Competence Building Research Articles

The Swedish policy lab for maritime autonomous surface ships

The Swedish policy lab for maritime autonomous surface ships, or smart ships, explored three use cases for developing policy in practice. The policies regard smart ships on national waters: one short-term written policy identifying the next shared step for two authorities to position remote navigational assistance as a new service, giving the maritime ecosystem one official position to relate to; one informal policy relying on a mutual trust, where information sharing between an operator of small, unmanned ships and the supervisory authority enables critical competence building; and one evolving policy on the process of certifying autonomous or remote operated functions using non-standardized technology. In conclusion, despite shipping being explicitly regulated internationally we found that there is substantial leeway for national policies regarding smart ships on national waters.

The Role of Teacher's Pedagogic Competence in Cultivating Character Based on Scientific Learning in Elementary Schools

The role of teacher pedagogical competence in character building is the teacher's ability to design and implement learning that educates and is adapted to existing character values, and can direct the potential of students and evaluate learning. The purpose of this study 1). Analyzing the role of teacher pedagogical competence in character building based on scientific learning at SD Muhammadiyah 2 Tulangan, 2) Analyzing what factors support and hinder the cultivation of scientific-based character. This study uses qualitative research with descriptive methods. The research subjects were class III homeroom teachers, principals of SD Muhammadiyah 2 Tulangan and administrative staff. Data collection techniques using 1) Observation 2) Interview 3) Documentation. While the data analysis technique used the data triangulation technique. ,and has been made with a variety of techniques and methods that are interesting and fun. 2) Factors that influence character building in SD Muhammadiyah Tulangan are internal and external factors, namely the collaboration between teachers and parents. 
 Highlights:
 
 Teacher pedagogical competence plays a crucial role in character building through adaptable and value-based learning.
 Factors influencing character building include internal and external elements, with collaboration between teachers and parents being vital.
 This study utilizes qualitative research with descriptive methods, employing observation, interviews, and documentation for data collection and triangulation.
 
 Keywords: Teacher pedagogical competence, Character building, Scientific learning, Qualitative research, Data triangulation

Practicing Change, Changing Practice: Gallery Educators’ Professional Learning in Times of Reckoning and Upheaval

Art museums are increasingly responding to calls for exhibitions, community engagement, and institutional changes that confront and unsettle taken-for-granted knowledge, structures, and ways of working. Grounded in such a dynamic and evolving field, this qualitative study asked the following: What does gallery educators’ own learning look like -- and what motivates it? How does ongoing competency building inform critical dialogue with visitors and support wider efforts to reshape the field through an ethos of social justice? Drawing on tenets of critical pragmatism, transformative adult learning, and constructivist grounded theory, my thesis comprised three manuscripts based on findings from two series of interviews with gallery educators in Canada and Scotland. This article highlights my findings, contextualizing my analyses on the shifting ground shaping gallery education in both countries. In doing so, it contributes to both a relative paucity of scholarly research on critical professional learning in art museums and an emerging body of literature addressing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the working lives of gallery educators and the futures that lie ahead.

The competence of a coach in sports: How does it correlate with athlete motivation?

Sports coaches hold integral roles in sports organizations. As important figures for athletes, coaches are responsible for maintaining athletes’ motivation which will drive their performances in matches. To motivate athletes, coaches must possess good competence which reflect their quality as coaches. This study analyzes the effect of coach competency on athlete motivation. Coach competency in this study is represented by four indicators: Motivation Competency, Game-strategy Competency, Technique Competency, and Character-building Competency. Each and every indicator’s effect on athlete motivation was investigated. The instrument in this study used a questionnaire with 42 question items. This study is an explanatory research conducted on 114 student basketball athletes in Indonesia as respondents. Data analysis was conducted using SEM-PLS on the WARP-PLS 7 software. The results of this research show that overall, motivation competency, technique competency, character building competency, and game-strategy competency which represents the coach competency variable have a positive effect on athlete motivation (p<0.05), while motivation competency has no effect on athlete motivation (p>0.05). Game strategy competency, technique competency, and character building competency has positive effects on athlete motivation (p<0.05). This research contributes to increasing scientific knowledge among coaches and athletes about the importance of competence for the motivational aspect. The limitation in this study is that the sample used only comes from basketball athletes so it is not yet known whether there is a similar relationship between the competence and motivation of other sports coaches. Therefore, future research can examine the relationship between the competence and motivation of coaches in sports such as football, volleyball, and handball.

