Service Courses Research Articles

Adult Climate Change Education Advances Learning, Self-Efficacy, and Agency for Community-Scale Stewardship

Education per se does not necessarily foster positive environmental behaviors; rather, a complex assemblage of influences including social integration, discovering shared values, strengthening environmental identity, self-efficacy, and agency is needed to foster environmental stewardship. We examine the participant outcomes from a new adult climate education and service course, which is delivered by local organizations. The UC Climate Stewards certification course includes relationship building, social-emotional learning, climate science, climate communication, monitoring resilience, and how to take community-scale action. Based on results from ~154 participants, we observed significant improvement in self-efficacy, with confidence to help protect communities increasing from x¯ = 3.59 (3 is neutral) to x¯ 4.32 (4 is agree) (p < 0.00). The importance of doing something or taking action about climate change appears to be a value that was strongly held prior to taking the course and aligns with motivations for becoming a certified Climate Steward; hence, it only slightly increased from (x¯ = 4.25) to (x¯ = 4.57) (p < 0.00). Climate Stewards’ feeling of competency in talking about the subject increased (from x¯ 3.05 before to x¯ = 4.24 after, p < 0.00, N = 111). Finally, we examine the community-scale stewardship taken by the Climate Steward volunteers, from information provided through self-reporting, and explore additional approaches to researching pathways from education to agency.

Pendampingan Pembuatan Media Pembelajaran Inovatif Spinning Wheel Bagi Guru di Mi Miftahul Ma’arif

Devotional activities in the community scheme of appropriate technology service courses (PPTTG) with the implementation of spinning wheel learning media in Miftahul Ma'arif with the aim of increasing the courage of students in speaking in front of other students know the types of learning media. Increase the enthusiasm and motivation of participants Students in following the learning process. Encouraging Teacher MI Miftahul Ma'arif in Balongombo Tembelang Village to develop learning media so that teaching and learning activities are more attractive and motivate students active in learning.

ОКРЕМІ АСПЕКТИ ПРАВОВОГО РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ПРАЦІ ДЕРЖАВНИХ СЛУЖБОВЦІВ

Under conditions of emergencies, quarantine, martial law, citizens feel an increased need for effective work of civil servants, so the legal framework for civil servants should only contribute to the functioning of the state apparatus to provide basic services to the Ukrainian people. The whole range of public services must be provided to the citizens of Ukraine in a timely and prompt manner, despite the martial law. The scientific article examines current legal issues of labour regulation of civil servants under martial law. Increased attention is paid to the principle of patriotism as fundamental in the current work of civil servants. It is proposed to amend part 1 item 2 of Section II of the General Rules of Ethical Conduct of Civil Servants and Local Government Officials and state it in the following wording: “By their conduct, civil servants and local government officials should strengthen the authority of the civil service and service in local self-government bodies, affirm patriotic sentiments in the course of civil service, as well as the positive reputation of state bodies and local self-government bodies". It is recommended to include in the training programs of civil servants the issue of strict observance of the principle of patriotism among civil servants. With the start of the war, some civil servants left the borders of Ukraine, and many civil servants moved to other relatively safe regions of Ukraine. In many government agencies, the need to replenish human resources has increased. Under such realities, the legislation governing civil service has been innovated. Legislative innovations in the field of civil service are considered, among which special attention is paid to the lack of specialized selection for civil service positions, the potential risks of such innovations and ways to overcome them are outlined. In particular, we consider it necessary to conduct an interview with applicants for a vacant civil service position in several stages; not to refuse special inspections; call previous employers to confirm the facts covered in the characteristics-recommendations from previous jobs. It is proposed to start testing candidates for vacant civil service positions, constructing the test questions in such a way as to "feel" the pro-Ukrainian position of a potential civil servant. It is recommended to give preference in access to the civil service to former employees who resigned by agreement of the parties and have a sincere desire to serve with dignity for the benefit of our state in difficult times for the country.

