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A Phenomenological Study: Experiences of Chinese Students Using Educational Technology in American Universities

01 Jan 2017-
About: The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 12 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phenomenology (philosophy) & Acculturation.
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01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: Nonaka and Nishiguchi as discussed by the authors presented a conceptual framework for the continuous and self-transcending process of knowledge creation in business organizations, including the emergence of "Ba" and the concept of care.
Abstract: Contributors 1: Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi: Introduction: Knowledge Emergence Part I Knowledge, BA, and Care 2: Ikujiro Nonaka, Noboru Konno, and Ryoko Toyama: Emergence of "Ba": A Conceptual Framework for the Continuous and Self-transcending Process of Knowledge Development of Business Organizations 3: Georg Von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo, and Ikujiro Nonaka: Bringing Care into Knowledge Development of Business Organizations Part II Technology and Cooperation 4: Kentaro Nobeoka and Yasunori Baba: The Influence of New 3-D CAD Systems on Knowledge Creation in product Development 5: Stefan H. Thomke: The Impact of Technology on Knowledge Creation: A Study of Experimentation in Integrated Circuit Design 6: The Temporal Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in the Information Society 7: Michael A. Cusumano: Focusing Creativity: Microsoft's "Synch-and-Stabalize" Approach to Software Product Development 8: Giorgio De Michelis: Cooperation and Knowledge Creation Part III Transnational Knowledge Creation 9: D. Eleanor Westney: Multinational Enterprises and Cross-Border Knowledge Creation 10: Kenichi Yasumuro and D. Eleanor Westney: Knowledge Creation and the Internationalization of Japanese Companies: Front-Line Management Across Borders Part IV Interfirm Relations 11: Toshihiro Nishiguchi: Coevolution of Interorganzational Relations 12: Sigrun Caspary and Tishihiro Nishiguchi: "Co-opetition" in the Japanese Aircraft Industry 13: James R. Lincoln and Christina Ahmadjian: Shukko (Employee Transfers) and Tacit Knowledge Exchange in Japanese Supply Networks: The Electronics Industry Case 14: Linsu Kim: Absorptive Capacity, Co-opetition, and Knowledge Creation: Samsung's Leapfrogging in Semiconductors 15: Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi: Conclusion: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation Index

260 citations

01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: Social Problems and Inequality as discussed by the authors is an inspiring book that engages in viewing modern social problems from a sociological perspective and provides an intriguing outlook toward remedying these social problems fundamentally through the efforts of both government and the public.
Abstract: Social Problems and Inequality is an inspiring book that engages in viewing modern social problems from a sociological perspective. In our contemporary world dominated by rampant capitalism and widespread repression, this book deals with the nature and common root causes of various social problems and provides an intriguing outlook toward remedying these social problems fundamentally through the efforts of both government and the public. Written to be a text, the book provides a number of theoretical perspectives that have been commonly referred to in looking at social problems. In applying these perspectives, John Alessio claims that there should be no artificial boundaries of various theoretical perspectives. Different theories should work together in understanding social problems and providing more comprehensive and powerful explanations and remedies for them. What he mainly suggests is the combination of micro-level and macrolevel theories. Macro theories such as conflict theory and structural functionalism and micro theories such as symbolic interactionism would be more effective in interpreting social problems if they could be utilized in combination. Drawing from numerous existing social problems in the United States and other countries, the author presents immediate applications of his proposal in integrating different theories. Rather than dealing with social problems separately, Alessio notes that the seemingly unrelated social problems actually stem from the same sources and are thus closely related to each other. The fruitful case studies he has provided also serve as vivid exhibitions of what are social problems, where social problems come from, and how to solve social problems and make a better and healthier society. In sum, this book can be all too helpful for students who have interests in social problems and inequality.