A Future Primary School Teacher Competence Building Model through Application of Innovative Technologies

Nowadays in the context of innovations in the education system it is necessary to substantiate the organizational and pedagogical conditions for the formation of mathematical competence. These changes necessitated the development of a model for the formation of the mathematical competence of future primary school teachers by means of innovative technologies. The purpose of the article is to get acquainted with the components of primary school teachers’ professional competence, to characterize the content of organizational and pedagogical conditions for implementing the model of mathematical competence of future primary school teachers by means of innovative technologies, to form our own model of mathematical competence. Realization of the purpose of the article will give an opportunity in the educational process of higher pedagogical educational institution to improve the professional training of the future specialist, in particular in the aspect of his mathematical competence formation. The educational and methodological support of the process of building mathematical competence is analyzed, in particular: a set of multimedia presentations in the courses “Mathematics” and “Methods of teaching in the educational field of “Mathematics”. a textbook “Methods of teaching in the educational field of “Mathematics”, a textbook “Fundamentals of work in the Moodle environment” and electronic methodological complexes “Mathematics” and “Methods of teaching in the educational field of “Mathematics”, created in the Mооdle environment.

Policy for sustainable entrepreneurship: A crowdsourced framework

Sustainable entrepreneurship can contribute to sustainable development by seeking synergies between social, environmental and economic outcomes, turning market failures into commercial opportunities. However, institutional conditions often act to obstruct sustainable entrepreneurs. While policy is instrumental in shaping conditions for entrepreneurship, how policy can best support sustainable ventures specifically is under-researched. This study uses a novel crowdsourcing approach with multiple actors in the sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem to explore how policy can create conditions conducive to sustainable entrepreneurship. An emergent multi-level policy framework outlines six mechanisms by which this may be achieved: resource prioritisation, competency building, sustainable market creation, networked sharing, collaborative replication, and impact valuation. These mechanisms enable three interconnected policy objectives: enterprise creation, system transformation, and impact reorientation. The study thereby makes four main contributions to literature on sustainable entrepreneurship and policy. First, it reveals the importance of a ‘meso level’ of policy that supports the sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem, complementing micro-level supply-side and macro-level demand-side policies. Second, it proposes a policy focus not just on enterprises and how they are grown, but on sustainability-oriented innovations and how they are replicated. Third, it identifies the need for ‘impact re-orientation’ policies that track and optimise entrepreneurs' individual and collective triple-bottom-line impacts. Fourth, the study exemplifies a promising crowdsourcing method of co-creating policy.

