University Education System Research Articles

Flipped Classroom: Active Methodology for Sustainable Learning in Higher Education during Social Distancing Due to COVID-19

Methodological guidelines for virtual teaching during the lockdown, tailored to Flipped Classroom, are suggested by the Spanish University Education System. This educational methodology is recommended as an effective method for distance learning due to COVID-19 by several articles, studies, research, universities and institutions in different countries around the world. However, what is the impact of these extreme circumstances on the implementation of Flipped Classroom in Higher Education? The study design is a descriptive and correlational research that compares the frequency of the implementation of Flipped Classroom before and during social distancing. This information is provided by the participants, university professors from the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Malaga, through an ad hoc questionnaire. The results reveal a significant increase in the frequency of Flipped Classroom sessions (z = −4.80; p <.001) during the lockdown. The data also show a significant increase in the quantity and variety of didactic resources (t = −2.390; p = 0.021), mainly those related to Flipped Classroom, with video (z = −2.860, p = 0.004) and audio (z = −2.049, p = 0.040) files. University professors consider virtual teaching during the lockdown an opportunity for Flipped Classroom and digital skills that could improve the quality of university educational methodology.

HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES AT THE HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES: ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS

The article deals the achievements of the Department of Ukrainian Studies for 12 years of its work, as well as outlines the prospects for the future. The peculiarities of the education system in the Republic of Korea, the form of education, the attitude of students to the educational process, the problems of the first years of teaching the Ukrainian language at the Department of Ukrainian Studies at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies are highlighted. Today there are 3 teachers and 2 lecturers and about 100 students at the Department of Ukrainian Studies. The education system in Korean universities is built on the American model: training lasts 4 years. The academic year coincides with the calendar year. The first semester begins on March 1 and lasts exactly 16 weeks, as well as the second semester begins on September 1 and also lasts 16 weeks. The Department of Ukrainian Studies trains only bachelors. The curriculum at the Department of Ukrainian Studies meets the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of Korea and the general university regulations on study at the faculties of regional studies. Disciplines taught at the Faculty of Ukrainian Studies include Ukrainian language (beginning, intermediate and advanced level), history of Ukraine, culture, literature, art, politics, economics, translation, as well as comparative disciplines related to Ukraine in local lore, philosophy and pedagogical aspects. Another aspect to focus on is the peculiarities of Korean students’ education and their attitude to education in general. Features of the Korean education system related to Confucianism, so Korean students: (a) prefer grammar-/vocabulary-based rote learning to higher-order thinking (problem-solving, critical thinking, etc.); (b) are passive absorbers of information, rather than active discoverers; (c) are unable to use the target language; and (d) have their ability for creativity and risk-taking burned out of them by a hierarchical, teachercentered, test-driven, memory-based education system. Special attention is paid to scientific and methodological activities (development and publication their own textbooks) and publishing activities at the Department of Ukrainian Studies, in particular, the Korean Journal of Ukrainian Studies (KJUS, 2020) – the first journal of Ukrainian studies not only in Korea but also in the world. Among the prospects that need to be addressed as a matter of priority are: certification of knowledge of Korean students, the problem of state scholarships (exchange programs at the expense of Ukraine) and support of Ukrainian studies centers abroad by state institutions of Ukraine. Key words: Department of Ukrainian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, education system, Korean students, Ukrainian as a foreign language.

Innovative pedagogical practices in higher education of the XXI century (aspects of public administration)

This article is an overview. The research highlight’s objective and subjective preconditions of the process of modernization of professional and ideological-methodological training of a modern specialist, respectively, changes in the dynamics and content lines of modern historical progress. The content of innovative tendencies of the university education system in Ukraine and the urgency of the problem of teacher tutor training are indicated. The general and distinctive features of tendencies of development of innovative pedagogical practices in higher school abroad in the direction of professional training of teachers (the USA, Poland, and China) are allocated. The relevance of theoretical coverage of innovative pedagogical practices in higher education is due to the peculiarities of their development in modern conditions in Ukraine and abroad. Modernization of the higher education system today requires the study and comprehensive analysis of this issue. Theoretical basis: scientific articles of domestic and foreign scientists on the problems of innovative pedagogical practices in higher education.

Research on the Integration of Great Anti Epidemic Spirit into College Counselor Education

Counselors are the promoters of teaching activities and play an irreplaceable role in the university education system. In the current epidemic situation, college counselors should bear the responsibility of education and guidance, guide students through difficulties, and better deal with various challenges. Based on the current situation of counselors’ work during the epidemic period, this paper analyzes the obstacles encountered in the process of education implementation, taking the great anti epidemic spirit as the breakthrough point, and discusses how to strengthen the ideological education of students, so as to improve the effectiveness of counselors’ education and enhance students’ comprehensive quality.

