Academic Obligations Research Articles

In-Season Training Model for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Female Basketball Players Using “Microdosed” Programming

ABSTRACT Basketball is an intermittent-intensity sport requiring sufficient levels of muscular strength and power to display successful performance. To achieve high levels of performance, proficiency must be attained in jumping/repeated jump ability, sprinting/repeated sprint ability, change of direction/agility, and basketball-specific skills. The “in-season” period during a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics female basketball team comprises more than 6 months of the annual plan, making it the longest uninterrupted training “‘block” throughout the year. However, no more than 3 hours per day may be allotted for practice, skill work, and training. Because of competition, travel, and academic obligations, little time may be available for training. The purpose of this article is to provide a time-efficient, in-season training plan using microdosing programming methodology directed at improving muscular strength and power. In turn, improvements in strength and power will be the foundation of developing traits specific to successful basketball performance and reducing chances of injury. In addition, methods to monitor individual daily fatigue are provided.

Program Administrators' Perceived Challenges Associated With Developing Preceptors

Context Understanding potential barriers that prevent program administrators from providing high-quality preceptor development opportunities will help inform strategies of preceptor development. Objective To explore the challenges program administrators encounter when developing preceptors for graduate, professional athletic training programs. Design Consensual qualitative research. Setting Individual semistructured phone interviews. Patients or Other Participants Eighteen program administrators (17 coordinators of clinical education, 1 program director; 5.92 ± 4.19 years of experience) participated in this study. Data saturation guided the number of participants. Data Collection and Analysis Semistructured interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. A 4-person research team used a consensus process to analyze data and identify emergent themes. A consensual codebook was created after researchers independently coded the data and discussed emergent themes. Credibility of the findings was established through multiple researchers, an external auditor, and member checks. Results Two themes emerged, delivery and content. How to deliver development posed a challenge, with work schedules and geographical spread inhibiting the ability to schedule one in-person group meeting. Lastly, participants struggled to balance their own workloads to overcome the challenges of curating and delivering multiple preceptor development opportunities in addition to their existing academic obligations. Identifying which content to include that was relevant and useful to a variety of preceptors regardless of setting or experience was also a challenge for our participants. Participants felt that some preceptors were reticent to learn about program policies, accreditation requirements, or newly included clinical skills, making large-group development opportunities more challenging. Conclusions Administrators may need multiple preceptor development options to accommodate the varying levels of experience, desired content, and geographical locations of preceptors; however, this subsequently increases workload challenges. Educating institutional administrators about the demands of developing preceptors may open dialogue regarding workload and provision of necessary resources associated with preceptor development.

A Review of the Standard of Care Owed to Australian Firefighters from a Safety Perspective—The Differences between Academic Theory and Legal Obligations

Working in high consequence yet low frequency, events Australian fire service Incident Controllers are required to make critical decisions with limited information in time-poor environments, whilst balancing competing priorities and pressures, to successfully solve dynamic large-scale disaster situations involving dozens of personnel within the Incident Management Team, including of front-line responders from multiple jurisdictions. They must also do this within the boundaries of public and political expectations, industrial agreements, and the legal requirement to maintain a safe workplace for all workers, inclusive of volunteers. In addition to these operational objectives, fire services must also provide realistic training to prepare frontline staff, whilst satisfying legislative requirements to provide a safe workplace under legislation that does not distinguish between emergency services and routine business contexts. In order to explore this challenge, in this article we review the different safety standards expected through industrial and legal lenses, and contextualize the results to the firefighting environment in Australia. Whilst an academic argument may be presented that firefighting is a reasonably unique workplace which exposes workers to a higher level of harm than many other workplaces, and that certain levels of firefighter injury and even fatality are acceptable, no exception or distinction is provided for the firefighting context within the relevant safety legislation. Until such time that fire services adopt the legal interpretations and applications and develop true safety management systems as opposed to relying on “dynamic risk assessment” as a defendable position, the ability of fire services and individual Incident Controllers to demonstrate they have managed risk as so far as reasonably practicable will remain ultimately problematic from a legal perspective.

