Current Education Programs Research Articles

Virtual fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) boot-camp using telesimulation: an educational solution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) is an internationally recognized educational and certification program designed to teach the knowledge and skills required for basic laparoscopic surgery. Previously, our institution has organized an FLS boot-camp to teach PGY1 residents the FLS manual skills. During the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person sessions were not possible. The purpose of this study was to utilize telesimulation as an education solution for teaching FLS technical skills to PGY1 residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. A virtual FLS program was established. A complete, easily portable FLS kit was distributed to participantsand instructors to set up an FLS box and connect remotely using telesimulation. The program was delivered by three senior residents using the Zoom™ platform. Participants were split into groups of 3-4 individuals, each receiving three 1-h sessions. Sessions were structured with initial demonstration of tasks followed by individual coaching of participants in 'break-out' rooms. The official FLS exam was administered in-person on the 4th week. Pre- and post-course surveys were administered to participants gauging self-reported proficiency with FLS tasks and overall course feedback. Anonymized FLS exam results were collected. A total of 14 residents participated, and 11 responded to the survey. Participants reported that their overall FLS skills proficiency significantly improved on a 5-point likert scale from 1.5 ± 0.5 pre-course to 4.0 ± 0.5 post-course (mean ± SD). Participants unanimously stated that having the FLS box at home was valuable and enabled them to practice more. On the FLS exam, 13 of 14 participants passed the manual skills component. We developed a telesimulation hands-on FLS course as an alternative to in-person training. The course was practical and effective and was preferred to traditional methods by participants. With ever-expanding technological solutions, virtual telesimulation education is an attractive and underutilized tool, not only in the setting of COVID-19, but also more broadly across current educational programs.

Evaluating Mathematical Literacy Among Pupils Using Early Grade Mathematics Assessment in East Sumba

This study aims to evaluate the level of mathematical literacy among elementary school-aged children in one of the schools in Lewa Paku District, East Sumba Regency. This research employed a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The participants in this study were 20 students (10 students with good grades and ten students with poor grades in class), teachers, the school principal, and the head of the Education Office of East Sumba. The research instruments were mathematical tests adapted from the Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA), key informant interview guidance applied to all the participants, and observation during the learning processes. The quantitative data was analyzed using the descriptive technique, while the qualitative collected data was processed by data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The findings showed that the mathematical literacy of the fifth grade was in a low category. Factors affecting the student's math skills were less learning media, less conducive classes, limited, outdated, and unattractive printed textbooks, inadequate learning and teaching facilities, and less trained teachers. This research finding provides relevant and timely information to support students' achievement by adjusting policies, reforming curricula or programs, and instructional practices. Also, the policymaker can evaluate the effectiveness of the current education programs to decide on better interventions in supporting the students to improve their understanding of early math concepts.

СОСТОЯНИЕ, ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ ПОДГОТОВКИ В ОБЛАСТИ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ПЕРСОНАЛОМ: МНЕНИЕ ВУЗОВ

The article presents the generalized results of a survey of universities as part of the regular labor market monitoring conducted by the Council for Professional Qualifications in the field of HR management. The survey data made it possible to draw a number of conclusions about the current state and quality of training in the field of HR management (current educational programs, forms and level of interaction between universities and employers, the demand for graduates and the compliance of their qualifications with the requirements of employers and professional standards), to identify the most significant problems and their causes, as well as assess the prospects (including the future of professional and public accreditation of educational programs, independent assessment of the qualifications of graduates, as well as the feasibility of maintaining HR management as an independent area of professional training) and the conditions for their implementation.

Service Related Competences: Education Practices in the Republic of North Macedonia

Abstract This paper presents research on service related competences in Republic of North Macedonia. This research was conducted as part of Erasmus+ CBHE project entitled” Enhancing and validating service related competences in versatile learning environments in Western Balkan universities (e-Viva)”. Innovations and development of new technologies including automation of manufacturing processes cause paradigm shift in business models in manufacturing sector while service sector emerges as potential for economic growth by absorbing more labour and offering diverse services. Thus, development of service related competences is an important issue for overall development of service sector. Assessment of service related competences in South East Europe aimed at the identification, analysis and description of current education programmes and practices relating to service orientation with focus on the interface between formal and informal learning in the higher education sector and possible connections to validation practices in relation to EQF, NQFs and the related instruments (ECTS, ECVET and EUROPASS). Method: Results of desk research, online questionnaire results and results of interviews with stakeholders (one-to-one or focus group) as well as interpretation of needs analysis in North Macedonia are elaborated and presented in this paper. The results of this project and research show that significant attention is devoted to development of competences in service sector in North Macedonia. The findings indicate that respondents/parties are aware about the positive aspects of the “Service Related Competences”, especially regarding the professional, career development, and employment prospects. There is a need of online courses where basic theoretical concepts should be presented, and then, in combination with practical learning, the same should be exercised and learned how to be used in practice.

