scholarly journals Informationskompetence, en opgave for bibliotek og uddannelse i fællesskab

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Bønløkke ◽  
Else Kobow ◽  
Anne-Kirstine Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
University College ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Integrated Information

Erfaringer og undersøgelser om samarbejde mellem uddannelser og forskningsbiblioteker viser, at ikke alle har en curriculumintegreret indsats og et formaliseret samarbejde om undervisning og vejledning til støtte for udvikling af de studerendes informationskompetence. Et aktionsforskningsprojekt undersøgte, hvad der havde betydning i etablering af et formelt samarbejde mellem bibliotek og uddannelse. I projektet deltog tre bibliotekarer, seks undervisere og en biblioteksleder samt to uddannelsesledere og to projektledere fra VIA University College. Fokusgruppeinterviews, projektprotokoller, referater fra refleksions- og støttemøder samt mailkorrespondance udgjorde data, som blev kvalitativt analyseret. Resultaterne viste, at følgende områder er betydningsfulde: ledelsesstøtte, en anerkendende tilgang, oplevelse af nødvendighed og ejerskab til processen, fælles fokus og mål tilpasset den enkelte uddannelses behov, rammer og ressourcer, faglig støtte og erfaringsudveksling i processen. Research on and experiences from cooperation between faculty libraries and faculties indicate that not all programmes have integrated information literacy in curriculum or have a formalised cooperation between library and faculty on information literacy. Using action research we explored issues at stake when cooperation between library and faculty is initiated. Participants were 3 librarians, 6 educators, 1 library manager, 2 directors of programme and 2 project managers from VIA University College. Data derived from focus group interviews, process protocols, records of reflective sessions and support meetings and mail correspondence was qualitatively analysed. The results showed that the following areas seemed important: Support from the management, an appreciative approach, a need for change, ownership of the process, common focus and goals according to the need of the programme, a set frame work and resources, professional support and sharing of experiences in the process.

Technology Education Teachers' Professional Development Review Through Community Engagement

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Tome' Awshar Mapotse
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Development Review ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

It is the supreme art of an action research practitioner to awaken the joy of tapping into professional development review of Technology Education (TE) knowledge with the teachers as co-researchers. TE has been introduced as a new subject nationally and globally just few decades ago. Teachers and learners are still experiencing hurdles in implementing TE. Most teachers are poorly grounded in pedagogy and content knowledge of Technology Education. This AR study does not blame the limited teacher training in TE, as its intention was to empower such. The study was underpinned by critical theory and following the AR strategies and Technology Education Cascading Theory was envisaged to be incorporated. Focus group (interviews) was used as the method to engage these TE teachers. From the findings of the study, it has been proven that the AR approach study can be used in didactic and pedagogic situation to emancipate unqualified and under qualified Technology teachers.

scholarly journals Ansatte og temaet seksualitet: Hvilke utfordringer opplever ansatte i sitt arbeid når det gjelder voksne med intellektuell funksjonsnedsettelse og seksualitet?

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Hilde Lunde
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Sexual Education ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Good Care ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
University College ◽  
Group Interviews

<p><strong>Caregivers awareness of sexuality</strong><em><br />This study deals with the results from two focus group interviews with 13 students from education in "Sexology and Disability" by Oslo and Akershus University College (HIOA). The purpose of this study was to highlight the experiences and perceptions of employees in their work with the theme of sexuality.<br />Findings from the study show that it is still difficult to talk openly about people with developmental disabilities and their sexuality. Many see it as a taboo area. The study shows that both the caregiver and care recipient are in need of training. Staff working with the theme of sexuality may feel stigmatized by colleagues. They get little support from managers and colleagues.<br />Management must ensure good care for the client. The study indicates that employees should have knowledge and methods to meet the challenges of sexual education and prevent abuse.</em></p>

scholarly journals Projects to improve mathematics performance at a university of technology

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-377
Author(s):  
Ina Louw
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Assessment Strategies

