Theoretical Knowledge Teaching Research Articles

Evaluating the effectiveness of illness script teaching on clinical reasoning skills in post-baccalaureate nursing students

BackgroundTypically, nurse education curricula are separated into the teaching of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. This separation may hinder nursing students' development of clinical reasoning skills, making it difficult for them to prioritize tasks and make decisions about interventions. Illness scripts have been shown to help medical students improve their clinical reasoning skills; however, they are rarely used in nurse education. ObjectivesTo evaluate the influence of illness script teaching method on post-baccalaureate nursing students' clinical reasoning skills. DesignThe study adopted a single-arm quantitative pre-experimental research design and incorporated qualitative focus group discussions. Settings/participantsThis study was conducted at a university in northern Taiwan. Participants included 35 post-baccalaureate nursing students who were enrolled in an elective course focused on clinical skills. MethodsTo enhance nursing students' clinical reasoning skills, illness scripts for five clinical scenarios were developed and implemented as part of their curriculum. The Nurses Clinical Reasoning Scale was utilized to assess self-rated clinical reasoning abilities, while dual-teacher scoring was used to evaluate clinical reasoning objectively. The VARK learning preference questionnaire was used to examine how learning preferences affect learning outcomes. After the course, semi-structured focus groups were held to collect student feedback on the effectiveness of the teaching methods and the learning outcomes. ResultsThis study's quantitative and qualitative results show that illness script-based teaching improves nursing students' clinical reasoning. Quantitative results showed significant objective reasoning score improvements. However, minimal changes in self-rated scores suggest a learning style-influenced gap between perceived and actual abilities. Qualitative findings showed that students valued linking clinical issues to practical applications but struggled with knowledge gaps and engagement. ConclusionsThe illness script teaching method improved students' understanding of clinical scenarios and enhanced their clinical reasoning abilities. Incorporating illness scripts into nurse education was beneficial for nursing students.

Multi-method integrated experimental teaching reform of a programming course based on the OBE-CDIO model under the background of engineering education

Under the background of engineering education professional certification, the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) education concept of “output-oriented” has been paid more and more attention. The traditional experimental teaching of programming course often focuses on the teaching of theoretical knowledge, and lacks the cultivation of students’ practical ability and innovative spirit. Engineering education puts forward new requirements for the teaching mode of program design course. The experimental teaching of programming courses requires further reform and innovation to cultivate high-quality technical engineering talents with good social responsibility, teamwork ability, and innovative thinking ability. Guided by the theory of engineering education combined with the educational philosophy of Conceive–Design–Implement–Operate (CDIO) and OBE, this paper carried out the reform of experimental teaching of programming course among students majoring in computer science and technology and information security. This teaching reform aimed to better cultivate students’ practical ability, innovation ability, and knowledge-integrated application ability, considering the course concept, course design, course implementation, and course operation, and exploring the practice of teaching process reconfiguration, teaching content organization, and teaching method integration. This multi-integration experimental teaching reform was found to fully mobilize students’ learning enthusiasm, tap into students’ potential, greatly improve students’ comprehensive practical ability, effectively achieve course goals, and lay a solid foundation for subsequent professional course learning. This teaching mode has been practically applied in current experimental teaching and is widely recognized by students, providing a reference for improving teaching quality.

Sustainable Cultivation of Discipline Competition Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education: An Example of the Food Science and Engineering Major

Cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents has become the responsibility and mission of higher education. It reflects the effectiveness of education in terms of teaching quality, scientific prowess, and social service. Discipline competitions played a significant role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship ability, serving as a crucial component of innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges. This study used the food science and engineering major as an example to address the gap between theoretical knowledge teaching and the actual production process. It aimed to improve the poor performance of innovative practices by establishing a sustainable cultivation model for discipline competition programs. There needs to be an investigation into the conduct of disciplinary competitions and the students’ participation in them. Then, a model comprising a “theory + experiment + practice” course to guide students in participating in competitions should be formed. A rational and sustainable innovation team and a collaborative innovation platform for school–enterprise integration needs to be built. In order to achieve sustainable development education and cultivate applied talents who can solve complex problems in food engineering, the sustainable cultivation model was established. This work could serve as a reference for developing professional discipline competitions and fostering innovative and entrepreneurial talents for sustainable development.