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Sonic Ecologies

Samoprocena učinka u onlajn učenju i anksioznosti kod učenika tokom Kovid-19 pandemije

Due to the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) from March 16th to May 18th 2020. the lectures at the Faculty of Sports and Psysical Education, University of Niš, took place exclusively through online learning platforms. The faculties of sports and physical education are content-wise and methodogically specific in comparison to other faculties. The aim of this study is to identify the degree to which students were able to complete their academic commitments, what their motivation for learning was, what variables affected their ability to do so, and how anxious they were throughout the epidemic. In total, 364 students from the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education, representing all undergraduate and graduate academic years, took part in the online study. The research was conducted using a questionnaire consisting of self-assessment of mastered material in all subjects (five-point scale), the degree of motivation for distance learning (five-point scale), questions about factors that hindered students in learning and anxiety scales (AT-29, Tovilović and Novović, 2009). The results show that 68.6% of students managed to fulfill more than 60% of the obligations from the course per year. The largest number of students was mostly motivated (51.3%), while 17.9% were highly motivated for online learning. Less than 10% of all respondents were not motivated at all (7.4%). The largest number of students (42.6%) fulfilled their academic obligations in the percentage of 60 to 80%, while 33% of students fulfilled their obligations between 80 and 100%. The research showed that the biggest obstacle in online learning is the lack of direct contact and communication between students with colleagues and professors (36%), as well as technical problems, which represent a barrier for 16.8% of respondents. The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference in the degree of anxiety between male and female students (Sig. = .001), with higher values of anxiety recorded in female students.

Protocol on Effect of Planned Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Menstrual Blood Banking among Nursing Students

Background: The student’s changing habits varies depending on their intellectual level. Transition concerns are also present among college students. You have issues with your parents and siblings due to shyness and aggression. They are having academic adjustment issues as a result of the new academic pattern, atmosphere, and faculties. Academic transition includes finding inspiration, taking actions to satisfy academic obligations, and dealing with academic frustration.
 Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding Menstrual Blood Banking among nursing students.
 Methods: The data gathering process began from 5th April 2021. The investigators visited selected nursing school in Sawangi (M) Wardha City and got the mandatory authorization from the concerned authorities. To ensure better coordination during data collection, the researchers introduced themselves and told them about the purpose of the study. The researchers contacted the final year nursing students of selected area and clarified the purposes of the study and described how it will be helpful for them. They investigated their will to take part in the study and attain permission from them. They will assess their knowledge regarding Menstrual Blood Banking among Nursing Students by using structured questionnaire and after that, they will give them planned teaching regarding Menstrual Blood Banking. Then, after the seventh day of planned teaching, they will assess their post-test knowledge score regarding Menstrual Blood Banking. The investigators acknowledged all the study samples as well as the authorities for their support. The conclusion will be drawn from the results and will be published in peer reviewed journal.
 Materials and Methods: The information was gathered from nursing students at nursing colleges in Wardha district. The research method was quantitative, and the study design was pre-experimental, one group pre-test post-test. The research was conducted at Wardha district's selected nursing colleges. Students make up the population, and samples were taken from 64 nursing students. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and a targeted sample strategy. The tools for data collection used was -socio demographic data (age, education, religion, course, year of study and residence of the students),self-administered questionnaire on Menstrual Blood Banking and lesson plan on Menstrual Blood Banking.
 Expected Results: This study is planned to assess knowledge regarding Menstrual Blood Banking among nursing students. Hence, it is expected to identify the effectiveness of planned teaching regarding Menstrual Blood Banking. The conclusion will be drawn from the results and will be published in per review journal.

TEKNOLOGI PENGEMASAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PEMASARAN PRODUK LOKAL MADU KELULUD DUSUN LIMBUNG BANGKA

Real work learning (KKN) is an academic obligation that must provide benefits for learning for students and provide solutions to problems in society in the form of smart creative ideas that are appropriate for the times. The socialization program for the right packaging technology to increase the marketing of superior products from Limbung, Jada Bahrin Village via online to creative business actors as part of the XV KKN_UBB Program with the theme Creative Learning and Serving in the Covid 19 Period. The activity was attended by 15 students and 1 assistant lecturer. The implementation starts from June 22 to August 9 2020 in Limbung hamlet, Jada Bahrin village, Merawang district, Bangka regency. Activities include, observation activities to better understand social conditions, formulating activity items and real implementation in the form of products. Mentoring activities begin with mentoring in making product packaging designs by means of tutorials and practice, mentoring and teaching online marketing tutorials. The activity succeeded in designing, packaging kelulud honey products and assisting technology-based marketing using online media. The whole stages and program of activities show that after this KKN activity is felt to be beneficial for the community, and the community hopes for the sustainability of the program. Technological improvements in the form of training and mentoring in the management of product innovation, packaging appearance and online marketing strategies are still needed.

