Exploring and developing strategies for integration in a classroom setting within higher education

Integration in the classroom is discussed openly within the school setting, but largely remains a taboo subject within higher education (HE). Staff often make visual observations that students tend to sit with one another based on sex, ethnicity, class, ability and/or faith. As educators, we can address the issue superficially via the use of classroom plans in the form of covert integration. However, the need to adopt such strategies and their effectiveness remains un-assessed. I explored the issue of integration in the classroom amongst students in the first year of their law degree via action-based research. Initially, there appeared to be a reluctance amongst students to engage in a dialogue on the issue of integration. However, when they did, the students commented on the benefits of social and/or academic integration and were open to the mixing of students within a classroom setting. The research also indicated that after the integrated workshops, students developed an increased confidence in mixing with people from different backgrounds and increasingly felt part of a community both within the classroom and as part of the University.

Analysis of Academic Integration Processes of Syrian Students at Harran University

One of the main problems of Syrian refugees who took refuge in Turkey is education. Education is an important factor in the migration process as a tool of integration with the host society, preventing the risk of lost generation, reducing marginalization and radicalization, as a source of economic and social capital and upward social mobility. The subject of this study is the academic integration processes of Syrian students studying at Harran University. The research was carried out with a mixed method in which quantitative and qualitative methods were used together. The study is based on the results of a questionnaire with 326 people and a focus group meeting with 12 people. The study was conducted between March and December 2020. In the research, the results of the survey were analyzed through descriptive statistics, focus group interview thematic content analysis. According to the research findings; due to problems arising from war, immigration and other conditions, economic problems, language, exclusion and discrimination to a certain extent, accommodation, transportation, limited club membership and low participation in off-campus socialization processes, future anxiety in terms of employment, low book reading rate, factors such as insufficient household conditions, cultural ghettoization came forward. On the other hand friendship relations between the Syrian and Turkish students is a positive outlook. Satisfaction with academic and administrative staff is at a certain level. Şanlıurfa turns into a center of attraction to a certain extent in terms of education. Studying at Harran University is a joy for more than half of Syrian students. The results of the research show that a certain level of integration has been reached, but there are still aspects that are lagging and need to be strengthened.

Avaliação de desempenho organizacional e sua importância para os centros acadêmicos de Secretariado Executivo

O presente trabalho teve como propósito apresentar a percepção da importância que a avaliação de equipes proporciona para os Centros Acadêmicos (CA), dando ênfase no entendimento desse grupo enquanto uma instituição. Nesse âmbito, considera-se que o Centro Acadêmico, enquanto organização de terceiro setor, tem como finalidade principal buscar organizar atividades acadêmicas de integração entre os alunos do curso e Stakeholders, visando o seu desenvolvimento; e, por isso, necessita de mecanismos de avaliação e monitoramento para atingir suas metas. Com base nisso, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo geral contribuir com ferramentas de avaliação de desempenho que permita ações relevantes para os processos dos Centros Acadêmicos dos cursos de Secretariado Executivo. Especificamente, buscou-se: (1) verificar se os CAs de Secretariado avaliam o desempenho das equipes através de indicadores; (2) identificar quais indicadores tem sido utilizado no processo de avaliação; e, (3) observar a percepção dos membros dos CAs quanto às contribuições da avaliação de desempenho para os Centros Acadêmicos. A metodologia utilizada caracteriza-se como sendo de natureza bibliográfica, de cunho qualitativo e quantitativo. Como ferramenta de coleta de dados utilizou-se um questionário, o qual foi aplicado aos membros que se predispuseram a responder dos Centros Acadêmicos dos cursos de Secretariado dos estados de Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Minas Gerais e Pará. Os resultados mostraram que a avaliação de desempenho de equipes é um processo de grande importância nas devidas instituições, visto que, estas funcionam com o propósito de acompanhar e ao mesmo tempo mensurar as atividades que estão sendo desenvolvidas, a fim de proporcionar o crescimento e melhoria das equipes. ABSTRACT The purpose of this work was to present the perception of the importance that team assessment provides for Academic Centers, emphasizing the understanding of this group as an institution. In this context, it is considered that the Academic Center, as a third sector organization, has the main purpose of seeking organize academic integration activities between students of the course and Stakeholders, aiming at their development; and, therefore, it needs mechanisms to achieve its goals. Based on this, the present work had as general objective to contribute with performance evaluation tools that allow relevant actions for the processes of the Academic Centers of the Executive Secretariat courses. Specifically, we sought to: (1) verify whether the Secretariat ACs evaluate the teams' performance through indicators; (2) identify which indicators have been used in the evaluation process; and, (3) verify if the performance evaluation of the teams has contributed to the results of the Academic Centers. The methodology used is characterized bibliographic and exploratory nature, of a qualitative research. As a data collection instrument, a questionnaire was used, which was applied to the members of the Academic Centers of the Secretariat courses in the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Minas Gerais and Pará. The results showed that the performance evaluation of teams is a process of great importance in the appropriate institutions, since it works with the purpose of monitoring and at the same time measuring the activities that are being developed, in order to provide growth and improvement of teams.

From the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction to Intrinsic Motivation: Mediating Effect of Academic Integration

The studies show a positive and direct relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and intrinsic motivation of the students. However, there is a lack of studies that analyze the psychological processes that affect these relationships. For this reason, the purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of academic integration on the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and intrinsic motivation of Chilean university students. The participants were a total of 580 students from a university in northern Chile, 359 women and 221 men. The mediation analysis was performed by structural equations modeling, using the maximum likelihood method and the bootstrapping procedure with 10,000 iterations. The results indicated that academic integration partially mediated the relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and intrinsic motivation of the students. Therefore, the basic psychological needs satisfaction had an indirect effect on the intrinsic motivation of the students through academic integration. It is concluded that the academic integration constitutes a psychological process that promotes the development of intrinsic motivation for learning. The practical implications are discussed along with the limitations of the study and recommendations for future research.