Developing Business Model Competences in the Enterprise

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw a growing interest in starting own business: as per the Census Bureau's Business Formation Statistics, the number of applications to form new businesses filed in the U.S. was the highest compared to any other year on record, reaching the total of 5.4 million (Economic Innovation Group, 2022), while in the EU, after an initial downward trend recorded in the first and second quarters of 2020, the number of new business registrations grew again in the third quarter of that year, and this upward trend continued throughout 2021 (Eurostat, 2022). Of course, as a result of Russia's invasion on Ukraine and related economic crisis, a downward tendency could be observed, but business registration levels in the EU in the first quarter of 2022 were still higher than during the pre-COVID 19 pandemic period (2015–2019) (Eurostat, 2022) and online searches indicating and intent to open a business spiked by 76% from 2018 to 2022 (Search Engine Journal, 2022). This shows that despite many external impediments, people are still tempted to start their own business, and many influencers, motivational speakers and coaches, as well as various popular TV shows broadcast worldwide (like the Apprentice, Dragons’ Den, Shark Tank or Planet of the Apps) encourage them to do so. Becoming an entrepreneur has become a goal many people, especially 20-, 30- and 40-year-olds, strive to achieve. However, many of those people fail to realise that the very entry in the business register does not automatically make them entrepreneurs or their business successful. Neither does a good (or even excellent and innovative) business idea that attracts customers, as it was in Kodak’s, Blockbuster’s, or Ask Jeeves’ case. What is required, is the ability to stay attractive to existing and prospective customers, i.e., the ability to win and retain customers, and to adapt to the changing demands, trends and economic conditions. All this can be achieved thanks to a meticulously designed and regularly reviewed and updated business model.
 The aim of this paper is to present and analyse the learning process of acquiring and building competences in the area of business models with the use of different innovative tools. The results presented and discussed in this article come from surveys as well as face-to-face and on-line meetings conducted in the ProBM 2 ERASMUS+ project (Understanding and Developing Business Models in the Era of Globalisation), in which the total of 261 respondents from seven (7) European countries, i.e. Poland, Italy, Greece, Romania, Portugal, Malta, and Switzerland, took part between 2019 and 2022. From the meetings and surveys it follows that much more awareness of business models needs to be encouraged and developed, particularly as regards improving competences helping future business owners and their employees assess profitability and efficiency of their operations and ensure that the business will be a going concern.

Successful IT Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: The Contingent Role of Mentorship

ABSTRACT This paper principally explores the determinants of successful information technology entrepreneurship in Nigeria’s IT sector. It further examines the moderating effect of mentorship (either by an IT practitioner or a non-IT practitioner) in the correlation between the independent variables of interest and dependent variable. Literature from the developed markets underscores a positive relationship between training and successful entrepreneurship. However, such relationship is seldom explored within the context of developing markets such as Nigeria. Thus, this paper explores the impact of specific factors such as IT-focused entrepreneurial training, being born by entrepreneur parents, business school training, faith in a supernatural and mentorship on IT entrepreneurial success A quantitative research design involving a web-based survey was used to collect data among 297 participants. All collected data were screened and analyzed using binary logistic regression and Exploratory Factor Analysis. The results showed that IT entrepreneurs who are born by entrepreneur parents are more likely to succeed than those without such family backgrounds. Also, the attendance of a business school is a significant predictive factor for IT entrepreneurial success in Nigeria. Surprisingly, no significant correlation exists between formal education in the IT field and IT entrepreneurial success. Further, no significant moderating effect of mentorship was present. This implies that IT entrepreneurs in Nigeria need to harness the benefits of entrepreneurial family background and business school education to sustainably grow their businesses and become successful. Also, committed federal government backing is needed to introduce innovative entrepreneurial initiatives to improve competence among IT entrepreneurs in Nigeria. General business/management training is needed besides conventional IT training as the former is a better predictor of success among IT entrepreneurs. Finally, trainings need to focus on building competencies for relationship management to aid access to resources for innovation and growth. Future studies should consider a qualitative approach to investigating the mediating impact of mentorship on IT entrepreneurship success in Nigeria.

Online informal learning community for interpreter training amid COVID-19: A pilot evaluation.

Sudden shifts towards online education since the outbreak of Covid-19 propelled the unprepared changes in teaching and learning over the world. The impact of transferring Interpreter training from face-to-face instruction and practices to a fully online environment was viewed differently. Issues such as relatively inferior engagement in learning and dissatisfied performance in competence building were highlighted and compounded by the concern of academic burnout and learning stress caused by the abiding pandemic. To curb the unsatisfactory situation, alternative learning methods and innovative pedagogical approaches were advocated. The present study was a pioneering effort to integrate informal learning into remote interpreter training by developing and implementing an online informal learning communities for undergraduate interpreting trainees in a Chinese university. The researcher recruited 36 students (n = 36) from the institution as participants in the 1.5-year piloting project. The findings of the research revealed the impact of informal learning in supplementing formal education by engaging involved students. Student-centered learning supported by collaborative and experiential activities in an informal environment was well-received for its ability to galvanize student's engagement and academic achievements. The perceptions from participants revealed preference and expectation from students for expanded roles of trainers in interpreter training.