The Implementation of Art Design Teaching Innovation in Landscape Design Based on Cluster Analysis

Abstract The current art design teaching mode only focuses on the teaching of theoretical knowledge, ignoring the mining of user needs, which can’t make the art design recognized by users. This paper takes the Kano demand model as the basis, combines user demand for innovative art design teaching modes, and provides a related method of demand analysis. The process of art design teaching requires an in-depth analysis of landscape design needs, using cluster analysis methods to cluster design needs and optimization through GA indicators. Based on the Kano demand model, the landscape design evaluation elements are screened, and the data are quantitatively analyzed in terms of satisfaction and cluster analysis results with the landscape design of the ancient city of L as an example. The results show that the demand-oriented art design teaching focuses on grasping the use function and cultural perception of the landscape, and its demand intensity value is 0.68 and 0.89, respectively. Facing different activity characteristics, the users need to take different landscape design tendencies. Compared with the sports-oriented crowd, the entertainment-oriented crowd expects the cultural nature of the scene now sketches and ornaments and the coordination of the overall landscape, and the interval range of its Better coefficient is [0.3], [0.3], and the interval range is [0.3]. The range of the Better coefficient is [0.3,0.5]. Demand-oriented art design teaching mode can give students the ability to deeply explore the user’s needs so as to make the landscape design more in line with the user’s needs and improve the attractiveness of the landscape.

Interpreting the Practical Aspects of Contemporary Criminal Law Education Programs

With the continuous progress and development of society, the status and role of criminal law education in the field of law have become more and more important. However, the traditional criminal law education model often favors the teaching of theoretical knowledge and neglects the cultivation of students' practical operation ability, which is unable to meet the students' demand for the practical ability of criminal law. Therefore, it has become an inevitable choice to carry out practical sessions in contemporary criminal law education programs. In this paper, we will discuss the effective strategy of carrying out practical aspects in contemporary criminal law education courses, to provide theoretical support for improving students' practical ability and meeting the social demand for talents in the field of jurisprudence.

Design and Usability Testing of an Augmented Reality (AR) Environment in Pharmacy Education—Presenting a Pilot Study on Comparison between AR Smart Glasses and a Mobile Device in a Laboratory Course

An essential feature of pharmacy education is the teaching of theoretical knowledge with the support of practical work in the laboratory. When properly utilized, laboratory activities have the potential to enhance students’ achievement, conceptual understanding, and positive attitudes towards learning. In this pilot study, an augmented reality (AR) environment was designed and introduced for teaching laboratory skills in pharmacy education at the university level. The AR environment was used by pharmacy students (n = 36), featuring gate questions, information screens, Quick Response codes, think-aloud questions, and instant feedback. The environment was utilized with smart glasses and mobile devices with the aim of comparing the support to students’ performance. User experience was evaluated through self-efficacy beliefs and anxiety towards the technology. As a result, students found the environment a useful supplement to traditional laboratory teaching. Smart glasses and mobile devices were both accepted with great positivity but neither being clearly preferred over the other. Smart glasses were noted to provide sufficient feedback in the right stages of work. In contrast, mobile devices promoted the learning process more than the smart glasses. The self-efficacy results for mobile device use were higher, especially related to device handling and operating the AR environment. The pilot study gives educators valuable insights on the usability of AR technology in guiding laboratory tasks, although future work should involve larger and more diverse samples, as well as different learning tasks.

Construction Method of Industrial College in Vocational Colleges Based on Cluster Analysis Algorithm.

In the context of the combination of industry and education, the construction of industrial colleges in vocational colleges can drive the scientific development of specialty settings in colleges and universities, and promote the way for colleges to expand students' practical teaching under the teaching of theoretical knowledge, and it is also an effective way for students to stimulate their learning enthusiasm and innovation enthusiasm. Colleges and universities can increase the direction and characteristics of specialist settings in colleges while enhancing instructors' professional level through school-business collaboration, and growing measures of talent training in colleges and universities plays a significant guiding role. The way to set up industrial colleges in vocational colleges reflects the development characteristics of talent training mode in the new era, and it is also an effective way to meet the practical training of students and the actual needs of society. It is a new school running mode of transforming productivity, cooperation, and mutual benefit, which is very worthy of promotion and development. This paper analyzes the problems existing in the construction of industrial colleges in vocational colleges in China and finds out the corresponding solutions. A path method of industrial college construction in vocational colleges based on the cluster analysis algorithm is proposed. The validity of this model is verified by experiments, which lays a foundation for the construction of industrial colleges in vocational colleges.

