Users Awareness and Usage of Open Educational Resources in Central Universities of North India

Technological advancements and open educational resources (OER) together have opened up wider opportunities to access globally created educational resources by anyone across the globe. A paradigm shift has been witnessed in the format of learning resources, their access methods, and the medium of delivery of the knowledge content. The findings of this research reveal that the academic community of central universities (CU) of North India is well aware of open educational resources. E PG Path Shala is the most popular and most widely used, followed by NPTEL and YouTube. The majority of users use OERs as and when they require them. The purpose of using OERs for the majority of respondents is to prepare class notes. Most of the faculty and research scholars use OERs to improve their professional competency. The majority of respondents desired that the institutions should provide free internet/Wi-Fi on campus and should also provide regular updates about OERs.

The Effect of The Supervision of The Principal and The Professional Competency of Teachers on Teacher Performance in Private MI in Pacet District

In an institution or school, every teacher or teacher has a very important role in determining success in education. Therefore, teachers at least have pedagogic competence, professional competence, social competence and pedagogic competence. Given the importance of the role of the principal teacher as well as helping in solving problems or obstacles experienced by teachers, principals can also carry out supervision so that they know how the results of each teacher's assessment are. Supervision is a coaching activity planned to assist teachers and other school staff in carrying out their work effectively. Not only supervision, but the professional competence of teachers is no less important in helping teachers or in improving teacher performance. Professional competence itself means the ability to master the learning material broadly and deeply. In every institution certainly wants the best for the progress of the institution, principals and teachers must also have made efforts to improve performance. Therefore, it is necessary to pay special attention to the supervision of the principal and the professional competence of teachers, because both are very influential in improving teacher performance.

Influence of Teacher Leadership and Professional Competency on the Academic Achievement of College Students in English Language in the Sultanate of Oman

This study investigated the relationship between teacher leadership and professional competency on student academic accomplishment in vocational colleges in Oman. A questionnaire was instructed and conducted from post foundation students across the seventh vocational colleges in the Sultanate of Oman to collect data. A quantitative research approach was adopted to analyze the data. Built on Kane’s comprehensive framework of teacher leadership (2009); Fenollar, Roman and Cuestas’ integrative model of the antecedents of academic performance (2007), the present study formulated a new framework to fit into the Omani context education. SPSS was used to analyze data. The study showed that all the main hypotheses of the study are accepted. The study concluded that there is a positive relationship between teacher leadership, professional competency and student academic performance in the English language. Such a positive relationship lies in that students are highly affected by their teachers’ leadership skills and professional competencies. Future research is needed to investigate the relationship between teacher gender, age, experience, and qualification as independent variables and student academic performance at vocational colleges in the Sultanate of Oman.

Reviewing of Teachers’ Professional Competencies for Inclusive Education

This study aims to review the professional competencies of classroom teachers for inclusive education according to different variables, to obtain information about teachers’ in-class practices and to evaluate their perceptions of professional competencies in depth. The research is a mixed-method study and carried out using the trilinguation. The quantitative data were collected from 203 classroom teachers and the qualitative data from 58 teachers. The data were collected using the “Professional Competency Scale for Teachers on Inclusion” and a semi-structured interview form. The validity and reliability studies of the scale were repeated. The research determined that the professional competencies of participating teachers regarding inclusive education are at a high level, professional competency does not differ according to the variables of gender and seniority, and the professional competency levels of teachers regarding inclusive education differ according to the number of students affected by disability. Besides, it was determined that participant teachers carried out similar classroom practices for their students affected by disability and generally, had a perception that not every student could learn.

Academic supervision in improving teachers’ professional competency in paramount school palembang

The research problem is about the implementation of academic supervision held by the Paramount Primary School Principal which considered unoptimal. The aim of this study are: (1) Explaining the elements that being focused in academic supervision of Paramount Primary School. (2) Explaining the strategy of the Principal in improving teacher’s professional competency. (3) Explaining the implementation of academic supervision held by the Principal (4). Analyzing the implementation of academic supervision held by the Principal in pandemic time. This reseach is a qualitatif descritive reseach, data collection technique used is participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation.The subject in this study are the principal, teachers and students. The results of this study are: (1) the elements supervised, (2) Strategy applied in improving the professional competence of teachers and (3) The follow up conducted by the principal after the academic supervision activity.

A TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE PEDAGOCIG WORKERS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY UNDER QUALIFICATION IMPROVEMENT CONDITIONS

The article discloses the essence of such notions as competency, professional competency, technology; it is proved that improvement of professional competency in pedagogic workers in the course of their qualification improvement occurs due to a technology, the constituents of which are lectures, seminar classes and trainings. The authors have determined considerable differences in methodologies on conducting laboratory and practical classes in nature sciences and humanities and sociology disciplines to attain the main goals of training, as well as the methodology of teaching juridical disciplines at higher education institutions. The importance of the attained knowledge in rendering socio-psychological and corrective services to students with special learning needs and its practical application in the higher education institutions’ practices has been researched; also, the efficiency of the described technology for the qualification improvement courses attendees in their further pedagogic activities has been proved.

Competency assessors’ cognitive map of practice when assessing practice based encounters

Introduction: There is growing evidence that inconsistencies exist in how competencies are conceptualised and assessed. Aim: This study aimed to determine the reliability of pharmacist assessors when observing practice-based encounters and to compare and contrast assessors’ cognitive map of practice with the guiding competency framework. Methods: This was a qualitative study with verbal protocol analysis. A total of 25 assessors were recruited to score and verbalise their assessments for three videos depicting practice-based encounters. Verbalisations were coded according to the professional competency framework. Results: Protocols from 24 participants were included. Interrater reliability of scoring was excellent. Greater than 75% of assessment verbalisations were focused on 3 of the 27 competencies: communicate effectively, consults with the patient, and provide patient counselling. Conclusion: Findings support the notion that assessment completed within practice could be largely informed by a single component of the interaction or more specifically, what ‘catches the eye’ of the assessor.

Competency assessors’ cognitive map of practice when assessing practice based encounters

Introduction: There is growing evidence that inconsistencies exist in how competencies are conceptualised and assessed. Aim: This study aimed to determine the reliability of pharmacist assessors when observing practice-based encounters and to compare and contrast assessors’ cognitive map of practice with the guiding competency framework. Methods: This was a qualitative study with verbal protocol analysis. A total of 25 assessors were recruited to score and verbalise their assessments for three videos depicting practice-based encounters. Verbalisations were coded according to the professional competency framework. Results: Protocols from 24 participants were included. Interrater reliability of scoring was excellent. Greater than 75% of assessment verbalisations were focused on 3 of the 27 competencies: communicate effectively, consults with the patient, and provide patient counselling. Conclusion: Findings support the notion that assessment completed within practice could be largely informed by a single component of the interaction or more specifically, what ‘catches the eye’ of the assessor.