Assistant Lecturers Research Articles

Identifying actions to foster cross-disciplinary global health research: a mixed-methods qualitative case study of the IMPALA programme on lung health and tuberculosis in Africa

ObjectivesTo identify actions for fostering cross-disciplinary research (CDR) skills and collaborations in global health, and to produce recommendations for improving the design, implementation and management of cross-disciplinary global health research...

Implementation of Data Mining Using the K-Nearest Neighbor Method to Determine the feasibility of a lecturer's functional promotion

As we know now, every lecturer is obliged to determine the use of the momebase for managing the national lecturer identification number, after getting this, the lecturer concerned can already apply for an academic rank. The data that will be processed in this system is where every lecturer has legal rules to propose academic ranks. The data tested are expert assistant lecturers, lectors (L) lectors are divided into 2 lectors 200 (coordinators/III-C) and 300 lectors (administrators (TKT-1/III-D), head lectors are divided into 3 coaches/(IV-A ) kum 400, supervisor of TKT-1/(IVB) kum 550, main coach of junior/(IV-C) 700, professor of intermediary main coach/(IV-D), KEY Advisor/(IV-E). has shown results by displaying data from lecturers who are eligible to apply for a rank using the K-NN method.

Building Information Modelling Pedagogy: A Step in the Right Direction for the Construction Industry

The aim of this paper is to assess the incorporation of BIM content in construction education for the benefit of productive and competitive construction firms. The study adopted a quantitative approach, where 44 out of 50 questionnaires were returned, representing 88% response rate. The respondents were inclusive of head of departments, lecturers, assistant lecturers, and doctoral candidates in different departments of architecture, construction management and quantity surveying, civil engineering and town and regional planning. Using both percentile and descriptive analysis, results revealed that collaborative learning ensured fast and effective compilation and interpretation of data, better communication, improved teamwork. From the findings it is evident that there was limited incorporation of BIM in the construction education, 45% of the respondents agreed that there was no incorporation of BIM in the current curriculum. The findings further revealed that teaching BIM at a higher level produces competent graduates with enough technological advanced knowledge to participate in the industry, and they stand a better chance of employment than graduates that are not familiar and well-equipped with BIM knowledge. With the collaboration of key stakeholders, the initiative of intensifying the incorporation of BIM in construction education can improve communication and teamwork within the construction firms, and the industry at large. The findings of the study allow institutions of higher learning to improve their programmes on construction education to include BIM content. Additionally, the construction firms must play a more meaningful role towards contributing to programmes of BIM in the construction education. An understanding between the BIM programmes of institutions of higher learning and the use of BIM in the construction industry is also a requirement to produce firms that are more productive and technologically competitive.

SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN SKRIPSI BERBASIS WEB DI UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH GORONTALO

This study aims to integrate all administrative processes in managing theses in a Web-based system and speed up the process of disseminating information or announcements, determining, determining exam schedules for students, evaluating student exam results and providing a means for online thesis guidance processes between lecturers and students. through a computerized chat feature via the website. This research uses the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) system development model. This research resulted in a website-based system using the PHP programming language and using the MySql database. The results of this study broadly consist of three stages, namely the input stage which includes input of student registration data, lecturer data, schedule data, information/news data, value data, and determination data. determination of lecturers, scheduling process, examination assessment process, information dissemination process, and chat and correction processes while the output stage consists of the output of student test scores, determination of assistant lecturers, schedule and information.

Efficacy of Instructional Program on Clinical Nurse Educators Implementation of Cooperative Learning at Faculty of Nursing

Background: Cooperative learning plays a vital role to equip the nursing students with overall needed qualities and skills that suggest clear adoption and effective implementation from clinical nurse educators. Aim: To determine efficacy of instructional program on clinical nurse educators' implementation of cooperative learning at Faculty of Nursing. Subjects and method: A quasi experimental study design was used. Setting: Study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University including all seven academic nursing departments. Subjects: All available (n=80) clinical nurse educators included nursing demonstrators and assistant lecturers enrolled at Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. Three tools were used; Tool I: Clinical nurse educators’ perception regarding cooperative learning implementation Questionnaire. Tool II: Knowledge questionnaire about cooperative learning implementation. Tool III: Cooperative learning implementation observational checklist. Results: Pre-instructional program, majority (83.7%) of clinical nurse educators had low perception level regarding cooperative learning implementation. Majority (88.7%) of clinical nurse educators had poor knowledge level preinstructional program, while post-instructional program high percent (77.5%) of them had good knowledge level and 96.0% of them showed good practice level. Conclusion: Postinstructional program most of clinical nurse educators had good knowledge level with significant improvement compared to pre-instructional program. Also, majority of them showed good practice level regarding implementation of cooperative learning in clinical sessions. Recommendations: Conduct in-service training programs and workshops for qualifying and encouraging clinical nurse educators for using cooperative learning in their clinical sessions

