scholarly journals Developing Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence through Online Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (08) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Tatyana Litvinova ◽  
Natalia Andriutsa ◽  
Vasily Movchun
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Globalising World ◽  
Exchange Programmes

In a rapidly globalising world, every modern person needs a sufficient level of intercultural competence (IC). An increasing part of communication is carried out through the online environment, and it becomes more natural to acquire communication skills in it. However, representatives of non-linguistic specialities may not be aware of the importance of this phenomenon. The primary purpose of this research is to identify the attitude of representatives of a non-linguistic speciality to IC through online learning. To collect information, semi-structured interviews were conducted among students of medical and linguistic specialities, for which online learning is practiced. It is crucial to find out how diverse the attitude towards IC is among the representatives of various fields of activity. Bachelor students of state universities took part in the semi-structured interview. All the respondents are in the fourth year of study. The survey included 370 students aged 20-21. The difference in the specialities was one of the most important criteria for selecting respondents. As the results show, representatives of a non-linguistic speciality are indeed less aware and interested in increasing IC in online learning. Several solutions were proposed to solve this problem: increasing interest in interculturalism by spreading information in an educational institution's online environment; teachers’ help to students to develop such a competence; using the online environment; providing additional online materials; participation in international online events and exchange programmes.

scholarly journals Building Students' Learning Experience in Online Learning During Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 979-987
Author(s):  
Syaharuddin Syaharuddin ◽  
Mutiani Mutiani ◽  
Muhammad Rezky Noor Handy ◽  
Ersis Warmansyah Abbas ◽  
Jumriani Jumriani
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Right

The practice of online learning during a pandemic is ideally able to provide independent learning for students. However, what happens is the loss of a meaningful learning experience. The research aims to describe the implementation of online learning in Banjarmasin and examine the selection of appropriate learning strategies in providing learning experiences for students. The data were sourced from structured interviews of as many as 15 students and five social studies teachers from 3 junior high schools. Structured interview data from the google form were tabulated, described, and analyzed by the social studies teacher in-depth interview through the restatement, description, and interpretation stages. The study results describe that choosing the right learning strategy has helped provide a learning experience for students during the pandemic. The learning strategy that can do is visiting teachers. Teacher visits are carried out with a clear schedule of regular attendance. In addition, teachers can take advantage of several platforms such as; zoom, google classroom, the personal messenger as learning media.

scholarly journals Teachers' experiences, beliefs and conceptions concerning intercultural communicative competence

Interacción ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Julio César Torres Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Autobiographical Accounts ◽  
The Relationship

This is a report of a study on teachers’ experiences, beliefs and conceptions concerning intercultural communicative competence (ICC). The study explored the relationship between teacher cognition, professional identity and intercultural competence. To stimulate reflection as well as to collect data, autobiographical accounts and semi-structured interviews were used. This exploratory case study showed that even when teachers have intercultural experiences in English speaking countries, as it is the case with the three informants in the study described, they continue to have essentialist perspectives of target cultures that, in turn, affect their vision of the development of ICC. Results revealed how teachers’ previous personal experiences are influential in their belief and conception formation of ICC. Besides, they do not master the knowledge, skills and attitudes involved in ICC, in spite of their awareness of the essence and purpose of the development of ICC at different levels.

scholarly journals Management of State Universities of Bahia Woman, Memory and Social Representations

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Josias Benevides da Silva ◽  
Luci Mara Bertoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
State Universities ◽  
University Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Public ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relations Of Power ◽  
Representations Of Women

In this research, were analyzed the collective memory and social representations of women who are former rectors of the Public State Universities of Bahia, about the relations of power and gender in university management. The methodology of is qualitative research, through semi-structured interviews and observation, the material obtained was analyzed with Content Analysis. We can mention clashes, debates, support, focused on academic formation and the provision of services to society. As results of this study, it was observed that relations of power and gender in universities follow the logic of patriarchal society, with the difference that the knowledge, sometimes, inhibits or hides stigma and discrimination.

scholarly journals Iraq EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Intercultural Communicative Education Through Online Platform

