Disertacijoje sveikos gyvensenos fenomenas konceptualizuojamas kaip visuomeninė ir edukacinė vertybė bei ugdymo tikslas, kurio įgyvendinimui modernioje visuomenėje kyla nauji iššūkiai. Remiantis kiekybine socialinių tyrimų paradigma, laikomasi požiūrio, kad edukacinė diagnostika leidžia įvertinti ugdymo tikslų įgyvendinimą realybėje. Disertaciniame tyrime edukacinė diagnostika pasitelkiama įvertinti studentų sveikos gyvensenos (kaip ugdymo rezultato) priklausomybę nuo edukacinių, socialinių, aplinkos faktorių bei ištirti jos sąsajas su subjektyviu savo kūno vertinimu. Taikant matematinės statistikos metodus, atskleidžiamas įvairių sveikos gyvensenos komponentų paplitimas studentų populiacijoje ir jo edukaciniai veiksniai. Analizuojant ir pateikiant tyrimo rezultatus, išryškinami lyčių skirtumai. Empirinio tyrimo duomenys rodo nemažą rizikingos sveikatai elgsenos paplitimą tarp studentų. Ryškiausios studentų gyvensenos problemos – neracionali mityba, psichoaktyviųjų medžiagų vartojimas, patiriamas stresas, nepakankamas fizinis aktyvumas. Šie ir kiti studentų gyvensenos rodikliai bei atrastos jų sąsajos su ankstesne ugdymo/si patirtimi leidžia kelti prielaidas apie nepakankamą formaliosios švietimo sistemos veiksmingumą ugdant sveikos gyvensenos įgūdžius, konstatuoti, kad ugdymą reglamentuojančiuose dokumentuose deklaruojami tikslai nėra sėkmingai įgyvendinami. Remiantis literatūros analize bei empirinio tyrimo duomenimis, pateikiamos rekomendacijos sveikos gyvensenos įgūdžių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the doctoral dissertation the phenomenon of healthy lifestyle is conceptualized as a social, educational value and the objective of education that poses new challenges in the modern society. On the basis of quantitative social research paradigm, educational diagnostics allows the measuring of achieving educational objectives in reality. In the dissertation research educational diagnostics helps to assess students' health behavior (as a result of education) and its dependence on the educational, social and environmental factors, and to investigate its relationship with subjective evaluation of own body. An application of mathematical statistical methods allows revealing the prevalence of various components of health behavior in the students’ population and its educational factors. In the analysis and presentation of research results gender differences are highlighted. Empirical study shows considerable risky health behavior prevalence among students. The principal students’ lifestyle issues - irrational nutrition, psychoactive substance use, stress, lack of physical activity. These and other indicators of students health behavior, and the discovered link with the previous educational experience lead to assumptions about the lack of formal educational system effectiveness in developing healthy lifestyle habits, and state that objectives declared in the documents regulating education have not been successfully implemented. Based on literature analysis and empirical study... [to full text]

