This paper aims at explaining the outcomes of information technology education for international students using anthropological theories of cultural schemas. Even though computer science and engineering are usually assumed to be culture-independent, the practice in classrooms seems to indicate that learning patterns depend on culture. The situation in a college in Finland is evaluated based on study records, surveys on learning experiences, learning logs by students and classroom observations. Reasons for the educational outcome are discussed theoretically using cultural anthropology and the socio-cultural theory of learning. The universality of Western scientific thinking is questioned, and a need to recognise different cultural schemas in the thinking of international students is acknowledged. The study concludes that a view of human cognition as social and embodied gives new insights to information technology education when there is a great diversity of student backgrounds and their culturally produced...

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Culture and cognition in information technology education

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop further a theoretical framework of common understanding and explore the role of common understanding in coordinationDesign/methodology/approach – A constructive action research approach was employed applying abductive reasoning to develop new models with practical relevanceFindings – A new framework of the elements of common understanding and a new theory of communication as a mechanism for coordinationResearch limitations/implications – As a longitudinal case study and part of a multiple case‐study, the findings are generalized to theory which should be further developedPractical implications – Presents a framework for developing shared meanings to achieve better coordination in collaborative service provisioningOriginality/value – Presents a new model of common understanding, a refined approach to coordination

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Common understanding as a basis for coordination

This thesis analyses the development of a new urban area as a networked process that starts from the vision and goals for the area, includes the phases of urban planning, building design and construction, and ends up with the maintenance and use of the area. The point of departure is the practical problem observed in this process: Innovative ideas often do not reach implementation. Three root causes are suggested for the practical problem. Following an abductive reasoning logic, this thesis aims to define the critical characteristics of an innovative process of networked development for a new urban area, able to mediate knowledge and new ideas through the process, and to override the deficiencies identified in the conventional urban development process. Urban development is explained and analysed in an interdisciplinary way, through the lenses of four theoretical approaches originating from the management sciences: process management, network management, innovation management, and service development. The development processes of four Finnish urban areas are selected as case studies: Suurpelto, Viikki, Nupurinkartano, and Vuores. In the qualitative analyses of the case data, 23 innovative features are identified, introducing new methods, practices, actors, networks, or subprocesses, as compared to the conventional urban development process. The explanatory power of each theoretical approach with regard to the innovative features is evaluated, producing the first research result: 18 propositions for a coherent and innovative process of urban development. The innovative features and the theoretical approaches are further clustered with reference to the three root causes, generating the second result: five hypotheses to eliminate the root causes. From the hypotheses, five process design principles are synthesised for a model of an innovative process of networked development for a new urban area, aimed to solve the practical problem. These principles form the third result of the thesis. The new practical process design principles are the following: 1) The process is committed to common goals throughout the network, 2) Ideas are systematically processed and developed through inter-organisational learning, 3) The coherence of the process is secured, 4) Collaboration within the network is encouraged, and 5) The network is committed to long-term quality in the realisation of its goals. In addition, practical guidelines for the application of the model are presented, based on the data collected in the case studies.

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Culture and cognition in information technology education

Common understanding as a basis for coordination

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