Current Education System Research Articles

Practical Pedagogy as an Infinite Solution for All Generations’ Developmental Challenges

Theory of education since pre-literate times to contemporary philosophies of education has always emphasized the relevance of practical teaching for sustainable citizenship, communal development and survival. Practical pedagogy is seen by Realists, Pragmatists, Naturalists and Progressivists not only as an essential aspect of schooling but life itself. Practical education is for all times, for, it connects people with reality, above all it is an interdisciplinary learning experience. It is widely accepted that practical pedagogy not only enables skills acquisitions but also leads to greater conceptual understanding. However, whilst there has been much research into relevance of, and factors that affect, practical teaching and learning, there has been limited research into whether teachers really implement practical pedagogy approaches. This study through qualitative theoretical data gathering and analysis provide the present position on practical pedagogy in the current Zimbabwe education system. Findings reveal a wide gap between practice and theory. This gap is attributed to resource constraints and lack of practical teaching knowledge. Other factors include negative teacher attitudes with prioritisation of theory and a limited interest. Zimbabwe curriculum seem not to place central emphasis on pragmatic world view. These factors lead to sustainable development challenges. Given the above findings, it can be recommended that, current Zimbabwe education system should undertake a broadly based audit of existing practice. Zimbabwe education system should be reviewed to explore reduction of theory inclination to allow learners more time on pragmatic knowledge exploration. The study concluded that there is a need to re-examine the aims of Zimbabwe education in order to reaffirm the relevance of practical intelligence for economic and social development. Such a re-examination could draw upon the traditions and practices that underpin many innovative initiatives, past, present and future.

Development of Virtual Coding Platform

To achieve an integrated environment and interactive experience of e-learning, we have designed a virtual coding lab system. This paper introduces a concept called a coding lab for teachers and students of a college. It includes creating a website where students can code and that can be monitored by the teacher. The students can also submit the pdf code file to the teacher for assessment. Using some complex web development tools, this paper intends to make life easier for teachers and students by providing a simple user-friendly interface for both and making lab sessions unique and convenient. The principal objective of the project is to create improvement in the existing E-Learning practices. A big problem which the current education system is facing is to providing a good quality education in virtual or online mode. A small part of that is computer language teaching. This is identified as the problem statement to work upon in the project.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PANCASILA VALUES TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MERDEKA CURRICULUM IN INDONESIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

The research background can be seen from the curriculum which continues to experience changes as a result of the very rapid progress of the times, especially in the Indonesian education system which must be in harmony with the values of Pancasila, namely, in order to develop oneself in terms of abilities, skills, ethics and morals. In research reports, the authors apply qualitative research methods that use literature library research (literature study) where researchers take secondary data sources to collect related information about subjects and issues with data analysis techniques from the Miles and Huberman model, namely using qualitative data analysis. In the national education system, Pancasila values are nationally placed as a guideline for achieving educational goals, the system that refers to the implementation components is the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila which is used as the foundation of the state education system. As a consequence of improvements related to the addition of the previous curriculum, instructions for implementing the Merdeka Curriculumwere given as part of learning recovery (recovery of learning), as stated in Kemendikbudristek Decree No. 56 of 202. Based on this, the author tries to provide additional knowledge about the current education system which implements Pancasila values in implementing the Merdeka Curriculum. Merdeka Learning must be able to liberate students, educators, and educational institutions in a more effective system to advance the quality of education in Indonesia.

Implementation of Virtual Mobility and Internationalization at Home in Albania’s Higher Education: A Catalogue of Recommendations for Action


 Purpose: Despite progressing research in the field of Virtual Mobility and Internationalization at Home, recent theories and technologies are challenging to implement for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). The present paper focuses particularly on Albania, where the current education system has not been able to sufficiently incorporate Virtual Mobility and Internationalization in higher education programs. 
 
 
 Study design/methodology/approach: This paper analyses the prevalent situation within Albania’s higher education system regarding Virtual Mobility and Internationalization at Home activities. The underlying data has been collected in qualitative semi-structured interviews, conducted with teaching staff and students from Albanian universities who are experienced with Virtual Mobility modules. It was evaluated through a mixed approach of qualitative content analysis by Mayring (2014) using inductive and deductive category formation.
 
