Public Education Institutions Research Articles

Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors

Objective: Investigate the factors related to the stress levels triggered during the COVID-19 pandemic and the quality of life (QOL) of university professors. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 318 professors from private and public higher education institutions in Maranhão, Brazil. Data collection included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brazilian versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Abbreviated World Health OrganizationQOL Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-bref). Statistical analyses were performed with Student’s T-test and Analysis of Variance with Duncan’s post-hoc. Results: according to the results of the professor score assessment, perceived stress levels were classified as normal (n = 166, 52.2%), moderate (n = 126, 39.6%), and high (n = 26, 8, 2%), with an average of 26.6 (± 10.5). QOL had an overall average of 56.4 (± 13.0). Among the QOL domains, the physical had the highest mean with 66.1 (± 17.7), while the lowest mean was in the social domain with 55.8 (± 14.8). Conclusion: The factors that influenced the stress levels were being female with age between 31 and 40years old, those who had a child, and those who did not perform a frequent religious practice.

Leadership policies and strategies for the integration of ICT in public higher education institutions: case study Antsiranana (Madagascar)

Leadership policies and strategies for the integration of ICT in public higher education institutions: case study Antsiranana (Madagascar)

Single national curriculum: promise of inclusion, global citizenship education and the empirical reality

ABSTRACT The present study investigated the integration of inclusion and global citizenship education in the Single National Curriculum (SNC). SNC is the latest reform in the education sector in Pakistan, planned to apply a single and modern curriculum in order to bridge the gap between public and private educational institutions, to provide quality and equity in education, and to reduce social inequalities through education. SNC is aligned with the goals and targets of Sustainable Development Goals-4 and Agenda 2030, which prominently aims at inclusion and global citizenship education. The present study found that teaching inclusion and global citizenship education is inadequate, limited and lacks rigour in SNC. Textbooks wrongly teach inclusion as people with unique needs and women are not presented as equal and representation of religious minorities is very low. Environmental and moral global citizenship are more focused areas of global citizenship while others are neglected. SNC frequently inculcates patriotism and Muslim brotherhood in the curriculum, which is in conflict with the cosmopolitan values of global citizenship. Generally, the curriculum has frequently focused on the knowledge level instead of skill development among students. However, mainly skills can enable students to play an active role in society, which is highly commendable for both constructs.

Evaluate the potential of building Thu Dau Mot smart university model by swot

Thu Dau Mot University is one of the main public education institutions in the South-Eastern region of Vietnam. The vision of the university is to adopt innovative teaching methodologies to improve education quality and attract more students. Thu Dau Mot University envisions becoming a smart university as one of its long-term strategies in order to be aligned with the smart city orientation of Binh Duong province. This paper evaluates the potential of building Thu Dau Mot university model by SWOT analysis. The data used in this paper are 18 in-depth interview samples of students, who are studying in different majors at Thu Dau Mot University. It’s results will serve as a reference for Thu Dau Mot university’s leaders to identifying where are the strengths, the weaknesses, the opportunities and the threats in their process of smart university development. Finally, this paper has provided recommendations to Thu Dau Mot university for becoming a smart university.

Student Privacy and Learning Analytics

This single-site case study will seek to answer the following question: how is the concept of privacy addressed in relation to a student success information system within a small, public institution of higher education? Three themes were found within the inductive coding process, which used interviews, documentation, and videos as data resources. Overall, the case study shows an institution in the early stages of implementing a commercial learning analytics system and provides suggestions for how it can be more proactive in implementing privacy considerations in developing policies and procedures.

Nursing students' perceptions of clinical clerkship

Introduction: clinical clerkship are a critical element because they provide students with the opportunity to practice what they have learned, so it is important that they view these formative experiences positively.Objective: to evaluate the perception of clinical clerkship of third year students of the bachelor's degree in nursing at a public higher education institution in the province of Tucumán, in the second quarter of 2023.Methos: descriptive, cross-sectional, and quantitative study. The instrument to measure the students' perception of Matheus' clinical clerkship, composed of 24 items, was used. Informed consent was obtained.Results: 124 students, mostly female (88,71 %) and aged between 20 and 29 years (57,26 %) were interviewed. Of the respondents, 56,45 % rated the teaching performance as positive and 10,48 % rated the teaching-learning process as negative. The overall perception of the clerkship was positive in 51,61 % of the students.Conclusion: perceptions of the clinical clerkship were mostly favorable, and teaching performance was the most highly rated aspect. Older students had a better perception of the clinical clerkship

