Kinds Of Skills Research Articles

Effect of Critical Thinking on Reading Skills of Student Teachers at University Level

The current study investigated the effectiveness of critical thinking teaching intervention on developing the receptive and productive skills of the students studying at university level. Both kind of skills are highly valued and expected from the students at university level. The receptive skills refer to listening and reading while productive skills are speaking and writing. The main objectives of the study was to find effect of ‘critical thinking’ as an intervention on receptive skills as well as on productive skills of students at university level. As well, it was to compare their performance before and after critical thinking intervention. Similarly, experiences with respect to critical thinking were also targeted to be found out. The study used quasi-experimental design due to its suitability in the given circumstances. The population of the study comprised of students from BEd (Hons) program. Due to small size, all the students of BEd (Hons) studying in second semester were taken as sample using total population sampling technique. A critical thinking model was adopted for the intervention purpose in the subject of Communication Skills in BEd program of education department in university of Haripur. The intervention continued for the period of eight weeks. The receptive (reading) and productive (writing) were measured through standardized pretest and posttest. As follow-up, to describe students' experiences, motivated learning strategies questionnaire (MLSQ) and critical thinking questionnaire (CTQ) were used to strengthen the results obtained from the intervention. The data were analyzed through ‘t-test’, ‘mean score’, ‘standard deviation’ and ‘percentages’. The results of the study showed better performance in reading and writing skills of the students at university level. It was recommended to train teachers in areas relevant to critical thinking in order to make them better teach their students in terms of critical thinking. Further researches should be carried out in different disciplines.

Découvrir les possibilités du handicap à travers le spectacle socialement engagé

To expand Gibson’s concept of affordance, particularly “the possibility of action” (Gibson 1979), I propose considering embodiment as the given psychophysical circumstances before any external interaction between organisms and environments. It investigates how the physically-challenged individuals and ‘theatre novices’ learn to use their body movement and voice as tools to express themselves, and furthermore discover the new affordance of embodiment through the repetition of the training, rehearsal and performance.The research performance I am a Normal Person took place in August and September 2018 in Tainan and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. Being the director and acting coach, I co-created the performance with the choreographer Yi-Chun Chen, and Chuao Chun who is a theatre novice with Cerebral palsy. I met Chuao Chun in the two-months and cross-disciplinary performance workshops with mix-abilities individuals. I see the performative potential of Chuao Chun’s bodily action through an exercise of falling in the workshop. Then the route from the collapse of movement to the release of emotion was revealed.By using the performance I am a Normal Person, I argue that “trans-pedagogy” and “deskilling”(Helguera 2011) can be the pursuit of the mix-modes of performing that was not recognized as systematic skills of acting and dancing. By the experiment of training and rehearsal methods, the performance discovers new affordances of disability. New affordances transform the performer’s self-image, but also the audience’s perception of the limits and possibilities of disability.Secondly, I argue that disability can be an approach to discover new affordances for theatre and performance making. Embodiment of disability disrupts the convention of theatre: for example what kind of body can be a dancer; what kind of body and voice can be an actor; what kind of skills are needed when the performance welcome uncertainty; what kind of technical supports and standards should theatre have, as well as the division of amateurs and experts, of the audience seats and the stage, and the relationship between audiences and performers.The intersection between disability and theatre can offer each other new routes to break through their social, institutional and historical conventions or stereotypes, invent new affordances, and act as the micro-political movement.

Integrating e-learning in teacher education

In considering the integration of electronic learning (e-learning) in teacher education, there is also a need to consider the kinds of skills and competencies the teacher needs for using such technical media in pedagogical activities in a teaching classroom. Such competencies will enable the teacher to guide the learners in encoding and decoding messages. It is also important that the teachers acquire various forms of knowledge and background assumptions about the relevance of the use of technology in pedagogical practice. This paper covers the e-learning issues of both the teacher and the learner. It gives a brief history of distance learning to include e-learning and teacher competencies in the utilization of related technology used in e-learning delivery modes. It also discusses how important e-learning is in the current society where technological know-how is advancing.

