scholarly journals Local and External Stakeholders Affecting Educational Change during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Study of Facebook Messages in Estonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Piret Luik ◽  
Marina Lepp
Keyword(s):  
Educational Change ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Local Stakeholders

Education worldwide was affected by the coronavirus pandemic when many countries, including Estonia, had to switch to distance learning. It was an unexpected change in education and required a response from relevant stakeholders. This study aims to understand the activities of different stakeholders as revealed in the messages of the Facebook group ‘Homeschooling with technology’ from 6 March to 26 April 2020. A mixed method study design was used, including quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 872 messages posted by members of the Facebook group, which were divided into eight role groups. Teachers, educational technologists, principals and parents represented local stakeholders while external stakeholders included members from government institutions, supporters, teacher educators and members with other roles. The analysis covered activeness of each role group, emotional expressions, speech acts and topics represented in messages. The results indicate that educational technologists played a key role in handling the coronavirus pandemic situation in education. However, local stakeholders also received support from external stakeholders. The results help capture the roles, experiences and views of different stakeholders during the educational change caused by the coronavirus pandemic in order to learn from this and to be prepared for such situations in the future.

scholarly journals Factors Associated With Post-traumatic Growth Among Healthcare Workers Who Experienced the Outbreak of MERS Virus in South Korea: A Mixed-Method Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Sun Hyun ◽  
Mi Ja Kim ◽  
Jin Hyung Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Post Traumatic

Background: Infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19 and MERS pose a major threat to healthcare workers' (HCWs) physical and mental health. Studies exploring the positive changes gained from adapting to traumatic events, known as post-traumatic growth (PTG), have attracted much attention. However, it is unclear which factors or experiences lead to PTG among HCWs. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate factors associated with PTG among HCWs who experienced the MERS outbreak in South Korea, and fully describe their experience of developing PTG.Methods: Quantitative data from 78 participants were collected using psychometric tools for Psychological distress, Resilience, and Support for coping, and Post-traumatic growth. Qualitative interviews were conducted with seven nurses. Data were analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method according to the sub-themes of resilience, which was the main factor associated with PTG.Results: We found resilience to have a significant impact on PTG (ß =0.486, p = 0.001). Thus the qualitative interviews were analyzed using the core concepts of resilience. Qualitative interviews with nurses illustrated how participants experienced the development of resilience in terms of its sub-factors: hardiness, persistence, optimism, and support.Conclusion: HCWs who endured the MERS outbreak showed high levels of PTG, and the analysis of the interview data provided a fuller understanding on the experience of remaining resilient and developing PTG. These results provide practical and pragmatic information helpful for developing intervention strategies and protocols that can help HCWs transform adversity into growth and development.

scholarly journals Strategic Analysis of Shiraz Medical Tourism Industry: A Mixed Method Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e1021
Author(s):  
Mohammad Kazem Rahimi Zarchi ◽  
Alireza Jabbari ◽  
Nahid Hatam ◽  
Peivand Bastani ◽  
Tahereh Shafaghat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Background: The connection between healthcare and tourism industries in many countries has created one of the largest service industries, i.e. "medical tourism industry". Medical tourism services bring significant benefits to the countries.  This study aimed to examine internal and external factors affecting Shiraz medical tourism industry as well as the potential capabilities of the industry.Materials and Methods: This applied research is a mixed method study using both qualitative and quantitative methods in 2017. The study population consisted of all organizations involved in the medical tourism industry. In this study, the deductive qualitative content analysis was employed to determine the internal and external factors affecting Shiraz medical tourism industry. Furthermore, the SWOT technique was used to analyze the data obtained from individual interviews and meetings with expert panels. Results: Internal and external factors were classified into 4 main themes (namely strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) and 10 sub-themes, of which five cases (FORMM) were related to internal factors (i.e. finance, production and products (operations), research and development, marketing and management) and five cases (STEPC) were associated with external factors including socio-cultural, technology, economy, political and competitive ones. Also, the matrix of the internal and external factors indicated an offensive zone for this industry. Conclusions: This industry can make use of the strengths and opportunities to confront the threats and negative points through identifying internal and external factors in order to enjoy benefits such as job creation and revenue gains. [GMJ.2018;7:e1021]

scholarly journals Using the First Language (L1) as a Resource in EFL Classrooms: Nepalese University Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 26-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod Kumar Sah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
First Language ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Classroom Speech ◽  
Teachers And Students

