scholarly journals Generalizations, overgeneralizations and intercultural communication: The stereotype of the Greek nation at commemorative ceremonies in schools.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Luciana Benincasa
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Scientific Theory ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Folk Theory ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Mental Programming ◽  
Self Examination

This paper has a double aim: (a) to approach a stereotype of the nation as overgeneralization and obstacle to intercultural communication and (b) to suggest ways to start to “escape” from stereotypical thinking. The first aim is pursued through a comparison between two conceptualizations of the level of “programming” of the human mind: (a) Hofstede’s model of the “software” of the human mind and (b) a stereotype of the Greek nation widely used in schools, as it is presented in the literature. Both constitute theories of the patterns of thinking, feeling and potential acting among the members of nation. The first (scientific) theory is explicitly articulated on three levels:  individual, group and human nature. The stereotype of the nation may be viewed as a folk theory. Meant to serve the management of everyday life, it does not have to be explicitly formulated or satisfy the requirements of a scientific theory.  The school stereotype was subject to thematic analysis. The comparison suggests that this national stereotype tends to abolish the lines that, In Hofstede’s schema, keep the levels of mental programming clearly separate. As a result, the stereotype constitutes an overgeneralization. As such, it is viewed as an obstacle to successful intercultural communication. Thus, I argue for the need of critical self-examination as the means of acquiring awareness of our stereotypes. To this purpose, a few “techniques” and a brief overview of relevant literature.   

scholarly journals Augmenting Function with Value: An Exploration of Reasons to Engage and Disengage from Music Listening

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 205920432110225
Author(s):  
Amanda E Krause ◽  
Solange Glasser ◽  
Margaret Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

Investigations of music in everyday life are dominated by a functional perspective, drawn from work using the theory of Uses and Gratifications. In so doing, we may have neglected to fully appreciate the value people place on music listening. Therefore, the present study considered if, and why, people value music listening and probed instances when they may not want to listen to music in everyday life. A sample of 319 university students residing in Australia (76.50% female, M age = 20.64) completed an online questionnaire, on which they were asked to provide short responses to open-ended questions directly addressing two research questions. Inductive thematic analysis yielded 13 themes synthesizing how participants valued listening to music, such as appreciation, emotion, time and engagement, cognitive factors, and mood regulation. Reasons for not listening to music were summarized by eight themes dominated by interference with activities that required focus or concentration, followed by environmental context, affective responses, music engagement and inversely, a preference for silence or other auditory stimuli. Fifteen percent of participants stated there was never a time they did not want to listen to music. The findings provide a novel perspective on the value of music listening beyond that considered by uses and gratifications with regard to the function of listening to music in everyday life.

scholarly journals IN SEARCH OF THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF DIVERGENT THINKING

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rossi ◽  
G. Sprugnoli ◽  
E. Santarnecchi
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Unique Solution ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Future Scenario ◽  
Creative Mind ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
The Subject

Human mind can follow two opposite types of reasoning in everyday life as well as in science: convergent thinking, as the ability to get the unique solution to a problem, or divergent thinking, the ability to elaborate different answer to a question. The latter is usually considered as an essential feature of the “creative mind”, together with Insight, an unpredictable and unexpected moment of exceptional thinking commonly reported as the “Eureka!" experience. During such processing, an unconscious reorganization process of previously unrelated problem elements is made and when the solution finally emerges to consciousness, the subject is not able to explain how he/she reached it. Because of its unpredictable and unconscious nature, as well as its connection with creativity and scientific discoveries, the definition and evaluation of insight is now one of the biggest challenges for modern cognitive neuroscience. Neurophysiological evidence begins to arise, making the enhancement of creativity thinking using non-invasive neuromodulation techniques a plausible future scenario.

scholarly journals Mathematical Connections Made by Teacher in Linear Program: An Ethnographical Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Anisa Astra Jingga ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Certified Teacher ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mathematical Connection

Abstract Mathematical connection ability helps students to understand the concepts and the applications of mathematics, in this context, the teacher as an implementer of education has an important role to make a mathematical connection in their instruction. An ethnographic study was conducted to determine the teacher’s ability to make mathematical connections. A certified teacher with 30 years of teaching experience is observed and is interviewed to obtain the data. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings show that the relationship between mathematics and everyday life arises as a mathematical connection in the form of different representations. When the teacher shows that a sentence can be another representation of a mathematical symbol, then those activity is a configuration of mathematical connection representation. In this study, the part-whole relationship is obtained not as a generalization but as a specific example. The relationship between ideas, facts, and concepts in mathematics appears in every construction, however, the process of knowledge construction is only carried out in the form of procedure and implication.