Uncover Potential Fraud and its Mitigation Efforts in the Assistant Corps

This study aims to describe the potential for fraud in the operational activities of the Assistant Corps and explore the motives underlying the potential for fraud. The Assistant Corps is an organization that coordinates assistant lecturers and serves to coordinate assistant activities. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data in this study are primary data obtained through in-depth interviews with Assistant Coordinators, Active Assistants, Alumni of Assistant Coordinators, and Assistance Class Students. The results show that the Assistant Corps has three potential frauds that can occur both in operational activities and in financial management, namely misappropriation of assets, fraudulent statements, and corruption. The anti-fraud strategy implemented in this organization is inadequate and has a high risk of threatening the organization if it is not managed properly.

Being the Master of Myself : Pelatihan Emotional Intelligence untuk Meningkatkan Psychological Well-Being Asisten Dosen

Assistant lecturers have a duty as students as well as have additional responsibilities as a bridge between lecturers and students. These heavy duties and obligations carried by assistant lecturer impacted their psychological well being. This training carries emotional intelligence as a variable that can improve the psychological well being of assistant lecturers. This research will use one group pre-post test experimental design. 21 people participated on this training. The t-test results showed a significance of .169 (p > .05) which meant there was no significant difference in psychological well being level after training. Some factors that influence the unsuccessful emotional intelligence training in improving psychological well being are the use of trait emotional intelligence models, duration of the training, stress levels and education levels of training participants.

Teaching nephrology as part of a degree in medicine

The teaching of nephrology as part of a degree in medicine is potentially one of the most decisive factors when choosing a speciality. Until now, however, we have not had an overview of the teaching of nephrology in Spain. We have integrated information available in public databases with a survey and personal interviews with those responsible for teaching in Spanish medical faculties. In 2019, there were 44 universities offering a medicine degree in Spain, in 16 Autonomous Communities (34 of which were public and 10 private). For learning purposes, students have a number of hospital beds ranging from 0.2 to 4.7, and there are Autonomous Communities that have a higher proportion of students per inhabitant or per physician, such as Madrid or the Community of Navarra. In 16 universities there are tenured teaching staff (professors and lecturers), in eight contracted medical lecturers, and in two assistant lecturers. In 21 medical faculties, theoretical and practical nephrology is taught by associate lecturers. The subject is taught between the third and fifth years of the degree, the median being the fourth year. It is usually integrated with another subject and only in the University of Navarra is it an independent subject, with three credits. The total number of hours devoted to theoretical teaching (both theoretical classes and seminars) is highly variable and ranges from 11 to 35, with a median of 17.5. Variability is observed in both the number of theoretical topics (range 11–31) and seminars (range 0–9). Among the faculties that teach seminars, the ratio of theoretical topics to seminars ranges from 1.6 to 18. Most faculties evaluate clinical practices with various modalities and percentage of assessment. Knowledge is mostly assessed by a multiple choice exam.In conclusion, there is a high level of variability in the curriculum for the teaching of nephrology as part of a degree in medicine in Spain. Teaching staff who are tenured or who have a stable affiliation with universities make up just 23% of the total and, in many faculties, teaching depends exclusively on associate professors.

Prototype Smart Security on Doors using RFID with Telegram Monitor NodeMCU Based

The application of prototype smart security tools on doors using RFID with a NodeMCU-based telegram monitor in the process of opening the door aims to provide security and comfort and make work easier to make it faster, more effective and efficient. Where it can be used by lecturers and assistant lecturers who have been registered as staff and admin of the Computer Laboratory and the results of the track record will be monitored by the Head of the STMIK Computer Laboratory, Widya Cipta Dharma. This prototype was built using the C programming language with the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) application, and the system in the form of WEB using the PHP Native programming language using the Sublime Text 3 application and using the Mysql database and using the Telegram application as a medium for receiving notifications in the form of messages to be received by head of the Computer Laboratory. Based on the data analysis carried out above, it is concluded that the application of Smart Security on doors using RFID with a NodeMCU-based Telegram monitor is much faster, effective, efficient and safe and easy to use.

