VNU Journal of Science: Education Research

There have been series of advocacies all over the world to prepare future scientists who would take up the challenge of eradicating environmental pollution through the deployment of scientific knowledge such as green chemistry. This study investigated teachers’ knowledge of green chemistry in Kwara State, Nigeria. The Green Chemistry Knowledge Questionnaire (GCKQ) was used to collect the data. Answers were provided to the research questions using the mean and percentage, while the research hypotheses were subjected to t-Test and ANOVA. Findings from the study revealed that the teachers’ knowledge of green chemistry was high and significantly higher among experienced teachers. It is recommended that the chemistry teachers should endeavor to pass green chemistry ideas to the students and that the experienced chemistry teachers should carry the less experienced teachers along in the course of passing across the knowledge of green chemistry.

Mục đích chính của nghiên cứu này là xác định mối quan hệ giữa phương pháp học tập và các yếu tố nhân khẩu khác nhau. Khi các mối quan hệ này được xác định, phương pháp học tập của sinh viên có thể được dự đoán, và ngay cả trong một số trường hợp, nếu chúng ta có thể thay đổi các yếu tố, sinh viên có thể điều chỉnh phương pháp học tập của họ theo hướng sâu hơn. Bảng hỏi ASSIST và bảng hỏi yếu tố nhân khẩu được phát triển nội bộ đã được sử dụng trong nghiên cứu này. Cuộc khảo sát được tiến hành tại hai trường đại học ở Việt Nam với mẫu 882 sinh viên, những người đang theo học các môn toán hoặc các môn liên quan đến toán. Phân tích T-test và ANOVA đã được áp dụng trong quá trình phân tích. Nhiều mối quan hệ giữa các phương pháp học tập “sâu”, “bề mặt”, “chiến lược” và các yếu tố nhân khẩu khác nhau đã được công bố; sau đó, các giải pháp nhằm khuyến khích sinh viên sử dụng phương pháp học tập bề mặt ít hơn và phương pháp học tập sâu hơn đã được thảo luận.

Bachelor standard programs (English Language major) include comprehensive subjects which help students to develop the skills and knowledge needed to become professionals at their field. In the general aim of the program, there are several contents that can be enhanced in the level of education effectiveness by the support of singing lessons. This paper analyzes and provides several suggestions on how to suitably apply singing lessons in order to contribute to the enhancement of educational effectiveness of this program’s structure at Vietnam National University Hanoi.

The purpose of the research is to investigate the lecturers' adaptability  to curriculum innovation and its impact on the fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education and training. In order to adapt to curriculum reform, teachers must be prepared for their own role in curriculum design and implementation, aware of program changes and values. teaching in the direction of developing learners' capacity; skills to practice student-centered teaching strategies. The adaptation of teachers to curriculum innovation depends on the teachers themselves and the policy context of each school. Research methods are mixed methods combining qualitative and quantitative. Main data is from questionnaires provided to the trainers. Measures of data collection according to 3 aspects on the adaptability of lecturers to curriculum innovation. The results show that 651 respondents can adapt to a medium level, most of the lecturers are ready to adapt to the curriculum innovation. Some teachers have tried to actively self-study and develop professional competence.

The study analyze the response level of VNU National Defense and Security Training Center to the learning and living needs of students attending National Defense and Security Education at VNU National Defense and Security Training Center and analyze the factors affecting the service quality of VNU National Defense and Security Training Center through quantitative research methods with a research sample of 400 survey samples from 400 students attending National Defense and Security Education at VNU National Defense and Security Training Center. The research results show that the factors belong to the following areas: attitude, service capacity of staff; infrastructure; implementation process; price/cost; environment has different effects on students' assessment of the service quality of VNU National Defense and Security Training Center.

Nghiên cứu này đề cập đến việc phát triển các kỹ năng tuyển dụng cho sinh viên tốt nghiệp chuyên ngành tiếng Anh nhằm tạo điều kiện thuận lợi cho sự chuyển tiếp của họ từ trường đại học sang nơi làm việc. Nghiên cứu hiện nay đã chỉ ra rằng các trường đại học chưa chuẩn bị đầy đủ cho sinh viên về mặt kiến thức chuyên môn và các kỹ năng liên quan đến công việc. Cũng tồn tại sự mất cân bằng giữa trọng tâm của các chương trình học thuật và yêu cầu từ các nhà tuyển dụng tiềm năng đối với hiệu suất làm việc của sinh viên tốt nghiệp. Thông qua việc phân tích tài liệu và thống kê mô tả đơn giản về mô tả chương trình đại học Ngôn ngữ tiếng Anh/ngôn ngữ học của sáu trường đại học khác nhau tại Việt Nam, nghiên cứu này nhằm khám phá mức độ sinh viên chuyên ngành tiếng Anh được trang bị với các kỹ năng tuyển dụng và cung cấp các khuyến nghị để thúc đẩy những kỹ năng này. Kết quả cho thấy có một sự chuyển biến đáng kể trong việc xem xét lại sự mất cân bằng giữa các thành phần lý thuyết và thực hành trong thiết kế chương trình. Các chương trình cũng thể hiện một mức độ chuẩn bị nhất định cho khả năng tuyển dụng của sinh viên thông qua việc tích hợp các kỹ năng chung như tư duy phản biện, nói trước công chúng, kỹ năng thuyết trình, kỹ năng giao tiếp và kỹ năng nghiên cứu vào chương trình giảng dạy. Nghiên cứu này nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của việc thúc đẩy các kỹ năng liên quan đến công việc và củng cố quan hệ hợp tác giữa các trường đại học và ngành công nghiệp trong việc thiết kế các chương trình học thuật và cung cấp cho sinh viên chuyên ngành tiếng Anh kinh nghiệm thực tiễn.

