Poor Quality Of Education Research Articles

Evaluation of the reliability, utility, and quality of the lid loading videos on YouTube.

It is aimed to determine the utility, reliability and quality of the lid loading videos on YouTube, a video sharing platform. A YouTube searches were made with the keywords 'Eyelid Loading,' 'Gold Weight Implantation,' 'Lid Loading for Lagophthalmos' (without user login, cleared search history, in incognito tab). A total of 75 videos were recorded. Length of videos (seconds), number of views, uploaded source (doctor/health institution/medical channel), number of subscribers, number of likes, time since uploading (days), video content (surgical/theoretical information), type of narration (verbal narration/subtitle) were recorded. DISCERN, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and Global Quality Scores of the videos were evaluated and recorded by two experienced oculoplastic surgeons (KSC, HT). After the exclusion criteria, the remaining 46 videos were included in the study. The mean DISCERN score was 25.17 ± 6.88 (very poor quality), the JAMA score was 0.79 ± 0.63 (very poor quality), and GQS was 2.84 ± 1.03 (medium quality). Thirty videos (65.2%) had verbal narration, and 16 videos (34.8%) had subtitled narration. The DISCERN score and GQS were significantly higher in the videos with verbal narration compared to the narration with subtitles (p < 0.05). All three scores were positively correlated with each other. There was also a positive correlation between video length, number of subscribers, and DISCERN score. The videos about lid loading on YouTube are of poor reliability, accuracy, and educational quality. The duration of the video and the type of narration can be kept in the foreground when choosing the video. Experts must review the content that is uploaded to websites like YouTube.

Human resources for forestry in Kazakhstan: Current status, potential and problems

Abstract The aim of this research is to assess the current status, potential and problems of human resources for forestry in municipal state forest management institutions (MSFMIs) of Kazakhstan. A total of 120 MSFMIs are functional in Kazakhstan, with almost 5.5 thousand employees, of which 6.1% are women. Overall 63% are foresters, 13% are masters of the wood, 13% are engineers of forestry of all categories, 7% are forest wardens and 4% are directors. The quality of education of forest workers also varies and a minority of forest workers has a higher education. The scenario also suggested that almost 3000 specialists had taken up the advanced training courses from 2003 to 2019. According to a survey of employees of the MSFMIs of two pilot oblasts (Almaty and East Kazakhstan), the average age of an employee is 44.7 years and 79.2% of employees have a work experience of up to 15 years. The main issues and difficulties observed in the work of MSFMIs staff were low wages, lack of modern technique and equipment for forest service, lack of systematic continuing education of employees, poor quality of education, as well as staff turnover, especially foresters, which consequently affects their professional level.

Politics of meaning about quality of education in Ethiopia

Background: In recent years, the policymakers in Ethiopia are engaged in reforming the curriculum to address the poor quality of education in the country. The public as well as the different stakeholders have been engaged in debating on the topic. The discourse about the education policy has been intense at times.Aim: The purpose of this study is to provide a framework for the different meanings of quality of education in Ethiopia that arise from different experiences and factors among the participants. This, in turn, can guide and shape the intense discourse among the different stakeholders.Setting: The Ethiopian diaspora group arranged a two-part Twitter Space discussion among the Ethiopian diasporas who are engaged in the affairs of their home country to discuss the education policy of the country. The theoretical approach about politics of meaning by Ole Skovsmose was used to reflect on the discussion made by this community.Methods: Discourse analysis has been used on audio data from the Twitter Space conversation to trace different meanings of quality of education that different stakeholders attribute within the context of Ethiopia.Results: Seven different politics of meanings about quality of education has been identified: the good old days, decolonise, expectation, moral, foundation, opportunity and vision meaning.Conclusion: The authors believe that these seven meanings can provide insight to the policymakers in their endeavour to improve quality. In fact, these meanings are generic to any education system, and this can be investigated further.Contribution: Even though the authors’ analysis depended on the information obtained from the Ethiopian diaspora, the findings can be generalised to the wider Ethiopian public, the origin of the informants.