V Международная научная конференция «Военная история России: проблемы, поиски, решения», посвященная 75-летию Победы в Великой Отечественной войне (11–12 сентября 2020 г., г. Волгоград)

The article presents information about the V International scientific conference “Military history of Russia: problems, search, solutions” held in Volgograd on September 11–12, 2020, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The conference was held at Volgograd State University. The conference was informative and representative in its composition: more than 220 representatives of scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, civil and military universities and centers, archives, museums and libraries in 48 cities of Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, USA, Turkmenistan and Ukraine. Among the participants of the conference there was a corresponding member of RAE, 39 doctors and 82 candidates of sciences. Along with professors and associate professors, the conference was attended by young scientists: assistant lecturers, postgraduate students, master students, students and schoolchildren. The article analyzes the work of the plenary session, sections, round tables and the discussion platform. The mainstream sections were the following: “Patriotic War: history and modernity”, “National economy of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War”, “Social history of the Great Patriotic War”, “Lower Volga and the Don during the Great Patriotic War”, “Source base for the study of the Great Patriotic War”, “Problems of historiography of the Great Patriotic War”. The permanent sections presented reports on military history in ancient times, the middle ages, modern and contemporary times, social protection of the population in wartime, and international aspects of the Battle of Stalingrad. The round tables discussed issues of military and political security of society and the state, problems of military memorial tourism in the Russian Federation, and international aspects of military conflicts. The discussion platform was dedicated to patriotic education of children and youth.

La docencia de la nefrología en el grado de medicina

The teaching of nephrology as part of a degree in medicine is potentially one of the most decisive factors when choosing a speciality. Until now, however, we have not had an overview of the teaching of nephrology in Spain. We have integrated information available in public databases with a survey and personal interviews with those responsible for teaching in Spanish medical faculties. In 2019, there were 44 universities offering a medicine degree in Spain, in 16 Autonomous Communities (34 of which were public and 10 private). For learning purposes, students have a number of hospital beds ranging from 0.2 to 4.7, and there are Autonomous Communities that have a higher proportion of students per inhabitant or per physician, such as Madrid or the Community of Navarra. In 16 universities there are tenured teaching staff (professors and lecturers), in 8 contracted medical lecturers, and in 2 assistant lecturers. In 21 medical faculties, theoretical and practical nephrology is taught by associate lecturers. The subject is taught between the third and fifth years of the degree, the median being the fourth year. It is usually integrated with another subject and only in the University of Navarra is it an independent subject, with 3 credits. The total number of hours devoted to theoretical teaching (both theoretical classes and seminars) is highly variable and ranges from 11 to 35, with a median of 17.5. Variability is observed in both the number of theoretical subjects (range 11 to 31) and seminars (range 0 to 9). Among the faculties that teach seminars, the ratio of theoretical topics to seminars ranges from 1.6 to 18. Most faculties evaluate clinical practices with various modalities and percentage of assessment. Knowledge is mostly assessed by a multiple choice exam.In conclusion, there is a high level of variability in the curriculum for the teaching of nephrology as part of a degree in medicine in Spain. Teaching staff who are tenured or who have a stable affiliation with universities make up just 23% of the total and, in many faculties, teaching depends exclusively on associate professors.

TEACHING OF PHILOSOPHY BY THE “PEER-TO-PEER” METHOD IN THE CONTEXT OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN PEDAGOGICAL PROCESS

This paper reports on conflicts between teacher and student in a mixed and distance education. The specific of conflict resolution in the process of teaching philosophy in technical universities is comprehended. The way of solving pedagogical conflicts and avoiding the development of negative scenarios have been founded for assistant lecturers and teachers of seminary lessons of philosophy, who had been involved in a conflict "teacher-students". The results of researches and implementation of experimental philosophy using ―peer-to-peer‖ teaching method in technical university have been presented. The experiment had been prepared at the Department of Philosophy in National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute», in 2019. The results of experimental teaching are given at the end of the 2020/2021 school year. The criteria of selection assistant lecturers for participation in teaching philosophy with «peer-to-peer» method had been developed. Additionally, terms of effective usage of the «peer-to-peer» method for teaching philosophy in technical university had been determined. It is stated that the causes of conflicts between teacher and student in technical universities in the philosophy teaching can be gender stereotypes and preconception about women. It is shown that «peer-to-peer» approach gives positive results in the context of conflict resolution for the teachers, who participated in the experiment and for the pedagogical process in general. While using «peer-to-peer» approach assistant, who lead the seminary lessons becomes essentially a peer mediator in resolving students' conflicts with the lecturer, as he belongs to both groups at the same time and does not take side of anyone. Despite supporting the usage of feminitive which is native to Ukrainian language, yet in paper we indicate the positions and statuses of participants in the educational process in accordance with applicable regulations and classifiers.

