Recipients Of Knowledge Research Articles

Active Learning Pedagogy for Enriching Economics Students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills

This paper advances active learning as a pedagogic praxis in Economics education to enrich students’ critical and higher order thinking skills (i.e., analysis, evaluation, and synthesis). The paper is grounded within Critical Theory (CT) as a theoretical lens, which gives this intellectual piece an impetus to propagate empowerment and transformation as guiding principles. The paper adopted Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a methodological approach to generating data. The two overarching research questions that developed the intellectual elements of this paper are: what are the challenges faced by Economics students in responding to higher order questions? How can active learning pedagogy be used to enrich Economics students’ critical and higher order thinking skills? A thematic analysis technique was used to analyse the discourses generated. Research shows that students find it challenging to respond to higher order questions and that Economics teaching is predominantly skewed towards the conventional lecture approach or the teacher-centred method, which often does not create opportunities for students to be actively engaged in the teaching and learning process, thus leaving them as passive recipients of knowledge. Based on the findings, this paper argues for active learning as a more unconventional pedagogy in Economics teaching to empower students to respond to higher order questions.

The relationship between characteristics of the source of knowledge and knowledge transfer performance: moderated mediation examination of political skill

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to explore how knowledge source and knowledge recipient influence knowledge transfer performance through political skill and partnership quality, and in so doing to make up for the lack of research on the political skills of knowledge sources in the process of knowledge transfer.Design/methodology/approachThis research used paired-sample questionnaires to conduct a survey. One direct supervisor was paired with 1–4 subordinates; 224 other-reported questionnaires were sent out to supervisors and 896 self-reported questionnaires to subordinates. A total of 171 valid supervisor questionnaires and 511 valid subordinate questionnaires were collected. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to analyze the data.FindingsThis empirical research demonstrated that knowledge sources with political skills can promote partnership quality and influence the success of knowledge transfer.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was a cross-sectional design. Therefore, in our future research, self-report and non-self-report data will be collected in the process of questionnaire administration, and a multi-group questionnaire method (time/field isolation method) will be adopted to avoid having the same source of data. Supervisors and employees will be divided into different groups to collect sources, and the results from two different sources will be used to reduce the negative impact of common method variance.Practical implicationsExternal knowledge sources with political skills can impact recipient' knowledge transfer performance in the workplace, which means that external knowledge sources can provide the organization with innovative ideas and implementation skills.Originality/valueThe study presents a valid model that comprises the antecedents (characteristics of the source of knowledge), mediators (partnership quality), moderators (political skill) and consequences of knowledge transfer performance of firms.

A Study of the New Role of Blockchain in the Indian Education System

Blockchain is the foundational technology that allows cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to exist. Blockchain technology has been used in numerous domains such as banking, justice, and commerce as part of the fourth industrial revolution since the invention of the steam engine, electricity, and computer technology. People's willingness to adopt technology has been influenced by rapid technological improvement. The traditional education system in developing nations has lately been improved through the implementation of distributed ledger technology. Disruptive technology in education is a key prerequisite for better accountability and exposure. The authors investigated the key factors influencing educational institutions' (knowledge providers) and learners' (knowledge recipients) intentions to use blockchain technology.

Investigating the impact of a possibility-thinking integrated project-based learning history course on high school students' creativity, learning motivation, and history knowledge

Due to the rigid teaching methods commonly used in social studies, especially in history education, students' learning motivation and active learning may be hindered. Thus, many students become passive recipients of historical knowledge and witnesses of historical events. Identifying and reconsidering the teaching methods used in history education is crucial. In response to the emergent call to revitalize history courses, the current study developed the PT-PBL framework, which systematically integrated Possibility Thinking and Project-based Learning into a high school history course. 140 participants aged 15–16 years old were recruited. Two classes of students were assigned to the experimental group (PT-PBL learning, N = 75), whereas the other two classes were assigned to the comparison group (didactic teaching approach, N = 65). A quasi-experimental design was used to investigate the impact of experimental teaching on students' learning motivation, creativity, and mastery level of history knowledge in history courses. The results indicated that the students in the experimental group significantly outperformed the students in the comparison group in creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration) and learning motivation (self-efficacy). Nonetheless, no statistically significant difference was found between both groups' mastery level of history knowledge. Educational implications and recommendations for future research and practices are offered.

Assessing the importance of proximity dimensions for the diffusion of radical innovations in German biotechnology

ABSTRACT This paper estimates the impact of the different proximity dimensions on the subsequent innovation performance of firms which received radical knowledge spillovers. The analysis for the case of biotechnology small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs) in Germany is based on a dataset covering the period from 1998 to 2017. Results indicate the positive impact of social and organizational proximity on the innovation performance of radical knowledge recipients. Geographical proximity has a negative impact, whereas for cognitive proximity a U-shaped relation is observed. The paper contributes to the innovation economics and economic geography literature by underlining the peculiarities of the effectiveness of radical knowledge spillovers. Additionally, the importance of policy support for SMEs across regions and technological fields is highlighted.

