Extracurricular Courses Research Articles

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

Locating a Course on Environmental Justice in Theories of Environmental Education and Global Citizenship

Environmental education is an increasingly important concern for policymakers and universities, as it is critical to the success of the broader agenda represented by the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Achieving this within the higher education sector has proven difficult, however. This article examines how an interdisciplinary, extra-curricular course on the justice implications of climate change, delivered as part of University College London’s Global Citizenship Programme, combined a range of practical and theoretical methodologies to deliver environmental education and the related concept of education for global citizenship. Evidence indicates that courses such as this could be a powerful means of overcoming the shortcomings in mainstream higher education and equipping students with the skills necessary for them to assist society, at global, national and subnational levels, in transitioning towards more sustainable behaviours.

Building a Science Diplomacy Curriculum

Science diplomacy is a fast-growing field of research, education and practice dedicated to better understanding and reinforcing the connections between science, technology and international affairs, in order to tackle national and global challenges. Interest from early-career scientists and young diplomats to learn more and engage at the science-diplomacy nexus is growing all around the world. However, as a relatively new and multidisciplinary field, we show that science diplomacy has so far been largely taught through extracurricular courses and workshops, often self-organized by university student groups or international scientific organizations, targeting specific disciplinary and geographic audiences. Given this fragmented landscape, we map and categorize current science diplomacy educational offerings in higher education. Despite some coverage of science diplomacy within general science policy programs or courses focused on an issue area (e.g. water diplomacy or environmental diplomacy), a structured foundational course addressing the commonalities of all the scientific and technological issues relevant to international affairs is still lacking. Hence, we first suggest knowledge and key skills scientists and diplomats can learn from each other to bridge the disciplinary divide and engage in science diplomacy scholarship and practice. Building upon it, we then propose cross-cutting, core concepts that can inform the establishment and consolidation of science diplomacy curricula at universities. These aim to be useful to teach science diplomacy to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of all backgrounds and to be adaptable to a wide range of degree programs and disciplines.

Oyunlaştırılmış Robot Etkinliklerinin Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Problem Çözme ve Bilgi İşlemsel Düşünme Becerilerine Etkisi

Bu araştırmanın amacı, oyunlaştırılmış eğitsel robot etkinliklerinin, ortaokul öğrencilerinin problem çözmeye yönelik yansıtıcı düşünme becerilerine ve bilgi işlemsel düşünme beceri düzeylerine etkisini belirlemektir. Araştırmada öntest sontest kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın deney grubunu, 2018-2019 Eğitim-Öğretim Yılı’nda Bilişim Teknolojileri ve Yazılım Dersi 2. Dönem Destekleme ve Yetiştirme Kursuna kayıtlı 27 kişiden oluşan 6. sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Kontrol grubunu ise yine aynı kursta kayıtlı bulunan 24 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri, Problem Çözmeye Yönelik Yansıtıcı Düşünme Becerisi Ölçeği ve Bilgi İşlemsel Düşünme Beceri Düzeyleri Ölçeği (Ortaokullar için) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Problem Çözmeye Yönelik Yansıtıcı Düşünme Becerisi Ölçeği beşli likert tipinde olup 14 maddedir. Ölçeğin iç tutarlık katsayısı α = 0.83 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Bilgi İşlemsel Düşünme Beceri Düzeyleri Ölçeği de beşli likert tipinde ve 22 maddedir. Ölçeğin iç tutarlık katsayısı α = 0.81 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, karma ANOVA kullanılarak analiz edilmiş ve şu sonuçlara erişilmiştir: Oyunlaştırılmış eğitsel robot etkinlikleri öğrencilerin problem çözmeye yönelik yansıtıcı düşünme becerilerine ve bilgi işlemsel düşünme beceri düzeylerine anlamlı bir katkı sağlamaktadır.