 
 Findings: The results show the benefits that an increasing integration of Virtual Mobility activities in the education system could facilitate for students and teachers in Albania’s HEIs. Nevertheless, it became clear that in order to implement a higher degree of Virtual Mobility at university level, it is necessary to overcome the legal obstacles set by the Ministry of Education as well as structural obstacles within the HEIs.
 
 
 Originality/value: Due the actual lack of development, concepts, infrastructures, and legal foundations, the implementation of Virtual Mobility as an affordable instrument to foster the international experience of Albanian students is of high importance. This could raise the quality of academic education and tackle capacity gaps in the education system of Albania towards the grade of international experiences of students.

Integrated ICT Systems Over Sustainable Cloud Environment

In traditional education management systems, records of current or former users are maintained by public or private organizations. And these records are in the institution or ministry that students attend or attended. And these records are maintained conventionally. If a user wants to transfer from one organization to another, the candidate’s records may transfer along with the organization, but some education records may remain at the school or education department. Or when they apply for further delegation, the process of applying and verification of the certificate takes too much time. In the traditional education management system, every educational department maintains data with their own database for keeping the records. Now it is very difficult to know the complete previous or present record of a student in the different organizations. And if we want to, then we retrieve their entire data from their concern educational departments, which takes a lot of time. For better management, there are such software which are available in the market, but schools or institutions find it difficult to retrieve the exact information from the system and managing the system with tons of student records, technical management of the software and the more users makes the system more complicated. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design of a cloud base digitized academic system for improving current traditional education system.

Education needs for clinical nursing practice using an Importance-Performance Analysis and Borich needs assessment model: Focused on nurses in the general wards of a tertiary hospital

Purpose: This study’s aim was to confirm the importance and performance of the clinical practice of nurses working in the general wards of a tertiary hospital and to analyze their educational needs.Methods: The study employed a descriptive research design, and a self-reported questionnaire was developed and used for nurses in a tertiary hospital. Data were collected from July 22 to July 29, 2022, analyzed by an independent t-test, paired t-test, and one-way ANOVA for the importance and performance of each clinical nursing practice according to general characteristics, and then a post hoc verification was performed by Scheffé’s test. An Importance-Performance Analysis and Borich needs assessment model were used to analyze clinical nursing education needs.Results: Clinical nursing practice performance showed a significant difference according to length of total clinical career, time working in current department, and preceptor experience. According to the results of the Importance-Performance Analysis, neurological evaluation, and nursing intervention, artificial respirator and high-flow oxygen inhalation nursing, chemotherapy, emergency nursing, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation were identified as belonging to the “concentrate here” quadrant. All these items ranked in the top 10 in the Borich needs assessment model.Conclusion: Based on these results, the current education system should be reviewed, and short and long term education strategies based on educational needs should be established to strengthen the competence of nurses.

Reflections on Middle School Art Education under the Information Background

Fine arts education can promote the development of the comprehensive quality of college and middle school students, but under the current education system and information technology conditions, the traditional fine arts education has been far behind The Times, difficult to meet the needs of contemporary education. Therefore, in the current information age, high school arts education of our country must take the initiative to reform and innovate, to build a solid foundation for a good development of middle school arts education. Therefore, the article puts forward the problems facing the middle school art education, hoping to explore the reform and implementation of the middle school art education under the information age.

New Directions in Social Work Field Education in Canada: Promising, Wise, and Innovative Practices

ABSTRACT Field education provides students with the opportunity to supplement classroom learning with the hands-on practice needed to be successful after graduation. However, in recent years, field education has encountered several challenges including a changing societal environment, placement scarcity in the face of increased enrollment, and strict guidelines for the provision of adequate supervision. In response to these challenges, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 35 social work field education coordinators, directors, faculty liaisons, field instructors and field supervisors were conducted throughout the prairie region of Canada between July and December of 2020. These interviews were aimed at determining innovative, promising, and wise practices that would address the various challenges in the provision of field education while also providing a pathway forward to the transformation of more sustainable social work field education practices. Findings indicate that there is a need for additional supervision strategies and increased flexibility within field placements, as well as a greater focus on the need for decolonization within the social work field education sphere. The emergence of COVID-19 was also discussed as both an exasperating factor within the current field education system while simultaneously creating an opportunity to reevaluate and restructure current field education practices.