Teaching Anti-Racism in an Aging Services Course: Lessons Developed and Lessons Learned

Despite high levels of racial disparities in health and well-being among older adults, curricula addressing how aging services systems contribute to or work to ameliorate these disparities are scarce. This paper introduces a module on inequalities and anti-racism in aging developed for an online course on aging services within a Master of Social Work program. First, materials that help students identify and understand racial inequalities in aging and in the programs that serve older adults are presented. Next, students are introduced to the applied context of how COVID-19 has exacerbated these inequalities. Finally, students critically engage in reflections and assessments of the available resources within aging services and advocacy organizations, providing recommendations for how these systems may better incorporate anti-racist practices. Challenges and opportunities will be discussed, including piloting this module in a virtual, asynchronous environment.

The Effects of Family-Centered Early Interven-tion Practices by Creating a Professional Team-Based Model in a Southern Regional Hospital

<p>以家庭為中心的服務觀念已是目前早期療育服務的發展重點，強調家庭與兒童皆為早期療育中重要的一環，臺灣的醫療服務模式多屬於傳統的專業導向，因此如何將專業服務邁向家庭中心導向凸顯出其重要性。本研究目的為建立可實施在醫療院所以家庭為中心早療專業團隊服務模式，並探討家庭與專業人員在進行研究過程中之變化與兒童之成效。專業團隊與九組家庭進行以作息為本位之晤談方式，透過討論形成共識，並在課程中持續與家庭討論與引導。結果顯示專業人員提供以家庭為中心的早療服務品質，在研究進行後皆有顯著的改善，家庭除了感受以家庭為中心的服務品質有顯著改善外，家庭成效則顯示在了解孩子優勢、幫助孩子學習以及獲得支持系統有顯著的進步；兒童在研究進行後在目標達成量表有顯著的進步。本研究所提出以家庭為中心的早療服務模式是可以運用在醫療環境中使用，相較於傳統的服務模式，能夠更符合家庭的需求，提升家庭的能力以及獲得更多具體的資訊來幫助孩子發展與學習，專業人員能夠在與家庭溝通的過程中更了解家庭的目標與期待，進而與家庭形成共識與良好的合作關係，進而達到良好的兒童成效。</p> <p> </p><p>The family-centered early intervention practice emphasizes that the family are as im-portant as the children with developmental delay when they receive the service, and the approach often adopts a professional team-based model. However, such practices may have difficulties in implementing in hospitals in Taiwan due to the traditional concept of “expert guidance” existing in most medical systems. The aim of this research attempted to build a professional team-based model and investigated the effects of family-centered services. There were nine families recruited in this study after trained by the professional team members on family-centered services courses which tried to build collaborative relationships with fami-lies, and coach families how to create learning opportunities for their children in daily ac-tivities. Instruments of MPOC-SP, MPOC, FOS-RT, CDIIT-DT and GAS were used to evaluate the effects of the team-based and family-centered services after six months inter-vention. The result found significant improvements in the quality of family-centered services provided by the professional team-based model. Another significant result was found in family outcomes, such as understanding rights, helping children learn and creating a support system for their own family. The outcomes of the children also showed significant im-provements in GAS. The study suggests the professional team-based model to provide fam-ily-centered early intervention services could be effective through collaboration for en-hancing functions of family and promoting development of children with special needs.</p> <p> </p>

Patterns of Child Mental Health Service Utilization Within a Multiple EBP System of Care

