scholarly journals Lessons Learned: Reflections On Training Student Tutors

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miss Chantal Beukes ◽  
Miss Suzaan Maree
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Questions

As an academic institution that is still in its early phases of organisational growth, Monash University, South Africa does not have a pool of postgraduate students that can be utilised for teaching assistance in units with large groups of students. This necessitated the selection of high-calibre honours candidates and third-year students that could be trained to become tutors. The tutor training, upon which this study is based, originated from a practical need that arose within the context of teaching at a small higher education institution. The researchers developed the training with the intention of providing the necessary skills enhancement needed for tutors to conduct successful tutorials. Due to the novelty of this endeavour, the research questions emerged with the formulation of the original content of the training course. There were three main research questions. Firstly, to verify whether the topics covered in the training did in fact provide the requisite real-world knowledge and skills development. Secondly, to evaluate the quality of the training that was provided. Thirdly, to ascertain other gaps in knowledge and skill that exist and that need to be addressed. A mixed methodological approach was followed in this study. Action research and group-administered questionnaires were utilised. Action research was used both in the data collection and in the data analysis phases. Group-administered questionnaires facilitated data triangulation to enhance the validity of the research findings. The research method utilised in this study to evaluate the efficacy of the training and to identify further training needs, presented a unique opportunity for reflective practice. The content of the training was set up to address needs identified by the researchers, based on their own teaching and tutoring experiences. To ensure continuous improvement and efficacy, the content was refined once the participants were given an opportunity to provide feedback. The researchers reflected on what transpired in each training session and developed new insights into potential gaps that needed filling. The participants responded positively to the unique learning situation that was created and felt that the training equipped them with the basic skills they needed as novice tutors. The researchers found that reflective practice effectively enabled the participants to identify the individual value gained from the learning experience.

scholarly journals eDify: Enhancing Teaching and Learning Process by Using Video Streaming Server

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Raza Hasan ◽  
Sellappan Palaniappan ◽  
Salman Mahmood ◽  
Kamal Uddin Sarker ◽  
Mian Usman Sattar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Streaming Server ◽  
Effective Technology

The study investigates the nature and degree of influence of the range of application usability variables on the learning experience of the students at a specific institution of higher education institution in Oman. The study was carried out via eDify implementation encompassing the usability variables and learning experience of the students. Literature does little to suggest the aforementioned relationship in the context of the Omani higher education. The current study would reveal the variables that are critical to effective technology-based learning of the students. The implications generated through the study would allow the institution involved in the study to effectively implement the variables required for enhanced teaching and learning. The methodology used in the study is divided into an exploratory and the main research. Principal component analysis and a range of regression analyses are conducted to test the relationships between the independent and the dependent variable, “learning experience”. Results suggest that the usability variables have both positive and significant effects on the dependent variable of the learning experience. One usability variable that stands out more than others is the usage of mobile media.

scholarly journals Gentrification of ethnic businesses in Toronto's Little India: an analysis of ethnic business development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taraneh Etemadi
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ethnic Economy ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Ethnic Business ◽  
Ethnic Economies ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
Ethnic Businesses

Gentrification of ethnic businesses within ethnic economies is a new phenomenon that is vastly affecting Toronto’s Little India. As a result, research focusing on this issue and analysis on the way in which ethnic businesses have been developed is an important problem to investigate. This research will focus on three main research questions; observing the different looks, practices, styles, and tastes prevalent amongst restaurants in Little India, examining if the styles and tastes projected by restaurants’ ethnic habitus have an impact on how ethnic businesses fare, and assessing if entrepreneurs are able or unable to modify their business practices, and styles. The analysis will be conducted through the lens of the Habitus (Bourdieu, 1987) as a theoretical framework, specifically examining the ways in which self-employed migrants develop their businesses and the role that their ethnic background and culture may have in this process. This research will take an ethnographic methodological approach in conducting the research through two steps, beginning with a naturalistic observation of two restaurants and following up with interviews. The findings determined that slight changes made to the business approach and cultural habitus of ethnic businesses can prove successful in attracting the needs of the surrounding clientele and the gentrifying population. Keywords: gentrification, South Asian, Little India, ethnic economy, self-employed migrants

scholarly journals Applying restorative approaches in intercultural settings in Serbia: Theoretical departures and methodological approach of the VDS’ action research in three multiethnic communities

Temida ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic ◽  
Jelena Srna ◽  
Sanja Copic
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Third ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Eu

