Exploring Creative Education Practices and Implications: A Case study of National Chengchi University, Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-111
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
Creative Education ◽  
Creative Learning ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Conducive Environment

Globalization has led to intense demand for diverse, multi-talent, and creative workforce to sustain market competitiveness, innovation, and corporate performance, while simultaneously intensifying challenges for higher education to transform. In Taiwan, universities have responded by formalizing and continuously restructuring their overall systems to cultivate creative talents for sustainable growth. The study has examined the practices that enable creative education at the National Chengchi University (NCCU) using data from different sources, i.e., semi-structured interviews, content analysis, and personal observations. Current findings suggest that creative education at NCCU is characterized by supporting environment and resources; interdisciplinary faculty teams; innovative HR practices for student recruitment; rich course content focused on students’ holistic development; teaching methods based on students’ experience, interaction, and teamwork; and conducive environment for creative learning.

Innovation and the Power of Ignorance – The Case of Renewable Energy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-127
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
Creative Education ◽  
Creative Learning ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Conducive Environment

Globalization has led to intense demand for diverse, multi-talent, and creative workforce to sustain market competitiveness, innovation, and corporate performance, while simultaneously intensifying challenges for higher education to transform. In Taiwan, universities have responded by formalizing and continuously restructuring their overall systems to cultivate creative talents for sustainable growth. The study has examined the practices that enable creative education at the National Chengchi University (NCCU) using data from different sources, i.e., semi-structured interviews, content analysis, and personal observations. Current findings suggest that creative education at NCCU is characterized by supporting environment and resources; interdisciplinary faculty teams; innovative HR practices for student recruitment; rich course content focused on students’ holistic development; teaching methods based on students’ experience, interaction, and teamwork; and conducive environment for creative learning.

scholarly journals Funding Innovations for Sustainable Growth in Emerging Markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Michael Neubert
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Private Equity ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Sources

This study aims to understand the impact of fundraising innovations on sustainable growth in emerging markets. It opted for a multiple-case study research design using different sources of evidence, including nineteen semi-structured interviews. The subject matter experts (SMEs) were selected using a purposive selection method. The theoretical framework of Porter and Kramer is used. The results suggest that crowdinvesting, initial coin offerings, and accelerators might facilitate sustainable growth of private equity and venture capital markets in Africa due to entrepreneurial ecosystems and networks. The findings are relevant for founders and investors. The study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurial finance in emerging markets.

Language Teaching during a Pandemic: A Case Study of Zoom Use by a Secondary ESL Teacher in Hong Kong

RELC Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003368822098178
Author(s):  
Anisa Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Beliefs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Synchronous Online

This article reports a case study of an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in Hong Kong who conducted lessons via Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focused on the factors influencing her technology integration in synchronous online teaching mode. Using data from classroom recordings, stimulated-recall and semi-structured interviews, this study uncovered how Zoom functioned as a substitute for face-to-face lessons. The findings revealed that although there were fewer interactions between the teacher and her students, teaching in synchronous online mode provided the teacher with opportunities to utilize certain online features to augment methods of checking student understanding. The study identified the teacher’s pedagogical beliefs, the context and professional development as factors that influenced the level of technology integration in her Zoom classes. The study concludes that embracing process-oriented pedagogies may be necessary for a higher level of technology integration among ESL teachers who have adequate professional development opportunities and school support.

Resolving the Paradox of Overconfident Students With Intelligent Methods

2018 ◽  
pp. 1971-1986
Author(s):  
Denis Smolin ◽  
Sergey Butakov
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Data Mining Algorithms ◽  
Closing The Loop ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Intelligent Methods

The chapter presents a case study of using data mining tools to solve the puzzle of inconsistency between students' in-class performance and the results of the final tests. Classical test theory cannot explain such inconsistency, while the classification tree generated by one of the well-known data mining algorithms has provided reasonable explanation, which was confirmed by course exit interviews. The experimental results could be used as a case study of implementing Artificial Intelligence-based methods to analyze course results. Such analyses equip educators with an additional tool that allows closing the loop between assessment results and course content and arrangements.

scholarly journals Bootstrapping: The Emergent Technological Practices of Post-secondary Students with Mathematics Learning Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Alayne Armstrong ◽  
Mirela Gutica
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Mathematics Learning Disabilities ◽  
Post Secondary Students

Drawn from an investigation of the emergent technological practices of post-secondary students with mathematics learning disabilities, this case study employs an enactivist framework in considering the bootstrapping processes our participants report engaging in when using personal electronic devices for academic support. Video-recorded, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine post-secondary participants with mathematics learning disabilities in two western Canadian urban centres. Findings suggest that participants used technology to control and improve sensory input in order to better access mathematics course content and monitor the accuracy of their work, engage with alternate presentations of mathematical concepts to enhance their level of understanding, reduce workload, and improve organization. We discuss how their strategies in using technology relate to Bereiter’s categorization of bootstrapping resources (1985), including imitation, chance by selection, learning support systems, and piggybacking. Grounded in a “learner’s perspective,” this case study identifies technological adaptations and strategies that may be helpful to others with mathematics learning disabilities.