EHealth competence building for future doctors and nurses – Attitudes and capabilities

BackgroundDigitalisation is rapidly changing health care processes and the health care sector, thus increasing the need to improve the digital competence of future health care professionals. PurposeThe aim of this study was to describe the attitudes of medical and nursing students towards digital health based on self-evaluation as well as to compare the differences in perceptions between the two student groups. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted as an online survey using the Webropol in April 2021 at the University of Oulu and Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland. The survey questionnaire consisted of seven background questions and 16 statements on a five-point Likert scale (fully disagree to fully agree) to survey student attitudes towards eHealth, and their digital capabilities. ResultsA total of 250 medical and nursing students were invited to participate in the study and 170 of them took the survey (response rate 68 %). Of those answered, 38 % (n = 64) were nursing and 32 % (n = 106) medical students. Students generally had a positive attitude towards eHealth and health care digitalisation. The differences in perceptions and preparedness between medical and nursing students were surprisingly small in the two student groups. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in three out of 16 statements: these were related to changes in the roles of health care professionals and patients as well as the students’ knowledge of information contained in the national patient portal. ConclusionsThe results of this study provide a good starting point for further harmonisation of the curriculum for both health professional groups regarding the teaching of eHealth and telemedicine.

IMPLEMENTASI APLIKASI BEBUNGE SEBAGAI UPAYA PENINGKATAN PELAYANAN DI KABUPATEN BEKASI

The Bebunge application is a facility provided by the Bekasi Regency government to make it easier for the public to obtain information, convey aspirations and complaints, and obtain public services in Bekasi Regency. The purpose of this study was to determine the implications of the bebunge application in developing innovation in Bekasi Regency. The research method used is qualitative research with the results of data processing with data collection techniques through direct interviews, documentation and observation. In this study, the theory of the application of e-government is used, namely the theory includes indicators such as Content Development, Competency Building, Connectivity, Cyber ​​Laws, Citizen Interfaces and Capital. The results of the research show that the application of the Bebunge Application in Bekasi Regency in terms of socialization to the community is still lacking, because socialization is only through digital media such as Twitter, Instagram, or Youtube. So that the user community still does not understand much about the application of the Bebunge application in Bekasi Regency. The conclusion in this study is that in the implementation of the Bebunge application in developing innovations in the field of information technology in Bekasi Regency, it is not optimal, it is seen from the side of socialization to the community directly.

The next generation of leaders: Support and education must be intentional

The next generation of leaders: Support and education must be intentional

The NIPH’s response to the climate and environmental crisis

Abstract The vision of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) is better health for all. Climate changes and health are among our main strategic priorities. The NIPH aims to become a key actor in questions relating to climate, environment, food and health. An action plan on climate changes and environmental health is under development and will be presented. Climate and environmental changes affect the mental and physical health in several ways. The NIPH will in the coming years develop new knowledge on health consequences of climate changes: causes, risks, health effects and measures, based on our methodological expertise, research activities and infrastructures, such as health registers, health examinations, laboratories and biobanks. A key issue, and a main priority of the NIPH, is sustainable and climate-adapted food systems. There is a strong need to strengthen knowledge on healthy, safe and globally sustainable food. We will present and discuss our action plan for addressing climate and environmental health: Priorities, experiences, and challenges in implementation regarding e.g. competence and capacity building. The following examples will be given: – Research that addresses the food problem, and how to ensure a sustainable diet. – The development of the MoBa Human Environmental Biobank to understand how climate and environmental changes affect exposure and public health, and how to follow the changes over time and help prevent disease. – Examples of activities relating to clean air, clean and safe drinking water, and safe products from a One Health perspective: Achievements, projects, networks. – Challenges in communicating health risks associated with the climate, environmental and pollution crisis to the public. We encourage feedback and suggestions on NIPH's efforts to address the climate crisis, to ensure good knowledge sharing and that we are fully supporting our stakeholders.

Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of an Eating Disorders Knowledge Exchange Program for Non-specialist Professionals.

Despite availability of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders (EDs), individuals with EDs often do not receive informed treatment. Training of non-specialized clinicians by experienced professionals through knowledge exchange (KE) programs is an effective way to enhance accessibility to evidence-based treatments for EDs. The authors conducted a qualitative analysis of factors that facilitated or impeded the uptake of an ED-focused KE program. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mental health professionals (n = 43) and managers (n = 11) at 13 community mental-health sites at which the KE program was offered. Data were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis. Key facilitators identified were management support for the program and building competence through ongoing supervision of clinicians. Main barriers were limited access to ED patients to treat and having insufficient time to apply ED interventions in front-line settings. The results provide insights into the practical imperatives involved in implementing a KE initiative for ED treatment.

Vietnam general contractors’ perceptions on challenges to the delivery of green building projects

This study focuses mainly on investigating differences in Southern and Northern general contractors’ perception of challenges in executing green building projects. The questionnaire survey-based data analysis results show that there is a good consensus between general contractors (GCs) from these two regions on the top two most critical challenges in delivering green building projects. They are “lacking of legal regulations and technical codes on green building”, and “more difficult to early establish a competent, integrated, and multidisciplinary green building project team”. Additionally, the Mann-Whitney U-test reveals that there are a significant difference on perception of the GCs from Northern as compared with those from Southern on the five challenges, including “shortage of reliable green building materials, technologies, and equipment in the market”, “lack of reliable suppliers of green products, materials, equipment”, “lack of appropriate tools/laboratories specific for testing, assessing, measuring, and inspecting the green performance of construction products”, “difficulty in selecting and managing subcontractors”, and “difficult in comprehending the green specifications”. The study may be beneficial not only for the central policymakers but also for the local governments, industrial practitioners and project stakeholders to gain a better understanding of the major challenges in executing green building projects at local or regional level. As a result, the study proposed many solutions specific for each of these regions to promote the development of the local green building industry.

Continuous up skilling of teaching faculty for competency building: during and post pandemic

It is always a proven statement that the education industry keeps growing and it has been witnessed a reflectivetransformation in the meadow of edification. Swiftprogress and skill augmentation for teachers are the need of the hour. Chalk and Talk Method, so called conventional teaching have distorted into smart boards, interactive teaching and virtual reality and augmented reality mode of teaching. Access to innovative tools and technology has made education expedienttransversely in all platforms. This study has envisaged the real impact of Covid’19 towards the continuous up skilling of the teaching faculty irrespective of their disciplines. A sample size of 182 teaching professionals of Engineering and Arts and Science in growing institutions of Coimbatore City has been included for the study. A well structured questionnaire was framed and distributed among the teaching community and the data is analyzed through descriptive statistics. The pandemic has made a drastic change in all the fields, especially education as the teachers perception towards teaching mode has transformed from conventional to contemporary in most of the prominent cases.

Modelling Digital Competence by Combining Computational Thinking with General Learning Taxonomies

In the context of a rapid digital transformation, digital competence is now to be regarded as a fourth cultural skill complementing reading, writing, and arithmetic. In this paper, we argue that a well-structured and sound competence model is needed as a shared foundation for learning, teaching, pedagogical diagnostics and evaluative schemes in the school system. Every competence model should build upon a consistent, theoretically sound framework for teaching and learning. We consequently develop a competence model for digital competence by drawing on the concept of computational thinking as well as on general learning taxonomies. By combining different knowledge and process dimensions with essential facets of computational thinking a cube model of digital competence can be constructed. Hence, we develop and substantiate a structure model for digital competence building upon the concept of computational thinking that goes beyond the existing frameworks only focusing on the subject-related context and put this up for discussion. The next step would then be to supplement the structure model by specific learning objectives, so that developing approaches to teaching and learning digital competence will have a sound basis.

