scholarly journals Beyond Paper-Based Affiliate Status: Policy Analysis on Non-Formal Education and the Graduates in Ethiopian Higher Education Institutions

2019 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Tavares Duarte ◽  
Cleyton Feitosa PEREIRA,

Este trabalho se propõe tecer reflexões teóricas sobre a educação no contexto de privação de liberdade, dando visibilidade para uma temática a ser enfrentada pelos educadores na academia. A educação das pessoas em situação de privação da liberdade enfrenta inúmeros desafios quer no âmbito político, quer no âmbito pedagógico. No âmbito político verifica-se as contradições voltadas para o conflito existente sobre a finalidade da educação do apenado, se serve promover a socialização ou a redução penal. No âmbito pedagógico, os desafios perpassam principalmente o nível da qualidade e da função educativa dentro do sistema penitenciário. Uma realidade tipicamente não-formal como é a prisão na maioria das vezes, possui como modelo educativo a reprodução de uma educação formal. A prisão e as unidades de cumprimento de medidas socioeducativas, são caracterizadas pela superpopulação, práticas continuadas de tortura contra os internos (as), espaço de descumprimento da legislação nacional e internacional de garantia dos direitos dos apenados (as) e de adolescentes em conflitos com a lei, espaços esses dominados pelo crime, pela promiscuidade de valores, de corrupção entre internos, agentes do Estado e demais elementos que compõem as relações nesses espaços. Frente a esses problemas identificou-se a urgência na adequação curricular com ênfase na reformulação e na formação inicial e em serviço dos professores. As instituições de ensino superior devem desenvolver um currículo que contemple satisfatoriamente discussões teóricas e práticas no âmbito de atuação no campo de estágios, bem como na sistematização de disciplinas voltadas às questões didático-pedagógicas que possibilitem refletir sobre a atuação docente neste contexto. A emergência de uma proposta curricular eficaz que atenda às necessidades educativas da pessoa privada de liberdade, contextualizada a sua realidade sociocultural, deve partir do pressuposto da existência de uma cultura carcerária que necessita ser considerada. O trabalho apresentou críticas epistêmicas às instituições de ensino superior que invisibilizam através de suas ações acadêmicas, realidades educativas semelhantes às do presídio. Os sistemas de ensino são desafiados a desenvolver articulações que rompam com a cultura de violência, e passem a se fundamentar numa educação em direitos humanos, a ser discutida e viabilizada dentro das unidades prisionais. Pontua-se que já existem algumas publicações de autores/as brasileiros/as que discutem a importância da educação prisional na modalidade EJA numa dimensão voltada à legitimação dos Direitos Humanos de detentos e as representações docentes neste campo educativo. Educação Prisional. Direitos humanos. Formação de educadores.Educação Prisional. Direitos humanos. Formação de educadoresAbstractThe education of persons deprived of their liberty in an inclusive and resocialising perspective: limits and contradictionsThis work proposes to weave theoretical reflections on education in the context of deprivation of liberty, giving visibility to a thematic to be faced by the educators in the academy. The education of people in situations of deprivation of liberty faces numerous challenges both in the political sphere and in the pedagogical field. In the political sphere, there are contradictions related to the existing conflict about the purpose of the education of the convicteds, whether it is useful to promote socialization or the reduction of penalties. In the pedagogical context, the challenges mainly cover the level of quality and the educational function within the penitentiary system. A typically non-formal reality such as imprisonment most often has as its educational model the reproduction of a formal education. Prison and socio-educational compliance units are characterized by overpopulation, continued practices of torture against the prison inmates, a breach of national and international legislation to guarantee the rights of the convicteds and of adolescents in conflicts with the law, spaces dominated by crime, the promiscuity of values, corruption among inmates, agents of the State and other elements that make up the relationships in these spaces. Faced with these problems, it was identified the urgency of curricular adequacy, with emphasis on reformulation and initial and in-service teacher training. Higher education institutions should develop a curriculum that satisfactorily contemplates theoretical and practical discussions within the field of internships, as well as in the systematization of disciplines focused on didactic-pedagogical issues that make it possible to reflect on the teaching performance in this context. The emergence of an effective curricular proposal that meets the educational needs of the person deprived of liberty, contextualized to their socio-cultural reality, must start from the presumption of the existence of a prison culture that needs to be considered. The work presented epistemic critiques to higher education institutions that erase, through their academic actions, educational realities similar to those of the prison. Education systems are challenged to develop articulations that break with the culture of violence, and begin to be based on human rights education, to be discussed and made feasible within the prisons. It is noted that there are already some publications of Brazilian authors that discuss the importance of prison education in the EJA (Adults and Young Adults Education) modality in a dimension focused on the legitimation of the Human Rights of detainees and the teaching representations in this educational field.Prison Education. Human rights. Training of educators.