The current study (1) characterizes patterns of mental health service utilization over 8 years among youth who received psychotherapy in the context of a community implementation of multiple evidence-based practices (EBPs), and (2) examined youth-, provider- and service-level predictors of service use patterns. Latent profile analyses were performed on 5,663,930 administrative claims data furnished by the county department of mental health. Multinomial logistic regression with Vermunt’s method was used to examine predictors of care patterns. Based on frequency, course, cost, and type of services, three distinct patterns of care were identified: (1) Standard EBP Care (86.3%), (2) Less EBP Care (8.5%), and (3) Repeated/Chronic Care (5.2%). Youth age, ethnicity, primary language, primary diagnosis and secondary diagnosis, provider language and provider type, and caregiver involvement and service setting were significant predictors of utilization patterns. Although the majority of youth received care aligned with common child EBP protocols, a significant portion of youth (13.7%) received no evidence-based care or repeated, costly episodes of care. Findings highlight opportunities to improve and optimize services, particularly for youth who are adolescents or transition-aged, Asian-American/Pacific Islander, Spanish-speaking, or presenting with comorbidities.

Efficiency of University Course during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The education in this field of electronic banking has to adapt to rapid progress in technologies used for provision of banking services. The paper aims to shortly present the course of Electronic Services in Banking and to measure and compare the efficiency of education in the course before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. The efficiency of the educational process in the course was measured as learning gain by comparing pre-course and post-course tests' results using absolute gain, relative gain, and class average normalized gain during a period of five years. The education in the course was evaluated as effective in all observed cases. The additional surveys were conducted before and after the course completion detecting positive shifts in students’ knowledge and their adoption of electronic services in banking.

Sources of Variations in the Kenyan Sign Language and its Effects on Academic Performance of Students in Hearing Impairment Schools. A Case Study

Sign language is a system of communication that uses manual alphabets, hand gestures, facial expressions and finger spelling to convey meaning. It is used in communication as well as instructional language during teaching and learning process. However, there are variations in sign language worldwide and Kenya is no exception. The variations in sign language may affect academic performance among students in secondary school for the hearing impairment (HI). This study aimed at to identifying the sources of variations and the effects of variations on academic performance of students in HI schools. The study was guided by the ecological system theory of human development. Descriptive research design was employed. The target population of the study was 17 secondary schools for HI students, 589 form four students and 189 teachers. Two questionnaires were used, one for the teachers and the other for the HI students. A pilot study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of research instruments. Data was analyzed descriptively with the help of SPSS version 25. The results were presented in tables and figures in form frequencies and percentages. Results from the respondents established that there were variations in the KSL which were brought about by the family background, the teachers’ interactions, peers and friends, the curriculum and also regional variations. It was also established that the variations affected the way the students receive and respond to various concepts during teaching and learning process which affected their academic performance. The study concluded that there were variations in the KSL, which influenced students’ academic performance. The researcher recommends that curriculum developers should consider these findings and align the curriculum to reduce variations. Curriculum developers to use the media to teach the community on the appropriate signs used for communication in Kenya more in service courses for the trained teachers to all other teachers to get the basic sign languages used in Kenya.

Emergency medicine: past, present, and future challenges

Emergency medicine: past, present, and future challenges

Discent perspectives on the teaching and learning process in a technology course in legal services in distance education modality

The general objective of the study was to describe and analyze students' perspectives on the teaching and learning process in a technology course in legal services in distance education. The study also aimed to identify the profile of the student in the Legal Services course; describe the mastery of digital information and communication technologies by the students of the course; describe the teaching and learning process in the analyzed course; and to analyze the learning difficulties described by the students. Descriptive research with a quantitative and qualitative approach to data analysis was carried out with students from the second, third and fourth semesters of the technology course in Legal Services at a distance from a private university center in northern Paraná. The results obtained indicate that the greatest difficulties that students encounter in this context are of a personal nature. Within this category, academic difficulties predominate, followed by socioeconomic and structural difficulties that obtained the same percentage and difficulties in motivation. Despite indicating that the greatest learning difficulty is of a personal nature, when asked what could make them learn better, the majority indicated changes in instructional design.