Character Education to Address Elementary Students’ Emotional and Behavioral Development: a Quasi-Experimental Study

Most states now require some form of character education to be taught to students in the United States. At the same time, school personnel are encouraged to use evidence-based practices to best support their students’ needs. A current character education program based in positive psychology – The Positivity Project (P2) – is experiencing massive uptake in schools across the nation, but to date there is no experimental research available on the program. The current study includes a quasi-experimental design to investigate the relationship between fourth-grade students’ exposure to the P2 curriculum and changes in their teacher-reported emotional and behavioral problems. Results indicated that compared to a control group, students experiencing the P2 program demonstrated significantly greater reductions in their externalizing (g = .6) and internalizing (g = .7) behaviors across the first half of the school year. Future research needs are proposed.

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME): an Overview and Relevance to the Education of Future Surgical Oncologists.

In the next two decades, the global cancer burden is expected to rise by 47%, and the demand for global cancer surgery will increase by 52%. At present, only 25% of the estimated 80% of patients needing surgical intervention have access to timely surgical care. The shortage of a trained workforce of surgical oncologists is one of the main barriers to providing the optimal surgical intervention needed for cancer patients. Some of the contributing factors to the shortage of trained surgical oncologists are variations in the current global educational platforms, long training programs, and physician burnout. Therefore, the availability of a credible training framework and a sustainable certification pipeline for future surgical oncologists is critical to meet the global demand for an adequate healthcare workforce. The current surgical oncology educational program is a time-based construct that trains surgeons to function seamlessly in the multidisciplinary care of cancer patients. However, there is a lack of flexibility in the training framework and timeline despite differences in trainees' abilities. Developing a globally acceptable standard curriculum for surgical oncology training based on the competency-based medical education (CBME) framework and tailoring it to local needs can increase the surgical oncology workforce ready to tackle the rising cancer burden. However, successful implementation of the global CBME-based surgical oncology training curriculum requires an innovative approach to ensure that this framework produces a competent surgical oncologist that meets the local needs.

Development of Choreographic Education in the Context of Cultural Development of Society

The relevance of the outlined research problem is determined by a number of contradictions that exist in contemporary choreographic education: the growing demands on the professionalism of the choreographer and the state of professional training; the need for an appropriate response of art education to the demands of society and a fragmentary introduction of innovations into the educational system. Specific features of choreographic art as one of the important factors of cultural development of society are characterized; its special social functions are defined. The peculiarities and tasks of choreographic education in the context of contemporary socio-cultural changes are clarified. In particular, the specifics of professional training of future specialists in the field of choreographic art, the content of their professional qualities and features of the educational programs are analyzed. Based on the analysis of current educational programs and the results of student surveys, the directions for updating the content of professional training of future choreographers are identified, including updating the content of educational programs, introducing an integrative approach, using differentiated professionally oriented tasks, determining appropriate forms and methods of influencing students and individualization of training. Innovative directions in the system of choreographic education, which were formed as a result of intensive social development, are outlined: tendencies to combination of physical education, sports and dance, strengthening of international cooperation, introduction of information technologies and training of specialists for correctional work in inclusive environment by means of choreographic art. Prospects for further research lie in substantiation of the conceptual foundations of professional training of future choreographers, taking into account current trends in social development.

Dental Bite-Sized Bits: A Module for Teaching Common Oral Health Conditions to Multidisciplinary Students.

The Surgeon General's report in the year 2000 highlighted the association between chronic diseases and oral health infections. Current healthcare education programs, regrettably, report only 1 to 3h of oral health instruction within curricula. In the years 2020-2022, as part of their respective oral health curricula, 278 first-year physician assistant and 12 pre-clinical second-year pharmacy students were invited to participate in a voluntary survey examining the effectiveness of animated succinct, online video-based oral health units. Among all student responses for the post-use survey, respondents "strongly agreed" or "agreed" that learning objectives of the unit(s) were achieved after reviewing the videos. Of the participants, 97% "strongly agreed" or "agreed" that the videos helped them understand information of which they had no prior knowledge. Similarly, 98% "strongly agreed" or "agreed" the information was appropriate for their level of knowledge. Most students, 93%, "strongly agreed" or "agreed" the exercise was a valuable learning experience. Regarding the importance of future interprofessional collaboration pertaining to a mutual patient's oral health, 95% of participants "strongly agreed" or "agreed" that they would be likely to collaborate. This study demonstrates the importance of oral health as a critical area of focus in healthcare education. The study also confirms the hypothesis that Dental Bite-Sized Bits units deliver engaging, valuable oral health education for preclinical healthcare learners, incorporating interprofessional perspectives from the disciplines of dental, pharmacy, and physician assistant.

