scholarly journals Repositioning of Africa in knowledge production: shaking off historical stigmas � introduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 9s1 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Juliet Thondhlana ◽  
Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Status ◽  
Cradle Of Humankind ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Heritage Development

Africa is recognised as the cradle of humankind with a proven record of creativity and innovation as evidenced by its great empires and kingdoms. It is thus an enigma that currently Africa contributes only 2% to global knowledge production, a situation that is widely believed to account for its underdevelopment. Even though scholarly disagreement cuts very deep here, it is mostly due to the reasons of the status quo rather than to disputing the poor showing of Africa in global knowledge production. The high quality of articles presented in this supplementary issue showcases our conviction that Africa can indeed shake off historical stigmas and reposition itself as a giant in knowledge production. This editorial introduces the contributions in the issue which interrogates the status quo and explores ways in which knowledge production can be enhanced. Three key thematic approaches are presented: a decolonial approach to legitimising African knowledge based on its needs, culture, and heritage; development of robust knowledge production and quality assurance institutions; and inclusive education and knowledge production.

Regulating Proxy Advisors Through Transparency: Pros and Cons of the EU Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaia Balp
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
European Regulation ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Proxy Advisors ◽  
Legal Constraints ◽  
The Eu

This article outlines potential pros and cons of a future European regulation of proxy advisory firms, as set forth in the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2007/36/EC. After summarizing criticisms concerning the proxy advisory industry, and findings regarding its de facto influence on investors’ voting conduct both in the US and in the European context, the article adverts to why the power of proxy advisors appears to be overestimated. Uncertainty on the status quo of the industry’s actual impact on key decisions in listed companies, as well as costs associated with a regulation, need to be considered for assessing the suitability of the rules drafted to ensure adequate levels of independence and quality of voting recommendations. While transparency rules may be preferred to stricter legal constraints or requirements in a first stage, possible shortcomings of the Draft Directive exist that may undermine its effectiveness. Analyzing the amendments to the Proposal adopted by the European Parliament, and the Council’s Presidency compromise text, may suggest a preferable approach as regards single rules still making their way through the European legislative process.

Bioethics, Adaptive Preferences, and Judging the Quality of a Life with Disability

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-220
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Stramondo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Clinical Ethics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Self ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Adaptive Preferences ◽  
The Status

Both mainstream and disability bioethics sometimes contend that the self-assessment of disabled people about their own well-being is distorted by adaptive preferences that are only held because other, better options are unavailable. I will argue that both of the most common ways of understanding adaptive preferences—the autonomy-based account and the well-being account—would reject blanket claims that disabled people’s QOL self-assessment has been distorted, whether those claims come from mainstream bioethicists or from disability bioethicists. However, rejecting these generalizations for a more nuanced view still has dramatic implications for the status quo in both health policy and clinical ethics.

Research on innovation and entrepreneurship competency evaluation of teachers in industry-oriented higher vocational colleges

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092199659
Author(s):  
Xingfeng Liu ◽  
Hongmei Lin
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Scientific Evaluation ◽  
Technology Competency ◽  
The Status ◽  
Innovation Ability ◽  
Vocational Colleges ◽  
Competency Evaluation ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

In order to make a scientific evaluation of the innovation and entrepreneurship competencies of teachers in industry-oriented higher vocational colleges, against the background of the “industry-education integration”, on the theoretical basis of competency and iceberg model, and combined with the inherent characteristics of industry-oriented higher vocational colleges and the status quo of teachers’ innovation and entrepreneurship competencies, this paper establishes an index system from two aspects of innovation ability and entrepreneurship ability respectively, including feature competency, technology competency, practice competency and society competency and constructs matrix positioning model for the innovation and entrepreneurship competency evaluation of teachers in industry-oriented higher vocational colleges, so as to provide a reference for solving the shortcomings of teachers in innovation and entrepreneurship and improving the quality of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

مدى توافر متطلبات التعليم التقني في تلبية احتياجات سوق العمل الفلسطيني (دراسة تطبيقية على كلية فلسطين التقنية- دير البلح)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-264
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Technical College ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Education Requirements

