Education Students Research Articles

Can Culinary Medicine Training Provide Sustained Nutrition Knowledge and Food Resource Management Skills for Medical Education Students? Marshall Dietetics’ One-year Follow up Evaluation

Can Culinary Medicine Training Provide Sustained Nutrition Knowledge and Food Resource Management Skills for Medical Education Students? Marshall Dietetics’ One-year Follow up Evaluation

An Educational Video Improves Elementary Education Students’ Perceptions of Breakfast in the Classroom

An Educational Video Improves Elementary Education Students’ Perceptions of Breakfast in the Classroom

Impact of school experiences on the beliefs and instructional practices of future mathematics teachers

This study examines the impact of cumulative experiences and beliefs during the school career on the pedagogical development of future mathematics teachers in Chile. A sample of 252 pedagogy students from 18 higher education institutions participated in the study, completing a questionnaire that focused on instructional paradigms, teaching experiences, and pedagogical practices. The research employed latent class analysis to identify distinct profiles based on the teaching paradigms experienced by the participants. A logistic regression model further corroborated these profiles. The findings indicate a prevalent inclination towards constructivist beliefs and practices among future teachers, which are significantly shaped by their secondary education experiences, often devoid of a constructivist approach. This study emphasizes the critical role of prior educational experiences in shaping professional competencies in teaching mathematics.

EDUCATING STUDENTS' POLITENESS THROUGH DIGITAL POSTER AND REELS: STUDENTS’ INSIGHTS

EDUCATING STUDENTS' POLITENESS THROUGH DIGITAL POSTER AND REELS: STUDENTS’ INSIGHTS

The use of educational digital games in the education of students with Down syndrome

In the case of special education and specifically the education of people with mental disabilities and down syndrome, the presence of attractive tools and methodologies in the learning process is a basic request. Educational goals for students with intellectual disabilities and down syndrome may differ from educational goals and methods in formal education settings. At the same time, for each person with intellectual disability and down syndrome, a personalized training method is required according to their needs and capabilities. Despite the differences, the main goal remains the improvement of adaptability and autonomy, through the cultivation of the maximum potential of the individual. Digital gaming is a key and important means of achieving these goals.

Trends in enrolment and academic performance of scheduled tribe students at the undergraduate level in Assam: A decadal analysis

This research work examines the enrolment and performance pattern of the Scheduled Tribe (ST) students at the undergraduate level in Assam for the period of 2012-2022. Based on the enrolment data collected from various ST students, the study examines the gender pattern and course selection of students in different disciplines such as B.A., B.Com., and B.Sc. The study reveals major trends in enrolment increase, gender distribution, and course choices for the decade. Using chi-square tests and comparative performance measures, the study reveals factors that affect academic performance and enrolment. Furthermore, bar graphs and line charts are used to present these trends and to give further analysis. The conclusion of this study provides significant implications for the policymakers and educators who are interested in improving the educational access and opportunities for ST students in the higher education in Assam.

Nexus of Classroom Environment and English Language Learning Skills in Higher Education in Pakistan

This study has been designed to examine the nexus between classroom environment and English language learning skills among students in higher education in Pakistan. It has been observed that the classroom environment has a favourable effect on students' language learning not only at school and college levels but also at the university level. A quantitative approach was used for this study. The students of the BS (4 Years) program constitute the population of the study. Cross-sectional research has been conducted, and a well-structured questionnaire has been used as a tool for data collection. The measuring tool consists of different variables, including identification, socio-demographic characteristics, classroom environment, and English language learning skills. A pilot test was done for 30 randomly selected students and the value Alpha was reported to be above .700. A statistics analysis was conducted, including the Normality test and Kendall’s tau_b test. The study findings revealed that the classroom environment favourably affects the English language learning skills of the students at the tertiary level. The results of Kendall's tau_b test confirm the positive correlation between variables (classroom environment and English language learning skills).

Evaluating the Effectiveness of YouTube as a Tool for Research in Higher Education Students: An Experimental Approach

Evaluating the Effectiveness of YouTube as a Tool for Research in Higher Education Students: An Experimental Approach

POLÍTICAS DE INCLUSÃO EDUCACIONAL NA EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR

This article discusses inclusive educational policies for students with disabilities in higher education. In methodological terms, documentary research was carried out on the inclusion of public students of special education (PEE) of the IF Goiano, prepared in the period from 2015 to 2022. The focus was to analyze and understand how access, permanence and support has been given to these students enrolled in undergraduate courses. The data were analyzed from a qualitative perspective, establishing axes of analysis based on the research objectives. The results revealed, among other aspects, that the challenges are numerous, among which we can mention the lack of financial and human investments for the support that part of these students need, the absence of effective teachers to act in the support, the lack of clarity of the pedagogical practices accessible to PEE students. Despite these difficulties, the research revealed that the institutional policies aimed at PEE students at the IF Goiano have been translated following the guidelines of federal policies in the area.