In the current context of economic integration and development, the role of high school administrators in Son La has become increasingly important. Their leadership and management capacity plays a key role in shaping the quality of education, while meeting the diverse challenges of the modern education system. This article focuses on researching and evaluating the leadership and management capacity of high school administrators in Son La. This study will analyze new dimensions and trends in educational leadership and management capacity, especially at the high school level. By using qualitative and quantitative research methods, the article will focus on measuring and evaluating factors affecting the leadership and management capacity of high school administrators. The results of this study not only help better understand the leadership and management capacity of high school administrators in Son La but also propose solutions and strategies to improve the quality of the local education system, aiming to build an education system that increasingly meets the diverse needs of society and contributes to the sustainable development of local communities.

Using factor analysis, the research shows that there are five factors affecting students’ learning outcomes in the course of Defense and Security Education with the view to promoting students’ creativity and problem-solving ability. The factors include i) Students’ learning awareness; ii) Their learning methods; iii) The teaching and learning methodology; iv) The course content; and v) Learning materials. The findings derived from the linear regression analysis reveal that the instructional methodology employed (with a coefficient of 0.4820) and students' academic diligence (with a coefficient of 0.284) exert the most substantial influence on students' scholastic outcomes. Subsequently, the subsequent factors, ranked in descending order of impact, encompass: the instructional content (with a coefficient of 0.27), pedagogical resources (with a coefficient of 0.203), and students' learning approaches (with a coefficient of 0.114). Employing Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) facilitates the determination of: The levels of impacts of these factors on the students’ learning outcomes in the course oriented towards creativity and problem-solving ability promotion are varied. To be more specific, the teaching and learning methodology has the strongest influence and is the decisive factor in the students’ learning outcomes. The one with the least impact is the students’ learning methods. Based on these findings, it is necessary that Vietnam National University, Hanoi offer the Defense and Security Education course with renovated teaching and learning methodology towards students’ creativity and problem-solving ability promotion, provoke their proactiveness, positivity and creativity in learning, and focus on increasing their learning awareness to improve the students’ learning outcomes in this course. The results of the experimentation demonstrate that the organization of teaching and learning activities within the subject "National Defense and Security Affairs", oriented towards enhancing problem-solving capabilities and fostering creativity, yields numerous positive variations in students' academic achievements (following the five-step approach). Consequently, further studies are warranted to continue investigating this matter.

Learners’ feedback is a common method used in higher education institutions, and is an effective tool in evaluating, adjusting and improving educational quality. By now, taking feedback from learners has become mandatory for higher education institutions in Vietnam and many countries around the world. For VNU National Defense and Security Training Center, its specific and distinctive training gives the tasks of taking feedback from learners its own specificity. Every course and year, the Center organizes feedback collection in different forms, amongst which the form of direct dialogue between the Center's leaders and the representatives of learners is carried out as required part of internal procedure in the unit, so as to promptly improving the quality of activities. The survey results showed 95.2% of the respondents answered that they were polled during their study at the Center; 98% of learners thought that feedback was well received and resolved satisfactorily; 100% of staff and lecturers think that the feedback of learners has a positive effect in improving the quality of activities at the Center. The survey results also show that there are still some tasks not well carried out, such asS not having a scientific questionnaire system, not having a rich form of feedback, not effectively using statistical and analysis tools, feedback and the use of feedback are not systematic and scientific, there has not been an evaluation of the effectiveness of feedback processing, whereby quality improvement has not been highly effective, requiring the Center to need further research and improvement.

This article presents a study on management and leadership skills of education managers (principals, vice principals) of high schools in Vietnam in the current time. By clarifying theories of skills and leadership skills, alongside with empricial study to explore the performance of these skills by the principals and vice principals from high schools. Research results have made specific contributions to the development of training programs for managers to contribute to the overall renovation of basic education and training to meet the needs of society.