Authentic Learning Research and Practice: Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions

A limitation in the downsizing literature is its lack of attention on how firms’ institutional context interacts with firm’s internal drivers of employee downsizing. This study examines the firm performance - employee downsizing relationship in 1,747 firms across 35 countries over three years and demonstrates that while this relationship is similar among firms across countries, its magnitude varies across countries, and that the cultural dimensions of in-group collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance help explain this variance. Implications from these findings and future directions for employee downsizing research and practice are discussed.

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Using Online Simulation to Engage Users in an Authentic Learning Environment

Gaming and Simulations ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-195-9.ch514 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1460-1476

Author(s):

Brian Ferry ◽

Lisa Kervin

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

Authentic Learning ◽

Support Material ◽

Learner Engagement ◽

Future Directions ◽

Learning Framework ◽

Virtual Experience ◽

Online Simulation ◽

Extended Interaction ◽

Authentic Environment

This chapter describes how we used an authentic learning framework (Herrington & Oliver, 2000) to inform the design of an online simulation that included gaming features specifically designed to enhance learner engagement. We describe our analysis of user responses to the simulation, focusing particularly on learner engagement and what the users learned from using the software. Our research revealed that users initially approached the software from a gaming framework, however with extended interaction with the software, moved toward treating the virtual experience as an authentic environment, even to the point of empathizing with some of the virtual characters and downloading some of the support material that they might use in real classrooms. We offer some explanations for this change and conclude the chapter by identifying future directions for researchers who may be interested in this field.

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Decision Making and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Future Directions for Research and Practice

10.1007/978-3-030-74675-9_23 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 543-556

Author(s):

Ishita Khemka

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Developmental Disabilities ◽

Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽

Future Directions ◽

Research And Practice

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Future Directions in Research and Practice

Play in Child Development and Psychotherapy ◽

10.4324/9781410609397-14 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 145-156

Keyword(s):

Future Directions ◽

Research And Practice

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Integrating Research and Practice

Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190690465.003.0020 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 432-447

Author(s):

Louis G. Castonguay ◽

Michael J. Constantino ◽

Henry Xiao

Keyword(s):

Information Sharing ◽

Psychotherapy Research ◽

Practice Research ◽

Clinical Settings ◽

Research Practice ◽

Research Networks ◽

Future Directions ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Treatment Context ◽

Oriented Research

This chapter reviews efforts to integrate psychotherapy research and practice through collaboration and information-sharing within naturalistic clinical settings. Specifically, the chapter focuses on three types of practice-oriented research that capitalize on the bidirectional partnership between researchers and practitioners: (1) patient-focused, (2) practice-based, and (3) practice-research networks. The authors provide examples of each type of integration, highlighting the ways in which the research is different, yet complementary to more traditional studies conducted in controlled settings. They submit that the researcher–practitioner partnership in an ecologically valid treatment context represents an optimal means to reduce the pervasive research–practice chasm and to promote genuine integration for enhancing the effectiveness and personalization of psychotherapy. The chapter also discusses future directions in this vein.

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Intergroup Dialogue: A Review of Recent Empirical Research and Its Implications for Research and Practice

Small Group Research ◽

10.1177/1046496419835923 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (5) ◽

pp. 654-695 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Keri A. Frantell ◽

Joseph R. Miles ◽

Anne M. Ruwe

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Future Research ◽

Intergroup Dialogue ◽

Future Directions ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Current State ◽

Intergroup Relationships ◽

Future Practice

Intergroup dialogue (IGD) is a small group intervention that allows for sustained communication between people across social identity groups. It aims to foster intergroup relationships, develop critical consciousness, and increase capacities for promoting social justice. A decade after Dessel and Rogge published their review of the empirical research on IGD from 1997 to 2006, we reviewed the empirical IGD research from 2006 to 2017. We explore research that has examined IGD outcomes, processes, and facilitation, seeking to understand the current state of the research and practice of IGD. We discuss advances and new approaches to IGD, assess growth since Dessel and Rogge’s review, and discuss future directions. We provide five key recommendations for future research on IGD, and five key recommendations for future practice of IGD.

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