The optimized learning stage for studying ERP system: Action research perspective

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Te-King Chien ◽  
Kai-Lun Hou ◽  
Hon-Yu Ma ◽  
Wen-Ling Lai
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Stage ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Erp System

scholarly journals Career Education and Integrated Curriculum

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Herrera ◽  
Yolanda Márquez-Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Integrated Curriculum ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Critical Action ◽  
Curriculum Project ◽  
Critical Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

The article presents an action research process for the improvement of Vocational Guidance and Career Education in a school center in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands). The research perspective, from a collaborative and critical work, responds to the need to improve the teaching-learning practice. Priority is given to the ulterior need to improve learning for all students and increase the impact of their journey through school by means of an educational attention and guidance based on a curriculum project with an integrated and global Career Education and Guidance. Finally, results, process and conclusions are displayed of the two years of critical action research carried out by the different educational agents participating.

Implementing an intellectual capital framework in practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Demartini ◽  
Paola Paoloni
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
General Management ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Set Up ◽  
A Company

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the transition from measurement to management in relation to intellectual capital (IC). It aims to understand the relationships between measurement of IC and operational activities, strategies and context.Design/methodology/approachThis study takes an “action research” perspective to investigate the management of the analysed company in respect to IC.FindingsThe study concerns a company operating in the field of electronics and defence, which has developed a model of IC management. Every project set up by the company that impacts on IC is subject to measurement, valuation and reporting. This model aims to be an effective support to general management, providing a link between intangible assets and capabilities that create value.Originality/valueThis study does not aim to develop a framework for IC measurement but to highlight the process leading to implementing an IC framework in practice.

The challenges of scientific journalism according to Mexican university professors, newspaper directors and heads of research

2017 ◽  
Vol 118 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 503-517
Author(s):  
Aixchel Cordero-Hidalgo ◽  
Javier Tarango ◽  
Claudia-Patricia Contreras ◽  
José Refugio Romo-González
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Scientific Journalism

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the challenges of scientific literacy that scientific journalism can promote or suppress as a scientific dissemination activity. To ensure that universities transfer knowledge to society, this vital activity is studied from the perspectives of their stakeholders: professors, researchers, newspaper directors and heads of research areas of two Mexican universities. Design/methodology/approach From a participatory action research perspective that consisted in applying semi-structured interviews, this study was conducted in two public universities in Chihuahua, Mexico. The group of participants constituted of a random sample of 90 Mexican professors, taken from a population of 246 subjects with the status of national researchers (confidence level = 95 per cent; margin of error = 5 per cent; P/Q correlation = 90 / 10 per cent), in addition to six local newspaper executives and eight research managers at participating universities. Findings Evidence suggests that scientific dissemination has a low social impact, its recognition by universities and scientific evaluation institutions is limited, and the act of making scientific content accessible to the general public is highly complex, especially when it comes to content related to the exact sciences. These results are predictable under the complex models that evaluate scientific production, because the measurement indicators that define scientific competitiveness levels prioritize specific scientific products other than dissemination products such as newspaper articles. Research limitations/implications Data were collected from two Mexican public universities under the implication that the behavior identified through data analysis can occur in other similar environments. Although a participatory action research perspective was assumed, and because this research of a projective nature can be a part of a larger research, no particular actions or interventions were planned or executed, apart from the interviews that aimed to collect data that emerged from participants’ own practice and experiences on the issues studied. Further research can consist of developing forward-looking actions that can contribute to the development of scientific literacy, as well as to the exploration and solution of the issues identified through participants’ own practice. Originality/value One of the social roles of universities is to ensure that scientific knowledge reaches all citizens. However, there are not sufficient studies regarding scientific dissemination, especially from the perspective of professors as generators of scientific knowledge, newspaper directors and heads of research areas.

scholarly journals Piloting a Methodology for Sustainability Education: Project Examples and Exploratory Action Research Highlights

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory Jensen ◽  
Mohamed Kotaish ◽  
Aditi Chopra ◽  
Kiran A. Jacob ◽  
Taqdees I. Widekar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Educational Structure ◽  
Student Projects

This invited writing shares the education methodology known as Wicked problem, Experiences, Available Resources, Solution-Innovation (WEARS) and results from applying a pilot education program with a group of international students. The pilot involved three components that contribute to enhancing leadership skills based on stakeholder informed or bottom-up change: 1) developing a professional competition, 2) proposing a WEARS project, and 3) initiating a related outreach event. Outlines of student projects are shared. Students’ interests in generalized sustainability related education topics were polled and results are presented as an average of the group. Reflection on conducting the pilot is also presented from an exploratory action research perspective. Potential translation to higher education sustainability related projects was a driver for action research. Several conclusions are shared related to the educational structure and content for application of the WEARS methodology at a higher education institution. Future research and iterations of the program are proposed in coordination with a higher education institution that promotes interdisciplinary education. Specifically, means to select program candidates and longitudinal study of overall impacts are proposed as necessary to continuously update the WEARS methodology.

Action Research and Teacher Education: the use of research in a classroom for the transformation of reality

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2-2019) ◽  
pp. 132-156
Author(s):  
Nilda Stecanela ◽  
Alessandra Chaves Zen ◽  
Fabiana B. Pauletti
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Classroom Research ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
School Life ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Research Perspective

This text aims to provide reflections on an education-investigation experience within a continuing education course for teachers of public schools in a municipality located in the region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The object of this course involved the use of classroom research as a pedagogical tool, which was developed in an action research perspective. The participants of the course were challenged to develop investigative skills on daily school life, based on the construction and development of a research project focused on the concerns related to their contemporary teaching practices. The analysis of the modes of reception and appropriation of those involved in the research, and expressed in the materials produced, suggests how difficult it is to exercise the passage from naive to epistemological consciousness through criticality. This element reinforces the importance of the process of reflection-action-reflection in the teacher’s education and his/her performance.

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