scholarly journals Positioning an academic literacies framework in an EAP context: case study of a university Pre-sessional course

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Breen
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Academic Literacies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Teaching Learning

Historically, there has been a strong element of crossover between English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and academic literacies approaches, as originally conceptualised by Lea and Street (1998). However, a recurring cause of concern for the latter has been its perceived lack of focus on pedagogy, with greater emphasis on construction of text (Lea, 2004). Lillis (2003) highlights another concern being the lack of ‘a design frame’ (Kress, 2000) which can harness synergy between theory and practice. As such, the strength of academic literacy from a theoretical perspective can simultaneously be an Achilles heel in its practical pedagogic application. Consequently, examples of sustained academic literacies approaches in practice are rare. This paper thus argues for EAP acting as a fulcrum between theory and practice and provides one instance of enacting academic literacies approaches in the practical context of a Pre-sessional course in a post-92 university. Therein academic literacies approaches have shaped the design and delivery of an EAP curriculum. Through presenting a case study of this story, I hope to provide one ‘exemplar’ (Shulman, 1986) of integrating pedagogic practice and theory to serve as a model for the future. In doing so, academic literacies can better meet both the practical and theoretical demands of 21st century teaching, learning and educational development.  

Assessing e-readiness of the Copperbelt University, Zambia: case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 315-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matuka Chipembele ◽  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess e-readiness (preparedness) of the Copperbelt University (CBU) with a view to ascertain the likelihood of the university benefiting from various opportunities unlocked by the adoption and use of ICT in advancing its core mandate of teaching, learning and collaborative research. Design/methodology/approach The study used the network readiness model emanating from the socio-technical theory, which underpins the extended technological enactment framework. Further, it employed a positivist approach and adopted a case study method coupled with methodological triangulation at data collection stage. With a 95 per cent confidence level of a possible sample frame of 2,980, the study sampled 353 respondents with a response rate of 81 per cent. Findings The results show that anticipated ICTs users have not leveraged available ICT infrastructure or are unaware of its existence. Further, quantitative constructs: “accessibility to ICTs” and “requisite ICTs skills” has significant impacts on e-readiness indicators and in integration of ICTs in CBU core business activities. Also, the study argues that institutional ICT policy and working environments reshape users’ perception of ICTs for teaching, learning and research. Research limitations/implications The proposed conceptual framework only accounted for 43 per cent variance of the factors determining e-readiness of CBU. Originality/value Investigating CBU’s e-readiness will enable policy-makers to prioritise interventions needed for transforming the university into an e-ready entity favourably placed to benefit from digital opportunities. Also the emanating conceptual framework is important to theory and practice in integrating ICTs universities business value chains especially in contextually similar environments.

scholarly journals THE FUTURE OF MACROECONOMICS: A CYBERNETIC VIEW

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Lawler ◽  
T. Vlasova ◽  
A.O. Moscardini ◽  
A. Alsariaan
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Macroeconomic Theory ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Mathematics

This paper outlines many weaknesses in macroeconomic theory today and suggests a way out of the dilemma is to use systems or cybernetic thinking. The paper uses a topical case study to illustrate the authors’ views of economics, cybernetics and mathematics. It concludes with recommendations for the future of economics in the 21st century.

scholarly journals Partners in a changing dance: embedding academic literacies in unit and course curricula

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Carol Thies ◽  
Viola Rosario
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
Academic Literacies ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Government Response ◽  
Commonwealth Government ◽  
Curriculum Renewal ◽  
Australian Universities

This paper presents a two-part case study that used the seminal Lea and Street (1998) paper on academic literacies to inform ways of working collaboratively with a range of partners on embedding the development of academic literacies in course curricula. The two projects that make up the case study were funded by an Australian Government response to a greater linguistic, social and cultural diversity of students enrolling in Australian universities (Australian Commonwealth Government, 2009a). Both projects focused on the development of curricula in selected professional courses in order to increase students’ awareness of the requirements of their chosen discipline, and ensure that they acquire the academic literacies needed to succeed in their area of study. What differed is the combinations of project partners and the nature of the partnerships. The case study presents the collaborative work of numerous project partners including Language and Learning Advisers (LLAs) and Subject Lecturers (SLs) in first identifying and defining academic literacies relevant to each course, and then implementing different teaching and learning practices to integrate the development of academic literacies in course curricula. Using the analogy of an ever-changing dance, the paper suggests that the degree of success and the sustainability of curriculum renewal projects depends on numerous interrelated factors, and that it may not be possible to enact academic literacy development by following set dance steps. Awareness, sensitivity and flexibility are important in bringing the dance to life.

Complexity and Organizational Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 89-117
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Extensive Literature Search

Complexity is omnipresent in all aspects of organizational life, and leadership today and in the future must be achieved in face of such complexity. Leaders are here given an in-depth overview of the causative relevance of the competitive way in which business is conducted today versus the past, and the importance of personal and organizational learning for successfully addressing the classes of problems that typically occur. Insights from an extensive literature search are combined with practical experience to identify the important guidance that theory and practice can provide to a leader in successfully carrying out his/her role, including how to apply content from other chapters. The leadership approach to complexity that is outlined here is founded on learning to achieve results through experimentation, learning, and reflection; a case study is presented that illustrates application of this approach.

scholarly journals Flipped Classroom model before and during COVID-19: using technology to develop 21st century skills

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Latorre-Cosculluela ◽  
Cristina Suárez ◽  
Sonia Quiroga ◽  
Natalia Sobradiel-Sierra ◽  
Raquel Lozano-Blasco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Of Competencies ◽  
Teaching Learning

