INNOVATIVE POTENTIAL AND INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE: DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Significant contradiction between the need of modern Ukrainian society in innovation-oriented specialist personality, on the one hand, and the level of readiness of university graduates to innovative professional activities, on the other hand, generates the problem of finding ways and means of formation of innovative potential of personality in scientific and educational environment of university on the basis of holistic dual educational concept. Problematic issues of how to organize the process of professional training of future specialists, how to promote the development of their innovative potential, what are the conditions and mechanisms of this process constitute the problem field of this studyMETHODS. The research used methods – activity approach to the problem of personal development; personality-oriented approach to professional training of students; competence approach to university training of students; acmeological approach to the study of human development; mutual influence of personal and professional development; environmental approach – to the problem of formation and development of students' innovation potential. Processing of the results of the survey to determine the proportions of the main components of students' innovation potential on the basis of Hackathon ecosystem was carried out by expert method.FINDINGS. The mechanisms for implementing the concept include the integration of education, science and practice; analysis of innovation needs and innovation capabilities of subjects of education; creation of infrastructure elements necessary for the functioning of the innovation system at all stages of the educational process; formation of a data bank of innovative projects, ready for implementation, technology platforms, information support for the development of innovative youth potential in the scientific and educational environment of the university.CONCLUSION. Scientific and educational environment of the university is a synthesized integrated phenomenon that systematically combines the structures of research, scientific, pedagogical and other activities in their complex interaction to implement the goals and objectives of training and professional and personal development of specialists, ready for innovative activity in the conditions of lifelong learning. The expected results of the concept are expressed in the transition to the use of modern dual educational programs, methods and technologies of educational process implementation in the university, aimed at continuous development of innovative thinking of young people, improving skills and motivation, identifying and setting tasks of creating new knowledge aimed at their solution, information search and processing, independent and teamwork and other competencies of innovative activity based on knowledge of its essence and on practical experience.

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Ways to increase the prospects for youth participation in the innovation sphere of the country

International Journal on Integrated Education ◽

10.31149/ijie.v3i12.926 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

pp. 89-90

Author(s):

Yusupova Feruza Zoirovna

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Innovative Activity ◽

Youth Participation ◽

Philosophical Analysis ◽

Creative Activity ◽

Innovative Potential ◽

Intellectual Potential

The article provides a socio-philosophical analysis of the innovative activity of young people, which makes it possible to understand the originality of the innovative properties of young people, taking into account their natural ability for creative activity and increasing their innovative potential. Ways of increasing the prospects of youth participation in the innovation sphere of the country are proposed, taking into account the urgency of the task of developing intellectual potential and increasing the innovative activity of youth.

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Formacja prawnika wyzwaniem czasów

Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne ◽

10.25167/osap.1285 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 267-286

Author(s):

Stanisław Leszek Stadniczeńko

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Human Capital ◽

Young People ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Point Of View ◽

Job Market ◽

Social Lives ◽

New Vision ◽

Political Disputes

The author considers the questions relating to the formation of lawyers’ professional traits from the point of view of the significance which human capital and investment in this capital hold in contemporary times. It follows from the analyses, which were carried out, that the dire need for taking up actions with the aim to shape lawyers appears one of the most vital tasks. This requires taking into account visible trends in the changing job market. Another aspect results from the need for multilevel qualifications and conditions behind lawyers’ actions and their decisions. Thus, colleges of higher education which educate prospective lawyers, as well as lawyers’ corporations, are confronted by challenges of forming, in young people, features that are indispensable for them to be valuable lawyers and not only executors of simple activities. The author points to the fact that lawyers need shaping because, among others, during their whole social lives and realization of professional tasks their personality traits and potential related to communication will constantly manifest through accepting and following or rejecting and opposing values, principles, reflexions, empathy, sensitivity, the farthest-fetched imagination, objectivism, cooperation, dialogue, distancing themselves from political disputes, etc. Students of the art of law should be characterized by a changed mentality, new vision of law – service to man, and realization of standards of law, as well as perception of the importance of knowledge, skills, attitudes and competences.

