University Curriculum Research Articles

A ESCASSEZ DE EDUCAÇÃO FINANCEIRA NO SISTEMA EDUCACIONAL BRASILEIRO

The current economic situation is increasingly demanding individuals have financial knowledge and skills in order to maintain financial stabilit. However, on the other hand, currently, two out of every three people in the world are considered financially illiterate. This means that while the scenario requires more and more from people, they are reaching adulthood without the necessary basic knowledge. This situation is no different in Brazil. In this context, the need for financial education in the educational system is notable, so that by addressing this issue with individuals from childhood, we can have better-prepared adults in the future. The overall objective of the research project was to address financial education at the elemntary, middle, and higher education levels, as in Brazil, as well as worldwide, the financial education indices reflect a reality where the marjority of individuals lack control over their finances. The methodoly was based on exploratory research with a qualitative approach, and data collection was conducted through the Scientific Periodicals Electronic Library - SPELL database. Finally, the study identified that to change Brazil’s reality regarding financial education indices,it is necessary to incorporate the topic into the curriculum of schools and universities and address the subject with all layers of the population, including both youth and adults.

Reflection on Five Months Rural District Hospital Posting of Final Year MBBS Students

Patan Academy of Health Sciences has been sending its undergraduate medical students to ruralpostings aligning with the national health system of Nepal to produce competent and empathetichealthcare professionals as a part of its social accountability. One such rural posting is a 20-weeklongdistrict posting where students are posted at district hospital and district health office. Wewere final-year students posted at Gulmi district for this purpose in the year 2021/22. We learnedthe functioning of a district hospital along with different clinical skills. We also learned to use thedistrict health information system and different qualitative tools in drafting district health reportsand strategic planning under the guidance of the District Health Office. Such exposure of medicalstudents is essential to develop competent and empathetic health professionals and similar provisionsshould be included in the undergraduate curriculum of other universities.

Higher education for sustainable development during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine

The paper presents the analysis of the higher education modernisation for sustainable development in Ukraine regarding goals adopted on global and national levels, pre-pandemic trends and the challenges of 2020. The global experience integrating sustainable development goals into higher education is also a background analysis. Taking into account the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015 and the national “Concept of environmental education in Ukraine”, adopted in 2001, the article investigates the current trends on macro (the country’s ESD policy), meso (HEIs), and micro (participants of educational process) levels. Particular attention is paid to embedding SDGs in university policy, curriculum, and pedagogy, primarily in training economists. Furthermore, the research focuses on the new challenges of 2020 – the COVID-19 pandemic and digitalization affecting higher education transformation. These drivers cause transformative sustainability teaching-learning practices and social and environmental impacts of digital technologies implementation in Ukraine’s higher teacher and economic education. The research reveals similar trends in higher education modernisation for sustainable development in the world and Ukraine. This theoretical and empirical research is based on the literature review, statistical data and surveys conducted at a national university in 2023. Finally, the research results in suggestions given by Humanities students and faculty members to foster higher education significance in developing environmental knowledge, awareness and culture among professionals and society in the future.

Discourse Rules of a Book Essay and a Case Study for the Writing Classes in a University Curriculum of Liberal Arts

This thesis explored what the genre knowledge of the book essay is and its discourse rules in the writing classes in a University curriculum of a liberal arts program. Using an example of a class design for book essay writing, it presented the cases pertaining to how the learners internalized the discourse rules and reflected them into their book essays. It put forth an extensive approach, proposing that the discourse rules fall under the premise that the academic book essay belongs to an academic essay, which is located between book journals and academic theses. Also, it presented writing rules which can allow the writers to face their tasks using not only the approach of essays, but also an insight of criticism, using both formal and informal approaches. Learners were able to select their books in a self-directed manner, for the books were related to their own majors and thus were interesting to them. Moreover, they utilized the advantages of the free style forms of writing book essays by selecting their book genre without any restrictions. Also, the program respected the learners’ choices when it came to the components on book essays according to their reading materials by providing, as extensively and diversely as possible, each component in the ‘introduction’, ‘body’ and ‘conclusion’ respectively. Through connecting the writings to presentation classes, this strengthened the learners’ competency of understanding and criticism regarding the transference of their abilities as well as the reading materials and instructions in order for them to establish their authorships. Finally, the learners were able to internalize the discourse rules and they showed that they can reflect them into their writing on their own. This thesis furthermore suggested that the more genre-restricted discourse rules be researched in a more specific way.

