Expanding Scholarship
Immersed - Social Studies Academic Magazine: A Creation of Teenagers in Cundinamarca (Colombia) View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Sebastian Trujillo Pedraza
This study considers the entire process of creating the first academic magazine by teenagers between 15 years old until 18 years old about research projects of social sciences. The main idea is to present the pedagogical and methodological process to teach how to do research in young people; starting from the creation of a research question and finishing with the methodological part of the research process. Furthermore, is important to communicate the experience being the first academic magazine of young people in the city of Mosquera (Cundinamarca) of Colombia. Firstly, the idea is to present the pedagogical process showing to the audience the challenges that means to go against the statu quo of a society that dislike to teach this kind of processes to that specific population. Secondly, to show them the magazine itself showing the results of different research project related with anime, cartoons, music, paintings, tv shows, etc. having, of course, a strong academic process behind. Finally, we review the experience and how useful this kind of pedagogical processes are now that they are used in different universities of Colombia.
Integration and Inclusive Education: How to Integrate Students during the Process Migration in Portugal? View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Gabriela Da Silva Duarte
We discuss the historical emergence of so-called universal rights, in the historical context from the Enlightenment to current global neoliberalism. One of these is the right to education. The aim is to clarify the scope of the universality of education, in particular that of access and academic success for immigrants in Portuguese schools. To this end, we investigate the approach of integrating students into these institutions. This serves as a basis for putting the teleological question of education into perspective, in terms of its formative, socialising and subjectivising functions. We gain an understanding of these reflections through interviews and content analysis, using a qualitative approach, with basic education students in the Portuguese system. This research project is justified by the plan to study for a PhD in Educational Sciences at the University of Minho in Braga.
Preparing to Meet Today’s World Needs: The Role of Inter-professional Emergency Preparedness Simulations in Higher Education
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Laura Racovita, Amy Mejias, Mioara Diaconu
In the last decades, the number of natural disasters and subsequent population migrations have increased worldwide, research documenting their impact through multiple discipline’s perspectives. The bio-psycho-social effects on groups and communities have been well-documented (Capelli, Constantini & Consoli, 2021). Furthermore, Zhang et al (2022) and Auchincloss and Chernak (2024) found that exposure to natural disasters negatively impacts individuals’ mental and physical health throughout the life-span. First responders often include social workers and nurses working with individuals in the aftermath of disasters, yet few programs in higher education emphasize this important preparedness aspect. This paper reports on a model of integrating emergency preparedness interprofessional collaborative practice simulations across different disciplines, including social work and nursing at a higher education institution in the Southern U.S. Simulations have been found to be effective in increasing the students’ level of preparedness and collaboration to intervene in different situations (Cannon, 2016; Pinar, 2015). Furthermore, simulations that include different professions and/or roles have shown to increase knowledge, skills, and improve attitudes towards team-based approaches across disciplines (Miller, Rambeck, & Snyder, 2014). After the simulation, which was built around the WHO (2010) and Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2016) frameworks for responding to individual, families, communities, and population needs, students completed a survey that sought to identify their perceptions of their preparedness to respond to natural disasters. The study results show that integrating interprofessional simulations in higher education is not only beneficial (Alim, Kawabata, & Nakazawa, 2015) but also prepares future professionals to support their communities’ recovery process.
