Interpersonal Communication Ability Research Articles

Study on the role of teachers in the multidisciplinary integrated PBL teaching in pediatrics with the investigation of student satisfaction

Objective To discuss the role of teachers in the integrated PBL teaching of pediatrics in the light of the investigation of students after PBL teaching. Method The multidisciplinary integrated PBL course established by the Department of Pediatrics of Chongqing Medical University has been implemented for more than two years in the teaching of the five year program in the Department of clinical medicine (pediatric direction). From September 28, 2016 to October 25th, the researchers conducted a survey of 26 under-graduate students in the college who received PBL teaching at the professional probation stage. After the end of each PBL class, the teaching evaluation questionnaire recommended by Fudan University and Qian Ruizhe was distributed through the network teaching platform of Chongqing Medical University. The questionnaire was retrieved by students without a name, and the survey was carried out 3 times. The data of the questionnaire were summarized with Excel 2007. Result 77 questionnaires were issued and 77 were recovered, with a recovery rate of 100%. In the multidisciplinary integrated PBL class, 94.8%-97.4% students gave high score evaluation, and all the evaluation of teachers reached excellent level. In response to open- ended questions, students believed that teachers in teaching could inspire students to think posi-tively, encourage students to express different views, create a mutually trusted environment for students, and cultivate students' interpersonal communication, communication and cooperation ability. Conclusion In pediatric multidisciplinary integrated PBL teaching, teachers should teach students correct learning methods, judge each student's knowledge and thinking level, and individualize teaching for each student's problems and characteristics. Key words: Problem-based learning; Tutor; Students

Improving Listening Education by Enhancing Interpersonal Relationship-centered Communication Ability through a Study of Social Robots

Improving Listening Education by Enhancing Interpersonal Relationship-centered Communication Ability through a Study of Social Robots

Doświadczenia zmysłowe w życiu codziennym: autoetnografia wielozmysłowa

The author presents a research approach that he defines as multisensory autoeth-nography. He proposes that it should be used for the study of sensory experiences ineveryday life, as an important aspect of micropractices. The article is composed of threeparts. In the first, the research context is described in reference to the tradition of thesociology of everyday life. The second part discussed the theoretical and methodolo-gical approaches that are the basis for autoethnography in general. The third part con-tains a description of the method proposed by the author. The three assumptions of themethod are (1) the personal experience of the researcher, (2) interpersonal commu-nication abilities, and (3) the attempt to grasp the fullest picture of the practices andsensory experiences of the researcher and the persons studied.

Changes in University Students’ Perceptions towards a Two-Week Summer English Immersion Program

The present research examined how university students perceived a 2-week summer English immersion program organized and designated by Chinese teachers of English in a highly prestigious university in Beijing and whether their perceptions changed during the period. Data included 208 surveys and 19 informal interviews in week 1 and 207 surveys and 19 interviews in week 2 (the participants were largely the same in both weeks). Analyses of the data showed that in both weeks, most students considered the courses interesting and liked most of them for similar reasons (e.g., being interesting and having much participation), that the program improved students’ English abilities in listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as overall English proficiency, and that the program enhanced students’ interpersonal communication ability, confidence in using English, knowledge of the culture of English-speaking countries, interest in and motivation to learn English. The results also revealed that the participants tended to become more positive about the program, have a more comprehensive view of the program and assess it more objectively toward the end of the program. Evidently, the program helped the students in various aspects. To better help students, it is useful to do needs analyses prior to the program so that more acceptable courses and activities can be designed and offered.Keywords: perception, change, immersion program

Pengembangan Modul Bimbingan dan Konseling untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Komunikasi Interpersonal Siswa

This research aims to formulate guidance and counseling module to improve interpersonal communication ability of students and to describe the level of applicability used by counselor. The method used was ADDIE model development. The properness test was done by three experts and the practicality test was done by three guidance and counseling teachers or counselors. The instruments used were skala likert, questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The data gathered in this research was analyzed by using descriptive statistic analysis and non-parametric statistic analysis. Based on these results, in general, it was concluded that the module developed was appropriate and could be used to help the students to improve their interpersonal