30 citations

01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors surveyed 262 international students at two four-year institutions of higher education regarding their experiences with technology while in college in the United States and found that the majority of international students feel comfortable using technology (95.5%).
Abstract: The economic, social and political landscape of universities in the United States has been changing under the pressure of internationalization of education globally as well as with rapid progressive technology development. There is an urgent need to learn how the increasing population of international students adapts to the digital culture. This study surveyed 262 international students at two four-year institutions of higher education regarding their experiences with technology while in college in the United States. The study evaluated frequency of trends of Information Communication Technology usage by means of descriptive statistics. A sequential mixed methods design (Creswell, 2003) was utilized. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine which demographics of international students predict their comfort level with technology. The study further explores the experiences of international students using technology by means of face-to-face interviews to investigate those results in more depth. The researcher used a basic or generic qualitative study design with elements of grounded theory for data analysis. In this study, it was found that 1) the majority of international students feel comfortable using technology (95.5%); 2) hours a week spent using technology for school related purposes predict international students‟ comfort level with technology (explains 6% of the variance); 3) the majority of international students learn on their own how to use technology (82%); 4) international students spend almost equal amounts of time using technology for academic and non-academic purposes; 5) students who spend more than 10 hours a week using technology tend to spend more time on non-academic purposes than on academic work; students who spend less than 10 hours a week using technology tend to focus their time on academic work; 6) international students use a wide range of programs/applications/software for various purposes INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS USING ICT IN U.S. COLLEGES iii ranging from school work and job search to communication and entertainment; 7) technology fulfills communication needs with family and friends, instructors, mentors, advisors and classmates; 8) international students believe even though there are a few negative aspects of using technology, the positive outweighs the negative, and 9) access to technology, early exposure and use of technology for school purposes helps students adapt faster to college life in the U.S.

12 citations

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01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: SelfSelf-Efficacy (SE) as discussed by the authors is a well-known concept in human behavior, which is defined as "belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments".
Abstract: Albert Bandura and the Exercise of Self-Efficacy Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control Albert Bandura. New York: W. H. Freeman (www.whfreeman.com). 1997, 604 pp., $46.00 (hardcover). Enter the term "self-efficacy" in the on-line PSYCLIT database and you will find over 2500 articles, all of which stem from the seminal contributions of Albert Bandura. It is difficult to do justice to the immense importance of this research for our theories, our practice, and indeed for human welfare. Self-efficacy (SE) has proven to be a fruitful construct in spheres ranging from phobias (Bandura, Jeffery, & Gajdos, 1975) and depression (Holahan & Holahan, 1987) to career choice behavior (Betz & Hackett, 1986) and managerial functioning (Jenkins, 1994). Bandura's Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control is the best attempt so far at organizing, summarizing, and distilling meaning from this vast and diverse literature. Self-Efficacy may prove to be Bandura's magnum opus. Dr. Bandura has done an impressive job of summarizing over 1800 studies and papers, integrating these results into a coherent framework, and detailing implications for theory and practice. While incorporating prior works such as Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1977) and "Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency" (Bandura, 1982), Self-Efficacy extends these works by describing results of diverse new research, clarifying and extending social cognitive theory, and fleshing out implications of the theory for groups, organizations, political bodies, and societies. Along the way, Dr. Bandura masterfully contrasts social cognitive theory with many other theories of human behavior and helps chart a course for future research. Throughout, B andura' s clear, firm, and self-confident writing serves as the perfect vehicle for the theory he espouses. Self-Efficacy begins with the most detailed and clear explication of social cognitive theory that I have yet seen, and proceeds to delineate the nature and sources of SE, the well-known processes via which SE mediates human behavior, and the development of SE over the life span. After laying this theoretical groundwork, subsequent chapters delineate the relevance of SE to human endeavor in a variety of specific content areas including cognitive and intellectual functioning; health; clinical problems including anxiety, phobias, depression, eating disorders, alcohol problems, and drug abuse; athletics and exercise activity; organizations; politics; and societal change. In Bandura's words, "Perceived self-efficacy refers to beliefs in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments" (p. 3). People's SE beliefs have a greater effect on their motivation, emotions, and actions than what is objectively true (e.g., actual skill level). Therefore, SE beliefs are immensely important in choice of behaviors (including occupations, social relationships, and a host of day-to-day behaviors), effort expenditure, perseverance in pursuit of goals, resilience to setbacks and problems, stress level and affect, and indeed in our ways of thinking about ourselves and others. Bandura affirms many times that humans are proactive and free as well as determined: They are "at least partial architects of their own destinies" (p. 8). Because SE beliefs powerfully affect human behaviors, they are a key factor in human purposive activity or agency; that is, in human freedom. Because humans shape their environment even as they are shaped by it, SE beliefs are also pivotal in the construction of our social and physical environments. Bandura details over two decades of research confirming that SE is modifiable via mastery experiences, vicarious learning, verbal persuasion, and interpretation of physiological states, and that modified SE strongly and consistently predicts outcomes. SE beliefs, then, are central to human self-determination. STRENGTHS One major strength of Self-Efficacy is Bandura's ability to deftly dance from forest to trees and back again to forest, using specific, human examples and concrete situations to highlight his major theoretical premises, to which he then returns. …