ملخص: هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة مدى توافر متطلبات التعليم التقني لتلبية احتياجات سوق العمل الفلسطيني بالتطبيق على كلية فلسطين التقنية دير البلح، واتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتكون مجتمع الدراسة من العاملين الأكاديميين والإداريين في الكلية، واستخدم الباحثان أسلوب العينة الطبقية العشوائية، حيث تم توزيع (60) استبانة استرد منها (56) استبانة صالحة للتحليل، وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن متطلبات التعليم التقني المتمثلة في: “سياسات الكلية الداعمة للتعليم التقني “تتوفر بنسبة(65.66%)، بينما تتوافر “جودة مخرجات الكلية” بنسبة (61.82%)، أما “سياسات وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي” تتوفر بنسبة (59.82%)، وأوصت الدراسة بضرورة زيادة الجهود المبذولة من قبل الكلية لتعزيز التشبيك والشراكات مع مؤسسات التعليم التقني والجامعي والقطاع الخاص في استحداث وتطوير البرامج والتخصصات في الكلية بما يلبي الاحتياجات الفعلية لسوق العمل ويضمن توفير خريجين مهرة يساهمون في تطوير هذا السوق لتحسين مستوى الإنتاج الفلسطيني، والعمل على اعتماد وتطبيق معايير واضحة لتقييم جودة البرامج الأكاديمية، وفتح برامج وتخصصات نوعية تلبي حاجة سوق العمل تتميز بالمرونة والحداثة. الكلمات المفتاحية: التعليم التقني، سوق العمل الفلسطيني، كلية فلسطين التقنية Abstract The study aimed to examine the status quo of technical education requirements at Technical College of Palestine, which are necessary to serve the needs of the Palestinian labor market, Deir Al-Balah. The study used the descriptive analytical method. The population consisted of all the academic and administrative staff at the college. Random stratified sampling was utilized to select the study sample which consisted of (60) employees. The results of the study showed that the technical education requirements pertaining to the “College policies supporting technical education” are available with a percentage of (65.66%), those pertaining to the quality of the college outputs were available with a percentage of ” (61.82%), and the requirements related to the policies of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education were available with a percentage of (59.82%). The study recommended that the college should exert more efforts to enhance networking with technical institutions, universities, and the private sector to develop academic programs that meet the real needs of the labor market and to ensure the provision of skilled graduates who are capable of contributing to the improvement of the labor market. The college has also to adopt clear, flexible, and modern criteria for evaluating the quality of academic programs, opening new programs that serve the needs of the labor market. Keywords: Technical Education, Palestinian Labor Market, Palestine Technical College

scholarly journals Assessing Citizens’ Demands for Improving the Urban Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850002
Author(s):  
Seyedeh-Samira SHAFIEE-MASULEH ◽  
Seyed Reza SHAFIEE MASOULEH
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Other ◽  
Convincing Argument ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The main purpose of the research is to provide a better basis for programs seeking to promote responsible citizen participation in urban development plans and projects. The research is based on a survey of 400 citizens in Anzali, a city with a population of approximately 116,000. In the spring of 2014, data collection was carried out in seven streets functioning as geographical clusters. Survey respondents were selected using convenience sampling. This study is an applied and descriptive survey research. However, the researchers are not satisfied with mere expression of the opinions, demands and suggestions of citizens. They go further to interpret the data and explain and justify them. In order to do that, they provide a convincing argument through searching among the literature and theoretical discussions and make conclusions. The research reveals that if users are properly consulted about municipal decisions, plans and activities, they can make specific and meaningful suggestions for improving the quality of the spaces. On the other hand, the status quo must be changed in order to provide opportunities for place management. In this regard, people should be trained to nurture a sense of responsibility towards the place so that they can become managers of the place.

