Enhancing management measures on students self study activities at hung vuong university, phu tho, viet nam

CANDIDATE: DO KHAC THANH ENHANCING MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON STUDENTS' SELF- STUDY ACTIVITIES AT HUNG VUONG UNIVERSITY, PHU THO, VIET NAM Specialty: Educational Management DISSERTATION

SOUTHERN LUZON

STATE UNIVERSITY

Republic of the Philippines

THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY Socialist Republic of Vietnam

DEM CANDIDATE: DO KHAC THANH

ENHANCING MANAGEMENT MEASURES ON STUDENTS'

SELF- STUDY ACTIVITIES AT HUNG VUONG UNIVERSITY,

PHU THO, VIET NAM

Specialty: Educational Management

DISSERTATION SUMMARY OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

THAI NGUYEN, 2014

INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDY PROGRAMS,

THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY

Scientific supervisor:

The peer review 1:

The peer review 2:

The peer review 3:

The dissertation is defended to the Panel of Experts at:

Dissertation can be found at:

- National Library Learning Resource Center, Thai Nguyen University

- Library of International Training and Development Center

- Library of Southern Luzon State University, Philippines

PREFACE

For the level of higher education, the requirements on methods in Article 40 of the Vietnamese Law on Education (2005) states: "Methods of college and university education must pay attention to the advancement of the self- consciousness in study, of ability of self- study, self-taught, developing creative thinking, drilling of practical skills, facilitate students in participating in research, experimentation and application"

Hung Vuong University (HVU) was established on 29 April

2003 on the foundation of Phu Tho teachers Training College HVU has total staff of over 400 in which, there are 10 associate professors,

30 doctors, 80 masters and 110 teachers are taking PhD and Master degree coures The number of students in 2013 is 12000 Its goal is to become a university which educates and trains students in multy disciplines and branches, and serves as a research centre of science and technology, meeting the need of economic, cultural and social development in Phu Tho province and her neighbors Over the years the school has made great efforts in the training of human resources for Phu Tho province and the region, however with the increasing requirements on the qualification of human resources, the schools should have the synchronization solutions to improve the quality of training These solutions must be oriented to students - the subject of the training process From the above problems, the identification of measures to organize, manage study activities of students of Hung Vuong University in order to improve the quality of school education

is a critical issue

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY

Entering the twenty-first century, human beings have encountered drastic changes of modern civilization as the result of the achievements of science and technology created breakthroughs in all areas of social life Education is considered a key factor for the development of the society as required by that trend With the development of science and technology, the amount of human knowledge has been increased day by day, hour by hour while time for learning in the school is limited Therefore, being equipped with

self-study method to acquire the knowledge is an inevitable trend

Hung Vuong University (HVU) was established in 2003 on the foundation of Phu Tho Teachers Training College Its goal is to become a university where educates and trains students in multy disciplines and branches, and serves as a research centre of science and technology, meeting the need of economic, cultural and social development in Phu Tho province and surrounding provinces Over the past years, the university has made great efforts in training human resources for Phu Tho province and the region, due to the increasing requirements on the qualification of human resources, the university should have the synchronization solutions to improve the quality of training These solutions must be oriented to students - the subject of the training process In fact, most of the fresh students do not have the habit of active and positive study, self- study skills but their study mainly relies on the knowledge imparted by college instructors In

addition, factors such as physical facilities, textbooks and curricula for teaching and learning have many shortcomings affect the quality

of school education From the above problems, the determination of method of organization and management on self-study activities of students of Hung Vuong University in order to improve the quality of school education is a critical issue With the above reasons, author chooses the topic: "Enhancing the management measures of students' self- study activities at Hung Vuong University" to propose management measures with the aim of improving the university’s

quality of education

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1 Determine the status of the self- study activities of students in terms of Students' awareness on self- study, study skills, self- study habits; services for self- study support, teacher initiatives, self- study location, and administrative work

2 Find out the factors that may affect the activities of students' self- study both external factors and internal factors

3 Find out the relationship between self- study activities and

factors affecting the self- study activities

4 Identify the different management measures on self-study activities in terms of planning, Organizing the orientation; Organizing management activities for self-learning skill enhancement; Managing the use of facilities and equipment for students’ self-study activities

5 Assess the necessity and feasibility of the management measures on self-study activities

6 Develop management measures of student's self- study activities based from its necessity and feasibility

STUDY HYPOTHESIS

There is no significant relationship between self- study activities and factors affecting such activities

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will be beneficial to objects listed as follows:

Students They will be benefited by this study because they are

the main concern of training process From the results of the study, students can recognize both strengths and weaknesses of situation on students' self-study activities in so that each student should clearly identify their motivation, attitude and self-study methods to achieve high academic results

Lecturers The outcome of the study is of great help to lectures

because they will be made aware of the factors affecting the activities

of students' self- study Since then, each lecturer will take measures

to raise awareness and self-study skills for students, making them more active and proactive in self-study activities Also , this study will help them identify measure to improve the efficiency of self-learning activities for students to contribute to improving the quality

of school education

Administrators It is hoped that the study will help the

administrators to see the status of self-study activities, the management of self-study activities of the school, and provide them

with the management measures used for reference in managing study activities of students in the university

self-Future Researchers This study could provide references for

future proponents who wish to conduct a study similar to the nature

of this ongoing research Thus, basic management measures of self- study activities of students could be served as resources for other studies