Pengembangan Modul Bimbingan dan Konseling untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Komunikasi Interpersonal Siswa

This research aims to formulate guidance and counseling module to improve interpersonal communication ability of student s and to describe the level of applicability used by counselor. The method used was ADDIE model development. The properness test was done by three experts and the practicality test was done by three guidance and counseling teachers or counselors. The instruments used were skala likert, questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The data gathered in this research was analyzed by using descriptive statistic analysis and non-parametric statistic analysis . Based on these results, in general, it was concluded that the module developed was appropriate and could be used to help the students to improve their interpersonal

Investigation on the current status of students' critical thinking ability and communication ability of college nursing students

Objective To investigate the current status of critical thinking ability and commu-nication ability of nursing students, therefore providing reference for teaching reform. Methods The Critical Thinking Scale translated and revised by Pro. Peng MeiZi of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Supportive Communication Scale (SCS) edited by Whetten and his colleague were used to investi-gate nursing students' levels of critical thinking and communication ability among 176 selected nursing students in our college, with method of Random Cluster Sampling. Descriptive analysis, single sample t-test, and two independent sample t-test were applied to the collected data with SPSS l7.0. Results ①The average score of critical thinking for the investigated college nursing students was (264.54±29.94). 72.73% of them got 210~280 points, in which three items: cognitive maturity (t=4.695, P=0.000), open mind (t=4.016, P=0.000), and intellectual curiosity (t=2.973, P=0.003) were greater than 40 points. And the differences were statistically significant; compared to different individual character-istics, being a student cadre (t=3.494, P=0.001) or not is of statistical significance. ②The total average score of communication ability (t=3.219, P=0.002) for college nursing students, as well as the score of providing effective negative feedback (t=6.790, P=0.000) and supportive communication (t=4.267, P=0.000) were significantly higher than median 3.00. And the differences were statistically significant. Conclusion In order to improve the critical thinking ability and interpersonal communication ability of nursing students, and educate the nursing students to adapt to society and complicated clinical nursing environment, it is necessary to reform the curriculum setting, curriculum design and teaching method. Key words: Nursing students; Critical thinking ability; Communication ability; Investiga-tion and study

中班幼儿社会交往能力的社会网络分析

幼儿人际交往能力的高低对幼儿的未来发展、适应社会具有十分重要的作用。培养幼儿的人际交往能力对于广大的幼儿教师来说是不可推卸的责任。本研究采用社会网络分析方法对雅安市天全县某幼儿园一中班幼儿的人际交往关系进行了分析，结果表明：1)从网络中心度来看，幼儿关系网络中心度的三个指标(点度中心度、中介中心度和接近中心度)与教师的性格主观评价基本相关，但是不同的指标之间也不完全一致，它们从不同方面反映了幼儿的交往能力情况；2)从威望特征来看，三个反映威望的指标(入度、入域和近距威望)也不完全一致，同样，这些差异也反映出幼儿交往情况的不同方面；3)从凝聚子群特征来看，该班级的交往网络中小团体特征不明显。总之，本研究采用社会网络分析方法对幼儿的社会交往能力进行研究，利用量化的数据指标，有助于比较客观的、多方面的衡量个体幼儿的交往情况，我们可以根据分析所得结果，采取相应的教育策略，有针对性的培养幼儿的人际交往能力。 Children’s interpersonal skills play a very important role in their future development and social adaptation. Cultivating children’s interpersonal skills is the unshirkable responsibility for the preschool teachers. This study adopted the methods of social network analysis to analyze the in-terpersonal relationship in a middle class of a kindergarten in Tianquan county of Ya’an city. The results showed that: 1) from the perspective of centrality, three indicators (indegree, betweenness centrality and closeness centrality) were correlated with the subjective evaluation of the children’s interpersonal skills by the teacher. However, because the different indicators reflect the different aspects of children’s communication ability, they are not entirely consistent; 2) in view of the prestige, the three indexes (popularity, input domian and proximity prestige) are also not entirely consistent. And likewise, the differences also reflect different aspects of interactions between the children; 3) from the point of cohesive subgroups, the characteristic of small subgroup is not obvious. In conclusion, this study adopted the methods of social network analysis to investigate the social intercourse ability of the children, resulting in some quantitative metrics which might be used to let us take corresponding educational strategy and cultivate children’s interpersonal communication ability.