The development of undergraduate students’ cyberliterary texts

A Escrita Criativa Digital (ECD) não tem sido extensivamente pesquisada no Brasil. Há poucos cursos sobre ECD em universidades brasileiras de Letras, e ainda menos publicações disponíveis nesta área (BLYTHE; SWEET, 2008; HEALEY, 2009; MORLEY, 2007; MYERS, 2006; OBERHOLZER, 2014). A Lei de Diretrizes e Bases Educacionais do Brasil (LDB), Lei 9.394/96, valoriza a educação e as culturas nacionais.Sendo assim, a multimodalidade (HODGES; KRESS,1998) se torna parte desta valorização. Além disso, a multimodalidade, o multiletramento e amultidisciplinaridade/transdisciplinaridade são também reforçadas pelos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs) de 1998 (BARRETTO, 1995; BONAMINO; SOUSA, 2012; SANTOS, 2002). Entretanto, poucas universidades brasileiras aprovisionam aos seus alunos de graduação, não somente de Letras, com disciplinas para que eles possam desenvolver textos multimodais tais como as fanfictions. Por essas razões, um curso de Escrita Criativa Fanfictional em inglês (ECFI) foi desenvolvido e ministrado na USP no final de 2016. Este curso teve 5 participantes, todos estudantes de graduação em Letras da USP. Os objetivos do curso de ECFI e, também, desta pesquisa foram auxiliar seus participantes a desenvolver textos ciberliterários. A metodologia desta pesquisaenvolveu a organização e o ensino da Escrita Criativa Fanfictional em inglês em um curso extracurricular na USP. Para alcançar os objetivos desta pesquisa, a organização deste curso foi baseada na teoria sociocultural vygotskiana (VYGOTSKY, 2004, 2007). Os dados coletados indicaram que a estudante da ECFI desenvolveu tanto conceitos sobre multimodalidade quanto seus textos ciberliterários.

Knowledge and Attitudes towards Dementia among Clinical Years Medical Students at Jazan University: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: The literature suggests that training in dementia among medical students appears to be inadequate. This study aimed to evaluate medical students’ knowledge and attitudes toward dementia. Aim: To assess knowledge and attitudes of Saudi medical students towards dementia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at College of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia using a sample of 241 medical students from clinical years (4th, 5th, and 6th). A structured and self-assessment questionnaire was used and included the socio-demographic data and questions related to knowledge and attitudes toward dementia. Data were presented as frequency and percentage, and as mean and standard deviation (SD). Results: A total of 241 participants agreed to take part in our study; 155 (64.3%) of them were females. Only 44 (18.3%) participants stated that they had a good training in dementia (mostly theoretical, 16.6%) and 17 (7.1%) mentioned having an extracurricular course in the subject. Out of 14 questions, participants obtained a mean of 1.49 (SD = 1.48). Regarding attitudes, participants agreed that much can be done to improve the quality of life of patients with dementia and their caregivers, that it is useful to provide the diagnosis of dementia to the family, and that dementia is better diagnosed in specialized service units. Conclusions: The findings of the present study suggest that while medical students generally have positive attitudes toward dementia, they have poor knowledge about the subject. More effort is needed to bridge knowledge gaps in dementia understanding at undergraduate level.

АНАЛИЗ ВЛИЯНИЯ ЗАНЯТИЙ МЕНТАЛЬНОЙ АРИФМЕТИКОЙ НА ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНЫЕ И ТВОРЧЕСКИЕ СПОСОБНОСТИ ДЕТЕЙ

This paper examines the influence of mental arithmetic classes, which are extracurricular courses popular withparents in Russia and neighboring countries, on children from 5 to 14 years old . The authors have analyzed international scientific studies that prove the beneficial effect of mental arithmetic on short-term, auditory and visual memory as well as the child's intelligence. They report the findings of a 2019 study conducted among parents whose children practise mental arithmetic

The role of laboratory activities in aerospace control education: two case studies

Aerospace control education can significantly benefit from actual hands-on experience. In most cases, however, such experience can only be provided to students in small-scale project activities. In this paper the experience gathered in integrating laboratory activities in aerospace control education in the UAV Lab and in the Advanced Aerospace Control courses is presented and discussed. UAV Lab is an extra-curricular course aimed at an interdisciplinary group of students covering the whole design cycle for a multirotor UAV, from conceptual design to in-flight validation, with specific emphasis on hands-on experience in hardware/software integration, data collection and analysis and flight testing. Advanced Aerospace Control, on the other hand, is a curricular Master course in robust and nonlinear control, in the framework of which students are requested to solve a control design problem formulated over the dynamics of a multirotor UAV. The paper presents the course syllabi, discusses the role of laboratory activities and provides an overview of the obtained results.