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study was conducted at Hung Vuong University in Phu Tho province The respondents were composed of 206 administrators and

328 students from the different Faculties and Departments of Hung Vuong University

The time frame of this study covers the period from December

Management measures of self- study activities

Chapter 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND STUDIES

SELF-STUDY ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS

Characteristics of students' self- study activities

For university students, self- study is a basic form of study It can

be said that study is an activity of the subject (students) and study problems posing great significance, at the very time when we advocate: regular education, lifelong learning To complete the task

self-of learners, students need to pay attention to the following issues: method of listening lecturer, reading textbooks, books, reference

materials, and making their own plans of study

MANAGEMENT OF SELF- STUDY ACTIVITIES

Management of self- study is considered one of the important contents of the teaching process and management of the university Self-study activities is the system of impacts with purpose, plan, rules

of management to all stages of the process of self-study, to help

students fulfill their academic tasks The management of self-study activities is to ensure the conditions for positive self-study

Characteristics of the management of students' self-study activities

The management of self-study activities includes the subject and the object of management The subject of management is the department responsible for the impact on the learning process of students The objects of management in education are people who implement and receiving education and training process

The nature of management of self-study activities

The nature of management of self-study activities is the process of implementing series of functions including management functions from planning, implementing, directing and checking

The goal of self-study activities management

The highest goal of self-study activities management is to

promote the quality of education, which also is to meet the requirements of society For that goal, the management measures need to be operated synchronously

Content of the management on self-study activities

Management on self-study activities is considered an important part of the school management It includes the following: Managing establishment and implementation of students’ self-study plan; Managing the content of students' self-study; Managing organization

of self-study activities of students

Management measures of self-study activities

Management measures of self-study activities are the methods or the group of methods of administrator can influence the managed objects to achieve the management objectives Measures are to make the students active, positive, self-study and research in order to acquire and control knowledge Management measures for self-study are not invariant but they must be used flexibly depending on the situation, different objects in order to achieve optimal efficiency in management

Factors affecting the self- study activities including external and internal factors

External factors: including the State's policy on education; Training programs; Training requirements of industry; The appeal of the discipline; Teaching methods; The facilities cater for learning; Test, test and evaluation; Living conditions; The facilities of the training facility

Internal factors: including: physical factors; Psychological factors; Methods of study; Study skills

Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1 LOCALE OF THE STUDY

This study was conducted at Hung Vuong University from April

to October 2013

2 RESEARCH DESIGN

This study used the descriptive correlation design in analyzing It involved collection of data to verify the hypotheses and answer questions concerning the status of the subject

3 POPULATION AND SAMPLING

206 of teaching staff (65 %) of 10 Functional Departments and 8 Training Divisions and 328 of students (10 %) of 8 faculties of the university were requested to answer the questionnaires

4 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION

The author adapted with a questionnaire, which is a main tool in gathering data The questionnaires are divided into parts namely: survey questionnaire on the status, the survey on the necessity and feasibility of the measures

5 STATISTICAL TREATMENT

- Weighted mean was utilized to describe the perception of the status of self- study activities, the factors that may affect the students' self- study activities, the management measures

2 Chi-square test, for determining the significant relationship of the self- study activities and the factors that may affect the students' self- study activities

3 To see the correlation between the necessity and feasibility of the self-study activities management measures as mentioned, we use the formula coefficients' hierarchy Specimen to calculate

Chapter 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

STATUS OF THE SELF- STUDY ACTIVITIES

1 Result of self-study cognition activities on 5 contents, weighted average result is 3.12, ie that students all are aware of the importance of the self-study Criteria number 5 is 3.36 points, ie that students are aware of the benefits of the self-study at the highest level

2 Evaluation results of the self-study impact on improving learning skills The weighted average result is 3.32, the skill that is assessed to be at highest point level is the 2nd skill – comprehension skills with the 3.4 weighted average points; the skill assessed to be the lowest point is the recording skill

3 Assessment result on 07 habits in the self-study, the result of these 07 contents is 3.19 point, which is at credit level; the highest score is of the 7th content with 3.47 point, ie that the students have habits to prepare well the learning tools The most popular habit in the self-study is to review the class notes

4 Survey of services for the self-study support with 06 contents, the result of 06 contents is at 3.27 point, ie basically, service conditions for the self-study have met the needs of students In which, the library service is assessed to be at the highest level of 3.38, the media is at the lowest level with 3.17 This reflects correctly the reality of the university currently

5 Assessment of the teacher initiative with 07 contents Average result is 3.31, ie the contents are highly appreciated and activities of teachers have great effect on the self-study of students

6 Survey on the self-study location of students, the survey result shows that learning at home is the most popular choice with 3.63 average points, next is the self-study at silent places with 3.30 points General result is 2.77 points, ie that students do not chose any fixed place

7 Evaluation of the university management on the self-study activities with 06 contents, the average result of management content

is 3.02 points, ie these contents are frequently carried out The 1stcontent gets the highest score with 3.2 points; it is the management

on teaching activities of teachers to positively affect on the self-study

of students The lowest score is of management on the self-study activities outside of class time with 2.8 points This fact is consistent with the actual situation of the university

FACTORS AFFECTING SELF- STUDY ACTIVITIES

1 External factor: 10 external actors are: policies related to

teaching and learning; contents of training program, attraction of subject/course; training requirements; teaching method; physical facilities of the university; facilities for learning; learning environment; inspection and evaluation work; living condition The