Teaching Intelligence System Based on the Cloud Platform of the Internet of Things and Its Application in Physical Education

With the progress of physical education reform, more and more educational methods are added to physical education. The state has always attached great importance to the reform of school physical education and has promulgated and implemented a number of policies and documents to stimulate the reform of school physical education. Change the teaching method from “theoretical knowledge teaching” to “combination of theory and practice”, change the teaching content from “subject standard and complicated subjects” to “comprehensive course teaching”, and change “conservative and mechanical teaching” to “active and teacher-student participation”. The introduction of intelligent systems and responsive software in physical education not only allows students to learn with the aid of multimedia courseware but also accesses to high-performance graphics data processing software GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and so on. This article describes the production plan of multimedia courseware under the intelligent system environment and constructs the sports teaching framework of multimedia courseware under the intelligent system desktop system. Choose the Ubuntu18.04 stable version system to obtain OpenOffice and GIMP components, as well as multimedia materials for physical education, and make physical education courseware. The experiment teaching effect evaluation is carried out in the main body composed of 100 physical education students in our college. Research shows that the use of GIMP can greatly improve the learning efficiency in the physical education of the intelligent system. Compared with Windows and other systems, the teaching system constructed in this study only retains the core components and can reflect great system permissions in teaching advantage. In terms of processing speed, the image processing time is reduced by 36% compared to Windows, and it has more types of professional materials than Microsoft. The learning time of teachers using the intelligent system professional physical education software is more than 50% shorter than that of Photoshop, 3D Max, etc., thereby improving the work efficiency of physical education teachers.

Hybrid threats as an object of educational practices in the cultural and artistic sphere of Ukraine (based on the experience of the Erasmus + project "Academic Counteraction to Hybrid Threats - #WARN" 610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP")

Purpose of the article. Investigate and summarize the experience of the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management in preparing graduates for the formation of special competencies that will professionally counteract hybrid threats in the socio-cultural sphere of Ukraine, acquaint them with methods of diagnosing and analyzing relevant hazards, organizational and legal bases, forms and methods countering threats, security of the national cultural and humanitarian sphere as a component of management of socio-cultural activities. Methodology. Dialectical and structural-system approaches, general scientific methods of abstraction, classification, and comparison are used. A synergetic approach to the theory of security science, structural-functional and system-situational methods of management science are applied. Methods of scientific analysis and scientometrics, empirical-cognitive method of pedagogical science are involved. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the organizational and methodological bases of the introduction of studying modern views on the essence of unconventional (hybrid) confrontation in the maintenance and algorithm of preparation of experts of a master's level on the management of sociocultural activity are investigated. Conclusions. The development of tools for the destructive impact on the socio-cultural sphere of sovereign states (societies) in the arsenal of "hybrid wars" encourages the introduction of management training for the socio-cultural sphere, development, and implementation of specialized courses to acquire special competencies that will allow future cultural and civilizational matrix as the basis of the viability of states and peoples. It is advisable to introduce structural and logical teaching of theoretical knowledge and practical skills on combating hybrid threats at different levels of higher education. It seems important to develop and implement cultural practices, training, and game components that will develop critical, creative, creative thinking while forming in future managers of socio-cultural activities skills to prevent destructive influences on the socio-cultural sphere.
 Key words: hybrid threats, hybrid war, national and information security, teaching methods, training and game practice, management of socio-cultural activities.

Democratisation of educational systems through participatory approaches in US schools and universities

Introduction. This article examines the modern educational approach in the field of liberal arts and practical finance, democratisation of the decision-making system in educational institutions through the active engagement of students on the example of US schools and universities. This approach is based on initiative, or participatory budgeting, i.e. students are involved in the process of allocation of budgetary funds of schools and universities. Such participatory practice has educational and administrative objectives, as it serves to improve the quality management in educational institutions through the involvement of students in major decisions. Taking into account the fact that students are the key beneficiaries of the education system, their opinions lead to increased efficiency in educational institutions.Aim. On the basis of real cases, the current research is aimed to identify and describe participatory techniques that can integrate the teaching of theoretical knowledge in the field of civil society with the formation of practical skills in this area.Methodology and research methods. Desk research method of analysing primary and secondary sources (websites of educational institutions, academic publications, and articles in the media) and the field sociological method of expert interviews were used. Expert interviews with representatives of schools and universities, teachers, officers from educational institutions, consultants from the Participatory Budgeting Project, the leading consulting organisation in North America were conducted.Results. The results of the study reveal several participatory techniques for students’ engagement in the allocation of budgetary funds of schools and universities that are applied in New York and Arizona. The identified and described technologies of participation contribute to the formation of students’ knowledge of socio-economic disciplines, practical finance and civics, project management skills, as well as an increase in civic engagement.Scientific novelty. The present study expands the ideas about how to improve the process of teaching social and economic disciplines at schools and universities, practical finance and project management. The method of improving the efficiency of educational institutions through democratic practices is identified.Practical significance. In the future, the proposed approach can be applied in Russian educational institutions.

