BackgroundThe students’ conceptions of learning in postgraduate health science master studies are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to compare the factors influencing conceptions of learning in health sciences and non-health sciences students enrolled in postgraduate master programs in order to obtain information that may be useful for students and for future postgraduate programs.MethodsA modified version of the Learning Inventory Conception Questionnaire (COLI) was used to compare students’ conception learning factors in 131 students at the beginning of their postgraduate studies in health sciences, experimental sciences, arts and humanities and social sciences.ResultsThe present study demonstrates that a set of factors may influence conception of learning of health sciences postgraduate students, with learning as gaining information, remembering, using, and understanding information, awareness of duty and social commitment being the most relevant. For these students, learning as a personal change, a process not bound by time or place or even as acquisition of professional competences, are less relevant. According to our results, this profile is not affected by gender differences.ConclusionsOur results show that the overall conceptions of learning differ among students of health sciences and non-health sciences (experimental sciences, arts and humanities and social sciences) master postgraduate programs. These finding are potentially useful to foster the learning process of HS students, because if they are metacognitively aware of their own conception or learning, they will be much better equipped to self-regulate their learning behavior in a postgraduate master program in health sciences.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-018-1227-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Identificación de las concepciones de aprendizaje en estudiantes de postgrado de ciencias de la salud y ciencias sociales ResumenObjetivo: En el presente trabajo hemos realizado un estudio comparativo entre las concepciones de aprendizaje de alumnos de posgrado que realizan un máster en el área de las ciencias de la salud y un máster en el área de las ciencias sociales, con el objetivo de examinar las concepciones de aprendizaje de ambos grupos. Métodos: Con el objeto de evaluar las concepciones de aprendizaje de los alumnos, se aplica la encuesta COLI (Conceptions of Learning Inventory) modificada "ad hoc" para incorporar las competencias de estudios de posgrado. La muestra consta de un total de 41 estudiantes, 22 pertenecientes a un máster del área de salud y 19 a un máster de ciencias sociales. El estudio de los distintos ítems se lleva a cabo con una escala de Likert de 7 niveles y posteriormente se realiza un análisis estadístico de los datos mediante el método Anova. Resultados: El estudio realizado demuestra la existencia de diferencias significativas en las concepciones de aprendizaje en los alumnos de ambos programas en relación con la obtención de información, el recuerdo, uso y comprensión de la información y la adquisición de competencias. Conclusiones: Estas diferencias deben ser tenidas en cuenta para planificar el desarrollo de este tipo de programas. AbstractObjective: In this study we carried out a comparative study between posgraduate students conducting a master's degree in the area of health sciences and students conducting a master's degree in the area of social sciences, in order to examine the conceptions of learning in both groups. Methods: In order to evaluate the conceptions of learning, the COLI (Conceptions of Learning Inventory) survey modified "ad hoc" to evaluate the component "learning as acquisition of competence" is applied. The sample consists of a total of 41 students, 22 belonging to a master in the health area and 19 to a master of social sciences. The study of the different items is carried out with a Likert scale of 7 levels and then a statistical analysis of the data using ANOVA test was performed. Results: The study shows significant differences in conceptions of learning in students of both programs regarding to the different components: obtaining information, memory, use and understanding of information and the acquisition of competences Conclusions: These differences should be taken into account in planning and implementing such programs.
Our society is affected by the climate crisis, which is largely a consequence of human activity. For this reason, the education and awareness of society plays a fundamental role. Spain and Andalusia are committed to the 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations and their fulfilment by 2030, representing an important part of the Challenges of Andalusian Society (CAS). One of the goals to be achieved is to “improve education, awareness and human and institutional capacity for climate change mitigation, adaptation and early warning”. Education and environmental awareness in relation to CAS remain one of the main challenges, especially in foreign language teaching and learning. By means of an innovative educational strategy, this project aims to address four CAS in university language learning/teaching of French as a foreign language (FFL): 1. Climate action, environment, resource and raw material efficiency, 2. Smart, green and integrated transport, 3. Safe, clean and efficient energy, and 4. Health, demographic change and social well-being. The aim is to train and raise awareness of key concepts among undergraduate students through the integration of the CAS as didactic units in FFL subjects of the Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies at the University of Granada (Spain). This project may well have a positive impact on the environmental attitude, interest and motivation of students towards the CAS and the acquisition of linguistic competences in the French language.
Images in PathologyClassically, to teach histology it is necessary to use a complete collection of human tissues stained with different histological methods. These normal histological structures are organized with specific patterns that characterize different organs and tissues. Infrequently their histological pattern is similar to human expression, organs, or artworks. [1][2][3] In this article, we show a histological image of the tongue, which is a muscular organ with rich innervations and irrigation. Transversally, it is possible to observe all 545398I JSXXX10.
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