Public spending efficiencies: an analysis of brazilian scientific production from 2013 to 2022

This paper aims to analyze the profile of scientific research on the efficiency of public spending published in Brazil from 2013 to 2022. The study was carried out using a documentary approach, and the data were found from the Spell database. The methodology used was based on a documentary approach based on 49 articles. The results indicate that the main characteristics verified were: growth in the number of articles published in the studied period; most articles have between two and four authors, with a predominance of male authors; public educational institutions were responsible for most academic publications, with greater emphasis on those coming from the Federal University of Minas, followed by the University of Brasília and the Federal University of Ceará. As for the content of the research, the study revealed that most articles have, above all, as a thematic area: expenditure on health and education. Most academic work has directly addressed the issue of public spending efficiency. Finally, it was revealed that more than half of the articles analyzed did not point to a solution to the problems of public spending. The main contribution of this study is to serve as a theoretical basis for new academic works, classified as documentary studies, which aim to address the efficiency of public spending.

PARTNERSHIP IN THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

The article raises the problem of managing a higher education institution on a partnership basis, which allows organizing joint work between educational institutions, enterprises, scientific and public institutions, organizations and associations, administration and employees, teachers and students, stakeholders and practice bases. Research methods were used to achieve the goal: analysis; systematization and generalization; comparative analysis; forecasting internal and external partnership relations in the process of managing a higher education institution. Based on the analysis of scientific and pedagogical sources, the topic of research on partnership in institutions of higher education and partnership in management was investigated, the concept of "partnership" in institutions of higher education was clarified. The author tentatively distinguishes internal and external partnership in higher education institutions. It was found that the internal partnership in the management of the institution of higher education is implemented through the interaction between the management and subordinates. External partnership has a wider space of connections: with stakeholders and centers of practice, other institutions; with the administration of the city/region where the higher education institution is located, regional (territorial) education management bodies; with well-known theoreticians and practitioners in the field of management, education, science, etc.; with other institutions of higher education; with international organizations, institutions abroad, ensuring international cooperation of the institution of higher education. The partnership in the management of the institution of higher education is characterized, and the influence and motivation of such a relationship on the development of education and science in the country, the institution of higher education in general, individual professional growth of pedagogical and research-pedagogical workers, and the quality of education by students of higher education are clarified. The perspective of the research is defined as a detailed study of ways to implement external partnership in the management of a higher education institution at the state level.

Strategic planning and digital competencies in public educational institutions San Vicente, Cañete

Purpose: The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between strategic planning and digital competencies in teachers of educational institutions.
 
 Theoretical framework: The conceptual approach according to David (2013), strategic planning refers to the development of three main stages, which are the formulation, implementation and evaluation of the strategy. In relation to digital competencies, connectivism should be highlighted, since this comes from educational technological knowledge, which have been favorable within an effective learning approach (Gašević et al., 2015; Brooks, 2015), this encourages the use of tools, to improve the research process; as well as teaching that is based on the interconnectivity of the participants.
 
 Method/design/approach: This research uses a quantitative approach. The subjects of this study are 170 teachers from educational institutions in San Vicente, Cañete - Peru. The variables of this study are strategic planning and digital competencies. The level of study is correlational, as it seeks to establish the existence of correlations between the study variables (Sánchez & Reyes, 2017). Being necessary to know the level of association between the study variables. Spearman's Rho test analysis techniques were used to test the hypothesis.
 
 Results and conclusion: The result of this study was that there is a correlation between the variables of Strategic planning and digital competencies in teachers of public educational institutions of San Vicente, Cañete-Peru being rho=0.357 and p=0.000<0.05.
 
 Implications of the research: This research contributes to the understanding of strategic planning that is determinant for the good performance of successful educational institutions based on the development of digital competencies in teachers of public educational institutions.
 