The Popularizing Significance and Promoting Strategies on Ordos Folk Songs in Universities

This paper aims to explore the significance of popularizing and promoting Ordos folk songs in university settings, as well as to propose effective strategies for achieving this goal. Ordos folk songs, with their rich cultural heritage and unique musical characteristics, hold great value in preserving and promoting the cultural identity of the Ordos region. However, their presence in university curriculums and extracurricular activities is often limited. By examining the historical and cultural significance of Ordos folk songs, this paper seeks to highlight the importance of integrating them into university programs. Furthermore, it will propose strategies for popularizing and promoting Ordos folk songs, such as incorporating them into music courses, organizing cultural events, and utilizing digital platforms for wider dissemination. Ultimately, this paper aims to raise awareness of the significance of Ordos folk songs and provide actionable strategies for their promotion in university settings.

Teaching nontechnical skills in the undergraduate education of health care professionals: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Hungary

BackgroundThe aim of our cross-sectional study was to evaluate the current situation and curriculum of nontechnical skills (NTS) training in the undergraduate education of health care professionals in Hungary.MethodsAll institutes with relevant NTS training in Hungarian faculties of medicine and faculties of health sciences were asked to fill out a 19-item questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were performed, and the characteristics of NTS teaching and non-NTS teaching institutes were compared. The independent predictors of teaching NTS in a particular institute were identified with multiple logistic regression.ResultsSeventy-seven institutes responded (52% response rate), of which 66% trained NTS. The most frequent method of NTS training is talking about them during a practice or lecture, and less than half of NTS respondents use simulation. The most frequent cause of not teaching NTS is a lack of human or technical resources. The type of faculty (p = 0.025), academic year (p = 0.001), field of medicine (p = 0.025), and importance of teamwork (p = 0.021) differed between NTS and noNTS institutes. Teaching students in academic year two represented the only independent predictor of NTS education (p = 0.012).ConclusionsOur findings show that the undergraduate curriculum of Hungarian universities includes some type of NTS education; however, this education requires further development.

Use of modern digital educational resources in geometry lessons in higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Relevance. In the era of global digitalisation, more and more spheres of public life are switching to the use of innovative technologies, which also applies to the educational process. Especially important is the process of using digital technologies for exact sciences and those requiring modelling and graphical operations, geometry being one of them. This explains the relevance of the issue of student-teacher interaction during the use of digital programmes for studying geometry in higher educational institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Purpose. The purpose of the study is to analyse the impact of innovative technologies on the processes of teaching and assimilation of educational material on geometry by students and to determine the role of digital programmes in the process of establishing communication between a student and a teacher. Methodology. It is necessary to systematically apply various means for scientific research, in particular, dialectical and activity-based methodological approaches, methods of logical analysis, synthesis, comparative analysis, content analysis, modelling, and analysis of scientific literature. Results. The main findings of the paper are the theoretical and practical background to the issue. That is, the theoretical component of the study includes the concept of digital technologies, their features, and types. The practical part includes an analysis of the effectiveness of using digital technologies in the context of studying geometry and determining the level of prevalence of relevant programmes abroad. As for the prospects for the following studies, it would be necessary to conduct a comparative analysis of the use of innovative technologies in higher educational institutions before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions. The practical value of the study is quite high since it determines the possibility of using the findings in further developments, in particular, in the construction of geometry curricula in universities, or use as a means for the development and improvement of current curricula. Keywords: digital educational resources; geometry; innovative technologies; students; higher educational institutions

Digitalisation of higher education: a methodology for applying modern technology to science teaching