Church Service of the Renovationist Metropolitan Antonin (Granovsky) through the Eyes of the Orthodox Clergy and Monasticism

One of the difficult subjects in the history of the Renovationist schism in the Russian Orthodox Church is considered – the irreconcilable conflict between the leaders of the schismatic Supreme Church Administration in the first months of its work. It resulted in scandalous forms of public non-recognition of each other in the course of joint church services and ordinations of new renovationist bishops. For the first time, the article introduces the study outcomes and publishes the original text of the report of the abbess, clergy and senior nuns of the Moscow Passionate Monastery to Patriarch Tikhon on the church service of the Renovationist Metropolitan Antonin (Granovsky) and other schismatic leaders in the monastery cathedral in September 1922. The handwritten original of the report is kept in the Russian State Historical Archive in St. Petersburg, in the collection of the office of Patriarch Tikhon and the Holy Synod. It is suggested, which requires further confirmation, that its text was written by the hand of the monastery archpriest Theodore Aleksinsky, the holy new martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church. The article concludes that the published source reflects the most acute phase of the conflict between the Renovationist Metropolitan Antonin and the priest V. D. Krasnitsky, which led to a split in Renovationism and the emergence of new schismatic groups. It highlights the most significant milestones in the life of the main person mentioned in the report of the Renovationist Metropolitan Antonin (Granovsky). It also observes the attempts to introduce and publish this historical source that have taken place in historiography before. This article publishes the report taking into account the modern scientific norms of archeography.

Cultural Challenge: Teaching Mathematics to Non-mathematicians

A “mathematics for non-mathematicians” course, commonly known as a “service” course is an undergraduate mathematics course developed for students who are not (going to become) mathematics majors. Besides calculus, such courses may include linear algebra, mathematical reasoning, differential equations, mathematical programming and modeling, discrete mathematics, mathematics for teachers, and so on. In this article we argue that a good, productive curricular design and teaching of service courses happen through a meaningful collaboration between a mathematics instructor and the department whose students are taking the course. This collaboration ensures that “non-mathematicians” see the relevance of learning mathematics for their discipline (say, by discussing authentic problems and examples), but also appreciate the relevance and benefits which mathematics brings to their overall education and skills set.

Theory into Practice: Information Behavior in Pre‐Service Education for Information Service Roles

AbstractThis poster will present the results of an online survey of instructors of reference and information services courses in North American programs preparing information service professionals for practice. The survey explores instructors' decisions about incorporating information behavior theories, models, and concepts into their courses, as well as their perspectives on the appropriate balance between theoretical and practical course content. The survey constitutes phase three of a study with two previous phases: a content analysis of course syllabi for these courses and interviews with course instructors. Study results to date show that variation in instructors' information behavior expertise, and in their discretion to modify course content, lead to significant disparity in theory content. The findings suggest opportunities to educate course instructors in information behavior content, and to strengthen theoretical content in courses, which would better prepare future information service professionals to provide more effective service.

Utilizing active learning to engage engineering students in a freshman physics service course taught in an EFL environment

Engaging Electrical Engineering (EE) students in a freshman general physics service course is challenging as they see little relationship between the topics and their major. Non-native speakers enrolled in a course taught in English face an additional challenge beyond understanding the basic physics, that is, understanding specialized English. These challenges are especially serious at second tier universities in Taiwan where the students’ knowledge of physics coming out of high school is based on memorization rather than understanding and whose comprehension of the English language is less than ideal. As a result, they easily tire, stop listening, and stop attending classes. We show that an active learning based approach increases both students’ enjoyment of physics and understanding of new physics concepts and English. Bilingual guided discovery worksheets (GD) for PhET interactive simulations, smartphone-based games, small group flashcard responses, and a website summarizing the ‘big idea’ to be presented in each time slot were developed. The effect of this teaching strategy was measured both quantitatively (grades) and qualitatively (student survey). While students agreed that games were most enjoyable, there was no consensus on which activities were most helpful. Strong attendance (relative to lecture based courses) up to the end of the course suggests that students found class time interesting and useful. GD were most effective for topics in which students had little prior knowledge. The subsequent addition of smartphone-based games increased attendance and reported enjoyment, but did not significantly modify the final grade.

