Exploración del Uso de las Competencias Académicas Definidas en el Proceso Educativo y Formativo en Psicología / Exploration of the Use of Defined Academic Competencies in the Education and Training Process in Psychology

La investigación en la cual se apoya este artículo tuvo como objeto de estudio las competencias académicas definidas para la enseñanza universitaria en Psicología, y como propósito obtener información y datos sobre algunas de sus características en la práctica de la Psicología. Fue una investigación descriptiva de corte transversal, apoyada en un ejercicio empírico. Se definió una muestra única posible de 41 egresados y de 37 estudiantes en prácticas, encontrándose que todas las competencias enunciadas en los ítems del instrumento fueron vividas, utilizadas o realizadas. También se halló alta frecuencia de uso en algunas competencias con diferencias entre egresados y practicantes. Se concluyó que las competencias deben definirse en procura de una relación de continuidad y pertinencia entre lo educativo y lo laboral.

This paper focuses on academic study and has as its purpose to collect data about the characteristics required for Psychology teaching in college. This research was an empirical, descriptive, and transversal study. 41 graduates and 37 students in their internship year were sampled; all the competences defined in the instrument items were realized, used or lived. Additionally, high frequency of use in some competences was found, with differences between the results for graduates and interns. The study concluded that academic competences must be defined in order to have continuity and relevance between education and employment.

To describe VARK learning styles of students in Nursing / Шинэ санаа Шинэ нээлт

The term ‘‘learning styles’’ refers to the concept that individuals differ in regard to what mode of instruction or study is most effective for them. There are some types of learning style model in the world and one of them is VARK model which was developed by N.Fleming. Teaching willbecome more effective when determine learning styles of students and teach them suitable way with their learning styles. The main goal of our study is to determine learning styles of nursing students. A descriptiveconfidential questionnaire survey was conducted on 100 students who are learning at Nursing School of MNUMS. They filled VARK questionnaire with 16 question.There are most common learning style was kinesthetic one and it means teaching will be more effective when simulation, close handed and practical sets are used and increased practice hours in the curriculum.