scholarly journals Forward teaching: Recommendations for improving statistical literacy in psychological and behavioral sciences

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

To improve outcomes in statistics education - namely the acquisition of statistical literacy - we need a new approach to how the subject is delivered in psychology and behavioral sciences. To do this, key indicators and impacts of barriers to learning statistics can be utilized from existing evidence from recent findings on statistical literacy. Using these, this paper proposes nine elements seen as critical for improving the delivery and associated outcomes for statistics teaching in higher education. Each of the nine elements may be systematically assessed and translated for wider use if effective.

scholarly journals Forward teaching: Recommendations for improving statistical literacy in psychological and behavioral sciences

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

To improve outcomes in statistics education - namely the acquisition of statistical literacy - we need a new approach to how the subject is delivered in psychology and behavioral sciences. To do this, key indicators and impacts of barriers to learning statistics can be utilized from existing evidence from recent findings on statistical literacy. Using these, this paper proposes nine elements seen as critical for improving the delivery and associated outcomes for statistics teaching in higher education. Each of the nine elements may be systematically assessed and translated for wider use if effective.

scholarly journals TELLING STORIES, LANDING PLANES AND GETTING THEM MOVING – A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ STATISTICAL LITERACY

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-119
Author(s):  
JULIE SCOTT JONES ◽  
JOHN E. GOLDRING
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Anxiety ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
Surface Approach ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
University Level ◽  
Development Of Students

The issue of poor statistical literacy amongst undergraduates in the United Kingdom is well documented. At university level, where poor statistics skills impact particularly on social science programmes, embedding is often used as a remedy. However, embedding represents a surface approach to the problem. It ignores the barriers to learning that students bring to class, which may not always be addressed solely through embedding, such as, mathematics anxiety. Instead, embedding can only work within a much deeper pedagogic model that places students at its heart, as active participants in learning. This paper examines the development of such a model within a large sociology programme, where there was an implementation of a range of pedagogic strategies to support the development of students’ statistical literacy. First published May 2017 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives

scholarly journals THE LABOUR MARKET AS SEEN BY YOUNG WORKERS – SELECTED ASPECTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Gabriela Wronowska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Fast Growth ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Indicators

The Polish labour market is a dynamically changing environment. This affects the situation of the young people entering the market. In the last dozen years young people, especially those still educating, have been changing their attitudes to work. Since the mid-1990s, there has been a growing interest in higher education. This has been reflected in the fast growth of privately run higher education institutions and in the increasing number of people with degrees. The article aims to depict the situation of young people on the Polish labour market in 2010–2017. Statistics and key indicators for the labour market are used to provide a quantitative presentation of the problems discussed. In addition to this analysis, a problem-based approach is used. This article is based on an overview of the literature on the subject, as well as on technical reports and statistics taken from Polish and foreign publications.

Positive Reintegration as a Way of Small and Medium-Sized Business Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
A. Zolotov ◽  
M. Mukhanov
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Alternative Possibility ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Compensation Mechanisms ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Modernization Process

А new approach to policy-making in the field of economic reforms in modernizing countries (on the sample of SME promotion) is the subject of this article. Based on summarizing the ten-year experience of de-bureaucratization policy implementation to reduce the administrative pressure on SME, the conclusion of its insufficient efficiency and sustainability is made. The alternative possibility is the positive reintegration approach, which provides multiparty policy-making process, special compensation mechanisms for the losing sides, monitoring and enforcement operations. In conclusion matching between positive reintegration principles and socio-cultural factors inherent in modernization process is provided.

Measuring Service Quality in The Context of Higher Education in Vietnam

2013 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Yen Nguyen Thi Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Education Service ◽  
The Subject

This paper focuses on the understanding of service quality in the context of Vietnamese universities. It proposes an approach for measuring the quality of the higher education service provided by universities in Vietnam. Firstly, an exploratory study was conducted. Then, the set of items which were generated became the subject of a questionnaire that was then administered to 675 students of a Vietnamese university to determine the dimensions of higher education service quality in this context. The obtained results permit us to appropriate a measurement scale which is slightly different from the SERVQUAL scale widely known as the standard for measuring service quality. The results also show that tangible elements, responsiveness and assurance seem to be three specific dimensions of the higher education service of Vietnamese universities.

