Process In Higher Education Research Articles

The how and the why of study choice processes in higher education: The role of parental involvement and the experience of having an authentic inner compass.

Late adolescents differ in the degree to which they are thoroughly engaged in the study choice process and in the degree to which their choices are autonomous in nature. This study examined the unique and interactive roles of (a) parental involvement in the study choice process and (b) late adolescents' sense of having an authentic inner compass (AIC) in predicting their study choice decision-making. A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among 331 12th-grade adolescents from the Flemish part of Belgium (68.3% female; Mage = 18.04, SD = 0.48) in the spring of 2017 and 2018. Results of the latent sum and difference models revealed that late adolescents experiencing a stronger AIC and more need-supportive parental involvement showed more engagement in and autonomous regulation of the study choice process. In contrast, when experiencing more controlling parental involvement or uninvolvement, late adolescents showed more controlled regulation, with parental control also being linked to less commitment. Although mothers were perceived to be more involved than fathers, maternal and paternal involvement were equally strongly related to the study choice tasks. Overall, late adolescents' sense of having an AIC and parental involvement were related independently to the outcomes, with sense of having an AIC yielding the strongest associations.

Instrumento para valorar el impacto del sistema de acreditación en educación superior: validación mediante análisis factorial exploratorio

Introduction: interest in evaluating the improvements resulting from external evaluation processes in higher education has revealed that there is a lack of objective instruments available for this purpose. Consequently, this study presents the design and validation of an instrument for evaluating the improvement effect of the accreditation system of Spanish university degrees. Methodology: a 108-item questionnaire was prepared and was applied to a sample of 1964 subjects from different university groups (students, teachers, management, etc.). Its reliability and construct validity were analysed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results: analysis of the instrument’s technical characteristics showed high reliability, both overall and at the dimensional level, with Cronbach’s α and McDonald’s ω being greater than .95. The EFA identified eight factors that contained the 105 items finally included, explaining 77.37% of the variance in Discussion and conclusions: these results all indicate that the instrument designed is reliable and valid, with a solid multidimensional structure that makes it possible to evaluate the impact of the accreditation system on various aspects of Spanish university degrees.

The leadership role of THEQC in the development of quality assurance system in higher education in Türkiye

Higher education, which has a wide stakeholder structure with many actors at different levels, from international organizations to students, has a complex structure in which various actors are intertwined. Quality assurance is one of the policy areas that represents this complexity with many stakeholders at the international, national and institutional level. Quality assurance is an important issue in the Turkish higher education system and improvements are needed in this area. Massification and internationalization activities in higher education have brought quality problems to the fore. It is important to design a quality assurance system so that Türkiye can compete internationally and achieve qualitative growth.
 The focus of this study is the institutional leadership role of the Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC). It is important for THEQC to assume an effective leadership role in the development and implementation of quality assurance processes. The aim of the study is to analyze the quality processes in higher education and develop recommendations based on this in the center of the institutional leadership role of YÖKAK in the quality assurance system.Within the scope of the study, the development and implementation of quality assurance in the Turkish higher education system, the issues that should be done during the development phase in order to respond qualitatively to the quantitative development of quality assurance processes, and the improvement of the current leadership role of YÖKAK were emphasized. Document analysis method was used in the study. The institutional leadership role in quality processes has been tried to be interpreted by reviewing the provisions in the Constitution on the basis of the duties and responsibilities of CHE, and the regulation and other institutional or text-based documents regarding the quality assurance system for the development of the quality assurance system.

Webtoon: E-comic Based Application to Support the Learning Process in Higher Education

Webtoon is an application that is split from two syllables namely web and cartoon. Webtoon is an application in the form of online-based cartoons or comics which can be enjoyed in the form of a website, by various groups who have the same interests. Webtoon is a service that is provided by presenting many new webtoons or stories that are released continuously according to the schedule that has been targeted by the webtoon authors themselves. Readers can access it with various technologies such as cellphones, laptops, tablets, or computers. The use of the webtoon application also has many fans, especially among teenagers and adults who have an interest. Therefore, webtoons have extraordinary interest. The purpose of this research is based on the use of webtoon applications to support the learning process in universities. The research method used is a descriptive qualitative method with an in-depth discussion related to the material using the webtoon. The research was carried out by direct interviews with students in Asian countries who use the webtoon application. Researchers asked several forms of questions and answered with explanations and reasons for these students related to the material. The results of the research found that the use of the webtoon application has quite an effect on the learning process in tertiary institutions. The weakness in the research was that the researchers did not interview many students, only a few were interviewed and that too were women. It is hoped that future researchers can conduct interviews with many parties in order to get maximum results

