Search results for "Higher"

Language and New Nationalism in Higher Education

2020

This chapter discusses the emerging concerns for the national languages, in particular Finnish. English, previously seen in relatively positive terms in the Finnish society, begins to be construed as a threat to Finnish higher education and research, and to Finnish language at large. The chapter discusses developments since the new University Act 2009. The tension between English and the national languages develops at the same time with changes in the political climate and the rise of populist and (new) nationalist politics, both in Finland and globally. The chapter presents the recycled discourses of frozen constitutional bilingualism, economic nationalism, political elites and killer Engl…

Good English Pronunciation Users and Their Pronunciation Learning Strategies

2015

The study investigates pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by those with good English pronunciation, as well as their beliefs concerning the variables that affect pronunciation competence. In order to collect data for analysis this study surveyed 61 participants who had learned English as a foreign language. They comprised 28 higher education teachers and scholars specialising in English phonetics and phonology, who were defined as good pronunciation users (GPU), and 33 EFL teacher training students, viewed as average pronunciation learners (APL). This cohort responded to a survey on pronunciation learning strategies and expressed their views on several aspects affecting the L2…

Flipped Classroom: Aprendizaje Personalizado en la Universidad

2020

The project considers the Flipped Classroom methodology as a strategy that help to personalize learning. Firstly, higher education context will be considered. Then, the instructor’s role at University will be presented. Qualitative methodology was chosen as a method and in depth interviews were undertaken. Results shows that effective learning is connected to the ability the instructor has to motivate his/her students, to how much is he/she able to create a good environment for learning, to his/her ability to guide students towards their future jobs. El proyecto pretende presentar la metodología de la Flipped Classroom como estrategia metodológica personalizada. En su estructuración, este t…

Gamification Based on User Types : When and Where It Is Worth Applying

2023

Students’ motivation is one of the most relevant factors when improving the quality of the learning process. In this context, gamification is a powerful tool for increasing motivation at all levels of teaching. Since gamification methodologies can be applied in many different ways, personalizing gamified activities as a function of gamification user types is a promising strategy. Knowing the user types is also an advantage to understand the nature of learners in the class. In this article, we present the findings from several pilot exercises, where we identified gamification user types among students from Spain and Finland, analyzing their prevalence as a function of age, gender, country, a…

Introduction to the Book and the Comparative Study

2016

Chapter 1 of Re-Becoming Universities contextualizes and describes the contents of the book based on the study: Change in Networks, Higher Education and Knowledge Societies (CINHEKS). The CINHEKS study was a six country international comparative study focused on the way in which contemporary higher education institutions and networked within and between networked knowledge societies. The countries in focus are Finland, Germany, Portugal, The Russian Federation, The United Kingdom and the United States of America.

The evolution of the local role(s) of the university in a low-tech region

2013

The present case study addresses the case of a geographical area neglected by most of the literature about the changing role of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): the low-tech contexts. This literature has traditionally exhibited two primary aspects. First, a focus on success stories such as entrepreneurial universities located in high-tech regions (e.g. Silicon Valley). Second, it reveals an inclination towards an evolution from ivory towers to entrepreneurial universities. The article argues that this oversimplification does not apply exactly to some environments where the HEIs have maintained links with industry since their inception. The purpose is to demonstrate HEIs' relevance in l…

Why (not) assess? Views from the academic departments of Finnish universities

2010

In Europe, national quality assurance systems of higher education have begun to be established. In Finland, this development has had the consequence of forcing universities to take notice of assessment procedures. However, little is known about the procedures taking place in individual academic departments as a result of this pan‐European trend. This article describes how academics currently comprehend quality assessment, paying particular attention to self‐evaluations and quality assurance systems. Altogether, the paper casts light on how academics are responding to the increasing university assessment activities.

Formative assessment in higher education: analysis of the experience

2015

<p>Currently the learning is in the center of the education therefore the methods and techniques that promote learning become topical, inter alia higher education. Formative assessment is a significant part of the study process as a factor for promotion of the learning. The article analyzes the experience of formative assessment at the study course aimed at the development of writing competence and ensuring appropriate skills development.</p>

STRATEGIE INNOVATIVE PER LA FORMAZIONE INIZIALE DEGLI INSEGNANTI. Pratiche Riflessive, Competenze Digitali ed Educazione del Carattere.

Fused Dibenzo[ a , m ]rubicene: A New Bowl-Shaped Subunit of C 70 Containing Two Pentagons

2016

Total synthetic approaches of fullerenes are the holy grail for organic chemistry. So far, the main attempts have focused on the synthesis of the buckminsterfullerene C60. In contrast, access to subunits of the homologue C70 remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate an efficient bottom-up strategy toward a novel bowl-shaped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) C34 with two pentagons. This PAH represents a subunit for C70 and of other higher fullerenes. The bowl-shaped structure was unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallography. A bowl-to-bowl inversion for a C70 fragment in solution was investigated by dynamic NMR analysis, showing a bowl-to-bowl inversion energy (ΔG(⧧)) of 16.7 kcal …