Lecturers at tertiary institutions have been expressing concern about the quality of students in mathematics for a long time now. Blame is usually placed at the door of secondary schools, but through put figures are still determining state subsidies and as such necessitate institutions to constantly revisit their efforts in terms of improving performance in mathematics. In this article, the results of two studies to improve the mathematics performance at a technical university are reported. The first study took place at the former Technikon Northern Gauteng and was an action research project with an experimental design. The study entailed the implementation of tutorial sessions and it revealed certain traits of tertiary mathematics education. Data were collected through structured observation, questionnaires and focus group interviews. A standardized questionnaire, Study Orientation Questionnaire in Maths (SOM), was introduced and “study habits” was the field in the test that featured most significantly in both the experimental and the control groups. The results revealed, inter alia, that timely assessment is needed to detect and correct misconceptions as soon as possible. It also pointed out that attendance of lectures (and tutorials) impacted strongly on performance. Lastly, it was found that students preferred communicating mathematics through the medium of English and not by using their mother tongue. The second project was conducted at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and consisted of an investigation into assessment practices in first year mathematics. The study was executed with action research as strategy and data were collected through interviews, questionnaires and focus group interviews. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected and respondents were exposed to contemporary assessment strategies as suggested by OBE. The aim of the study was to enhance the respondents’ insight into contemporary assessment strategies and to empower them to execute their assessment in a more accountable way. The merger of the institution was still underway at the time, which left many respondents with questions and uncertainties about their future. Some of the findings were, inter alia, that some respondents were convinced that new assessment strategies would lower the standard of teaching; some respondents mentioned the poor quality of students and were convinced that the Tshwane University of Technology would benefit from reviewing their admission criteria, and respondents cited large class groups, lack of marking assistance and ignorance about Outcomes Based Education (OBE) as reasons for failing to undertake assessment renewal. In the mean time class groups got even bigger and a new solution needs to be found as a matter of urgency

scholarly journals Information literacy is not a one-man show

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Bønløkke ◽  
Else Kobow ◽  
Anne-Kirstine Østergaard Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Course Work ◽  
Curriculum Intervention ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
Group Interviews

This article will discuss the issues at stake when cooperation between library and faculty on information literacy (IL) is initiated and explored by using an action research approach. Research on and experiences from cooperation between faculty libraries and faculties indicate that several teaching programmes have not integrated IL into the curriculum nor have they established a formalised cooperation between library and faculty on IL. Participants in the project were three librarians, six lecturers, one library manager, two directors of programme and two project managers from VIA University College, Denmark. The data for this study originates from focus group interviews, process protocols, records of reflective sessions and support meetings as well as from mail correspondences. Results indicate that formal cooperation between librarians and educators is necessary and provides the needed access to the other’s understanding of IL, the curriculum, pedagogical professionalism and mutual roles. A joint conceptual understanding of IL is important for making this teamwork work. Librarians need access to programme documents and knowledge on students’ level of learning and on course work. Co-teaching supports the librarian in developing pedagogical skills. Educators have diverging experiences with IL which can be a problem when challenging students on IL for their assignments. IL is everyone’s business and local dissemination of an agreed curriculum intervention throughout a programme is important. Leadership and re-sources are also significant if the integration of IL is to be possible.

Information Literacy Education: Perceptions, Proficiencies and Experiences of First-Entering Students at TUT

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Manamedi Molepo ◽  
Solomon Bopape
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Entering Students ◽  
Group Interviews

For students to master information literacy skills, they must attend Information Literacy Education (ILE) offered by academic libraries. This study adopted both quantitative and qualitative research approaches using a questionnaire and focus group interviews, respectively, to investigate the perceptions of the concept “information literacy”, “students’ skills to use library resources”, and “students’ familiarity with different library resources” of first-year students at the library of the Polokwane campus of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa, all before and after attendance of the ILE session, as well as to analyse their experiences of the ILE programme which they had attended. The study found that most of the first-entering students had a different perception of the concept “information literacy” in relation to its usage in the academic Library and Information Science (LIS) environment. The questionnaire findings further showed that the students had no skills in using library resources and were not familiar with library resources before they attended the ILE programme. However, the findings from the focus group interviews showed that, after they had attended the ILE session, they became familiar with some of the library resources, and their abilities to use those resources positively improved from novice to advanced and proficient users of information. It is therefore recommended that ILE for students be continuous so that students do not forget or lose focus of what they have learned in the formal ILE programmes. To encourage students’ participation, the attendance of ILE should be compulsory for all first-year entering students across all faculties at the TUT.

scholarly journals Nursing supervisors’ perspectives on student preparedness before clinical placements- a focus group study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252483
Author(s):  
Ann-Chatrin L. Leonardsen ◽  
Siri E. Brynhildsen ◽  
Mette T. Hansen ◽  
Vigdis A. Grøndahl
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Student Preparedness ◽  
University College ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Hospital Wards