Организация научно-исследовательской работы студентов магистратуры профиля «Воспитательная деятельность в образовательной организации»

Constant progress and creative renewal are integral features of the educational process in higher education, actualizing the problem of developing future teachers’ competencies related to the theoretical justification of parenting strategies and upbringing work in educational organizations. In 2019, the Department of Pedagogy of Irkutsk State University started a master’s program «Upbringing activity in an educational organization», focused on solving the identified problems through the study of disciplines: «Design and organization of professional pedagogical activity», «Methods of educational work», «Design strategies and tactics of pedagogical interaction», «Diagnostics of the quality of the educational process», «Development of individual personal programs», etc. We believe that the experience of the Department of Pedagogy of the ISU in organizing the research work of undergraduates on the problems of upbringing deserves discussion and further dissemination.

Gamification as a New Educational Technology in Modern Higher Education

The relevance of the research is due to the need to improve the educational process in higher education. Edu-cational technologies should be aimed at increasing the motivation of students to acquire knowledge. The existing teaching methods are gradually losing their effectiveness due to changes in the moral, economic, and social compo-nents of the modern world. The trend of recent years is digitalization, affecting all spheres of society, so educational technologies must meet changing conditions.The purpose of the research is to identify the positive and negative features of gamification as an educational technique in modern higher education.The objectives of the research: to define the concept of "gamification" and to identify its differences from the concept of "game"; to consider the components of gamification as an educational technique; to identify the motiva-tional role of gaming technologies in the educational process; to consider possible ways to increase students' motiva-tion during educational activities; to analyze the shortcomings of the introduction of gaming technologies in the edu-cational process.Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is the method of dialectical scientific cognition; a sys-tematic approach to the problem under consideration, the historical method, the analytical method, etc. Results. In the course of the research, various approaches to the concept of "gamification" were identified and systematized. The authors identified the positive and negative features of the introduction of gaming technologies into the educational process, and also considered the motivational component of the modern student's education.Conclusion. Gaming technologies are rarely used in education, as many teachers underestimate their poten-tial. In addition, their introduction into the educational process requires the teacher to make efforts, including creative ones. Such technologies make it possible to involve more students in the educational process by increasing interest in something new and different from the classical teaching methods. Of course, the use of gaming technologies in the educational process has a number of disadvantages that can be offset by a successful combination of innovative and classical teaching methods.

Системный подход к процессу обучения

This article is addressed to teachers with technical education. It considers an important aspect of pedagogical science related to the systemic approach of the learning process. It shows how the systemic approach is interrelated with the regularities of the learning process in higher education, as it is more qualitative and modern. It provides more opportunities for assimilation of learning information, which improves assessments in controlling the quality of knowledge. It is noted in the article that the logical structure of the training course obeys systemic laws and increases the efficiency of learning. An example of the logical structure of the discipline “Engineering Graphics” is given. It is shown that learning, as well as any pedagogical action, always has a goal.

Integrating the Web in the English Language Teaching-Learning Process: A Case Study in Text Analysis, 2nd Course, English Branch

E-learning has changed the perception of the world and influenced many areas of human social
 activity. It offers many new pedagogic opportunities and challenges in the teaching-learning process in Higher Education. Based on that, the integration of websites in the English acquisition process is important in the variety of interactive activities for improving the understanding of the English language and the communication of students in different subjects. This article analyses the integration of websites in the English teaching-learning process and examines the extent that technology-enhanced teaching and learning and its integration with coursebooks, make students benefit from language acquisition. This paper is focused on a case study with a group of 12 English language students, at the University of Korça. It focuses on how the web can be interlaced with the Text Analysis coursebook, by integrating four language skills, to improve overall language comprehension. The empirical descriptive qualitative research is applied to offer a lesson observation and description of applied learning experiences, such as collaborative learning with technology and the use of technology in communication. To gain an in-depth result, quantitative research is applied based on a focus-group online questionnaire with the students to see how web integration develops cognitive learning and how it facilitates learning and memory through speaking, listening, reading, and writing new knowledge found on the web, at different time intervals. Based on students’ perceptions it is seen how the websites may be a means of entertainment and motivation in acquiring new concepts in the subject of Text Analysis.