RETRACTED: Research on the influence of university education system reform on college students' innovation ability

Cultivating students with innovative ability is not only the internal requirement of realizing China's modernization, but also an important embodiment of improving the quality of higher education. To improve the level of higher education, deepen the reform of university education system, and cultivate students with innovative ability are the core and basic points of innovation and development of colleges in China. This paper discusses the relationship between the cultivation of innovative talents and the reform of management system in colleges. By using the method of literature, it analyzes the restrictive factors of cultivating students' innovative ability, and puts forward corresponding suggestions. It also points out that the reform of university management system is of great significance to the cultivation of innovative talents, the improvement of the quality of running colleges in China, and the construction of international first-class universities. The research shows that the main factors that restrict the cultivation of students' innovative ability are the influence of traditional education concept, the cultivation mode of higher education, the curriculum and teaching methods, the evaluation mechanism of students and the teaching conditions of higher education. colleges should guarantee the funds for innovative education, reform the incentive mechanism, and reform teaching methods and methods, which is of great significance to promote the cultivation of students' innovative consciousness, innovative ability and entrepreneurial spirit.

Research on the application of big data technology in college students’ innovation and entrepreneurship guidance service

The concept and mode of innovation and entrepreneurship education are embedded in the research university education system. From the four dimensions of external policy and public opinion environment, internal system module, operation mode and operation mechanism, this paper constructs the framework model of innovation and entrepreneurship education system in research universities. The model not only conforms to the training law of innovation and entrepreneurship talents, but also conforms to the training law of innovation and entrepreneurship talents. At the same time, innovation and entrepreneurship education can also be incorporated into the university education system. It also focuses on the internal system module of innovation and entrepreneurship education and the operation mode of three shift system. It lays a theoretical foundation for the promotion and implementation of the concept of innovation and entrepreneurship education in China. The relevant achievements of the construction of the innovation and entrepreneurship education system are optimized and improved accordingly. After putting it into practice, the innovation and entrepreneurship education level of our universities will be greatly improved.

Student Self-government - an Opportunity to Develop Soft Skills and Build Social Partnership

The article deals with new principles and organizational forms of social work in the context of digital society development. The author attributes the necessity to implement changes in the sphere to a higher level of individualism in the modern society and young people’s urge to self-fulfillment and self-realization. The paper reviews most common existing forms of students’ public organizations: parliaments, councils, unions and clubs. The author highlights that nowadays they tend to perform the advisory function in education institutions, or their activity is limited to actually being social clubs for interest groups. Frequently, they are not designed to handle strategic tasks education institutions and students communities are facing.
 Following the guidelines the new Ukrainian Law on Higher Education puts forward, the author addresses the experience of Kharkiv University of Humanities “People’s Ukrainian Academy” in organizing pupils’ and students’ self-governance, and the practice of its public organizations. The author attempts to analyze how effective the current system is, whether its organizational principles and forms are up-to-date, to what extent they meet students’ needs and expectations. The author shares PUA’s experience in the work on training and educating youth leaders, explicates how naturally they make up constituent part of the university education and pedagogical system, how successfully they cooperate with other teachers’ and pupils’ public organizations of the complex of continuous education. A very special attention the article pays to the PUA pupils’ organization “ISTOK” and its activities.
 According to the author, the secret of public organizations’ successful performance lies in team work and cooperation, collective problem-solving, integration of experience and up-to-date approaches to social work.

Philosophical Foundations of Ethics in Medical Sciences with Islamic Approach

Introduction: Any area of human knowledge is based on special philosophical foundations. These foundations determine the basic framework and paradigm of the area. Ontology, epistemology, methodology, and anthropology are the philosophical foundations that form a specific knowledge area. Ethics in medical sciences has its own philosophical foundations in Islamic framework. Using Islamic texts in general and the holy Quran in particular, this research/study attempts to analyze and identify these foundations, and, in an attempt to execute a part of the objectives of the Comprehensive and Scientific Map of Iran, it tries to localize and Islamicize these foundations. Methods: This is a qualitative research that is based on emergent design. The data collection procedure is documentary and library resource and the data analysis approach is considered to be descriptive-interpretive. Islamic texts and the holy Quran in particular are sources of extraction of our intended components and criteria. Results: According to the foundations of Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology, and Islamic Anthropology, the most important characteristics of ethics in medical sciences include monotheism, motivations for closeness to God, kindness, and virtue. Other practical concepts such as thralldomand purification of soul are also taken into account in this study. Conclusion: Using the capacity of Islamic moral education system, doctors and other healthcare providers could achieve Islamic and humanity goals in medical sciences. The medical education system of universities of medical sciences can use philosophical principles of Islamic ethical system in their curriculum programs and internships as a basis to improve students’ attitude, motivation and skills based on Islamic foundations.