Cultivating the Well-Being of Ph.D. Students in Early Childhood Education Through Mindfulness

Cultivating the Well-Being of Ph.D. Students in Early Childhood Education Through Mindfulness

Research on the Education of Career Outlook for College Students in the New Era under the Guidance of Socialist Core Values

Employment has always been a major issue for livelihood. The overall employment situation in China is still severe, especially for college students who have many confusions and misconceptions about employment choices. Career education is not fully adapted to the needs of college students and needs to be addressed through various measures. In the new era, it is even more necessary to integrate the core values of socialism into the career education of college students, so that it can meet the needs of national development, social development, and college student development. This article first points out the necessity and role of socialist core values leading the education of career choices for college students in the new era, and then emphasizes the main content of socialist core values leading the education of career choices in the new era and the need to handle four pairs of relationships well. Finally, it proposes practical measures for the education of career choices in the new era under the guidance of socialist core values.

Integrating mental health literacy into Chinese college student mental health education in the post-COVID-19 era

Integrating mental health literacy into Chinese college student mental health education in the post-COVID-19 era

Containment Measures and Alcohol Consumption Among Drinking Higher Education Students Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multilevel Analysis in 25 Countries.

Hazardous alcohol use tends to be more prominent among higher education students. The COVID-19 pandemic severely altered student life, raising questions on its impact on students' alcohol use patterns. The current study examined cross-country variations in drinking behaviors (weekly drinking and binge drinking), and the extent to which these variations were associated with containment measures implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were obtained from the COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study, covering students in 25 middle- and upper-high income countries. Data on government responses were retrieved from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker. Multilevel multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed on weekly drinking (n = 44,212) and binge drinking (n = 32,785). Considerable cross-country variation existed for weekly drinking and binge drinking. In the majority of countries, a self-reported decrease in weekly drinking and a substantial self-reported decrease in binge drinking were observed. Closings of schools were associated with decreases in weekly drinking, while limitations on social gatherings were associated with increases in weekly drinking. The stringency index was associated with reporting decreased binge drinking. The study findings demonstrate a number of small yet significant associations between containment measures and changes in student drinking behaviors. Future studies are required to uncover why some students increased their alcohol consumption, particularly in countries with stricter limitations on social gatherings.

The use of pattern blocks in developing students' higher-order thinking skills

PurposeThis study aimed to explore students’ higher-order thinking skills development when they engaged in pattern blocks learning activities using Blended Learning Classroom teaching approaches through the Thailand Lesson Study Incorporated Open Approach model.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers utilized a multiple case research design for 47 higher education students from the Non-degree Higher-order Thinking in Mathematics Program using a purposive sampling technique. The researchers used the On-Demand teaching approach for two days and three hours of a combination of Virtual Live and Face-to-Face teaching approaches, making up a total of 70 and 30 percent of student learning time respectively.FindingsThe quantitative results from the online survey questionnaire indicated that the majority of the participants perceived positively the phenomena of the Blended Learning Classroom teaching approach ranging from a mean score of 4.44–4.65. The qualitative results revealed that participants used different interpretations, and utilized their creative, imaginative thinking to connect various concepts while they were solving the problem situations using pattern blocks.Research limitations/implicationsThe discussions were limited to a study representative of 47 Non-degree Higher-order Thinking in Mathematics Program students.Practical implicationsThe use of the pattern blocks in developing students’ higher-order thinking skills was found to strengthen the effectiveness of Blended Learning Classroom teaching approaches.Originality/valueThis study adds new insight to the literature on Higher-order Thinking Skills development.