During 2014 and 2015 within the EU funded FP7 research project ALTERNATIVE, the Victimology Society of Serbia implemented an action research with the aim to test the applicability of the ?Third way? model in multi-ethnic communities in Serbia, more directly affected by the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and to further up-grade it, both theoretically and practically. Additionally, the action research aimed at coming to the ideas about possible future steps, and developing a tool (practical guide/manual) for applying restorative approaches in intercultural settings in Serbia. The action research consisted of two parts: the participatory seminars titled From the conflict toward the peaceful life in the community, which were implemented in three multi-ethnic communities in Serbia (Medvedja, Prijepolje and Backa Palanka), and developing the Manual on best practices of applying restorative justice approaches in intercultural settings that should serve for raising awareness and education on restorative approaches in conflict transformation. The aim of the article is to present main theoretical departures and methodological approach of the action research, with a particular focus on the seminars, as well as main conclusions and lessons learned in regard applicability of restorative approaches in the multiethnic communities in Serbia.

scholarly journals Social Network Analysis and the Study of University Industry Relations

2019 ◽  
pp. 550-562
Author(s):  
Fernando Cabrita Romero
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Differential Outcomes ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Industry Relations ◽  
University Industry

The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of the use of social network analysis in the study of university industry relations. The structure of networks can be analyzed through the lens of social network analysis. This methodological approach is briefly described, and its fundamental concepts are presented. The chapter reviews the applications of this approach on the study of university industry relations. Different structures in the relations may result in different innovation outcomes, and the use of SNA may be particularly useful to understand differential outcomes. This chapter is based on a review of available literature on the topics. The chapter aims at systematizing the information and knowledge related to the application of SNA on university industry networks, highlighting the main research pathways, the main conclusions, and pointing to possible future research questions.

scholarly journals Before and after Lightfoot/León. Using rich pictures to illustrate an educational journey through the world of opera and ballet

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Habib ◽  
Elisabeth Juell
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Rich Picture ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Art Course ◽  
Guided Tour

In this article, we describe part of an action research project carried out during a classroom-based art course at a higher education institution. We gave the students themed collaborative drawing assignments, with the purpose of achieving a rich picture of what they associated with the notion of “going to the opera”. They completed assignments before and after attending a guided tour and a ballet performance at a famous opera house. We aimed to address two main research questions: a) How can the students’ understanding of opera and ballet develop through their experience of a ballet performance? and b) How can drawing activities in the classroom support collaborative learning and the students’ personal development? The data gathered involved three main elements: 1) the rich pictures themselves, 2) the teachers’ observations of the students and 3) the students’ reflections on the process. The study points towards a significant transformation of the students’ representation of the concept of opera, as illustrated in their drawings. We discuss how the students’ drawings may reflect their development in terms of attitude and their newly acquired knowledge of an artistic genre they knew little about, and suggest new avenues for further research.

Gathering Meaningful Data From Novices and or in Simplified Operating Environments to Inform Us About Highly Complex Operational Environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Niav Hughes ◽  
Amy D’Agostino
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Performance Data ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Human Factors Engineering ◽  
Operating Environments ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Meaningful Data

Much of the basis for current U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Human Factors Engineering (HFE) guidance comes from data from other domains (e.g. aviation, defense), qualitative data from operational experience in NPPs, and a limited amount from empirical studies in a nuclear environment. A simulator is one tool that can be used to gather more empirical nuclear specific human performance data. Although this may seem like a simple undertaking, getting trained operators for human-performance testing can be very challenging. In addition, when operators can be secured for human performance testing the operator sample is quite small, allowing for only qualitative analysis or limited quantitative analysis. Thus, the NRC initiated research to determine: 1) if novices can successfully perform realistic operator tasks, 2) if a simulator can create a cognitively similar environment to that which NPP operators face, and if 1 and 2 are successful, 3) how the resulting performance data can be used and interpreted. For our research, we determined that the environment needed to be simplified in such a way that would induce participants to experience both the complexity and cognitive requirements incurred by trained operators. In other words, the methodological approach adhered to the principal of different but equal; the roles, procedures and interface are different, but they are different in such a way that is controlled and meant to induce the same type of cognition and level of workload that would be experienced by an operator population. The simplification of the NPP environment has been very challenging and there have been many lessons learned. The panelists are challenged to make recommendations for investigators for best practices for gathering meaningful data from novices and or in simplified operating environments to inform us about highly complex operational environments. Some discussion questions relevant to this topic include: What type of research questions should we ask of the novice population? How can we use the data in a meaningful way? What type of research questions should be avoided with this population? How can we use novices to inform us about the “human” (not the trained operator) piece of performance? How can we simplify operational environments and still gain valuable data and insights? How can we use a trained operator population in these simplified environments?