Academic Service-Learning as a Factor for the Development of Autonomous Learning Skills at Universities

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the issues of academic service-learning in the system of higher education which is particularly important for modern pedagogical theory and practice. The article outlines the peculiarities of academic service-learning integration into the system of university education as autonomous learning fostering factor. The concept of “academic service-learning” has been specified in the article. It has been determined that academic service-learning is based on the principles of different scientific and pedagogical theories, including pragmatism, experimental learning, critical pedagogy, constructivism, social constructivism, and postmodernism. We employed an empirical method of the experiment data analysis to verify our hypothesis that service-learning fosters the development of autonomous learning. Participants from three Ukrainian universities took part in the research performing different community-engaged activities. Students’ level of autonomous learning skills was measured and compared at pre and post stages of the experiment. In order to practice the skills of autonomous learning, students had to carry out a social activity planned and organized themselves with partial educators’ support. Considering the results of the research, we developed recommendations on the successful integration of academic service-learning into higher education with the focus on autonomous learning skills development.

НЕКОТОРЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ ПРОЦЕССА АДАПТАЦИИ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ОБУЧАЮЩИХСЯ В ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННЫХ ВУЗАХ

The number of foreign students in domestic higher education institutions has steadily increased over the past two decades. However, due to information and cultural barriers, this trend is slowing down. Foreign medical students travel abroad in search of a good education and adequate learning conditions. For the choice of the country of study and educational institution, the decisive factors are accessibility, social ties, as well as the education system in accordance with the principle of achieving the goal. Communication with other foreign students is not seen as a problem, and foreign medical students are most concerned about social isolation due to linguistic, intercultural and religious differences. Providing access to the University education system, material, technical and informational environment, social support, creating conditions for cultural integration, and fostering religious tolerance help foreign medical students in many ways. Thus, the creation of a special adaptive environment, as well as the development of adequate intercultural relations, along with a person-oriented educational process, contribute to the successful achievement of the goal of foreign students ' stay in the educational environment of the University.

Of higher salaries and superior skills: comparing the worth of public and private university education

ABSTRACT The paper compares the worth of public and private university education. We develop a Public–Private University Worth parity index and provide empirical estimations to lend rigour in testing our main hypothesis that the type of university education does not matter in determining salaries and skills’ value-added. Using data from a recent questionnaire survey, our proposed parity index suggests that private university graduates have higher salaries, while public university graduates have better skill gains. Nevertheless, after controlling for variables not captured in the index calculations, our empirical estimations show no strong evidence that type of university education drives salaries and gains in skills’ value-added. Our paper fills the gap of empirical works that compare public-private university worth, particularly in the context of Malaysia and countries with a similar public-private university education system. Our findings behove policy-makers to de-emphasise the public-private university divide.

Regional aspects of humanitarization of university education

Modern university education in Russia requires multidimensional changes. One of the main directions is the optimization of the educational environment, in particular the management system. First of all, changes should take place at the level of education managers, who combine the qualities of a teacher, manager and psychologist. This necessity explains the increased requirements for the educational management. On the one hand, an important aspect is the competence of educational managers, on the other hand, we should deal with the system of interaction between managers and other participants of the university educational environment. Only a harmonious combination of these factors allows the university to function at the proper level. The problem of communication management in educational institutions is one of the most significant in the field of higher education. Communication is seen as one of the main resources for the development and growth of any organization. Communication as the process of sharing knowledge and information significantly affects the efficiency of an organization. The challenge of communication management is primarily in the fact that there are no clear criteria for monitoring the communication environment. This fact actualizes the problems of empirical research of communication management in the university education system. The most important dimension of optimization is the improvement of the communication environment, associated with the competence of employees and the system of their interaction. Thus, optimization of the communication environment makes it possible not only to improve management and communication processes, but also has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the university as a whole.