Relevance. When investigating the peculiarities of social relations formation in the 21st century, it should be noted that to a greater extent they are formed under the influence of such phenomenon as digitalisation. Undoubtedly, this factor is also reflected in the educational environment, as evidenced by a number of government programs and plans to modernise this sphere. Thus, the relevance of the issue under study is extremely significant today; in particular, its results are a priority source for further research. Purpose. The aim of this paper is therefore to investigate methods and approaches to introduce digital technologies and tools in the process of research in the field of science. Methodology. Of course, this issue is broad enough in its content that a number of methodological tools must be used. In particular, the functional and methodological approaches, and the methods of analysis and synthesis, comparison, deduction, and generalisation. Results. The research resulted in a several important conclusions, among which are both theoretical and practical foundations, which are the basis of the topic in question. Accordingly, the theoretical part analysed the general concepts that form the object of this study and reveal its internal structure. In the practical part, specific digital ways and tools that can be used to implement the learning process in higher education institutions have been studied. Conclusions. The study highlighted that digitalisation is the key to the successful development of the whole educational environment and to improving the quality of educational services in higher education institutions. The practical value of the work is revealed in the fact that it can be used both for the development of curricula in universities and as a source for further scientific developments. In particular, a priority issue for consideration in future research is the analysis of the main ways of involving artificial intelligence in the study of narrow disciplines. Keywords: Salima Medetbayeva, Yelena Bayzakova, Zhanar Zhumagalieva, Bagdagul Kadyrbayeva, Gulnur Dauitova

Using contextual problems to develop preservice mathematics teachers’ understanding of exponential and logarithmic concepts

Understanding a mathematical concept in real-world situations is of practical importance and would be helpful to learn the concept in depth. One potential way to help students learn mathematical concepts in real-world situations would be to engage them with contextual problems. Exponential and logarithmic concepts are essential topics in higher secondary and university curricula, and most students seem to have a procedural understanding of them, and their interpretation in real-world situations has less attention. We examined preservice teachers’ understanding in designing contextual problems for exponential and logarithmic statements. We conducted the study in two countries: Czech Republic and Iran. The process of this study included an initial interview, implementing a set of activities, and an exit interview. The results of the initial interview showed that the preservice teachers did not have enough understanding of exponential and logarithmic statements in real-world situations, but the class activities helped them to develop their understanding of these concepts in real-world situations. Indeed, the results of the exit interview showed that the preservice teachers came to a conceptual understanding in addition to their previous procedural understanding. We report characteristics of preservice teachers’ understanding that would be productive in teaching and learning exponential and logarithmic topics through contextual problems.

PENGARUH EFIKASI DIRI, NORMA SUBYEKTIF, DAN PENDIDIKAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN TERHADAP INTENSI BERWIRAUSAHA PADA MAHASISWA FISIP UNIVERSITAS 17 AGUSTUS 1945 SURABAYA


 
 
 Currently, Indonesia is still experiencing unemployment problems. One way to overcome unemployment and improve the Indonesian economy is to increase the entrepreneurial interest of the younger generation. Entrepreneurial knowledge really supports entrepreneurial values, especially for students, so it is hoped that they will foster an entrepreneurial spirit for entrepreneurship. It is hoped that student intentions and knowledge about entrepreneurship will be useful in fostering entrepreneurial activity within the student environment. Entrepreneurial intentions will make someone more active in looking for, exploiting and creating existing opportunities in order to achieve their desire to become an entrepreneur. The existence of a high desire (intention) to succeed in achieving something will form high self-efficacy in the individual. Self-efficacy can encourage a person's performance in various fields, including entrepreneurial intentions. Self-efficacy is a person's self-confidence in carrying out their duties which can encourage a person's performance. The FISIP faculty at the University of 17 August 1945 Surabaya has provided entrepreneurship education by including entrepreneurship courses in the college curriculum. The purpose of this research is to determine and analyze the influence of Self-Efficacy, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Entrepreneurship Education, on Entrepreneurial Intentions in Social Sciences Students at the University of 17 August 1945 Surabaya. This research is quantitative research using survey methods. Data collection was carried out through observation, as well as distributing online questionnaires via Google Form to respondents, namely Business Administration students at the 17 August University of Surabaya. The results of this research show that Self-Efficacy, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Entrepreneurship Education have a partial and simultaneous effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions.
 