THE EFFECT OF CREATIVE DRAMA METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS TOWARDS THE MUSIC LESSON

The aim of this research is to examine the effects of creative drama method on students' achievements towards the music lesson . In addition to this, in the research, it was aimed to develop appropriate educational activities prepared with creative drama method for the theoretical subjects of music, to eliminate the unwillingness of students towards these subjects, to facilitate the learning of information about music theory, to make learning fun and permanent, and to provide the student to learn voluntarily. In this study; For the determined purpose, creative drama method was applied in the teaching of theoretical knowledge of the 4th grade musical perception and information learning field in the 2018-2019 Academic Year Music Course Education Program of the Ministry of Education. The study was carried out by experimental method. The study group consists of 80 students, including 40 students in the Samsun Mimarsinan Primary School, an experimental group and 40 students in the control group. While the subjects pertaining to the musical perception and information learning area were taught by the classroom teacher with the traditional (classical) teaching method in the control group, the experimental group was taught by the researcher using the creative drama method. The pre-test and post-test post-test music course success scale was applied to both groups. With the results obtained from the scale, the effect of creative drama method on students' achievements towards the music lesson was investigated. As a result, it was found that creative drama method had a positive effect on students ' achievements, there was no significant difference according to gender, and the effect on students' achievement levels was 'enormous'.

Practical Research on Business Data Analysis Course Based on Project Curriculum Reform

The teaching of professional courses in domestic colleges and universities mostly focuses on the teaching of theoretical knowledge, and there is still a lot of room to improve students' practical ability, ability to analyze and solve practical problems and innovation ability. Most of the professional courses in many colleges and universities are cases formed by manual sorting or over processing, which are quite different from the actual project situation. Aiming at the problem that the traditional professional course teaching is out of touch with the practical application ability of enterprises, this paper explores the curriculum reform method of immersing real projects in the teaching process, which is oriented to the needs of enterprises. This study analyzes the teaching background of data analysis courses, describes the content, process and problems of project immersion teaching.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE INFLUENCE OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM TEACHING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Currently, many educational practitioners do not agree on how flipped classroom affects students’ learning effect. In order to further explore the impact of flipped classroom on students’ learning effect, this paper conducts a quantitative analysis of some flipped classroom experimental and quasi-experimental studies systematically by means of meta-analysis method. The study finds that the random effect model shows that the combined effect is 0.373, reaching the statistical significance level, which indicates that flipped classroom has moderate positive effect on improving students' learning effect. There is no significant difference in the effect of flipped classroom on the learning effect of different subjects and stages, but the effect on primary school students is weaker. Significant differences in the effect on learning outcomes among different knowledge types have been found, and specifically, the flipped instruction is good for the study of practical knowledge, but has less influence on theoretical knowledge learning. Therefore, in the application of flipped classroom, it is necessary to pay attention to the characteristics of different learning objects and types of knowledge, and flipped classroom teaching cannot be used too much in primary school and the teaching of theoretical knowledge during the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic.

Statistical Analysis on the Influence of Flipped Classroom Teaching on Students’ Learning Effect During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic

Currently, many educational practitioners do not agree on how flipped classroom affects students’ learning effect. In order to further explore the impact of flipped classroom on students’ learning effect, this paper conducts a quantitative analysis of some flipped classroom experimental and quasi-experimental studies systematically by means of meta-analysis method. The study finds that the random effect model shows that the combined effect is 0.373, reaching the statistical significance level, which indicates that flipped classroom has moderate positive effect on improving students' learning effect. There is no significant difference in the effect of flipped classroom on the learning effect of different subjects and stages, but the effect on primary school students is weaker. Significant differences in the effect on learning outcomes among different knowledge types have been found, and specifically, the flipped instruction is good for the study of practical knowledge, but has less influence on theoretical knowledge learning. Therefore, in the application of flipped classroom, it is necessary to pay attention to the characteristics of different learning objects and types of knowledge, and flipped classroom teaching cannot be used too much in primary school and the teaching of theoretical knowledge during the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic.

Research on Practical Innovation Curriculum of College Students' Pre-school Literature Education

In the actual teaching, the teaching of pre-school literature course often emphasizes theory over practice, which emphasizes the teaching of theoretical knowledge and neglects the cultivation of students' practical ability. Art education, as an indispensable part of preschool education, compulsory education, vocational education, higher education, continuing education, national education and special education, plays an important role in implementing and deepening quality education and infiltrating humanistic spirit, and becomes an important way to promote the development and healthy growth of students' innovative ability. On the basis of analyzing the present situation of practice teaching of preschool literature course, this paper expounds the viewpoints and discusses the practice in the aspects of innovating diversified teaching methods and means of theoretical knowledge and strengthening practical training inside and outside the school.