Development and Validation of a Questionnaire on Motivation for Cooperative Playful Learning Strategies

Playful learning strategies, such as educational gamification, game-based learning, and escape rooms are increasingly being incorporated into the university education system. In this study, it aims to develop and validate an instrument to analyze motivation regarding the use of playful learning strategies in university students. A total of 450 university students aged between 18 and 55 (Mean = 22.72; Standard Deviation = 5.01) were part of the sample, with whom playful strategies were implemented during the 2019/2020 school year. The results obtained in the confirmatory factor analysis indicate that the questionnaire on motivation for playful learning strategies has adequate psychometric properties to assess the motivation and perception of student learning in the implementation of ludic strategies in the classroom in the Spanish university context.

Paul Ricœur’s Conception of the Reform of University Education

The article examines the concept of reform of university education by Paul Ricœur. During his tenure as professor at the Sorbonne, the philosopher begins to experience dissatisfaction with the quality of teaching at a leading university in France. Analyzing the problems in the field of higher education, he comes to the following conclusions. In the second half of the 20 th century, the world has entered the era of the cultural revolution. This process consists in the global transformation of the social system and the spiritual life of society, the formation of new ideas about values. In addition, the demographic explosion, significant changes in the field of social stratification, the need of society for qualified specialists have led to a sharp increase in the number of young people wishing to get higher education. In these conditions, there is a need to reform the university education system in accordance with the requirements of the time. Ricœur is developing a project for the reorganization of higher education, the main idea of which was to be the principle of open dialogue in the learning process. According to the philosopher, it was necessary to abandon the outdated interpretation of teaching as a formal translation of the existing body of knowledge from the teacher to passively perceiving information students, to consider teaching not as the assimilation of a system of static truths, but as a creative process of interpreting the material being studied, which presupposes a willingness to discuss and solve emerging problems. Curricula need to be formed in a modular-elective way, taking into account the individual needs of students. Universities should become centers of creativity and scientific innovation. To achieve this goal, it will be necessary to reform universities as educational institutions, making teaching efficient and flexible. Ricœur embarked on his project at the University of Nanterre, which was set up as the vanguard of renewing the higher education system. However, the revolutionary events of 1968 in France led to the collapse of his pedagogical experiment. The philosopher himself explained the reason for his failure by the fact that he built relationships horizontally and underestimated the importance of vertical relationships in management. The author comes to the conclusion that despite Ricœur’s failure during the period of his reform activities at the University of Nanterre, his pedagogical concept is deep and well-grounded. Many of the philosopher’s recommendations are consistent with the set of measures to reform higher education, carried out in France in the late 1960s – early 1970s. Ricœur’s idea remains relevant in the modern era and anticipates some of the ideas of a new model of education in the 21 st century.

Blockchain Technicality to Improve Management Experience in Higher Education System: The Case of Qassim University, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT This research aims to conduct a predictive study for determining the technological and systematic returns of applying blockchain technicality to improve management experience sharing at Qassim University. The study is quantitative in nature and uses descriptive research design. The population consists of teaching staff members and administrative employees at Qassim University in 2019-2020. The research sample is selected using the random sampling method to achieve the targeted sample size of 100 individuals. The study is quantitative in nature and uses descriptive research design. Results show a huge technological return of applying blockchain technicality to improve management experience sharing in the higher education system at Qassim University. Applying blockchain technicality is recommended because of its vast technological and systematic returns in improving management experience sharing in the Saudi higher education system in general and Qassim University in particular.

Lessons from a community based interdisciplinary learning exposure: benefits for both students and communities in Uganda

BackgroundMakerere University implemented a One Health Institute (OHI) in 2016 involving undergraduate students selected from different disciplines. The students were first taken through theoretical principles of One Health followed by a field attachment in communities. The field attachment aimed to expose students to experiential educational opportunities in the communities in a One Health approach. In this paper, we present students’ experiences and their contributions to the communities of attachment.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study, utilizing qualitative data collection methods. The study involved students who participated in the OHI field attachment and community members in a One Health demonstration site-Western Uganda. Four focus group discussions (FGDs) and four in-depths interviews (IDIs) were conducted among the students, while four FGDs and twelve IDIs were conducted among community members. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed manually.ResultsThe four themes that emerged are: students’ understanding and appreciation of One Health concept, their experiences and gains from the multi-disciplinary field attachment, students’ contributions to the community, and challenges faced by the students. Students had good knowledge of One Health. They appreciated that health cannot be achieved by one discipline or sector and thus the need to collaborate across sectors. Regarding experiences and gains during the multi-disciplinary field attachment, the students appreciated that each discipline had a role to play in achieving health in the community. They appreciated the training citing skills gained in communication, team work and collaboration. They also reported a feeling of gratitude and accomplishment because they felt they made a positive change to the community by putting in place interventions to address some of the community challenges. Similarly, the communities appreciated the students’ contribution in solving their health challenges, ranging from conducting health education to improving sanitation and hygiene.ConclusionsThrough the OHI, students gained One Health competencies including communication, teamwork, and collaboration. Adopting an interdisciplinary model in university teaching system especially during field placement would strengthen skills of collaboration, team work and communication which are critical for a multi-disciplinary approach which is needed among the future workforce in order to solve the current health challenges.

