scholarly journals Relationship between University Students’ Social Responsibility (USSR) and Mental Health (Case Study, the University of Guilan, Faculty of Humanities, Iran)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Sadeghi ◽  
Farhad Asghari ◽  
Yekrang Safakar Mehdi ◽  
Atefeh Sadeghi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
University Students ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Perception and Knowledge on Climate Change: A Case Study of University Students in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bezon Kumar ◽  
Arif Ibne Asad ◽  
Purnima Banik
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The University ◽  
Change Problem

This paper mainly investigates the perception and knowledge on climate change of the university students in Bangladesh. To carry out this study, primary data are collected from 370 students and uses several statistical methods. Perception and knowledge on the causes, effects and mitigation ways of climate change problems, and perceived duties to combat against climate change are analyzed with descriptive statistics. This paper finds that deforestation is the main cause of global warming and climate change and, the effects of climate change is very serious on people’s health. Majority portion of the students think that it is difficult to combat against climate change problem because it has already been too late to take action. Besides this study also finds that government is crucially responsible for combating against climate change problem. The study calls for government mainly besides industry and youths to aware people about the causes, effects, mitigation ways of climate change so that they can contribute to the sustainable development by mitigating climate change problem.

scholarly journals The perception of Nigerian students of German about serious games: Using ‘Secret of the Sky Disc’ as a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-200
Author(s):  
Olajumoke Oyedele ◽  
Waliyat Kola Aderoju
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
The University ◽  
Nigerian Students

The use of serious games is usually common, but digital games are not used in the teaching of German. This study aims to find out the attitude of students of German to the possible use of serious games in the teaching of German at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and their impression of the game ‘secret of the sky disc’ introduced by the Goethe Institute for the learning of German as a foreign language. Two different sets of questionnaires were administered to the students of German of OAU. The resulting data were analysed, discussed and conclusions were drawn. The results show the readiness of students of German for the use of digital games in teaching German at the university. The study adds to the limited literature on the use of serious games in teaching German as a foreign language   Keywords: German, Nigeria, perception, serious games, Obafemi Awolowo University, students.

Psychosocial Impacts of COVID-19 among University Students in Uruguay

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianna Loose ◽  
Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The novel coronavirus has taken a catastrophic toll worldwide on physical and mental health. We focused on the psychosocial impact among students in Uruguay, a country relatively protected from the pandemic. Our study had three main aims : 1) describe in detail the impact among university students, 2) identify relationships between different dimensions and 3) highlight the factors determinant of mental distress. We designed a multi-dimensional questionnaire to investigate the perceived impact on the lives of students. The questionnaire was administered to 144 undergraduates in Uruguay online while the university was closed. 38-66% of students indicated increases in signs of anxiety, depression or sleep disturbances. Independently of other related factors, increases in substance use, impairments in social relationships, negative impacts of school closures, and personal economic worries explained 41% of variance in psychological distress. Findings are discussed in terms of policies for public health and future directions for research on mental health.

Students' Creativity and Entrepreneurial Learning for Developing Corporate Entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
pp. 89-116
Author(s):  
Giustina Secundo ◽  
Pasquale Del Vecchio ◽  
Giuseppina Passiante ◽  
Mirco Paoletto
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
Italian Association ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
University Colleges ◽  
The University

The chapter aims to contribute at the discussion on the role of creativity in sustaining corporate entrepreneurship development by focusing on entrepreneurial learning in the context of incumbent enterprises. Empirical evidences coming from the case study of “Mimprendo” project (www.mimprendo.it), an initiative promoted by the Italian Conference of the University Colleges and the Italian Association of Young Entrepreneurs, are presented. Findings provides insights about the collaborative entrepreneurial learning as happening in the community composed by University students, entrepreneurs, and researchers to solve relevant managerial and entrepreneurial innovation's needs. Those evidences are at the basis of an integrated framework aimed to provide a coherent and a systematic view on the collaborative entrepreneurial learning processes to nurture, select, and implement creative ideas of universities students for sustaining the corporate entrepreneurship in incumbent companies.

scholarly journals Basic abilities a good university teacher should have: case study at the University of Lleida, Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (03) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Joaquin REVERTER-MASIA ◽  
◽  
Vincenç HERNANDEZ-GONZALEZ ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
The University

In this article we evaluated the opinion of university students regarding the competences a good professor should have. The information was obtained from a survey distributed through digital devices to a total of 1.433 students from the University of Lleida, Spain. The two most important competences were to clearly explain the contents followed by motivational stimulation. The least valued were stimulation for participation and collaborative work, and coordination with professors. The highest evaluation was directed to communicative, interpersonal relationship, and methodological competences.

scholarly journals Open Badges to Encourage Class Representatives’ Reflection and Achievement-Sharing: A Case Study from Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Leadership And Change ◽  
Negotiation Problem

This case study describes how Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) worked in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services division to implement one of the first Open Badge schemes used in the UK higher education sector. Based on student feedback, EUSA developed an effective Open Badge model to recognise and reward students’ work as Class Representatives. The paper describes EUSA’s model of badges, badge criteria and implementation, before focusing on qualitative examples of the positive impact of this pilot project for both individual students and for the Students’ Association. It provides examples of how students reflected thoughtfully about the impact of their work as Class Representatives to develop skills in negotiation, problem solving, diplomacy, leadership, and change management. EUSA’s Open Badge scheme now rewards students for sharing their achievements. In turn, students’ Open Badge blog posts have helped EUSA to gain more meaningful insights into the broad work of Class Representatives and how students benefit when they engage fully with the role.

scholarly journals How Effectively are University Students Tested? A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Jane Kembo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
The World ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The University

Testing and examining go on in higher education all the time through continuous assessments and end semester examinations. The grades scored by students determine not only academic mobility but eventually who get employed in the job market, which seems to be shrinking all over the world. Those charged with testing are often staff who have higher qualifications in their subject areas but are not necessarily teaching or examination experts. Against this background, the researcher wanted to find out what was happening at selected university across three schools: Social Studies, Education and Science. The university is fairly young having been awarded its charter twenty years ago. The paper asked two questions namely, at what levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are lecturers asking examination questions? Secondly, do the level and balance of questions show growth in examining skills? The study evaluated over 1039 questions from randomly selected examination papers from the Examinations Office for the academic years from 2014/15 to 2017/18 (three academic years). A guide from the list of verbs used in Anderson s (revision of Bloom was used to analyze the questions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the trends in testing for each year. ANOVA and t-tests were used to find out if there were significant differences between numbers across categories and within categories. The results of the study show that most examination questions are at the levels of remember (literal) and knowledge (understand). In 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years, there were significant differences in the percentage of questions examined in these two categories. However, it seems from the study, that testing or examining skills do not grow through the practice of setting questions. There is need for examiners to be trained to use the knowledge in setting questions that discriminate effectively across the academic abilities of students they teach.

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