Information and the understanding of objective knowledge: a phenomenological study

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how understanding of objective knowledge (as defined by Karl Popper) is experienced by the knowledge recipient and the role that information plays in such understanding.Design/methodology/approachHusserl's phenomenological approach is applied to a sample of undergraduate students' lived experiences of understanding, collected through diaries and interviews.FindingsThis study finds that understanding of certain objective knowledge develops as the knowledge appears and eventually gives itself to consciousness through the information conveying it; different degrees of givenness of the knowledge in consciousness is experienced by the mind as different levels of understanding; a relatively solid understanding is achieved when the knowledge emerges as an erected knowledge-object in consciousness. Understanding of complex objective knowledge requires not only adequate amount (dose) of information but also corroboration of manifold information sources and formats.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study apply to the understanding of objective knowledge as defined by Popper. Further research is needed to examine other types of understanding.Practical implicationsThis study informs educators and LIS professionals the typical phases in the lived experience of understanding objective knowledge, and the role of information in facilitating the understanding; it urges the two professions to take such experience into consideration when designing courses and information products/services, respectively.Originality/valueDrawing on Husserl's phenomenological approach, this study provides an intuitive account of understanding of objective knowledge, and clarifies a number of conceptual confusions within LIS concerning understanding. It may also have some cross-disciplinary relevance for reflecting education objectives and explaining the Aha! experience in psychology.

An Analysis of the Innovative Model of English Course Translation Teaching in Foreign Language Listening Teaching Relying on Interactive Digital Media

Traditional single English course translation education modes can no longer stimulate students’ interest in learning and require continuous improvement in the alignment of English learning needs with individual needs. The Ministry of Education of my country has explicitly advocated a new form of education, a model of university English education (CET) based on computers and classrooms. In a networked environment, CET is constantly optimizing and adjusting the ecological balance of students, teachers, and the environment by changing the concept of education, teaching methods, and modes of education. With the rise of SPOCS, MOOCs, and mixed education, the combination of face-to-face and online learning has become an important development trend in language education. SPOCS is a new educational model based on modern educational technology, with students as the center of educational activities and the recipients of knowledge. Through the new educational mode, students can complete their education independently. This becomes part of the internalization of classroom knowledge. Therefore, the new educational mode of CET education in foreign language listening education compensates for the shortcomings of traditional educational modes and enhances the enthusiasm of students studying CET courses. To facilitate interaction and interaction between classroom education and other countries’ education system, the new educational mode enhances students’ autonomous learning abilities and effectively promotes individual learning.

Learning by teaching technological knowledge: conceptual skill development in Japanese overseas subsidiaries

In recent years, knowledge transfer studies have produced a great deal of knowledge on technology transfer in MNCs. However, these studies have focused exclusively on the effects on the recipients of knowledge and not on the effects on the suppliers of knowledge. To fill this research gap in previous studies, this study takes the concept of “learning by teaching” proposed in pedagogy as a clue and demonstrates for the first time the effects on the suppliers of technological knowledge. This study (1) sets the international horizontal transfer of production technology systems among overseas subsidiaries as the research object, (2) obtains original data from 391 Japanese multinational manufacturing subsidiaries through a mail questionnaire survey, and (3) analyses the data through multiple regression analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results revealed that overseas subsidiaries of MNCs can make their production technology systems explicit (making them easier to teach) through technical guidance and thereby develop the conceptual skills of their engineers and operators. The results of this study open up the possibility of developing theories on (1) updating the knowledge base at the supplier of knowledge and (2) building the relationship between the supplier and the teaching materials in knowledge transfer.

Children’s climate change meaning-making through photovoice

Most studies of children and climate change focus on instilling literacy (a ‘top-down’ process), positioning children as passive recipients of climate change knowledge rather than active agents in shaping their lived realities. Photovoice, a form of participatory action research, can help explore how children make sense of climate change, while inviting their critical reflection, arts-based expression, and action (a ‘bottom-up’ process). By qualitatively examining children’s photovoice discussions from a fifteen-week after-school program, the present study explores how children made connections between their own lives and climate change through photovoice. Participants were 55 children (ages 10 to 12) who participated in Science, Camera, Action!, a program consisting of hands-on educational activities, photovoice process, and youth-led action across three neighboring cities in the U.S. Data consisted of nine audio-recorded photovoice discussions analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings suggest that photovoice helped children to learn about, care about, and take action on climate change. Moreover, these processes were interdependent and fueled by children’s enjoyment of the program and children’s engagement in collective meaning-making during group-based photovoice discussions. As climate change intensifies, photovoice can be an important pedagogical approach and enjoyable experience for children that simultaneously facilitates their learning, affective engagement, and agentic action. Recebido: 3/2/2022 Aceite: 2/7/2022

Determinants of Knowledge Transfer in Egocentric Networks. Comparative Analysis of Professions

