Role Of Education Research Articles

Children's experiences during their first dental visit: A qualitative study.

While the child's first dental visit can shape his/her attitude towards further treatments, little consideration has been given to exploring this experience from the child's perspective. Therefore, the aim of the study was to delineate the experiences of the first dental visit of children based on self-written stories in their own words. Qualitative study conducted as part of the oral health promoting school program in Isfahan city, Iran. Data collection was based on the responses to a question included in the programme's printed educational content. Schoolchildren were asked to explain about their experiences of their first dental visit in a story. Two researchers read the stories separately and identified concepts and themes. In a discussion panel gained consensus about the main themes. Then the researchers integrated and grouped together similar themes to new categories. Categories originating in the data provided insights into and explanations of factors that might influence the schoolchildren's experience in the dental office. Sampling continued until saturation, when no new codes appeared in the data. The childrens' stories were imported in the MAXQD software and analyzed to retrieve the main categories and themes. Factors that influenced experiences appeared to be idiosyncratic, but could be classified into three categories: the person accompanying the child, child and dentist-related factors. Two sub-categories of the person accompanying the child were the role of person in their treatment and the types of persons accompanying them. Dentist-related factors included three more sub-themes of applied behavioral management techniques, their role in oral health education, and organization of the office environment. The three sub-themes of children's related factors were experiencing fear, remembering the details of their experience, and type of care received. Although the method was limited to the qualitative written stories of children and there was no opportunity to explore more and consider the detailed opinions by face-to-face interviews, some noticeable elements were mentioned by children. The person accompanying the child, child and dentist-related factors were three main categories obtained from the data.

Temperament traits and economic preferences predict occupational choice beyond human capital variables

Standard labor market models have mainly focused on human capital theory, which emphasizes the role of education, experience, and individuals’ different skill levels in determining occupational choice. The recent literature, however, has shown that noncognitive (“soft”) skills are also strong predictors for vocational behavior. Economics provides little guidance on the effects of noncognitive skills on occupational choice. In applied psychology, personality/temperament traits and economic preferences refer to the characteristics explaining how individuals may act differently in similar situations related to occupational choice. We utilize the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (n = 4,731 to 5,882) to explore the value of incorporating temperament traits and economic preferences in occupational choice. We explore whether temperament traits contribute to occupational choice, using data from the NFBC1966 for the years 2004 to 2012, inclusive. Occupational groups are chosen to be distinct with respect to the requisite skills, education levels, and tasks. The novelty of our data allows us to determine whether temperament traits and economic preferences have significant impacts on occupational choice, while controlling for other variables related to the human capital approach. We find that temperament traits and economic preferences are important contributors of vocational behavior. Our analysis highlights that it is important to jointly explore the effects of the human capital model, noncognitive traits and other nonpecuniary factors in analyzing occupational choices among individuals. We reveal distinct temperament traits for different occupations. To our knowledge, there exists no evidence about how individuals’ temperament traits, economic preferences, and the human capital approach jointly are sorted into occupational choices. In addition, the novelty of our data allows us to include education, among other factors, to control our findings. We find significant differences across occupations regarding temperament traits.

Management of School Operational Assistance Funds (BOS) to Enhance Extracurricular Activities at Yusuf Abdussatar Ibtidaiyah Madrasah, Kediri West Lombok

The School Operational Assistance Fund (BOS) plays a crucial role in Indonesian education, including at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Yusuf Abdussatar in Kediri, West Lombok. This research explores the management of BOS to enhance extracurricular activities in the mentioned Madrasah. Qualitative methods were employed, utilizing data collection through observation, interviews, and documentary studies. The results indicate the effectiveness of BOS management through the RAPBM involving school principals, committees, and teachers. Extracurricular activities such as KKsQ, Scouting, and others are supervised and meet system standards. In conclusion, BOS management at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Yusuf Abdussatar in Kediri effectively supports extracurricular activities, highlighting the crucial role of teachers as mentors. The implication is that an effective BOS management model can be applied in other schools to enhance extracurricular activities, strengthening the role of teachers in student mentoring beyond the regular curriculum.