Clinical thinking ability cultivation of master degree postgraduates majoring in mental health and psychiatry

Psychiatric professional talents are specially needed in China.Attention should be paid to the cultivation of clinical thinking ability in the process of cultivating professional master degree postgraduate majoring in mental health and psychiatry.Following measures can be taken such as using problem-based leaming(PBL) interactive teaching,organizing symposium,urging students to reviewing the language knowledge and logic knowledge,implementing specialized training to promote students' rigorous logical thinking ability,the ability to get information and interpersonal communication ability,strengthening the clinical practice teaching and paying close attention to the analysis and summary after the failure. Key words: Psychiatry ; Professional master degree postgraduate ; Clinical thinking ; Training measures

Effect of peer mentor on nursing students' psychological stress in early clinical practice for higher vocational nursing students

Objective To explore the effect of peer teaching mode on nursing students'psychological stress in early clinical practice (three months).Methods One hundred and sixty nursing students were randomly divided into the study group and the control group,each with 80 cases.The study group received peer teaching mode,and the control group received convention teaching mode.The Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90),Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were used to evaluate the students' psychological state.The clinical comprehensive skill was assessed after 12 weeks.Results The cases of normal,mild anxiety,moderate anxiety,severe anxiety according to SAS were respectively 51,20,8,1 in the study group,and 33,30,13,4 in the control group respectively,and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =8.275,P ＜ 0.01).The cases of normal,mild depression,severe depression,moderate depression numbers according to SDS were respectively 51,20,8,1 in the study group,and 34,31,12,3 in the control group respectively,and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =4.971,P ＜ 0.05).The differences were statistically significant in the interpersonal sensitivity (x2 =5.71,P ＜ 0.05),hostile (x2 =5.13,P ＜ 0.05)and paranoid (x2 =4.78,P ＜ 0.05) between the two groups.In the clinical practice,cooperation consciousness,love consciousness,psychological ability,interpersonal communication ability,health education ability and the evaluation feedback in the study were better than those of the control group,and the differences were statistically significant (x2 =9.49,10.25,11.62,6.32,8.07,7.17,respectively; P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Peer mentor teaching mode can reduce students' psychological stress in early clinical practice,and help to improve practice quality. Key words: Peer mentor; Psychological stress; Early clinical practice; Higher vocational nursing students

Cultivation of teamwork cooperation spirit in young anesthetists

Although young anesthetists demonstrate the excellent characteristics of agile thought, strong manipulative ability and are ready to receive challenge, they are short of teamwork cooperation spir- it. Clinical anesthesia knowledge and skill can be improved and teamwork cooperation spirit can be culti- vated through correcting attitude, modest learning, implementing tutor system among young doctors, strengthening the understanding of team spirit, cultivating interpersonal communication ability and orga- nizing regular learning discussions. Key words: Young physicians; Anesthesiology; Teamwork cooperation spirit

The Mental Health of Older Buddhists After the Wenchuan Earthquake

This study investigated changes in measures of mental health among elderly Buddhists after the Wenchuan earthquake in China. The mental health status of Buddhists was compared with that of a non-religious group matched for age which was also severely affected by the disaster. The study focused on two geographic areas which were badly damaged by the earthquake, Beichuan and Mianyang, with Beichuan having suffered the greater damage. The Mental Health Inventory for the Elderly (MHIE) was used to measure the cognitive efficiency, emotional state, self-perception, interpersonal communication, and adaptive ability of survivors at two different times and in two different places: in Beichuan at 4 months and 10 months after the earthquake, and in Mianyang at 6 months and 10 months after the disaster. The scores on the Mental Health Inventory for the older Buddhists in Beichuan were significantly lower than those for the non-religious participants there, but no significant differences were found in Mianyang. The mental health scores of older Buddhists in Beichuan 10 months after the earthquake were significantly better than those recorded 4 months after the earthquake. There were no significant differences in the mental health measurements of Buddhists between testing times in Mianyang. The results indicated that religious faith helped Buddhists recover from trauma, but only in areas severely damaged by earthquakes. The lower level of mental health scores was interpreted to mean that those with religious sensitivities were more deeply affected by but had resilience facing the trauma of the earthquake.