Effect of E-Learning on Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students at Nankai University, China

The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of e-learning on the academic performance of undergraduate students at Nankai University in China. The study adopted the descriptive research design. Descriptive research design is a type of research design that aims to systematically obtain information to describe a phenomenon, situation, or population. The sample size was 361 students and they were purposively picked. The collection of the data was done using questionnaires. Descriptive and inferential were used to analyze the data. It was found that e-learning is positively and significantly related to academic performance. E-learning is among the expanding areas, particularly in tertiary education. Educational institutions are different in growing nations than in developed nations, like poor quality of education and low chances of attending learning institutions in the local areas because of long distances. E-Learning enhances accessibility to effective learning and therefore boosts the performance of learners. It is easy since learners watch a video documentary in the lecture room. In an E-learning system, learners can interact anytime and from anywhere with various educational materials like messages, audio, pictures, video and more via the internet. The study concluded that e-learning is positively and significantly related to academic performance. The study recommended that both the lecturers and the learners are required to develop a personal interest in the usage of ICT. The use of ICT in schools needs to be made mandatory in tertiary institutions and the lecturers should be provided with good training on the effective use of ICT. There is a need to have a steady power supply to use ICT effectively. It is also recommended that tertiary institutions' management make a consorted initiative to give e-learning environments that will improve learner performances in tertiary institutions and facilitate their self-development initiatives. Keywords: E-Learning, academic performance, Undergraduate Students, Nankai University, China

Eliminating racial disparities in dementia risk by equalizing education quality: A sensitivity analysis

Higher risk of dementia among racial/ethnic minorities compared to White populations in the U.S. has been attributed to life-course exposures to adverse conditions such as lower educational attainment, but most studies have not considered additional disparities in education quality. We sought to determine the extent to which disparities in dementia would be reduced had different racial groups received the same quality of education, with no change to present disparities in educational attainment. We conducted a literature review to assess whether and how measures of educational attainment and quality are utilized in the development of norms for standard cognitive screening measures. In a separate search of the literature, we identified estimates of relationships between race, education quality and dementia; and calculated the adjusted association between race and dementia had education quality been equalized between Black and White participants. Most norms for cognitive measures included educational attainment, but few addressed quality. Our search identified relevant parameter estimates: 44.3% of Black participants and 10.5% of White participants had "limited literacy" (<9th grade reading level, a potential marker of poor education quality), which was associated with a 53% greater hazard of dementia compared with "adequate literacy" (≥ 9th grade reading level) after adjusting for educational attainment. Applying these parameters to a hazard ratio of 1.37 (95%CI: 1.12,1.67) for the risk of dementia comparing Black to White participants, we obtained an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.17 (0.96,1.43), a 54% reduction. Present studies are limited in their consideration of education quality. Our work using available measures from the literature suggests that if education quality were equalized across groups by race, without changing disparities in attainment, racial disparities in dementia would be reduced by about half. Future work should seek to consistently incorporate education quality in order to better understand the sources of disparities.

Analisis Peran Ganda Single Parent Dalam Pendidikan Anak Di Desa Sukomulyo Manyar Gresik

The high divorce rate every year in the Gresik area, resulting in many women with single parent status who have multiple roles. Divorce makes the family less qualified and has an impact on the human resources produced, which also decreases. Most children of single parent women have poor quality education. This study aims to analyze how to play a dual role with single parent status in children's education in Sukomulyo Manyar Gresik Village. This type of research is qualitative research. The selection of informants in this study, researchers conducted interviews with 5 (five) single parents, using purposive sampling with several criteria. Data collection techniques used are observation and interviews. Data analysis uses data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The data validation technique uses member check. The results of this study indicate that someone who carries out multiple roles with single parent status has very little free time with children. Busy parents work all day resulting in less concern for children in learning activities, but it does not reduce the enthusiasm for single parent women to motivate and encourage their children to realize their future. This research contributes to single parents in order to provide knowledge about the dual roles they face in supporting their child's educational development. This research was only conducted on single parent women who play multiple roles in the Village of Sukomulyo Manyar Gresik

New Generation Schools in Cambodia: a farewell to shadow education?