CLIL realities through the lens of English and content teachers

This research investigated six established areas for quality (Ortega-Martín et al., 2018) in the implementation of CLIL programmes in a Spanish monolingual autonomous community from the perspective of its teachers, in particular focusing on possible differences of opinion between content and English language teachers, an understudied area. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 36 teachers at four secondary schools in urban Extremadura so as to assess the perceptions of the execution and the effectiveness of current CLIL education programmes, identifying specifically their potential challenges. Significant differences between content teachers and English teachers’ perceptions in six areas under study are examined, from programme management to academic results. Data results indicate that although programmes are viewed quite positively by both groups of teachers, some important areas of difference exist, including the amount of time the L2 is used in a content class and the language skills that are worked in a CLIL environment. To address this gap, suggestions are made to establish more widely accepted standards for CLIL programme objectives.

An Assessment of Undergraduate EFL Students’ Intercultural Competence at Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret

Today’s education places a strong emphasis on helping students become interculturally competent. Given its significance, the current study aims to evaluate the development of intercultural competence of undergraduate EFL students at the Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret. Because there are not many studies assessing or how to assess university EFL students’ intercultural competence in Algeria, it is necessary to research how much intercultural competence is incorporated into the current university English education program. Thus, the main question addressed is whether Algerian undergraduate EFL students have intercultural competence. To address this question, 36 third-year English major students at the Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret were randomly chosen to participate in the study. The measurement tool was a questionnaire with inquiries regarding the following three intercultural competence dimensions: attitudes, knowledge and skills. The findings of this study showed that although the participants’ intercultural attitudes and knowledge are high, they lack the intercultural skills that are essential for attentive intercultural speakers to interpret and use appropriate expressions associated with the cultural environment. As a result, this study strongly recommends that it is crucial to incorporate all the elements of intercultural competence in the current English curriculum at Algerian universities.

Promoting creativity in early childhood education.

This study aims to find out the opinions and experience of teachers and teacher candidates on promoting creativity and creative thinking in the early childhood stage within the scope of the current preschool educational program. The method of the study is the basic qualitative research design. The study group consists of 25 preschool teachers employed in the province of Alanya in the city of Antalya, and 25 preschool teacher candidates who were students in their 3rd and 4th year at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education. Open-ended questionnaire form was used for getting the opinions of teachers and teacher candidates. The data was analyzed within the principles of content analysis. According to the results of the study, statements on the prominence of creative thinking mainly emphasized the child being able to express her/his emotions and thoughts effectively, developing the child's problem-solving skills, forming cause- effect relationships, and being able to create a different point of view towards events and situations. As for developing creative thinking, the opinions that come to the forefront are going on trips with the children, conducting art activities, focusing on drama activities, conducting science and maths activities based on research, and motivating children to create authentic products with different materials. On the whole, teachers and teacher candidates expressed that the present preschool educational program has positive contributions to promoting creative thinking in children.

Intercultural communication methodology: teaching sciences and engineering students

The problem area of this research paper focuses on the priority functions of the language sphere of the being mentality necessarily reflecting the state documents on education, methodology of scientific and methodical support for the implementation of educational programs of language education for training students of non-linguistic departments of universities in line with the axiology within the current educational program research of the eco-system spaces of international language education in Russia. Current Scientific Scholarship in terms of the intercultural approach needs to be created for linguistic security via making the outmost of the language programs for SP. The goal of this article is threefold: a) to design Knowledge Content, Technology and Evaluation Concepts of the target Model, b) to substantiate the integration characteristics of intercultural communication at universities (Natural Sciences and Engineering), c) to clarify the integration characteristics of intercultural communication within the innovations of national education in the third millennium, based on topical issues of the polyphony of the eco-system spaces. The latter reflects the priority dominant values due to the cognitive, developmental and educational functions in line with positive trends requiring thorough attention of both the university pedagogical community and teachers of general education organizations.

Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Allied Health Clinical Education Programs.

