A Cooperative Interdisciplinary Task Intervention with Undergraduate Nursing and Computer Engineering Students
| Autor: | Pilar Marqués-Sánchez, Javier Pérez-Paniagua, María Mercedes Reguera-García, Isaías García-Rodríguez, José Alberto Benítez-Andrades, Mari Carmen Portillo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Cooperative learning
social network analysis Higher education engineering media_common.quotation_subject lcsh:TJ807-830 Geography Planning and Development lcsh:Renewable energy sources Context (language use) Management Monitoring Policy and Law nursing 0502 economics and business ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Added value resilience Social network analysis lcsh:Environmental sciences media_common lcsh:GE1-350 students Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants 05 social sciences academic performance 050301 education cooperative learning Friendship lcsh:TD194-195 Computer engineering interdisciplinary learning Psychological resilience business Centrality Psychology 0503 education 050203 business & management engagement |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 22 Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 22, p 6325 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su11226325 |
| Popis: | This study proposed a collaborative methodology among university students in different grades in order to find sustainable strategies that are an added value for students, teachers, and society. In daily professional practice, different professionals must develop skills to collaborate and understand each other. For that reality to be sustainable, we believe that experiences must begin in the context of higher education. Social network analysis offers a new perspective on optimizing relationships between university students. The main goal of this study was to analyze students&rsquo behavior in their networks following an educational intervention and the association with academic performance, resilience and engagement. This was a descriptive quasi-experimental study with pre&ndash post measures of a cooperative interdisciplinary intervention. Participants comprised 50 nursing and computer engineering students. We measured help, friendship, and negative network centrality, engagement, resilience, and academic performance. No significant differences were observed between pre&ndash post-intervention centrality measures in the negative network. However, the help and friendship networks presented statistically significant differences between inDegreeN, OutDegreeN and EigenvectorN on the one hand, and resilience and engagement&mdash but not academic performance&mdash on the other. Academic performance was solely associated with the team to which participants belonged. Cooperative interdisciplinary learning increased the number of ties and levels of prestige and influence among classmates. Further research is required in order to determine the influence of engagement and resilience on academic performance and the role of negative networks in network formation in education. This study provides important information for proposals on sustainable assessments in the field of higher education. |
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