{"title":"Unfolding Exergame Roles to Improve Pre-Service Education Teachers’ Physical Activity Levels Using Drawings Analytics","authors":"A. F. Zulkifli, Ajau Danis","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.341","url":null,"abstract":"The exergame concept allowed us to promote physical activity (PA) through games. It helps to normalise PA rather than segregate or exclusive PA to certain times or settings. Nonetheless, studies on exergames during online distance learning are currently scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to explore participants’ insights and feelings towards exergame concepts to promote physical activity (PA). Specifically, aspects such as participants’ understanding, knowledge, and motivation with the exergame were analysed through drawings to investigate how the exergame influences their engagement with PA and learning during online distance learning (ODL). This study adopted a qualitative research design. Drawings were utilised to explore participants’ perceptions, motivation to play, and exergame as a teaching tool. The participants comprised 45 first-year undergraduate physical and health education (PHE), biology, and chemistry major students aged between 20-25 years. The Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis approach was adopted to develop the procedures while Consider.ly software [Usertime Solutions GmbH] was used to analyse data from the videos and drawings. Findings indicate that (i) emoticons were used to represent the changes in feelings among the participants throughout the intervention; (ii) the use of objects, symbols, and characters to portray the sense of protection, togetherness, and curiosities; and (iii) the combination of split drawings were used to express differences between ideas and thoughts on exergame approach among participants. Overall, the findings demonstrated the exergame potential (e.g., higher learning ownership, student-centred) and challenges (e.g., accessibilities, game-built quality) which helped inform future teaching planning and practices to promote meaningful learning experiences during distance learning.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"209 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140473914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kateřina Juklová, Jitka Kaplanová, Jindra Vondroušová, Sára Janoušková, Beáta Šubrtová, Lucie Kopicová, Anna Soukupová, Jana Vařečková
{"title":"The Role of Collegiality in the Process of Teacher Development","authors":"Kateřina Juklová, Jitka Kaplanová, Jindra Vondroušová, Sára Janoušková, Beáta Šubrtová, Lucie Kopicová, Anna Soukupová, Jana Vařečková","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.343","url":null,"abstract":"The paper deals with the phenomenon of collegiality in the relationships between future teachers and their educators and its role in the processes of constructing professional identity. Using the method of discursive psychology, this paper investigates the perceptions of 22 students of Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic who, along with the standard model of teaching practice, also underwent a year-long model of practice aimed at intensive support of their professional learning. The utterances of the prospective teachers confirm that the new experiences in relationships with educators gave rise to constructions of professional learning and self that are clearly preferred by prospective teachers over existing ones and used to construct teacher identity. The prospective teachers strived for an image of themselves as constantly developing, respected and supported actors in their own professional development. Drawing on these new discursive resources, they also successfully confronted the ever-present deficit constructions of the teacher that do not provide them with enough space to negotiate their professional identity.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"87 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140475648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prelims and Table of Contents","authors":"","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.340","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"455 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140474711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selecting Questionnaire Items for a specific Population Post COVID","authors":"Marie J. Myers","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.342","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a study of retired independent women in participative co-living. The objective of the study is to create an inventory questionnaire to be used in the selection of prospective members of a co-living arrangement in Canada. Qualitative research methods were used comprising textual analysis of participants’ journals and related documents like the Charter of the Babayagas House in Paris and documents in the public domain as well as established wellbeing questionnaires found in a literature search. Based on the qualities and characteristics uncovered, several items were generated which were found to align with items in well-established wellbeing questionnaires. Apart from the questionnaire items, related areas of concern are discussed. Overall, interesting aspects that would be valuable to researchers examining similar contexts emerged and comments on the relative importance and relevance of questions for a number of items are included in the findings. Aspects of the participants’ activities which were deemed relevant are also included.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"94 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140471632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the Cost of Election in Nigeria: The 2019 General Election in Focus","authors":"Babayo Sule, U. Sambo","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.334","url":null,"abstract":"Political party funding is an important issue for all global key players in democratic accountability and transparency. One of the areas where the phenomenon is attracting interest is Nigeria. The 2019 General Election represents an important period for the study of party financing in Nigeria. This study critically examines the cost of an election in Nigeria from four perspectives: the cost of nominations, the cost of party primaries, the cost of the actual campaign, and the cost of running the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The study collected data using a qualitative research design that employed the tools of key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The data collected were analysed and interpreted using thematic descriptive qualitative discussions. The study uncovers that the cost of an election in Nigeria is exorbitant and unbearable and the most disturbing aspect is the illegality involved in terms of the violation of maximum spending limit, the use of state resources, and setting a price of nomination above the reach of the common and average man. Thus, it is recommended among others that a strict regulatory sanction and monitoring form compliance should be applied appropriately.