Continuing allied health professional (AHP) clinical education is essential to ensure high-quality patient care; however, the effectiveness of current education programs is unclear. This review aimed to determine whether AHP education programs improve the knowledge of AHPs, change their clinical practice behavior, and/or improve patient-related clinical outcome and to identify important components of these programs. Four electronic databases were searched. Controlled clinical trials investigating the effectiveness of clinical education programs were included. Education programs were diverse, varying in design, delivery mode, and intensity. Only therapy-specific AHPs were included. Effectiveness was determined by differences in group outcomes in the domains of AHP knowledge, AHP clinical practice behavior, and patient-related clinical outcomes. Forty-four studies were identified, of which 26 included physiotherapists only. Most control groups were waitlist, passive dissemination of information, or usual care, limiting comparisons between programs. Changes in AHP knowledge was investigated in 20 trials, with 13 showing an improvement. Thirty studies investigated changes in AHP clinical practice behavior, with half demonstrating a difference between groups. Seventeen studies investigated a patient-related clinical outcome, with five finding a difference between groups. Where improvements in outcomes were demonstrated, programs tended to incorporate self-selection and cater to the learner's contextual needs. AHP knowledge is effectively improved through targeted education programs. To change AHP behavior and patient outcomes, it seems important to incorporate self-selection for the program and consider the learner's individual needs and contexts through mentoring, outreach visits, reflection, and incorporating patient participation in the learning.

Educational and Professional Program Web Project Management, Digital Content Design: Labor Functions and Activities’ Types of the Future Specialist

The purpose of the research is to identify the main labor functions and activities of a future specialist in the current educational and professional program Web Projects Management, Digital Content Design of the specialty Information, Library, and Archival Affairs.
 Research methodology. General scientific research methods were used, in particular, analysis and synthesis; a hypothetical method, which made it possible, based on the analysis of interdisciplinary educational and professional programs in other humanitarian specialties, to formulate the didactic validity and pedagogical expediency of the proposed educational and professional program Web Projects Management, Digital Content Design of the specialty Information, Library, and Archival Affairs; methods of semantic and logical analysis of an array of documents (professional scientific publications, content of Internet resources) – to identify the state of theory and practice of training specialists under interdisciplinary educational and professional programs; the method of analogies – to establish similarities between pedagogical systems based on the signs of interdisciplinarity to justify the didactic possibility of implementing the studied educational and professional program.
 The scientific novelty of the research consists in identifying the labor functions and types of activities of the future specialist under the educational and professional program Web Projects Management, Digital Content Design.
 Conclusions. Strengthening the social-communicative function of organizations in the document and information sphere, in particular in the presentation of their activities in the web environment, actualizes the training of IT specialists for this subject area.
 The requirements for a modern specialist in the document and information field, the convergence of activities’ types and tasks that appear in the course of his work, determine the convergence of the program content Management of Web Projects, Design of Digital Content with the areas of IT and project management activities.
 The interdisciplinarity of the studied educational and professional program corresponds to the content of the activities of an information resources specialist in the context of digitalization.
 The analyzed drafts of professional standards and the experience of pedagogical systems functioning, the main concept of which is the integration of knowledge in the subject area with knowledge in the field of implementation and support of digital technologies that ensure its innovative functioning, are pedagogically appropriate and require further research to determine the content, forms, and methods of specialist training.

USING READING SUB-SKILLS TO IMPROVE THE NON-MAJOR FRESHMEN’S ABILITY OF INDEPENDENT READING CỎMPREHENSION AT TAN TRAO UNIVERSITY

Based on the current educational perspective, the main goal of learning English is to form and develop the essential knowledge and skills of English and the necessary intellectual qualities to help students improve or apply to life (Dang Thi Lan (2009), [1]. Therefore, all new English books are compiled according to the current educational program, based on the criteria of promoting active learning methods, focusing on developing all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing in each lesson. However, through practical teaching, it has been shown that the English reading comprehension ability of the first-year students is still limited, not actively grasping the primary information of the text, not understanding all the implications of the reading, leading to the birth of students. Students learn reading comprehension skills that are not effective. Besides, in reading comprehension iiilessons, iiiteachers iiistill iiiface iiimany iiidifficulties iiibecause iiithey iiihave iiinot iiifully iiimastered iiithe iiitricks iiiof iiiteaching iiireading iiicomprehension. iiiIn iiithis iiistudy, iiithe iiiauthor iiihopes iiito iiipartly iiihelp iiistudents iiiovercome iiicommon iiichallenges iiito iiipractice iiiEnglish iiireading iiicomprehension iiiskills iiimore iiieffectively, iiisuch iiias iiireading iiicomprehension iiitexts iiiand iiireading iiicomprehension iiiexercises iiiwith iiisuccessful iiiresults. iiiHigh... iiiFrom iiithere, iiitake iiithe iiiinitiative iiiin iiiabsorbing iiiand iiiperceiving iiithe iiilesson's iiiknowledge.

