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Fun and Functional: Using Non-Digital Games to Promote Maths Engagement in Pre-service Teachers

Humans naturally engage in playful activities throughout their lives and play serves as a fundamental mechanism for cognitive development as well as the development of essential soft skills such as teamwork, decision-making, leadership, and communication. Recognizing this innate predisposition for play, educators are increasingly embracing gamification strategies into their classrooms. More attention has been driven to digital tools such as platforms Kahoot! and Duolingo which gained popularity and demonstrated the potential of game-based learning to increase engagement and knowledge retention. However, concerns about digital screen time fuelled a renewed interest in non-digital activities, including educational games. Non-digital games are often more accessible and affordable, making them suitable for schools with limited resources. Research suggests that non-digital games can effectively promote collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills. In addition, they offer flexibility to teachers to adapt rules and scenarios to specific learning objectives and student needs. Recognizing the benefits of employing games as a pedagogical strategy, the first author of this study opted to incorporate game-based learning strategies into her classes, on a regular basis. Throughout the semester, various non-digital games were implemented, inspired on well-known classics such as memory card games, Monopoly and Pictionary. These games were carefully designed to address specific mathematics topics identified as either the most relevant or those where students revealed more difficulties. The participants in this study were pre-service pre- and primary school teachers enrolled in a maths undergraduate course. Since these students are future educators, the games served a dual purpose: improving current learning experiences and providing teaching resources for their future classrooms. At the end of the semester, a survey was conducted to evaluate students’ perceptions towards the use of games in the mathematics teaching-learning process. In this paper we describe some of the games used in this study and analyse the results of the survey. Previous studies reveal that students generally welcome the incorporation of games, perceiving them as effective tools for enhancing motivation and promoting positive learning outcomes. Our findings corroborate these studies.

Application and advancement of digital teaching materials in teaching epidemiology

This study aims at examining the application and development of digital teaching materials in the field of epidemiology, encompassing both China and international contexts. The research involved conducting search on websites and literature databases to assess the status of digital teaching materials in epidemiology, nationally and internationally. At present, in China, digital teaching materials used in epidemiology are primarily presented in the form of printed books with added QR codes, providing teaching resources such as videos and exercises. However, issues with the level of interactivity have been identified. In foreign countries, with stronger emphasis placed on personalization, interactivity, and the use of rich media technologies in the digital teaching materials, epidemiologically. Enhanced digitization regarding materials and learning outcomes is achieved through features such as real-time notes, interactive animations, and quizzes. These approaches are considered worth considering for adoption. This study provides valuable insights for the digital transformation of epidemiology education.

PERAN MEDIA DIGITAL BAGI GURU DALAM MEMBANGUN KOMUNIKASI

Digital media is very important in the development of communication between teachers and students in the learning process. This study aims to investigate how teachers use digital media as a communication medium during learning, as well as how the impacts, challenges, and obstacles in it. Researchers use a qualitative approach by using a literature review that focuses on systematic literature investigation. The results show that teachers can use digital media in the learning process, build students' communication skills, and teachers can maintain positive relationships with students. Digital media has a positive impact on a teacher's learning communication, namely providing accessibility, increasing student engagement, and being able to provide teaching resources quickly. However, this also has negative impacts such as the emergence of addiction to the use of digital devices, online security risks, and the limited number of students who can access digital media. The challenges and obstacles obtained by teachers start from the need for teachers to adapt to technology, must provide quality teaching materials, and require additional efforts to meet student engagement so that students do not just become passive spectators.

The Potential Application of ChatGPT in Higher Education Management

ChatGPT is a powerful AI model that can play a role in higher education management. It facilitates easy access to a wide range of learning resources for students by providing instant answers and feedback. Additionally, ChatGPT can personalize monitoring of students' learning needs and provide customized learning resources to enhance their learning outcomes. When combined with other artificial intelligence technologies, ChatGPT can assist students in problem-solving and provide course selection and academic planning advice. For teachers, ChatGPT can serve as an intelligent assistant by providing teaching resources, assignment evaluations, helping organize instructional activities, and offering real-time feedback and prompts. At the university management level, ChatGPT can also assist administrators in decision analysis and prediction. However, the application of ChatGPT still faces challenges such as technology, privacy, and security. It requires strengthened monitoring, protection of personal privacy, and the establishment of relevant guidelines and standards. ChatGPT has vast potential in higher education management, offering personalized and real-time support to enhance efficiency and learning outcomes. Nevertheless, it is crucial to address issues like privacy protection, data security, and technical disputes, ensuring its lawful, secure, and reliable usage. ChatGPT holds both potential and challenges in higher education management, necessitating further research and development. This study explores ChatGPT's application in higher education management, proposing development directions and improvement suggestions. It aims to enhance efficiency and offer real-time assistance to students and educators. Addressing privacy, security, and technical concerns is crucial for integration. Tailoring ChatGPT to meet diverse needs of learners and educators is emphasized.