An eight-year medical program aiming at improving the students' research ability: curriculum design and preliminary effects

The cultivation of research ability can promote eight-year medical students to explore the uncharted academic fields and solve complex clinical problems. One of the firts pilot universities to provide eight-year programs, Xiangya Medical College of Central South University builds on its profound experience in medical education, and establishes a curriculum structure aiming at improving the students' research ability. In the general education stage, cross-disciplinary courses are set up. In the core medical education stage, basic medical innovation experiment extracurricular research courses are set up, and a two-year overseas exchange program is set up in the postgraduate training stage. Different evaluation methods are also designed to meet the specific needs in each stage. This program has achieved preliminary effects. Key words: Eight-year medical students; Research ability; Curriculum; Medical education

Innovations in the Content of Professional Training of Interpreters and Translators in Countries of Europe, the USA and Ukraine: Comparative Analysis

The article deals with the analysis of innovations in the content of professional training of interpreters / translators at universities of Europe, the USA and Ukraine. It has been established that at European and American universities the innovation data involves directing professional education of translators and interpreters towards studying CAT-systems within the context of traditional disciplines, specialized disciplines, extracurricular courses, trainings and in the process of students’ translation/interpretation traineeship and study placement. Based on the comparative analysis of the curricula for specialists’ training in translation/interpretation in European countries, the USA and Ukraine, the conclusion is drawn that in higher education of Ukraine theoretical training traditionally prevails over practical field experience, general classroom hours are not sufficient for students, while Ukrainian universities’ curricula lack disciplines aimed at the formation of technological (information, computer) expertise of prospective interpreters and translators. The authors of the article recommend using the experience of western universities on implementing innovations within the content of professional training of interpreters and translators at Ukrainian universities, namely: a) increasing the number of classroom activity hours in practical training of interpretation/translation students by means of reducing extracurricular hours; b) changing the ratio of disciplines of theoretical and practical training of future interpreters and translators in favour of the latter by decreasing the number of theoretical subjects; c) including disciplines aimed at the formation of prospective experts’ information competency into the curricula; d) providing both short-term and long-term traineeship in interpreter/translator training programs, preferably at international organizations (enterprises) operating in Ukraine or at foreign companies abroad; e) providing specialization of professional training of interpreters and translators (technical translation, legal translation, economic translation, medical translation, literary translation, etc.).

Alfabetización académica y disciplinar: intervención con estudiantes de Doctorado en Educación

Los estudiantes de un Doctorado en Educación carecían de formación y experiencia para redactar textos académicos; además, sus anteproyectos iniciales mostraron deficiencias según el género. Se implementó una intervención, basada en la concepción de lectura y escritura de los Nuevos Estudios de Literacidad y en la noción de formar explícitamente para propiciar la participación en prácticas propias de cada ámbito. Los objetivos de la intervención fueron acompañar a los estudiantes, hacerlos conscientes de las características de la escritura académica y dotarles de herramientas. Tuvo dos etapas: un curso extracurricular sobre escritura académica y la asignación de una tutora de escritura para retroalimentar y evaluar los trabajos asignados en una materia curricular. Para documentar la experiencia se registró la opinión de los estudiantes, se entrevistó a los facilitadores de la intervención y a los titulares de las materias, y se aplicó un cuestionario a tres estudiantes. Los doctorandos consideraron que las actividades les ayudaron a tomar conciencia de leer de manera constante y crítica, y escribir según los lineamientos de la comunidad disciplinar en que se forman. Los profesores detectaron un cambio de actitud, el desarrollo de habilidades para la escritura y la autorregulación por parte de los estudiantes; los estudiantes proponen como mejora que la intervención sea más práctica y que se sitúe cuando ya están elaborando la tesis. Se valora positivamente la intervención y se identifica la necesidad de continuar con la práctica constante de la lectura y escritura para propiciar el desarrollo de la literacidad disciplinar.

