Needs for a Curricular Change in Primary and Secondary Education From the One Health Perspective: A Pilot Study on Pneumonia in Schools

This is the first pilot study on alternative conceptions and obstacles pertaining to pneumonia in adolescents of different school vulnerability indexes. Countries with low socioeconomic levels are disproportionately affected, with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) being the second-most affected area in the world, after sub-Saharan Africa. In spite of this fact, pneumonia is not included as an important component within the contents of the microbiology curriculum unit in the natural science school program. Therefore, we wanted to study how students knew about this topic by putting One Health into action by building and validating qualitative and quantitative questionnaires, put together by different experts in pedagogy, didactics, microbiology, and veterinary to find out what students knew about pneumonia and their misconceptions about it. A total of 148 students (in 8th and 9th grade) participated in this survey. The results reveal that no statistically significant differences between the different scholar grades (p = 0.3360 Pearson chi∧2) or genders (p = 0.8000 Fisher's exact test) presented higher or lower School Vulnerability Index (SVI). Regardless of the social stratum or the level of vulnerability of the students, they have heard about this disease primarily through their family/relatives, maintaining a superficial notion of the disease, learning wrong ideas about microorganisms and treatments that can contribute to the risk to public health.

Citizen Science in Schools: Predictors and Outcomes of Participating in Voluntary Political Research

Citizen science research has been rapidly expanding in the past years and has become a popular approach in youth education. We investigated key drivers of youth participation in a citizen social science school project and the effects of participation on scientific and topic-related (i.e., political) interest and efficacy. Findings suggest that females, more politically and scientifically interested and more scientifically efficacious adolescents were more motivated to learn from the project. Science efficacy was also positively related to external reward motivation (i.e., winning an award). Both learning and external reward motivation increased the likelihood of participation. Pre- and post-measurement further indicated that participation in the project slightly increased science interest, but not science efficacy. However, it did increase both political interest and efficacy. Furthermore, our data revealed a decrease in science efficacy and interest in those who did not participate in the project, indicating an increasing gap in adolescents’ scientific involvement.

Science Process Skills in the Greek Primary School Science Textbooks

Science process skills play an essential role in science education. The research assessing these skills in school science textbooks is limited. The aim of the current study was to examine the involvement of science process skills in the content of science school textbooks of the last two primary school grades in Greece. A specific analysis framework was adopted, based on 534 activities included in the two textbooks. It was concluded that the activities included in the two textbooks mainly involved the skills of communicating, observing, and inferring, while the involvement of the remaining science process skills was particularly limited. Therefore, the school textbooks fail to provide students satisfactory opportunities to engage in science process skills and facilitate a better understanding of sciences ideas and concepts. The findings of this study provide information about some strengths and weaknesses of the science textbooks that could be used by teachers in planning for teaching.

Development of Political Science in the Republic of Mordovia: 1991–2021

Introduction. The relevance of the analysis of the development of political science in the Republic of Mordovia is associated with the 90th anniversary of the National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Department of Political Science in its structure and the 20th anniversary of political science education in the region. Methods. Historical, comparative retrospective and systems analysis were applied in the work. Results. Over the thirty-year period, political science in the Republic of Mordovia has come a long way in the field of educational and scientific activities. The article identifies three stages of its development: 1) 1991–2000; 2) 2001–2014; 3) since 2015. At present, the university, on the basis of the graduating department of general history, political science and regional studies, is training professional political scientists within the framework of bachelor’s, master’s and postgraduate studies. Fundamental and applied political science research is conducted in this department. Research in certain areas of political science is being conducted today in other educational and scientific institutions of the Republic of Mordovia. Discussion and Conclusion. Political science in the Republic of Mordovia from 1991 to 2021 has come a long way and achieved noticeable results in the field of science and education. An original political science school was formed in the region, which is based on the study of territorial aspects of politics. Currently, there is an expansion of thematic areas in accordance with the Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation.