 

Impact of Project-Based Learning on Computer Science Education

Project-based learning (PBL) has gained prominence as an effective approach to fostering autonomous learning in Computer Science education. This study investigated the impact of PBL on student learning experiences, involving 169 participants. Data collection employed a closed-ended questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative analysis, utilising descriptive and inferential statistics, revealed strong student performance in the Analysis, Planning, Design, and Communication and Presentation phases. However, challenges were noted in the Development and Testing phases, with Project 3 (PRJ303) students exhibiting significantly better performance than Project 1 (PRJ101) and Project 2 (PRJ202) peers. Qualitative analysis of interview data unveiled key themes, including independent learning, team dynamics, guide relationships, real-life project experiences, output orientation, and challenges associated with project-based learning. Despite challenges such as time constraints and team complexities, the study underscores the myriad benefits of PBL, ranging from real-world application and critical thinking development to collaboration and independent learning. The findings advocate for the integration of PBL in university curricula, emphasising the cultivation of skills such as independent learning, teamwork, mentorship, experiential learning, and project management. The positive outcomes observed in students' learning and skill development outweigh the challenges, making a compelling case for the widespread adoption of PBL in Computer Science education.

Gauging the Impact of the Digital Ecosystem and Skill on SMEs’ Performance

Mastering the digital ecosystem has become crucial to a business’s continued success in recent years. Therefore, Malaysia has started producing entrepreneurial graduates with high entrepreneurial characteristics. To assess the effectiveness of the Malaysian university curriculum in entrepreneurship, this paper therefore tries to gauge the impact of the digital ecosystem and digital skills on the performance of university graduates in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Primary data was collected from 321 university alumni who are entrepreneurs using purposive sampling. Findings demonstrated that digital ecosystem factors such as knowledge management, e-readiness, and ICT utilization influence SME performance. Digital skill also depicts a positive significant relationship with SME performance. Overall, the findings imply that management involvement in fostering the empowerment of the digital ecosystem and digital skill in business management is required. In addition, universities’ curricula must prioritize the focus areas and strategies for developing a more positive digital ecosystem and digital skill.

Gap between University Curricula and Industry Expectation

Gap between University Curricula and Industry Expectation

How to Train Pharmacy Students to Become Leaders in Healthcare – A Review of Four University Curricula

How to Train Pharmacy Students to Become Leaders in Healthcare – A Review of Four University Curricula

Axiological approach as a factor of university curriculum language

In the modern educational space, the emphasis is on axiological approaches to the formation of the content of education as the most important aspect of personal development. This priority manifests in including various axiological vocabularies and value systems in the new federal state educational standards. However, despite the dissemination of such content, there is still no clear interpretation of the fundamental category of axiology, which underlies students' spiritual, moral and social development.The article critically examines the axiological principles that determine the organization of spiritual and moral development and education in the theory and practice of primary language education. Despite the abundance of value terminology and the diversity of value systems set out in educational standards, there remains a need for improved approaches to integrating these principles into language teaching. The article argues that adopting an axiological approach is necessary for the humanization of education and preserving national identity, culture and values within the framework of a renewed pedagogical parade. Slovak, Czech and English are also analyzed in the article as a factor of language reflection through the prism of forming a value view of the native language among students, which contributes to the formation of national identity of the individual and involves teaching languages as a national cultural value. The results of a diagnostic set of questions and tasks emphasizing linguistic and cultural aspects are presented. These elements serve to activate information in the student's mind about precedent phenomena, which are one of the manifestations of mentality.

Incidence of programming fundamentals in the abstract thinking of university students

This article examines the impact of learning programming fundamentals on the development of abstract thinking in college students. Through an exhaustive review of the literature and the application of a questionnaire, the connections between the teaching of programming and the cognitive skills associated with abstract thinking are explored. Descriptive and non-experimental statistics were used, the sample consisted of 116 fourth level university students enrolled in the Second Academic Period 2022 - 2023 of a public university in Ecuador. The results reveal a positive correlation, indicating that programming instruction is linked to substantial improvements in abstraction capacity, problem solving and creativity. These findings suggest the importance of effectively integrating programming into the university curriculum to foster the comprehensive development of cognitive skills.