2021 ◽  
pp. 482-500
Author(s):  
Khaldoon Waleed Husam Al-Mofti
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Teaching

Intercultural communicative competence or intercultural competence (hence ICC or IC) refers to the essential competency or the awareness that EFL learners should have to act effectively and successfully in intercultural situations. However, ICC or IC’s integration in EFL classrooms is often a challenge and remains limited in EFL teaching. This is because language instructors usually tend to focus on knowledge especially the linguistic items of target language rather than its cultural aspects. Hence, the current research reports on a triangulated study aim to explore the Iraqi EFL learners’ perceptions before and after the integration of the ICC in the online course. The study also attempts to show the learners’ attitudes towards the intercultural communicative competence teaching (hence ICCT) model used to improve the learners’ ICC competency. The participants were 40 Iraqi EFL students studying English language at the department of English, College of Arts, University of Anbar. Data were collected via two research instruments, namely a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with the learners. The questionnaire was used for quantitative data collection, while the interviews questions were used for collecting qualitative data. The findings obtained revealed that there was an interesting significant difference in the perceptions of the EFL learners after the ICC’s integration course. This is attributed to the increased knowledge and awareness of the learners about ICC's important role in the English culture. Similarly, learners had positive attitudes towards the ICCT model and its steps. Thus, with the obtained results, the study encourages the integration of ICCT in EFL teaching.

Significados de Morte: o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo da Enfermagem / Meaning of Death: the collective subject speech of the nursing staff

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Fellipe Afonso de Azevedo ◽  
Noé D’jalma Araújo ◽  
Néliton Célio de Novais ◽  
José Vítor da Silva ◽  
Renato Augusto Passos
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Emergency Units ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

RESUMOObjetivo: o presente trabalho teve como objetivo identificar os significados de morte emergentes das equipes de enfermagem que atuam nas unidades de Pronto Socorro e Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) em uma entidade de médio porte situada no Sul de Minas Gerais. Materiais e métodos: estudo de abordagem qualitativa, do tipo descritivo, de campo e transversal. A amostra estudada foi composta de oito enfermeiros, 22 técnicos e quatro auxiliares de enfermagem, totalizando 34 profissionais, sendo utilizado o instrumento de caracterização pessoal e profissional da equipe de enfermagem e o roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada. A amostragem foi proposital. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de entrevista semiestruturada, gravada e transcrita. As diretrizes metodológicas do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo foram utilizadas para a seleção das ideias centrais e expressões-chave correspondentes, a partir das quais foram extraídos os discursos dos sujeitos, no cenário da instituição hospitalar. Resultados e Discussão: ao analisar o tema “significados de morte”, obtiveram-se as seguintes ideias centrais: “passagem”, “diversos significados”, “fim da vida” e “fim e começo de outra vida”. Conclusão: As concepções acerca do tema morte para os profissionais participantes deste trabalho reforça a necessidade de estudos sobre o tema durante a formação acadêmica. Certos de que irão vivenciar este tipo de situação no dia-a-dia profissional, é preciso prepará-los psicologicamente para isso.Palavras-chave: Morte, Equipe de enfermagem, Assistência ao paciente.ABSTRACTObjective: This study aimed to identify the meanings of emerging death of the nursing staff working in the Emergency Units and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a medium-sized entity located in southern Minas Gerais. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional qualitative field research. The sample was composed of 8 nurses, 22 technicians and 4 nursing assistants, totaling 34 professionals. It was used a tool of personal and professional characterization of the nursing team and a semi-structured interview. Sampling was intentional. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, that were recorded and transcribed. The methodological guidelines of the Collective Subject Speech were used for the selection of the central ideas and corresponding key expressions, from which the speeches of the subjects were taken, in the hospital setting. Results and discussion: to examine the topic "death meanings" yielded the following core ideas: "pass", "different meanings", "end of life" and "end and beginning of another life." Conclusion: The conceptions about the death theme for the professional participants of this study reinforces the need for studies on the subject during their academic training. It is certain that they will experience this type of situation on their daily professional routine, therefore there is a need to prepare them psychologically for this.Keywords: Death, Nursing staff, Patient care.

