Popularization Of Higher Education Research Articles

Teaching Ability, Digital Literacy, and Professional Development of Application-Oriented University Faculty in China

This study employed descriptive research to determine the relationship among teaching ability, performance and professional development of university faculty in China, based on the practical needs of digital transformation and technological empowerment in higher education, as well as the popularization of higher education. A total of 425 from 10 applied-oriented universities from three provinces in China participated in the study. Results showed that majority of the respondents were female, 46-50 years old, bachelor’s degree holders and working for 1 to 5 years. The respondents agreed on the items under teaching ability except for cognition. In terms of digital literacy, the respondents agreed on the items except for digital social responsibility and development. As regards professional development, the respondents disagreed on the items under experience and performance and vision and expectations. Also, there exists significant difference of responses in teaching ability, digital literacy, and professional development when respondents were grouped according to profile variables, except for sex. In addition, there exists a highly significant relationship among teaching ability, digital literacy, and professional development of application-oriented faculty members in China. This implies that teachers with strong digital literacy skills are more likely to implement innovative teaching strategies, leading to improved teaching ability. Also, effective professional development programs can enhance both teaching ability and digital literacy skills. Lastly, teachers with high teaching ability may be more motivated to seek out professional development opportunities, including those related to technology integration Hence, the study proposed a comprehensive training and development program specifically designed for application-oriented university teachers in China.

Strategies to Improve the Employability of Secondary Vocational Undergraduates

With the continuous improvement of my country's vocational education system and the increase in the popularity of higher education, secondary vocational undergraduate education has become an important way to cultivate high-quality skilled talents. The secondary vocational undergraduate education model that combines secondary vocational education with undergraduate education is an important way to cultivate high-skilled talents. The employability of its graduates is related to the quality and speed of national economic development. However, in the face of an increasingly fierce employment market, how to effectively improve the employability of secondary vocational undergraduates has become the focus of attention of relevant universities. This paper aims to explore the current status of the employability of secondary vocational undergraduates, analyze the key factors affecting employability, and propose a series of effective improvement strategies to provide reference and reference for students with secondary vocational backgrounds in relevant undergraduate colleges and all sectors of society.

Current Situation Analysis and Countermeasure Research on “Slow Employment” of University Students

In the new era, with the popularization of higher education, the number of college graduates is increasing, and the severe employment situation has caused the predicament of “slow employment” among college students. In view of the existence of the social problem of “slow employment,” this paper discusses the causes of “slow employment” through the investigation of the current situation of “slow employment” of college students and puts forward some countermeasures. It is hoped that it can provide guidance and assistance to the employment of university graduates.

Real-Time Collaborative Programming in Undergraduate Education: A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis of Its Impact on Knowledge, Behaviors, and Attitudes

Real-time collaborative programming (RCP), which allows multiple programmers to work concurrently on the same codebase with changes instantly visible to all participants, has garnered considerable popularity in higher education. Despite this trend, little work has rigorously examined how undergraduates engage in collaborative programming when using RCP. This study utilized a quasi-experimental design to investigate the impact of RCP on undergraduates’ programming knowledge and skills, behaviors, and attitudes toward collaboration. Eighty-two participants were randomly assigned to either the RCP group or the Traditional Collaborative Programming (TCP) group. The data analysis yielded noteworthy findings. First, RCP significantly improved learners’ problem-solving skills and led to higher knowledge test scores compared to TCP. Second, there were no significant differences in attitudes toward collaboration between the two groups. Third, analysis of programming behaviors indicated that the RCP group exhibited more efficient coding practices, including producing a greater volume of code and executing it more successfully. Additionally, the RCP group’s code-testing activities were predominantly concentrated at the first half of the class sessions. Based on the empirical research results, three major pedagogical implications were proposed. These findings highlight the benefits of integrating RCP into programming education and suggest avenues for future research into collaborative learning dynamics.

The constituents, ideas, and trends in team-based learning: a bibliometric analysis

Team-based learning (TBL) has gained significant popularity in higher education. Despite its widespread adoption, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of the current state of TBL research. Hence, we conducted a bibliometric analysis to address this gap, reviewing 692 papers from the Web of Science database. The study revealed a notable increase in TBL research, with a peak of 87 publications in 2021. The United States emerged as the leading contributor, with medical and nursing education being the most prominent research areas. Specialized journals played a significant role in disseminating TBL research. Key themes, including TBL outcomes, non-technical competencies, and implementation principles, were identified. Moreover, it highlighted a growing interest in applying TBL in interprofessional education and formative assessment. The findings suggest the need to establish priorities and expand TBL research beyond health professions education to other fields. This study provides valuable insights into the current landscape of TBL research and offers directions for future investigations.