 Originality/value: The results obtained in this study are relevant and coherent in a socio-educational context that demands the adoption of actions that contribute decisively to the improvement of educational practices and the engagement of the school community.

Socio-Economic Factors and Engagement Work in Teachers of Educational Institutions, State and Private

Objective: The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between sociodemographic factors and engagement in teachers of public and private institutions in the city of Juliaca, 2021. Methodology: The approach was quantitative with a cross-sectional correlational design, the sample consisted of 104 teachers from public and private educational institutions. A sociodemographic form was used for data collection, as well as the UWES-17. Results and conclusions: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data processing through the SPSS statistical package. It is concluded that the sociodemographic factors are not related to engagement, except for the age factor, in which a chi-square value of 15.966 was obtained with a p-value of 0.043 which is less than the proposed significance (p<0.05), therefore, it is affirmed that there is a relationship between the factor and engagement in teachers of public and private institutions in the city of Juliaca, 2021. Implications of the research: In the other factors such as gender, marital status, labor condition, labor regime, length of service, academic training, average remuneration the p value obtained was greater than 0.05 so it is affirmed that there is no relationship between these and engagement in teachers. Originality/value: This article contributes to analyze the socioeconomic factors and work engagement in teachers from different schools in Puno, and it also shows the different relationships with the dimensions of the study.

The Role of International Organizations in Shaping the Educational Policy for Higher Education and the First Historically Identified Evaluation Efforts of the Greek Academy of Somatic Education, in the 20th Century

This paper focuses on the presentation of data which are related on the one hand to the role of International Organizations in shaping the educational policy for Higher Education (with an emphasis on Physical Education and Sports Sciences) and on the other hand to the first historically identified efforts to evaluate a higher education institution of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in Greece. Official texts and reports of International Organizations such as International Council on Health, Physical Education and Recreation, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and Council of Europe were studied for the period 1950-1970, according to which their important role and influence in the shaping of educational policy both in Greece and in many other countries was revealed. Regarding the formulation of the educational policy for Higher Education in Greece, the results of the research demonstrate the role that International Organizations played in the initial evaluation efforts concerning the National Academy of Somatic Education which was the only public tertiary education institution for Physical Education and Sports Sciences in Greece at the time and which subsequently was upgraded into the School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Publication Activity of Public Higher Education Institutions in Poland Corresponding to the Idea of Sustainable Energy Development – Results of a Cluster Analysis

Abstract Objective The aim of the article is to present the involvement of public Higher Education Institutions in Poland in popularizing the idea of sustainable development within the framework of their publishing activities. Methodology In this study, agglomerative clustering approach, which is a representative of the hierarchical method, was used. The distance between selected public Higher Education Institutions in Poland was determined based on the Squared Euclidean Distance. In turn, to estimate the distance between clusters, the Ward method was used. The study used three parameters, constructed from data taken from SciVal: (1) total number of publications, (2) citation count, and (3) field-weighted citation impact. Findings Three groups of Polish public HEIs were distinguished as a result of the cluster analysis that was performed (based on: the total number of publications, the citation count, and the field-weighted citation impact). The most publication-productive were seven technical universities, i.e., Warsaw University of Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, Silesian University of Technology, AGH University of Science and Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Poznan University of Technology, and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. The publications prepared by the employees of the universities of technology were also characterized by the highest number of citations. Value Added This article is one of the first to present (in quantitative terms) the involvement of universities in popularizing sustainable energy development concept. The methodology used in it can be applied to the other Sustainable Development Goals. Recommendations Given the increasing importance of the concept of sustainability in the functioning of universities, it seems necessary to create tools to measure the degree of their involvement in popularizing this idea. Among other things, universities are obliged to share their knowledge in this area. Bibliometric data provided by the SciVal system may be helpful in this regard. It is necessary to conduct research taking into account both domestic and foreign universities.