Stavovi studenata o kvalitetu nastave na daljinu

COVID-19 pandemic brought sudden and significant changes in planning and organizing teaching activities in the system of university education all around the world. Switching to online or blended teaching continues to be a challenge for both teachers and students. Rapid development of teachers’ digital competencies and students’ skills, develop- ment of different teaching models and application of virtual tools in teaching, during the pandemic, imposed the question of the quality of such teaching in the context of student achievement and potential development, as well as recognized professional competencies of new age teachers. The aim of our research was to determine students’ attitudes about the quality of online teaching during the pandemic, in the context of both their learning and development, and preparedness of teaching staff for shifting to online teaching. The sample consisted of students of bachelor and master academic studies, at the Faculty of Education, University of Kragujevac, Jagodina (N = 63). The survey technique was used in research and an instrument, which contained 10 five-point Likert-type items, was created to examine students’ attitudes. The results of the research confirm good professional competencies of teachers in the time of intensive digitalization of education, but also the need to strengthen their digital competencies, as well as systematic work on improving online teaching, in relation to its organization and organization of exam activities.

Going Beyond the Traditional Method of Teaching: a Model for the Future

Education is a discipline that deals with teaching and learning practices in classrooms or school settings, as opposed to different formal and informal forms of socialization. It is also a process of cultural transmission and renewal, in which an adult member of a society carefully guides the development of students, as well as development of the culture that exists in their society. Traditional education in Sri Lanka was a learning system that focused on developing discipline and morality. This learning system, an educational model based on the knowledge gained through practical experience was improved through their lifestyles and introduced from generation to generation. Isolation of people due to the Covid-19 pandemic that is currently developing erupted at an unexpected moment last year. All educational institutions had to be closed down completely as the virus started to spread across the global and the educational institutes have to resort to online teaching methods. The aim of the study was to analyze the situation faced by those who had to deviate from traditional learning methods during this difficult period. During the study, data was collected through experience, observation, and discussion and primary and secondary data were also used. Since there was no alternative methodology, higher education institutions took steps to initiate full-time online teaching deviating from existing learning system. However, in the Sri Lankan context, the transition from traditional learning methods to online teaching did not suddenly happen. Lack of knowledge on technology, not enough income to invest, difficulty to access internet and lack of infrastructure facilities are the main issues faced by students as well as parents. Adapting directly to a process was something that had never been tried in practice in the field of school and university education system. Finally, online teaching can lead to gaining a wide range of knowledge in the current learning process, including students and parents with advanced language skills, technological equipment handling. It also helps enhancement of skills and qualities such as teamwork, leadership, knowledge sharing and decision making. Nevertheless, it also can lead to the emergence of selfish people.

The main directions of the transformation of higher education institution in the conditions of innovative education

The research reveals the content of the transformation of higher education institutions, the model of modern higher education institutions, as well as the main directions of the transformation of higher education institutions in the conditions of innovative education, the factors of internal and external influence. On the basis of cooperation with international universities, the introduction of innovative technologies into the education system of local universities leads to an increase in the number of students.

Communicative strategy of university education: current discourse

This paper links the relevance of the research on communicative strategy in the frameworks of current university education and national public school system as a whole to fill the gap within both scientific Scholarship and pragma studies that reflect on novelty and changes of conditions and tasks for the development language education in the polyphony of the cultural information and educational spaces as a dominant value of social life of man and the society. This manuscript presents for consideration and discussion some of the authors’ findings of personification of training and learning as a priority of recurrent education and of axiology that involve and constitute the comprehensive model of a) transformations of the requirements for language proficiency of an individual, b) changes of structural, functional and communicative approaches to teaching/training and learning goals, c) selection of knowledge content and methodology of programming and planning in terms of integration processes. In conclusion, the statement of development of functional literacy of a personality in the chaotic space of the multicultural world of global communication and pluralistic essence of the era of postmodernism is suggested as of prior significance.