scholarly journals Innovation in small family firms: A qualitative multipla case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Jan Urban ◽  
Zdeněk Caha
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
Multiple Case

Family firms, accounting globally for the majority of companies, are the backbone of many national and local economies. Despite their importance as both employers and producers/service providers, research on these firms, analyzing their innovative behavior or comparing it with other forms of companies, has often been describing them as more conservative and less risk-raking, generating thus less innovation compared with other types of businesses. The goal of this study was to analyze the scope innovative activities in family owned companies on the basis of an empirical qualitative survey, founded on descriptive multiple-case study analysis of fifteen small, locally operating family owned firms in retail and service-industry, which have successfully survived 5 or more years in business. It used semi structured interviews with family owners and focused on identifying their attitudes to innovation as well as their skills to apply innovations of various types, important for their market competitiveness. The results of the survey, contrary to some earlier findings pointing to family firms ́ conservativeness, showed that these firms, due to their specific organizational culture, rely on innovations substantially, though the main focus of their innovations tends to be on product/technological changes as well as innovations in clients ́ relations.

scholarly journals The politics of administrative data: A case study of school census data for children with SEND

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Rempel ◽  
Hannah Durrant ◽  
Julie Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Similar Data ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Objective Tool

BackgroundFrom 2016 to 2018 we collaborated on a programme of work with a local authority in the South West of England around understanding diagnosis trends for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Tracking SEND is a key issue for both local and national government due to the high cost of provision and perceived increases in diagnoses prior to 2010. ObjectiveIn this presentation we explore the use of school census data for research and commissioning in local government. MethodsWe supplement statistical reports of SEND diagnoses from 2011 to 2017 with semi-structured interviews with individuals who inform their decision making with these and similar data. We draw on theories of narrative and causal story-telling to understand how modern statistical analysis is used as a tool to develop commissioning decisions. This includes testing narratives using data as well as data being used to inform narratives. Early Findings and ConclusionsWe add to a growing area of literature that discusses data and statistics as subjective policy tools. Early results include the use of data as a perceived objective tool in calming emotions during commissioning negotiations. We aim to describe how these decisions are made and what this means for service provision for children with SEND.

Resolving the Paradox of Overconfident Students with Intelligent Methods

2015 ◽  
pp. 161-174
Author(s):  
Denis Smolin ◽  
Sergey Butakov
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Data Mining Algorithms ◽  
Closing The Loop ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Intelligent Methods

The chapter presents a case study of using data mining tools to solve the puzzle of inconsistency between students' in-class performance and the results of the final tests. Classical test theory cannot explain such inconsistency, while the classification tree generated by one of the well-known data mining algorithms has provided reasonable explanation, which was confirmed by course exit interviews. The experimental results could be used as a case study of implementing Artificial Intelligence-based methods to analyze course results. Such analyses equip educators with an additional tool that allows closing the loop between assessment results and course content and arrangements.

scholarly journals Supplementing Coursebooks--How, Why, and to What Effect: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
John Harper
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Form Part

This article reports on a case study of one instructor’s use of supplementary materials in an English as a Foreign Language course in China. Starting with the notion that no coursebook can be perfect and that supplementary materials therefore should form part of an English course, the study employed qualitative research methods to analyze the types of supplements used, the instructor’s rationale behind his use of the supplements, and the students’ interpretations of the supplements. Class observations, semi-structured interviews with the teacher, and focus-group discussions with students allowed for the triangulation of data. Findings indicated that the instructor provided a variety of types of supplementary materials in order to cater to different learner needs (specifically, affective needs, language-learning needs, course-content needs). While findings also indicated that learners generally appreciated the instructor’s use of supplementary materials, significant mismatches between instructor goals and learner interpretations suggested that the purpose of the supplements was not always clearly defined. The article addresses these mismatches and provides suggestions for their future avoidance.

scholarly journals Impact of Perceived Livelihood Risk on Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study in Shiyang River Basin, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Su ◽  
Udoy SAIKIA ◽  
Iain HAY
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Shiyang River Basin ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Using Data

Using data collected from semi-structured interviews with 485 households, this research evaluates the effect of perceived livelihood risk on livelihood strategies within farming households in China’s Shiyang River Basin. Perceived livelihood risk was evaluated by establishing an index system of livelihood risk (health, environmental, financial, social, and information and connectivity risks). Different livelihood strategies were identified, including reducing consumption, seeking help from relatives and friends, securing loans, seeking employment, and converting assets into cash. The effect of perceived livelihood risk on livelihood strategies was measured and evaluated using multinomial logistic regression. The results indicate that the effect of different perceived livelihood risk on livelihood strategies varies. Personality traits, as well as perceived health risk, financial risk, social risk, and environmental risk influence livelihood strategies, while perceived information risk and connectivity risk do not appear to have obvious relationships to livelihood strategies. Finally, we present proposals for ensuring farmers’ livelihood strategies are more effective.

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