Teaching Workplace Genre Ecologies and Pedagogical Goals Through Résumés and Cover Letters

This study examines how and why 20 instructors (17 tenure-line and 3 nontenure-line) in introductory service courses enact their pedagogical values and address current concerns (e.g., personal branding, LinkedIn, and applicant tracking systems) when teaching résumés and cover letters. Research methods included a demographics survey, qualitative interviews, and critical discourse analysis of assignment sheets and deidentified student examples. Results provide an opportunity to renegotiate gaps between Business and Professional Communication’s research and pedagogical methods, shifting from overemphasizing formatting and checklists and toward understanding job applications as workplace genre ecologies to encourage deeper learning.

Pandemic Telemedicine Technology Response Plan and Technology Assessment Phase 2: Pandemic Action Plan Key Issues and Technology Solutions for Health Care Delivery Organizations in a Pandemic.

Introduction:The Covid-19 pandemic created critical challenges for hospitals and healthcare providers. Suddenly clinics were forced to close; scheduled visits were cancelled; emergency rooms were overcrowded; hospital beds, equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) was in short supply; and staff were faced with rapidly changing circumstances, care protocols, trauma and personal risk. In order to better address the ongoing the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for future pandemics, the National Telemedicine Technology Assessment resource Center (TTAC) was asked to develop an Pandemic Response Action Plan that would allow its user to address critical issues with available telemedicine and related technologies. The project was constructed into three phases: Phase 1. Develop a Pandemic Response Action Plan (this document) and a Policy document which identifies the regulatory challenges in the Pandemic Response as well as policy recommendations (published separately). Phase 2. Publish the plan and policy documents. Phase 3 Look at healthcare providers who used the approaches, tools and technology in the Pandemic Action Plan and document the results (to be published separately). TTAC will also assess selected technology and publish results as part of their normal course of services.Materials and Methods: A multi-disciplinary team was created representing leadership expertise and key stakeholders in healthcare delivery during a pandemic (administration, infection control, physicians, nurses, public health, contingency planning, disaster response, information technology) as well as a facilitator. The group used structured brainstorming, current literature and iterative review to identify the most critical challenges facing healthcare providers during the current Covid 19 pandemic. The team then used structured brainstorming, professional experience and current literature to take a deeper look into these impacts, identify applicable solutions and develop a plan to address the critical challenges using telemedicine and related technologies.Result:A Pandemic Action Response Plan that describes the critical challenges and then identifies approaches, tools and technology to address them as well as identifying samples of the technology.Conclusions:The impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic was severe and identified multiple critical challenges and weaknesses in most healthcare providers. Applying the approaches, tools and technology in this Pandemic Action Plan will help providers address these challenges and increase the capabilities and resilience of their organizations in the provision of care during this and future pandemics

Students’ Understanding of the Economic Interpretation of the Derivative in the Context of Marginal Cost

Many disciplines make use of mathematical concepts. However, there are often discrepancies between the way mathematical concepts are understood and taught in mathematics and the way they are used in other disciplines. The literature suggests that such discrepancies might make it hard for students in mathematics service courses to make a connection between the mathematical concepts taught and the way they are used in the students’ major disciplines. We investigated this hypothesis for one specific example in mathematics for economics students – the derivative and its interpretation commonly used in economics as the amount of change when increasing the production by one unit. We conducted an interview study investigating to what extent economics students can make a connection between the mathematical concept of the derivative and this common economic interpretation of the derivative. This study provides empirical evidence that it is actually difficult for economics students to make this connection, even though it was covered in their calculus course. In particular, the study reveals difficulties students have when trying to make this connection, which could be addressed in teaching.

