Specifying Learners’ Professional Needs in Academic Writing

The article examines the controversial procedure of analyzing the learner’s professional needs. Needs analysis is generally regarded as an invaluable tool for constructing a course syllabus. It might be really informative if the target situation analysis and present situation analysis are combined. Speaking about academic writing teaching for Russian non-academic students at the Bachelor Degree level, one should admit that students have no or limited experience of functioning in an academic area in English. Consequently, their responses to the questionnaires as one of the frequently used methods of target situation analysis are merely assumptions; and the answers could not be taken as objective and valid. The author presents a system of analyzing students’ needs within the framework of Academic Writing course: namely, distinguishes the stages that precede or follow teacher-student talks about their expectations, provides more objective practice of examining learners’ needs, and discusses ways of improving question-answer sessions/ interviews. Needs analysis practice that develops learners’ professional needs involves task-based learning, reflexive activities, and teaching to ask good questions. Bringing into life the analogy between customer development theory in management and needs analysis practice in education, it is possible to work out a fruitful strategy. Conducting needs analysis pertains equally to specifying and developing students’ needs in academic communication.

Knowledge Economy and Its Impact on the Development Progress of Transfusion Medicine in Poor Economic Nations

The chapter will provide a global situation analysis, describe the key elements of knowledge economy in the healthcare and transfusion medicine field, and analyze the impact of the knowledge economy on the pace of development progress of national blood supply and transfusion structures. The authors will provide examples to illustrate the case of applying knowledge economy principles to advance the safety and availability of blood products in clinical healthcare and hence the economy of care. Recommendations on how to improve will be described.

Pelatihan Pembuatan Eco-enzyme sebagai Handsanitizer di RT.001/008 Kelurahan Bulakrejo Kecamatan Sukoharjo Kabupaten Sukoharjo dalam Upaya Mewujudkan Desa Mandiri Tangguh Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic which has lasted for about 2 years has had a negative impact in almost all parts of the world, including in this partner communities. This community service activity aims to provide training to partner communities regarding the manufacture of one of the ecoenzyme diversification products in the form of an eco-handsanitizer. This activity has a sequence of situation analysis of partner communities, counseling and training on making eco-handsanitizer, and evaluation. The evaluation results showed that the community partners can make eco-handsanitizers after this outreach.

Strategi Komunikasi Pemasaran Online Shop “Youth_Millennial” dalam Meningkatkan Kesadaran Merek dan Penjualan

Dunia fashion tidak pernah berhenti berputar sejak dulu dan terus meningkat hingga kini. Saat ini pasaran produk fashion tetap bergairah, khususnya pada brand clothing line yang memasarkan produknya melalui berbagai platform media sosial yang popular di kalangan generasi muda. Demikian pula yang terjadi pada merek clothing line Youth Millenial yang menyasar kaum muda. Berdasarkan hasil yang diteliti, Strategi Komunikasi Pmeasaran Youth Millenial ditujukan untuk meningkatkan brand awareness dan sales di kalangan anak muda melalui media sosial dengan menggunakan metode SOSTAC (Situation Analysis, Objective, Tactic, Action, Control) dan strategi IMC (Integrated Marketing Communication). Adapun strategi yang digunakan oleh Youth Millenial adalah: bazar, sales promotion, endorsement, kompetisi foto, dan personal selling.

Pedagogical situations: interpretation difference

Taking into account the need to clarify the terminological framework of modern pedagogy, the concept pedagogical situation in general and its place in the pedagogical discourse in a cross-cultural aspect is discussed. Today, the concept of situation gains a general methodological significance though lacks a clear definition. Based on the analysis of interdisciplinary research, we concluded that the integral concept of situation includes: presence of subjects, dynamism, external conditions, causal relations, chronotope. The analysis of scientific sources proved that in pedagogical discourse of Russian- and English-speaking authors the term pedagogical situation is used incorrectly, the concept of pedagogical situation is mistaken for other pedagogical categories at the theoretical level, there is no unified approach to its definition. Thus the pedagogical situation analysis in Russian language pedagogical discourse is centred on the formulation of a pedagogical task, and in the English-speaking pedagogical tradition it is based on the triangle diagram that includes a teacher, a student and content. In the conducted cross-cultural and partly interdisciplinary study, a pedagogical situation is conventionally understood as a process of interaction of subjects of pedagogical activity (educational process) with a certain task in a certain place and time.