The new future and the employment imperative: effectively aligning student interest, industry needs and university programmes

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences between labour market requirements in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 21st century and university graduates’ level of knowledge, skills and aspects of competence (KSAs) qualification benchmark.Design/methodology/approach The study used a discourse analysis methodology, which is a qualitative and interpretive method of analysing texts. The content for the analysis was extracted from Scopus, Ebscohost, Proquest, Google Scholar, Web of Science, news, publications, thesis papers, dissertations and other research papers. A narrative approach for analysing the content was adopted.FindingsThe findings reveal that new graduates often encounter difficulties in searching for jobs due to a lack of awareness of how to conduct an employment search that best aligns their KSA with the requirements and needs of the labour market. The study concludes that to increase the employability of graduates, higher education institutions should reduce the KSAs gap by collaborating with the private sector and providing students with relevant, industry-based job experience before graduation.Originality/value This study investigates the gap between graduate KSAs and labour market requirements in the 21st-century UAE. The findings of the study encapsulate the weaknesses and shortcomings of the current educational systems amid the reform agenda in the UAE. It also deliberates upon the state-of-the-art recommendations regarding making the country a knowledge-based economy and society.

Insufficient Ophthalmology Exposure in Canadian Medical Schools

Ophthalmological education is crucial for physicians of all fields and the current medical school education system in Canada does not provide students with sufficient training to adequately address certain common ocular conditions. Students can graduate their medical school with often one to two weeks of exposure to ophthalmology over the course of their three to four-year degree. A method to improve the ophthalmological training involves implementing established guidelines from the International Council of Ophthalmology, which lists attainable and specific objectives for medical students to complete by graduation.

Tale of Education Policy in Bangladesh: Development, Changes, and Adaptation Approach

The current educational system of Bangladesh was imported from British India. However, it was only after gaining independence in 1971 that Bangladesh was able to adopt growth techniques in various aspects of life, including the advancement of the education sector. The nation's educational system has advanced significantly throughout the past few decades. This was made feasible by a combination of community activities, non-government organization (NGO) involvement, and government policy supporting the growth of this particular industry. Many things are still undone, though. The major issues facing our educational system include expanding education in some areas, eradicating prejudice at all academic levels, ensuring quality and purity, and battling corruption in the education industry. Throughout their tenure, each political administration has established at least one commission or committee on education. While these commission reports have consistently offered valuable recommendations for updating the educational system, their implementation and publication of results have remained pending. However, changing education systems have negatively impacted the quality of education. Therefore, this issue is important to address to ensure a positive impact on the overall learning environment of Bangladesh. The findings of this study will help policymakers and educational institutions make policies more inclusive, practical, and effective to arrange education better in the upcoming future.

Analyzing the Education Gap Between Rural and Urban Environments in China

Three major issues that widened the Education Gap in rural and urban environments in China are, 1) the lack of financial support in governmental funding, 2) the lack of qualified teachers in rural education systems, and 3) barriers in education after the National Curriculum Reform towards suzhi jiaoyu, human quality education. This paper provided details on the influences of educational investments and funding on reported rural school dropout rates, misconceptions about rural students ability and competence swayed by negative stereotypes, neglected rural students feelings and issues in rural ideology and values as burdens on rural students, and the mismatch in curriculum with examination as an assessment tool in the current education system. Along with current educational efforts at the core to increase literacy rates, quality of population, and promote human modernization, suggestions were offered on how society, government, and the field of education can take positive actions that have profound impacts on rural students life, such as to increase educational investments toward rural education in the maintenance of school functioning, hiring qualified teachers as well as raise their wages, and effective use of the internet as the access to high-quality courses to prepare rural students for future assessments. Doing so would help them attain quality education, have better academic, health, and life outcomes, and contribute to society.