COVID-19: Leapfrogging 8,000 Students from Face-to-Face to Online Learning in Three Weeks

In this paper, we discuss how a large residential university had to cope with the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In particular, we discuss how a course with approximately 8,000 students had to move to an online environment in a matter of weeks. All stakeholders took numerous actions to perform the move: top management supplied 2,000 loan laptops to students, suppliers zero-rated their data bundles, and assistant lecturers made videos, PowerPoint slides, and even telephone consultations. This colossal effort paid off with only a slight decrease in pass rates after the first semester.

Workload and lecturers’ job satisfaction in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria

The study investigated the relationship between workload and lecturers’ job satisfaction in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. The descriptive research design of the survey type was employed. The sample of the study was 105 lecturers selected using multi-stage sampling technique across three faculties. Two research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A researcher-made questionnaire titled “Workload and Lecturers’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (WLJSQ)” was used to elicit information from the respondents. The instrument was validated by experts in Test and Measurement and the test re-test method was used for test reliability which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.72. The findings of this study revealed: lecturers found conducting research, processing of results, marking of examination scripts and supervision of undergraduate projects most demanding and that lecturers’ job satisfaction was low in relations with the workload. Also, there is a significant relationship between marking of examination scripts and lecturers’ job satisfaction, supervision of research work and lecturers’ job satisfaction and there is a significant relationship between number of courses allocated and lecturers’ job satisfaction. It is hereby recommended that more lecturers should be recruited particularly in faculties with high student population in order to reduce excessive workload, while the number of students to be allocated to lecturers for project supervision should be reduced and the services of assistant lecturers should be employed to assist in the area of marking of scripts and supervision of undergraduate projects.

Research or teaching? Contradictory demands on Swedish teacher educators and the consequences for the quality of teacher education

Based on a policy analysis and interviews with assistant lecturers and lecturers (with a PhD) who are heavily involved in teacher education, the present article addresses contemporary tensions and challenges in Swedish teacher education. The point of departure is the theoretical framework of mission stretch and the third space professional in teacher education with the aim of investigating how teacher educators experience and navigate their daily work. The findings of the study illustrate the tensions teacher educators experience between research and teaching tasks, between a constant flow of tasks, large student groups, and demands of high-quality teaching. The findings also show a gap between the practical anchoring of some research in teacher education and feelings of tension between teaching practices and the value of research. In conclusion, teacher education would seem to be developing into a cluster of tasks, challenges, expectations, and skills. This indicates that teaching and research are not the only missions and cannot be taken for granted in light of how teachers struggle to define their professional knowledge and value with respect to increasingly strong competitive demands for research performance.

Assessment of Nursing Educators' Opinions, Knowledge and Teaching Methods regarding Encouragement Student's Critical Thinking

Background: Critical thinking has long been considered an important part of nursing education. Nursing graduates must have critical thinking skills in addition to a basic knowledge of nursing and the sciences to make the necessary clinical judgments. The development of these skills requires different teaching and learning strategies. Aim: the aim of this study is to assess nursing educators' opinions, knowledge and teaching methods regarding encouragement students' critical thinking. Research Design: the study was conducted using descriptive research design. Setting: The study was carried out at Faculty of Nursing, Minia University. Subject: The study subjects consisted 75% (n= 80) of clinical instructors, assistant lecturers and lectures at the Faculty of Nursing, Minia University. Tool: One tool was used in this study the critical thinking tool for nurse educators. Results: reveals that, the majority of the sample had moderate score of knowledge about critical thinking ranged from 88.5% to 100%. Conclusions: the majority of the sample had moderate score of knowledge about critical thinking, the highest mean scores of nurse educators' regarding use each method in clinical teaching was written nursing care plan , also the highest mean scores of nurse educators' regarding use each method in clinical didactic and methods that enhance student ability to think critically was small group discussions Recommendations: nurse educators must try new teaching approaches that are most effective in promoting critical thinking skills among student, and nursing curriculum should be revised to include critical thinking skills into nursing curriculum.

