Sustainability Of Discipline Research Articles

Identifikácia problémov vychovávateľov v školskom klube detí

The paper is focused on the identification of problems faced by educators in the educational institution, the school children's club. From the initial placement of the educator in the educational process, he/she is matched with problems related to his/her adaptation to the new environment and the unpredictable circumstances that he/she has to deal with. We identify the shortcomings affecting the professional activity of educators as the problems of the novice educator, the sustainability of discipline and respect for the educator as an authority figure, the underestimation and undervaluation of the profession, the inclusion of children with special educational needs in the activities of the club, and the material and spatial shortcomings in the school children's club.

Interactive and situated learning in education for sustainability

Purpose This study aims to explore the opportunities offered by interactive and situated learning (e-learning and m-learning) in support of education for sustainability in disciplines of the built environment. Design/methodology/approach The paper illustrates the development of an online portal and a mobile app aimed at promoting students’ motivation and engagement with sustainability in design, and discusses the outcomes of their testing, investigating users’ acceptance, comparing academic results and analysing feedback. Findings The findings add empirical evidence to the view that information and communication technology-enhanced pedagogies can substantially contribute to the agenda of sustainability in higher education, primarily due to their affordance of interactive communication and contextualisation of knowledge, while guaranteeing flexible time and pace of learning. Research limitations/implications The study solely focused on the development and testing of e-learning and m-learning tools to foster students’ competence of sustainability in design studio work. The tools trialled were mostly at their prototypical stage and their testing included a relatively short-term evaluation and a narrow, self-selected, user base. However, the approach and findings are felt to be applicable to a much wider range of educational contexts. Originality/value Interactive and situated pedagogical methods and tools have the potential to prompt a departure from transmissive educational models, encompassing at once theoretical, experiential and analytic learning processes. This is of value to education for sustainability in disciplines of the built environment due to the requirement to holistically consolidate multi-/inter-/trans-disciplinary knowledge into a coherent design whole.

Disciplining of student’s vis-à-vis the duties/responsibilities of vice principals in secondary institutions in Oyo State: Yesterday and today

This paper focused on how Nigeria’s teeming youth requires a high level of seriousness from all stakeholders: the student, school administrators, teaching staff, parents, educational agencies and the government. There had been much emphasis on the need for everyone to understand and play specifically assigned roles, and to ensure that the posterity is not marred by foundational flaws in child discipline. It had been noted that all the stakeholders are significant to the sustainability of discipline in secondary institutions; a continuous and effective exposition for each category is significant to the achievement of remarkable success. This study reviews the unavoidable responsibilities of vice principals in the disciplining of students in Oyo state. The importance of comparing the past and present forms of discipline in a bid to fabricate a better future for the next generation was also considered. The paper stresses that inculcating the foundation of discipline in students can only be successful if educators know the implication of failing to guide their wards to the threshold of success. Hence, the need to squarely face and resolve any observed decay and decadence of norms and values in our secondary schools with vice principals playing a significant role.