While challenging the widely held belief that students in English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom prefer their teachers not use the first language (L1), the study examined attitudes of university teachers and students towards using L1 and reasons for giving up on English and reverting to Nepali in English-medium lessons. Drawing on a mixed-method study that used survey questionnaire (N= 50) and interviews (N=15), the researcher identified a number of classroom speech acts that are performed by teachers’ and students’ in their L1. The findings revealed that both teachers and students had a positive attitude towards using L1; however, they held the belief that the overuse of L1 may impede language learning. Although the teachers seemed to discourage the use of Nepali (L1) in lessons aimed at developing learners’ communicative competence, they used Nepali to help learners comprehend complex concepts of grammar and lexis. Although the excessive use of Nepali was seemingly associated with teachers’ lack of communicative competence and creativity in delivering EFL lessons, students preferred their teachers to use the L1.Journal of NELTA ,  Vol. 22, No. 1-2, 2017 December

scholarly journals Analysing Zakir Naik’s Illocutionary Acts in His Speech about Islam’s View on Terrorism & Jihad

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Khannisa Annahlia ◽  
Edward Edward ◽  
Mohammad Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Speech Act Theory ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
The World ◽  
International Audience

Zakir Naik is an infamous Indian preacher who conveys the meaning of Qur’anic verses on today’s social media, primarily using English to reach the widest international audience. The study aims to find out the dominant types of illocutionary acts and functions of speech acts in his speech on terrorism and jihad in Islam’s perspective. This mixed method study uses quantitative and qualitative data from his lecture on “Islam and Jihad”, analysing the data with Searle’s (1986) speech act theory. This study contributes to the pool of linguistics knowledge on the delivery of sensitive topics by detailing how an English as a second language (ESL) speaker conveys religious beliefs to the world.

Attitudes Towards and Experience of the Use of Triage Tags in Major Incidents: A Mixed Method Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Rådestad ◽  
Kristina Lennquist Montán ◽  
Anders Rüter ◽  
Maaret Castrén ◽  
Leif Svensson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Ambulance Personnel ◽  
Field Triage ◽  
Major Incidents

AbstractIntroductionDisaster triage is the allocation of limited medical resources in order to optimize patient outcome. There are several studies showing the poor use of triage tagging, but there are few studies that have investigated the reasons behind this. The aim of this study was to explore ambulance personnel attitude towards, and experiences of, practicing triage tagging during day-to-day management of trauma patients, as well as in major incidents (MIs).MethodsA mixed method design was used. The first part of the study was in the form of a web-survey of attitudes answered by ambulance personnel. The question explored was: Is it likely that systems that are not used in everyday practice will be used during MIs? Two identical web-based surveys were conducted, before and after implementing a new strategy for triage tagging. This strategy consisted of a time-limited triage routine where ambulance services assigned triage category and applied triage tags in day-to-day trauma incidents in order to improve field triage. The second part comprised three focus group interviews (FGIs) in order to provide a deeper insight into the attitudes towards, and experience of, the use of triage tags. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.ResultsThe overall finding was the need for daily routine when failure in practice. Analysis of the web-survey revealed three changes: ambulance personnel were more prone to use tags in minor accidents, the sort scoring system was considered to be more valuable, but it also was more time consuming after the intervention. In the analysis of FGIs, four categories emerged that describe the construction of the overall category: perceived usability, daily routine, documentation, and need for organizational strategies.ConclusionTriage is part of the foundation of ambulance skills, but even so, ambulance personnel seldom use this in routine practice. They fully understand the benefit of accurate triage decisions, and also that the use of a triage algorithm and color coded tags is intended to make it easier and more secure to perform triage. However, despite the knowledge and understanding of these benefits, sparse incidents and infrequent exercises lead to ambulance personnel’s uncertainty concerning the use of triage tagging during a MI and will therefore, most likely, avoid using them.RådestadM, Lennquist MontánK, RüterA, CastrénM, SvenssonL, GrythD, FossumB. Attitudes towards and experience of the use of triage tags in major incidents: a mixed method study. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(4):376–385.

An Investigation of the Sexual and Relational Difficulties of Women Who Survived Sexual Assault: A Mixed-Method Study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Martinez Alpizar ◽  
Patricia Cabral ◽  
Mohena Moreno ◽  
Nouha H. Hallak ◽  
Luciana Lagana
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Relational Difficulties

Primary prevention in the general practitioner office - a mixed-method study

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (08/09) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Holmberg ◽  
G Sarganas ◽  
N Mittring ◽  
V Braun ◽  
L Dini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Method Study
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