Disertacijoje sveikos gyvensenos fenomenas konceptualizuojamas kaip visuomeninė ir edukacinė vertybė bei ugdymo tikslas, kurio įgyvendinimui modernioje visuomenėje kyla nauji iššūkiai. Remiantis kiekybine socialinių tyrimų paradigma, laikomasi požiūrio, kad edukacinė diagnostika leidžia įvertinti ugdymo tikslų įgyvendinimą realybėje. Disertaciniame tyrime edukacinė diagnostika pasitelkiama įvertinti studentų sveikos gyvensenos (kaip ugdymo rezultato) priklausomybę nuo edukacinių, socialinių, aplinkos faktorių bei ištirti jos sąsajas su subjektyviu savo kūno vertinimu. Taikant matematinės statistikos metodus, atskleidžiamas įvairių sveikos gyvensenos komponentų paplitimas studentų populiacijoje ir jo edukaciniai veiksniai. Analizuojant ir pateikiant tyrimo rezultatus, išryškinami lyčių skirtumai. Empirinio tyrimo duomenys rodo nemažą rizikingos sveikatai elgsenos paplitimą tarp studentų. Ryškiausios studentų gyvensenos problemos – neracionali mityba, psichoaktyviųjų medžiagų vartojimas, patiriamas stresas, nepakankamas fizinis aktyvumas. Šie ir kiti studentų gyvensenos rodikliai bei atrastos jų sąsajos su ankstesne ugdymo/si patirtimi leidžia kelti prielaidas apie nepakankamą formaliosios švietimo sistemos veiksmingumą ugdant sveikos gyvensenos įgūdžius, konstatuoti, kad ugdymą reglamentuojančiuose dokumentuose deklaruojami tikslai nėra sėkmingai įgyvendinami. Remiantis literatūros analize bei empirinio tyrimo duomenimis, pateikiamos rekomendacijos sveikos gyvensenos įgūdžių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the doctoral dissertation the phenomenon of healthy lifestyle is conceptualized as a social, educational value and the objective of education that poses new challenges in the modern society. On the basis of quantitative social research paradigm, educational diagnostics allows the measuring of achieving educational objectives in reality. In the dissertation research educational diagnostics helps to assess students' health behavior (as a result of education) and its dependence on the educational, social and environmental factors, and to investigate its relationship with subjective evaluation of own body. An application of mathematical statistical methods allows revealing the prevalence of various components of health behavior in the students’ population and its educational factors. In the analysis and presentation of research results gender differences are highlighted. Empirical study shows considerable risky health behavior prevalence among students. The principal students’ lifestyle issues - irrational nutrition, psychoactive substance use, stress, lack of physical activity. These and other indicators of students health behavior, and the discovered link with the previous educational experience lead to assumptions about the lack of formal educational system effectiveness in developing healthy lifestyle habits, and state that objectives declared in the documents regulating education have not been successfully implemented. Based on literature analysis and empirical study... [to full text]

<p>Theoretically, the role of higher education in national development has become clearer than before, while empirically the evidence is overwhelming. Elsewhere in the world, countries that have made tremendous strides in both social and economic development invested heavily and strategically in higher education. In Malawi, the role of higher education in national development has always been recognised by development policies since independence in 1964 <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">However, with the exception of the first 15 years of independence, Malawi&rsquo / s development path has registered abysmal results both on the social and the economic fronts despite undergoing significant socio-economic and political reforms. Malawi remains one of the most underdeveloped countries whether judged by Gross National Product (GNP) per capita, the UNDP&rsquo / s Human Development Index (HDI) or the Human Poverty Index (HPI). One of the factors that is considered as having contributed to low levels of development is the performance of education systems (primary, secondary and higher education) (World Bank, 2009).</span>It is against this background that this study sought to examine how Malawi&rsquo / s higher education institutions (HEIs) have responded to their roles as prescribed by the national development policies with a focus on the period between 2000 and 2010. Four questions guided the study: i) what specific roles do national development policies define for HEIs to ensure that higher education contributes to national development? ii) To what extent are these roles performed by HEIs in Malawi? iii) What factors determine the performance of HEIs in their expected roles? iv) What pattern of response to their (HEIs&rsquo / ) expected roles can be identified? Theoretically and analytically, the study was informed by the two perspectives of the open systems theory, namely the resource-dependency approach and neo-institutional approach. These two approaches contend that actions by organisations are limited and influenced by various pressures and demands emanating from their internal and external environments and that organisations often respond accordingly in order to survive. Methodologically, the study employed a mixed-method design (of qualitative and quantitative) with a dominant usage of qualitative methods. A multiple case study approach was used in which data were collected through unstructured interviews, semi-structured interviews and documentary review. For qualitative data, the analysis was done using a text method while quantitative data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel to provide simple descriptive analysis through charts, tables and graphs.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:TimesNewRoman"> Overall, the study found that Malawi development policies expect HEIs to enhance access, equity, relevance, efficiency and quality of higher education as a way of ensuring that higher education contributes to the national development project. However, the study identified several patterns of response by HEIs (towards these expected roles) that tentatively explain the sub-optimal contribution of higher education in national development. These patterns of response include: inclination towards responding to the politically sensitive crises in the higher education system (for public HEIs) and profit-compatible roles (for private HEI) / use of sub-standard resources and methods antithetical to genuine teaching and learning / duplication by private HEIs of the &ldquo / soft&rdquo / roles being undertaken by public HEI / the abandonment of some of the HEIs&rsquo / original ideals and founding pledges, which are compatible with national development roles / and substitution of long-term coherent academic planning by short-term survival strategies. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt / mso-fareast-font-family:TimesNewRoman / mso-bidi-font-family:Arial / color:black / mso-fareast-language:EN-US / mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The study presents a number of implications, lessons and recommendations in the area of higher education and development. These include: the need for the government to recognise the importance and impact of intra-sectoral linkages in the entire education system on the performance of HEIs / the need to enforce the effective participation of private and public HEIs in national developmental project by establishing a proper regulatory framework / the need to enhance regional and internal collaboration among universities if they are to effectively respond to national roles / the need to reduce marginalisation of HEIs by maximising efforts that create linkages with the productive sector / the need to devise a robust public financing mechanism that broadly deals with issues of equity, relevance, quality and access of higher education / and the need to match education investment priorities and sequencing with development policies</span></p> <p>&nbsp / </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">&nbsp / </p> <p>&nbsp / </p>