Savitribai Phule’s Influence on Education in Modern India

The goal of the current study is to understand how activist Savitribai Phule has influenced female education in the modern India. Savitribai Phule started a wave of change in the modern era of numerous sectors of education, hence her ideas and principles should be implemented into education. She made an effort to overthrow the society’s predominately usual educational system and aspired to rebuild it as a free and open system for everyone. This investigation uses a qualitative methodology based on historical research. The researcher chooses to conduct his investigation using the historical study methodology. Secondary data as well as primary data have both been utilised in this study. Within the system of public education, her ideals and principles are acceptable. The current educational system has to take these viewpoints into account. The Indian educational system will benefit from this increased knowledge. Both educators and students will proceed Savitribai Phule’s example and uphold the integrity of the educational system to all social classes while educating everyone to transcend bigotry. The current educational system will be more effective as a result and contribute to maintaining its multiple levels of worth and usefulness. Keywords: Savitribai Phule, Modern India, Female education, Feminism, Realistic viewpoint

Does enrolling in finance-related majors improve financial habits? A case study of China’s college students

There is a growing awareness of the importance of financial management skills. However, few studies have systematically examined this topic in China’s current higher education (HE) system. In this study, we examine whether enrolling in a finance-related program, either as a degree program or as an elective, improves students’ financial literacy and habits. We conducted a mixed-method study with a sample of 1334 students from seven universities in central China. Multivariate regression, matching methods, and the inverse–probability–weighting methods were used for quantitative analysis. The results indicate that college students are generally dissatisfied with their financial situation. Enrolling in finance-related majors has little effect on improving students’ financial habits, despite a substantial improvement in their financial literacy. In the current HE system, there is a significant lack of personal finance management training. Therefore, curriculum design and field practices regarding students’ personal finance management skills should be introduced to enhance their financial habits.

Pelatihan Menjawab Prediksi Soal Bahasa Inggris: Reading Skill Sebagai Upaya Pembekalan Siswa Menghadapi Ujian Nasional Di SMP Negeri Sukadana

In Indonesia, English is the first foreign language that is studied as a compulsory subject from junior high school to university. English is a very basic and important requirement in Indonesia. This is evident in the development of the current education system, English has been included as one of the subjects tested in the national exam. Based on the observations of class IX students at SMP Negeri Sukadana, in preparation for the national exam, many students still had difficulty answering English questions: reading skills. One of the causal factors of these student problems is the lack of practice by applying strategies to answer questions and do not have the skills to easily predict questions that will appear during the national exam. In addition, the lack of interest in learning English is also a major factor in learning English. Based on the results of the community service activities, it was shown that class IX students at SMP Negeri Sukadana were motivated so that they could optimize their abilities and skills in answering English questions: reading skills. Thus it can be concluded that in this service program students have gained experience in implementing strategies for quick predictions in identifying the right answers.

Aesthetic Education and Artistic Education. The Aesthetic Artistic Competition in the formation of the Education professional

In the article that is presented, an analysis of Aesthetics is carried out from the perspective of humanism, as well as the importance of Aesthetic Education and Artistic Education in the process of integral, axiological, creative, sensitive and humanistic formation of the students, which, without a doubt, constitute social demands and adjustments that today are imposed on the current educational systems. The Aesthetic Artistic professional competence is presented as a necessity in the training of the education professional, since it is one that allows the direction of the process of formation of sensitivity and taste for the perception of aesthetic values ​​both in reality and in the arts, the development of the imagination and the creative attitude in its students, as well as the ability to understand, value and enjoy art in its various manifestations, in correspondence with the social aesthetic ideal.

НАПРЯМИ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЯКОСТІ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ ОФІЦЕРІВ У ВІЙСЬКОВИХ ВИЩИХ НАВЧАЛЬНИХ ЗАКЛАДАХ