Increasing children's literature capacity through village library during the Covid-19 pandemic

Literacy is defined as the ability to read, write and a person's ability to see the world and store information. The library is an effort to support education by providing teaching resources, information and references. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it was reported that there was a decrease in visits to the library. Like libraries in other areas, Muda Bhakti library located in Ngablak Village, Srumbung District, Magelang Regency, Central Java has also reportedly experienced a decrease in visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is necessary to make innovations and concrete programs that are in accordance with the situation and conditions of the local community, especially targeting children, considering children are easy targets to be educated in an interesting way. The purpose of this community service is to carry out a children's literacy movement through the reactivation of the Muda Bhakti library during the Covid-19 pandemic. There are five main programs carried out in this service, namely 1) socialization of health protocols at the Muda Bhakti library during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2) hand washing practices according to WHO standards, 3) group learning for children in the library, 4 ) competitions in the form of writing short stories and coloring, 5) donations and book processing. The methods used to run the program are lectures, demonstrations and practice. This activity was attended by children from kindergarten to elementary school with a total of 60 children. This community service expected that it will be able to increase the literacy capacity of children during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Urban-rural divide and COVID-19: engaging teachers to assess and improve the Philippine basic education-learning continuity plan

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed poverty and exacerbated social inequality. Our role as academics is to illuminate these social issues to help policy makers address them adequately. Hence, we conducted this ethnographic study situated within the discourse urban-rural divide to assess the Philippine Basic Education-Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP), a COVID-19 education response, through the help of three teachers who, like us, the researchers, have been exposed to the rural and urban areas in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte. In our effort to promote social justice and equity in education, we have privileged the voices of those in the marginalized rural sector. We interviewed the teacher key actors, conducted autoethnography and participant observation, and studied secondary sources available. Data sources were triangulated, and data transcripts were analysed through thematic analysis, drawing on relevant theories and literature. Interrelated social factors instigated by the government’s biased past policies are (a) socioeconomic impact of COVID-19, (b) digital divide, (c) school location, and (d) parental education. While the pandemic affected urban and rural residents, the latter felt a severe impact. This study underscores the teacher agency in the BE-LCP policy: Teachers recommended monitoring learning outcomes, attending to low-performing learners, supporting home-based learning, and providing teaching resources.

Health Systems Science – A Primer for Radiologists

Health systems science (HSS) is an educational framework designed to promote improved care through enhanced citizenship and the training of systems-fluent individuals trained in the science of health care delivery. HSS education in residency builds upon foundations established during medical school, emphasizing practical skills development, and fostering a growth mindset among trainees. The HSS framework organizes elements of system-based practice for radiology trainees, promoting practice-readiness for providing safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered radiological care. This paper serves as a primer for radiologists to understand and apply the HSS framework. Additionally, we highlight radiology-specific curricular elements aligned with the HSS framework, and provide teaching resources both for classroom education and for resident self-study.

Student Perceptions On The Use Of Youtube In Increasing Vocabulary

This research is entitled “Students' Perception On the Use of YouTube to Develop Their Vocabulary”. The objective of the research is to identify, classify and describe the ways English Students use YouTube to develop their Vocabulary. It is also to analyze and describe students' perception on using YouTube to develop their vocabulary. This research used descriptive quantitative method. The research collected the data using questionnaires and interviews. The sample was 30 students' from the 2022 batch of English Department Faculty of Humanities. Thirty students' responses were collected by online questionnaire with google-form and answers collected by online interview with Whatsapp. The collected data were quantitatively analyzed by percentage formula. Using theory Freeman and Anderson (2011: 250) and to analyze the university students' perception about the use of YouTube to develop their vocabulary base on the theory of Nelson-Smith (2008:32). The results showed that most of the respondents had positive responses about the use of YouTube to develop their vocabulary. Since YouTube can be used both as providing teaching resources and enhancing learning experience. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that University students have positive perceptions on the use of YouTube in the use of media YouTube is considered useful to students, English Department, Sam Ratulangi University Since YouTube can be used both as providing teaching resources and enhancing learning experience. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that University students have positive perceptions on the use of YouTube in the use of media YouTube is considered useful to students at Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Mandailing Natal .