Research finds absence of systematic approach to talent management in Egyptian public business schools

Purpose The goal was to find what talent management procedures were used in the sector in Egypt Design/methodology/approach The authors wanted to speak to teaching assistants and assistant lecturers for their analysis. Their interviewees were from public business schools at three universities in Upper Egypt, which covers about 25% of the country’s total land. There were 245 respondents. Findings The authors concluded that there were “no responsible approaches to managing talent”. Instead, they observed “disorganized and irresponsible” procedures for staffing, motivating, managing and retaining staff. Originality/value Despite the concept’s growing importance, there have been few studies of the topic in an academic context. In particular, there is a dearth of research in both African and Middle Eastern settings. In Egypt, talent management is especially important because the sector was rated among the worst 10 in the world by the World Economic Forum in 2017.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Asisten Dosen Menggunakan Metode SAW

Proses pemilihan asisten dosen diawali dengan memberikan pengumuman di web kampus. Persyaratannya adalah mendapatkan nilai A dan minimal sudah semester 3. Dikarenakan pemilihan asisten dosen mata kuliah hanya didasarkan pada nilai mata kuliah mahasiswa tersebut, ada beberapa dosen dan mahasiswa/i dikelas yang merasa asisten dosen pada mata kuliahnya tidak memberikan dampak positif dalam perkuliahan. Hal ini dikarenakan mahasiswa/i yang menjadi asisten dosen tidak aktif, sulit berkomunikasi dengan adik kelas, dan ada beberapa materi yang merekapun belum menguasai sehingga sulit untuk menjelaskannya ke adik tingkat. Oleh sebab itu, dibutuhkan suatu sistem pendukung keputusan yang dapat membantu bagian akademik mengambil keputusan siapa mahasiswa/i yang akan mereka pilih sebagai asisten dosen dan membantu kepala program studi teknik informatika untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang mahasiswa/i yang pernah menjadi asisten dosen. Sistem pendukung keputusan ini menerapkan logika Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decission Making (FMADM) dan metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW). Pembuatan sistem pendukung keputusan ini menggunakan aplikasi Netbeans IDE 8.2 dan MySQL sebagai databasenya.

The Relative Contribution of Habits of mind in predicting Achievement motivation for a sample of Assistant Lecturers in University

The present study aimed to uncover the relationship between the habits of mind, communicating with clarity and accuracy, striving for accuracy, learning continuously, sense of humor, listen with understanding and empathy, creativity, imagining and innovating, thinking interdependently and benefit from experience to achievement motivation for a sample of assistant lecturers in university and to identify the contribution degree of the habits of mind in predicting achievement motivation with the study's sample of (200) members of assistant lecturers at Mansoura University, (100) males and (100) females with an average age of (26.18) and a standard deviation of (± 2.4). The measure of the habits of mind was used (prepared by the researcher), and the measure of achievement motivation (prepared by the researcher). The results of the study showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the habits of mind, communicating with clarity and accuracy, striving for accuracy, learning continuously, sense of humor, listen with understanding and empathy, creativity, imagining and innovating visualization and innovation, thinking interdependently and benefit from experience and the achievement motivation. The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that creativity, imagining and innovating, thinking interdependently, benefit from accuracy and striving for accuracy as one of the habit of mind having statistically significant contribution in predicting achievement motivation for assistant lecturers in universit

Challenges affecting quality of objective structured clinical examination: Assessment of academic staff perception and their improvement suggestions

Background: Assessment of clinical competence is an essential, mandatory requirement and critical norm for accountability of educational objectives as the traditional testing tools cannot evaluate clinical competence. But it became a tough job for nurse educator as it poses several challenges in terms of objectivity and reliability. In spite of increasing usage of OSCE in nursing and the huge number of studies published about it, it is still debatable about advantages of its using. OSCE costs remain an obstacle facing its use. The aim of this study: was to assess challenges affecting quality of OSCE and suggestions of improvement as perceived by academic nursing staff.Design: A descriptive exploratory research design was used.Setting: Faculty of Nursing, Minia University.Subjects: A purposive sample of 40 clinical instructors and assistant lecturers at medical-surgical, pediatric, obstetric, and community health nursing that using OSCE in students' clinical evaluation.Tools: I-Socio-demographic data sheet II- Self-administered questionnaire to assess the perceived challenges affects quality of OSCE among study participants and to obtain their suggestions to overcome these challenges.Results: The highest manpower related challenges perceived by participants were insufficient faculty members (83%) and OSCE is stressful for students (81%). For non-human challenges, the most prominent ones were that some procedures require longer time than others (90%), unsuitability of the available settings to the number of students (83%) and insufficient needed materials/equipment (73%).Conclusion: The founded human and non-human challenges of the current study may affect the quality of OSCE in all steps, from preparation to application and subsequent suggestions are interrelated. Staff suggested improving in labs preparation and increasing labs numbers. Also, allocating sufficient budget and increasing number of trained staff.Recommendations: Increase the number of clinical instructors, budget and the work hours of OSCE to accommodate with the increased number of students and permit periods of rest for both staff and students.