The activities of outstanding educators Stefan of Perm and Trifon of Vyatka on the development of education of the population of the Vyatka-Kama region

Introduction. The problem of studying the educational efforts of the first enlighteners of the Russian Land is of relevance, theoretical interest and practical value for teachers in terms of forming spiritual and moral values among the younger generation, familiarizing young people with remarkable examples of selfless activity of the founders of education in the enlightenment of their people. The purpose of the study is to characterize the main directions of educational efforts of Stefan Permsky and Trifon Vyatsky. Materials and methods. To achieve the aim of the research the author used the following scientific methods: analysis of the historical literature, scientific and pedagogical interpretation of the information contained in the sources; comparative and historical methods; axiological approach, which allows to identify the positive content in the scientific material to be studied. The results of the study. The historical importance of the invention of the first alphabet by Stefan Permsky for the Komi people is proved. Its use in the course of church services represented the first attempt to educate and, at the same time, convert this northern people to Christianity, and contributed to the spread of literacy and Orthodoxy in the Vyatka-Kama region as a whole. Tryphon Vyatsky is shown as the builder of Orthodox churches, which became, at his command, a repository of books and written documents, and this, in turn, stimulated the initial development of the letter "on Vyatka". Tryphon Vyatsky contributed to the spread of book literacy and moral development, first of local priests, and then of the entire population of the region. He showed himself as a strict zealot of Orthodox morality, who fought against the spread of bad habits. Both enlighteners are shown as spiritual mentors and guardians of order and morality. Their educational activities laid the foundation for the further development of education in the Vyatka-Kama region. Conclusion. The initial stage of the development of education in the region under consideration was carried out thanks to the ascetic efforts of the first educators, whose example up to the present time serves as a moral guide for the modern generation of teachers of the Vyatka-Kama Region.

PELAKSANAAN COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING (CBL) DALAM PENGAJARAN DAN PEMBELAJARAN BAGI KURSUS KHIDMAT MASYARAKAT DI INSTITUSI PENGAJIAN TINGGI

The learning process at the tertiary level needs to go through a phase of transformation in line with the demand of the current situation. The implementation of teaching activities and assignments given should emphasize the aspect of human capital formation. In other words, students need to be provided with the concept of independent study, see the problems faced by society and be sensitive to changes taking place in society. This is because, after graduation, students will be in the community. Community groups in the workplace and communities outside the workplace. Aspects of skills acquired while studying at university will be a measure of the ability of students to provide the best service to their employers later. Teaching and learning today needs to be improved according to the changing times. The stigma of society's thinking defining that lecturer are only teachers should be added to lecturers as advisors of a project or assignment given to students. Based on this factor, a study was conducted to see how the implementation of Community Based Learning (CBL) in Community Service courses can be used as an effective teaching medium in building students' personalities. The design of the study was a survey study (cross-sectional survey) and the data obtained were analyzed descriptively based on the percentage obtained from the distribution of the questionnaire. Respondents involved in this study were 239 undergraduate students from various backgrounds and institutions of study namely Uitm, UUM UniKL, and UniSHAMS. The study focused on the impact and challenges aspects of students applying CBL in Community Service courses. The findings of the study found that the formation of student personality such as self–confidence, leadership attitude, critical thinking occurs when CBL is applied in the teaching and learning process. Although CBL successfully applied in teaching and learning, there were some students who had to face some form of challenge. Among the dominant forms of challenge are differences of opinion with group members, lack of cooperation by the community, and financial constraints. However, on the basis of commitment and responsibility, students can deal with the problems faced in a wise manner and eventually be able to complete the assigned tasks.

Introductory data science across disciplines, using Python, case studies, and industry consulting projects

AbstractData and its applications are increasingly ubiquitous in the rapidly digitizing world and consequently, students across different disciplines face increasing demand to develop skills to answer both academia's and businesses' increasing need to collect, manage, evaluate, apply and extract knowledge from data and critically reflect upon the derived insights. On the basis of recent experiences at the University of Ttingen, Germany, we present a new approach to teach the relevant data science skills as an introductory service course at the university or advanced college level. We describe the outline of a complete course that relies on case studies and project work built around contemporary data sets, including openly available online teaching resources.