Determine Augmented Risk Association Between Health Problems and Screen Exposure to Electronic Gadgets in University Students, Islamabad During COVID-19 Pandemic
Aroob Fatima,
Sadaf Konain Ansari,
Hamza Waqar,
Ahsan Jameel
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
22-26
Received:
7 April 2021
Accepted:
27 April 2021
Published:
27 May 2021
DOI:
10.11648/j.innov.20210202.11
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Abstract: Now a day, frequency of health problems like myopia, headache, insomnia, dry-itchy eyes and wrist/neck or back pain due to bad posture in young people is increasing day by day. Therefore, this study determine the level of augmented risk association between screen-time exposure on electronic gadgets and development of ophthalmic, postural, psychological and neurological health harms in air university (AU) students of Islamabad, Pakistan in context of South Asian culture. A cross-sectional quantitative study design was selected for a period of 11 months to collects data using an online questionnaire. After that data was analyzed on SPSS 23 to check percentages, frequencies, means, standard deviation and chi-square test. High risk of development of back-pain, redness or burning sensation in eyes, difficulty in decision making and depression was found significant association with usage of electronic gadgets of more than 6 hours per day in students (p<0.05). In what manner does the electronic-device was close or far from students’ eye also showed strong relationship with forgetfulness and dementia (p<0.05). Therefore, students who are continuously exposed to gadgets ‘screens presented with various ill health problems which in later life turns into more bigger physical and psychological issues that increases the disease burden of Pakistan.
Abstract: Now a day, frequency of health problems like myopia, headache, insomnia, dry-itchy eyes and wrist/neck or back pain due to bad posture in young people is increasing day by day. Therefore, this study determine the level of augmented risk association between screen-time exposure on electronic gadgets and development of ophthalmic, postural, psycholog...
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Teaching Practice as the Basic Nucleus of Research, Innovation and Professional Skills
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2021
Pages:
27-34
Received:
13 June 2021
Accepted:
1 July 2021
Published:
18 August 2021
DOI:
10.11648/j.innov.20210202.12
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Abstract: The pedagogical practice or pre-professional practice in teacher training, constitutes the ideal and necessary basic nucleus in the development of educational research, pedagogical innovation and professional competences, since through practice these are integrated into a single process pedagogical, since it allows the research to be carried out as part of the teaching activity, in such a way that the educational activity is constituted in the real and concrete object of study, simultaneously the teaching practice as creative development is constituted in a singular form of pedagogical innovation by the teacher or practitioner, who applies the theory of education to real events, in the classroom or school; Thus, jointly, research and innovation are part of the development of the professional competences of the future teacher and / or perfect the teacher's abilities in the exercise of their pedagogical work; in such a way that, the strategies, methods and / or techniques of the teaching activity are at the same time strategies, methods and / or techniques of pedagogical innovation and research instruments, as pedagogical innovation is constituted in the test model or test, as a process of "experimentation"; the class, the lesson or the pedagogical activity of the teacher are constituted in the research laboratory. The purpose of this document is to describe and illustrate this singular phenomenon, about how research, innovation and professional competences are articulated through pre-professional teaching practice.
Abstract: The pedagogical practice or pre-professional practice in teacher training, constitutes the ideal and necessary basic nucleus in the development of educational research, pedagogical innovation and professional competences, since through practice these are integrated into a single process pedagogical, since it allows the research to be carried out as...
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