Anca Jianu

Dr. Anca Jianu

Spiru Haret University, 030045, Bucharest, Romania;
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 January 2022 in Sustainability
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ACAdin-Marian Cojocaru
Adin-Marian Cojocaru
MCMarilena Cojocaru
Marilena Cojocaru
Anca JianuAnca Jianu
Anca Jianu
Rocsana Tonis Bucea - ManeaRocsana Tonis Bucea - Manea
Rocsana Tonis Bucea - Manea
DPDan Gheorghe Păun
Dan Gheorghe Păun
PIPaula Ivan
Paula Ivan
The context of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused educational institutions and sports clubs to change their management strategy. Due to the modernization of computer technology, physical education and sports (PES) teachers decided to include this technology in their teaching activity to help students and athletes to acquire PES-specific transversal skills and digital skills, and also to increase the attractiveness of the lessons. The present research aims at assessing the challenges and opportunities of technology and adopting an Agile Management style to improve the teaching, learning, and practice of PES. Therefore, a survey was conducted on PES teachers and trainers, as they have a clear perspective on the field and their views are therefore very important and relevant to our study, even if they do not have solutions for all the challenges facing them. They were asked to share their professional opinions regarding the implementation of digital methods and applications on the sportive results of performance sportsmen, athletes, and students. The survey, conducted on 144 respondents, contained mostly multiple-choice questions rated on a Likert scale and open-ended questions allowing respondents to offer solutions and express their opinion freely. This article demonstrates the positive influence of Agile Management in the choice and implementation of technology dedicated to PES.

6 May 2022 in Sustainability
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ACAdin-Marian Cojocaru
Adin-Marian Cojocaru
Rocsana Tonis Bucea - ManeaRocsana Tonis Bucea - Manea
Rocsana Tonis Bucea - Manea
Anca JianuAnca Jianu
Anca Jianu
MDMihail-Alexandru Dumangiu
Mihail-Alexandru Dumangiu
LALygia Ulpiana Alexandrescu
Lygia Ulpiana Alexandrescu
MCMarilena Cojocaru
Marilena Cojocaru
The COVID-19 pandemic in recent years and the massive presence of information technology generate one of the biggest challenges facing humanity, namely the technological challenge. In this context, educational technologies have a positive impact on the correct and effective teaching and learning of physical education and sports (PES), with a great positive impact on future sustainable higher education (HE). Thus, various innovative techniques could be of interest, such as the use of social networks and fitness sites, e-learning platforms, computer games, and telephone applications involving video analysis and age-specific images of students and the skills taught. This study aims to establish the main means used by technology, through which it can improve the teaching, learning, and practice of PES. This paper demonstrates the positive effects of technology on the PES field in modern society through a regression model, applied to data collected from 260 students from 2 Romanian PES Universities. The pedagogical and educational elements of our model also highlight the role of technology as a facilitator of knowledge, functioning as a tool that comes to the aid of specialists in the PES field.
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27 March 2023 in Sustainability
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AIAnca Iorga
Anca Iorga
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Anca Jianu
MGMircea Gheorghiu
Mircea Gheorghiu
BCBogdana Darie Crețu
Bogdana Darie Crețu
IEIrina-Anca Eremia
Irina-Anca Eremia
The training of good motor coordination optimizes the motor skills, and these, over time, lead to the improvement of the motor skills specific to the practiced movement. The purpose of this study was to assess the capacity and speed of learning coordinated movements in the context of working in an online system. At the same time, we set out to evaluate the level of motor coordination achieved through training using the eLearning platform Hudl and the Teaching Games for Understanding approach. Thus, three groups of students were analyzed whose motor histories were different. The analysis of the three tested groups was performed in the first year of study and in the third year of study. The training programs have been adjusted/modified according to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, which has determined their application in the online system as well. The results of this study confirm that by assisting learning through computer programs, in the online system, these workouts can be effective. At the same time, the study shows us that, in addition to the natural evolution from childhood and adolescence, an advanced form of motor coordination appears, which is installed through the action of learning.

1 December 2025
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The second version of the article _Metacognition and Pedagogy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence_ is substantially improved in terms of content, the updating of specialist literature, and the clarity of the arguments presented. Moreover, the autho...

5 August 2025
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In the current context, the topic _Metacognition and pedagogy in the era of artificial intelligence _is of high interest_, _given the subject of education, metacognition, and artificial intelligence. The paper does not follow the methodology of empi...