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Sustainability education at higher education institutions : pedagogies and students’ competences
2022
Purpose This study aims to examine whether the development of students’ sustainability competences is dependent on how courses are delivered at higher education institutions (HEIs). It further investigates to what extent such competences can affect students’ belief in the new environmental paradigm (NEP) and pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Design/methodology/approach The data was collected through an online survey conducted in 2021 among the students of an international research university based in The Netherlands. The final sample (N = 262) consisted of all the students who completed the survey and claimed that they had taken at least one course that addressed sustainability. Linear r…
The aspects of competency in the context of education situation in Latvia
2019
Competency approach is a useful tool for various organisations and, in particular, academic institutions in order to develop qualitative education programme based on the up-to-date skills and behaviours that are currently required from employees. The goal of the research was to identify the main aspects of competencies in the field of higher education in Latvia as a result of which it would be possible to determine the possibilities for competency approach development. The research methods used are as follows: literary review, document analysis, data processing methods, statistical analysis and case study. The results of the analysis showed that competency-based approaches evolve in academi…
On-line quizzes to evaluate comprehension and integration skills
2016
[EN] This work demonstrates the use of a 2.0 tool, namely, Socrative, to evaluate one of the cross-curricular competences indicated by the Universitat Politècnica de València, specifically, comprehension and integration. It has been applied to the courses in different areas: sciences, engineering and languages. As part of its implementation, activities were proposed that could be done at the beginning, during or at the end of the class to, on the one hand, help students acquire the knowledge associated with the course(s), and on the other, gather evidence that demonstrates acquisition of said competence. The results show a high level of satisfaction by the students with the use of the Socra…
Development and Preliminary Validation of Social Media as an Educational and Professional Tool Student Perceptions Scale (SMEPT-SPS)
2021
Although social media has an increasing presence both in university and sports settings, in the sports-management education context, no instruments (without being focused on one particular social-media platform, e.g., Facebook and Twitter) have been developed and validated that globally allow the academy to explore the perceptions of sports-management students concerning the educational and professional learning potential that these tools offer. Therefore, this research’s main objective is to develop and perform a preliminary validation of the social media as an educational and professional tool student perceptions scale (SMEPT-SPS). This study sample was composed of 90 Spanish undergraduat…
Validation of a modified version of the Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire
2018
Providing teaching-learning environments that foster university studentsö learning is an essential task of higher education. Valid and reliable tools for assessing them are therefore needed. This study investigates the measurement properties of a modified version of the Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (ETLQ). Two independent data-sets (N = 1637 and N = 1711) were collected from Finnish university students. Confirmatory factor analyses resulted in a modified measurement model for the ETLQ, consisting of 11 factors. The first three factors assessing the teaching-learning environment – Teaching for Understanding, Disciplinary Understanding and Supportive Teaching – were indi…
Itinerarios De M-Learning en La Educación Universitaria
2015
In recent years, mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops allow immediate connection and content exchange among people "anytime, anywhere" (Park S.Y., et al. 2012). 'Ubiquitous learning’ becomes very important in higher and university education also in order to emphasize the educational paths’ design and maximize students’ learning opportunities. At this regard, it‘s interesting to consider the assumptions of the connectivism theory (Siemens, 2005) as a theoretical reference for the e-learning design. For verifying these assumptions and clarifying whether Italian teachers and students share them, we conducted this research. This empirical study aims to grasp what type of mobile…
EDUCATION – IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2018
The present paper tackles certain issues regarding education, the educational system, the institution of education and it aims to provide a critical perspective on the Romanian higher education wellbeing in the contemporary international context. The outcome of the paper is to set forth specific recommendations regarding the improvement of education quality in order to ensure proper conditions for its sustainable development.
Acs optiskās kvalitātes ietekme uz kontrastjutību un redzes asumu
2017
Darbs ir uzrakstīts angļu valodā uz 50 lapaspusēm, satur 37 figūras, 1 tabula un 41 literatūras avotus. Pētījuma mērķis bija novērtēt redzes kvalitāti dalībniekiem ar dažādām izmaiņām acs optiskajās vidēs. Augsta kontrasta redzes asums, mezopiskais redzes asums un kontrastjutība ir labi parametri acs optiskās kvalitātes novērtēšanai. Mezopiskais redzes asums ir ar augstu jutību, lai atklātu dalībniekus ar nelielas pakāpes apduļķojumiem acs optiskajās vidēs (agrīna katarakta). Kontrastjutības tests ir jutīgs uz izmaiņām acs optiskajās vidēs dalībniekiem ar ortokeratoloģijas lēcām. Augsta kontrasta redzes asums ir pietiekami jutīgs uz cita veida izmaiņām acs struktūrās
Practical applications of naturalistic inquiry in intercultural education
2021
In recent years, the field of intercultural communication has seen a remarkable shift characterized by a growth in publications that distance themselves from the traditional, essentialist understanding of culture. In research, this shift is reflected in approaches that appreciate culture-in-action instead of taking culture for granted as a stable entity that pre-exists social interaction and predicts as well as explains human behavior. However, despite attempts to introduce differentiated views on culture and interculturality in education, concrete options for critical intercultural training are scarce and often remain abstract, which makes their application challenging. This article argues…
How do university students’ web search behavior, website characteristics, and the interaction of both influence students’ critical online reasoning?
2020
The Internet has become one of the main sources of information for university students’ learning. Since anyone can disseminate content online, however, the Internet is full of irrelevant, biased, or even false information. Thus, students’ ability to use online information in a critical-reflective manner is of crucial importance. In our study, we used a framework for the assessment of students’ critical online reasoning (COR) to measure university students’ ability to critically use information from online sources and to reason on contentious issues based on online information. In addition to analyzing students’ COR by evaluating their open-ended short answers, we also investigated the stude…