ABSTRACT The New Generation School (NGS) initiative, launched by the government of Cambodia in 2015, aims to improve the quality of education including raising teaching standards; improving student performance; innovating curriculum; and introducing accountability measures. Similar to charter schools in the USA, the NGSs operate as autonomous schools and receive funding from public and private sources. One of the key objectives of the reform is to eliminate private tutoring, a widespread phenomenon that has been blamed as a contributor to the poor quality of education and an enabler of social inequalities. Using qualitative methods with fourteen respondent students from two NGSs, this empirical study found that private tutoring still persists in the NGSs for a variety of reasons: catching up with contents; the need for extra exercises; examination pressure; low quality of teaching; and lack of confidence. Positive aspects include the absence of teacher-provided tutoring, a common practice in non-NGS schools reported in previous literature. We posit that more scholarly and policy attention is needed to understand admission policies that arguably favour tutored students and could become a hidden barrier to realizing the government’s promise of a “more efficient and socially equitable” education system.

Development of Machine Learning-Based Ideas for Teaching Physical Education and Health.

With various social pressures and the lack of knowledge about physical health, students have poor physical education quality and insufficient knowledge acquisition about physical health. Traditional physical health teaching is a process in which the teacher tells the theory of physical health and students passively accept it, which leads to physical health problems such as low learning efficiency of students' physical health knowledge and low interest in learning physical health knowledge. With the emphasis on physical health teaching and the development of technologies such as machine learning, machine learning is used to analyze the problems of physical health teaching and help students to learn physical health better to improve the efficiency of physical health teaching. The results of this paper show that the machine learning-based physical education and traditional physical education can reduce the injury rate of students' sports by 7.7% compared with traditional physical education, make students' interest in physical education and health learning reach 53.3%, and improve the efficiency of physical education and health learning. There is a degree of students' acquisition of physical health knowledge. The change from traditional physical health teaching ideology to machine learning-based physical education ideology can improve the teaching efficiency of physical health teaching, allow students to acquire more physical health knowledge, and effectively reduce the risk of students' injuries in sports.

Unpacking the Perceived Personal and Contextual Conditions Shaping English Language Teachers’ Professional Identity Formation in Secondary Schools

It is crucial for teachers to become aware of and understand their professional identity as this has implications for their day-to-day professional practices. Teachers who are more aware of their professional identities are more willing to endure thwarting contextual conditions by adjusting their identities. However, presently most teachers seem to overlook their professional identity while they often tend to associate the poor quality education with a lack of external resources alone. The aim of this study was thus to create this awareness in teachers by unveiling how the perceived personal and contextual conditions constitute the professional identities of experienced EFL teachers working in secondary schools. In this study, teacher professional identity is conceptualized and understood within the theory of symbolic interactionism. Data were generated through a one-on-one semi-structured in-depth interview with two EFL teachers (Fazi and Tare). Thematic analysis was used across participants within a qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological frame. The findings revealed that the participating teachers’ professional identity is a multidimensional and dynamic reality shaped by personal agency and daunting contextual conditions that were represented through two pertinent themes: challenges and teacher emotions. Challenges and emotions that the participating teachers have experienced are found to be the constituents that come into play in the formation of their professional identity. The findings also revealed that the experienced teachers’ professional identity is both a coconstructed and negotiated process, which unveils itself not only by compliance to external pressures (e.g., tolerating student misbehaviors) but also by repelling and adapting the external demands that are made available to them (e.g., politics-oriented assignment of school principals, inappropriate curriculum contents). This article thus suggests that more attention should be paid to the implicit messages (revealed through challenges) that all stakeholders convey to the teaching personnel.