What factors determine the development of employability skills in Nigerian higher education?

ABSTRACT Employability is a set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes that make an individual adapt to changes in the labour market. This study applies ‘Human Capital Theory’ (HCT) and the ‘theory of Interrole Learning Transfer’ (ILT) to examine factors which affect the attitudes, motivations and actions of learners towards their future employability. A qualitative approach enabled in-depth interviews with 36 participants drawn from academics, students, company managers and policymakers. Our findings reveal that there is a disconnect between the teaching of theoretical knowledge and employability skills. Higher education (HE) is presented to Nigerians as if young people must achieve a degree certificate to have a chance to succeed in life. Also, it appears that students have a notion that the certificate is enough to evidence ability. The findings lead to the development of ‘employability model’ which proposes that individual orientation and institutional factors determine the enactment of employability skills.

Research on Curriculum Reform of Mechanical Manufacturing Equipment Design Based on Engineering Awareness Training

Machinery Manufacturing Equipment Designis an important professional course in mechanical design, manufacturing and automation of colleges and universities. It involves a wide range of knowledge, and requires a high level of students’ comprehensive ability to apply knowledge. It is practical and applicable. However, the current teaching model still has a weak engineering awareness, and students lack engineering practice ability and independent innovation ability. The study of many contents of the course still stays in the teaching of theoretical knowledge, so that the students’ understanding of the course Mechanical Manufacturing Equipment Designis limited to the text of the book and cannot be combined with engineering practice. Therefore, the teaching content of the course Machinery Manufacturing Equipment Designneeds to be reformed, mainly to strengthen students’ engineering awareness, thus strengthening students’ practical ability and innovative ability, and promoting students’ all-round development.

Reconstruction of the Relationship Between Teaching and Learning in "Flipped Classroom" -- A Case Study of Pedagogy

<p align="justify">Flipped classroom is applied in teaching of higher education. In order to achieve better results, teachers should enhance students' participation, strengthen the communication and interaction between teachers and students, students and students, and let students develop the habit of active exploration and learning. In addition, teachers need to set practical curriculum objectives and a reasonable teaching plan, as well as design interactive teaching links. Through the teaching of theoretical knowledge and corresponding skills, students can effectively combine pedagogy theory with practice, gradually deepen their thinking on pedagogy, and then develop their exploratory learning habits, which plays a positive role in improving students' professional quality and knowledge reserve.</p>

Effects of Using Task-Driven Classroom Teaching on Students’ Learning Attitudes and Learning Effectiveness in an Information Technology Course

The Internet era of the modern day means that information technology no longer depends on computer theory. Instead, new education methods are used for innovative application. Therefore, the task-driven classroom teaching method is integrated into information technology teaching of junior middle school by designing specific cases. From the theoretical knowledge teaching and the comprehensive operational practice teaching, we explore the effect of using the task-driven classroom learning method on students’ learning attitudes and learning effectiveness in an information technology course. The experimental results show that using the task-driven classroom teaching method has significant positive correlation on student learning performance, learning interest, and creative thinking. This idea can stimulate interest in learning and improve the comprehensive quality of students; thus, it can promote the reform of information technology education and curriculums. For a more detailed discussion, the results will be discussed in this paper.

Theoretical knowledge and skill retention 4 months after a European Paediatric Life Support course.

The European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) provider course aims at training doctors and nurses in the efficient and prompt management of cardiopulmonary arrest in children. EPLS is a 2-day European Resuscitation Council course, involving the teaching of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The aim of the study was to evaluate the retention of theoretical knowledge and certain skills of EPLS providers 4 months after the course. In total, 80 doctors and nurses who attended three EPLS provider courses, from May 2012 to December 2012, were asked to participate in the study and only 50 responded positively. Demographic data (age, sex, occupation) of the participants were collected. The European Resuscitation Council-approved EPLS written test was used to assess theoretical knowledge right after the course and after 4 months. The retention of certain skills (airway opening, bag-mask ventilation, chest compressions) was also examined. The theoretical knowledge decreased significantly (P<0.001) 4 months after the course. Age, sex and occupational status (medical or nursing profession) had no effect in theoretical knowledge retention. Interestingly, certain skills such as the application of airway opening manoeuvres and effective bag-mask ventilation were retained 4 months after the course, whereas chest compression skill retention significantly declined (P=0.012). According to our findings, theoretical knowledge of the EPLS course uniformly declines, irrespective of the provider characteristics, whereas retention of certain skills is evident 4 months after the course.