A Study of Strategies for Improving the Professional Identity of Higher Education Students

A Study of Strategies for Improving the Professional Identity of Higher Education Students

Effect of a Specific Warm-up based on Oppositional Wrestling Games on The Technical Performance and Mental Health of Physical Education Students

Background and study aim. This study explored the impact of two different specific warm-up protocols (consisting of either opposition games or classical exercises) on technical-tactical performance, intrinsic motivation and stress levels in wrestling schoolchildren. Materials and methods. Sixty-three schoolchildren divided into two parallel groups (specific warm-up opposition game group: EG, n = 18, aged 12.42 ± 0.87 years; and classical specific warm-up group: CG, n = 18, aged 12.41 ± 0.78 years) who completed three 75-minute sessions over four weeks practicing different specific warm-up exercises. Data was analyzed with IBM SPSS to find the normality, mean and standard deviation. A two-factor mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) model with repeated measures was performed to measure differences in mental health and technical-tactical performance for both group. Results. Several results emerged from this study; (i) EG who followed a specific warm-up program based on opposition games performed better in the wrestling test and were able to improve the number of successful leg attack skills, with a significant interaction compared to CG, (ii) EG obtained a better leg attack score due to their quality of execution and (iii) Compared with children in the CG group children in the EG group feel happy and motivated and their stress levels decrease. Conclusion. Wrestling teaching and training specialists should be convinced of the beneficial effects of exercises based on opposition games on students' technical and mental skills.

The ReSearching Identity Podcast Project: Developing a Brief and Inclusive Professional Identity Intervention for Higher Education

ABSTRACT In this study, we present the pilot implementation of the ReSearching Identity Podcast Project, an intervention targeting the professional identity development of students with and without marginalized identities in higher education. The objectives were to assess the intervention’s acceptability and feasibility, particularly focusing on its use of educational podcasting, and to explore preliminary effects on students’ professional identity, including identity centrality and the connectedness with social identities (i.e. cultural and gender identity). We conducted a mixed method pilot study with university students (N = 33; 88% female) in the Netherlands. Students completed online surveys before and after the pilot implementation, and students and their teacher participated in follow-up conversations. The results supported the acceptability and feasibility of the ReSearching Identity Podcast Project, with students and teachers appreciating the brevity of the intervention program, opportunities to learn about marginalized experiences of fellow students and professionals, and embeddedness in the curriculum. Also, students reported higher professional identity centrality and overall high connectedness of professional and other social identities after the intervention. We conclude by addressing the limitations, but also potential of the ReSearching Identity Podcast Project to address professional identity development with all students in higher education.

Assessment of the Development of Out-of-School Art Education and Training Institutions for Primary School Students in Urban China

Assessment of the Development of Out-of-School Art Education and Training Institutions for Primary School Students in Urban China

Student and graduate perceptions of a ‘clients as teachers’ experiential learning program on development of family-centered practice

ABSTRACT Family-centered practice (FCP) is a healthcare framework which prioritizes the voices of clients and their families to allow them to achieve their goals and optimize quality of life. However, current research evidence indicates weaknesses in the education of university students to develop skills in FCP. An Australian university’s Parent Tutor Program (PTP) is a ‘clients as teachers’ experiential learning program which aims to improve students’ understanding of FCP in their first year as speech-language pathology (SLP) students. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the PTP on (1) SLP students’ perceptions of their understanding of FCP and (2) SLP graduates’ perceptions of the long-term implementation of FCP. Two focus groups, one with SLP students, and one with SLP graduates, were conducted. Data were analysed inductively through open coding, followed by synthesis into themes and subthemes. Participants believed that the PTP instilled a strong value of FCP. The participants conveyed that the PTP was part of a larger experiential journey in learning FCP. The immediate and long-term impacts of the program were identified within the student and graduate reflections. The findings of this study will inform tertiary educators of the value of ‘clients as teachers’ programs in higher education.

Appreciation, Analysis and Creation in the Teaching-learning of the Plastic Arts

Aim. The Didactics of the Plastic Education is necessarily nourished by the general didactics and the arts, as well as by their particular methodologies, in aspects related to the teaching-learning of the textual analysis, and specifically, the study of the visual code (iconic and visual signs, tropes or rhetorical figures, etc.), which dialogues with theory, semiotics, cultural anthropology, among other sciences. Methods. In academic research, methods such as the analysis of the results of pedagogical activity, ethnographic or experiential and inductive-deductive methods were used. Results. The Didactics of a Plastic Education requires an urgent review that includes, from its most general principles and laws, to the aspects related to the selection and sequencing of content, the role of the student's plastic education in achieving a social model, the distinctions between artistic education, aesthetic education and teaching of the plastic arts in all the integrality and complexity of their discourses, the teaching-learning process, its essence and contradictions, the categorical system of the teaching-learning process, among other fundamental aspects. The present study contributes to this rethinking of the theoretical and methodological postulates of the Didactics of Plastic Education, as it proposes as an objective: to argue the didactic principle of the unity between appreciation, analysis and textual creation in the teaching-learning process of the visual image analysis. Conclusion. This argument constitutes a theoretical contribution to the science, and clarifies, while unifying, criteria and procedures in the pedagogical practice of artists, teachers, instructors and masters of the plastic arts.