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E-cigarettes and smoking in Irish teens: a logistic regression analysis of current (past 30-day) use of e-cigarettes

Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1007/s10389-021-01610-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Joan Hanafin ◽

Salome Sunday ◽

Luke Clancy

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Young People ◽

Cigarette Use ◽

Cigarette Smokers ◽

Familial Support ◽

School Survey ◽

Binge Drinkers ◽

Alcohol And Other Drugs

Abstract Aim Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among Irish teenagers has risen significantly. In 2019, prevalence of current use (last 30 days) among 15–17-year-olds was 17.3%. We examine social determinants of adolescent e-cigarette current use. Subject and methods A stratified random sample of 50 schools in Ireland was surveyed in 2019, part of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD), with 3495 students aged 15, 16, and 17. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression [providing adjusted odds ratios (AORs)] analyses were performed using Stata version 16. Results Current e-cigarette users were more likely to be male (AOR = 0.55, 95% CI:0.32–0.96, p < .01), younger (AOR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.17–0.67, p = < .05), to participate in sport (AOR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.05–4.65, p < .05), to have higher-educated parents (maternal higher education: AOR = 27.54, 95% CI: 1.50–505.77, p = < .05, paternal higher education: AOR = 2.44, 95% CI: 1.00–5.91, p < .05), and less likely to consider their families better off (AOR = 0.29, 95% CI: 0.13–0.65, p < .01), or to report familial support (AOR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.64–0.95, p < .05). They were more likely to be cigarette smokers (AOR = 7.22, 95% CI: 3.97–13.12, p < .001), to report problem cannabis use (AOR = 3.12, 95% CI: 1.40–6.93, p < .01), to be ‘binge’ drinkers (AOR = 1.81, 95% CI : 1.00–3.32, p = .054), and to have friends who get drunk (AOR = 5.30, 95% CI: 1.34–20.86, p < .05). Conclusion Boys, smokers, binge drinkers, problem cannabis users, and sport-playing teenagers from higher-educated families, are at particular risk. As the number of young people using e-cigarettes continues to rise, including teenagers who have never smoked, improved regulation of e-cigarettes, similar to other tobacco-related products, is needed urgently to prevent this worrying new trend of initiation into nicotine addiction.

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Navigating an Uncertain Labor Market in the UK: The Role of Structure and Agency in the Transition from School to Work

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ◽

10.1177/0002716220905569 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 688 (1) ◽

pp. 77-92

Author(s):

Ingrid Schoon

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Young People ◽

School To Work ◽

Occupational Attainment ◽

Employment Opportunities ◽

Age Cohorts ◽

Structure And Agency ◽

The Uk ◽

Career Options

This article reviews the evidence on young people in the UK making the transition from school to work in a changing socioeconomic climate. The review draws largely on evidence from national representative panels and follows the lives of different age cohorts. I show that there has been a trend toward increasingly uncertain and precarious employment opportunities for young people since the 1970s, as well as persisting inequalities in educational and occupational attainment. The joint role of social structure and human agency in shaping youth transitions is discussed. I argue that current UK policies have forgotten about half of the population of young people who do not go to university, by not providing viable pathways and leaving more and more young people excluded from good jobs and employment prospects. Recommendations are made for policies aimed at supporting the vulnerable and at provision of career options for those not engaged in higher education.

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‘I don’t want to go to a crummy little university’: social class, higher education choice and the paradox of widening participation

Improving Schools ◽

10.1177/1365480209348819 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 209-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Tina Byrom

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Class ◽

Young People ◽

Working Class ◽

Summer School ◽

Widening Participation ◽

Education Choice ◽

School Based ◽

Institutional Habitus ◽

Participation In Higher Education

Whilst there has been growing attention paid to the imbalance of Higher Education (HE) applications according to social class, insufficient attention has been paid to the successful minority of working-class young people who do secure places in some of the UK’s leading HE institutions. In particular, the influence and nature of pre-university interventions on such students’ choice of institution has been under-explored. Data from an ESRC-funded PhD study of 16 young people who participated in a Sutton Trust Summer School are used to illustrate how the effects of a school-based institutional habitus and directed intervention programmes can be instrumental in guiding student choices and decisions relating to participation in Higher Education.