Empowering Beginner Voters: Yogyakarta KPUD's Role, Criticisms, and Recommendations in 2024 Election

The participation of beginner voters in the 2024 General Election is crucial for the preservation of democracy. The General Election Commission of Yogyakarta City is concerned that a lack of understanding of democracy and political education among these voters could reduce overall voter turnout. To address this, the Commission promotes voter engagement through targeted socialization and political education programs in schools and higher education institutions. This qualitative research examines the efforts of the Yogyakarta City General Election Commission to educate and engage beginner voters for the 2024 Election. The study highlights the critical role of political education in raising awareness and ensuring active participation among young voters. It explores the Commission's initiatives to foster a well-informed electorate, emphasizing the significance of early political education. The findings suggest that through these educational efforts, beginner voters are more likely to participate actively in the democratic process, thereby enhancing the overall effectiveness and inclusivity of the 2024 General Election. This research underscores the importance of continuous political education to sustain and strengthen democratic engagement.

Education as a Solution: Understanding Religious Figures' Perspectives on Joint Property Division in East Lombok

This study explores the perspectives of religious figures regarding joint property division in East Lombok, aiming to elucidate the role of education as a potential solution in addressing related challenges. Employing a qualitative research approach, data was collected through semi-structured interviews with key religious figures in the region. These interviews were transcribed and analyzed thematically to identify recurring patterns and themes. The findings reveal a nuanced understanding among religious figures regarding joint property division, influenced by cultural, social, and religious factors. Education emerged as a central theme in their perspectives, highlighting its potential to foster understanding, tolerance, and equitable solutions. The implications of these findings underscore the importance of integrating educational initiatives into discussions and practices related to joint property division in East Lombok, thereby promoting social cohesion and conflict resolution.

Urgensi Etika Dalam Literasi Digital Di Era Globalisasi

The purpose of this studywas to describe the importance of ethics in the context of digital literacy in the current era of globalization. By understanding the importance of ethics in digital literacy, it is hoped that this research can provide insights regarding optimizing the benefits of digital technology based on the principles of digital ethics.This research uses a library research method; the data is collected from source books, research articles, and other sources relevant to the topic discussed.The library research results showed that digital literacy has a very important role in facing complex challenges in the current era of globalization. Ethics in digital literacy acts as a guideline in using technology so that it has positive effects and minimizes negative effects. Awareness of digital responsibility is the foundation for a smarter and more empowered society in this digital era. Digital literacy ethics are very important in several ways, such as preventing the spread of false information, fighting cyberbullying and harassing speech, and respecting user privacy. Challenges in implementing digital literacy ethics include a lack of awareness of digital ethics, inequality in access and mastery of technology, regulatory and law enforcement challenges, and the role of education in overcoming challenges. Therefore, the importance of ethics in digital literacy and the role of education is crucial to overcoming various challenges that arise along with the development of technology and information.

Improving Advertising Text Writing Skills through Using the Flipaclip Application for Class XII DKV Students at Pasirian State Vocational School

Technological sophistication is able to change the order of life, especially the world of education. The role of education is very important in preparing individuals to become extraordinary leaders and motivators. Language learning must be directed at improving the ability of students and teachers to communicate both verbally and in relevant writing. Based on the results of observations of Indonesian language lessons in class From the problems that have been explained, it can be concluded that the writer is interested in the problem of the lack of use of technology in learning which causes writing advertising texts to be uninteresting and boring. This research aims to describe the development of animation and graphic based learning media and explain the feasibility results of media products based on animation and graphic design using applications FlipaClipin learning advertising texts, slogans and posters for class XII DKV students at SMK Negeri Pasirian.