E-Learning Mobile Development of Student Structured Learning Applications during the pandemic

During the Covid-19 pandemic, teaching and learning activities were threatened with a decline in the quality of world education, including the quality of education in Indonesia. Students and teachers cannot interact to carry out educational activities at school. Meanwhile, in the world of education, interaction and communication are very important for the growth and development of student knowledge. If this is lost, then one generation of students could be threatened by poor quality education services caused by the covid-19 virus. Although the internet has been developed in the world of education for a long time, there are still many schools that are still unable to develop it properly for students. This is evident when the national exams were held before the Covid-19 period, there were still many schools that did not understand and understood providing facilities directly to students. This is a challenge in itself for Indonesia when the covid-19 virus attacks and paralyzes all activities. Forcing all activities to be done inside the house and reducing all activities outside the home. Learning activities and examinations are important activities that are always the focus of the school every semester. This activity previously required students to be in school, but during the pandemic this should not be done due to the government's decision to limit the spread of the virus. All schools must think hard for a solution to this problem. Schools take an important role in school activities so that the quality of education services does not decrease drastically. Private schools are no exception, whose activities come from greater than that of students' parents. While many students' parents think that if there are no activities at school, the money for school payments will be postponed. Schools only have one choice so that the learning process and exams continue, namely by using an online application that can adjust national standards and school standards. Although there are many applications in circulation, many of these applications cannot be adapted to school conditions at a low cost. Mostly, if the school wants changes to the application, then the developer sets a lot of rates that the school cannot afford. Learning and examinations are activities where the administration must also exist for reporting by schools. The reporting format, of course, is different for each school with their respective systems. With the mobile application developed by researchers and implemented according to school administration, in general, learning activities and examinations continue to run with results that can be accounted for because they have reports that are adjusted by the school.

SECURING FAMILY FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN RETIREMENT: A HOME ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE

The first four Sustainable Development Goals of 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are; (1) No poverty (2), Zero hunger (3), Good health and well-being (4), Quality Education. It is wished by the United Nations that no citizen under the global space be poor, hungry, of bad health and well-being and of poor-quality education. But retirement, which is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life, is a threat to these SDGs if not well planned.Many people choose to retire when they are old or incapable of doing their job due to one reason or the other. But most government compulsorily retires members of her work force at set bench marks. In Nigeria, the age ranges from 60years to 65years or after 35 years of service. By negotiation of labour union, university staff may retire at either 65 years or 70 years. People may also retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits and go to work for themselves. Others retire due to legislation. Overall income after retirement can come from social security (non-existent in many countries in Africa including Nigeria), Pension, private savings, donations (from children and other family members), investment,

Motivation Reinforcement Strategies to Improve Teachers’ Performance in High Schools: A Perspective of Amathole East District of South African

Teacher job-related stress, high turnover, poor educational quality, and a lack of interest in work have all resulted from the rising prevalence of low teacher motivation for work. The goal of this research is to look at incentive reinforcement tactics for teachers to increase their performance. This study took a qualitative approach and used a case study research methodology. Focus group and one-on-one interviews were used to collect data from participants, while purposive and convenient sampling techniques were employed to select ten participants. These entailed eight teachers from two schools and two district education officials. Data were analysed through thematic and comparative analyses. Many strategies to improve motivation and teacher performance emerged from data, were analysed, and presented. The study recommended school leaders to address factors leading to demotivation of teachers. A further recommendation was making use of content knowledge and professional development to deal with teacher content gap.

Early childhood circumstances and educational wellbeing inequality among tribal and non-tribal children in India: evidence from a panel study

