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THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF PEDAGOGUES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING: 10.24250/jpe/1/2024/SS/
No full textScientific thinking is essential for equipping students to tackle the complexities of the modern world, and teachers play an important role in nurturing this skill. To gain insights into the competencies utilized and developed by pedagogues in applying scientific knowledge to everyday problem-solving, we conducted an expansive survey to glean their perspectives. Presented herein are the synthesized and meticulously selected directions derived from the respondents’ responses. The predominant focus of pedagogues lies in practical activities that intersect with daily life, encompassing both socially useful and cultural activities. This emphasizes the significant impact of culture on scientific education as a whole, and particularly on the development of scientific thinking. Our analysis of responses obtained through a comprehensive questionnaire administered to 511 educators revealed a discernible imperative for educators to elevate their proficiency in scientific thinking. Teachers require specific knowledge and skills to effectively professionalize in pedagogy related to the development and enhancement of scientific thinking. Foremost among these is an imperative foundation in comprehending scientific thinking as both a cognitive process and a human faculty, encompassing facets of critical, systematic, and reasoned analysis. While teachers adeptly employ abstract language, problematization methods, and acknowledge the significance of experiments a notable gap exists in their professional preparatory endeavors
ROOTS AND WINGS - CULTURAL AWARENESS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN: 10.24250/jpe/1/2024/DRC/
No full textIn the current context, cultural education plays an essential role in the integral development of children, especially in rural communities where access to cultural resources may be limited. This article examines the "Roots and Wings" program, an innovative project designed to enrich the cultural education of rural children through direct and experiential activities. Through storytelling and folklore workshops, cultural preservation projects, local art and history sessions, children's festivals and partnerships with schools, the program aims to strengthen children's ties with the cultural heritage of their community. The study uses mixed methods, including participatory observations and questionnaires, to assess the impact of the program on children's knowledge, appreciation and application of cultural values in everyday life. Preliminary results suggest a significant improvement in understanding and appreciation of local culture, as well as an increase in confidence in one's own creative and social skills. The article argues that such programs can serve as valuable models for integrating culture into the educational curriculum, having the potential to transform children's perspective on cultural heritage and positively influence their behavior
RELEVANT KEY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND THE LEVEL OF THE EDUCATION SEEKERS' AWARENESS IN THIS REGARD: 10.24250/jpe/1/2024/NS/
No full textThe modern development of the professional market is characterized by rapid transformations associated with the widespread use of digital technologies and the advent of artificial intelligence. This situation affects the field of employment, accelerating the emergence and disappearance of professions, and leads to a reassessment of the key professional skills that modern employees should have. However, there is a certain gap between the skills that are needed in the professional market and the ability of the education system to ensure their development. Given the trends of rapid technological transformations and corresponding changes in the employment market, professional education should train specialists capable of constant improvement of their professional level, possible retraining. Such tasks involve a certain change in the functions and objectives of higher education, and therefore scientists are increasingly paying attention to the process of formation and development of those students’ skills which will contribute to the realization in the employment market even during its structural transformations. The purpose of the study is to review the extent to which the students themselves know and understand the content and requirements of modern skills with a view to improving the professional training of future specialists by the higher education system. Based on research in the field of professional skills, the skills identified at the World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos have been chosen as a guide. A survey of education seekers with the aim of identifying the understanding of the importance of the specified skills has shown a gap between the optimal set of skills and the education seekers’ perception of them. We observe a shift in the preferences of education seekers towards technological skills, and at the same time insufficient awareness of the importance of so-called soft skills, which collectively constitute the sphere of skills necessary to achieve professional and life success and is an indicator of human capital. The findings support the need for purposeful development in the process of professional training of the key skills that employees need today in order to improve the conformity of education and training with the requirements of the professional market
SCHOOL TYPE AND SCHOOL LOCATION AS PREDICTORS OF STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS: 10.24250/jpe/2/2024/MFF/YMA/FOA/