Blended Learning of Management Courses Based on Learning Behavior Analysis

The development of information and network technologies fundamentally changes the life, learning, and mindset of students. Teaching informatization is a key content of modern education, and the main direction of teaching reform. In this context, blended learning becomes the inevitable trend of teaching form development. Currently, the teaching of management courses in China faces several problems: the lack of overall planning of teaching design and organization, the low learning interest among students, and the failure of cultivating students’ comprehensive quality. To improve the teaching effect of management courses, this paper carries out a questionnaire survey on the learning behaviors of college students and their needs for blended learning. The survey results show that: the students are not accustomed to pre-class preview and after-class review; most students have the awareness and ability to solve problems with online information; most students are willing to accept blended learning, and expect teachers to provide teaching resources in the form of videos and electronic documents. On this basis, the authors developed an evaluation index system for blended learning according to the constituent factors of this teaching model, and designed a blended learning model for management courses through learning behavior analysis. The blended learning model was divided into three phases: pre-class, in-class, and after-class, and the online/offline teaching activities of teachers and students were detailed in each phase. To verify its application effect, the blended learning model was verified through comparative analysis from two aspects: learning behavior and learning effect. The results show that blended learning model achieves better learning participation, and teaching/learning effect than traditional teaching model, and helps to enhance the knowledge and comprehensive ability of the students. The research provides a reference for further research and application of blended learning in management courses, and boasts great theoretical and practical values.

Radio frequency identification and internet of things-based smart library management system

Libraries are essential parts of educational institutes that provide teaching resources and information. There is a loss of library resources due to the inefficiency of manual library systems which are not updating the information regularly. This paper aims to improve the existing library management systems at the university level using radio frequency identification technology (RFID) and the internet of things (IoT). RFID is a fast emerging technology as it enhances authenticity and reliability. The proposed smart library system uses RFID tag, RFID tag reader, ESP8266, and back-end database that store the required content. It automates the issue and return of books with minimum human intervention. The designed library portal gives the availability of a variety of library resources, book transaction information, and fine details for both students and staff. The data analysis of book transaction details is done and data visualisation is also made available to both user and admin.

Teacher educators’ perceptions and challenges of using critical pedagogy: A case study of higher teacher education in Tanzania

This study investigates teacher educators’ perceptions of and challenges affecting the use of critical pedagogy in higher teacher education in Tanzania. The study employed a qualitative case study design and collected in-depth data through semi-structured interviews and direct classroom observations. The findings showed that critical pedagogy is a significant approach for developing students’ abilities to do critical reflection. However, critical pedagogy demands building a friendly relationship with students and encouraging dialogic interactions; all these lead to critical reflection in return, ensuring better understanding of the subject content. Most importantly, the findings report several challenges related to the presence of crowded classes, the use of lecturing teaching style and the use of English as a language of instruction, the use of unsuitable assessment format that is university guided and lack of teaching resources. These challenges impede the effective use of critical pedagogy in teaching. To overcome such challenges, policy makers and institutional leaders need to rethink of providing teaching resources and encouraging the use of critical pedagogy in teaching and learning at higher teacher education programmes. The study concludes that by practising what teacher educators perceive to be critical pedagogy, classrooms will be transformed into places of liberation. Further, while this qualitative study does not intend to make any generalisation, the findings might be of interest to international teacher educators who are interested in employing the critical pedagogy approach effectively.

Understanding heutagogy during a pandemic: A case of Universitas Indonesia.

The COVID‐19 pandemic has not stopped the academic world. Since mid‐March of 2020, lecturers at Universitas Indonesia have facilitated the learning process by providing teaching resources as well as guidance through teleconferencing platforms. This study shows the importance of self‐tracking in academia, especially for lecturers. Our findings suggest approaches to measure lecturers’ performance levels through a quiz and questions raised to understand students’ behaviors.

