Factors affecting student participation in extra-curricular activities: A comparison between two Middle Eastern dental schools

Al‐Ansari, Asim; Abdelaziz, Wafaa; Abdel‐Salam, M.; Tantawi, Maha El; ElRefae, Ismail

doi:10.1016/j.sdentj.2015.05.004

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“…ECA are defined as voluntary activities that take place outside the class schedule [37], which complement curricular training [38] and contribute to the students' personal [39], professional [40], and social [41] development. These activities are classified into sporting, cultural, solidarity, spiritual and artistic activities, and student clubs [41][42][43].…”

Section: Eca (Extracurricular Activities) To Promote Reflective Learningmentioning

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Extracurricular Activities in Higher Education and the Promotion of Reflective Learning for Sustainability

2019

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The objective of higher education institutions is to integrate reflective learning that contributes to the development of a greater awareness among individuals of the importance of facing the 21st century’s sustainability challenges. This paper analyzes the impact of an extracurricular volunteer activity in Tangier, Morocco in the development of student reflection at a Spanish university. To this end, two objectives were proposed: (1) to explore the students’ primary reflections of the experience, and (2) analyze the students’ perceptions of the importance of participating in the experience in order to develop reflective learning. In the study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 23 students who participated in the volunteer activity. Data analysis was carried out using Iramuteq software to conduct a descending hierarchical classification (DHC), and MAXQDA software to conduct a constant comparison analysis. This research highlights the value of voluntary extracurricular activities in the development of reflections that guide change in the beliefs, attitudes, and daily behaviors of students that ultimately result in sustainability. Due to this, not only is it considered essential that students participate in social projects, but also that they undertake these projects with peers and instructors who can create environments of support and trust.

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Section: Eca (Extracurricular Activities) To Promote Reflective Learningmentioning

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Extracurricular Activities in Higher Education and the Promotion of Reflective Learning for Sustainability

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“…The first challenge is associated with student participation. As it is treated as extra-curricular, many students may disregard the importance of such activities when compared with specialised knowledge taught in class (Al-Ansari et al, 2016;Tran, 2015). The second challenge is that some types of extracurricular activities -such as being a research assistant or intern, or serving in a student committee -are unable to involve a large number of students (Barrie et al, 2009).…”

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Developing generic skills for students via extra-curricular activities in Vietnamese universities: Practices and influential factors

Nghia

2017

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Developing generic skills (GS) for students has become central in many higher education curricula in recent times. However, there is still a lack of studies regarding how these skills are developed for students, especially in developing countries. Drawing from a PhD study, this paper reports the contribution of extra-curricular activities in developing GS for students in Vietnamese universities and analyses factors influencing the effectiveness of developing GS for students via these activities. A content analysis of relevant documents and 69 interviews with university leaders, academics and organisers of the Youth union and its associates (YUA) showed that extra-curricular activities were an integral component of a university's strategy for training students in GS. This was due to a lack of autonomy over the curriculum, which prevented most Vietnamese universities from adding skills subjects into the curriculum. Furthermore, the YUA also had a long-standing tradition of developing non-discipline-specific skills for students. The YUA were found to be successful in developing GS for students via extra-curricular activities; however, their operation was influenced by university leadership, student participation, external stakeholders' support, and the leadership of the YUA. The paper argues that extra-curricular activities were conducive to developing GS for students; therefore, they should be included in skills development programs in higher education.

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“…In recent years, with the development of the economy and the improvement of the income level of residents, the content of leisure agriculture activities has become increasingly rich, and the management methods are constantly innovating and improving. In the process of development, there are also problems such as low level of development, unreasonable planning, and serious homogenization (Al-Ansari, et al, 2016). At the same time, they also face impacts and constraints on land, resources, environment, scale and technology.…”

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Development Efficiency of Leisure Agriculture Based on DEA Model in the Background of Rural Revitalization

Tao¹

2019

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The rural revitalization strategy has injected vitality into the reform of the supply side of agriculture. In addition, leisure agriculture is the focus of rural supplyside reform. In order to break through the stalemate in agricultural development, Chinese leisure agriculture has gradually sprouted at the end of the last century. Nowadays, leisure agriculture, as a direction of agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics, has important signifi cance for the development of agricultural industrialization, the rise of agricultural economy, and the development of urban integration. First, we briefl y introduce the relevant theories of leisure and sightseeing agriculture. Then we elaborated on the situation of rural revitalization and leisure agriculture development. This paper studies the current situation of leisure and sightseeing agriculture in Anhui Province through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). We evaluated the effi ciency of leisure agriculture in Anhui Province. On this basis, we analyzed its current status and existing problems. We have put forward some suggestions, which have certain guiding signifi cance for the improvement of leisure agriculture effi ciency in Anhui Province. The research results show that the production level and development scale of leisure agriculture in Anhui Province are not optimal. Due to diff erent production technology levels and resource endowments, there is a certain gap in the development of leisure agriculture between diff erent regions in Anhui Province. These gaps are mainly refl ected in the diff erence in pure technical effi ciency. Therefore, we propose to reduce the scale of leisure agriculture development and carry out concentrated resource development. We suggest strengthening the construction of soft and hard facilities on the basis of reasonable planning. We believe that we can make full use of information technology to innovate agricultural development models to promote the development of leisure agriculture in Anhui Province.

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Factors affecting student participation in extra-curricular activities: A comparison between two Middle Eastern dental schools

Cited by 50 publications

References 23 publications

Extracurricular Activities in Higher Education and the Promotion of Reflective Learning for Sustainability

Extracurricular Activities in Higher Education and the Promotion of Reflective Learning for Sustainability

Developing generic skills for students via extra-curricular activities in Vietnamese universities: Practices and influential factors

Development Efficiency of Leisure Agriculture Based on DEA Model in the Background of Rural Revitalization

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