2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-191
Author(s):  
Natalia Salnikova ◽  

The development of the quality of higher education is a priority for the modern state policy of Ukraine. To implement the quality standards of higher education adopted in the European Higher Education Area, Ukrainian departmental universities are adapting the European experience, forming an internal quality assurance system. Departmental universities have been establishing an internal system of quality assurance since 2016. At this stage, the relevant provisions on the level of the universities have been developed to regulate the distribution of powers between different departments of the HEI. Another direction of quality assurance is cooperation with external stakeholders, in particular public organizations of various levels. Based on the analysis of examples of interaction between departmental higher education institutions of Ukraine and international non-governmental organizations available on the websites of relevant institutions, a conclusion was made about the discrete nature of cooperation and the lack of public information about the cooperation. According to information on the sites the universities and international NGOs cooperate in the form of joint public events of academic character, they organise training, conferences and round tables. International non-governmental organizations have great potential to ensure the quality of specialized higher education, in particular, in the joint development and revision of educational programs with universities, educational activities involving international experts, conducting international seminars and workshops, joint projects. Moreover, non-governmental organizations can provide educational services of non-formal education; to carry out projects addressed to local communities in partnership with higher education institutions. The author considers non-governmental organizations to be an important mechanism for articulating public interests and requests of citizens and local communities which is critically important for the departmental universities. To realize this potential of cooperation, it is necessary to establish additional documents (regulations, concepts), which will detail the mechanism of cooperation between the departmental university and the non-governmental organization


Author(s):  
Ana Paula Marques ◽  
Ana Isabel Couto ◽  
Paula Rocha

In recent years, Portuguese universities have diversified their strategies for the promotion of entrepreneurial education among (under/post) graduates, both through formal education and non- formal and informal activities. Indeed, Higher Education Institutions can provide entrepreneurial learning opportunities for students, stimulating new attitudes and behaviours towards entrepreneurship. In terms of non-formal and informal learning, various types of activity are of particular significance, and include entrepreneurship promotion and skills-based training, as well as monitoring of the development of ideas and projects. These activities are undertaken by various higher education stakeholders and key-actors, who contribute to the construction of an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and increase entrepreneurial spirit in (under/post) graduates. The research reported here is based on the main findings gathered from the ongoing project "Entrepreneurial Learning, Cooperation and the Labour Market: Good Practices in Higher Education (POAT-FSE)", focusing particularly on the results of a survey questionnaire completed by a diverse sample of entities linked to Portuguese public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and working to promote non-formal and informal entrepreneurial activities, as well as a set of case studies carried out regarding examples of best practice in Portuguese Higher Education. In doing so, this paper aims to highlight the importance of non-formal and informal learning, and to contribute to reflection on the added value of inter-organizational cooperation and collaborative work.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
Ahmad Amri Zainal Adnan ◽  
Siti Asma' Mohd Rosdi ◽  
Norsamsinar Samsudin

Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support entrepreneurship education especially in school and higher education institutions. However, the need to understand entrepreneurship concept is essential and important as every individual has the potential to be an entrepreneurs. This study aims to assess the understanding of entrepreneurship concept among Orang Asli after playing a game; and to remark the emotional connotation after playing the game. This paper employed qualitative method in the form of observation and interview with 20 Orang Asli Semai in Perak state. The findings indicated that most participants showed basic understanding of entrepreneurship and developed positive connotation while playing the game. The study drew attention to the importance of learning through playing in non-formal learning especially among the Orang Asli community.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Mediha Avdić ◽  
Duška Jović ◽  
Emira Dropić ◽  
Greet Van Malderen ◽  
Rene Schwendimann

The health system and the education of health professionals in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is primarily focused on curative care and the provision of medical services, which limits the potential of the nursing workforce to respond to current and future health needs of the population. In order to solve these shortcomings are reflected in reduced competence and practice nurses launched a project to strengthen strinstva in BiH. Project leads a consortium made up of local and Swiss partners. In order to analyze the quality of formal higher education of nurses / technicians in BiH, we performed an evaluation of the current situation in the field of higher education of nurses / technicians in BiH in order to identify similarities and differences in terms of implementation of the Bologna process, duration of study, professional competencies that are acquired and coordinate plans and programs with European standards. The analysis included eight higher education institutions / colleges to study nursing and health care (five in FBiH, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica, Mostar, Bihać and three public college in the RS: Banja Luka, Prijedor and Foča). All surveyed higher education institutions offer of qualified graduate nurses / technicians, and graduate medical health care, regardless of whether it comes to a three-year or four-year degree program. In this first systematic study of initial state a large number of questions remained unanswered, and will obtain comprehensive and reliable picture of higher education of nurses and technicians in BiH would need further more detailed analysis.