scholarly journals Mediating Factor of Emotional Intelligence in Intercultural Competence and Work Productivity of Volunteers

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolita Vveinhardt ◽  
Rita Bendaraviciene ◽  
Ingrida Vinickyte
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Intercultural Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mediating Factor ◽  
The Impact

Volunteering, the volunteer’s intercultural competence and emotional intelligence contribute to intercultural education and sustainability in various societies of today. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of emotional intelligence and intercultural competence on work productivity of volunteers. The first part of the article substantiates theoretical associations between emotional intelligence, intercultural competence and work productivity. Based on theoretical insights, empirical research methodology was prepared, which consisted of four categories divided into sub-categories that provided the structure of the question groups. The empirical research involved seven informants working in Lithuania, who welcomed volunteers from abroad. The research was conducted using the method of semi-structured interviews. The conclusions present a systematic perspective towards the role of emotional intelligence in the intercultural competence and work productivity of volunteers. In this context, emotional intelligence works as a mediating factor. The contributing role of volunteer-receiving organisations in the development of the volunteers’ emotional intelligence is also highlighted.

scholarly journals Understanding the clinical reasoning processes involved in the management of multimorbidity in an ambulatory setting: study protocol of a stimulated recall research

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-C. Audétat ◽  
S. Cairo Notari ◽  
J. Sader ◽  
C. Ritz ◽  
T. Fassier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Video Sequence ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ambulatory Setting ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Stimulated Recall ◽  
Study Results

Abstract Background Primary care physicians are at the very heart of managing patients suffering from multimorbidity. However, several studies have highlighted that some physicians feel ill-equipped to manage these kinds of complex clinical situations. Few studies are available on the clinical reasoning processes at play during the long-term management and follow-up of patients suffering from multimorbidity. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding on how the clinical reasoning of primary care physicians is affected during follow-up consultations with these patients. Methods A qualitative research project based on semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in an ambulatory setting will be carried out, using the video stimulated recall interview method. Participants will be filmed in their work environment during a standard consultation with a patient suffering from multimorbidity using a “button camera” (small camera) which will be pinned to their white coat. The recording will be used in a following semi-structured interview with physicians and the research team to instigate a stimulated recall. Stimulated recall is a research method that allows the investigation of cognitive processes by inviting participants to recall their concurrent thinking during an event when prompted by a video sequence recall. During this interview, participants will be prompted by different video sequence and asked to discuss them; the aim will be to encourage them to make their clinical reasoning processes explicit. Fifteen to twenty interviews are planned to reach data saturation. The interviews will be transcribed verbatim and data will be analysed according to a standard content analysis, using deductive and inductive approaches. Conclusion Study results will contribute to the scientific community’s overall understanding of clinical reasoning. This will subsequently allow future generation of primary care physicians to have access to more adequate trainings to manage patients suffering from multimorbidity in their practice. As a result, this will improve the quality of the patient’s care and treatments.

scholarly journals Characteristics of dental note taking: a material based themed analysis of Swedish dental students

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viveca Lindberg ◽  
Sofia Louca Jounger ◽  
Maria Christidis ◽  
Nikolaos Christidis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
New Literacy Studies ◽  
Writing Practices

