scholarly journals Lubricating culture awareness and critical thinking through humour

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Takovski
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Information Retention ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Learning Speed ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Do So

There is an ample evidence supporting the benefits of instructional humour, among which increased attention and interest, information retention and learning speed, more productive learning environment, a more positive image of the instructor, more efficient acquisition of linguistic and cultural competencies, an increased conversational involvement, enhanced cultural awareness and more stimulated critical thinking. However, most of the research findings rely on what is termed appropriate humor such as puns, jokes, anecdotes and alike, while potentially offensive humour that relates to sexual, ethnic, religious, political identity is generally labeled inappropriate and advised to be avoided in the classroom environment. It is in this particular context that this study seeks to test the potential of such humour, sexual and ethnic in particular, to act as a tool of increasing cultural awareness and stimulate critical thinking among university students. To do so, the study relies on an experimental class design combining few in-class and extracurricular activities created by using sexual and ethnic humour samples.

scholarly journals Impact of Entrepreneurship Extracurricular Activities and Inspiration on Entrepreneurial Intention: Mediator and Moderator Effect

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110321
Author(s):  
Thuy Thu Nguyen ◽  
Linh Thi Phuong Nguyen ◽  
Hoa Thi Thanh Phan ◽  
Anh Trong Vu
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Direct And Indirect Impacts ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
The Impact

This empirical study proposed a comprehensive model testing the direct and indirect impacts of entrepreneurship extracurricular activities and entrepreneurship inspiration on students’ entrepreneurial intention. With the sample consisting of 640 students from 11 universities in Vietnam, the study used structural equation modeling analysis approach. The results revealed that entrepreneurship extracurricular activities and entrepreneurship inspiration are significantly related to students’ entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurship self-efficacy partially mediates these relations. The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention differs across the field of study. Technical students generally get more benefits from entrepreneurship educational activities than business and economics students do. The research findings recommended some implications for fostering graduates’ entrepreneurship in emerging countries.

Fostering Critical Thinking Skills in European and Asian Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
Svetlana Antonova ◽  
Tatyana Pletyago ◽  
Anna Ostapenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
University Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Professional Activities

There is a demand for transformation in higher education. Undergraduates need to be taught critical thinking, an essential skill that should be central to the mission of all educational institutions. Critical thinking is a key focus of academic interest among researchers in the field of pedagogy and methodology. Despite this, there is still a lack of sufficient information on approaches, methods, techniques, and means of incorporating critical thinking skills in the classroom environment at the tertiary education level. The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the hands-on experiences of some European and Asian universities in promoting critical thinking education using a range of academic models. The review shows that critical thinking has already been integrated into many major tertiary education programmes in both European and Asian universities. Further, majority of the academic models implemented are transferable and flexible. The results confirm that in terms of content, methods, and technologies, university education is focusing on cultivating the higher order skills necessary for innovative professional activities in modern world.

scholarly journals Teaching students how to think, not what to think: Pedagogy and political psychology

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 388-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Velez ◽  
Séamus A. Power
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Political Psychology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ivory Tower ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Do So

Academia is often critiqued as an “ivory tower” where research, thinking, and teaching are isolated from the complexity and everyday experience of so many people. As instructors of political and other psychology courses, we strive to break down these barriers and engage with the dynamic and nuanced nature of phenomena as situated in lived social and political contexts. In this report, we unpack and detail how we strive to achieve this goal by expanding on Plous’ articulation of action teaching (2012). We first define our pedagogical focus on active engagement, critical thinking, and staying on the move between multiple perspectives. We then provide specific examples of how we enact our philosophy in activities and assessment. We end by articulating how this approach to teaching in social and political psychology can be understood as furthering not only our students’ intellectual growth as psychologists, but also their development as democratic citizens. In doing so, we argue that action teaching not only involves course activities directly engaging with social issues, but also provides students with a scaffold to actually do so in a way that is attentive to the complexity, pluralism, and dynamism of social and political issues.

scholarly journals Manajemen Ektrakurikuler untuk Mengembangkan Minat dan Bakat Siswa di Sma Negeri 2 Mendo Barat

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60
Author(s):  
Intan Juwita ◽  
Zulinka Manissha ◽  
Joko Supriyanto ◽  
Karmila Sari ◽  
Aang Praboyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Of Students ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection

This research discusses about the management of extracurricular activities in developing students' interests and talents in SMA Negeri 2 Mendo Barat. Extracurricular activities are educational activities outside the subject and counseling services to assist the development of students according to their needs, potential, interests, and talents through activities specifically organized by education or education staff who are capable and authorized in school. The purpose of this research was to determine extracurricular management in developing students' interests and talents. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Data collection by observation, interview, documentation, and questionnaire. The research findings that extracurricular activities at SMA Negeri 2 Mendo Barat are required for all students and have been running well according to the provisions set by the school although there are still some obstacles in their implementation such as lack of experts in their fields, lack of facilities and infrastructure that support the implementation of activities, the lack of motivation from students so that there are still some students who do not follow extracurricular activities. In addition, the extracurricular activities that have just been active in SMA Negeri 2 Mendo Barat amounted to 8 extracurriculars, namely soccer, volleyball, scouting, rohis, 4 pillars of education, Taekwondo, KIR, PKS. The very limited number of extracurricular activities is one of the reasons students do not participate in extracurricular activities at school.

scholarly journals Strategi Meningkatkan Kompetensi 4C (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, & Collaborative)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52
Author(s):  
Partono Partono ◽  
Hesti Nila Wardhani ◽  
Nuri Indah Setyowati ◽  
Annuriana Tsalitsa ◽  
Siti Nurrahayu Putri
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Overseas Schools ◽  
The Future ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Verbal Data ◽  
Descriptive Method

Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui strategi dalam meningkatkan kompetensi 4C (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, & Collaborative). Kompetensi 4C sangat diperlukan di masa mendatang dalam mencari tenaga kerja karena persaingan semakin ketat. Banyak juga tugas-tugas yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh manusia tetapi tergantikan dengan robot. Hal tersebut dikarenakan pada abad ke-21 ini perkembangan teknologi semakin pesat. Sehingga perlu ada keterampilan yang tidak dimiliki oleh robot yaitu keterampilan kompetensi 4C. SIDH (Sekolah Indonesia Den Haag) merupakan salah satu sekolah Indonesia luar negeri yang sangat memperhatikan kompetensi 4C. Pada sekolah tersebut selalu berupaya untuk meningkatkan kompetensi 4C dengan berbagai strategi. Dengan cara diskusi saat pembelajaran, mengikuti ekstrakulikuler, dan bekerjasama dengan pusdatin. Meningkatkan kompetensi 4C di SIDH juga dapat melalui melalui pembelajarn PAI. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan metode diskriptif kualitatif. Metode ini memberikan data berupa data verbal. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu wawancara dengan guru di SIDH yaitu Safreni Candra Sari dan Ponco Handayawati melalui media aplikasi zoom dan dokumen yang diperoleh berupa gambar atau foto yang menunjukkan beberapa kegiatan di SIDH. Strategies to Improve 4C Competencies (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication & Collaborative)The purpose of this research is to find out strategies to improve 4C competence (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, & Collaborative). 4C competence is needed in the future is looking for workers because the competition is getting tougher. There are also many tasks that should be done by humans but are replaced by robots. This is because in the 21st century the development of technology is increasingly rapid. So there need to be skills that robots don't have, namely 4C competency skills. SIDH (Sekolah Indonesia Den Haag) is one of the Indonesian overseas schools that pays attention to 4C competencies. The school always tries to improve 4C competence with various strategies. For example, through discussions during learning, taking extracurricular activities, and collaborating with Pusdatin. Improving 4C competence at SIDH can also be done through learning PAI. This study using a qualitative descriptive method. This method provides data in the form of verbal data. Data collection techniques used were interviews with teachers at SIDH, namely Safreni Candra Sari and Ponco Handayawati through the zoom application media and documents obtained in the form of pictures or photos showing some of the activities at SIDH.

Bridging Academic and Industry Skills via Digital Collaboration

2022 ◽  
pp. 21-43
Author(s):  
Tara Madden-Dent
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Research Findings

As culturally responsive, social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies continue being essential skills in a 21st century workforce, both university and industry will continue placing greater focus on effective training for students and employees to strengthen workforce readiness. The following chapter introduces one example of how Polish Fulbright scholars prepared for a U.S. assignment through a digital training program, taken before participants departed their home country, as a way to support post arrival integration, safety, and success in the U.S. Compared to the control group, research findings from this phenomenological research study indicated that the four-week training program supported increases in self-awareness and self-management skills, social skills and cultural awareness, English communication skills, academic and professional readiness skills, and responsible decision-making skills in the treatment group. This study contributes one new strategy to strengthen internationalization efforts, global leadership skills, and cross-cultural relations.

Learning from Home: Implementing Technical Infrastructure for Distributed Learning via Home-PC within Telenor

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Folkman ◽  
Zane L. Berge
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Learning ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Telecom Operator ◽  
User Skills ◽  
Do So

This article presents research findings from a study conducted at Telenor, a Norwegian telecom operator. The company distributed home Personal Computers (PCs) to their employees in an effort to encourage professional development outside working hours and mainly on an individual basis. The report includes results from a systematic survey of 2500 employees of the approximately 11,000 home-PC users concerning their use of home-PCs for learning. Findings suggest that home-PCs can contribute positively to increasing employees' knowledge about information and communications technology (ICT), and improve specific user skills. While the use of home PCs can also enable employees to learn while using information and communications technologies, the number of employees who actually do so is modest.

Navigating Kaupapa Māori Fields of Knowledge

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus Macfarlane ◽  
Sonja Macfarlane ◽  
Toby Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Indigenous Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Partnership Approach

In the context of Māori and Indigenous ways of knowing, a recurring theme in professional educative discourse is the notion that it would be advantageous for educators and researchers to attain enhanced understandings of Māori worldviews, Maōri histories, Maōri experiences of struggle, Māori lived realities—and of the nascent, yet optimistic, contentions by Māori about their roles in theoretical developments and educational jurisdictions. How might adopting a power-sharing partnership approach within these parameters strengthen research endeavors? How might such an approach be mutually beneficial? How might it be monitored? These and other questions continue to be posed by Māori. What is consistently being recommended by Māori is the need for researchers to broaden and deepen their awareness and respect for knowledge that flows from different, yet potentially complementary, streams—in this case, the Māori and Western knowledge streams. Progress is happening, but it is not embedded within the culture or research that is with, about and for Māori. We argue that it is now timely for social scientists, cultural critics, political analysis, research funders, and academics to move from commentary to commitment. In this article, the authors propose that by exploring Māori philosophies and developing a deeper and more meaningful understanding of theoretical models that can potentially enhance and deepen cultural awareness, both Māori and non-Māori researchers can be assisted and supported, in their respective fields, to achieve more culturally robust, inclusive, and sustainable research findings. Such models provide frameworks—in essence, an adaptable set of options—for research operations that acknowledge voices, histories, and contributions and thereby support both cultural enhancement and culturally safe research practice.

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