling Factors for Effective Responses to COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Baumber ◽  
Lucy Allen ◽  
Tyler Key ◽  
Giedre Kligyte ◽  
Jacqueline Melvold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Success ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
Sydney Australia

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted higher education globally. Teaching staff have pivoted to online learning and employed a range of strategies to facilitate student success. Aside from offering a testing ground for innovative teaching strategies, the pandemic has also provided an opportunity to better understand the pre-existing conditions that enable higher education systems to be resilient - that is, to respond and adapt to disturbances in ways that retain the functions and structures essential for student success. This article presents a case study covering two transdisciplinary undergraduate courses at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. The results highlight the importance of information flows, feedbacks, self-organisation, leadership, openness, trust, equity, diversity, reserves, social learning and nestedness. These results show that resilience frameworks developed by previous scholars are relevant to university teaching systems and offer guidance on which system features require protection and strengthening to enable effective responses to future disturbances.

scholarly journals Evaluating the performance of teaching staff members, a step towards teaching performance development of higher education in Sebha University

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Zamzam Amhimmid Mare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Analytic Description ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
The University

This study aims to show the importance of evaluating the teaching performance level of the University teaching members. It also aims to provide the suggested mechanisms for evaluating the teaching performance of the teaching staff members of Sebha University. This study was based mainly on documents and analytic description to collect information about the importance and ways of evaluating teachers with reference to some of the international experiences on teaching performance development. This study concluded that the absence of an experienced entity that would develop the teaching performance of faculty members is one of the main reasons for the weak teaching performance at Sebha University. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that there should be a planned system based on measured standards and criteria for evaluating staff members to improve the quality of teaching in the higher education domain. 

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL OF FACULTY MEMBERS

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Юлия Масалова ◽  
Yuliya Masalova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
The University

The purpose of the work is to evaluate the potential of a high school teacher; the subject of study is employment potential and competitiveness of the university faculty member; research methods include analysis of statistical data and online-survey. The article presents the results of the research potential of the university teaching staff in the conditions of ongoing reforms in higher education and in connection with changing requirements to higher education institutions forfaculty members. It was determined that faculty members demonstrate high loyalty and commitment, but average engagement. It was revealed that the institution creates proper conditions for development and self-realization, creativity and communication. It was confirmed that university professors have a high scientific and innovative potential and willingness to conduct research. The conclusion is that the employment potential of university staff is not used to the full. It was determined that the majority of the teaching staff appreciates personal competitiveness. And only one out of five is aware of the need to develop their personal competitiveness in line with the new requirements. The results of the study may be useful for university governance within the management of human resources quality.

scholarly journals Competency-Based Approach in Higher Education System: Socio-Psychological Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-34
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Ravilevna Sagitova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Tabular Form ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Psychological Analysis ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

The paper presents an analysis of the concept of competence and competency in the works of domestic and foreign authors, and a comparative analysis of the characteristics of the concepts of competence in foreign and domestic science is carried out in tabular form. The author's definition of competence is given, which made it possible to conduct an empirical pilot study of the formed competencies of the university teaching staff.

scholarly journals Higher Education Students’ Assessments towards Gamification and Sustainability: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8513
Author(s):  
María Jesús Santos-Villalba ◽  
Juan José Leiva Olivencia ◽  
Magdalena Ramos Navas-Parejo ◽  
María Dolores Benítez-Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Education Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Teaching Criteria

Some academics are pushing for teaching staff to implement didactical practices to obtain sustainable behavior. Moreover, a fundamental element of gamification in all educational stages is the noteworthy effect it has on student motivation. In our study, we examined higher education students’ assessments in the University of Malaga on the design of educational gamification and the teaching criteria that relate to gamification, and its effect on student’s motivation, the applications of gamification, and the attitude towards sustainability. A questionnaire was administered to students studying for degrees in education from the University of Malaga. A total of 187 valid surveys were obtained. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was computed for these data based on an exploratory–confirmatory model and using SmartPLS version 3.3.2. A positive relationship between assessment of students’ motivation and sustainability attitude was found. We found that the opinions of the students about the role of their training and teaching design material in education would affect students’ motivation and the sustainability behavior, although the power of this last construct is moderate.

scholarly journals Toward Inclusive Higher Education in a Global Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Ortiz Colón ◽  
Miriam Agreda Montoro ◽  
María Colmenero Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The University ◽  
Students With A Disability

The aim of this study was to analyse the perception of teaching staff at the University of Jaen regarding the integration of students with a disability, and to describe the interventions they use to respond to the specific needs of these students, to examine the differences that exist in teachers’ interventions for students with a disability based on their faculty. To this end, a descriptive methodology was used (n =300 teachers), and the data were gathered using a Tutoring and Attention to Special Needs in the Classroom Questionnaire (TASN-Q). The results were organised in terms of the tool’s different dimensions and, in general, revealed that the teaching staff do not consider themselves sufficiently prepared to provide an educational response to students with a disability. The best-prepared teaching staff belonged to the Faculties of Social and Legal Sciences and Health Sciences. This study confirms the need for training in special needs processes to enable university teaching staff to participate in an inclusive model.