Providing teaching resources for young learner classes: Best practices in efl context

The availability of teaching resources is one of important factors to create successful lessons in teaching English to young learners (TEYL). Teachers can use flashcards, toys, songs, rhymes, books, audio visual materials, digital recourses and others to support teaching and learning process. Ready-made materials are available in stores, however they are usually expensive. The aim of this article is to share one of the best practices in providing resources for young learners in learning English. In the academic year of 2018, 40 students of English Department of IKIP Siliwangi took English for Young Learners (EYL) course for two credit hours. This is the second subject which is related to teaching young learners after they learned TEYL subjects as the perquisite subject in the previous year. In this course, students re-learned the concept of TEYL and the concepts how to provide teaching materials and resources for TEYL classes. At the end of the course, they should show their projects and demonstrate how to use them in TEYL. The findings reveal that students’ are very creative in designing resources for TEYL classes. This ability is very crucial in order to create child-friendly pedagogy in EYL classrooms.

Suite-CFD: An Array of Fluid Solvers Written in MATLAB and Python

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are being rapidly integrated into applications across all sciences and engineering. CFD harnesses the power of computers to solve the equations of fluid dynamics, which otherwise cannot be solved analytically except for very particular cases. Numerical solutions can be interpreted through traditional quantitative techniques as well as visually through qualitative snapshots of the flow data. As pictures are worth a thousand words, in many cases such visualizations are invaluable for understanding the fluid system. Unfortunately, vast mathematical knowledge is required to develop one’s own CFD software and commercial software options are expensive and thereby may be inaccessible to many potential practitioners. To that extent, CFD materials specifically designed for undergraduate education are limited. Here we provide an open-source repository, which contains numerous popular fluid solvers in 2 D (projection, spectral, and Lattice Boltzmann), with full implementations in both MATLAB and Python3. All output data is saved in the . v t k format, which can be visualized (and analyzed) with open-source visualization tools, such as VisIt or ParaView. Beyond the code, we also provide teaching resources, such as tutorials, flow snapshots, measurements, videos, and slides to streamline use of the software.

Evolutionary Medicine – A Great Way to Teach Biology

Great teaching is often all about the questions posed to students. When learners get their teeth into an interesting question, they grow as they chew on it. As physicians, we have discovered that disease makes more sense if you ask evolutionary questions, and these questions make a great starting point for science education. One of Darwin's two main questions was how species are related to each other. His answer was that all organisms have common ancestors. This is the foundation for studies of phylogeny. To teach phylogenetic trees, you can use canids or birds, but students are particularly interested if they are tracing the origins of HIV or tuberculosis, or the history of human traits, such as the appendix. Darwin's other question was about why bodies work so well. His answer was natural selection. The characteristics of individuals who have more offspring than others become more common over the generations. This explains why kidneys, hearts, eyes, and brains are so astoundingly well suited to their purposes. As physicians, we constantly confront a very different question. If natural selection is so …

Research of the flipped classroom teaching mode of Obstetrics and Gynecology based on WeChat platform

By analyzing the characteristics of the traditional teaching in Obstetrics and Gynecology and taking myoma of uterus as an example, we put forward the flipped classroom teaching mode based on WeChat platform: teachers provide teaching resources and set questions before the class; students report in groups and teachers comment on their report during the class; and teachers give comprehensive evaluation and feedback after the class. To deal with the deficiencies in the traditional teaching methods, this mode breaks the limitation of time and space, enabling students to learn more autonomously, to think proactively, and to get answers timely when they have doubts. The flipped classroom teaching mode based on WeChat platform fully embodies student-oriented teaching strategies, especially emphasizing knowledge internalization and knowledge imparting process, and providing reference for improvement of teaching methods in obstetrics and gynecology. Key words: WeChat; Obstetrics and gynecology; Teaching; Flipping class

Innovation of Talent Cultivation Education Mode of Modern Apprenticeship Participated by Industry Associations

The modern apprenticeship talent cultivation mode can meet the needs of high-skilled talents under the new normal economic and social conditions in China. As a bridge between the government, enterprise and school, industry associations are of great significance and play an important role in the cultivation of talents in schools. This paper studies the participation of industry associations in the talent cultivation education mode of modern apprenticeship, analyzes the role and responsibility of industry associations in the talent cultivation of modern apprenticeship and constructs the talent cultivation education mode of modern apprenticeship participated by industry associations. The research results show that: industry associations can promote the connection between the school and enterprise and government, provide teaching resources for the talent cultivation education mode of modern apprenticeship to facilitate the professional settings and curriculum construction. This study provides a scientific basis for the participation of industry associations in the talent cultivation of modern apprenticeship and can promote the development of talent cultivation of modern apprenticeship.

Can lowering the requirement for entry into an honours program actually improve the throughput rate in that program?

