Search results for "Human resources"

Incentive-based Policies, Human Resource Motivation and Performance of Public Organizations: a System Dynamics Approach

2009

Teacher competencies in game-based pedagogy

2018

This study examines what kind of competencies teachers need in using game-based pedagogy (GBP). In our conceptual framework, GBP entails four approaches: using educational games or entertainment games, learning by making games, and using gamification in learning. Our data, consisting of teachers’ documentation, thematic interviews and questionnaires, were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Four main competence areas were identified: pedagogical, technological, collaborative and creative. The results are applicable for developing teacher education and in-service training, as teacher competencies in game-based learning will be more integral to teachers’ professional knowledge and sk…

Modelling in evaluating a working life project in higher education

2012

Abstract This article describes an evaluation method based on collaboration between the higher education, a care home and university, in a RD (2) comprehensive data collection methods are needed; (3) shared tools can be developed in interactive forums in ongoing evaluation, and (4) modelling makes professional expertise visible and brakes boundaries between different professions.

Developing teachers' professional expertise through collaboration in an innovative ICT‐based learning environment

2004

Recent research emphasizes the context‐specific nature of professional knowledge and expertise, implying that developing novel practices in authentic environments is a prerequisite for teachers' professional development. The aim of this study was to find out how teachers develop their practical knowledge and expertise through shared planning and to evaluate an innovative learning project carried out in an ICT‐based environment. Two secondary school teachers of history participated in this study. The data were gathered using a multi‐methodological approach (video recordings, interviews and questionnaires). The results are described in terms of the teachers' shared experiences and their incre…

Pràctiques de recursos humans, clima laboral i resultats de gestió. Anàlisi del cas "Verdifresh"

2012

La crisi econòmica mundial obliga cada empresa a lliurar una batalla, a vegades amb si mateixa, per incrementar la seua competitivitat. Cada vegada més, les organitzacions són conscients de la necessitat de comptar amb treballadors alineats amb la seua estratègia. Per aconseguir-ho, algunes empreses s'esforcen a humanitzar les relacions laborals i redissenyar les seues pràctiques de gestió de recursos humans (RH). En aquest estudi s'analitza el cas de l'empresa Verdifresh. Les seues pràctiques de RH s'han dissenyat amb l'objectiu de fidelitzar els treballadors i millorar la seua percepció de les condicions laborals. En aquest treball s'analitzen aquest tipus de relacions i es descriuen les …

Gender Stereotyping’s Influence on the Perceived Competence of Siri and Co.

2020

Assessing agency of university students: validation of the AUS Scale

2016

Fostering agency as a core component of professionalism is seen as a critical task of higher education. However, the tools for assessing university students’ agency, and the pedagogical and relational resources needed for its development, are lacking. The present study describes the theoretical foundations and factor structure of the newly developed Agency of University Students (AUS) Scale, which assesses students’ course-specific agency. In the factor analysis, ten factors emerged. Four of these – Interest and motivation, Self-efficacy, Competence beliefs and Participation activity – are seen to represent individual resources of agency. The other four factors – Equal treatment, Teacher su…

Egoistic and moralistic bias in real-life inventory responses

2008

Response-faking tendencies can be divided into moralistic and egoistic bias according to the contents of the issue faked (Paulhus & John, 1998). Our hypothesis was that in a work-related selection context faking would occur on the egoistic sub-scales, as these are related to competence and talent, which are issues relevant in selection. To minimize the amount of conscious faking, half of 466 real-life applicants were warned about the presence of a socially desirable responding sub-scale in the Personality Research Form (PRF). Half of the respondents (control group) received standard instructions. Of all the PRF sub-scales, only the ones measuring either egoistic or moralistic traits were st…

The associations between seventh grade Finnish students’ motivational climate, perceived competence, self-determined motivation, and fundamental move…

2009

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between motivational climate, perceived competence, self-determined motivation towards physical education (PE) and the fundamental movement skills of Finnish secondary school students. A sample of 370 seventh-grade PE students (girls n = 189; boys n = 181; mean age = 13.08; SD = 0.25) completed measures pertaining to motivational climates, perceived competence, regulation of motivation, and fundamental movement skills. Path analysis revealed results generally consistent with the theoretical tenets of the self-determination and the achievement goal theories by demonstrating that a task-involving motivational climate influenced percei…

Developing Connective Pedagogy in Cultural Research—A Case Study from the Teachers’ Perspective in Adopting a Problem-Based Approach in Higher Educat…

2019

The article examines the challenges university teachers face when adopting connective pedagogy in organizing teaching. Instead of studying the learning outcomes of the method, we decided in this research to focus on the teachers&rsquo