Counseling on Productive Economic Business Empowerment for the Communities of Muara Kumbang Village, Kandis Sub-District, Ogan Ilir District

Empowerment is an effort to create changes in the human environment by using one's own efforts and abilities to meet the needs of life independently. Based on the situation analysis conducted in Muara Kumbang village, Kandis sub-district, Ogan Ilir district, it is very necessary to do community service with the theme of "Empowering Productive Economic Enterprises" (UEP) to improve the community's economic business. The PKM program was held on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in Muara Kumbang village, Kandis District, Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra. There were 25 participants in the training program. The method used consists of interviews and observations of participants regarding their understanding of the empowerment of productive economic enterprises. The results of the interview revealed that only about 40% of the participants understood it. In the final interview and observation, it showed changes and improvements, namely the increasing number of participants who understood the empowerment of productive economic enterprises, from only 40% to 80%.

The process of problem posing: development of a descriptive phase model of problem posing

The aim of this study is to develop a descriptive phase model for problem-posing activities based on structured situations. For this purpose, 36 task-based interviews with pre-service primary and secondary mathematics teachers working in pairs who were given two structured problem-posing situations were conducted. Through an inductive-deductive category development, five types of activities (situation analysis, variation, generation, problem-solving, evaluation) were identified. These activities were coded in so-called episodes, allowing time-covering analyses of the observed processes. Recurring transitions between these episodes were observed, through which a descriptive phase model was derived. In addition, coding of the developed episode types was validated for its interrater agreement.

GIS-SUPPORTED MAPPING OF SUITABLE PARKING AREAS USING AHP METHOD: THE CASE OF KONYA

The increase in the number of vehicles with the increasing population has caused the problem of parking insufficiency. This problem necessitate situation analysis of existing parking areas and site selection analyses for new parking areas. It is possible to make suitable site selections with spatial analysis supported by Geographic Information System (GIS). In this study, available parking areas in Selçuklu district of Konya province were evaluated and suitable parking areas were determined in line with the needs. The criteria affecting the parking areas site selection were determined and the importance levels of the criteria were detected by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) which is one of the Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods. Density analyses were carried out with GIS and suitable parking areas map was produced considering the criteria weights obtained.

Towards Implementation of Context-specific Integrated District Mental Health Care Plans: A Situation Analysis of Mental Health Services in Five Districts in Ghana

Background: Access to quality mental health services in Ghana remains poor, yet little is known about the extent of integrated mental health service provision in districts in Ghana. The purpose of the study was to conduct a situation analysis of integrated mental health service provision in five districts, to inform the development and implementation of tailored district mental healthcare plans in Ghana. Methods: A cross-sectional situation analysis was conducted using a standardised tool to collect secondary routine healthcare data supplemented with interviews with key informants across five purposively selected districts in Ghana. The PRIME (Programme for Improving Mental health care) situation analysis tool was adapted to the Ghanaian context and used for data collection. Results: The districts are predominantly rural; more than eight out of ten people in each selected districts live in rural areas. Mental Neurological and Substance use (MNS) conditions were not routinely reported in the top 10 causes of OPD attendance. Across all districts there are severe challenges with the provision of mental health care, primarily because of the slow enforcement of the mental health Act 2012 (Act 846). There are no mental health care plans, supervision of the few mental health professionals is weak and unstructured, access to regular supply of psychotropic medications is a major challenge, and psychological treatments are extremely limited given the lack of trained clinical psychologists. Data on treatment coverage was unavailable but we estimate this to be <0.5% for depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy across districts. Nonetheless, opportunities for mental health systems strengthening were noted. These included commitment and willingness of leadership, the existence of a district health information management system, well-established network of community volunteers and some collaboration with traditional and faith-based mental health service providers. Conclusion: The baseline data from this situation analysis confirms the widely reported poor mental health infrastructure across Ghana and other Low and Middle-Income Countries. There are opportunities for strengthening mental health systems through interventions at the organisation/policy level, health facility, and community levels. A standardised situation analysis tool is useful to inform district level mental health care planning in low resource settings in Ghana and potentially other sub-Saharan African countries.