Social organization in the Orcadian Neolithic: identification of elite domestic structures and settlements through analysis of excavation data

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
David MacInnes
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Methods Of Analysis ◽  
The Subject

The nature of social organization during the Orcadian Neolithic has been the subject of discussion for several decades with much of the debate focused on answering an insightful question posed by Colin Renfrew in 1979. He asked, how was society organised to construct the larger, innovative monuments of the Orcadian Late Neolithic that were centralised in the western Mainland? There are many possible answers to the question but little evidence pointing to a probable solution, so the discussion has continued for many years. This paper takes a new approach by asking a different question: what can be learned about Orcadian Neolithic social organization from the quantitative and qualitative evidence accumulating from excavated domestic structures and settlements?In an attempt to answer this question, quantitative and qualitative data about domestic structures and about settlements was collected from published reports on 15 Orcadian Neolithic excavated sites. The published data is less extensive than hoped but is sufficient to support a provisional answer: a social hierarchy probably did not develop in the Early Neolithic but almost certainly did in the Late Neolithic, for which the data is more comprehensive.While this is only one approach of several possible ways to consider the question, it is by exploring different methods of analysis and comparing them that an understanding of the Orcadian Neolithic can move forward.

Docencia en contextos de educación superior: la contribución de “The scholarship of teaching” para el fortalecimiento de la enseñanza llevada a cabo por profesores universitarios

2015 ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Helena Montenegro Maggio
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

ResumenLa investigación de la docencia universitaria ha sido un campo ampliamente explorado en los países anglosajones pero escasamente abordado y debatido en nuestro país. El presente artículo tiene como propósito contribuir en el debate del fortalecimiento de la docencia universitaria chilena a través de la propuesta de “Scholarship of Teaching” desarrollada porBoyer (1990), lo cual implica nuevos desafíos para las instituciones de Educación Superiory los actores que forman parte de ella.Palabras clave: Docencia Universitaria - profesor universitario - scholarship of teaching- indagación reflexiva. Teaching in higher education contexts: the contribution of "the scholarship of teaching" to strengthen the teaching conducted by university professorsAbstractResearch on university teaching, an extensively explored field of study in Anglo-Saxons’countries, has been hardly examined and debated in Chile. By using Boyer’s “Scholarshipof Teaching”, the aim of this paper is to make a contribution on discussions on how to strengthen Chilean university teaching, which entails new challenges for higher education institutions as well as players that take part on it.Keywords: University teaching - university teacher - scholarship of teaching - practitionerinquiry.

DISTANCE LEARNING AS AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND TERMS OF REALISATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Сергей Александрович Грязнов
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Classical Training ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

Технологии меняют образ жизни и деятельность человека. Глобальная сеть Интернет облегчает быстрый доступ к полезной информации. Социальная, культурная и образовательная конкурентоспособность находятся под влиянием образовательных технологий, которые положительно влияют на стиль, продолжительность и метод обучения в высших учебных заведениях. Дистанционное образование возможно применять и как полноценную самодостаточную форму, и как дополнение к классическому обучению в аудиториях. Автор рассматривает в статье дистанционную форму обучения как альтернативу традиционной форме преподавания в вузах на время периодов самоизоляции (пандемии, сезонные карантины), а также как дополнение к традиционным формам обучения. Анализируются проблемные и положительные аспекты применения данной формы. Указаны возможные форматы обучения в условиях дистанционного образования. Выделены сильные и слабые стороны использования некоторых технологий. Technologies alter the way of living and work of a person. The Internet world network makes it easier to quickly access useful information. Social, cultural and educational competitiveness are influenced by educational technologies that positively influence the style, duration and method of education in higher education institutions. Distance education can be used as a full-fledged self-sufficient form, or as a Supplement to classical training in classrooms. The author considers distance learning as an alternative to the traditional form of teaching in higher education institutions during periods of self-isolation (pandemics, seasonal quarantines), as well as as an addition to traditional forms of education. The problem and positive aspects of using this form are analyzed. Possible formats of training in the conditions of distance education are specified. The strengths and weaknesses of the use of certain technologies are highlighted.

scholarly journals Evolution of university governance in Morocco: Which impacts?

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Khalid Ayad ◽  
Khaoula Dobli Bennani ◽  
Mostafa Elhachloufi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
University Governance ◽  
General Review ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

The concept of governance has become ubiquitous since it is recognized as an important tool for improving quality in all aspects of higher education.In Morocco, few scientific articles have dealt with the subject of university governance. Therefore, we will present a general review of the evolution of governance through laws and reforms established by Moroccan Governments from 1975 to 2019. The purpose of the study is to detect the extent of the presence of university governance principles in these reforms.This study enriches the theoretical literature on the crisis of Moroccan university and opens the way to new empirical studies to better understand the perception of university governance concept in the Moroccan context and to improve the quality of higher education and subsequently the economic development of the country.The findings of this study show an increasing evolution of the presence of university governance principles in reforms and higher education laws.

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