scholarly journals Education Development in China: Education Return, Quality, and Equity

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijia Guo ◽  
Jiashun Huang ◽  
You Zhang
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Education Equity ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

As the biggest developing country with the largest population in the world, China has made great achievements in education development, which has contributed tremendously to reducing poverty and boosting prosperity in the past decades. However, in the course of education development, many problems and issues have emerged, which have also been extensively studied by scholars in various fields in both China and international contexts. Among the myriad of research topics, three research foci stand out as the most concerning and studied: education return, education quality, and education equity. This paper draws on both international research literature and evidence from China to discuss education development issues including education return, education quality, and education equity, and suggests future directions for research and practice to enhance education development and to achieve a sustainable future.

School psychology research and practice in East Asia: Perspectives on the past, present, and future directions of the field

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 557-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline A. Brown ◽  
Yayoi Watanabe ◽  
Dong Hun Lee ◽  
Kent McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
School Psychology ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Development Technology ◽  
Data Informed

To engage in a comparison of school psychology research and practice in eastern and western countries, the current study sought to identify key themes that have influenced the field of school psychology in East Asian countries. Forty-six leading school psychology professionals in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan provided their perspectives to a six-question survey based on a survey created by McIntosh, Martinez, Ty, and McClain (2013) regarding pivotal ideas and findings related to research and practice in the past 25 years, present, and future that they find particularly exciting. Qualitative thematic analysis, using NVivo software, yielded nine major and 41 minor categories. Across the three time periods (past, present, future), six of the nine major categories (Data-Informed Practices and Their Implementation, Knowledge and Practice of Individual Differences, Theory Development, Technology Development, Development of School Psychology, and Consultation and Collaboration) and seven of the 41 minor categories were present. A comparison between the current study and the McIntosh and colleagues (2013) study suggests that there were many consistencies in major and minor categories. Comparisons between these two studies, along with limitations, future areas for research, and implications for practice, are also discussed.

scholarly journals Hotspots, Frontiers, and Emerging Trends of Superabsorbent Polymer Research: A Comprehensive Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minmin Yang ◽  
Jihuai Wu ◽  
Geoffrey M. Graham ◽  
Jianming Lin ◽  
Miaoliang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
High Water ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Superabsorbent Polymer ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Polymer Research

Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) is a kind of functional macromolecule with super-high water absorption and retention properties, which attracts extensive research and has wide application, especially in the areas of hygiene and agriculture. With reference to the Web of Science database, the SAP research literature from 2000 to 2019 is reviewed both quantitatively and qualitatively. By examining research hotspots, top research clusters, the most influential works, the representative frontier literature, and key emerging research trends, a visual panorama of the continuously and significantly increasing SAP research over the past 2 decades was presented, and issues behind the sharp increase in the literature were discovered. The findings are as follows. The top ten keywords/hotspots headed by hydrogel highlight the academic attention on SAP properties and composites. The top ten research themes headed by clay-based composites which boast the longest duration and the strongest impact have revealed the academic preference for application rather than theoretical study. Academically influential scholars and research studies have been acknowledged, and the Wu group was at the forefront of the research; however, more statistically significant works have been less detected in the last 10 years despite the sharper increase in publications. Hydrogel, internal curing, and aerogel are both current advances and future directions.

scholarly journals Innovative Approach to Solving Theoretical Issues of the Ecological and Epidemiological Concept of Sapronoses

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
A. B. Belov
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Theoretical Issues

The history of the study of infections attributed by the microbiologist and epidemiologist V.I. Tersky in 1958 as the class of human infectious diseases – «Sapronoses» is presented. Over the past 60 years in the world and especially in Russian science the knowledge that allows us to complete the development of an ecological and epidemiological theory of sapronoses infections was accumulated. This knowledge should be extended to the whole complex of biomedical sciences associated with the population pathology of biota. To solve the controversial and complex issues of the theory, terminology and classifications of population infectology, it is necessary to integrate the knowledge of specialists in various fields of research and practice in the medicine, veterinary medicine, parasitology, phytopathology and other disciplines. The ways and prospects of improving the general theory of infectology in the light of new approaches to understanding the essence of sapronoses are discussed. 