Home-School Cultural Value Mismatch: Antecedents and Consequences in a Multi-Ethnic Sample Transitioning to College.

Qualitative work has documented home-school cultural value mismatch—a mismatch between collectivistic family obligations and individualistic academic obligations—experienced by Latinx first-generation college students during their first year of study at a 4-year university. This study extends prior research by examining home-school cultural value mismatch among a larger, multi-ethnic sample from Latinx, Asian and European American backgrounds (N = 155) in order to quantify the phenomenon and generalize it across multiple ethnic groups. Antecedents and consequences of different forms of mismatch were assessed in separate models. In modeling antecedents, we found that Latinx background, first-generation college status and low parental income were interconnected. However, among these three variables, it was first-generation college status that was the sole predictor of strong collectivistic motives for attending college; these motives were, in turn, associated with more frequent mismatch between family obligation and academic obligation. In addition, being female directly related to mismatch prevalence, as did living close to home. In modeling consequences of cultural value mismatch, frequent home-school cultural value mismatch predicted mental and physical health distress, which predicted academic problems; such problems were, in turn, related to lower grades. Our findings document the generalizability of this experience for first-generation college students from all ethnic backgrounds, as well as the unique experiences of students who identify as female or live close to home. Our findings also reveal the health and academic costs associated with this mismatch. Implications for research, intervention, and institutional change are discussed and have become increasingly important, given recent societal events that require most students to remain closer to home during distance learning.

Scholar 12: Beta Trial of an Osteopathic Research Cultural Development Computer Application

Abstract Context: Research is emphasized as a critical component of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Osteopathic Recognition (OR) criteria, yet there remains a deficit of osteopathic contributions to the literature. Scholar 12 combines discrete research development tools into an interactive application and blog forum that guides students from research team formation with an agreed-upon query to a scholarly product and presentations. Objective: This study aims to evaluate a beta test of Scholar 12 in developing a scholarly culture within medical school education. Methods: An unblinded prospective cohort beta trial by 6 osteopathic medical students across different campuses provided feedback for improvement measures and self-assessed research skill competency before and after completing Scholar 12 on an accelerated time frame. The pre- and post-Scholar 12 surveys scored 12 skills based on learning objectives for each unit on a 5-point Likert scale. Results: The composite results from self-assessments of 6 medical students demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in research skill familiarity by the completion of Scholar 12 (p<0.001). Conclusions: The osteopathic profession has opportunity to advance clinical practice and fulfill ACGME OR initiatives with evidence-based medical research. Scholar 12 is a foundational educational tool and aims to engage medical students, residents, and attendings with scholarly work, regardless of experience level. The present survey provides a preliminary measure of the efficacy of Scholar 12 in improving medical students’ knowledge of creating new scholarly work. General feedback has been communicated to the application developer and editorial staff for improvement measures before the 2020 nationwide launch. Despite the statistical significance of these students’ self-reported progress, additional beta trials; blinded, long-term evaluation of students’ and mentors’ productivity as a result of this research learning tool; and controlled comparison to other research development programs are warranted. Scholar 12 is designed to accommodate students’ academic obligations with a convenient, virtual tool to learn the research process on a flexible schedule, in order to meet generational needs.

The influence of mental toughness and self-regulation on post-season perceptions in varsity athletes

Varsity athletes face an array of stressors, including balancing academic obligations with athletic competitions. Student-athletes appraising a situation as a “challenge” or “threat” directly impacts coping responses. Objective To investigate whether pre-season self-reported mental toughness and self-regulation strategies predicts post-season stress, mental health, group cohesion, and satisfaction in varsity athletes. Participants Sixty-seven varsity athletes from a U-Sport Canadian university. Methods Athletes completed pre- and post-season measures of mental toughness, emotion regulation, self-control, group cohesion, and satisfaction. Multiple mediation models were employed during analyses. Results Pre-season emotion regulation was a significant mediator for the relationships between mental toughness and post-season ratings of perceived stress, perceived mental health, and group cohesion. Self-control was not a significant mediator. Conclusions Emotion regulation plays a significant role in an athlete’s experience of perceived stress, mental health issues, and their ratings of group cohesiveness. Research on student-athlete health may benefit from examining emotion regulation training techniques.