Author(s):  
Lianna Sugandi ◽  
Yohannes Kurniawan

Globalization has influenced the competition paradigm of higher education institutions in the world. The situation keeps changing, depending on the economy and information technology as the backbone of business processes in organizations. Higher education institutions should have added values to win the competition. Furthermore, the awareness of the society about the importance of formal education, particularly higher education, will make colleges/universities strategic institutions generating high quality human resources. The success of col-leges/universities is determined by service quality, which can be identified through the satisfaction of their customers, students and lecturers. To increase customer satisfaction and be able to compete in the globalization era, as well as generate greater profits, colleges/universities need to identify factors which influence information system services to increase customer satisfaction. Employing descriptive analysis, the study reveals that the purpose and service quality of information technology positively affect the teaching and learning process at colleges/universties.


Author(s):  
Halyna Meshko ◽  
Oleksandr Meshko

The purpose of the article is to identify ways to form soft skills of future professionals in higher education, to clarify the role of the author’s course «Pedagogy» for students of non-pedagogical specialties in this aspect. Research methods applied: theoretical − analysis of scientific sources, psychological and pedagogical literature and educational literature, comparison, systematization, generalization, modeling; empirical − observation, analysis of educational and professional training programs for bachelors of non-pedagogical specialties, generalization of pedagogical experience. The article analyses the state of development of this problem in psychological and pedagogical science and practice of higher education institutions. The essence of the concept of «soft skills» of future specialists, types of «soft» skills, ways of their formation in a higher education institution are clarified. The developed author’s program of the course «Pedagogy» for preparation of students of non-pedagogical specialties, in particular, 242 Tourism 101 Ecology 103 Earth Sciences, 106 Geography studying at the Faculty of Geography of Ternopil V.Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University is presented. The program is aimed at developing skills of productive interpersonal interaction and constructive conflict resolution; mastering models of successful activity, development of emotional intelligence; formation of creative and critical thinking; mastering the technology of personal and professional self-education and self-development; increasing the level of professional stress resistance; assistance in harmonizing the personality of the future specialist; strengthening resources that will increase resilience to life’s hardships and occupational difficulties. Methods and forms of work on practical classes of the course «Pedagogy» that promote the formation of soft skills of students of non-pedagogical specialties are characterized. The importance of using elements of psychological and pedagogical training in practical classes in pedagogy in the formation of soft skills of students (performance of psycho-drawings, psychological games, and exercises, role-playing situations, methods of nonverbal interaction. Relaxation exercises, use of parables, and others) is shown. The necessity and possibility of involving students in personal and professional growth trainings, anti-stress trainings, anti-burnout trainings, which are held in the Centre of Pedagogical Consulting, are indicated. Prospects for further research are identified, which are to substantiate and develop a system of formation of «soft skills» of future professionals by means of formal and non-formal education in the socio-cultural environment of higher education institutions using digital technologies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Luise Gramatakos ◽  
Stephanie Lavau

PurposeMany higher education institutions are committed to developing students as skilled professionals and responsible citizens for a more sustainable future. In addition to the formal curriculum for sustainability education, there is an increasing interest in informal learning within universities. This paper aims to extend the current understanding of the diversity and significance of informal learning experiences in supporting students’ learning for sustainability.Design/methodology/approachSix focus groups were formed with 30 undergraduate and postgraduate students from an Australian higher education institution committed to supporting graduate competencies for sustainability. An inductive and qualitative inquiry was designed to enable participants to reflect on the ways in which their university experiences support meaningful and significant learning for sustainability.FindingsThe paper presents a typology of the diverse communities of informal learning that students create and engage with. These range from ongoing to transient groups, from environmentally to more socially oriented groups and from incidental to intended learning, from local to national in scale, with varying types and degrees of connection to the formal curriculum and the university campus. The paper demonstrates that these student-led experiences support three domains of learning: cognitive, practical and affective.Originality/valueDeepening the understanding of the forms and significance of student-led learning within their university experience contributes to the identification of the roles that informal learning may play alongside formal education in developing graduates as agents of change for a more sustainable future.


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