scholarly journals If building trust is important, how do we teach novice evaluators to do it?

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Interpersonal Skill ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Ongoing Activity ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Building Trust

People and relationships matter in evaluation. While our literature is replete with examples and guidance about how one might go about using interpersonal skills in practice and the reasons why these skills are important, the pedagogy of interpersonal skill development regarding evaluation remains underdeveloped. In this practice note, an evaluation educator shares an intentional, purposeful, and ongoing activity for helping novice evaluators learn to build trust with stakeholders during a semester-long evaluation practice course. An explanation for why the focus is on trust is presented before describing the learning activity itself. Next, a discussion of factors related to the enactment of this learning activity, including implications for evaluation pedagogy, are presented.

scholarly journals Strategies to Enhance Interpersonal Relations in Academic Advising

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy K. Hughey
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Skill Level ◽  
Interpersonal Skill ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between interpersonal skills is positively correlated with effective academic advising. Professional academic advisors feel significant pressure to meet a wide array of student needs, increase retention rates, help students in their efforts of academic achievement and career exploration, and support institutions to excel in scholarship. These demands make the skills needed for effective academic advising more professionally demanding than ever before. An advisor's skill level in interpersonal relations is critical to advising success. In this article, I share the foundation for interpersonal relations proficiency, communicate the challenges in interpersonal skill areas, and provide strategies with examples designed for advisors to enhance their proficiency in their relationships with advisees.

scholarly journals A model for cognitively-based compassion training: theoretical underpinnings and proposed mechanisms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Ash ◽  
Timothy Harrison ◽  
Melissa Pinto ◽  
Ralph DiClemente ◽  
Lobsang Tenzin Negi
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

AbstractAcross cultures and belief systems, compassion is widely considered to be beneficial for the development of personal and social wellbeing. Research indicates that compassion-training programs have broad health benefits, but how and why compassion-training programs are effective is still relatively unknown. This paper describes the theoretical underpinnings of a specific compassion-training program, CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training), and proposes an integrative model that draws on existing health behavior constructs to identify CBCT’s core components and hypothesizes their directionality and interaction. The model includes two primary categories of skill development: (1) intrapersonal skills leading to greater resiliency, and (2) interpersonal skills leading to greater compassion. It is hypothesized that these two pathways are mutually reinforcing and both contribute to greater wellbeing. This model provides a foundation for theory-driven research on the underlying mechanisms in CBCT training. An understanding of CBCT’s mechanisms is a critical step towards optimizing and personalizing the intervention to meet the needs of specific populations.

Conceptualizing and Engaging in Reflective Practice: Experienced Evaluators’ Perspectives

2021 ◽  
pp. 109821402098392
Author(s):  
Tiffany L. S. Tovey ◽  
Gary J. Skolits
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Collaborative Reflection ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Reflective Practitioners ◽  
Contextual Awareness

The purpose of this study was to determine professional evaluators’ perceptions of reflective practice (RP) and the extent and manner in which they engage in RP behaviors. Nineteen evaluators with 10 or more years of experience in the evaluation field were interviewed to explore our understanding and practice of RP in evaluation. Findings suggest that RP is a process of self and contextual awareness, involving thinking and questioning, and individual and group meaning-making, focused on facilitating growth in the form of learning and improvement. The roles of individual and collaborative reflection as well as reflection in- and on-action are also discussed. Findings support a call for the further refinement of our understanding of RP in evaluation practice. Evaluators seeking to be better reflective practitioners should be competent in skills such as facilitation and interpersonal skills, as well as budget needed time for RP in evaluation accordingly.

scholarly journals AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITY TO PROMOTE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bishop ◽  
A. Hurst ◽  
B. Mantin ◽  
S. Bedi
Keyword(s):  
Remote Control ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
First Year ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Clinic Experience

This paper describes an experientiallearning activity to promote skill development infirst year engineering students. The exercise involvesthe assembly of a remote-control car using readilyavailable part kits. Students work in small teamsunder the mentorship of experienced faculty membersfrom a variety of engineering backgrounds. The goalof the exercise is to introduce engineering design intofirst year engineering by providing students with anengaging, hands-on experience. The exercise is oneof several new activities being incorporated into theIdeas Clinic Experience for engineering students atthe University of Waterloo.

scholarly journals Analisis Kemampuan Manajerial Dosen dengan Prestasi Belajar Mahasiswa

Media Wisata ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Larasati
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Technical Skill ◽  
T Test ◽  
Interpersonal Skill ◽  
F Test ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Conceptual Skill ◽  
Conceptual Skills

This research aims to investigate the influence of the lecturers’ conceptual skills, the lecturers’ interpersonal skills, and the lecturers’ technical skills on the students’ learning achievement. The sample was the students of the Administration Hotel program study. The result of the t-test using SPSS 17 for all of the independent variables (conceptual skill= 0.000, interpersonal skill= 0.001, and technical skill= 0.044) showed that hypothesis 1 was proven. It means that the lecturers’ conceptual skills, interpersonal skills, and technical skills influenced the students’ learning achievement. The result of the t-test was supported by the result of the F-test which was very significant (=0.000). The influence of the independent variables (X) on the dependent variable (Y) was 68.7%. The result of the t-test showed that hypothesis 2, where the lecturers’ conceptual skill influenced the students’ learning achievement significantly, was also proven.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ANTARA KETERAMPILAN PENJUALAN DAN KINERJA TENAGA PENJUAL DI PERUSAHAAN CAT INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-101
Author(s):  
Aria Eddy Kertocahyono (Universitas Prasetiya Mulya) ◽  
Haryanto Ginting (Universitas Prasetiya Mulya) ◽  
Julius Kurata (Universitas Prasetiya Mulya) ◽  
Risnawati Dermauli (Universitas Prasetiya Mulya) ◽  
Sony Chandra Sihaloho (Universitas Prasetiya Mulya)
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Skill ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Salesperson Performance