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115611690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of the Adolescents’ Psychological Potential Actualization Model","authors":"Tetyana I. Svatenkova","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.332","url":null,"abstract":"The socio-psychological situation in Ukraine has undergone significant changes. A global pandemic, harsh quarantine measures, war, insufficient public information, stigmatization of public opinion, high risks to public health – have all created a new psychosocial reality of life for both adults and young people. It is obvious that these problems and their manifestation in totality have affected young people’s life in various aspects. An anonymous voluntary survey of high school teachers conducted in 10 schools in different regions of Ukraine (Prykarpattia, Central and Northern) revealed a decrease in student activity (360 students aged 14-17) by 40% (attendance, willingness to learn and participate in educational activities), significantly reduced success (by 35%) during the distance learning period. The parents’ survey results show that young people’s feelings of fear (89%), anxiety (84%), aggression (58%), and depression (52%) are significant. A study of the structural characteristics’ of the specific manifestations of young people’s psychological potential was conducted between 2016-2020 which involved 2022 participants on a voluntary, anonymous basis. The young people’s psychological potential comprised the following components: motivational, emotional, value, and behavioral. The results showed a 40% decline in indexes on average over 2020-2021. A 4-stage young people’s psychological potential actualization model focusing on diagnostic, psycho-corrective, formative, and recreational-assertive aspects was developed based on the “Children`s Camp Zefir” recreation program and the adolescents’ psychological center “Alternative”. The model, implemented for the second year 2021-2022, currently displays significant results for increasing psychological indicators.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130338785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ideas About the Ideal Marriage Partner Depending on the Moral Orientation","authors":"S. Merzlyakova, M. Golubeva, N. V. Bibarsova","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.331","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of forming ideas about an ideal marriage partner is addressed in the context of studying the influence of the moral orientation of the personality of modern young men and women. Ideas about marriage perform a guiding function in mastering the social role of the spouse. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of ideas about an ideal marriage partner (ideal husband, ideal wife) depending on the moral orientation of the personality of young men and women. Theoretical and methodological literature analysis, questionnaire, psycho-diagnostic methods (the methodology of \"Personal Moral Self-determination\" by A. E. Vorobieva, A. B. Kupreichenko, the method of Semantic Differential, developed by Charles E. Osgood, projective technique of \"Incomplete Sentences\", the questionnaire \"Role Expectations and Claims in Marriage\" by A. N. Volkova); mathematical and statistical data processing methods. The study involved 490 students. The moral orientation of the personality (egocentric, group-centric, humanistic, world-creating) is an individual factor that determines the originality of ideas about an ideal marriage partner among young men and women. Young women with a humanistic personality orientation are distinguished by the formation of cognitive, emotional and behavioral component in the images of \"ideal husband\" and \"ideal wife\". In the ideas about an ideal marriage partner, young men and women with a world-creating personality orientation record the greatest number of content characteristics.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127291890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Secondary Schooling as Preparation For World Of Work: Curricular Responses To Employers’ Expressed Needs In Ethiopia","authors":"Lamessa Abdi, Ambissa Kenea","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.330","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to examine the linkage between expressed needs of selected employers of secondary school graduates and the secondary school curriculum with the overall aim of examining the relevance of the curriculum in Ethiopia. Content analysis and case study were used to achieve the intended purpose of the study. A mixed methods research approach was employed to integrate the qualitative and quantitative data obtained. Employers and the secondary curriculum were the major data sources of the study, with interview and document analysis as for data collection tools respectively. The study findings indicated that employers perceived time management, teamwork, communication skills, independent work, ability to learn, and self-management as the crucial competencies for employees in their organizations. On the other hand, the ability to work with others, effective communication skills, appropriate use of work time, self-control, independently solving problems, and the ability to learn and adapt to work are the skills most novice employees faced difficulty demonstrating according to the employers interviewed. Curricular learning objectives as demonstrated by the textbook materials and activities were also found to be irrelevant and/or insufficient to prepare students with the requisite work skills leading to the conclusion that the current curriculum lacks relevance to equip students with work-related competencies.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134262325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strengthening the Treatment and Rehabilitation Infrastructure, Demand Reduction and Prevention of Substance Abuse in Northern Cyprus","authors":"Melike Şimşek, Nilgun Tekyaprak","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.329","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the data of many sources/institutions working on cigarettes, alcohol and other psychoactive substances were used in Northern Cyprus by using the document analysis technique. In order to carry out a comprehensive study, official institutions and non-governmental organizations were called through the Anti-Drug Commission Presidency and the data they had were reached. Anti-Drug Commission's studies were examined under 4 themes. These themes were handled as Community-Based, School-Based, Law Enforcement/ Justice-Based and Health Care-Based intervention studies. As a result of this study it is seen that \"Northern Cyprus Drugs and Addiction Report 2021\" aims to provide an overview of the drug situation, which is necessary to develop effective actions for today's problems, by contributing to the creation of a healthier and safer society against drugs and addictions in Northern Cyprus.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115646040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Didactic Principles of Modeling Virtual Learning Environments: the Analysis of Theoretical and Empirical Value","authors":"Pavel Balyshev","doi":"10.15405/ejsbs.328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.328","url":null,"abstract":"The article aims to analyze a range of didactic principles that have to be included in methodological substantiation when creating a model of Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or other models of distance learning. To systematize and range the didactic principles in order of their pedagogical importance, several quantitative and qualitative research methods were used, including content analysis, questionary-based survey, and statistical data processing. The main aim of the study was to compare the didactic principles’ theoretical impact, which is based on the content analysis results, and their empirical value, indicated by students’ responses to the survey. The initial findings indicate the substantial difference between the didactic principles that are most frequently referenced in theoretical studies and the principles that are practically required to address students’ needs. The main outcome of the research is the assignment of the didactic principles into three categories: those having low theoretical and empirical value; those having low theoretical but high empirical value; and those having both high theoretical and empirical value. As such, the results of the study allow for the development of VLEs in various disciplines using relevant didactic principles that have both theoretical and empirical value.","PeriodicalId":366105,"journal":{"name":"The European Journal of Social and Behavioural Sciences","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121152526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}