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"A Phenomenological Study: Experienc..." refers background in this paper

  • ...It is the personal beliefs about one’s capabilities to learn or perform actions at designated levels (Bandura, 1997)....

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  • ...Self-efficacy is defined as “people’s judgments of their capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated types of performances” (Bandura, 1997, p. 3)....

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  • ...influence people’s decisions of whether they would like to engage in particular tasks, the energy and effort they expend on those tasks, and the persistence and resilience that are shown during the pursuing process (Bandura, 1997; Bandura & Schunk, 1981)....

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  • ...Research shows that self-efficacy will influence people’s decisions of whether they would like to engage in particular tasks, the energy and effort they expend on those tasks, and the persistence and resilience that are shown during the pursuing process (Bandura, 1997; Bandura & Schunk, 1981)....

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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: In this article, models of Human Nature and Casualty are used to model human nature and human health, and a set of self-regulatory mechanisms are proposed. But they do not consider the role of cognitive regulators.
Abstract: 1. Models of Human Nature and Casualty. 2. Observational Learning. 3. Enactive Learning. 4. Social Diffusion and Innovation. 5. Predictive Knowledge and Forethought. 6. Incentive Motivators. 7. Vicarious Motivators. 8. Self-Regulatory Mechanisms. 9. Self-Efficacy. 10. Cognitive Regulators. References. Index.

21,686 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, an exploración de the avances contemporaneos en la teoria del aprendizaje social, con especial enfasis en los importantes roles que cumplen los procesos cognitivos, indirectos, and autoregulatorios.
Abstract: Una exploracion de los avances contemporaneos en la teoria del aprendizaje social, con especial enfasis en los importantes roles que cumplen los procesos cognitivos, indirectos, y autoregulatorios.

20,904 citations

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10 Apr 2017
TL;DR: Poth mengeksplorasi dasar filosofis, sejarah, and elemen kunci dari lima pendekatan penelitian kualitatif as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Dalam edisi revisi keempat dari buku terlaris, John W. Creswell dan rekan penulis baru Cheryl N.Poth mengeksplorasi dasar filosofis, sejarah, dan elemen kunci dari lima pendekatan penelitian kualitatif: penelitian naratif, fenomenologi, teori dasar, etnografi, dan studi kasus. Mempertahankan gaya penulisannya, penulis membandingkan pendekatan dan menghubungkan desain penelitian dengan masing-masing tradisi penyelidikan dengan cara yang sangat mudah diakses. Menampilkan konten baru, artikel, pedagogi, referensi, dan cakupan etika yang diperluas. Edisi Keempat adalah pengantar yang ideal untuk teori, strategi, dan praktik penelitian kualitatif.

17,770 citations

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TL;DR: This publication contains reprint articles for which IEEE does not hold copyright and which are likely to be copyrighted.
Abstract: Social network sites SNSs are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers intrigued by their affordances and reach This special theme section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together scholarship on these emergent phenomena In this introductory article, we describe features of SNSs and propose a comprehensive definition We then present one perspective on the history of such sites, discussing key changes and developments After briefly summarizing existing scholarship concerning SNSs, we discuss the articles in this special section and conclude with considerations for future research

14,912 citations


"A Phenomenological Study: Experienc..." refers background in this paper

  • ...…that allow individuals to 1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, 2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and 3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system” (Boyd & Ellison, 2007, p. 211)....

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