scholarly journals A student music therapist's exploration of her cultural identities in relation to music therapy practice in a specialist music therapy centre in Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Hee Hyun Han
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Self Examination

<p>This heuristic research explores a student music therapist’s (SMT’s) journey of discovery with respect to her cultural identities in relation to music therapy (MT) practice with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. A review of the literature was undertaken to investigate issues of identity in relation to MT practice. In order to analyse and evaluate the SMT’s experience of working with culturally diverse clients, secondary analysis of the student’s reflexive journal was used to identify the relationships between the SMT’s cultural identities and her MT practice with clients. Four main themes emerged during the process of thematic analysis of data: experiencing strong feelings as an SMT; observing individual reactions as an SMT and interpreting clients’ reactions; making connections and disconnections with clients; and learning to adapt and refine the use of MT methods. The research emphasised how a student can learn about practice and research through reflexive self-examination, and raised awareness of the complex interactions of identities of therapist and client that occur in MT practice.</p>

An Investigation of the Critical Factors for Evaluating the Public Value of e-Government

2015 ◽  
pp. 1130-1150
Author(s):  
Kanishka Karunasena ◽  
Hepu Deng ◽  
Kushanthi Sajeewani Harasgama
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Public Value ◽  
The Public ◽  
User Orientation

This chapter aims to investigate the critical factors for evaluating the public value of e-government in Sri Lanka. A comprehensive review of the relevant literature on the scope of e-government, the sources of public value creation, and the kinds of public value is conducted for developing the theoretical framework of the study. Using the qualitative data collected from Sri Lanka, a thematic analysis is performed for identifying the critical factors for evaluating the public value of e-government. The analysis reveals that the quality of public information online, functionalities of electronic services, provision of information and services through e-enabled counters, user orientation of public service delivery, improving organisational efficiency, openness and responsiveness, enhancing trust, ensuring confidentiality of citizens' information, achieving social equity, and environmental sustainability are critical for evaluating the public value of e-government.

scholarly journals Theoretical approaches to understanding consumer phenomenology and its significance for the development of the territorial community

2020 ◽  
pp. 130-135
Author(s):  
Andriy Kalarash
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Individual Group ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Role Position ◽  
Local Nature

The article is devoted to the study of theoretical approaches to understanding the phenomenology of the consumer and its signifi -cance for the development of the territorial community.It is proved that consumer phenomenology has close links with organic phenomenology of local self-government, because it ari -ses and is formed within the territorial community – territorial community, which is formed at the local level of society in local governmentin everyday life.It is argued that within the territorial community the consumer performs one of the characteristic and ordinary role positions ofthe resident member of such a community, because it itself is created in the teleological sense for individual, group and collective consumptionof material and intangible goods.Emphasis is placed on the fact that although the definitive definition of “consumer” at both the doctrinal and regulatory levelsdoes not contain clear and unambiguous signs of the connection of its existence and functioning with local government, such links exist,they can be identified, updated, to contextualize, focusing on their local nature of implementation, consumer affiliation to the territorialcommunity operating in local government in everyday life, as well as the coincidence (imposition) of role positions of the residentmember of the TG with the role position of the consumer.

scholarly journals An Investigation of Factors Contributing to Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety among International Students in Indonesian Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Herri Mulyono
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Learning Language

This small-scale study aimed to factors that contribute to foreign language speaking anxiety among international tertiary students in Indonesia. The study drew on a qualitative method where seven International students studying at three universities in Indonesia were interviewed. The collected data then were transcribed and analyzed using a thematic analysis. The result revealed that the student participants experienced both facilitative and debilitative speaking anxiety when interacting with their peers during classroom learning. Language barriers, negative attitudes, intercultural communication apprehension were identified to provoke FLSA among the students. More importantly, these three factors also contributed to students’ feeling of speaking anxiety in their daily communication. Keywords: English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety (FLSA), Facilitative and Debilitative Speaking Anxietyfrstractg the shrformance in thes

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