Games Design Frameworks: A Novel Approach for Games Design Pedagogy

The discipline of Games Design has surged in popularity in higher education as a route to industry for aspiring game developers. Notably, at the time of writing 138 UK Universities are now offering game design degrees, and many further education institutions. This growth is not only in volume but also in the diversity of students who enrol in these courses. Young learners, coming from various backgrounds and with differing levels of professional and academic experience, are drawn to games as a field of study. Games disciplines (such as Games Art, Design, and Programming) are often seen as more accessible than their comparative parent disciplines (such as Computer Science). This diversity presents both an opportunity and a challenge for educators: to develop teaching methodologies that not only cater to a wide range of experiences but also effectively prepare students for the creative and technical demands of the games industry. This paper introduces a pioneering design concept utilized in the pedagogy of game design, namely the use of game frameworks. A framework is a structure built in a video games engine, containing a pre-made, playable game experience, which students are taught to build upon and modify. Frameworks abstract and modularise fundamental, complex elements of the game creation process, allowing new learners to quickly become engaged with the iterative process of designing gameplay. It also allows educators to focus on a specific area of interest. For example, a student can focus just on the UI elements of the game for a whole module of study, without needing to have built the entire game first. This allows students to focus on the elements being taught, without introducing a significant amount of non-assessed content just to enable to learning. This position paper discusses our application of this approach, including the process of framework design, supportive assessment, successes and challenges.

Research on the Employment View of Acupuncture and Tuina Undergraduates in Minority Border Areas from Students’ Perspective

With the popularization of higher education in China, the employment situation of college students is more complex and severe. This paper adopts the questionnaire method to explore the employment view of acupuncture and tuina undergraduates of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The employment concept of acupuncture and tuina undergraduates in the minority border areas has changed greatly. After graduation, 97.95% of students choose to work in fields related to medicine and acupuncture, prefer positions close to home, and are attracted to high-salary companies, among other factors. Therefore, enhancing the competitive advantages of medical students by guiding their career planning, providing employment selection advice, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, improving basic skills, and offering graduate entrance examination guidance is crucial for broadening their employment opportunities.

Analysis of Learning Situation and Training Suggestions for Non-traditional Students in Vocational Colleges

With the popularization of higher education in China, the proportion of non-traditional students in higher education will continue to increase. Vocational colleges will be the main institutions in China that accept non-traditional students to attend universities. This student group is still very different from the traditional student group. The analysis of the learning situation of non-traditional student groups is a prerequisite and foundation for vocational colleges to explore the high-quality cultivation of this group. Through investigation and analysis of non-traditional students in vocational colleges, summarizing their learning characteristics strengths, and weaknesses, this article provides corresponding suggestions for high-quality cultivation of this student group in vocational colleges.

Mental Health Integration Education in Frontier Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of National Unity and Progress Education

With the popularization of higher education in China and the development of frontier areas, the mental health problem of frontier college students has increasingly attracted social attention. From the perspective of national unity and progress education, how to effectively integrate mental health education with national unity and progress education has become an important issue for frontier colleges and universities. Through empirical investigation and case analysis, this paper verifies the positive effect of integration strategy in promoting students' harmonious relationship and improving their mental health level. The paper also analyzes the key factors that affect the implementation of integration strategy, and puts forward some suggestions to strengthen the integration of resources, the construction of teachers, the improvement of students' participation and the improvement of evaluation system.

The Church Museums’ Evolution of the Idea and Methods of Missionary Work in China: A Study of Tsinanfu Institute

The Church Museums’ Evolution of the Idea and Methods of Missionary Work in China: A Study of Tsinanfu Institute

Exploration of Factors Influencing Slow Employment

This article focuses on the causes and characteristics of the phenomenon of "slow employment" of college graduates and its far-reaching impact on individuals and society in the context of current social and economic development. Through a review of relevant literature and theoretical research, the article outlines the definition of "slow employment", i.e., the state in which some graduates, after completing their studies, choose to further their studies, internships, travels or other non-employment activities, or fail to find a suitable job for a long period of time.It is found that the phenomenon of "slow employment" is the result of multiple factors, such as the popularization of higher education, changes in the job market and personal values. The article constructs a research model, and through questionnaire survey and data analysis, explores the influence of individual perceived behavioral control, prior and posterior social capital, and educational environment on the willingness of "slow employment". The results show that factors such as personal behavioral control, family background, educational experience and social network affect graduates' employment choice and speed to different degrees.Eventually, the article puts forward a series of targeted solution strategies, including strengthening the employment guidance services of colleges and universities, optimizing the educational environment, and enhancing the individual's career planning ability, aiming to provide support for the smooth employment of college graduates, and at the same time, provide a scientific basis for the government and colleges and universities to formulate the employment policy, in order to promote the stable development of the social economy.