Stress resilience: researching a key competence for professionals in communication management

PurposeNowadays, communication practitioners are well-equipped with all kinds of skills and competencies. Nevertheless, those capabilities seem not to prevent professionals from stress and burnout. Stress resilience, i.e. the ability to deal with high demands at work, to cope with and recover from stress, seems to be a missing competence. This study sheds light on this important, but barely discussed aspect of communication management.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach was applied to understand sources of stress and to identify opportunities to build stress resilience competence. Therefore, 40 in-depth interviews with senior leaders and young professionals in 30 agencies in the largest countries on two continents were conducted (United States vs Germany).FindingsThis study revealed common and threat drivers of stress. Overall, the work environment can be summarised as highly demanding and multifaceted, where stress resilience might be a useful competence to have to be successful and to be protected against negative stress outcomes such as burnout. The study identifies several reasons why resilient professionals are more successful in coping with stress. It is further shown that most communication agencies in the sample have already implemented programmes to increase employees' resilience.Originality/valueThis study offers an alternative view on the much-debated future of work by using an interdisciplinary approach and large-scale, qualitative insights from the agency environment. A novel concept is introduced that can stimulate further research.

LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO EMPOWER TEACHERS WITH POSITIVITY DURING AND AFTER CORONA PANDEMIC

Life skills are qualities which are important to live a healthy and prosperous life. These skills are combination of different kind of skills like social skills, emotional skills, coping skills etc. With this going on pandemic, the things we are losing is especially the human touch.it has become very difficult to develop life skills. This is the high time when we need life skills more than any other things. We need resilience, empathy, coping skills, communication skills in each and every aspect to prosper and flourish in this pandemic era. Now a days parents do not spend quality time with their children due to professional commitment of both the parents so the responsibility of moulding the child behavior into a complete individual depends on teachers. This paper attempts to highlight the importance of essential life skills education to the future generation to face the enormous difficulties and challenges of life during and after pandemic.

The skill gap and polarization of the software labour force

The demand for high-skill and deep knowledge is a key characteristic for modern-day software business. In addition, the whole impact of information and communication technology (ICT) is seen as a cross-cutting element in different industries. The software industry in Finland is suffering from a severe labour shortage and the estimations of needed labour are ranging from 7,000 to 15,000 software professional. However, despite all development and research done, the question, whether the software companies are requesting more employers or are they looking for more diverse skills, remains unanswered. Furthermore, previously there has little if any discussion, on whose responsibility is to ensure that future software experts have the right kinds of skills and competencies to secure their successful work career. This study focuses on the skill polarization between software professionals, referred to as the ‘War of Talents’ in this study, by using data collected by a survey (n=90) from Finnish software businesses. The results reveal some indication of ongoing skill polarization in the field and its possible impacts are discussed. Furthermore, the potential threatening impacts of the polarization process on the well-being in the information society are observed and reported. In addition, the paper proposes adding skill development applications among the offering of eWellbeing services due to the importance of work-related competencies to the self-image – and therefore also wellbeing – of individuals.

Cinema as a form of composition

Cinema as a form of composition

Students’ learning reflections when using works of fiction in social work education

ABSTRACT This article focuses on the analysis of 14 social work students’ MA course assignments using Lucia Berlin’s short story entitled ‘Good and Bad’. Our focus is twofold: We ask 1) How do social work students describe their learning when analysing Berlin’s short story; and 2) what kinds of skills do they identify as resulting from this learning? Our analysis indicates that social work students view the use of works of fiction in social work instruction as useful for their education in two key ways. First, in most cases, students found that analysing fiction enhanced their analytical strategies, such as advancing their ability to think critically and apply theoretical knowledge in practice. Second, students viewed the analysis of fiction as helpful in adopting skills relevant to social work practitioners, referring, for example, to emotional labour and to operating in situations that involve conflicting interpretations. We conclude that the use of fiction in social work education is beneficial when students are given explicit guidelines regarding how to place fiction into the context of academic theories, scientific knowledge and epistemological considerations. In addition, to enhance students’ learning, encouraging students to self-reflect is vital to discussing their reflections and interpretations in face-to-face encounters.