Abstract Background The transition from upper secondary to higher education and from higher education to professional practice requires that students adapt to new literacy practices, academic and professional. However, there is a gap of knowledge regarding literacy practices in dental education. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify what characterizes dental students’ notetaking and secondarily to determine what dental students express regarding their notetaking. Methods To analyze students’ perspectives about the purposes of notetaking and to examine their written notes in depth, three volunteer students, out of the 24 students that voluntarily and anonymously handed in their notes, were interviewed. The three undergraduate dental students that participated in this material-based, semi-structured interview study, framed within a New Literacy Studies approach, were on their third year (6th semester). The focus of these material-based interviews was on each student’s notes. Questions prepared for semi-structured interviews were open-ended and allowed for individual follow-up questions related to the interviewee’s answer. To analyze the outcome of the interviews a thematic analysis was used. Results From the material-based interviews eight themes that relate to what, how and for what purpose students write were discerned. These eight themes include professional vocabulary, core content as well as clinical examples that belong to what students read and write; multimodal accentuation as well as synthesis that belong to how students read and write; and mnemonic strategies, academic purposes, and professional purposes that belong to for what purpose students read and write. Conclusions Findings from the interviews indicate that the digital development, offering a variety of available tools, has expanded the notion of notetaking. This study identified that dental students’ notetaking has changed during their education from initially being synchronous, to also include multimodal and asynchronous writing, making notetaking more of a writing practice. Further, students’ writing practices seem to be motivated by their knowledge formation in relation to a subject matter, but also in relation to their experiences during clinical training. Although, our hypothesis was that the main purpose of notetaking and writing was to pass their course examinations, this study showed that students that were half-way through their dental education, are aware that literacy practices are for learning for their future profession, and not only for passing their exams.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Gamification in Flipped Learning

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402097983
Author(s):  
Abdullah Yasin Gündüz ◽  
Buket Akkoyunlu
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Interaction Data ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Experimental Group

The success of the flipped learning approach is directly related to the preparation process through the online learning environment. It is clear that the desired level of academic achievement cannot be reached if the students come to class without completing their assignments. In this study, we investigated the effect of the use of gamification in the online environment of flipped learning to determine whether it will increase interaction data, participation, and achievement. We used a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design, which implies collecting and analyzing quantitative and then qualitative data. In the online learning environment of the experimental group, we used the gamification. However, participants in the control group could not access the game components. According to the findings, the experimental group had higher scores in terms of interaction data, participation, and achievement compared with the control group. Students with low participation can be encouraged to do online activities with gamification techniques.

scholarly journals COVD-07. THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS AFFECTED BY BRAIN TUMORS: THE PATIENT NAVIGATOR PERSPECTIVE

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. ii22-ii22
Author(s):  
Kyle Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Patient Navigator ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Tumor Patient ◽  
Patient Navigators ◽  
The Impact

Abstract BACKGROUND Preliminary evidence indicates that glioma patients are at higher risk for COVID-19 complications due to systemic immunosuppression. Interruptions in cancer care may exacerbate patient and caregiver anxiety, but surveying patients/caregivers about their COVID-19 experiences is often limited by attainable sample sizes and over-reliance upon single-institution experiences. METHODS To explore how COVID-19 is impacting brain tumor patients/caregivers across the U.S., we performed semi-structured interviews with brain tumor patient navigators employed by two different 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations. A semi-structured interview guide was used, utilizing prompts and open-ended questions to facilitate dialogue. A core set of COVID-19 topics were covered, including: financial issues, coping strategies, geographic variability, variability by tumor grade/histology, disruptions in care continuity, accessing clinical trials, psychosocial issues, and end-of-life care. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and organized by discussion topic to identify emerging themes. Inductive sub-coding was completed using the constant comparison method, within and between transcripts. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS Ten patient navigators were interviewed between April 15th and May 8th, with interviews lasting approximately one hour (range 38-77minutes). Navigators reported having contact with 183 unique brain tumor families during the pandemic (range 7–38 families per navigator). High concordance emerged across narratives, revealing important considerations for the neuro-oncology workforce. The most prominent theme was increased caregiver burden, attributed to maintaining social distancing by reducing visits from home-health aides and friends/family. A related theme that applied to both patients and caregivers was increased social isolation due to social distancing, suspension of in-person support groups, and church/temple closures. Accessing clinical trials was a recurrent issue, exacerbated by patients’ increasing unwillingness to travel. Glioblastoma patients, especially those with recurrent tumors, expressed greater reluctance to travel. Access to standard-of-care treatment was rarely interrupted, but reduced access to supportive services – especially physical and occupational therapy – was identified as an emerging COVID-related deficiency in clinical care.

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