scholarly journals Social Network Analysis and the Study of University Industry Relations

2018 ◽  
pp. 7150-7160
Author(s):  
Fernando Cabrita Romero
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Differential Outcomes ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Industry Relations ◽  
University Industry

The aim of this work is to give an overview of the use of social network analysis in the study of university industry relations. The structure of networks can be analysed through the lens of Social Network Analysis. This methodological approach is briefly described and its fundamental concepts are presented. The paper reviews the applications of this approach on the study of university industry relations. Different structures in the relations may result in different innovation outcomes, and the use of SNA may be particularly useful to understand differential outcomes. This work is based on a review of available literature on the topics. The paper aims at systematizing the information and knowledge related to the application of SNA on university industry networks, highlighting the main research pathways, the main conclusions and pointing possible future research questions.

scholarly journals Gentrification of ethnic businesses in Toronto's Little India: an analysis of ethnic business development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taraneh Etemadi
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ethnic Economy ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Ethnic Business ◽  
Ethnic Economies ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Business Approach ◽  
Ethnic Businesses

Gentrification of ethnic businesses within ethnic economies is a new phenomenon that is vastly affecting Toronto’s Little India. As a result, research focusing on this issue and analysis on the way in which ethnic businesses have been developed is an important problem to investigate. This research will focus on three main research questions; observing the different looks, practices, styles, and tastes prevalent amongst restaurants in Little India, examining if the styles and tastes projected by restaurants’ ethnic habitus have an impact on how ethnic businesses fare, and assessing if entrepreneurs are able or unable to modify their business practices, and styles. The analysis will be conducted through the lens of the Habitus (Bourdieu, 1987) as a theoretical framework, specifically examining the ways in which self-employed migrants develop their businesses and the role that their ethnic background and culture may have in this process. This research will take an ethnographic methodological approach in conducting the research through two steps, beginning with a naturalistic observation of two restaurants and following up with interviews. The findings determined that slight changes made to the business approach and cultural habitus of ethnic businesses can prove successful in attracting the needs of the surrounding clientele and the gentrifying population. Keywords: gentrification, South Asian, Little India, ethnic economy, self-employed migrants

scholarly journals Lessons Learned Using a Virtual World to Support Collaborative Learning in the Classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 858-879
Author(s):  
Louis Nisiotis ◽  
Styliani Kleanthous
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Memory Systems ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Teaching Objectives ◽  
Working Groups

Using technology in education is crucial to support learning, and Virtual Worlds (VWs) are one of the technologies used by many educators to support their teaching objectives. VWs enable students to connect, synchronously interact, and participate in immersive learning activities. Such VW has been developed at Sheffield Hallam University (UK), and is used to support the teaching of a specific module, as well as for conducting empirical research around the topics of Transactive Memory Systems (TMS) and Students Engagement. TMS is a phenomenon representing the collective awareness of a group's specialisation, coordination, and credibility with interesting results. This paper presents the lessons learned while using the VW over the past few years at a higher education institution to support collaborative learning within working groups. A review of these empirical findings is presented, together with the results of a follow up study conducted to further investigate TMS and student Engagement, as well as students perceived Motivation to use a VW for learning, and their Learning Outcomes. The findings of this study are corroborating and contributing to previous results, suggesting that a VW is an effective tool to support collaborative learning activities, allowing students to engage in the learning process, motivate them to participate in activities, and contribute to their overall learning experience.

OUTDOOR CAMP EFFECTS ON ATHLETES: ORIENTEERING EXAMPLE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (104) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadir Yıldız ◽  
Pınar Güzel ◽  
Fırat Çetinöz ◽  
Tolga Beşikçi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Outdoor Education ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Research Questions

Background. In this research, we aimed to investigate the effects of outdoor camps on orienteering athletes. Methods. The study group consisted of 74 athletes (44 males and 30 females, aged 11.94 ± 1.32 years) who participated in Bolu outdoor camp on the 3 rd –13 th of August, 2015. Interview technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used as data collection tool and content analysis method was used for data analysis. Results. Demographic factors were interpreted after the analysis of the obtained data and three main research questions were discussed under the topics of the views of athletes about the concept of Orienteering which is an outdoor sport, themes and codes regarding the purpose of Orienteering by the students who participated in the outdoor camp, and themes and codes about the outcomes of Orienteering for the students who participated in outdoor camps. Conclusion. It is suggested that a policy must be developed within the Ministry of Youth and Sport and Sport Federations in order to disseminate more deliberate and more comprehensive outdoor education among young people and measures should be taken to provide extensive participation.

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