The Softer Side of Censorship

This essay aims to take an introspective look into soft censorship’s complexities and demonstrate how conforming to the ideals of soft censorship makes libraries perpetrators of implicit bias. It begins by defining the concept of book banning before delving into its long and complicated history, which dates back to 212 BCE. By initially looking back at the chronology of book banning, the authors aimed to make a case for how the practice of book banning has continuously been a concerted effort to whitewash and sugarcoat history and to continue dismantling our public educational institutions. The essay dives into disseminating implicit bias through soft censorship in libraries and information sciences. The authors justify how soft censorship directly undermines the intellectual freedoms of library users and readers and demonstrate how, by engaging in soft censorship, libraries are not only perpetrators of implicit bias but are also catalysts of inequity within their institutions. The essay then gives readers a step-by-step guide on resisting censorship in their respective roles. After that, it urges readers to take action and concludes with an important message emphasizing the need for a cultural approach to combat censorship. By doing so, we can begin dismantling the inequities plaguing the library and information science field.

A Typology and Landscape of State Funding Formulas for Public Colleges and Universities from 2004 to 2021

State funding for public higher education institutions is crucial in supporting college access and completion, particularly among students from historically under-represented groups, yet little is known about the mechanisms that states use to allocate funds and how they are affected by financial challenges. This article provides the first detailed longitudinal typology of state funding strategies, focusing particularly on formula volatility and equity. We find a gradual shift toward funding models that include a combination of base-adjusted and enrollment and performance metrics, along with a growing focus on equity. During recessions, states frequently revert to across-the-board funding cuts, further disadvantaging under-resourced institutions.

Os últimos dias de Astrojildo Pereira: a separação de seu arquivo e as consequências para a construção da historiografia sobre o movimento operário brasileiro

This text aims to historically map the destinies of Astrojildo Pereira’s personal archive in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. This man accumulated a large number of documents and books linked to his political activism and literary activity. The material did not have a simple destination. It was not referred to a safekeeping institution. It was separated into several parts due to state interference and family economic difficulties. The collection would be made available for research in four parts at the three public higher education institutions in the state of São Paulo decades later.

Exploring the Psychological Advantages of Early Computer Education in Early phases of Development

The present work aims to explore the significance that teachers attribute to psychological approaches in the process of teaching and learning computer science in early formative years in a Public Educational Institution located in Bawana, Delhi. The research methodology employed is descriptive, using a field design. The study sample consisted of fifteen early formative years teachers. Data collection was conducted through interviews and a Likert scale questionnaire. Quantitative analysis of the data was performed using descriptive statistics. Results reveal that 40% of teachers always consider the basics of computers, while 60% consistently base their planning on the programming relevance in the teaching-learning process. Furthermore, 80% of teachers always prioritize lab activities to promote logical or operational thinking in students, while 20% always utilize recreational activities as a strategy for teaching and learning computer science in their classrooms. However, no respondents indicated consistent use of psychological approaches to enhance the teaching and learning of computer science in a world marked by constant transformation. To summarize, this study highlights the importance of shaping a positive outlook on computer science from an early age to develop students' abstract thinking, logic, and critical reasoning abilities. It emphasizes the need for incorporating psychological approaches to effectively teach and learn computer science among early formative years. By fostering a supportive environment, students can better navigate the challenges of Computer science and embrace its potential as they progress through their educational journey.

Participative decision making: implications on organisational citizenship behaviour in a public higher education institution

Due to the authoritarian administrative style, used by educational institutions, where those in charge make decisions and middle and lower-level employees simply carry out orders without providing any input, participatory decision-making has gained popularity in the educational setting. Nevertheless, higher education institutions are at a crossroads since they are unsure how to handle the problems, posed by a highly dynamic environment, and the rapid changes that are occurring. Thus, academic staff has been required to take on extracurricular duties to enhance institutions to those that are formally outlined in their job descriptions. In this context, developing OCB and ensuring its sustainability has become increasingly crucial for boosting universities' effectiveness. Based on the social exchange theory, this study aims to assess how participative decision-making can constitute a key idea in modern management that impacts employees’ organisational citizenship behaviours in two campuses of a public higher education institution in South Africa. Data was collected from a post-positivist perspective, a quantitative research method, and a convenience sampling technique to select a sample of 253 academics, through a structured questionnaire. Based on the results of the descriptive analysis, employees reported a medium level of participative decision-making and agreed to display the five organisational citizenship behaviours. Using Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression models, the study found a positive relationship between participative decision-making and the five dimensions of organisational citizenship behaviour. Therefore, the study recommends that employees should be more involved in the decision-making for them to display organisational citizenship behaviour. However, public higher education institutions should establish a strong data-driven culture and train staff members to be proficient in code and quantitative concepts; and senior management has to develop rules with open access to the most important metrics.