The Challenges of Training Policy in Project Environment: Case of Tunisia

Since the 1980s, the project has become an essential management approach for contemporary companies that require profound organizational transformations, hence the need for more in-depth studies on human resources development in this new environment. The present work aimed to recognize the different challenges of the training policy in the project environment. To this end, we conducted 31 semi-structured interviews with Tunisian project managers. The results showed that the training policy is a conducive context for skills development in the project environment. Project-based organizations are called upon to promote their employees’ skills through training programs encompassing mainly two kinds of skills: interpersonal and technical. The results also revealed that the temporary and unstable nature of the projects leaves little room for training due to time pressure, lack of budget, and work overload.

Implementation of Educational Robotic into Teaching-Learning Process to Enhance Students Skills in the Science and Technology

The educational development in the sector of science and technology is needed to anticipate technological advances in the challenges and changes of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. The society of education must prepare its students to be able to follow these challenges and changes by using a learning process that uses robots or what is known as Educational Robotics (ER). The objectives of this study are to identify what kinds of skills can be trained in the learning process using ER and to evaluate what types of robots can be applied to the learning process in the sector of science and technology. The research method is the Comprehensive Literature Review that has three phases that are 1) exploring phase, 2) interpretation phase, 3) communication phase. The research results showed that ER can be used for the learning process in developing the skills needed by science and technology education. The type of robot that can support the ability of students’ skills is an assembled robot type that must be composed at the beginning to learn a robot by the students. Meanwhile, the built-in robot type is more limited in its usefulness for the teaching-learning process because it is more specific.

Tracer Study of Bs in Mathematics Graduates (2001 – 2015) of the College of Science, University of Eastern Philippines

A descriptive research was conducted to trace the whereabouts of the graduates of Bachelor of Science in Mathematics of the College of Science, University of Eastern Philippines. The study determined the employability of the graduates from the first batch of 2001 up to 2015. It determined the graduates who are employed whether related or not to their course; what type of jobs they have; what kind of skills they learned; and how much they earned from their jobs. Majority of the respondents are gainfully employed. Most of them are on contractual basis and are working in the Philippines. From the 110 graduates, 91 are employed while no data were gathered for the 19 graduates. Majority are professionals working as teachers in the secondary and tertiary level. Problem solving skills is most useful in their personal and professional growth. The teacher-student relationship is most rated that contributes to the degree they finished at the College of Science.

Editor's Introduction: The Arts and Humanities in a Democracy

Editor's Introduction: The Arts and Humanities in a Democracy

Determinasi Pelatihan Kerja dan Penilaian Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan PT. Schlemmer Automotive Indonesia

A company that can be said to have succeeded in developing human resources by having various kinds of skills and good knowledge is one of the efforts that a company can make to improve employee performance with Employee Training and Appraisal. This study aims to find out anything that has a major effect on performance and assessment of performance. This type of research is quantitative. The sampling method in this study is nonprobability sampling or saturated samples. The sample taken in this study may be 60 respondents. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be denied that: 1.) Training has a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance 2) Job Appraisal has a positive and significant effect on performance. 3) By using the F test simultaneously, training and work results have an effect on employee performance.