The article is devoted to the topical problem of reforming the military education of the Armed Forces of Ukraine according to the principles of military specialists’ training in NATO member countries. The main tendencies of improvement of the quality of education within the military higher educational institution are determined. The study revealed that the current system of military education needs improving in the context of guaranteeing its quality. It is noted that proper military education should be considered as a result of military training, and the staff of military higher educational institution acts as a guarantor of its quality. Improving the quality of professional training of future tactical-level officers of the Armed Forces is a significant scientific and pedagogical problem, which involves solving a number of issues, in particular, improving the regulatory and legal framework of military education, intensification of educational aspect of the activity of military higher education institutions and optimization of other ones, etc. High competence and readiness to effectively perform tasks for protecting the Motherland and to participate in international military cooperation are the basis of officers’ professional activity. Ensuring the quality of military education should be regulated by the updated legal framework. To train the officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, NATO standards related to the requirements for knowledge, abilities, skills, competencies of specialists of all levels and profiles who interact in the military structures of the armies of the leading countries and members of the alliance should be taken into account and applied. Taking into account the peculiarities of the modern training of tactical-level officers, as well as the standards of military education in the leading NATO member countries, the following main directions for improving the quality of future officers’ training at military higher educational institutions were formulated: comprehensive consideration and implementation of the models for guaranteeing the quality of military education according to NATO standards; comprehensive motivation of cadets towards professional development; updating the material and technical base of military higher educational institutions; improvement of psychological support; and creation of the education quality department in the organizational and staff structure of military higher educational institutions. Due to the implementation of these proposals, the social status of training at a higher military educational institution will increase, which will contribute to the formation of highly qualified, competent officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who will meet the challenges of today. In general, this will affect the popularization of military education and the general image of the military service. Key words: military education, higher military educational institution, quality of military education, competence, cadets, NATO standards.

Vocational Education from a Cross-national Perspective: Comparative Analysis of China, Germany, and the United States, with a Case Study of Zhaixing Academy

This study delves into the current state and challenges of vocational education through a comparative study of cross-national vocational education and an analysis of the Zhaixing Academy case. The research reveals that vocational education reform can draw on the experiences of the German dual system, American community colleges, and Chinese vocational education reforms, with a focus on informal education pathways, practice-oriented teaching, and flexible training methods. The Zhaixing Academy case demonstrates the application of practice-oriented teaching approaches in the field of vocational education, emphasizing individual student development needs and the advantages of education outside formal institutions, offering new insights and references for the current Chinese education system. The study proposes that governments and education departments should increase investment in vocational education, encourage collaboration between enterprises and vocational education institutions, and support innovative practice-oriented education. In the future, Zhaixing Academy can continue to focus on education reform, expand the realm of practice-oriented education, promote its educational philosophy and methods, and contribute to the diversification and sustainable development of education.

Knowledge Mapping of the Rural Teacher Development Policy in China: A Bibliometric Analysis on Web of Science

The rural teacher development policy plays a key role in cultivating high-quality and sufficient rural teachers in China. This study aims to apply a bibliometric analysis to explore the rural teacher development policy in China’s current education system. The advanced retrieval function of Web of Science (WoS) is used for the literature data, the core collection of Web of Science is selected for the database, and the time span of literature retrieval is consistent with the selected literature. We apply Citespace to analyze the spatial dimension, research paradigm and research method, research theme, research hotspots and co-occurrence of keywords, the evolution process of research hotspots and content of rural teacher development policy in China. It is found that with the deepening of the reform and development of rural elementary education, scholars not only pay attention to the exploration of the deep mechanism of rural teacher policy, but also to data-oriented diversified empirical research.

Child Labor and Father-Gods

This paper works from a Jungian perspective to explore the unconscious dynamics of an authoritarian cultural complex at work in public schools in the United States. The paper exposes two areas of what Jung called the shadow archetype: the historical narrative of child labor during the industrial revolution as a traumatic societal event; and mythic images of the Greek Father-gods who buried, ate, or imprisoned their children. The working hypothesis of the paper is that the trauma of child labor operates as a social force, an unconscious archetypal pattern of authority and exploitation that is imaged and illuminated by the mythic narratives of the Greek Father-gods. Using depth psychological concepts and methods, the paper reveals how these repressed traumas create unconscious cultural attitudes that view children as commodities whose innate value and potential are sacrificed to feed the nation’s economic power and growth rather than leading out the potential within each student. Kristeva’s theories of abjection and subject in process provide psychoanalytic insights into how authoritarian cultural attitudes toward the education of children enslave students in a mandated instructive process that inflicts a kind of violence upon them. In conclusion, the paper suggests that the current system of education calibrated to standardized testing needs to broaden significantly to include transformative educative processes encompassing learning through the body, senses, feeling, intuition, and imagination.