Clinical placements and supervision is an integral part of nursing education internationally. There are significant differences between students’ expectations of clinical learning and their fulfillment. Few studies have focused on supervisors’ perspectives on clinical placements. The objective of this study was to explore nursing supervisors’ perspectives on students’ preparedness for clinical placements. Methods The study was conducted in a county in Southeastern-Norway, with 317.000 inhabitants, and within one hospital and one university college catchment area. Focus group interviews were conducted in the periode August to December 2018. Data were analyzed using Hsieh and Shannon’s conventional content analysis. Results 34 nursing supervisors participated, three intellectual disability nurses and 31 registered nurses, working in four different primary healthcare wards and four different hospital wards. Participants’ age ranged from 23 to 58 years, one male only. Through the analysis we derived the category ‘Shared responsibility for preparation’ with subcategories a) Individual initiative, and b) University college facilitation. Conclusions Findings indicate that there is a gap between nursing supervisors’ expectations and reality regarding students’ preparedness for clinical placements. Moreover, nursing supervisors did not seem to focus on their own role in student preparedness.

scholarly journals Relevancy Trumps Format When Teaching Information Literacy

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Giovanna Badia
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Experimental Group

A Review of: Tewell, E. C. (2014). Tying television comedies to information literacy: A mixed-methods investigation. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 40(2), 134-141. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.02.004 Abstract Objective – This study assessed the effects of showing television comedy clips to demonstrate information literacy concepts when teaching one-shot instruction sessions. More specifically, it examined whether the students’ retention and understanding increased when television comedy clips were used and whether students preferred instruction that included popular culture examples. Design – A mixed-methods investigation that employed multiple-choice questionnaires and focus group interviews. Setting – A small liberal arts college in the United States of America. Subjects – A total of 211 freshmen students enrolled in a First-Year Studies course. The students were divided into 16 class sections. The author collected a total of 193 valid responses to the pretests and posttests in his study. Methods – Half of the class sections (103 respondents) were taught selected information literacy concepts using television comedy clips and a group discussion led by the instructor. The other half (90 respondents) were taught using only an instructor-led discussion. The classes were randomly selected to belong to the experimental group (with TV comedy clips) or the control group (without TV comedy clips). An online pretest questionnaire, consisting of 10 multiple-choice questions, was administered at the beginning of the 90-minute library instruction session for both groups. An online posttest questionnaire, consisting of the same questions as the pretest but in a randomized order, was completed by the students at the end of the session. About a month later, one-hour focus group interviews were conducted with a small subset of the study’s subjects who volunteered to participate in the focus groups. The experimental focus group consisted of five study participants who had attended a library instruction session that involved showing the television comedy clips and the control focus group consisted of six study participants who had attended a library instruction session that did not include showing the television comedy clips. Main Results – The experimental group scored higher than the control group on the posttest with an average “increase of 1.07 points from pre- to posttest compared to a 0.13 mean increase in the control group” (p. 139), which means that the experimental group answered one more question correctly. Four out of the five participants in the experimental focus group also discussed the television comedy clips even though they were not asked about them. Conversely, when asked about what they enjoyed in the class, the majority of participants from both focus groups discussed the content covered in the session rather than any teaching methods employed. “The quantitative results suggest that student test results either increased, as in the experimental group, or remained relatively level, as in the control group, due to the type of instruction received” (p. 137). Conclusion – The author states that the results from the test questionnaires and answers from focus group sessions indicate that using television comedy clips may be a successful way of improving students’ retention of course content. However, the study’s results could not demonstrate that students liked classes with popular culture examples more than classes without them, since the majority of focus group participants found the course content more interesting than the manner in which the content was taught. The relevancy of the content presented in an information literacy session appears to make more of an impact on the students than the format in which it is presented.

Management Strategy for Distributing Questionnaires and Interview Guidelines in the Research Data Collection Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Po. Abas Sunarya ◽  
George Iwan Marantika ◽  
Adam Faturahman
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Good Management ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Group Interviews

Writing can mean lowering or describing graphic symbols that describe a languageunderstood by someone. For a researcher, management of research preparation is a veryimportant step because this step greatly determines the success or failure of all researchactivities. Before a person starts with research activities, he must make a written plan commonlyreferred to as the management of research data collection. In the process of collecting researchdata, of course we can do the management of questionnaires as well as the preparation ofinterview guidelines to disseminate and obtain accurate information. With the arrangement ofplanning and conducting interviews: the ethics of conducting interviews, the advantages anddisadvantages of interviews, the formulation of interview questions, the schedule of interviews,group and focus group interviews, interviews using recording devices, and interview bias.making a questionnaire must be designed with very good management by giving to theinformation needed, in accordance with the problem and all that does not cause problems at thestage of analysis and interpretation.

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