‘Information literacy’: Japan’s challenge to measure skills beyond subjects

ABSTRACT Background: The assessment of cross-curricular skills is gaining attention in many countries. In Japan, the ‘Information Literacy Survey for Upper Secondary Students’ (the ILSUS) was designed to measure information literacy through Computer-Based Testing (CBT). It was the first large-scale survey based on Item Response Theory (IRT) implemented by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Purpose: This paper reports on the history and development of the survey and discusses its findings. As ‘information literacy’ is a generic and cross-curricular ability, we measured cognitive ability relating to how information can be utilised for problem-solving. Main argument: We present some released survey items that were actually used in the ILSUS, to explain how the items covered three aspects of ‘information literacy’. Using proficiency levels, we discuss what the findings indicated about the features of the students’ ‘information literacy’: it was evident that, whilst many had the ability to deal with complex and large amounts of information, few were able to address unfamiliar contexts. Then, using questionnaire items from the ILSUS, we report how we determined that ‘information literacy’ was strongly associated with ‘student-teacher relationships’ and ‘meta-cognition’. Conclusion: This account of the ILSUS offers insight into how we measured information literacy and, more widely, the kinds of skills that Japanese education policy is trying to develop. In planning a new Information Literacy Survey (ILS), we will try to capture what has not been clarified yet, such as the trends in information literacy and differences between educational stages. It may ultimately become possible to specify, more clearly, the goals and teaching methods that should be aimed at in the acquisition and teaching of information literacy.

Network representations of diversity in scientific teams

One strength of network analysis is its ability to encapsulate social heterogeneity. Here, we leverage that strength to examine another dimension of individual heterogeneity: heterogeneity of skills, knowledge and experience. This skill heterogeneity is difficult to quantify, but is vitally important to outcomes for both individuals and teams. Complicating the matter, skill diversity can be present on multiple levels. Individuals have different kinds of skills, but they also have different degrees of specialization. Skill diversity on a team level may come from individual skill diversity or focused researchers in different areas. Here, we illustrate our network-based method for characterizing skill sets in a context of increasing importance: scientific collaboration. Using data from the field of economics, we create network-based measures of paper scope, individual specialization, coauthor alignment and team skill diversity. We then use those measures to examine the relationship between skill diversity and publication outcomes.

Capacitating care: Activist anthropology in ethnographies of gender‐based violence

AbstractIn ethnographic analyses of gender‐based violence (GBV), anthropologists working on the front‐lines of advocacy and service delivery have increasingly adopted dual roles as activists and researchers. While these positionings have allowed for alternative fields of vision in the ethnographic process, less attention has been dedicated to what these roles do ethnographically, and the kinds of skills and core competencies advocacy roles teach us as feminist anthropologists. If front‐line work has become a tacit best practice of ethnographies in contexts of GBV, then we must ask what kinds of training and preparation is necessary for contemporary anthropologists who want to pursue research among survivors or care providers responding to conditions of violence. I propose that we need to develop capacity‐building strategies that more transparently address these implicit best practices as part of our feminist ethics of care. This investment in capacitating care would acknowledge the moral compulsion to research the experiences and needs of survivor populations, while also considering how we equip ourselves to respond to the specialized needs of survivors, and the forms of care work with survivors necessitates.

KORELASI ANTARA PENGALAMAN MENGAJAR DENGAN KOMPETENSI PROFESIONAL GURU PAI DI MADRASAH ALIYAH NEGERI 3 PALEMBANG

The teacher is one of the dominant factors that is important in formal education. To improve the quality of education, one of the requirements is to improve the quality of educators, namely teachers. Teachers are part of a system that largely determines education. There are many things that improve a teacher's performance. One of them is teaching experience. With this teacher can have various kinds of skills, expertise and abilities needed in teaching and learning activities. Likewise, it will also be discussed with further education about teacher competencies. The time used by the teacher when teaching is still lacking in discipline, it can be seen that the compilation of class hours has begun, the teacher is still late in class. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship of teacher teaching experience with professional competence in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 3 Palembang.
 This type of research is a type of quantitative research. Data collection techniques are done by questionnaire, and documentation. The questionnaire was used by researchers to see how the teaching experience and competence of professional teachers is. The data analysis technique in this study used a t-questionnaire to seek knowledge about teaching experiences with PAI professional teacher competencies in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 3 Palembang or not.
 The results of this study are that there is a significant relationship between teaching experience with professional competence using the formula "product moment conversations" in Microsoft Excel, namely t-table 10.4157≥0.8597. Then the alternatives received in other words contained between the significance of teaching experience with PAI's professional competence at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 3 Palembang.