Teaching Learning Process in Higher Education with the Impact of ICT: An Analytical Review

Abstract—“As models of the teaching–learning process are addressed or when learning difficulties arise, the relationship between teaching, training, and children's learning comes up. Despite extensive study, we still have little understanding of how variations in learning activities affect students' learning. The importance of teachers and teaching as key study subjects has resulted in a restricted understanding of what happens in schools and classrooms. Few studies of teachers and teaching have looked at the degree to which disparities in teacher effectiveness are linked to differences in subject matter expertise, and there is still a tendency to talk about teaching and learning in broad terms without considering the material that has been learned. The author of this article argues that studies of teaching and learning must be linked to studies of the topic in order to create a dialogue between didactics and classroom studies. It is necessary to create an analytical design and structure capable of bridging the teaching– learning gap. Emerging developments in video/audio recording provide one line of inquiry into how various thematic trends are related to instructional activities and classroom interaction formats. Keywords— Teaching Learning Process, Mentor, Role of Teacher, Higher Education.

Students’ involvement as a factor of improving the efficiency of the educational process

The article deals with the most important pedagogical problems of increasing the involvement of students in the educational process. The authors aim to study the international theoretical and practical experience of increasing students’ involvement and analyze the complexity of the dynamic interaction between the students and the educational environment in class from the point of view of various types of involvement. To study the theoretical and practical materials, the authors use a combination of general scientific analytical, synthetic, and inductive-deductive approaches. The results of the study showed that the behavioral, academic, emotional, and cognitive involvement of students in learning a foreign language depends on various factors of the educational environment, including the choice of conceptual approaches to teaching, the level of students’ linguistic and communicative competences. The authors come to the conclusion that students’ involvement in the educational process in higher education reflects the effectiveness of the academic, social, and professional orientation of education, which contributes to academic success and professional self-realization of students.

AI and Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Vision and Approach of a Specific University in Vietnam

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is opening up new opportunities and challenges for all industries, professions, and fields, aiming to bring humanity more optimal tools and services. During the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital transformation has been one of the most critical problems. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two technologies that have the potential to cause the biggest breakout to evolve in the educational domain. In recent years, digital transformation has seen implementation across all sectors, including education, healthcare, agriculture, transportation, and other smart ecosystems. Among those areas, education, especially higher education, is among the most challenging due to the diversity in training programs, duration, and subjects. The Internet of Things makes it possible to create smart and ubiquitous learning environments, while artificial intelligence can completely transform the way we learn and teach. In this paper, we present the digital transformation process in higher education in Vietnam and internationally and analyze some characteristics of Vietnamese higher education in the digital transformation process. Moreover, we present the vision, approach, and challenges to digital transformation at universities of low- and middle-income countries from the perspective of the Hung Yen University of Technology and Education in Vietnam.

Направления исследований в области анализа образовательных данных в высшей школе: теоретический обзор

The paper provides an overview of foreign English-language research literature on pedagogy, the aim of which is to identify the most relevant lines of research in the area of educational data mining in modern higher education. The review considers the factors that have caused the development of educational data mining (hereinafter EDM) and learning analytics (hereinafter LA) in the context of digital transformation processes in modern society. The paper discusses the potential, problems and directions of implementing EDM and LA in higher education in general, as well as in the field of academic performance and students’ behavior, educational programs development and improving the education system efficiency. Scientific novelty of the review lies in identifying the most relevant tasks for EDM research and defining advanced research directions in this area for all actors of educational process in higher education. As a result, the authors analyzed research papers on the described subject area published in the period from 2017 to 2023 and described issues related to personal data ethics and privacy in the context of EDM implementation, the relevant methods of EDM, the experience of EDM implementation in higher education.

Cambios en la evaluación en la Facultad de Medicina: sistema Integral de Aplicación de Exámenes

Paper-based testing has been the traditional model for decades in educational institutions. However, in recent years, there has been a gradual shift towards online testing, with greater adaptation to the use of digital tolos to administer exams. This change has the potential to transform the assessment process in higher education. The Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has experienced a remarkable evolution over time in educational assessment. The transition to electronic testing has allowed for greater efficiency in the application and grading of exams, with an increase in security and quality, and in a complementary way, provides students and professors with effective feedback. Keywords: Evaluation; test application system; digital tools; computer-based tests; feedback.