A Pilot Study on Effectiveness of Competence Building Interventional Package on Life Skills and Assertive Behaviour Among Children Residing in Selected Orphanages of Bagalkot District

Children residing in orphanages are going through different challenges in the current scenario. It will affect their socialization and failures in scholastic behavior. A Quasi experimental time series design using Pre-test post-test control group design was used for the present study. Stratified proportional sampling technique, using computer generated random sequence numbers was used to select samples. Out of 20 samples 10 allotted in experimental and 10 in control group. Orphan children aged between 10 to 18 years were selected as samples. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study results depicted mean pre post test score of children in experimental group was 183.4+ 19.66 which increased to 209.5 + 15 in posttest whereas the mean pre-test score of control group was 193.45+ 13.52 which increased to 196.7 + 18.03 in post-test. The calculated t value was 10.207 with P value < 0.000, The mean Assertive behavior post test score (87.70+ 13.08) of children in experimental group is significantly higher than post test (73.5 + 6.55) scores of control group (U=10.500, P<0.01) which shows that the competence building interventional package was effective in improving the Life skills and Assertive behavior among orphan children in experimental group as compared to control group. The study concluded that. Interventional programmes on life skills and assertive training are effective improving the Psychological and mental wellbeing of orphans. Keywords: Competence Building Interventional Package, Life Skills, Assertive Behaviour, Children, Orphanages of Bagalkot District

FOSTERING THE CAREER BUILDING COMPETENCE IN STUDENT TEACHERS OF HANDICRAFTS AND TECHNOLOGY: SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH

The study reveals the essential features of the concept of «fostering the career building competence in student teachers of Handicrafts and Technology» as a dynamic combination of knowledge, skills, thinking, views, values and other personal qualities that determine the ability of the student teachers of Handicrafts and Technology to set career goals, plan the career, awareness of their own career potential and, accordingly, to effectively build a career path, successfully overcoming career problems. The above is based on the examination of the approaches of scientists to the definition of key research concepts. Having used the scientific and experimental approach, the study determined and characterised the structure of the career building competence in student teachers of Handicrafts and Technology as the set of the components such as motivational, cognitive, activity, reflective. Accordingly, the study specified the criteria, indicators and levels - initial, low, medium, high - of the formation of the phenomenon under study. It also provided the characteristics of the development levels. Precisely, the indicators of the motivational criterion were as follows: 1) positive attitude to career building; 2) the desire for self-expression and self-realization in professional activities; 3) having the values aimed at developing the necessary competencies for a career in education. The cognitive criterion was characterized as having and constant updating of knowledge: 1) on the field of education, objects and types of the selected professional activity, 2) about the possible ways of career development, 3) on forecasting, career planning in the education system. The activity criterion was defined as a set of skills and abilities: 1) to get engaged in the professional activities at the stage of education; 2) rapidly adapt to professional activity in the dynamics of external conditions; 3) to gain experience in career growth. The reflexive criterion was interpreted as the ability to: 1) analyse the job market requirements for teachers of Handicrafts and Technology from the professional environment perspective; 2) assess opportunities for professional and career growth; 3) reflect on the ways to overcome career crises and solve careerproblems.

공공체육시설의 체계적 관리를 위한 로컬 거버넌스 구축 방안

The purpose of this study is to establish user-centered local governance by improving the management structure for the advancement of public sports facilities. For this study, Delphi method and hierarchical structure analysis method were used. and A group of 17 experts was constituted and data were obtained through three rounds of questionnaire surveys. The research results are as follows. First, there are a total of 24 components of building local governance of public sports facilities. Based on weight, Support for the social environment through the enactment of local ordinances, The organizational structure is a collaboration between the head of the entrusted agency and the head of the entrusted agency, Administrative power is regional and customer management, Infrastructure is a sports support project that reflects the characteristics of participants, and priorities for each component were shown. Second, according to the results of management factors, on-site experts and related persons were consulted. Establishment of external environment management system for network with institutions, Building competency as a professional institution, It was organized by systematizing the evaluation of management. This study is effective only if it is utilized through specific research for each local government.