Doing Therapy Out of My Purse

The practice of speech—language pathology in the home health care setting is challenging, requiring complex organization of information, deductive and diagnostic skill, and grasp of functional outcomes targeting the patient’s goals. Strong interpersonal communication ability is needed to communicate with the patient, family, and team members in the home care environment. This article discusses the need for on the spot training and adapting care to the home care setting. This author discusses how their orientation, education, and training formed the foundation for practice, but the reality provided the true experience for delivery of speech pathology services within the patient’s home.

The investigation analysis of interpersonal communication ability and it's social influencing factors in female baccalaureate nursing students

Objective To investigate the status of interpersonal communication ability and it's social influencing factors in female baccalaureate nursing students(BNFSs)in order to acquire the basis for improving nursing education.Methods 145 BNFSs were tested by Interpemonal Communication Ability Inventory(ICM).Results There was a significant statistic difference between the ICAI scores of BNFSs and that of the norm(t=-3.52,P=0.00).There was no statistic difference in ICAI sore at different grades(F=0.22,P=0.64),there were significance correlations between ICAI sore of BNFSs and the factors of age,mother's career,mother's educational level and parent's marriage(P≤0.05).31.03% of BNFSs thought the influencing factor of interpersonal communication ability was their parents and 28.27% of them thought that was their friends.Conclusion The interpersonal communication ability of BNFSs should be improved.Nursing educator should take variety measures to cultivate BNFS's communication ability. Key words: Communication; Influencing factors; Cross-sectional study; Baccalaureate nursing students

The Interpersonal Origins of Language: social and linguistic implications of an archaeological approach to language evolution

The development of the interpersonal functions of language is a key step in language ontogeny. Archaeological evidence of hominids moving raw materials across the landscape suggest that changes in the interpersonal communication abilities of hominids represent major events in human language evolution. The earliest hominids moved raw materials short distances, suggesting home-range sizes, social complexity and interpersonal abilities similar to those of primates. A transition from primate communication to a protolanguage is indicated by a large increase in raw-material transfer distances at about 1.2 million years ago. The increase in transfer distances results from the ability to pool social and environmental information using a protolanguage. The transition to human language is suggested by the emergence of long-distance exchange networks during the African Middle Stone Age. The operation of exchange networks requires the full panoply of human interpersonal communication abilities, such as the use of symbols in social contexts, expression of displacement, the expression of multiple degrees of intentionality and recursiveness. The results of computer simulations show that this transition from protolanguage to full language may have resulted from language adapting itself rather than any specific biological or cultural mutation.

Formal and Informal Structures for Collaboration on a Campus-Wide Information Literacy Program

Abstract Information literacy initiatives provide a vehicle for academic librarians to become agents of positive change. A campus-wide Information Literacy Initiative can improve teaching and learning, and further the mission of the institution. The Instruction Librarian may travel across literal and figurative boundaries. Librarians charged with designing and implementing Information Literacy initiatives must develop strong leadership and interpersonal communication abilities, to build effective collaborative relationships across campus. Furthermore, they must be able to work within the strictures of present campus bureaucracies and campus perceptions of roles and responsibilities.

The Communicative Informativeness and Efficiency of Connected Discourse by Adults With Aphasia Under Structured and Conversational Sampling Conditions

Measuring communicative informativeness under conversational discourse conditions is perhaps the most valid means of determining the interpersonal verbal communication abilities of adults with aphasia. Nevertheless, the data derived from such analyses are expensive to collect and subject to unknown sources of variability. In this study, samples of connected discourse were obtained from 20 subjects with aphasia under structured and conversational sampling conditions to determine the extent to which they were related on measures of communicative informativeness. Results revealed that subjects produced significantly greater percentages of informative words [i.e., correct information units (Nicholas & Brookshire, 1993)] under conversational discourse conditions, but that the percentage of correct information units produced during structured discourse tasks could be used to predict performance under conversational conditions with a high degree of accuracy.