ALGORITAMSKA INTERMEDIJACIJA I REMODELIRANJE VRIJEDNOSTI ODLUČIVANJA U SISTEMU VISOKOG OBRAZOVANJA / ALGORITHMIC INTERMEDIATION AND REMODELING OF DECISION-MAKING VALUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

The paper investigates the effects of digitalization on teaching and educational processes and the possible negative effects that these processes have. For the Sarajevo Canton and the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, digitalization in education has already begun and it is important to fully understand the potential threats it poses. Decision-making processes were a human competence where different programs were used only as a tool to aid the process of reaching the best decisions. Today, algorithms are decision-makers where humans perform tasks of justifying algorithm’s decisions and preventing the upheaval caused by the increasing social inequality caused by algorithmicizing. The main argument is that of higher education without understanding of the underlining algorithmicizing of its processes could consequently lead to social inequality and wrong decisions. On the other hand, the lack of awareness of accelerated digitization can lead to lagging behind in digitization processes and loss of competitiveness in an increasingly global university market. This paper explains algorithmic intermediation and remodeling of decision-making values and points out threats and needs in the higher education. It should serve educational institutions and policy makers as a guideline in the adoption of future strategies on digitization processes in higher education as well as provide the base for future discussions focusing on Global Digitization Trends within the Bosnian and Herzegovinian higher education area and its policies, laws, and strategies with a recommendation for the Digitization Action Plan in higher education in Canton Sarajevo.

Learner Diversity in Higher Education: Articulations of Diverse Subjectivities Through Everyday Life Experiences

This paper explores how articulations of diverse learners’ identities and subjectivities emerge through everyday life experiences within a modern public university in India. The study adopts a constructivist grounded theory approach and, through in-depth conversational interviews, focuses on the voices of 35 learners belonging to diverse marginalised communities. Massification and the shifting demographics of learners in higher education have made university spaces a composite of heterogeneous identities. As learners belonging to diverse marginalised social groups began to increasingly navigate campus life, contestations emerged, due to the lack of recognition of these unfamiliar socio-political sensibilities and the emerging alternate discourses within these elite corridors of knowledge. Further, inherent elitism and meritocracy saliently dominating the normative cultural behaviour within the institutions, hindered the participation and inclusion of these learners, resulting in exclusivity and marginalisation in everyday life. As a result, the articulation and voice of learners emerged as acts of resistance and their agency freedom, leading to the emergence of a learner’s identity, an agential and assertive reflection of how learners articulate their self, succumb to or resist marginalisation, get excluded or participate and make choices for their future. Everyday life experiences, determined by learners’ situated articulations of their life course, became a framework explicating and articulating their distinct subjectivities, negotiations, challenges and aspirations. Therefore, learners’ capacity and will to negotiate, resist and persist, against the normativity in practice and processes in higher education, leads to cultivation of their agency freedom.

Research or investigation: perspectives of the sociology of higher education in the conditions of bureaucratisation and commercialisation

The article presents an analysis of the problems that arise in connection with the definition of the prospects for the sociology of higher education in the context of the features of the current stage of development and crisis processes in sociological knowledge itself. Authors believe, even a deep “immersion” of researchers into the educational environment does not always allow to adequately represent and explain the processes developing within it, that is due not only to limitations associated with the specifics of the science itself and the attitudes of researchers, but also with the bureaucratisation of educational reality, that minimises and in a number of cases even excludes the possibility of its sociological interpretation. The empirical base of the work was: 1) studies conducted by the authors or with their participation in universities of the Belgorod region and other regions of Russia from 2005 to 2023, including those organised by the Center for Social Technologies of BelSU; 2) secondary analysis of research carried out by graduate students, doctoral students and applicants in the preparation of their work in the dissertation council in sociological sciences at the Belgorod State National Research University; 3) an expert survey of specialists in the field of sociology of education, conducted by the authors in February 2023 (N=38). Based on the analysis of theoretical and empirical sources, the authors identify several circumstances that determine the emergence of barriers in the study of processes in higher education by sociologists. They are the corporativisation of modern universities in its "economic and managerial" dimension; the specifics of the attitude to sociological diagnostics of both the university bureaucracy and other participants in the educational process - teachers and students. In many cases, their position is not complementary to attempts to clarify certain aspects of the university's self-organisation. The very possibility of discussing them is often initially perceived by the participants as undesirable. According to the authors, under such conditions, any research aimed at obtaining the most relevant to reality, and not the results set in advance by the customer, takes on a peculiar form of "sociological investigation". At the same time, we are not talking about a formal replacement of terms, but about a significant adjustment of the approach, due to the characteristics of the object and subject of cognition, the capabilities of the subject and the situation in which the diagnosis is carried out.