Rethinking the concept of ‘subaltern-researcher’: different D/deaf identities and communicative modalities as conflict factors in in-depth interviews

This article focuses on the communicative, cultural, and practical aspects of being a hard-of-hearing (HH) researcher who studies D/deaf people’s smartphone use through 20 in-depth interviews. This context presents the conflict between seeing deafness as a disability and seeing Deaf people as members of a cultural minority. This complexity of ‘subaltern-researcher’ concept combines with the limitations caused by conducting research as a marginal member of the academy, which in turn prompts the researcher’s conflict between the commitment to marginalized research participants and the able-bodied academic obligation to act according to able-bodied research, analysis, and standards for publication of findings. This paper suggests a reflexive description of identity, culture, senses, and communication, which interacts with the social responsibility of the disabled researcher, and the interviewees’ expressed agency. As such, this article contributes methodological and communicative insights on inclusive qualitative methods regarding both disabled participants and researchers.

Piloting Unequal Partners at a High School: Lessons Learned

information for high school students on the importance of healthy relationships. Students were invited to attend a three-lesson program during extended learning times. Students completed surveys at baseline and following the final lesson. Post-program, a sample of students were surveyed in order to assess attendance barriers. While attitudes of students toward the program were positive, academic obligations and lack of advertisement were implementing this curriculum.

Studying Vs Internet Use 0–1: the Mediating Role of Academic Procrastination between Flow and Problematic Internet Use among Greek University Students

University students are at high risk of exhibiting problematic Internet use as they tend to spend a lot of time online. The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that procrastination would mediate the relationship between flow and problematic Internet use in a sample of 178 Greek University students, 67% of whom were females using a snowball sampling technique. Results revealed that flow was positively related to problematic Internet use (r = 0.36). In addition, mediation analysis revealed that academic procrastination mediates the relationship between flow and problematic Internet use. Findings suggest the more pleasurable is the Internet activity, the more the students tend to procrastinate towards meeting their academic obligations, and this is related to long hours of Internet use. Findings enrich previous literature on problematic Internet use and could potentially inform policies aiming to protect students’ health and well-being.

Minorities and culture of learning: an anthropological study of the Muslim community in Telangana state in India

ABSTRACT What are the factors hindering educational development among Muslims in India in general and the newly born Telangana state in particular, is the key sociological question confronting the educationists and policymakers? The current paper based on empirical study provides an anthropological perspective to understand a number of socio-cultural factors responsible for lower retention and higher dropout rates among Muslims in public schools across the class and gender lines. It highlights that with positive state interventions, the enrolment and retention levels of Muslim working-class children have increased enormously besides a significant improvement in the same among Muslim girls also. Thus the paper argues that a relaxation in school protocols facilitates Muslim children integrating the academic demands and socio-cultural obligations they deem necessary while addressing culturally sensitive issues in curriculum and pedagogic practices foster attitudinal changes together which contribute immensely to the educational advancement among them.

The role of psychological distress as a potential route through which procrastination may confer risk for reduced life satisfaction

Procrastination, mental health problems and decreased life satisfaction among university students constitutes an issue over which there is growing public concern. Yet, there is little research explaining the mechanisms through which academic procrastination may lead to less life satisfaction. The present study aimed to explore the link between procrastination and psychopathology among 2 samples (sample 1, N = 681 and sample 2, N = 183) of Greek University students. We also further tested the assumption that psychological distress would mediate the relationship between procrastination and life satisfaction. Data were analyzed using correlational analyses and structural equation modeling. In the first Study, procrastination was related to psychopathology. In the second study, results revealed that students who had the tendency to procrastinate in general, or their academic obligations, in particular, reported less psychological well-being, more anxiety, more psychological distress, less emotional ties, less general positive affect, more loss of behavioral and emotional control, more depressive symptoms and less life satisfaction. More importantly, the model exhibited a good fit to the data, while the bootstrapped standardized indirect effect of procrastination on life satisfaction was statistically significant supporting the hypothesis that Psychological distress partially mediated the relationship between procrastination and life satisfaction. In conclusion, difficulty to meet deadlines within a specific time-frame is related to worse mental health and decreased overall life satisfaction Academic procrastination, general procrastination, psychopathology, mental health, life satisfaction.

