Associate Degree Sociology Education in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study Based on Student Focus Groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-161
Author(s):  
Sheung-man Chung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Associate Degree ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Outcome Based Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Student Focus ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

This study adopted a case-study approach to examine how associate degree sociology graduates evaluate their learning in a Hong Kong community college. Through focus group interviews, the learning experiences of sociology graduates were examined, specifically paying attention to their identification of enhancements in learning. The results of this examination indicate that the delivery of sociology education requires a strong emphasis on the integration of acquisition of sociology knowledge with social practice. It is important to consider how the curriculum engages the worldview of students beyond the personal and allows them to directly experience the social in a way that reflects what is going on around them. This study contributes to the discussion on the quality of associate degree education in Hong Kong and highlights the centrality of examining the issue from the point of view of students, particularly in the context of outcome-based education.

Der Raum der Vorlesung: Vom Auditorium zum „multi media hub“

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-701
Author(s):  
Heiko Hausendorf ◽  
Kenan Hochuli ◽  
Johanna Jud ◽  
Alexandra Zoller
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Media ◽  
High Level

Abstract The present paper is concerned with the lecture hall as the natural home of lecturing. We will focus on constructed, designed and equipped space as a material and communicative manifestation of science which fundamentally contributes to the multimodal practice of lecturing. Taking an interactionist point of view, we start off with introducing our concept of architecture-for-interaction which aims at spatial built-in features as a resource for social interaction, namely for situational anchoring among those present. In a second step, we identify key architectural elements of the lecture hall as material sediments of communicative problems connected with the social practice of lecturing. In doing so, we will also give a high-level overview of the historical development of the lecture hall (and its precursors) since the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. Turning to current data from lecturing in times of the pandemic, we will then deal with so called „ghost lectures“ behind closed doors. This current development brings out a refiguration process due to which the lecture hall undergoes a change from the classical auditorium with copresent participants to a multi-media hub allowing for tele-present participants.

The construction of audit partner’s judgment

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alia MILEDI
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Professional Judgment ◽  
Auditor Judgment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Audit Judgment ◽  
The Social

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the social and collective foundations of the auditor’s judgment and specifically highlights that the dialogical dimension of auditors’ judgment is founded on both their interactions with their auditees and their interactions with their colleagues. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study is based on interviews with 22 audit partners, conducted between March 2013 and October 2016, in France. Findings The research points out the complexity of auditor judgment. Confronted with issues such as equivocal and ambiguous circumstances, auditors must question the relevance of the meanings elaborated to act according to the situation (self-criticism or doubt) and must be wise and not be overconfident toward the information provided by the manager (wisdom). Last but not least, the findings also suggest that contrary advice helps auditors to improve an alternative point of view and hence reach a consensus. Originality/value The research uses a K. Weick sensemaking approach and contributes theoretically to gaining deeper understanding of the social dimension in audit judgment, by showing that professional judgment is an interactive and social practice.

Transition for a Student With Special Educational Needs From Primary to Secondary School in Hong Kong

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Forlin ◽  
Kenneth Kuen-Fung Sin ◽  
Rupert Maclean
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Group Interviews

In this paper the authors employ a case study approach to investigate the transition process for a student with special educational needs from a Hong Kong subsidised primary school into a secondary school. An analysis of transcripts from individual and focus group interviews with the student, his parents, his 4 primary teachers and his 10 secondary teachers, as well as government documents and notes of school observations, indicated that a lack of formal procedures for supporting a student's transition can result in a range of significant difficulties. The discussion focuses on the urgent need to develop strategic guidelines at a systemic level within Hong Kong, with a much greater focus on a collaborative school approach rather than the current overreliance on the parents to lead this process.

scholarly journals СОЦІАЛЬНІ ПРОБЛЕМИ НАУКОВИХ ДОСЛІДЖЕНЬ

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Л. Г. Трусей ◽  
Л. М. Трусей
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
General Character ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social