scholarly journals Learning to Argue Through Dialogue: a Review of Instructional Approaches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrysi Rapanta ◽  
Mark K. Felton
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Instructional Approaches ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
High Structure

AbstractOver the past 20 years, a broad and diverse research literature has emerged to address how students learn to argue through dialogue in educational contexts. However, the variety of approaches used to study this phenomenon makes it challenging to find coherence in what may otherwise seem to be disparate fields of study. In this integrative review, we propose looking at how learning to argue (LTA) has been operationalized thus far in educational research, focusing on how different scholars have framed and fostered argumentative dialogue, assessed its gains, and applied it in different learning contexts. In total, 143 studies from the broad literature on educational dialogue and argumentation were analysed, including all educational levels (from primary to university). The following patterns for studying how dialogue fosters LTA emerged: whole-class ‘low structure’ framing with a goal of dialogue, small-group ‘high structure’ framing with varied argumentative goals, and studies with one-to-one dialectic framing with a goal of persuasive deliberation. The affordances and limitations of these different instructional approaches to LTA research and practice are discussed. We conclude with a discussion of complementarity of the approaches that emerged from our analysis in terms of the pedagogical methods and conditions that promote productive and/or constructive classroom interactions.

scholarly journals Summary of Research on Patterns of Unearthed Ancient Woolen Fabrics in Xinjiang

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Xiaojuan Mao
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Background ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Research Cooperation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Relics

The woolen fabrics relics unearthed in Xinjiang have always drawn double attention of domestic and foreign professionals, which have been carrying out a series of research works in the region from the past till nowadays. With the development of the society and the progress of science and technologies, the archeological and cultural relics of Xinjiang have also gradually come to the world, on which the research cooperation between Chinese and foreign professionals also grows. Archeology in Xinjiang fabric relics has also made great achievements. With the devoted work of these experts and scholars, a large number of fabric relics unearthed in Xinjiang have the chance to be presented to the world. Through their research, I have a more comprehensive understanding of the ancient woolen fabrics unearthed in Xinjiang, as well as the patterns, historical and cultural background. It provides technical and artistic guidance on the contents, objectives and scope of the research topics.

An Appreciation of Professor Norman Jones’ Contributions to Impact Engineering

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. M. Li
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Research Networks ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Problems

This article summarises Professor Norman Jones’ academic career and his scholarly contributions to impact engineering. In the past 50 years, Professor Jones has performed profound research on a wide range of impact engineering problems, supervised postgraduate students, researchers and academic visitors from all over the world, initiated international research networks and conferences, and has played important roles in consulting government bodies and in generally serving the academic community. Due to his research excellence and achievements, Professor Jones has received numerous prestigious awards and titles including Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Foreign Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

scholarly journals What Anansi Did for Us: Storytelling’s Value in Equitably Exploring Public Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-360
Author(s):  
David O. Fakunle ◽  
David T. Thomas, MPH ◽  
Kathy A. M. Gonzales ◽  
Denise C. Vidot ◽  
LaShaune P. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Underrepresented Populations ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Determinants ◽  
Practice Approach

There is growing implementation of storytelling as a specific application of narrative in public health. As the field’s latest epoch evolves to consider cultural determinants, reimagination of how scientists conceptualize, operationalize, and capture populations’ unique elements is necessary, and storytelling provides a genuine and efficacious methodology that can assist with that reimagination. Professionals are creating more spaces that demonstrate how storytelling elucidates, promotes, and supports contextual factors that are not captured by orthodox methodologies. However, more opportunities are needed to exhibit storytelling’s impact on capturing the nuances in human experiences, such as those of historically and systemically underrepresented populations. This study synthesizes the past decade of research in public health and related fields that primarily utilized storytelling and reports significant implications. Additionally, this study highlights explorations in public health that primarily use storytelling as a research and practice approach. Each case study includes a description of the background and aims, elaborates on storytelling’s utilization, and discusses findings, observations, and future directions. Finally, this study discusses conceptual issues in public health raised by use of storytelling, such as how to best capture impact on human beings and the importance of context. This article’s goal is to present current evidence of critical reevaluations to the epistemological, conceptual, and practical paradigms within public health through storytelling. Additionally, this article aims to provide support and empowerment to public health scientists considering creative approaches to better acknowledge and appreciate humanity’s inherent subjectivity.