scholarly journals Open Badges: Exploring the value, potential and practicalities of a new way of recognising skills in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Hole
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Enhanced Learning

This case study reports an ongoing project at the University of Sussex seeking to introduce the idea of Open Badges to the institution while exploring some of the practical issues and limiting factors associated with this method of recognising learning. The focus is on piloting Open Badges in workshops and events for staff in order to develop understanding of the advantages and challenges of this form of micro-credentialing. It is hoped that the knowledge gained from this project can be used to identify and support appropriate future staff and student-facing badging initiatives. The project aims to: (i) Develop understanding of Open Badges and their potential in higher education amongst professional service colleagues and academics. (ii) Evaluate tools and processes. (iii) Build capacity to support future projects.The project has begun to meet its aims, there is now an operational badging scheme for Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) staff development workshops; colleagues in student-facing professional services have developed their knowledge and understanding of Open Badges and been supported in the development of plans for badging learner skills and there is increased awareness of Open Badges amongst teaching staff who have attended ‘badged’ workshops. 

scholarly journals Evaluación de narrativas en formación dual docente: diseño y experimentación del instrumento SCAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-130
Author(s):  
Maria Carme Peguera Carré ◽  
Andreu Curto Reverte ◽  
Maria Adelina Ianos ◽  
Jordi Lluís Coiduras Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Competencies ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Educación Primaria ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training

En el artículo se presenta la construcción y validación del instrumento de evaluación Sistema de Categorías para el Análisis de Narrativas (SCAN) integrado en un dispositivo de formación dual. SCAN facilita una evaluación convergente por los distintos agentes de la Formación Dual Universitaria (FDU) en un grado de Educación Primaria: profesorado universitario, Docentes en Formación Inicial (DFI) y mentores escolares. Este estudio de caso analiza con dos puntos de control la evolución de las narrativas sobre la práctica educativa en la escuela. Se presta especial atención a la relación teoría-práctica mediante la evaluación de cuatro dimensiones: Descripción, Comprensión, Proyección y Aspectos formales. El análisis de las narraciones de 150 DFI muestra una mejora significativa entre el pretest y el postest, especialmente relevante en la dimensión Proyección, evidenciándose en las categorías: Competencias Docentes, Intervención Docente y Oportunidades de Desarrollo. Se concluye que el procedimiento formativo descrito contribuye al desarrollo de la Visión Profesional desde una revisión crítica de la práctica. SCAN muestra en este estudio su eficiencia en el análisis y la evaluación de las narrativas de los DFI. This article addresses a problem widely described in the literature: the theory-practice integration in the texts of Teachers in Initial Training (DFI). A training device is presented with an assessment instrument called Narratives Analysis Categories System (SCAN). This allows a convergent evaluation by the different actors of the Dual University Training (FDU) in the degree of Primary Education: the university teaching staff, the DFI and the school mentors. The case study focuses on the evolution of narratives about educational practices in schools. The analysis of the narratives of 150 DFI is carried out at two checkpoints through the SCAN. This instrument is structured in four dimensions: Description, Understanding, Projection and Formal Aspects. The results show a significant improvement of the DFI, especially relevant in the Projection dimension and being this evidenced in the categories: Teaching Competencies, Teaching Intervention and Development Opportunities. In conclusion, the training with narratives contributes to the development of the Professional Vision from a critical review of the practice. In this study SCAN shows its efficiency in the analysis and evaluation of DFI narratives.

scholarly journals Staff Development Needs In Pakistan Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hameed Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Ullah Khan ◽  
Ali Murtaza ◽  
Muhammad Naseer Ud Din
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Professional Attitude ◽  
The University

Staff development is very significant for the achievement of overall goals of higher education in Pakistan. The success of innovations depends largely upon the skills of instructors; but in Pakistan, the people with a simple masters degree (without any pedagogical training) are  inducted as teaching staff at the university level, so it is time to explore whether or not the inducted teachers feel the need for training. Further to be explored are areas in which they are interested in being trained. Therefore, the objectives of study were 1) to explore the training needs for university teaching staff, 2) to identify the areas in which development is needed by the teaching staff of the universities in Pakistan, and 3) formulation of recommendations for staff development in Pakistan to improve education at the higher level.  The sample comprised of 20% randomly-selected teaching staff of ten selected universities, degree-awarding institutions from the public sector, and 40% teaching staff of ten selected universities from the private sector. A self-developed questionnaire, consisting of 41 items to be responded to on a five-point Likert scale and two open-ended questions, was used to collect data.  The principal researcher approached all the respondents personally by repeated visits and got the completed questionnaires, so this questionnaire also served the purpose of an interview. The analysis of data revealed that the university teachers need training in the following areas: philosophy of education, Islamic philosophy of education, educational psychology, research techniques, professional trends, professional competencies, professional attitude, professional ethics ,global innovations in teaching strategies, classroom management, counselling and guidance, student discipline, communication skills, learning theories, and supervision. Therefore, it is recommended that they may be included in the training curriculum of university teachers.

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