Kedudukan Pendidikan Islam dalam Sistem Pendidikan Nasional

Islamic education holds a significant position within a nation's national education system. This article aims to explore the position of Islamic education within the national education system context using the literature review method. Data were obtained through literature searches from various reliable sources such as scholarly journals, textbooks, and relevant official publications. Data analysis was conducted by identifying and summarizing the main findings from literature relevant to the topic. The results indicate that Islamic education has a significant impact on shaping the character, morality, and religious identity of students. Values such as justice, tolerance, and compassion taught in Islamic education play a key role in building a civilized and sustainable society. The implications of this literature review underscore the importance of strengthening the role of Islamic education in supporting national educational goals and ensuring the integration of Islamic values into educational curricula. Furthermore, the literature also highlights the need for intercultural and interreligious dialogue encouraged by Islamic education to create a more inclusive and harmonious society. This research contributes to expanding understanding of the importance of Islamic education within the national education system and highlights the challenges and opportunities in implementing Islamic values in the context of modern education.

The Crucial Role of Islamic Religious Education in Shaping Children's Character: Psychological and Spiritual Review

The significance of Islamic religious education in shaping children's character is paramount in contemporary society. This study aims to explore the transformative impact of Islamic education on children's moral and spiritual development, utilizing a comprehensive analysis that integrates psychological and spiritual perspectives. A mixed-method approach combining literature review and empirical research elucidates how Islamic education fosters moral reasoning, empathy, and self-regulation among children while nurturing a profound spiritual connection and inner transformation. Here are the steps: 1) Literature Review: Start by compiling a comprehensive literature review about the importance of Islamic religious education in forming children's character. Please focus on the psychological theories that support this argument and their relationship to aspects of spirituality. 2) Empirical Research: conducting empirical research to support the claim. Use appropriate research methods such as surveys, interviews, or observations to collect relevant data from respondents from various backgrounds and ages. The findings underscore the holistic nature of Islamic education in equipping children with the ethical fortitude, emotional resilience, and spiritual consciousness necessary to navigate life's challenges with integrity and purpose. Our research findings demonstrate how Islamic education fosters moral reasoning, empathy, and self-regulation among children while nurturing a deep sense of spiritual connection and inner transformation. By integrating psychological insights with spiritual teachings, Islamic education offers a holistic approach to character development, equipping children with the ethical fortitude, emotional resilience, and spiritual consciousness necessary to navigate life's challenges with integrity and purpose.

Medical schools in empires: connecting the dots.

This article provides an overview of the historiography of medical education and calls for greater attention to the connections between medical schools. It begins by reviewing research on medical education in imperial metropoles. Researchers have compared medical schools in different national contexts, traced travellers between them or examined the hierarchies that medical education created within the medical profession. The article then shows how historians have emphasised the ways in which medicine in colonial empires was shaped by negotiation, exchange, hybridisation and competition. The final part of the article introduces the special issue 'Medical Education in Empires'. Drawing on a variety of sources in English, French, Dutch and Chinese, the special issue builds on these historiographies by juxtaposing cases of medical schools in imperial contexts since the eighteenth century. It considers who funded these medical schools and why, what models of medicine underpinned their creation, what social changes they contributed to, what life was like in these schools, who the students and teachers were and what graduates did with their medical careers. This special issue thus contributes to clarifying the role of medical education in empires and the long-term impact of empires on the medical world.

Research on the strengthening of ideological and political practice education for university students from the perspective of cultural education

With the progress of the times and the development of society, higher education is increasingly emphasizing the comprehensive development of students, especially the cultivation of ideological and political qualities. Cultural education, as an important educational philosophy, aims to promote the comprehensive development of students through the influence and guidance of culture. From the perspective of cultural education, the role of ideological and political practice education for university students is significant, with abundant resources and diverse forms. However, the effectiveness needs to be improved, personalized education is insufficient, and the evaluation system is not perfect. This article aims to explore how to enhance the effectiveness of ideological and political practice education for university students from the perspective of cultural education, and provide new ideas and methods for ideological and political work in universities.