Tinjauan terhadap Motivasi dan Transformasi Budaya Kehidupan dalam kalangan Pelajar Baharu di Fakulti Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional, UTHM

Pelajar peringkat universiti khususnya pelajar tahun pertama yang menyambung pengajian di universiti cenderung untuk mengalami masalah dalam menjalani kehidupan baharu mereka. Hal ini berkait dengan tahap motivasi pelajar terhadap perubahan gaya kehidupan seharian mereka. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara motivasi dengan transformasi budaya kehidupan pelajar di peringkat universiti. Seramai 194 orang pelajar tahun pertama yang mengikuti Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pendidikan Vokasional, FPTV, UTHM dipilih sebagai responden dalam kajian ini. Reka bentuk kajian yang digunakan adalah berbentuk tinjauan yang melibatkan analisis statistik deskriptif dan statistik inferensi. Satu set soal selidik telah diedar bagi mendapatkan data dalam kajian yang dijalankan ini. Data yang dikumpul daripada soal selidik telah dianalisis menggunakan perisian Statistical Package for Science School (SPSS) versi 24 secara deskriptif yang melibatkan pengiraan kekerapan, peratusan, dan min bagi mengenal pasti tahap faktor diri, ibu bapa dan masyarakat yang mendorong motivasi serta faktor sosial dan masyarakat yang mendorong transformasi budaya kehidupan pelajar. Data deskriptif yang diperoleh menunjukkan nilai min bagi pembolehubah motivasi berada pada tahap tinggi dan pembolehubah transformasi budaya kehidupan juga pada tahap tinggi. Seterusnya, analisis statistik inferensi telah dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan di antara motivasi dengan transformasi budaya kehidupan pelajar dengan merujuk kepada ujian Spearman’s Rank Correlation. Hasil dapatan menunjukkan nilai korelasi berada pada nilai positif yang kuat. Kesimpulannya, kajian ini menunjukkan tahap motivasi pelajar tahun pertama di Fakulti Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional, UTHM mempunyai hubungan yang kuat dengan transformasi budaya kehidupan mereka. University-level students especially first-year students who are just pursuing their studies at the university tend to have problems in living their new lives. This depends on the level of student motivation associated with changes in their daily lifestyle. This study aims to identify the relationship between motivation and cultural transformation of student life at the university level. A total of 194 first-year students who participated in the Bachelor of Vocational Education, FPTV, UTHM Program were selected as respondents in this study. The research design used is in the form of a survey involving descriptive statistical and inferential statistical analysis. A set of questionnaires was distributed to obtain data in this study. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical Package for Science School (SPSS) version 24 software descriptively involving the calculation of frequency, percentage, and mean to identify the level of self and parent and community factors that influence student’s motivation as well as social and community factors which drives the cultural transformation of student life. The descriptive data obtained shows the mean value of the motivational variable is at a high level and the cultural transformation variable is also at a high level. Next, inferential statistical analysis was conducted for the purpose of identifying the relationship between motivation and cultural transformation of student life by referring to the Spearman’s Rank Correlation test. Based on the result, the correlation value is positive and strong value. In conclusion, this research indicates that the level of motivation of first-year students in the Faculty of Technical and Vocational, UTHM has a strong relationship with the cultural transformation of their lives.

PENGARUH REWARD DAN PUNISHMENT TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI

Abstrak - Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis: (1) Reward (2) Punishment; (3) Kinerja Pegawai; serta (4) Pengaruh Reward dan Punishment terhadap Kinerja Pegawai di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor, baik secara simultan maupun parsial. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah survei deskriptif dan survei eksplanatori, unit analisis dalam penelitian ini adalah para staf di lingkungan pegawai Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor dengan sampel sebanyak 30 orang. Tipe investigasinya adalah causalitas, serta time horizon dalam penelitian ini adalah cross-sectional. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, diperoleh bahwa Reward pada pegawai Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor ternyata pegawai memberikan tanggapan baik, Punishment pada pegawai Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor pada umumnya dapat dikatakan baik, kinerja pegawai pada Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor saat ini dinilai baik. Reward dan Punishment secara simultan berpengaruh terhadap kinerja pegawai Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor. Namun secara parsial Reward dominan mempengaruhi kinerja pegawai daripada Punishment. Karena Reward lebih dominan mempengaruhi kinerja pegawai, menjadi prioritas pertama dalam meningkatkan kinerja pegawai. maka Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Sains Baiturrahman Jatinangor disarankan untuk tetap konsisten mempertahankan sistem reward yang ada, sehingga pegawai mampu bekerja lebih profesional Abstract - The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze : (1) Reward, (2) Punishment, (3) Employee Performance, and (4) The Effect of Reward and Punishment on the performance of employees in the Islamic Elementary Science School Baiturrahman Jatinangor, both simultaneously and partially. The research method used in this study is a descriptive survey and an explanatory survey, the unit of analysis in this study is the staff in the Islamic Elementary Science environment Baiturrahman Jatinangor with a sample of 30 people. The type of investigation is causality and time horizon in this study is croos-sectional. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the reward of the Islamic Elementary Science School Baiturrahman Jatinangor employees turned out to give good responses, Punishment for Islamic Elementary Science School Baiturrahman Jatinangor employees in general can be said to be good, Employee performance of Islamic Elementary Science School Baiturrahman Jatinangor this time rated good. Simultaneously Reward and Punishment affect the performance of Islamic Elementary Science School Baiturrahman Jatinangor employees. But partially, the dominant reward influences employee performance rather than punishment. Becauce Reward are more dominant in influencing employee performance, it is the first priority inimproving employeeperformance then Islamic Elementary Science School Baiturrahman Jatinangor is advised to remain consistent in maintaining the existing reward system, so that employees are able to work more professionally.

Family entrepreneurship as a resource for improving the quality of life of the family and its employment ..

Family entrepreneurship as a resource to improve the quality of life of the family and its employment was the subject of discussions of the II Russian Gender Forum, which was held in Moscow on October 29—30, 2020 at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Moderator and initiator of the Forum, chairman of its Program Committee — Professor G. G. Sillaste, scientific head of the Department of Sociology and Science School “Gender and Economic Sociology” of the Financial University under the Russian Government, a member of the scientific and expert council under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly, defined the purpose of the Forum clearly — analysis of the realities and potential of the development of family entrepreneurship as a long-term social resource of the Russian economy and the quality of life. According to the scientist, family entrepreneurship is a promising technology for the development of a world of neuter gender entrepreneurship, an effective social practice that allows to combine the efforts and experience of family members in a single business useful for it and society, bringing to the family income, confidence in the future and better the quality of life. However, the expansion of family entrepreneurship requires not only the family initiative, but also consistent support from the state at all levels of its management activities. Discussions in numerous sections of the Gender Forum concerned the problems connected with the ways of improving the effectiveness of family and business activities, strengthening the economic solidarity of its members. organizing the exchange of experience, implementing family projects in promoting progressive economic ideas.

Schools of all backgrounds can do physics research – on the accessibility and equity of the Physics Research in School Environments (PRiSE) approach to independent research projects

Societal biases are a major issue in school students' access to and interaction with science. School engagement programmes in science from universities, like independent research projects, which could try and tackle these problems are, however, often inequitable. We evaluate these concerns applied to one such programme, Physics Research in School Environments (PRiSE), which features projects in space science, astronomy, and particle physics. Comparing the schools involved with PRiSE to those of other similar schemes and UK national statistics, we find that PRiSE has engaged a much more diverse set of schools with significantly more disadvantaged groups than is typical. While drop-off occurs within the protracted programme, we find no evidence of systematic biases present. The majority of schools that complete projects return for multiple years with the programme, with this repeated buy-in from schools again being unpatterned by typical societal inequalities. Therefore, a school's ability to succeed in independent research projects appears independent of background within the PRiSE framework. Qualitative feedback from teachers shows that the diversity and equity of the programme, which they attribute to the level of support offered through PRiSE's framework, is valued, and they have highlighted further ways of making the projects potentially even more accessible. Researcher involvement, uncommon in many other programmes, along with teacher engagement and communication are found to be key elements to success in independent research projects overall.