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Design and development of an interactive mobile-based decision support system for selecting higher education studies

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education ◽

10.1515/cplbu-2017-0032 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 240-248 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vassilis Kostoglou ◽

Konstantinos Kafkas

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Decision Support ◽

Young People ◽

Decision Support System ◽

Support System ◽

Technical Information ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Education Students ◽

Recent Graduates ◽

Architecture And Design

Abstract This work is an attempt to contribute to the knowledge and guidance of young people (lyceum graduates, higher education students and recent graduates) regarding important issues related to their career and vocational prospects. These issues are related to major relevant questions such as 'what' and 'where' to study, as well as the contents and the prospects of all provided specializations by the departments of Greek institutes of higher education. This article focuses on the analysis and the design of a mobile-based decision support system (DSS) to assist its users in getting thoroughly informed about HE studies in Greece, and eventually in choosing their vocational prospects. An extensive literature and applications review has revealed that there are no such DDS systems, giving to this work an innovative character. The article contains all main elements of system's architecture and design including the essential technical information, presents the main features and representative screenshots of the mobile-based application and comes to conclusions and future suggested work.

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Bridgeport Futures Initiative

Industry and Higher Education ◽

10.1177/095042229100500408 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 233-237

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Young People ◽

Planning Process ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Compelling Evidence ◽

American Council On Education ◽

Future Challenges ◽

The City ◽

Industry Community ◽

Education Business

In 1987, the city of Bridgeport initiated a city-wide planning process which underscored the needs of the city's youth and provided an honest appraisal of the community's capacity to manage future challenges. Through the support of The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bridgeport Futures Initiative was established to unite education, business and industry, community organizations and citizens to develop a comprehensive approach for solving the complex problems facing youth in need and at risk. The years since inception have provided rich and compelling evidence that the participation of hundreds of people and many institutions can impact on the lives of young people. This article describes the development of this unique collaboration and gives examples of successes thus achieved. The Bridgeport Futures Initiative was commended in the 1990 Anderson Medal awards of the Business–Higher Education Forum of the American Council on Education (see Industry and Higher Education, June 1991, p 79).

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Young People’s Services in an Age of Neoliberalism

Social Change Review ◽

10.1515/scr-2016-0013 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 189-206

Author(s):

Graham Brotherton ◽

Christina Hyland ◽

Iain Jones ◽

Terry Potter

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Young People ◽

Higher Education Policy ◽

Coalition Government ◽

Youth Services ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Uk ◽

The Way

Abstract This article brings together four different perspectives which explore the way in which various policy initiatives in recent years have sought to construct young people resident in the United Kingdom within particular policy discourses shaped by neoliberalism. In order to do this it firstly considers the way in which the assumptions of neoliberalism have increasingly been applied by the new Coalition Government to young people and the services provided for them; it then considers the particular role of New Labour in the UK in applying these ideas in practice. Specific examples from the areas of young people’s participation in youth services and higher education policy are then considered.

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The Myth of the Digital Native and What It Means for Higher Education

The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198812746.013.7 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 97-114

Author(s):

Linda Corrin ◽

Tiffani Apps ◽

Karley Beckman ◽

Sue Bennett

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Young Adults ◽

Young People ◽

Digital Technology ◽

University Education ◽

Childhood And Adolescence ◽

Digital Native ◽

College And University ◽

Radical Transformation

The term “digital native” entered popular and academic discourse in the early 1990s to characterize young people who, having grown up surrounded by digital technology, were said to be highly technologically skilled. The premise was mobilized to criticize education for not meeting the needs of young people, thereby needing radical transformation. Despite being repeatedly discredited by empirical research and scholarly argument, the idea of the digital native has been remarkably persistent. This chapter explores the myth of the digital native and its implications for higher education. It suggests that the myth’s persistence signals a need to better understand the role of technology in young people’s lives. The chapter conceptualizes technology “practices,” considers how young adults experience technology in their college and university education, and how their practices are shaped by childhood and adolescence. The chapter closes with some propositions for educators, institutions, and researchers.

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