Introspective Faculty Assessment of Self Leadership

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110319
Author(s):  
Marcellina Kehinde Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
Extra Effort ◽  
Perception Of Self ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Leadership Study ◽  
Classroom Leadership ◽  
Game Changer

This article describes a faculty self-leadership study and its impact on outcomes—extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction. The research questions asked faculty’s perceptions of classroom leadership—specifically whether they perceive themselves as leaders. This preliminary, small study aims to consider other avenues to improve the student learning experience and faculty performance. Faculty perception of self-leadership may account for their efforts to cultivate others effectively. The notion of faculty leading or grassroots leadership may be a paradigm shift or game-changer; the norm is that the pioneers of change, innovation, and creativity are found in administrative positions in an organization. This norm equates leadership with status, authority, and position. The concept of transformational classroom leadership is not widespread but where else can one find a better fit to integrate this concept than in teaching. What better place exists to examine its impact than the classroom? There is a need to “step outside the culture” and ask teachers how they construe a leadership role to alter higher education’s status quo.

The Home Visit Experience: A Medical Student’s Perspective

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Hervada-Page ◽  
Kristopher S. Fayock ◽  
Randa Sifri ◽  
Fred W. Markham
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Treatment Access ◽  
Medicine Quality ◽  
Comparison Technique

Incorporating home care education into the medical school curriculum is essential for providing a learning experience not duplicated elsewhere. Students rotating through family medicine write a reflection paper on their experiences. The papers about home visits from July 2000 to June 2004 were analyzed by a constant comparison technique developing seven themes: student paradigm shift in their understanding of causes vs. effects of disease, misconceptions about treatment, access to care, a return to the roots of medicine, quality of family caregiving, broader implications of providing care, and controversial issues. The students’ papers demonstrate the unique environment of home visits.

Dynamics of students’ attitude to distance learning (results of longitudinal study)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Panferov ◽  
S. A. Bezgodova ◽  
A. V. Miklyaeva
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Research Questions

The article describes the dynamics of students’ attitude to distance learning in the situation of forced transition to distance learning in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Students’ attitude to the content, organizational and motivational aspects of distance learning was studied using a questionnaire with online service Google form. The study was organized by the longitudinal method. Measurements of students’ attitude were carried out in the early days of distance learning and at the end of the first month. Research questions concerned 1) assessing changes in the organization of educational process, its efficiency and students’ self-motivation in the first days after the transition to distance learning; 2) changes in attitude to distance learning at the end of the first month: 3) contribution of objective factors (curriculum, financial conditions of study, place of stay during the period of distance learning, experience in the use of online educational platforms, current academic achievements) to the dynamics of the students’ attitude. The participants of the study were 94 students of the 1st-4th year. The results revealed a steady trend to lower evaluations by students the quality of assimilating knowledge, abilities and skills as well as to decrease of learning motivation and quality of interaction with teachers on the subjective background of increasing educational load. The general tendency to worsening assessments of distance learning can be mitigated by such factors as pre-formed competencies in the use of distance educational technologies, external (financial) incentives to learn and the ability to change the usual way of life due to changes in the usual place of residence.

scholarly journals Life After Being a Pathology Department Chair III: Reflections on the “Afterlife”

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 237428951984606 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Bailey ◽  
L. Maximilian Buja ◽  
Fred Gorstein ◽  
Avrum Gotlieb ◽  
Ralph Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chief Executive Officers ◽  
Department Chair ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Administrative Positions ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The Association of Pathology Chairs Senior Fellows Group provided reflections on activities that have kept them engaged and inspired after stepping down as chair. They offered advice to current chairs who were considering leaving their positions and also to individuals contemplating becoming pathology chairs. A majority (35/41) responded: 60% maintained teaching/mentoring activities; 43% engaged in hobbies; 40% took other administrative positions including deans, medical center chief executive officers, and residency program directors; 31% continued research; 28% wrote books; 20% performed community service; 14% led professional organizations; 14% developed specialized programs; 11% engaged in clinical service; and 11% performed entrepreneurial activities. Most individuals had several of these activities. One-third indicated that those considering becoming chair should be able to place faculty and department needs before their own. One-fourth emphasized the need to know why one wants to become chair, the need to develop clear goals, and the need to know what one wants to accomplish as chair before applying for and accepting the position. More than half (57%) indicated that before stepping down as chair, one should have a clear plan and/or professional goals that can be served by stepping down. Some even suggested that this be in place before applying for the chair. Almost two-thirds (63%) indicated they had no regrets stepping down as chair. These findings may be valuable to those contemplating stepping down from or stepping into any department chair position or other academic leadership role.

scholarly journals Escaping the McNamara Fallacy: Towards more Impactful Recommender Systems Research

AI Magazine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-95
Author(s):  
Dietmar Jannach ◽  
Christine Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Real World ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Research Questions

Recommender systems are among today’s most successful application areas of artificial intelligence. However, in the recommender systems research community, we have fallen prey to a McNamara fallacy to a worrying extent: In the majority of our research efforts, we rely almost exclusively on computational measures such as prediction accuracy, which are easier to make than applying other evaluation methods. However, it remains unclear whether small improvements in terms of such computational measures matter greatly and whether they lead us to better systems in practice. A paradigm shift in terms of our research culture and goals is therefore needed. We can no longer focus exclusively on abstract computational measures but must direct our attention to research questions that are more relevant and have more impact in the real world. In this work, we review the various ways of how recommender systems may create value; how they, positively or negatively, impact consumers, businesses, and the society; and how we can measure the resulting effects. Through our analyses, we identify a number of research gaps and propose ways of broadening and improving our methodology in a way that leads us to more impactful research in our field.

scholarly journals Management Research: Discussion on Leadership Study Area

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Tewogbade Shakir
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Business World ◽  
Business Outcomes ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Leadership Study