Despite efforts towards bridging the education gap between tribal (Scheduled Tribe) and non-tribal (Non-Scheduled Tribe) children, contrasting poor-quality education questioned the tribal children’s educational wellbeing in India. Early childhood circumstances render a remarkable impact on the educational wellbeing of children in later years. This study examined the influence of early childhood circumstances (child, household and community characteristics) during 2005 on the educational wellbeing inequality (among India’s tribal and non-tribal children) during 2012 using the India Human Development Survey panel dataset of 8611 children. The Educational wellbeing score was obtained from reading, mathematical and writing test scores using Principal Component Factor Analysis. We performed the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition of the educational wellbeing inequality among India’s tribal and non-tribal children. The ST children’s average educational wellbeing score (−0.41) was much lower than the Non-ST children (0.04). Findings from the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition show that the household economic condition in children’s early ages contributed to 24% of educational wellbeing inequality among tribal and non-tribal children. Further, the education status of males and female adults and the sanitation condition of families considerably impacted educational wellbeing. The present study concludes that caste antagonism has not reduced with time. The missing focus on the minority groups resulted in a deteriorated educational wellbeing.

Teaching Reform Thinking and Practice Based on Enterprises’ Demand for Accounting Skills

The basic idea of the new curriculum reform education is to promote the development of students and cultivate innovative talents in line with the needs of The Times. [1] Therefore, the teaching reform thinking and practice based on enterprises’ &#x0D; demand for accounting skills should truly reflect the goal of promoting students’ development, promoting the growth and development of the majority of students and meeting the social needs of the new era. But at present, there are some phenomena such &#x0D; as poor teaching quality and insufficient attention to professional skills teaching in some colleges and universities. Based on the &#x0D; demand of accounting talents in modern enterprises, this paper aims to cultivate professional talents with information skills, craftsman spirit and innovation ability.

Structural Equation Model (SEM) dalam Pemodelan Kemiskinan di Pulau Sumatera

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Poverty is a serious issue that must be addressed immediately by countries in the world, including Indonesia. The Indonesian government has implemented a variety of poverty reduction projects, such as providing education and health insurance. The rising poverty rate is due to the poor quality of education and health care. On Sumatra, there are 5,83 million poor people or 22,06 percent of the total number of poor people in Indonesia. This statistic appears to be quite large, and the government should be concerned about it. Factors causing poverty such as education and health are latent variables that cannot be measured directly. The suitable statistical method used is Structural Equation Model (SEM). In SEM analysis, there are three types of model fit tests: measurement model fit with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), overall model fit, and structural model fit. The results indicated that the model was fit or suitable for the model's tests. From the SEM model that was formed, it was found that health had a negative and significant effect on poverty and education did not have a significant effect on poverty and 77 percent of the variation in poverty could be explained by the SEM model that was formed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keywords&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;: &lt;/strong&gt;poverty; education; health; SEM; CFA&lt;/p&gt;

How happiness effects teachers: study of happiness with different variables

Happiness is the main aim of life. Happiness is such an important issue and it becomes more important when it comes to the happiness of teachers. When it comes to Chhattisgarh it becomes more important because no studies have been done in this area. We are discussing so much about poor quality of education about dropout rate of students, about learning outcomes and teacher’s role etc. But we hardly discuss the quality of teacher who is supposed to be responsible for this. We have never tried to find out how happy, satisfied or mentally fit they are. We have not tried to find out how happiness affects our teacher’s interpersonal skills and how it affects their work accountability. No research as such has been done in this area in Chhattisgarh state. The happiness survey which was factors of happiness, interpersonal skills and work accountability done by MP government was also a general survey and not focused on teachers. Happiness makes man feel his worth .A happy man may be self centered or outspoken. A happy person when deals with self he deals with internal happiness and is not bothered about his interpersonal relationships, but an outspoken happy person spreads his happiness and has a strong interpersonal relationships and is also accountable for his work. It is also seen that a person who is accountable may be accountable due to his duty and may not necessarily be happy. This paper tries to find out the relationship between the happiness of teachers with various components. Key Words: happiness of teachers

EMI in Chinese higher education: the Muddy water of ‘Englishisation’

Abstract English in Chinese higher education has shifted from being taught as a foreign language alongside other disciplinary-focussed courses to becoming an important medium of instruction used for learning and teaching non-language related academic subjects. While using English medium instruction (EMI) seems a natural and neutral academic exercise, the switch has muddied the water of EMI implementation and caused a number of social and academic issues for both students and lecturers. These problems include unfair promotion opportunities, unequal access to EMI classes, inadequate learning outcomes, and poor teaching quality. This special issue builds on past and current EMI work that explores issues related to EMI implementation in Chinese higher education institutions and in classrooms. Through the selection of several empirical papers, the special issue shines light on current knowledge, policies and practices of EMI in China to pave the way for research-informed recommendations.