South African higher education institutions are facing increasing competition from both local and global competitors. This increasing competitive pressure has forced them to become aware of the importance of building and sustaining a suitable competitive advantage. Adding to this, South Africa’s economy, together with the world economies, has witnessed changing circumstances in relation to consumers’ needs, tastes and preferences. In this light, service quality has been recognised as a means to meet these challenges. As service industries play an important role in many economies around the world, the significance of providing an adequate level of service quality has emerged. Higher education institutions too are now being called upon to account for the quality of the services they provide. As service quality is a key strategic issue and a pervasive strategic force, the methods deployed in measuring service quality is of concern. Traditionally, higher education institutions used measures to account for the academic standards they provide, together with accreditation and performance indicators of teaching and research. However, from the viewpoint of their primary consumers, higher education institutions need to put measures in place to account for their students’ perceptions of service quality as well. Higher education institutions need to concentrate their attention on what the students feel is important in delivering the service. In measuring service quality from the perspective of the students, higher education institutions will be able to improve their service delivery processes, which will help to create consumer loyalty and, in the long-term, build a competitive advantage. The primary objective of this study was to provide a comparative view on the undergraduate students’ perceptions of the service quality delivered by two South African higher education institutions. The study comprised a literature review and an empirical study, and a descriptive research design was employed. The literature review focused on service quality. The literature review did not focus specifically on examining service quality from higher education institutions perspective but rather looked at service quality from the perspective of general service industries. In addition, in order to shape the literature on service quality, an introduction to services and services marketing was provided. Within the empirical portion of this study, quantitative research was applied using the survey method. Two South African higher education institutions formed the two sample groups in this study. A self-administered questionnaire was administered on the relevant first-, second- and third- year business and marketing management students of each sample’s respective faculties. The findings obtained from the main survey questionnaire are discussed in order to provide insights as to how students’ evaluate the service delivery of higher education institutions. Given the limitations and scope of the study, a balanced view of the two sample groups is provided in that the sample groups were split representatively. The recommendations provided in this study provide guidelines regarding the possible ways in which higher education institutions can market themselves in order to build a sustainable competitive advantage. / MCom, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2012

Thesis (MPhil (Information Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / Computer literacy plays a major role in today’s education system. The South African Department of Education has included computer literacy to be one of the subjects from primary school education. The purpose of this study is to identify barriers of e-learning amongst postgraduate black students in higher education in South Africa. Most of the higher education institutions in South Africa have introduced the e-learning method as one of the mediums of instruction in offering courses at their institutions. For some higher education institutions, e-learning has proven to be a good teaching and learning method and for some it has been a problem from the implementation phase. There are some factors that have not been identified as barriers for e-learning to take place successfully. By identifying those factors it will bring more benefit to those higher education institutions that are finding e-learning a delight to work with. The institutions that are battling with e-learning may find solutions on how to successfully implement and get benefits from e-learning. This study will identify the challenges that learners, instructors and course developers experience on the e-learning path. Solutions to the challenges experienced in the South African higher education system may serve in promoting e-learning to higher education institutions and corporate organisations in the country. Traditional learners may also be motivated and encouraged to give e-learning a try. As a country, South Africa is exposed to challenges like poverty and increased unemployment rate; education may serve as a tool in addressing the challenges. The country shows success in distance education, many working people have managed to develop their skills and qualification through distance education. It is a challenge for government and higher education institutions to make elearning work in the South African education system. Identifying and eliminating barriers to e-learning may give the South African education system a chance to embrace elearning in the same way it did to traditional learning, or even more.