The article is sanctified to the problem of interdisciplinary researches of social orientation in such heavy for all humanity period, as transition from the epoch of barbarism to the epoch of civilization. Fundamental scientific works of general character are absent, what would be a professional instrument in social practice. Separate interdisciplinary disciplines are unable to answer all questions of present time. Obviously, in our view, that some set of interdisciplinary disciplines of the intersystem co-operations system incorporated on principles will form, sufficient from the point of view of plenitude, tool of study and prognostication of the social phenomena. Actuality of theme is underlined by that complication of social processes will increase farther

scholarly journals Attitudes of citizens of Vojvodina to employment practicies and basic values in the society

2015 ◽  
pp. 597-617
Author(s):  
Zoran Nikolic
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Disorganization ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Social

The results of the research have confirmed four out of five hypotheses. The complex social crisis that has lasted for more than two decades has caused inefficiency of all types of social norms, serious value reconstruction and social disorganization. The situation in the society and successive alternations of various populist phenomena can be misleading in the sense of the ability of citizens, especially young people, to comprehend and respect the primary values. Namely, the young generation in this region has grown up with the crisis. This kind of social reality is the only reality they know. Therefore, they clearly identify the ways that lead to the most certain achievement of a goal. Whether they accept these ways or not, they are aware of them and they observe them in the social context. From a personal point of view they still know how to select the values on which every orderly society is founded. The social practice warns of collision between the personal and social. Awareness of the fundamental social values does not mean that they are respected, and that the attitudes, representations, opinions, needs, interests and goals are created in accordance with them.

scholarly journals Management – from Epistemology by Methodology to Social Practice of Academia Cognitive Challenges in Management Science 2

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Sułkowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Historical Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cognitive Problems ◽  
View Management ◽  
Cognitive Challenges

AbstractThe aim of the article is to present cognitive challenges in the area of management. Researchers and reflective managers still work on the identity of management belonging to the social sciences. The paper depicts the connections between cognitive problems (from the epistemological point of view), management methodology and social practice. Management sciences are parts of historical discourse and because of that epistemological and methodological levels have an impact on social practice. The main concern of this paper is the role of the management scientist, consultant and teacher. The analysis suggests that academic teacher and researcher are social roles with a character that can be called universal. Practitioner is associated rather with pragmatic aspect of management science. Practitioners are often regarded as managers, but their roles in the organisation might as well be non-managerial.

scholarly journals Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social system and the reflection on translation system

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 816-822
Author(s):  
Sıla Mutlu
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Social System ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
University Education ◽  
Translation System ◽  
The Social

This article aims at discussing an important problem of university education from the point of view of translation studies. The relation of translation education and the translation curriculum with social practice, and the counterpart of translation studies departments in the social system, constitute an important problem in the field of translation. It is possible to increase the quality of the translation industry through translation education by identifying the counterparts of translation education and translation theories in practice, and their positions within the translation system. The realisation of this objective is possible by considering translation as a system. Thanks to this approach of considering translation as a system, the positions of the actors within the translation system may be reinterpreted. This article aims at redefining the position of all stakeholders of the translation system within the translation system. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.   Özet Bu makale üniversite eğitiminin en önemli sorunlarından birisi olan kuram pratik ilişkisini çeviribilim perspektifinden tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Kuram ve uygulama bir sistemin dönüşüm hallerini temsil ederler. Kuramdan pratiğe ve pratikten kurama dönüşle gerçekleşen toplumsal sistemler, kendi bağımsız işleyişlerini ve kalitelerini sürdürme yeteneğini geliştirebilirler. Çeviri eğitiminin ve çeviri müfredatının toplumsal pratikle ilişkisi ve çeviri bölümlerinin toplumsal sistemdeki karşılığı çeviri alanının önemli bir sorunsalıdır. Çeviri eğitimi ve çeviri kuramlarının pratikteki karşılıkları ve çeviri sistemi içindeki konumlarının yeniden belirlenerek, çeviri sektörünün çeviri eğitimi yoluyla kalitesini artırması mümkündür. Bu amacın gerçekleşebilmesi çevirinin bir sistem olarak ele alınmasıyla mümkündür. Çevirinin bir sistem olarak ele alınması sayesinde, çeviri sistemindeki aktörlerin konumları yeniden yorumlanabilir. Bu yazı, Luhmann’ın sistem kuramından yola çıkarak, çeviri sisteminin tüm paydaşlarının çeviri sistemindeki rolünün yeniden belirlenmesini amaçlamaktadır.

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