Exploring the factors that influence the positive mindset of selected educators

This study attempted to ascertain a specific aspect of Philippine educators’ mental health which is positive mindset. 198 educators volunteered to be the respondents of this study through convenience sampling. The respondents were from both private and public educational institutions and handled various academic levels which included kindergarten, elementary, high school, senior high and college. The Positive Mindset Index (PMI), which measures motivation, optimism, emotional stability, happiness, confidence, and control, was administered on the respondents. The findings revealed that the respondents were happy, confident, in control, stable, motivated and optimistic. However, when grouped according to marital status, the married respondents had significantly higher PMI scores than the single respondents. Significant low positive relationships between the respondents’ PMI scores and their age and years of teaching were also established. When grouped according to educational attainment, the analysis of variance indicated a significant difference in the respondents’ PMI scores.

Educational intervention to prevent gender violence in university nursing students: Design

Introduction: This study provides the PRE-VIOGEN educational program developed by seven Mexican public educational institutions with multimedia technology in distance mode, designed to prevent gender-based violence in nursing. Objective: Design an educational intervention to prevent gender violence in nursing students. Methodology: Descriptive design based on basic methodological recommendations from INSALUD, gender theories, feminism, Bourdieu, Ausubel, and Bandura. First, an analysis of the situation was carried out, the problem was defined, a diagnosis of the student's situation and contextualization of the conditions for educational intervention. For the systematization and integration of the content, a format was created and the themes were distributed. For implementation, the application method was systematized, piloting was carried out with a sample of convenience. For the selection, students from the 4th-10th semester with availability of a computer and internet were invited. On the Moodle platform, they were given informed consent, aspects of their participation and resolution time: distance, self-administered and asynchronous modality. For the evaluation, a satisfaction survey was applied. Results: Sample made up of 54 students, mostly women, heterosexuals, interns, with a partner between 20 and 28 years old. The interactive PRE-VIOGEN educational program consists of 18 mixed pedagogy themes that are addressed from a gender perspective around equality, social justice, respect for diversity and exercise of human rights, distributed in 5 units. Includes guided readings, infographics, discussion forums, interactive videos, learning activities, and self-assessments. The duration is 20 hours, approximately 2 weeks. In the satisfaction survey applied, the students reported feeling very satisfied. Conclusions: The design of the PRE-VIOGEN study program is a contribution to nursing education. It is taken in the short term, offers an emotional, social and humanities learning experience in a tele-educational-interactive mode, with the capacity to offer combined pedagogical materials: texts, sound, gamification, animation, and videos, which can be taken in the students' free time. It will contribute to evaluating the effect of educational intervention to prevent gender-based violence.

Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective

Higher education institutions play a fundamental role and have great responsibility in promoting sustainability and achieving sustainable development goals. It is therefore essential to study the teacher's perceptions of incorporating sustainability since they are responsible for promoting competences and preparing citizens to respond with solutions to future challenges. The aim of this research is to analyse the perceptions of sustainability held by teachers at Portuguese public higher education institutions. A descriptive and exploratory study was conducted by administering an online questionnaire. The sample is made up of 444 teachers from different Portuguese public higher education institutions (54.1% women and 45.9% men). The results show that while most teachers believe higher education institutions promote the integration of sustainability in their activities, only 16% consider that sustainable development is holistically integrated in the institutions' different activities. About 30% of the teachers report that they largely or extensively integrate sustainable development in their curricular units, but only 20% of them state that higher education institutions provide regular or systematic training in SD. Teachers prefer to increase students' sustainable development education through conferences, seminars, or research projects. Almost 90% of teachers are concerned about climate change or the environment, but only 40% or less engage in sustainable development-related activities. Four clusters are also identified, representing teachers' different perceptions of the higher education institutions' promotion of sustainability, teachers' participation in sustainable development issues and concerns about climate change. Although teachers feel that sustainability is starting to be integrated in higher education institutions, this is not done holistically; moreover, differences are found between teachers in polytechnics and universities and between different scientific areas.