This study is concerned with determining the role, responsibility, qualifications, and changing trends regarding the position of chief financial officer in higher education : institutions as perceived by presidents and chief financial officers. After a comprehensive review of the literature, a questionnaire was developed, validated, and sent to the presidents and chief financial officers of 100 private and 100 public institutions which had randomly been selected. One-hundred seven presidents and 117 chief financial officers returned the completed questionnaires which produced data upon which the findings of the study are based.

The problem of this study was to determine the status of marketing activities among four-year, publicly-controlled institutions of higher education in the United States. A survey was conducted of all 549 four-year, publicly controlled institutions listed in the 1980 Education Directory. Questionnaires were mailed to those administrators whose titles implied public relations responsibilities. This group of respondents was presumed to comprise the individuals who were most likely to be knowledgeable about marketing activities in their institutions. Responses were received from 364 (66.3 per cent) of the officers, who represented 364 institutions from 49 states.

Submitted by Paula Oliveira (paulaoliveirabc@gmail.com) on 2018-04-09T21:08:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula S. de Oliveira_Dissertação de Mestrado.pdf: 1743246 bytes, checksum: 1618f2b30e5fbf72e481d78429c96851 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora da Silva Lopes (silopes@ufba.br) on 2018-04-10T16:31:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula S. de Oliveira_Dissertação de Mestrado.pdf: 1743246 bytes, checksum: 1618f2b30e5fbf72e481d78429c96851 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-10T16:31:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula S. de Oliveira_Dissertação de Mestrado.pdf: 1743246 bytes, checksum: 1618f2b30e5fbf72e481d78429c96851 (MD5) / Esta pesquisa abordou o processo de internacionalização da educação superior em nível institucional à luz dos movimentos globalizantes que vêm afetando diretamente a educação superior. Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo de caso múltiplo com foco na Universidade Federal da Bahia e na Universidade do Estado da Bahia e, utilizando a versão personalizada do modelo de Ciclo da Internacionalização, focalizou sete dimensões do processo de internacionalização: seu contexto de desenvolvimento, a tomada de consciência e comprometimento com a dimensão internacional, a clarificação das razões e abordagens para internacionalização, e o planejamento e operacionalização de suas ações. Observou-se que estas instituições percebem a internacionalização enquanto uma dimensão estratégica de seu desenvolvimento institucional que, alinhada aos seus objetivos, tem potencial para contribuir com os processos de produção do conhecimento, além de melhorar sua visibilidade internacional. Sem embargo, barreiras como a falta de uma política formal de internacionalização têm obscurecido os rumos da internacionalização nestas instituições, colocando-as a mercê das imposições do ambiente externo. Assim, este estudo indica a necessidade de abertura crítica destas instituições para o mundo, em vista de melhorias na qualidade do ensino, pesquisa e extensão, da formação intercultural de suas comunidades acadêmicas e do desenvolvimento da sociedade em que estão inseridas. / ABSTRACT This research endeavour addressed the process of internationalization of higher education at its institutional level in light of globalizing movements that directly affect higher education. A multiple case study was carried out in the Federal University of Bahia and in the State University of Bahia. Using the customized version of the Internationalization Cycle, the study focused on seven dimensions of the internationalization process: its context of development, the awareness of and commitment with the international dimension, the clarification of the rationales and approaches for internationalization, and the planning and operationalization of its actions. It was observed that these institutions perceive the internationalization as a strategic dimension of their institutional development and that, in line with their objectives, it has the potential to contribute to the processes of knowledge production, as well as the improvement of their international visibility. However, barriers such as the lack of a formal internationalization policy have obscured the paths of internationalization in these institutions, leaving them open to external environment interference. Thus, this study indicates the need for critical opening of these institutions to the world, in view of the improvements in the quality of teaching, research and extension, the intercultural training of their academic communities and the development of the society in which they are inserted.