Myyntityötä ja osallistumisen säätelyä

In this paper, we investigate the professional practices of hybrid artist-developers in contemporary working life. More specifically, we focus on a case where an artist instructs a theatre-based exercise in workplace training and study what kinds of skills it requires from the artist to act in this role outside the conventional art institutions. By utilizing the concept of sales work and investigating both the verbal and embodied resources in the design of the artists’ turn, we show how the position of the artist is both multifaceted and challenging. While inviting the audience members to participate in the exercise and directing its proceeding, the artist needs to constantly present the exercise in a favorable light – to “sell” it – as well as to reshape her actions according to the demands and turn-by-turn unfolding of the situation. We also show how the trainees can, for their part, regulate their participation in the exercise.

TÜRKİYE VE AMERİKA BİRLEŞİK DEVLETLERİ 5. SINIF MATEMATİK DERS KİTABI ÖRNEKLERİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde (ABD) kullanılan 5. sınıf matematik ders kitaplarının karşılaştırılmasıdır. Karşılaştırma sonunda Türkiye’deki ders kitabının üstün ve eksik yönlerinin belirlenmesi ve kitapların iyileştirilmesine katkı sunulması hedeflenmiştir. Belirlenen hedefe uygun olarak çalışmada karşılaştırmalı eğitim yöntemi kullanılmış ve veri toplama tekniği olarak doküman analizi seçilmiştir. Karşılaştırma bulgularını somutlaştırmak için iki kitaptan örnek sayfalar sunulmuştur. Kitaplar; teknik tasarım ve düzenleme, içerik ve kazanımlar, öğretme ve öğrenme süreci ile ölçme ve değerlendirme temaları altında incelenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, ABD’de kullanılan ders kitabında profesyonel bir teknik tasarım, farklı ve ilgi çekici öğretme-öğrenme etkinlikleri, doyurucu ölçme ve değerlendirme etkinlikleri göze çarpmaktadır. Konu anlatımında tanımlara yer verilmemesi, kavram ve terimlerin açıklanmaması bir eksikliktir. Türkiye’deki ders kitaplarının öğretme ve öğrenme ilkeleri açısından önemli gelişme kaydettiği söylenebilir. Ancak, konu anlatımı, öğrenci seviyesine uygunluk, görsellerin kullanımı, yönlendirme ve ipucu açısından halen yapılacaklar vardır. Problem çözme bölümlerinde, ipuçlarıyla sonuca ulaştırma yerine çözümler doğrudan verilmiştir. Matematiği somutlaştırma ve gerçek hayatla bağlantı kurma zayıftır. Gerçek hayat bağlantıları metinlerle kurulmaya çalışılmıştır ancak metinler öğrenci seviyesi ve ilgisine göre hazırlanmamıştır. Diğer ders ve disiplinlere atıfta bulunulmamıştır. Kitaptaki görsellerin daha etkili hale getirilmesi gerektiği belirlenmiştir. Ölçme değerlendirme etkinliklerindeki en önemli eksiklik, sorularda hangi tür becerilerin ölçüldüğünün bilinmemesidir. Ayrıca okuma parçaları sorularla ilişkilendirilmemiştir.

Consuming, producing, and justifying: Finnish student teachers’ views of research methods

ABSTRACT From the end of the 1970s, all teacher education programmes have been a part of academic higher education in Finland. Thus, TE has been implemented in universities and all Finnish comprehensive and upper-secondary school teachers have a master’s degree. Research methods courses have been an essential part of teacher education courses for over 40 years. Our results revealed that students in all educational programmes seem to prefer empirical methods to theoretical methods as a way of acquiring educational knowledge. In line with previous studies, an aversion to quantitative methods was also found in the present study. However, there were some exceptions to this overall view. Most of the students in our study recognized that teachers need research skills in their practical work. The students acknowledged that these kinds of skills are especially important when acquainting themselves with new research results in their professional field.