CÁC VẤN ĐỀ LÍ LUẬN VỀ BỒI DƯỠNG CHUYÊN MÔN, NGHIỆP VỤ CHO GIÁO VIÊN Ở CÁC TRƯỜNG PHỔ THÔNG CÓ HỌC SINH KHUYẾT TẬT HỌC HÒA NHẬP THÔNG QUA HÌNH THỨC HỌC TẬP CỘNG ĐỒNG TRONG NHÀ TRƯỜNG VÀ MẠNG LƯỚI TRƯỜNG HỌC KẾT NỐI

Professional training development for teachers in general schools including students with disabilities has been carried out in recent years. In addition to the traditional forms of in-service training, a number of new forms have been used and shown to be advantageous and effective in meeting the requirements of teachers' professional development and implementation of the current general education program 2018. The content of the article focuses on studying some theoretical issues of the research topic, on that basis, giving instructions for the implementation of professional development for teachers through the forms of community learning and blended network schools for teachers in general schools including students with disabilities in order to effectively and qualitatively meet current practical requirements in schools of the country.

Day-VII Architecture: A Catalogue of Polish Churches post 1945

Day-VII Architecture: A Catalogue of Polish Churches post 1945

노년기 교육요구 분석을 위한 이론적 틀로서 McClusky 노년교육요구의 적용 타당성 탐구

As the elderly population grows and its dynamics change, there is an increasing demand for expanding the diversity of and improving the quality of old adult education programs. Therefore, as a theoretical framework for systematically analyzing the educational needs of the older adults, the applicability of McClusky's Educational Needs of the Ageing was examined. McClusky identified five educational needs: coping needs, expressive needs, contributive needs, influence needs, the need for transcendence. McClusky’s Educational Needs of the Ageing is an educational perspective based on life-span development, and it is a meaningful reference frame to evaluate the efficacy and comprehensiveness of an elderly education program.
 Through the evaluation of McClusky’s Educational Needs in terms of ageing discourse and changes in social approaches to old age, it was confirmed that while coping and expressive needs are the main focus of current old adult education programs, contributive, influence, and transcendence needs are equally important.
 Therefore, we argue that a balanced approach to the five Educational Needs is necessary. In addition, we re-evaluated the contributive, influence, and transcendence needs by reflecting on the evolution of societal perceptions on old age and role of the older adults.

Second-Chance Education in UNESCO Activities - Examples from History and Some Current Forms

Abstract Introduction: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in the post-war period and since then it has been working to combat the illiteracy of children, the youth and adults. A specific area in this context is the issue of second-chance education. Purpose: The paper analyzes these UNESCO activities in the field of second-chance education, which allows individual target groups to obtain elementary education, respectively professional knowledge and skills for finding a job in the historical transformations as well as at present. Methods: The main criterion was the perception of second-chance education in individual stages of educational reality, for which content analysis and comparison of the final reports of UNESCO conferences, its current educational programmes, as well as specific examples of educational activities were used. Conclusions: Second chance education, with its specific position, content focus, target groups and organization, has become an essential part of educational systems not only in developing countries, but also in developed countries, because in every society, this issue is a current challenge for the educational reality.

Review and Consultations of Canadian Financial Education Programs for Individuals with Disabilities.

Background. Individuals or persons who live with a disability (PWD) can experience unique financial occupation challenges. Financial education programs can address some challenges. Purpose. The aim of this study was to describe and critically appraise current financial education programs for PWD in Canada. Method. This environmental scan framed by scoping review methods included a critical appraisal of Canadian programs' online content and provider consultations. Researchers used four search methods to identify programs, interviewed service providers from four Canadian programs, and thematically analyzed interview transcripts. Findings. Researchers identified 134 programs; 50 (37.3%) included services. The online content of only 26 (19%) programs explicitly addressed accessibility; 106 (79%) programs' content was at least college reading level. The qualitative results include three themes: (a) individualized approach, (b) "getting the word out", and (c) service growth. Implications. There are financial education programs specific to PWD in Canada. Accessibility, individualization, advocacy, and development are needed.