Volume 12, number 1, July 2024
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Item Internationalization of curriculum (IoC) in higher education: A global cooperative strategy(ރިސާރޗް ޑެވެލޮޕްމަންޓް އޮފީސް، ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޤައުމީ ޔުނިވަރސިޓީ Research Development Office, The Maldives National University, 2024-07) AIishath Sana Shareef; އާއިޝަތު ސަނާ ޝަރީފްResearch indicates that recent advancements in information and communication technologies have introduced new implications for the internationalization of higher education institutions. The aim of this review is to study the extent of the Internationalization of Curriculum (IoC) in higher education from a global perspective. Databases including ERIC, Academic Search Premier, and HINARI were used to search for relevant literature. The search was conducted with combinations of the search terms: Internationalization, Curriculum, Higher education, and graduate attributes. The review identified extensive references to the internationalization of curriculum in higher education across the globe including American, African, European, Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The analysis of the findings has indicated IoC implementation as a complex process involving various actors stakeholders such as teachers, students, and other institutional leaders. Findings have also highlighted that implementation of IoC accompanies several challenges, which the stakeholders need to address during the process of selecting the contents, ways of teaching, and evaluating, also including institutional, social, and political support from within and outside the institutions. The aspect of graduate attributes has been minimally explored in terms of IoC. There is a great deal of available literature which emphasizes the need for Internationalization in Higher Education Institutions (HIEs) to extend beyond the mobility of students, staff, and faculty through international affiliations and global partnerships. The findings have raised questions for further research to include a wider cohort from various disciplines in higher education. Students’ and teachers’ perspectives and attitudes towards IoC must be studied to further understand the need for its development.Item Exploring the nexus between child unintentional injuries and parental smartphone distraction : a narrative review of studies, news reports, and rising cases(Research Development Office, The Maldives National University, 2024-07-31) Tanki, Farah Nisar; Phillips, James G.; ފަރާހް ނިސާރު ޓަންކީ; ޖޭމްސް ޖީ. ފިލިޕްސްThis review explores the impact of smartphone use on parenting practices and parental supervision. With the pervasive presence of smartphones in daily life, there is growing concern about their potential to distract parents and interrupt effective parenting. The purpose of this review is to synthesise the existing literature on how smartphone usage affects parental attention and supervision. Collected research papers and news reports have highlighted that parents’ excessive smartphone use has contributed to distracted parental supervision, uninvolved parenting, unintentional injuries, and fatalities among children. This review examines studies from various databases, focusing on information related to smartphone distraction among parents. Key findings indicate that high smartphone use is associated with reduced quality of parental interactions and inadequate supervision, leading to increased risks for children. The review concludes that while smartphones provide significant benefits, their overuse poses substantial risks to child safety and development. Future research should aim to develop strategies to mitigate these negative impacts and promote balanced smartphone use in family contexts.Item Pattern of health awareness by a health care provider in Maldives : a descriptive study(Research Development Office, The Maldives National University, 2024-07) Hameed, Abdul Azeez; އަބްދުއްއަޒީޒު ހަމީދުHealth awareness is considered to be one of the most essential ingredients of life. In Maldives, Mass media has been utilized to create health awareness among the people. Formally in Maldives, radio represents a popular form of communication and was the most extensively utilized form of mass media used to create health awareness among public. However, with advancement in technologies other forms of media social media platforms have been started using to create health awareness in the recent few years. The main objective of the study was to identify the pattern of health awareness created by selected health care provider (HCP), a single medical doctor who has been creating health awareness during the past 14 years period starting from 2010 till end of 2023. A retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study conducted using pre-collected data, by preparing a check list through note sheets of selected health care provider (HCP). The population for the current study is tasks or events performed by selected HCP with intention to create health awareness. Henceforth, total 359 events or tasks were included in this study as study subjects which were performed by the selected HCP in the past 14 years period starting from 2010 till end of 2023, which is also considered as sample size of the study. Majority of the awareness activity occurred in the year 2020, while majority occur specifically in the month of March. Radio was major source of awareness created, Voice Of Maldives (VOM) was main station where most of the awareness events took place and radio discussion was main method of awareness used by the selected HCP. Major topics covered in health awareness include tobacco, non-communicable disease, communicable disease, nutrition, Ramadan and health. Radio was major source of health awareness created by selected health care provider.Item Emotional Intelligence and test anxiety among secondary school students In EGOR locality Of EDO state, Nigeria(Research Development Office, The Maldives National University, 2014-07) Alhie, Osenweugwor Ngosi; އޮސެންވެއުގްވޯރ ންގޯސީ އަލްހީ; Toyin, Adeyemi Florence; އަޑެޔެމީ ފްލޮރެންސް ޓޮއިންThe study investigated emotional intelligence and test anxiety among secondary school students in Egor Locality of Edo State, Nigeria with a view to guide them to overcome the usual fear syndrome associated with examinations.The study adopted a descriptive survey design.The target population consisted of 6069 (six thousand and sixty-nine) students in the 10 (ten) public Senior Secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. A sample size of 380 (three hundred and eighty) secondary school class 2 students, were randomly selected from five randomly selected secondary schools in the study area. Two instruments, the Schutte self-report Emotional intelligence test (Schutte et al., 1998) and the Test Anxiety Questionnaire (Nist & Diehl, 1990) were adapted to collect data for the study. Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test were adopted to analyse the data. Findings indicated a moderate level of test anxiety among the students, though not found to be dependent on the sex of students. A non-significant negative correlation was also found to exist between emotional intelligence and test anxiety. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the government should continue to deploy professional counsellors to schools to assist in improving the usual fear syndrome associated with examinations among students. In addition, school counsellors as a routine service, should provide students with skills to improve emotional intelligence and strategies that would help to overcome test anxiety.