El conductismo en la formación de los estudiantes universitarios

En el Ecuador rige en todo el Sistema de Educación el modelo constructivista, el objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar si el conductismo se encuentra presente en la formación de los estudiantes universitarios y sus implicaciones en el aprendizaje. Este estudio se realizó bajo el paradigma cualitativo con un enfoque crítico reflexivo, la población estuvo conformada por 40 estudiantes del quinto semestre de la carrera de Pedagogía de la Actividad Física y Deporte de la facultad de Cultura Física de la Universidad Central del Ecuador, la muestra fue censal, se aplicó el instrumento de la entrevista con un diseño de preguntas no estructuradas, la cual pasó un proceso de validación de cinco expertos seleccionados bajo diferentes criterios Se encontró que el condicionamiento clásico y el condicionamiento operante está presente en la formación de los estudiantes, además se determinó que necesitan de docente conductista para cumplir con sus obligaciones académicas.

Impact of academic integrity on workplace ethical behaviour

Corruption is a serious problem in Mexico and the available information regarding the levels of academic dishonesty in Mexico is not very encouraging. Academic integrity is essential in any teaching-learning process focussed on achieving the highest standards of excellence and learning. Promoting and experiencing academic integrity within the university context has a twofold purpose: to achieve the necessary learnings and skills to appropriately perform a specific profession and to develop an ethical perspective which leads to correct decision making. The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between academic integrity and ethical behaviour, particularly workplace behaviour. The study adopts a quantitative, hypothetical and deductive approach. A questionnaire was applied to 1203 college students to gather information regarding the frequency in which they undertake acts of dishonesty in different environments and in regards to the severity they assign to each type of infraction. The results reflect that students who report committing acts against academic integrity also report being involved in dishonest activities in other contexts, and that students who consider academic breaches less serious, report being engaged in academic misconduct more frequently in different contexts. In view of these results, it is unavoidable to reflect on the role that educational institutions and businesses can adopt in the development of programmes to promote a culture of academic integrity which: design educational experiences to foster learning, better prepare students to fully meet their academic obligations, highlight the benefits of doing so, prevent the severity and consequences of dishonest actions, discourage cheating and establish clear and efficient processes to sanction those students who are found responsible for academic breaches.

Awareness and Usage of Electronic Information Resources by Faculty Members of Selected Management Colleges: A Study of Ludhiana District, Punjab

Electronic information resources are becoming more and more important for the academic community. The present study provides an overview about the level of awareness and usage of electronic library resources by faculty members of selected management colleges of Ludhiana district. The structured questionnaire method was used to elicit data from the 87 faculty members of the five colleges. The results revealed that the majority of the faculty members are aware of electronic information resources and their usage. It is also observed that 100% faculty members agreed that e-resources are of utmost importance to perform their academic obligations. The findings will be useful for librarians and faculty in highlighting the need to collaborate & integrate information literacy skills.

Deferment of Academic Obligations and University Students Self-Handicapping: Procrastination in an Academic Context

Deferment of Academic Obligations and University Students Self-Handicapping: Procrastination in an Academic Context

Social and Economic Factors Associated with the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Universities

The objective of the research is to determine the social and economic factors associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages and their impact on professional training through the fulfillment of academic activities of university students. It uses the deductive method, and has a descriptive level (factorial and discriminant analysis) and explanatory level (regression analysis). The questionnaire was applied as a data collection instrument, which has an index of Cronbach’s alpha of 0.745. It is applied to a sample of 98 students from a total population of 9,194 from the National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador. The results show that the alcohol consumption in university students depends significantly on the age that begins to consume, gender, marital status and frequency of consumption; there are social and economic factors associated with alcohol consumption; a high incidence of alcohol consumption in compliance with academic obligations in the professional training process.