Purpose The confidence placed in the use of technology and other computing resources is an important support for the deep transformation toward processes of very high quality teaching-learning based on active learning. This paper aims to present and describe a higher education experience with Flipped Learning before and during the transformation of education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the study analyzes the effectiveness perceived by university students of Flipped Learning for the development of competencies for the 21st century. Design/methodology/approach For this study, a quantitative methodology is used in which 376 university students fill out a questionnaire after experiencing several sessions with an inverted classroom under both onsite and online instructions. Findings On average, the results show a high agreement among students on the benefits or effectiveness that learning designs with Flipped Classroom have on the development of skills that will be useful for their personal and professional future. These competencies include character building, collaboration, communication, citizenship, critical thinking and creativity. At the same time, and depending on some control variables such as the modality of teaching (onsite or online), the course, the predisposition to innovate or previous experience with innovation, significant differences are also observed. Originality/value Education and learning have the need to respond to the different educational and training needs for the future. In this sense, the Flipped Classroom methodology allows the development of skills for the 21st century. In turn, this approach also makes it possible to approach blended learning. Experiences such as the one described in this study will characterize the future of education.

scholarly journals Intangible heritage, and future past of rural Vietnam: a hero’s journey and creative place-making of Yen Tu’s tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Goh ◽  
Ian Seymour Yeoman
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Hero's Journey ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
The Future ◽  
Tourism Attractions

Purpose This paper aims to look at the future development of new tourism attractions through the visionary project of a leading Vietnamese developer in a remote area of Northern Vietnam in the Quang Ninh province. Design/methodology/approach Drawing from the theoretical perspective of place-making and the hero’s journey, this paper draws insights from a case study, an interview with two key informants in the private sector and literature review, to generate the drivers that will shape the future of tourism development in Yen Tu. Findings This paper identifies the visionary hero (leader), intangible heritage and creative place-making as the key drivers that will reconstruct and repackage the past for developing tourism destinations. Originality/value This paper extends the existing knowledge in the literature about the natural heritage and sacred mountains of Yen Tu, and included creative place-making to gain insights into the future of tourism development in rural areas.

scholarly journals Conventional Sewer Systems Are Too Time-Consuming, Costly and Inflexible to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunilla Öberg ◽  
Geneviève S. Metson ◽  
Yusuke Kuwayama ◽  
Steven A. Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Conventional Model ◽  
Sewer Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

There is an urgent need for innovation in the sanitation sector because the conventional model (toilet-to-sewer-to-treatment) is too time-consuming and costly, and alternatives are lacking. We estimate the challenge ahead by developing scenarios for 60 of the fastest-growing urban conglomerates in the World. We find that the majority would need to build out their sewer systems at a rate that is ten to 50 times higher than the highest rate for any project in the World Bank’s database, which is unrealistic. We also carry out a case study of Lagos, Nigeria, which suggests that, in any given year, 14–37% of Lagos State’s budget would need to be invested to provide sanitation to the presently underserviced population while keeping up with population growth, which also is unrealistic. Our study provides clear evidence that the conventional model for sanitation is unworkable for rapidly growing urban areas. We conclude there is an urgent need to encourage and fund projects that promote innovations that can tackle the three core challenges: can be built sufficiently quickly, are flexible, and affordable. This is not likely to happen unless the future generation is systematically trained and educated to creatively support innovation in sustainable sanitation.

Mutuality of Learning Between the Old and the Young: A Case Study in Israel

1981 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ora Cibulski ◽  
Simon Bergman
Keyword(s):  
School Age Children ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Old People ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Past Experiences

ABSTRACTAn exploratory study examines the knowledge of old people, their past and present teaching-learning experiences with children, and their readiness to teach children in the future. The respondents to structured-interviews are 76 old people from three cultural groups in Israel: Europeans, Yemenite-Tunisians and Christian-Arabs. Old people have many kinds of knowledge: occupational skills; formal, general and religious knowledge; personal experience and traditions of the ethnic group. Old people who perceive of themselves as knowledgeable and competent, who have frequent contacts with school-age children (particularly their own grandchildren), who reside in communities that support the social norm of communication between the generations, have had positive experiences teaching children and are prepared to teach children in the future. Old people who teach children, integrate then- past experiences, enhance their self-esteem and provide alternative behavioural models to children.

scholarly journals ACTION RESEARCH: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ENGLISH PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Neni Marlina ◽  
Junjun M Ramdani ◽  
Melisa Sri
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

The action research in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroomaims to enhance development of quality teaching and learning processcontributing not only to the quality of EFL teachers in handling the processof teaching learning but also to the quality of the students in learningEnglish. This study aims at analyzing the phenomenon of how pre serviceteachers carry out action research as their final Project. It is conducted inEnglish Education Department, one of universities in Indonesia. Three ofthe students� papers were selected randomly to analyze. Review ofdocuments and questionnaires were employed as data collection in thisstudy. Having gathered the data, they were holistically analyzed as a casestudy occurring in English Education Department. The results indicatedthere were several cases happened. First, the pre service teachers did notcomprehend holistically the notion of action research. Second, backgroundof the study was not elaborated completely showing evidences of thestudy. Third, it is also unclear how all problem indicators were improvedrationally using particular techniques or method. Fourth, they did not alsocomprehensively collect and analyze the data. The last, reporting theresearch project focused only on the quantitative data rather thanqualitative one. Therefore, both researchers and supervisors are necessaryto possess the whole understanding toward the type of the researchchosen. Enriching literature reviews will enhance their literacy in order toachieve a better implementation in conducting action research.Keywords: action research, case study, pre-service teacher

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