Educational Institutions Role in Enhancing National Belonging Values: A Social Service Perspective Study

Educational Institutions Role in Enhancing National Belonging Values: A Social Service Perspective Study

Cultivating Diverse Environmental Children's Picturebooks Using Rudine Sim Bishop's Framework for Multicultural Texts

AbstractThis article applies Rudine Sims Bishop's multicultural framework of children's literature to environmental picturebooks. The paper provides an analysis of nearly 150 picturebooks paired with preservice teachers’ responses to the texts to highlight the importance of diverse narratives and storytelling in environmentalism. The paper argues for the necessity for reading broadly and prioritizing diverse representations of which stories are told regarding environmentalism. Bishop's framework prioritizes the depth and breadth of who can be protagonists in environmentalism narratives, real and imagined, as well as how those protagonists enact responses to climate crises and the range of environmental issues that they respond to. The paper underscores the role of educators in fostering critical perspectives on environmentalism, advocating for disrupting single stories, and ensuring that a collection of texts that includes justice‐oriented and intersectional narratives is used with young readers. The article challenges dominant cultural narratives and promotes inclusivity in environmental activism.

A Private Function: Independent Providers of Vocational Education and Training in Post-War England

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on independent training providers (ITPs) – in other words, private companies – as suppliers of vocational education and training in post-war England. Whilst acknowledging the central role of further education (FE) colleges in delivering vocational learning, it draws attention to a large, diverse sector of ITPs operating alongside FE colleges, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. Data suggest that around 15–20% of vocational learners were enrolled as fee-paying customers with private providers at that time – a figure broadly similar to today. There are, it is argued, three related reasons for this. First, the post-war policy environment, and the varied and uneven nature of colleges at that time, allowed significant room for ITPs to operate as alternative providers of vocational education. Second, the far-reaching ‘efficiency’ gains required since FE colleges left local authority control have largely attenuated the space in which ITPs previously operated. Third, neoliberal assumptions about the superiority of private enterprise mean that ITPs now receive significant funding from the state, largely to deliver Apprenticeships and other programmes of work-related learning – which has, somewhat perversely, reduced the incentive for them to act as bone fide commercial providers of a broader range of vocational learning.

The Coherence between Innovative Teaching Methods and Formative Assessment in Higher Education

Under the umbrella of VUCA-world and growing international competition, the human factors are playing more important role in higher education [9], [18]. Innovative teaching methods and formative assessment are significant transformational part of this process [24]. No doubt, teaching and learning methodology and assessment has strong coherency [19]. This presentation focuses on the relationship between innovative teaching methods and formative assessment. In the first part of the presentation, the philosophical phenomena of this process comes from John Dewey ‘learning by doing’ principle [8]. Thus, innovative teaching methods have strong impact of different types of interactions and broader meaning of learning, especially problem-, project- and inquiry-based learning [15]. Formative assessment focuses on following students’ progression and continuous feedback changing feedback culture in the teaching and learning process [29], [30]. Obviously, there are strong coherence between innovative teaching methods and formative assessment. In the second part of the presentation, the case study from Budapest Metropolitan University gives evidences to this required relationship giving best practices on innovation and formative assessment. Finally, at the end of the presentation, opened conclusion has dilemmas and questions.

Community Partners' Perceptions of the Benefits and Burdens of Participating in a Community Engagement Course with Medical Students.