Self-control, peer assistance, and satisfaction of online learning among Chinese social work students

ABSTRACT Online learning is a new type of learning practice based on information and communication technologies. It has gained great popularity in higher education in China in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, because it can reach more students over long distances and achieve cost-benefit maximization. Compared with the traditional classroom-based learning model, online learning reduces the control of instructors, thus highlighting the students’ self-management ability and peer assistance. Based on the data collected from an online learning survey of undergraduate (BSW) and graduate social work (MSW) students in China in 2022, this study reveals the effects of social work students’ self-control and peer assistance on online learning satisfaction. The results show that 72.95% of BSW and MSW students have participated in online learning in the previous academic year, and they are generally satisfied with their online learning. Students’ self-control ability significantly affects their satisfaction with online learning. At the same time, peer assistance is a significant mediating variable. It is suggested that in addition to promoting students’ self-control ability and self-study management, making full use of online resources to promote peer assistance and communication among students is also a way to improve social work students’ satisfaction with online learning.

Online peer assessment in paragraph writing its implementation and students’ constraints

Peer Assessment (PA) has recently been gaining increasing popularity in higher education due to its advantages in engaging students, and its use in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing classes is very common in Indonesia. The implementation of PA became more necessary when the government regulated emergency remote teaching in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This study examines the implementation of an online peer assessment (OPA) and the constraints encountered by the students in the OPA of a paragraph writing class. To achieve the objectives of this study, an embedded mixed method design was employed, which consists of an interview, observations, documentation, and a survey. The respondents in this study are a teacher of the writing class and 30 English Education Department students of a state university. The gleaned qualitative data were analyzed thematically while the quantitative data were analyzed by finding the percentages generated by Google Forms. The results show that the teacher made use of the three stages of the OPA: preparation, instruction, and evaluation. The students faced three constraints: the quality of the feedback, impartiality, and the clarity of the assessment criteria. It is recommended that when performing an OPA, teachers provide clear instructions regarding the stages and pay attention to the issues experienced by students.

A Study on the High Quality Development Path of General Education in Applied Undergraduate Universities

In the new era of leapfrog development and popularization of higher education, applied undergraduate universities play a vital role in the higher education system in China, becoming an indispensable force in building a powerful higher education country. Compared with the cultivation of academic talents, the cultivation of applied talents pays more attention to the traing of professional knowledge, abilities, and qualities, and pays more attention to the practicality and adaptability of talent cultivation. However, applied talents are not only technical specialists, but must also have goodcomprehensive quality, including citizenship, professional ethics, humanistic accomplishment, scientific literacy, etc., in order to better adapt to the needs of future development and change. Applied universities pay more attention to cultivating students’ practical application ability and entrepreneurial ability. General education in applied undergraduate universities has a significant impact on the process of talent cultivation. Based on the analysis of the current situation of general education in applied undergraduate universities, this article proposes ways to improve the quality of general education in applied undergraduate universities from updating the concept of general education, optimizing the setting of general education courses, reforming the teaching mode of general education, strengthening the construction of teacher teams, improving the evaluation system of general education, and expanding international exchanges and cooperation.

Examining Peer Observation Practices of Online Teaching and Learning Through Analysis of Existing Instruments

ABSTRACT As online teaching gains increasing popularity in higher education, the need for valid and reliable measures to assess course quality and instructional effectiveness has become paramount. Peer observation of teaching has served as a valuable tool in evaluating online courses and facilitating continuous improvement. This study is intended to identify and analyze existing peer observation instruments used in higher education institutions in the U.S. specifically focusing on R1 and R2 institutions according to the Carnegie classification. Using the Online Teaching Competencies (OTC) framework developed by Farmer and Ramsdale (2016) as a coding basis, a total of 34 instruments were collected and examined. Coding results based on OTC revealed three highly observed competencies, including a prevalent emphasis on alignment between course activities and learning objectives, instructor availability for learners, and the provision of clear and consistent instructions. However, a substantial number of competencies in the OTC framework were never utilized by any of the collected instruments. Likewise, a large number of competencies measured by the collected instruments were not included in the OTC framework, suggesting potential gaps in the evaluation of course design and accessibility for students with disabilities. This study offers insight into the current state of peer observation practices for online teaching and highlights areas for improvement and refinement of evaluation frameworks.