Ponte Academic JournalJul 2016, Volume 72, Issue 7 CAN LOWERING THE REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY INTO AN HONOURS PROGRAM ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE THROUGHPUT RATE IN THAT PROGRAM?Author(s): Mike MurrayJ. Ponte - Jul 2016 - Volume 72 - Issue 7 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2016.7.11 Abstract:To be able to enrol in an honours program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), a weighted average mark for one�s final year of undergraduate study has to exceed a particular threshold value. Students are then ranked according to this weighted average mark, with entry into the honours program being offered on a top-down basis providing teaching resources and space constraints permit. Students who have not completed their undergraduate studies at UKZN are also able to apply for entry into an honours program at UKZN. Not having a UKZN-based undergraduate mark on which to perform a suitable ranking, their requirement for entry becomes a lot more subjective in nature. Is UKZN compromising the quality of their honours program by offering places to these so-called �foreign� students at the expense of other ` home-grown� UKZN based undergraduate applicants who have been refused an entry because their weighted average mark for their final year of undergraduate study did not exceed the required threshold value? Can one lower the threshold value for entry into honours for UKZN undergraduates and be assured that these home-grown students will perform as well if not better than the cohort of foreign students who are currently taking their place? \nBy lowering the requirement for entry into honours for these home grown students, one is being asked to predict how they will perform in honours based on a prediction model that will have been created from a sample of UKZN undergraduate students that does not include this new cohort of students. In a regression context one is being asked to predict outside the range of one�s collected data. Apart from having a lower weighted average mark, this new cohort of students may differ in other unobservable ways from those UKZN students who are currently being allowed into an honours program. A Heckman selection model needs to be fitted in order to overcome a possible self -selection bias that may arise because the subpopulation we are wanting to predict from -namely those new students who will now be able to enter an honours program�may be significantly different from the current population of UKZN undergraduate students who are being allowed to enter an honours program. Download full text:Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Username Password

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Currently it is proven the need to stimulate actions that modify the behavior of human beings in relation to nature. Schools and nonformal education spaces contribute to citizens to develop values, attitudes and responsibilities facing the environment in which they live. non-formal educational environments provide teaching resources, teaching and different methodologies that complement the actions of formal education. Expanding its environmental education activities, the Museum of Natural Sciences of the University of Caxias do Sul, since 2013, has been developing the project The Natural Science Museum Goes to School, in order to awaken the scientific spirit, spreading knowledge aimed at preservation of natural resources, contributing to the enrichment of science education, stimulating the development of educational activities with the support of partner schools in the region. Initially, students and teachers visit the Museum of Natural Sciences and then are developed workshops, lectures and recreational activities in schools, integrating these education spaces. Teachers also develop activities with students, integrating knowledge to partner with those seen in the classroom. Finally, this knowledge is presented through a show of open jobs to the community. During the years 2013 and 2014 the project reached about 1,100 students and by integrating museum and school was provided to these differentiated learning, where knowledge of the interrelationships between natural resources and the living beings was built in an interdisciplinary way, highlighting the museums as important teaching and learning in science sites.

Head-teachers ' motivational practices in public secondary schools in Kenya

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of head teachers’ motivational practices on teacher performance in public secondary schools in Kenya. The objectives of the study: to determine the influence of staff recognition; shared leadership by teachers; participation in staff development programmes; and head teachers’ support for the teachers on performance. Design/methodology/approach – The study design was descriptive survey involving 186 teachers and 32 head teachers from Koibatek district. The instruments comprised of a questionnaire and an interview guide. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, and presented using tables and pie charts. Findings – Recognition of teachers and good working conditions enhance teachers’ performance. Shared leadership between teachers and head teachers has a positive effect on teacher performance Teachers’ professional growth enhances performance. The teachers who receive head teachers’ support such as teaching materials are more motivated enhancing performance. Research limitations/implications – Administrators of schools should often recognize teachers. The Board of Management, Teachers Service Commission, and head teachers should provide opportunities for shared leadership. The Quality Assurance and Standard (QAS) Directorate, need funds to engage teachers in in-service courses. Practical implications – Teachers should be supported by providing teaching resources and ICT, and be given opportunities for advancement by government agencies. Social implications – Teachers should be recognized through appreciation and other incentives during prize giving days and assemblies. Teachers be given responsibilities and freedom to act to develop abilities. Originality/value – The research shows teacher motivation as a means of enhancing performance for quality management.