Service-learning courses improve medical students' ability and willingness to participate in community engagement as future physicians. However, few studies examine the community partners' (CP) perceptions of the utility of these courses in accomplishing the goals of their organizations. This qualitative study sought to understand the CPs' perspective of the benefits and burdens they face while participating in a university-affiliated medical school's Community Learning and Social Medicine (CLSM) course. This was a qualitative focus group study conducted with CPs participating in the CLSM course. A trained facilitator virtually conducted focus groups. The study team recorded and professionally transcribed these conversations. The team subsequently developed a code book, and two independent coders analyzed all materials. The team used reflective thematic analysis to identify prominent themes. Fifteen out of 28 CPs participated in the study. The study team organized themes from the analysis into three categories: benefits to participation, challenges to participation, and minor themes. CP-perceived benefits to participating in the CLSM course included help with organizational activities, dissemination of clinically relevant skills to medical students, and effective engagement with community members. Barriers to participation included course constraints and a lack of clarity on course content and student expectations. CPs also described their role in medical student education as an extension of faculty members. Finally, CPs offered solutions for improving course communication among site leads, students, and course instructors. CPs acknowledged that this service-learning course provides collective benefit to students, community organizations, and community members. However, challenges such as navigating student schedules and understanding course expectations lead to additional work for CPs. Acting on suggestions for improvement will help secure this course's longevity and collective benefit to the community.

Understanding the Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Early Childhood Development in Marginalised Roma Communities: The Role of Parental Education and Household Equipment.

This study aimed to explore the effect of socioeconomic disadvantage accumulated in marginalised Roma communities (MRCs) on early childhood development and to assess the role of selected socioeconomic indicators in the association between belonging to MRCs vs. the majority and early childhood development. We obtained cross-sectional data from 232 mother-child dyads from MRCs and the majority population. The differences in early childhood development and background variables between the two groups were tested using chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests. The moderated mediation was tested using PROCESS Macro in SPSS Model 14 on 5000 bootstrap samples. Statistically significant differences between children from MRCs and the majority were found in terms of maternal age, parental education, household equipment, as well as early childhood development. Household equipment moderated the indirect effect of being from MRCs vs. the majority on early childhood development through parental education. The indirect effect through parental education was high at a low household equipment level, reduced at an average level and non-significant at a high level of household equipment. Our study uncovered disparities in early childhood development between children from MRCs and the majority population. Parental education significantly influenced developmental outcomes, while household equipment mitigated its impact.

Exploring remote supervision in higher education: Lecturers’ experiences

ABSTRACT As remote learning continues to play a significant role in higher education, the practice of remote supervision has become a critical component of academic and research activities. This research explores lecturers’ experiences in remote supervision, shedding light on challenges and strategies to ensure effective guidance and support. A qualitative approach was adopted using a semi-structured interview guide data collection from randomly selected lecturers and analysed thematically. The study generated three themes to address the research questions. Findings revealed the multifaceted nature of remote supervision, highlighting both the advantages of flexibility and the hurdles posed by technology, communication barriers, and time management. To navigate these challenges, lecturers have developed innovative strategies, including leveraging digital tools, enhancing communication, and prioritising self-discipline. The outcomes of this research provided valuable insights for colleges seeking to strengthen remote supervision experience, thereby improving the quality of higher education in this digital age.

Searching for Alternative Development of Economy and Marketing Role of Higher Economics Education in Russia

Economy of the country and regions today find themselves in a complicated situation of choosing alternative ways of development. Declining international influence leads to analysis and substantiation of new ways of development. Marketing as a centre of coordination for region sustainable development is becoming a supporting structure for the growing appeal on home market. Higher economics education and its agents, i. e. Russian universities of economics will bear high responsibility for searching and substantiation of alternatives ways of working on markets. On the basis of expert assessment and comparative analysis of economics and other regional universities (pedagogical, technical, classical) competitive advantages of specialized higher education institutions in working with mass media were demonstrated. Managerial features, professional orientation of education and training programs, economic links with regional enterprises can highlight these advantages. Rising requirements of branch regulators to media activity of universities result in chaotization of information flows and increase in their impact on regional positioning. Therefore, we can observe an antagonistic dualism between harsh reality and magic virtual pictures. The authors put forward a logical scheme for resolving this problem, relying on synthesis of institutionalism, cluster approach (according to M. Porter) and conventional territorial and industrial marketing.

Review of Local Government Policy and the Role of the Higher Education of Health in Bandung City

Review of Local Government Policy and the Role of the Higher Education of Health in Bandung City