Transforming Education: Enhancing Student Performance and Satisfaction through the Flipped Classroom Method

The flipped classroom, a form of blended learning, has gained popularity in higher education due to its potential to improve student engagement and performance. This approach addresses limitations in traditional teaching methods, such as didactic lectures and passive learning methods, by moving content delivery outside class and utilizing in-person sessions for active learning activities. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the flipped classroom as a teaching-learning strategy and to gather students’ opinions of the idea. A second-year undergraduate nursing class (n = 96) was split into two groups, one of which used the flipped classroom technique and the other the conventional approach in a quasi-experimental design. Questionnaires on a Likert scale were utilized to assess students’ opinions of the flipped classroom, and pre-and post-test results were evaluated. A variety of statistical analyses were used to compare mean scores and evaluate the efficacy of the flipped classroom, including paired and independent t-tests. A quasi-experimental study involving a second-year undergraduate nursing class showed a statistically significant improvement in student performance and a positive perception of the flipped classroom approach with P<0.001. The flipped classroom in nursing education allows students to learn at their own pace through pre-class work, with an instructor as a facilitator. This personalized approach uses technology like online platforms and collaborative tools to deliver lectures and facilitate in-class activities, potentially improving student engagement, critical thinking, and clinical reasoning abilities.

The examination of the relationship between learning motivation and learning effectiveness: a mediation model of learning engagement

In the past decade, China has entered the process of universalization of higher education, however, with the popularization of higher education, the issue of education quality has become more important than ever. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to explore the relationship between learning motivation and learning effectiveness, the mediation effect of learning engagement on learning motivation and learning effectiveness, and the moderation effect of students’ personality traits on the relationship between learning motivation and learning effectiveness. It was found that (1) Learning motivation had a significant positive impact on learning effectiveness; (2) Learning motivation had a significant positive effect on learning engagement; (3) Learning engagement had a significant positive impact on learning effectiveness; (4) Learning engagement had a partial mediation effect on learning motivation and learning effectiveness. (5) Personality traits had a moderation effect on the relationship between learning motivation and learning effectiveness. It was suggested that college students should stimulate their motivation for independent learning, enhance their motivation for learning, and cultivate the ability to learn independently in learning. At the same time, in the classroom, teachers should innovate teaching methods, mobilize students’ interest in learning, and cultivate students’ initiative. In addition, schools should actively carry out themed lectures to cultivate students’ correct learning attitudes. In terms of the influence of personality traits on the relationship between learning motivation and learning effectiveness should not be ignored, and appropriate attention should be paid to improving learning effectiveness. Different personality traits should be further explored.

Research and Practice of Inspirational Education for Students in Higher Vocational Colleges

With the popularization of higher education, higher vocational education has occupied half of higher education. Because the admission score of higher vocational schools is at the end of the admission level of colleges and universities, higher vocational students generally have the characteristics of poor performance in basic cultural courses, lack of learning motivation, strong sense of inferiority and lack of learning motivation. Some higher vocational college students have problems such as depressed spirit, lack of ideal and belief, distortion of value orientation and so on. Therefore, we should carry out inspirational education in higher vocational colleges, guide higher vocational students to self affirmation and self motivation, and establish lofty ideas and self-confidence. The necessary inspirational education for students in higher vocational colleges has an important impact on their whole college career. Inspirational education plays an important role in promoting higher vocational students to form a correct outlook on life and values, establish firm faith and shape excellent quality. Effective inspirational education can make them accept themselves, believe in themselves, affirm themselves and pay attention to themselves, and then produce a positive consciousness, which promotes them to have positive behavior. This paper analyzes the current situation of College Students' inspirational education in higher vocational colleges, and comes to the conclusion that it is urgent to strengthen the theoretical innovation and practical innovation of inspirational education.

The Relationship Between Popularization of Higher Education and Unemployment Rate in China

As a result of the reform and opening, as the Chinese government and society have paid more attention to education, the popularization of education has gradually taken shape, followed by a more complex social structural population, traditional calculations of unemployment rate and gross enrollment rate. The method is no longer suitable for todays social situation. This article is based on Martintrow's three-stage theory of higher education, and the formula used frequently by China's National Bureau of Statistics to calculate urban jobless rates. Assuming the actual unemployment rate calculation formula, regression analysis shows that the higher the degree of higher education, the unemployment rate will also increase accordingly. Government macro-control, the expansion of vocational education, filling the professional labor force gap currently present in society, appropriately regulating the percentage of the population receiving higher education, elevating the status of vocational education, eradicating preconceived notions previously held against vocational education, etc. are all ways that educational development can be accomplished. There were a number of macro and micro control measures developed.

Developing Hybrid ESP Courses at UNWE

Hybrid courses which combine the benefits of face-to-face and electronic modes of instruction have gained popularity in higher education as they can increase the motivation of the new generations of learners and hence the effectiveness of academic courses. The objective of the research presented is to provide a blueprint for developing hybrid ESP courses in the fields of economics and socio-political studies in order to deliver modern and effective instruction in specialised English at the University of National and World Economy, taking into account the realities of the world today. The study seeks to yield a reliable picture of the students’ attitudes and needs, and a model for course optimisation.