Reflections on a Teaching Exchange in Psychology

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald S. Clack ◽  
Robert B. Joynson

Following a teaching exchange between universities in the United Kingdom and the United States, we taught together for one term at the same university. Teaching together provided an opportunity for extended discussion, the collaborative nature of which produced an appraisal different from those in which authors independently report their experiences. We describe our perceptions of similarities and differences between the two university departments with regard to students, pedagogical approaches, and faculty issues.

Author(s):  
Ebtesam Abdulrahman Al-Mutair, Hend Abdulrahman Al-Rshoud, H Ebtesam Abdulrahman Al-Mutair, Hend Abdulrahman Al-Rshoud, H

The current study aimed to identify the reality of the institutional academic accreditation of Saudi universities in the light of the experiences of some countries, and to achieve this goal the comparative descriptive approach was used to describe the actual reality of academic accreditation in the following four comparison countries Saudi Arabia, the United States of America, Japan and the United Kingdom, in terms of the supervisors of academic accreditation, academic accreditation standards, and academic accreditation procedures, and then to analyze the similarities and differences between them. The study found that there was a significant similarity between the four countries in accreditation objectives and some accreditation criteria and accreditation procedures, and differed in the number of accreditation institutions. In light of this, some benefits have been extracted to develop the institutional academic accreditation of Saudi universities. The researchers also made a number of recommendations and proposals to raise the standards of academic accreditation in the kingdom's universities to meet their counterparts in the comparison countries.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Hany H. Makhlouf

The rise of the labor movements in the United Kingdom in the 17<sup>th</sup> century and in the United States in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, their growth through most of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, and their steady decline since the 1970s reflect several similarities and differences in their experiences, strategies, tactics, and goals. Both movements faced many early challenges that threatened their survival, and went through growth periods, followed by the current decline phase in which they are struggling to prove their worth and relevance in changing economies and new labor market realities. This article examines the similarities and differences in these labor movements’ experiences, and in their past and current environments. It argues that labor unions are not likely to face the destiny of the dinosaurs, but they may have to continue to evolve, adjust, and innovate to stop their decline and appeal to a changing labor force. Their bread and butter focus, however, is likely to remain as the core of their existence.


Author(s):  
Lining Gan ◽  
Weilun Zhang

This chapter collects and organizes information about the infrastructure construction standards of smart cities and the development of industrial economy in several countries, briefly describes the standards of various aspects of infrastructure in China and the ISO standards, and analyses the similarities and differences between the two standards. It also provides a suggestion for the writing of standards; at the same time, it summarizes the development status of China, the United States, and the United Kingdom in the industrial economy of smart cities and analyzes and summarizes the specific conditions of each country.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Koc-Michalska ◽  
Bruce Bimber ◽  
Daniel Gomez ◽  
Matthew Jenkins ◽  
Shelley Boulianne

The circulation of misinformation, lies, propaganda, and other kinds of falsehood has, to varying degrees, become a challenge to democratic publics. We are interested in the question of what publics believe about their own exposure to falsehoods in news, and about what contributes to similarities and differences in these beliefs across countries. We are also interested in the question of whether publics report attempting to verify news that is suspect to them. Here we report on a comparative election survey in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. We find three key predictors of publics’ beliefs that they have been exposed to falsehoods: discussion of news, use of social media for political purposes, and exposure to counter-attitudinal information. The nexus between these three predictors and beliefs about falsehoods exists in all three countries, as we anticipate that it likely exists elsewhere. We do not find voters on the right to be different from those on the left in the United Kingdom and France, but do find a substantial difference in the United States, which is likely due to the 2016 Trump campaign. We conclude with concerns about the imbalance in beliefs about exposure to falsehoods in the United States and the apparent capacity of a single leader, in the right context, to shape public beliefs about what is to be believed.


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