Honors Students’ Experiences and Coping Strategies for Waiting Time in Secondary School and at University

This exploratory study investigated the perceived waiting time of gifted high-achieving honors students at their university and compares this to the perceived waiting time these students experienced in secondary schools. The study aimed to find reasons for, experiences with, and coping strategies for waiting time in classes at these two types of institutions. Interviews with gifted university students were conducted and qualitatively analyzed. Results show that waiting in classes is common both in secondary schools and at the university level, and students usually attribute this to poor quality of teaching. However, students also highlighted differences in the amount of time, reasons, and coping strategies for waiting due to the different nature of the institution types. Experiences of waiting depended on a variety of reasons outlined by students participating in our study. According to this, students preferred behavioral-avoidance strategies for coping in waiting situations. They rarely asked their teachers for extra tasks, even if they felt bored or underchallenged. This highlights the importance for teachers to recognize and respond to coping strategies of gifted students.

Challenges to Afghan Refugee Children’s Education in Pakistan: A Human Security Perspective

Human security is an essential component of the contemporary intra-state conflicts; promulgating renewed understanding of the perpetuating nature of the Afghan problem. Afghanistan, from the Soviet invasion to the US’ long war, faces continued Human Security challenges, especially lack of education in around 80 percent of school-aged children of Afghan refugees. Pakistan, which itself has the second largest number of school-aged children out of school, faces illiteracy in children of Afghan refugees as the surmountable challenge that links down to the seven broader components of human security identified by Mahbub-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s former finance minister and economist, in the 1994 Human Development Report. The growing illiteracy in second and third-generation Afghan refugees is the product of poverty, socio-economic disparities, and socio-cultural restrictions, especially in regards to the relative discouragement of female education. In order to offset the gravity of challenges to the educational aspect of human security, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is continuously cooperating with the Pakistani government in enhancing educational infrastructure in terms of community and home-based schooling, vocational and technical training, and capacity building of Pakistan’s schooling system to accommodate Afghan refugee children. Therefore, the paper takes qualitative checks of the primary sources from the government of Pakistan and UNHCR and secondary sources to find the answers to three following questions in different four parts of the paper. The result of this study is that the main challenge for Afghan refugee child education in Pakistan is the poor quality of education. Therefore, UNHCR should work with the Pakistani government to develop investment programs and put in place solid surveillance and oversight of schools to improve their quality to an acceptable standard.

Neglected Concerns of Nurses and Their Unheard Voices; A Blind Spot in our Health System

The current scenario of nursing in India forces us to introspect if the nurses are equipped enough to bring out their best contribution towards the health of our country and if their voices are well heard in the healthcare system. Despite being highly skilled professionals, nurses are neither facilitated nor rewarded enough to sustain their motivation and inputs. To understand the struggles faced by nurses in India, we reviewed literature that addresses Indian nurses’ concerns and brainstormed about the major challenges that nurses encounter with key nursing personnel from nursing education, clinical services and administration from selected hospitals of India. The major challenges that negatively affect the contribution of nurses are shortage of nurses, poor working conditions and career opportunity, ineffective leadership roles, poor educational quality, low salary and state neglect. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven the vast contribution and sacrifice of nurses. The competency of nurses has gone up with specialization, and advanced nursing degrees. Enhancing nurses’ involvement in collaborative healthcare research would be a hallmark in improving the quality patient care. To efficiently utilize the contribution of the nurses in healthcare system, the society and state have to recognize the potentials and vulnerabilities of nurses, appreciate their strengths and reciprocate responsibilities to their neglected concerns.