333 f. / Submitted by Suelen Reis (suziy.ellen@gmail.com) on 2013-04-24T17:17:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Francisca Silva.pdf: 1210728 bytes, checksum: 3d5ed565a0fcdff263ac00b607853d55 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Auxiliadora Lopes(silopes@ufba.br) on 2013-04-30T18:55:26Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Francisca Silva.pdf: 1210728 bytes, checksum: 3d5ed565a0fcdff263ac00b607853d55 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-04-30T18:55:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Francisca Silva.pdf: 1210728 bytes, checksum: 3d5ed565a0fcdff263ac00b607853d55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / O escopo principal deste trabalho está na criação e aplicação de indicadores de sustentabilidade para a gestão de Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES). Isso por acreditar-se que a educação superior poderá ser a mola propulsora da formação de profissionais, já que estes estarão à frente de empreendimentos, projetos, planos e programas. Poderão ocupar cargos de decisão nas esferas públicas e privadas, nos âmbitos municipal, estadual e federal. Aplicaram-se indicadores à IES, subdivididos em 3 enfoques institucionais: a) administrativo; b) pedagógico; e c) socioformativo. A partir de cada um desses enfoques criaram-se categorias com seus respectivos indicadores. Eles foram auxílios úteis à análise das IES escolhidas como amostra, dentre aquelas que oferecem cursos de graduação em turismo no Estado da Bahia. Analisaram-se as IES em sua oferta de educação adequada, semi-adequada, ou não-adequada aos princípios da sustentabilidade. A partir desses indicadores, construiu-se uma proposta de Modelo de Educação Sperior Sustentável, na qual a IES exerce um papel de maior relevância na pomoção de valres, competências e habilidades para um atuar sustentável. Os ndicadores criados podem se aplicar não somente em IES, mas em outras instituições de ensino, em empresas, em órgãos governamentais, em residências em outros espaços. Enfim, pensa-se que esses indicadores poderão assumir papel de relevância na forma de viver de cada cidadão, através das suas atitudes, pensamentos e sentimentos. Acredita-se que, a partir da sua adoção na formação de pessoas, haverá indivíduos mais responsáveis consigo, com o outro, com o meio ambiente e mais conseqüentes em relação ao futuro. / Salvador

A renovação da administração pública brasileira tem se caracterizado por significativas reformulações, principalmente, no que se refere aos instrumentos e às práticas de gestão. Nesse contexto, temas relacionados à gestão do desempenho têm tido papel fundamental para a modernização do setor público. No entanto, implantar um sistema que mensure os resultados frente aos objetivos e contribua na definição de ações de melhorias ainda é um grande desafio para a lógica segmentada da gestão pública. Nesta perspectiva, este trabalho buscou construir e implantar um sistema de medição, baseado em indicadores de desempenho, para os processos de gestão de pessoas de uma universidade pública federal. Para isso, baseou-se no modelo de gestão de desempenho de processos de Heckl e Moormann (2010), com o desenvolvimento das seguintes etapas: (i) identificação dos processos de gestão de pessoas, (ii) definição dos objetivos e fatores críticos de sucesso dos processos, (iii) identificação dos indicadores de desempenho dos objetivos e fatores críticos, (iv) avaliação e seleção dos indicadores, (v) definição da forma de apuração dos indicadores, (vi) definição do modelo de sistema de medição de desempenho, (vii) alimentação do sistema, e (viii) validação do sistema. Os problemas relacionados à disponibilidade e extração de dados se revelaram como a maior dificuldade para o desenvolvimento do trabalho. Apesar disso, o sistema foi avaliado positivamente quanto as suas propriedades e procedimentos, assim como quanto aos seus propósitos. / The renewal of Brazilian public management has been characterized by significant reformulation, mainly regarding management instruments and practices. In this context, themes related to performance management have played a fundamental role to modernize the public sector. However, implementing a system to measure results against objectives and contribute to define improvement actions is still a considerable challenge considering the current segmented logic observed in the public management. In this perspective, this research aimed to build and implement a measurement system, based in performance indicators, designed to support people management processes in a public federal university. For this, the study was based in the processes performance management model from Heckl and Moormann (2010), comprising the development of the following stages: (i) people management processes identification, (ii) definition of processes objectives and critical success factors, (iii) identification of performance indicators based on the objectives and critical factors, (iv) indicators evaluation and selection, (v) definition of indicators’ calculation method, (vi) definition of the performance measurement system model, (vii) system’s data feed, (viii) system’s validation. The problems related with the data availability and extraction proved to be the greatest difficulty for the development of this research. Nevertheless, the system was positively evaluated in relation to its properties and procedures, as well as its purposes.