텍스트 분석을 통한 숙련 수요와 교과 역량 간의 매칭 분석

The purpose of this study is to analyze the matching between job skill demands of industries and curriculum competencies provided by universities, focusing on data science majors, using textual data on online job postings and university curricula, and to provide useful implications for university curriculum program development and industry response. We collected curriculum texts and job posting texts from K-MOOCs, Job Korea, and PersonIn, derived and categorized competency and skill keywords, and calculated the cosine similarity between competencies and skills for analysis. The analysis shows that data science curriculum competencies are largely well matched to IT occupational skills and are in line with labor market occupational skill types. The “data security” and “market analysis” competencies have a high similarity to occupational skills, while the “statistical modeling” competency has a low similarity. In addition, the “database” and “manufacturing SI” skills have a high similarity to the curriculum competencies, suggesting that the university is doing a good job of meeting these skills. This study shows that analyzing the matching of competencies and skills based on textual data analysis can help universities adjust their curricula to meet the needs of the labor market, and has implications for analyzing industry skill needs, analyzing job mismatches, and linking education and industrial policies.

대학의 ESG 도입방안 연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for designing a sustainable curriculum by analyzing the curriculum of teacher education universities by using ESG literacy content elements as an analysis tool as a way to introduce ESG in universities. Methods This study was conducted using a literature study analyzing previous studies related to understanding ESG and extracted content elements necessary for cultivating ESG knowledge. Four teacher training universities were selected as the subjects of this study. To analyze the curriculum, we used the ‘2023 Curriculum’ provided on the websites of four teacher training colleges. In order to improve the validity of the study, four experts were interviewed to collect opinions on the validity of the analysis tool and the validity of the curriculum analysis results. Results First, the university's ESG education content elements were extracted by dividing them into environment (E), society (S), and governance (G). Second, as a result of analyzing the curriculum of the four teacher training col-leges, it was found that overall, the operation of the curriculum related to ESG understanding was very insufficient. Although it contains some content elements that are related to the E and S dimensions, the subjects of the G di-mension were found to be very insufficient. Third, as a way to include ESG understanding elements in the curricu-lum of teacher training colleges to improve the ESG capabilities of prospective teachers, it is necessary to include ESG content elements in major subjects rather than liberal arts subjects. Conclusions The significance of this study is to derive implications for curriculum operation by extracting ESG un-derstanding content elements of teacher training colleges for sustainable curriculum operation and analyzing the curriculum based on this. By improving the ESG understanding capacity of prospective teachers in the era of cli-mate crisis and environmental crisis, teachers at school will be able to contribute to sustainable school operation.

A Hands-On Collaboration-Ready Single- or Interdisciplinary Computational Exercise in Molecular Recognition and Drug Design

Molecular docking plays an increasingly necessary role in interdisciplinary research, particularly in modern drug design. Pharmaceutical companies compose a trillion dollar per year industry and the public is generally unaware of how beneficial pharmaceutics come to be. Despite this increasing relevance in contemporary research, docking and, by extension, computational science, have been under-represented in undergraduate education in the chemical, biochemical, and biophysical sciences. We describe herein how a multidisciplinary approach is used to design novel inhibitors of the butyrylcholinesterase enzyme (BChE), an upregulated protein in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Students will then be able to compare their designed inhibitors to known BChE inhibitors via molecular docking using this easily adapted hands-on computational laboratory exercise or at-home activity that provides users with a module in which to learn the fundamentals of computer-aided drug design. While being well suited for upper-division courses in biology/biochemistry and physics/physical chemistry, the accessibility of this module allows for its incorporation into college curricula as early as second-term organic chemistry. Highly portable freeware makes this an ideal learning tool by which to infuse single- or multidisciplinary drug design reasoning into college level curricula at no cost to the student or instructor.

An indigenized framework for game design curriculum for African Universities

The aim of this paper is to reposition game design studies curriculum in Africa by modelling the African Ubuntu philosophy. This study utilized an inductive content analysis via transformative paradigm to identify relevant tenants that contribute to this conceptual paper. Furthermore, thematic approach was utilized to organize the are identified points int categories and subcategories. The utilization and introduction of the African ubuntu philosophy to game design curriculum follows 9 vital stages will be actualized. Researchers are motivated to conduct empirical and qualitative experiments on the African ubuntu philosophy for indigenized game curriculum. Utilizing indigenization as the game design curriculum will increase enrolment, programs easily accessible and help African content become global, as well as help African economies to grow. An indigenized policy will help many local talents and grow the south African economy.