scholarly journals Ukrainian Issues in Geopolitical Thought of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-39
Author(s):  
Jacek Reginia-Zacharski
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Late Autumn ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Ukrainian lands in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been in proximity of great geopolitical changes several times. During that time the Ukrainian nation – due to various factors – encountered a number of “windows of opportunity” for achieving the realization of dreams about independence and national sovereignty. The author identified in the period considered four “general moments,” of which two have been completed successfully. The first of these occurred in 1990–1991, when for the first time in modern history, Ukrainians managed to achieve a lasting and relatively stable independence. The second of the “moments” – still unresolved – are events that began in the late autumn of 2013. The process, called “Revolution of Dignity”, represents a new quality in the history of the Ukrainian nation, therefore, that the Ukrainians have to defend the status quo (independence, territorial integrity, sovereignty, etc.) but not to seek to achieve an independent being. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the ability of Ukrainians to achieve and maintain independence is largely a function of the relative power of the Russian state as measured with respect to the shape and quality of international relations.

scholarly journals Proceduralism, Predisposing, Poesis: Forms of Institutionality, In the Making

Lateral ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi Melamed
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University

A response to the forum, “Emergent Critical Analytics for Alternative Humanities,” edited by Chris A. Eng and Amy K. King. Jodi Melamed reassesses the analytic of institutionality, which has largely been theorized as a dominant tool of the university in incorporating the emergent and muting the oppositional. In particular, scholars in American and cultural studies have noted how universities responded to the revolutionary calls of radical social movements by institutionalizing ethnic and gender studies into compartmentalized sets of knowledge production. In so doing, the university worked to manage minority difference through flat notions of representation rather than redistribution. The interdisciplines of ethnic and gender studies then became additives to the humanities, upholding the status quo rather than compelling a radical re-envisioning of these academic structures altogether. On an even more macro level, Melamed identifies dominant discussions of institutionality that see global neoliberalism as a new, all-totalizing force. In problematizing how these theorizations elide considerations of the historical conditions of racial capitalism that make possible the ‘global,’ Melamed also excavates a genealogy of radical resistance that might allow us to rethink institutionality toward collective solidarity.

Knowledge Super Corridors in Southeast Asia

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Chun Kwong Han
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Information Communications Technology ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Status ◽  
Political Decisions

Developing countries in Asia are in the process of transitioning from a production economy to a knowledge-based economy. Various new knowledge and information communications technology mega-projects are being designed and executed at the international, national, state and industry levels to sustain competitiveness. The structures and processes by which these so-called “knowledge super corridors” are developed and implemented are complex economic-social-political decisions. The author develops an enhanced framework from critical theory, whereby the critical practice lens provides an iterative reflexive process, firstly by developing knowledge for understanding from structuration theory. Secondly, the author provides a critique of underpinning assumptions and presumptions whereby the constraining conditions of the status quo and emancipation become knowable and explicit, that is, knowledge for evaluation. Thirdly, the knowledge for action generated will enable the decision makers to re-create, re-define, re-design, re-imagine, re-invent and re-vision pragmatic, doable and implementable programs to transform a developing country into a k-economy. The author illustrates the value of the enhanced model using two case studies concerned with formulating and implementing a k-economy blueprint and developing a knowledge portal in emerging k-economies in Southeast Asia.

Social Media, who Cares? A Dialogue between a Millennial and a Curmudgeon

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Frank ◽  
Kaitlin T. Torphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Group Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Data Artifact ◽  
Broad Understanding

This is a dialogue between a curmudgeon and a millennial regarding the import of social media for education and for educational research. The dialogue emerged out of conversations the authors have had with policy makers, researchers, and practitioners over the last three years regarding the impact of social media on education (see teachersinsocialmedia.org). It was presented in the context of Kenneth Frank's research group meeting January 4, 2018. The topics covered include a broad understanding about what social media are and how they relate to teaching and curriculum; understanding about social media as a data artifact; a discussion about how social media platforms shape the interactions of participants; the quality of resources available on social media; why teachers engage in using social media; the lack of research on social media; and how social media may give teachers more power relative to the status quo. We invite you to follow along as these topics emerge in the authentic flow of a conversation. There are opportunities for reader participation on Twitter.

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