No full textThis study investigated the effect of school types and locationson students’ learning outcomes in southwest Nigerian secondaryschools. The study was a descriptive research of the survey type.The sample for this study was 1650 respondents comprising of150 Principals and 1500 students from 150 secondary schoolsselected for the study. Two sets of instruments were used tocollect relevant data from the subjects. The first instrument wastagged “Questionnaire on School Plants (QSP) while the secondinstrument was tagged Affective and Psychomotor DomainQuestionnaire (APDQ). The reliability coefficient for eachsection was as follows: section C (0.85), section D (0.82), sectionE (0.72), section F (0.85), section G (0.74) and section H (0.87)for School plants instrument. The Affective and PsychomotorDomain instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.77. Datacollected were analyzed using percentage score, multipleregression, step-wise regression, F-ratio Pearson ProductMoment Correlation and t-test statistics. All the hypothesesgenerated were tested at 0.05 level of significance.The study revealed that there was no significant differencebetween rural and urban areas and students’ learning outcomes(with t-cal 0.2, P>0.05). There was significant difference instudents learning outcomes between private and public schools(with t-cal 2.11, P<0.05).Governments should continue to lay more emphasis on someprivate and public- school partnership in order to improve thestudents’ learning outcomes
VIEWS OF UNDERGRADUATES ON THE INFLUENCE OF FARM PRACTICAL TRAINING IN MOTIVATING AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS FOR ENGAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN NIGERIA: 10.24250/jpe/2/2024/AO/EO/
No full textThe need to equip agricultural graduates with skills thatcould help them effectively engage in productive agriculturalpractices led to the introduction of Farm Practical Training intothe curriculum of the University's Bachelor of Agricultureprogram the realization of which seemed uncertain. Thus, thisstudy investigated the views of undergraduates on the influenceof farm practical training in motivating agricultural students toengage in agricultural occupations in Nigeria Three researchquestions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The studywas survey research on 500 level Bachelor of Agricultureundergraduates of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,Ogbomosho, and University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. Twohundred and thirty-three undergraduates were randomlyselected for the study. Data was collected through a structuredquestionnaire. Mean and frequency were used to answer theresearch questions while one null hypothesis was tested with a ttestat 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study showedthat undergraduates have positive views about farm practicaltraining and the knowledge acquired during the program couldstimulate them into agricultural occupations. Also, no significantdifference in the influence of farm practical training inmotivating male and female undergraduates to engage inagricultural occupations. It was recommended that the farmpractical training programme should be intensified and takenwith utmost seriousness by the instructors and undergraduates,various farm operations and activities should be encouraged andjob-oriented, adequate infrastructural facilities should beprovided and farm practical training programme activitiesshould not be gender biased
PROBING COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PHYSICS: 10.24250/jpe/2/2024/NTO/ISN/
No full textThis study explored the effect of Computer-AssistedInstruction (CAI) on academic achievement of senior secondaryschool students in physics in Awka south L.G.A in AwkaEducation Zone. Two research questions guided the study andthree hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Thestudy is quasi-experimental research specifically pre-test posttestnon-randomized control group was adopted. The populationconsisted of 553 (384 males and 169 females) senior secondarytwo (SS2) students offering physics and a sample of 41 (21 malesand 20 females) SS2 students was drawn from the populationusing multi-stage sampling. The sample students who were in twointact classes were randomly assigned to experimental andcontrol groups using a flip of coin. The instrument PhysicsAchievement Test (PAT) was used for data collection which wasvalidated by three experts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University,Awka and a reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained usingKuder Richardson-21 formula. The research questions wereanswered using mean and standard deviation while thehypotheses were tested using Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA). The findings revealed that CAI had significanteffects on students’ academic achievement in Physics thanLecture Method (LM).The result also showed that gender wasnot a significant factor in students’ overall academicachievement when taught Physics using CAI. Also, there was nointeraction effect of teaching methods and gender on student’sacademic achievement in physics. Based on the conclusion, theresearcher recommended that Physics Teachers should use CAIin teaching physics to both male and female students so as toenhance their academic achievement in Physics and the curriculum planners to adopt CAI as an innovative teachingstrategy in planning and reviewing physics curriculum insecondary schools
Improving Physical Abilities And The Most Efficient Methods In Adults Over 40 Years Old: 10.62591/ajpa.2023.12.02