scholarly journals Development of Formal Agricultural Education in Canada (Based on the Analysis of Scientific Periodicals of the 19th – Early 20th Centuries)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Kateryna Havrylenko
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Education Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Periodicals ◽  
The Given

Abstract The article states that one of the world leaders in agricultural sector training is Canada, which has gained a great scientific and practical experience. The paper examines the role of periodicals of the 19th – early 20th centuries, preserved in the Canadian book funds for the establishment and development of formal agricultural education of this country and for the popularization of the scientific information among the general public. The impressive work of the Canadiana project on preservation of periodicals of the given period, launched by Canadian library collections has been emphasized. These periodical materials have been analyzed and an attempt of old agricultural publications classification has been made. The importance of comprehensive informational analysis of the existing periodicals roles for better understanding of the transformations and changes that have occurred in Canadian formal agricultural education has been outlined as well as the need of researching the role of universities in the scientific community of the past and of our time has been stressed. The importance of a detailed study of the saved periodicals for an objective analysis of contemporary formal agricultural education and its role in the society in order to improve the training of agricultural sector specialists in the country according to the best historical examples has been noted as well as the need in the retrospective analysis of higher education development in Canada for further implementation of the results into the national educational system has been indicated.

Generative Scholarship Through Prospective Theorizing: Appreciating the Roots and Legacy of Organization Development and Change to Build a Bright Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 002188632110498
Author(s):  
Ignacio Pavez ◽  
Lindsey Godwin ◽  
Gretchen Spreitzer
Keyword(s):  
Organization Development ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bright Future ◽  
The World ◽  
Anniversary Celebration

How can Organization Development and Change (ODC) research and practice help create healthy, vibrant, and humane organizations and communities? This has been a guiding question for the field of ODC throughout a year-long series of activities (e.g., design meetings, webinars, and informal dialogues) linked to the 50th anniversary celebration of the ODC Division of the Academy of Management. In this paper, we provide our own reflections on this unfolding dialogue by proposing that ODC's future can be bolstered by leveraging its legacy and historical strengths as the basis to engage in a systematic approach for doing prospective theory-building ( Cooperrider, 2021 ), particularly on grand challenges like the transition to the Anthropocene. That is, we advocate for building theory that focuses on intentionally co-creating a better future rather than take it for granted or merely describing (and projecting) the past. In doing so, we believe ODC scholars and practitioners will be better equipped to create what we refer to as generative scholarship and write the next chapter for ODC as a revitalizing force in the world.

International Trends in Heritage and Environmental Interpretation: Future Directions for Australian Research and Practice

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Ballantyne ◽  
David Uzzell
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Environmental Interpretation ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Trends

The past decade has witnessed enormous social, political, and economic change in places such as Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the USSR. These changes have played an important role in focusing attention on the “why” and “what” rather than the “how” of interpretive practice. This shift in emphasis has been expressed in at least five international trends in interpretation: (a) a growing concern with theory in interpretive practice, (b) the rise of ecotourism and consequent changes in the interpretation of environmental issues, (c) reactions to globalization and the tension between homogeneity and uniqueness, (d) the need to interpret emotive issues and contested heritage, and (e) adopting a grassroots approach to interpretive planning. This paper discusses these international trends and focuses on three important areas in which future Australian interpretation research and practice could fruitfully contribute to the development of international “best practice.”

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