Modern technology for developing critical thinking skills in future teachers

This article highlights the meaning and essence of the concept of critical thinking, and gives examples of the pedagogical and psychological views of representatives and researchers of the world education field on critical thinking. It is shown the specific advantages of thinking critically, and useful aspects of developing critical thinking in students, including future teachers. This article also describes organizing the educational process in higher education on the basis of “Blended –learning” technology and using one of its models “Flipped classroom” as well as its aspects in improving the quality and effectiveness of education.

The influence of educational information visualization trends in higher education for students in the Russian Federation

The establishment of scientific foundations for the integration of information technologies and innovative educational processes in student learning activities entails the necessity of creating a basis for transitioning from information processes to information technologies. The research aims to study the effectiveness of innovative information technologies in higher education and assess student involvement in using innovative information technologies. The study relies on the experimental survey method to assess respondents’ involvement in the use of innovative information technologies. In addition, the modeling method was used to increase students’ motivation to study through visualization and other modern technologies. A training program based on visualization and innovative information technologies aimed to study their impact on the teaching process in higher education was developed. The study results show that visualization technologies improve students’ intrinsic motivation to learn. The practical significance and further research prospects are due to the possibility of applying the training program developed in the study in higher education. The program can also become the basis for developing new training programs to study other subjects as it is not tied to studying a certain discipline and requires only computer skills.

How to Support Co-creation in Higher Education: The Validation of a Questionnaire

In this study, we regard co-creation as a collaborative process where students, lecturers and working field professionals from outside the university jointly develop innovative products, processes or knowledge. In co-creation all stakeholders equally contribute to the collaborative process and aim to create beneficial outcomes for each participant. Co-creation can be used as a valuable pedagogical method to support continuous interaction between learning and working in higher education to foster innovation. However, this process is not necessarily mastered by co-creation groups. In order to identify which components of this collaboration process can be further improved, we developed a questionnaire to assess co-creation processes in higher education. Students, lecturers and working field professionals participating in co-creation projects completed the questionnaire. We validated the questionnaire using a principal component analysis. The seven extracted scales proved to be sufficiently reliable. The final questionnaire consists of seven components: positive interdependence, individual accountability, collaboration, shared mental models, safe and supporting conditions, creative community, and group evaluation. We described how the tool can be used in practice.

Which lecturers’ characteristics facilitate the learning process? A qualitative study on students’ perceptions in the rehabilitation sciences

BackgroundIn education, lecturers play a crucial role in facilitating students’ learning process. However, only a few studies explored which lecturers’ characteristics can facilitate this process in higher education for rehabilitation healthcare professionals. Starting from students’ perspectives, our qualitative study investigated the lecturers’ characteristics that facilitate students’ learning process in the rehabilitation sciences.MethodsA qualitative interview study. We enrolled students attending the 2nd year of the Master of Science (MSc) degree in ‘Rehabilitation Sciences of Healthcare Professions’. Different themes were generated following a ‘Reflexive Thematic Analysis’.ResultsThirteen students completed the interviews. From their analysis, we generated five themes. Specifically, a lecturer that facilitates students’ learning process should be: 1) ‘A Performer who Interacts with the Classroom’, 2) A Flexible Planner who Adopts Innovative Teaching Skills’, 3) ‘A Motivator who Embraces Transformational Leadership’, 4) ‘A Facilitator Who Encourages a Constructive Learning Context’ and 5) ‘A Coach who Devises Strategies to Reach Shared Learning Goals’.ConclusionsThe results of this study underscore the importance for lecturers in rehabilitation to cultivate a diverse set of skills drawn from the arts and performance, education, team building and leadership to facilitate students’ learning process. By developing these skills, lecturers can design lessons that are worth attending not only for their relevant content but also for their value in human experience.