The study is to review leadership problems in management research. The discussion addresses the problems from theoretical backgrounds and reveal the possible leadership styles and behaviours seen in business world when such problems are experienced. Possible ways of managing the problems in order to minimize the negative effects on business outcomes was also discussed. This discussion will set pace for further specifics research in any organization settings having identified possible problems and how to formulate research questions.

scholarly journals Choice of Practical Subjects: Is It Still a Gendered Phenomenon? A Case of Selected Co-educational Secondary Schools in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
G. V. Nani ◽  
L. Sibanda
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Gender Barriers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The purpose of this study was to find out whether the selection of practical subjects in schools was still a gendered phenomenon. The motivators were findings of an investigation on business imitations in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, which revealed that men and women still participated in gender based entrepreneurial activities. A qualitative approach, which utilised the case study design was adopted for this study. Self-administered open-ended questionnaires were used as data collection instruments. The sample comprised 5 Heads of Departments, 15 practical subject educators and 75 students from 2 purposively selected co-educational schools in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province. Data were analysed according to research questions. Findings showed that there were attempts to break the gender barriers as some girls were now studying subjects that were previously male dominated and some boys had enrolled for subjects that were in the past the preserve of girls. The study concluded that there was a gradual paradigm shift in the mind-sets of school authorities, learners and some parents. Recommendations were that school authorities should continue to intensify campaigns on de-constructing the learners’ gender stereo typed mind-sets and engage various stakeholders in the change process to enable learners to comfortably fit in a globally competitive environment.

scholarly journals INSTRUCTOR LEADERSHIP IN EFL CLASSROOMS AND THE OUTCOMES: THE EFFECTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Didem Erdel ◽  
Mehmet Takkaç
Keyword(s):  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
English Language ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Full Range ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Extra Effort ◽  
Classroom Leadership

In this study, classroom leadership styles of English language instructors were investigated within the Full Range Leadership (FRL) framework with the purpose of determining the relationship between instructors’ leadership styles and the outcomes of leader (the instructor in the classroom context) effectiveness, students’ extra effort and student satisfaction. Classroom Leadership Instrument, a modified version of Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, was administered to 300 students from English Language Teaching and English Language and Literature Departments at a Turkish state university. Research data were analyzed through inferential statistical tests and the results revealed that transformational leadership and active traits of transactional leadership significantly correlated with all three leadership outcomes. Consequently, the instructors with such leader characteristics appeared to be more effective teachers, whose students felt more satisfied with their teaching and displayed extra effort at a higher extent in the courses.

scholarly journals Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: A Paradigm Shift within Insolvency Laws in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANKEETA GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Differential Treatment ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Bankruptcy Code ◽  
Game Changer

delivery and availability in India in light of the changes brought about by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The introduction of the Code is purported to resolve the issues within the credit ecosystem by identifying correctly all the stakeholders, most importantly the creditors and the debtors, resolving and settling non-performing assets, creating a robust mechanism for settling credit-related disputes, reducing creditor distrust and ensuring continuance of functioning of companies rather than being wound up for non-payment of debts.While the Code promises to be a game changer, there exist various challenges that need to be addressed as the success of the Code is dependent on the manner in which its provisions are implemented, especially those pertaining to the strict timelines with parties seeking excessive discretionary indulgence from the adjudicatory authorities. Further, the challenges include impact of differential treatment meted out to the creditors, the committee of creditors being ordained with considerable powers over the fate of the corporate debtor, and the insolvency professionals being allowed to run the entities without much accountability and capability has resulted in an increased number of disputes. The legal, logical and procedural hurdles thus mentioned will need to be addressed in the most amicable manner within the foreseeable future.

Bridging the Divide Between Research and Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 416-430
Author(s):  
Stephanie W. Cawthon ◽  
Susan R. Easterbrooks
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Research Implementation ◽  
The Real ◽  
Fatal Flaw ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
The Right ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

In 1952, Lee Cronbach began identifying the fundamental challenges to conducting research in the real world with difficult-to-classify populations. He posited that “the highest function of research is to help us ask better questions in our next study” (Edwards & Cronbach, 1952, p. 59). Since that time, the fields of psychology, sociology, and education have struggled to identify the right questions to ask. This chapter suggests that the research community has fallen short of the mark because it continues to make one fatal flaw: It does not ask the practitioners who must implement research to guide us to the better questions. This chapter explores problems inherent in conducting research and suggests models that the new generation of researchers could explore to move from a trial-and-error design in the generation of research questions to a practitioner-prompted design. This discussion includes but is not limited to reflections on action research, implementation science, and practitioner-led research. This examination goes beyond the notion of evidence-based decision making to suggesting how research should be upended because the real needs of practitioners should provide the guidance for deciding what to study. Until we see such a paradigm shift, the resounding cry of “so what” will continue to be the response to the present “research from on high.”

WHAT LESSON OBSERVATION DATA REVEAL ABOUT THE CHANGES IN TEACHING SCIENCE: CASE STUDY FROM LATVIA

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liga Cakane ◽  
◽  
Jelena Volkinsteine ◽  
Dace Namsone ◽  
Ilze France ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Science Teaching And Learning ◽  
Study Lesson ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Lesson Observation

The improvement of teaching quality in Science subjects is closely connected to the implementation of reforms initiated in education policy resolutions in the school practice. It is crucial for teachers to implement the paradigm shift from transmitting information to 21st century learning design. It means to change not only teaching strategies but also their views what teaching is. Lesson observations were the main source to answer the research questions: What do lesson observations reveal about the students’ learning in science lessons according to criteria selected? What information lesson observation gives about teachers’ skills to organize learning according to changes envisaged in education policy resolutions? Key words: case study, lesson observation, science teaching and learning.

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