Diagnosis of Extracurricular Courses of Sport in Educational system through employing Weisbord’s Model

Diagnosis of Extracurricular Courses of Sport in Educational system through employing Weisbord’s Model

Financial Literacy of Telebachillerato Students: A Study of Perception, Usefulness and Application of Financial Tools

The aim of this empirical study is to explain how students of a Telebachillerato in Veracruz, Mexico perceive financial variables like income, money management, savings, investment, spending and credit. Telebachilleratos are high schools for rural communities in Mexico assisted by educational audiovisual support and two or three teachers to explain material to students. Hence, the hypothesis raises the existence of a factorial structure that underlies and that allows to explain the perception and knowledge of students towards these financial topics. For this empirical study, the Financial Education Test by Contreras-Rodríguez et al. (2017) was used, which presented an internal consistency of α = 0.859, and was applied upon 368 students enrolled in different semesters of a school year. The data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis with the criterion of extraction of main components. The findings show a favorable perception towards the variables that were analyzed. There is significant evidence in the “income” variable, for instance, about the clear conviction of students that study and training constitute a bridge that will help them earn a good income when they enter into a job. In addition, it was also perceived that extracurricular courses were another potential source to improve their income.

Construction of the Course System of Mechanical and Electronic Specialty for Applied Undergraduate Course -- Teaching Direction of Industrial Robot

Under the background of “Internet + Made in China 2025” production and education integration innovation promotion plan. According to the professional uniqueness and social needs of applied undergraduate education. Take the teaching direction of industrial robots in the field of mechanical electronics as an example. The paper proposed the teaching of professional basic courses as the basis, the professional direction of curriculum teaching as the focus, professional quality and innovative entrepreneurship education curriculum as a fundamental, three training courses for the innovation of the curriculum system. All kinds of courses include in-class courses (the first class) and extra-curricular courses (the second class), the two classes with other courses, enrich the entire teaching system. And through the series of industrial robotic laboratory construction and management model innovations, it can achieve the true experience of students’ corporate life and the wide range of students’ second classroom activities; it can cultivate excellent applied talents.

Foreword

… multicultural education does not necessarily have to imply the study of foreign second languages but the former without the later is limited and will have difficulty in producing the results it often claims to want to achieve, i.e. tolerance, peace and cross-cultural understanding (Crozet et al., 1999). This volume of Acta Linguistica Asiatica is dedicated to the area of teaching Asian languages in non-native surroundings. It is our great pleasure to announce 9 research papers on language teaching and articulation covering a wide-area of Central and Eastern Europe. The papers show us a map of Asian language teaching sites, including secondary and tertiary education, and their background systems.In her work “Poučevanje tujih jezikov v slovenskem šolskem sistemu: prostor tudi za japonščino?”, which opens the present volume, Bronka STRAUS outlines the picture of Slovene educational system. The paper reminds us that language teaching when taught as a curricular course, must be incorporated into the country’s system.The article »Chinese as a Foreign Language in Slovene Upper Secondary Education and Outline of Curriculum Renewal«by Mateja PETROVČIČ proposes a dynamic curriculum reform in secondary education mostly but targets tertiary education as well.The next article, authored by Nagisa MORITOKI ŠKOF and named »Learner Motivation and Teaching Aims of Japanese Language Instruction in Slovenia«, discusses main aims and objectives to teaching Japanese at secondary level education, and looks into the ways of how to find the place for Japanese language teaching in Slovene language curricula.Kristina HMELJAK SANGAWA in her paper “Japanese Language Teaching at Tertiary Level in Slovenia: Past Experiences, Future Perspectives” gives an introduction to the history and contents of Japanese language teaching in tertiary education in Slovenia.Following are the two articles concern teaching Asian languages in Serbia. Ana JOVANOVIĆ’s research, entitled »Teaching Chinese at the University Level – Examples of Good Practices and Possibilities for Further Developments«, presents several cases of Chinese language teaching and articulation from primary all the way to tertiary education.On the other hand, »Current State of Japanese Language Education in Serbia and Proposal for Future Solutions« by Divna TRIČKOVIĆ’s similarly discusses the Japanese language courses and their present situation in secondary education. The author points out the need for a well-thought pick up of both the teacher and the textbook, and offers an exemplar from University of Beograd.The next two articles on teaching Asian languages in Romania concern articulation mainly. Angela DRAGAN in her work »Teaching Japanese Language in Tertiary and Secondary Education: State and Private Institutions in Romania« offers a perspective on articulation at tertiary level mainly, while on the other hand, Mariana LUNGU discusses it from the view of secondary education. The Ion Creanga National college in Bucharest is the only institution in Romania which provides Japanese language education at secondary level ongoing every year.The final article by Karmen FEHER MALAČIČ “Teaching of the Japanese and Chinese Language in Extracurricular Courses for Children, Adolescents and Adults in Slovenia” brings the story back to Slovenia in a form of a survey on teaching Asian languages as extracurricular subjects. The author considers the problems and perspectives that arise within such extracurricular course and at the same time shape language education within curricular course. Nagisa Moritoki Škof