AbstractThe phenomenon of the existence of a successful salesperson and does not indicate that the variables affect the salesperson's performance. The understanding is beneficial for the company to provide training focus. The purpose of this study is to test the influence of sales skills dimensions (interpersonal skill, salesmanship skill, marketing skill, company’s product knowledge and competitors’ product knowledge) on salesperson performance in a domestic paint company which has the potential to influence salesperson performance. The questionnaire was distributed to 57 Supervisors with samples amounting to 268 salespersons form 348 population. The method is linear regression analysis through SPSS Statistik 26th edition software. This analysis was conducted to test the influence of sales skills dimensions on salesperson performance. Based on the questionnaire, it is evident that salesmanship and interpersonal skills have a significant influence on salesperson performance. On the contrary, the remaining three dimensions were found to have no influence on salesperson performance.AbstrakFenomena adanya tenaga penjual yang sukses dan yang gagal menunjukkan bahwa terdapat variabel yang memengaruhi kinerja tenaga penjual. Pemahaman ini bermanfaat bagi perusahaan untuk memberikan fokus pelatihan. Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk menguji pengaruh dimensi keterampilan penjualan yakni: keterampilan interpersonal, keterampilan keahlian menjual, keterampilan pemasaran, kemampuan pengetahuan produk perusahaan dan kemampuan pengetahuan produk pesaing terhadap kinerja tenaga penjual di sebuah perusahaan cat nasional yang memiliki potensi untuk memengaruhi kinerja tenaga penjual. Kuesioner didistribusikan kepada 57 Supervisor dengan sampel sebanyak 268 orang dari populasi sejumlah 348 orang. Metode analisis regresi linier menggunakan perangkat lunak SPSS Statistik edisi 26, analisis ini untuk menguji atas pengaruh dimensi keterampilan terhadap kinerja dari tenaga penjual. Berdasarkan pengumpulan kuesioner terlihat bahwa keterampilan dalam penjualan dan keterampilan interpersonal secara signifikan memengaruhi kinerja tenaga penjual. Sementara itu, ketiga dimensi yang lain tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja tenaga penjual.

scholarly journals You are Welcome Here: Considerations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Embracing New Ecologists

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie M. McGill ◽  
Madison J. Foster ◽  
Abagael N. Pruitt ◽  
Samantha Gabrielle Thomas ◽  
Emily R. Arsenault ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Interpersonal Skill ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Underrepresented Groups ◽  
Undergraduate Research Experiences ◽  
Safety Considerations ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

Ecology is working to face its colonial roots and institutional inequities. As we build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) institutions we must work to support new ecologists by empowering them with the knowledge and tools to succeed. Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) are critical for a student’s professional and interpersonal skill development and key for recruiting more diverse groups of students to ecology. Here, we highlight DEI dimensions of a URE in ecology, acknowledge safety considerations for field ecology, including harassment and assault, and provide tools to support the URE. This is written primarily for all URE students and secondarily for their advisors. We welcome students from underrepresented groups and encourage allyship from students from non-underrepresented groups. After reading this paper, we hope that all students feel more confident and excited about their URE and that advisors see how to improve DEI in their lab.

INTERPERSONAL SKILL DALAM KAJIAN NEUROSAINS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Silvianetri Silvianetri
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Brain Area ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Interpersonal Skill ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Patterns Of Interaction

The study of interpersonal skills in the of field of neuroscience aims to reveal the relevance of the development of brain function with patterns of interaction with others. Interpersonal skills are examined by neuroscience-based literature, both from books and journals. The study found that the most dominant brain area when interacting with others is the prefrontal cortex, which functions to regulate communication harmony, emotional regulation, empathy, morale and intuition. Based on these findings it can be concluded that if interpersonal skills run well, the brain in the prefrontal cortex's area will develop optimally. Conversely, if interactions with other people are disrupted, damage will occur in the  prefrontal cortex's area. This finding can be used as an initial discourse for counseling practitioners, psychologists, teachers, social workers or medical personnel for well being interpersonal skill client and patient .

Is It Better to be Alone or in Company?

2013 ◽  
pp. 37-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvis Mazzoni ◽  
Pietro Gaffuri ◽  
Patrizia Selleri
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
First Year ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Scientific Text ◽  
Face To Face

This chapter presents an empirical study involving first-year students enrolled in the Faculty of Psychology (University of Bologna), who are following a practical formative activity based on Computer-Supported Group-Based Learning. The learning activity is conducted in a blended-learning format—three face-to-face lessons and three online activities; students were randomly associated to two different experimental conditions of participation: Individual Learning (IL) and Group-Based Learning (GBL). Focusing on GBL students, this chapter intends to verify whether different Structural Profiles of Interpersonal Skills (SPIS) might improve the students’ comprehension of a scientific text. By analyzing the results of test and re-test, the students with a High Actor-SPIS make a significant improvement, and the groups with a High Density and Low Centralization make significant progress at the ReTest.

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