18. Exploring Language Teacher Psychology: A Case Study from a Holistic Perspective

2018 ◽  
pp. 314-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehvish Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Language Teacher ◽  
Holistic Perspective

Analyzing CMS affordances through the RAT framework for online language teacher education: A case study

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Smidt ◽  
James Schumann ◽  
Karen Clement ◽  
Jesse Greenleaf ◽  
Mandy Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher Education ◽  
Language Teacher

USING PLATFORM STRATEGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED PRODUCT-SERVICE SOLUTIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 1950034
Author(s):  
SIRI JAGSTEDT ◽  
MAGNUS PERSSON
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Perspective ◽  
Product Service

Providers of product-service solutions find it challenging to simultaneously manage an increasing need for customised offerings along with internal demands for efficiency. To manage this balance, this paper explores the utilisation of platform strategies in the development of integrated product-service solutions. While platform strategies have been employed for many years in the development of physical products, this paper focuses on platform strategies in the development of solutions that combine both products and services. Based on a case study, we identify different assets that can be shared by these integrated product-service solutions and provide rationales for using platform strategies for solutions. We emphasise the potential of applying platform strategies while acknowledging the need for a holistic perspective on what assets to share among solutions. In particular, we draw attention to knowledge platforms as a basis for development of product-service solutions. The potential from using technology and usage knowledge platforms is highlighted in particular.

Symbols, Symbolism and Significance in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi: Specific Content Knowledge for Teacher Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Visvaganthie Moodley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Symbols and symbolisms across literary genres are powerful rhetoric devices used to enhance not only writers’ style, but to convey richness in meaning that transcends narrative descriptions. However, as its interpretations are context-bound, it causes anxieties for the under-proficient language teacher who, firstmost, requires deep specific content knowledge to drive instruction and enhance cognition amongst learners. Using qualitative descriptive case study, this paper aims to provide specific content knowledge by examining the literary use of symbols, symbolisms and significance in Yann Martel’s ‘Life of Pi’, which has been prescribed as a set book for Grade 12 school-exiting learners in South Africa, for the year 2017 onwards. The paper will – by analysing arbitrary, cultural and personal symbolisms and significances, mostly through psychoanalytical lens – unravel covert meanings and messages in cultural, religious and environmental contexts whilst simultaneously showing how these are pivotal to understanding major themes in the novel.  

Mentoring as a Supportive Way for Novice Teachers in Foreign Language Teacher Development: A Case Study in an Ethnic College in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Ru Li
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Novice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
One Year

Mentoring has been explored from various perspectives under different theoretical frameworks. The situation-based mentoring brings a lot of possibilities and sustainabilities to the student teachers. Given the overview on the literature of mentoring, it can be found that the research about mentoring mainly is concerned with English-speaking countries such as US and UK and populates in general teacher education. The research in subject-specific field receives scant attention, such as in Foreign Language Teacher Development (hereafter, FLTD). Finding few reports from China, especially about the novices in ethnical colleges, the empirical study running through one year from in an ethnic college shows that mentoring is a supportive way in FLTD for supporting novices. Under the framework of sociocultural theory, we found that, in addition to improving of teaching skills, mentoring can (1) lessen novices’ stress and ‘reality shock’ in teaching and strengthen the sense of belongings; (2) facilitate novice teachers’ reflection ability and (3) foster novice teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching.

Exploring a holistic perspective on production system improvement

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Stålberg ◽  
Anders Fundin
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Current Case ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Holistic Perspective ◽  
System Improvement

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how holistic improvement work can be organized and what challenges can be observed in the process of adopting a holistic perspective on production system improvement. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative case study and a questionnaire have been carried out. Data for the case study has been collected through semi-structured interviews, archived documents and participatory observations. The questionnaire was done in order to increase the generalizability of the findings from the case study and further validate the conclusions. Findings – The improvement work at the case company is organized as a continuous improvement approach in a Lean Production system in the form of a company-specific production system (XPS), in which two other improvement approaches are incorporated. Some of the identified challenges are: the establishment of a holistic perspective on improvement opportunities; the development of a process to update the production strategy; the continuous update of the Operational Management System during the XPS implementation; aggregating measures for the improvement work and measuring the effect of improvement work. Research limitations/implications – As the current case study is limited to one case company, future research is interested in expanding to other production systems contexts for further validation. Originality/value – The present study offers an increased understanding of the integration difficulties of improvement work that many production companies face regarding operational effectiveness, and based on the findings, some implications for management are presented.

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