Teaching of the Japanese and Chinese Language in Extracurricular Courses for Children, Adolescents and Adults in Slovenia

The presentation includes a brief history of Japanese and Chinese teaching and learning at Pionirski dom and the current trends. On the one hand, it explores the reasons why so many youngsters decide to learn Japanese or Chinese, what is their main interest and what is they want to achieve. On the other hand, it tackles the points of view of teachers of the Japanese and Chinese language towards language teaching and the issues raised while teaching. Pionirski dom is probably the only institution in Slovenia with so many young learners and teenagers enrolled in Japanese courses and with a decade of experience in the area. Much attention is, therefore, put on quality programmes and the choice of suitable teachers.

Knowledge, attitude, and performance of primary healthcare physicians in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

BACKGROUND:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of primary health-care (PHC) physicians on diagnosis and management of ADHD.MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study included 340 PHC physicians in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on personal characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice of the diagnosis and management of ADHD.RESULTS:Nearly 47.6% of the PHC physicians were aged <30 years, 60.3% were male, 79.1% were Saudi nationals, and 84.1% had completed MBBS. Only 13.2% had attended continuing medical education courses on ADHD, 63.2% had read about ADHD; Internet was the main source of information (30.7%). Participants' attitude toward ADHD was mainly positive, while 32.1% had poor knowledge and 17.6% had diagnosed ADHD cases in the last year, but 73.3% had referred the diagnosed cases to specialists. Participants' knowledge differed significantly according to their age, gender, and nationality.CONCLUSIONS:PHC physicians' knowledge about ADHD was suboptimal, but they had a positive attitude toward their role with regard to ADHD. PHC physicians should focus on the clinical and diagnostic aspects of ADHD. Awareness and interest of undergraduate medical students and newly graduated physicians in ADHD should be raised. The Ministry of Health should encourage attendance at extracurricular courses and workshops.

Designing extracurricular environmental courses at a pedagogical university

As educational institutions of basic and secondary education have started using federal state educational standards, a large number of extracurricular courses have been set up at educational institutions. Their aim is to organize the second half of students day, and they are termed as extracurricular courses. Subject teachers have to develop programs of extracurricular activities, which are part of the national-regional component of school curricula. The main task of such courses and classes is to develop students personal qualities, to attract their interest to various activities and disclose individual abilities. That is why a new course Designing elective courses in Chemistry (Geography) has been introduced to master students majoring in education at Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. The paper presents the experience of teaching this course and gives some results obtained by master students in the form of developed programs and educational and methodical complexes of courses of extracurricular activities with environmental content.

施設を超える, 職種を超える : 多施設合同学生向け多職種連携教育課外セミナーに取り組んだ3年間

施設を超える, 職種を超える : 多施設合同学生向け多職種連携教育課外セミナーに取り組んだ3年間

ШКОЛЬНОЕ ЕСТЕСТВЕННО-НАУЧНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ ДЛЯ УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ

&lt;p&gt;The article features the main goal of sustainable development and gives the essence, purpose, principles of implementation of the «National Strategy of Education for Sustainable Development». The following tasks facing the Russian education can be enumerated in the light of sustainable development: to help educators acquire the knowledge that would enable them to include sustainable development issues in the subjects they teach; to ensure the availability of training tools and teaching aids for students; to promote scientific research in the field of education for sustainable development, etc. The author of the current paper comes to the conclusion that in Russiaeducational activities for sustainable development are mostly of a local nature, have a small amount of resources and cannot drastically change the situation at the system level of the whole country. The change in the situation with education for sustainable development, in the author’s opinion, is possible with the implementation of a number of organizational and pedagogical measures, such as: development of methodological support; development of a system of elective courses, extracurricular courses; creation of a system of training and retraining of teachers and methodologists; preparation and publication of educational and methodological literature, etc. The conclusion is that successful elements and examples of good practice at all levels of the organization of education for sustainable development can be found at the current level of Russian education. A systematic support on the scale of the whole country will lead to a signifi progress in reaching out to all possible groups of students in the programs of education for sustainable development.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;