No full textOnly a small percentage of adults engage in regular physical activity, which means a decline in quality of life and a very poor result compared to Europe (Osinski, 2013). The purpose of this literature review is to find the most contemporary methods from the most ranked scientific works on the improvement of physical abilities and the most efficient methods in adults over 40 years old. Digital databases such as Scopus, Medline, JStore, Embase, Cochrane Central, PsycInfo, Schoolar, and SPORTDiscus were used in this literature review. Inclusion criteria are: individuals must be healthy and average age at least 40 years old. Many other studies such as (Skelton et al., 1994; Foldvari et al., 2000; Bean et al., 2007) report that physical functions are more related to muscle power than to muscle strength or mass. Strength training has many benefits on physical function in older adults compared to traditional strength training (Tschopp et al., 2011; Da Rosa., 2019). Harmonization or proper use of variables such as exercise selection, breaks, number of sets, number of repetitions, frequency affect the increase in the level of muscular fitness. Strength, muscular endurance, muscular strength and muscular hypertrophy are the characteristics that should be trained (Ratamess et al., 2009). While in an all-inclusive program resistance training improves the cardiovascular system (Fleck. 1988), limits the risk of coronary heart disease (Goldberg. 1989; Hurley & Kokkinos, 1987), helps prevent osteoporosis (Layne & Nelson. 1999), removes the risk of diabetes (Miller et al., 1984), promotes maintaining a healthy weight and losing excess weight (Evans. 1999), reduces the risk of cancer in the spine (Koffler et al., 1992), helps in psychological/mental well-being (Ewart. 1989) as well as improves dynamic stability and maintenance of functional capacity (Evans. 1999). In conclusion from the study of Balachandran et al. (2022) found that strength training leads to improvements in physical function more than traditional strength training
Development Of Speed Motor Quality Using Complex Motor Actions In Secondary School Students : 10.62591/ajpa.2023.12.05
No full textOne of the priority objectives of school physical education, specified in school programs for all education cycles, is the development of motor skills. The topic addressed by us in this paper was born from the need to have the greatest possible efficiency in the teaching of physical education in grades V-VIII, where the instructional-educational process must pursue concrete goals regarding the system of knowledge, skills and motor skills in order to concretize the model of each class in gymnasium physical education and sports. The study of this topic aims to establish the most effective exercise structures regarding the development of speed motor quality in secondary school students.Using the means proposed by us, after a well-established program in the physical education lesson for secondary school students, in order to develop the speed motor quality, I believe that it will develop obviously, during the whole school year. The data resulting from the scientific investigation regarding the development of speed motor quality through the use of movement games at the secondary school level were implemented in school units in the municipality of Arad. They can be used in the instructional-educational process by the specialists in the field and as methodical material by the students of the faculties of physical education and sport in the disciplines "Theory of physical education and sport" and "Practice and methodology of motor activities by age groups" . The research was conducted during the 2022-2023 school year. Following the application of the experiment, it was found that major differences in student performance were obtained, they had a significant increase between the initial testing and the final testing, which allows us to state that the methodology used in the lessons was adequate. The exercises and games used had a positive influence in obtaining the results of the experiment. Of course, the experiment should be continued and possibly extended to a larger sample of children in order to further improve motor quality, speed in particular, as well as harmonious physical development in general. 
THE ROLE OF COMICS IN FACILITATING POSITIVE INTEGRATION IN THE CLASSROOM: 10.24250/jpe/1/2024/EMT/
No full textIn any field of activity, communication is the glue that fosters good understanding and healthy relationships between living beings. Referring strictly to didactic communication, it is imperative due to the fact that the educational act relies on all types of communication in order to lead to the success of the educational act which is done, as we know so well, through the activity of learning which must be done voluntarily, by the learner. In an ever-changing society, where parents are busy and find it difficult to take the time to communicate with their children, using the after-school services of schools and various organizations, it is up to the teacher to communicate effectively and to help the pupil to develop his or her intellectual, mental, physical, etc. skills. This article aims to show how we can facilitate a sense of well-being in the school environment using the comic strip technique
THE IMPACT OF CREATIVITY ON EDUCATIONAL UNDERSTANDING: 10.24250/jpe/1/2024/RC/DR/SI/ED/SC/
No full textThis study investigates the ability of creativity to bring about significant change in the field of education. It suggests a new methodology that integrates the latest creativity research with teaching methods. Our research aims to create a strong theoretical framework to enable the successful integration of creative activities in education. We believe that creativity is a crucial factor in understanding and improving educational processes. The first part of the paper presents a theoretical framework that aims to clarify the interpretation and use of creativity concepts in the educational process. The study focuses on discovering and analyzing creative situations that can improve and facilitate the teaching and learning process. Using the theoretical framework, the study suggests an educational model adapted to the unique characteristics and individual needs of students. This study examines practical strategies for overcoming barriers, such as the importance of providing in-service training for teachers. Our study highlights the vital importance of creativity in reforming education and presents a theoretical and practical framework that can be used as a basis for creating more adaptable, inventive and personalized teaching methods that meet the demands of 21st century learners