This paper investigates determinants of knowledge transfer in egocentric networks of knowledge recipient and knowledge provider, what is crucial to knowledge management in organisations. Knowledge transfer is assumed to depend on knowledge work, networking competence, and the subject’s profession: teacher, Information Technology (IT) professional, or physician. The paper reports result of a quantitative study among samples of mentioned professionalists. Regression models testing, including mediation and moderation, were performed. The findings indicate that knowledge transfer in the egocentric network of the knowledge recipient increases along with knowledge work, but only when it is mediated by networking competence. Analyses in each profession support a partial mediation in the case of IT professionals and teachers. Knowledge transfer in egocentric network of the knowledge provider increases along with knowledge work of the provider. In the case of physicians, knowledge transfer in the providers’ and recipients’ knowledge networks is affected neither by knowledge work nor by networking competence.

The Role of Children in Tourism and Hospitality Family Entrepreneurship

This paper reports on a systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed academic literature in the areas of tourism and hospitality family entrepreneurship. Specifically, it explored how and to what extent existing literature paid attention to the roles of children and how children are constructed, including whether their voices and lived experiences are reflected in the studies. The Extension for Scoping Reviews’ approach (PRISMA-ScR) was used to identify appropriate articles included in the review. Findings suggest there is limited research focused, specifically, on the role of children in tourism and hospitality family entrepreneurship. Children are often referred to, in passing, as family helpers, beneficiaries of inheritance, and as recipients of intergenerational knowledge and entrepreneurial skills. The original contribution of this paper lies in highlighting the dearth of research focused on children’s roles, as economic and social actors, in tourism and hospitality, as well as proposing a child-inclusive approach to conceptualising tourism/hospitality family entrepreneurship. This is part of a broader social justice agenda, which is critical in tourism and hospitality research, policy, and planning to privilege children’s rights, their participation, and wellbeing.

A Study on College English Network Teaching Mode and Approaches from the Perspective of Sociology

Objectives: There are inherent defects in college English teaching. In addition, it is inconsistent with the characteristics of college English, and students and teachers have not received enough attention in the application, resulting in inevitable congenital deficiencies in college English teaching. Methods: Therefore, from the perspective of sociology, the author studies the mode and approach of English online teaching in colleges and universities. This paper analyzes the problems existing in the current college English network teaching, and puts forward some corresponding suggestions. Results: Economic and trade practice research shows that under the networked teaching mode of college English, students gradually change from the passive recipients of knowledge to the active learners, effectively establishing the student’s self-learning subject status, and the students’ English scores are also constantly improving. Conclusion: It is an inevitable development to use the network technology to reform the traditional mode of college English majors..

Not a mirror but a tool: User experience research and the production of useful social knowledge

It has been a common assumption in sociology that the usefulness of knowledge on ‘the social’ is largely dependent on its ability to offer a truthful, complete and reliable account of social life. However, the efforts to produce instrumental social knowledge or to establish the ‘applied sociology’ have often been viewed as hindered by such difficulties as the overwhelming complexity of social phenomena and the alleged epistemological ‘deficiencies’ of the social sciences. This article starts by revisiting these arguments as underpinned by the representational understanding of knowledge as ‘the mirror of the world’, and then draws on social studies of science to articulate a different, pragmatic and translational understanding of knowledge as ‘a tool’. The two analytical views are then employed to account for the practical success of so-called user experience research – a relatively new and increasingly popular domain of the production of social knowledge to be used in the process of designing digital products like mobile apps and services. The article argues that the usefulness of knowledge generated in this field cannot be attributed to its epistemological superiority or theoretical edge, but rather to maximising the ability to engage, provoke understanding, foster collaboration and create action possibilities for the specific recipients of knowledge. These effects are achieved by simplifying the analytical framework and loosening methodological rigour, but also by offering innovative methods of articulation of research results and benefiting from the generative capabilities of knowledge. The article concludes by outlining the complex consequences of the translational and pragmatic approach to producing social knowledge.

Eyes Toward Tomorrow Program Enhancing Collaboration, Connections, and Community Using Bioinspired Design.

The goal of our Eyes Toward Tomorrow Program is to enrich the future workforce with STEM by providing students with an early, inspirational, interdisciplinary experience fostering inclusive excellence. We attempt to open the eyes of students who never realized how much their voice is urgently needed by providing an opportunity for involvement, imagination, invention, and innovation. Students see how what they are learning, designing, and building matters to their own life, community, and society. Our program embodies convergence by obliterating artificially created, disciplinary boundaries to go far beyond STEM or even STEAM by including artists, designers, social scientists, and entrepreneurs collaborating in diverse teams using scientific discoveries to create inventions that could shape our future. Our program connects two recent revolutions by amplifying Bioinspired Design with the Maker Movement and its democratizing effects empowering anyone to innovate and change the world. Our course is founded in original discovery. We explain the process of biological discovery and the importance of scaling, constraints, and complexity in selecting systems for bioinspired design. By spotlighting scientific writing and publishing, students become more science literate, learn how to decompose a biology research paper, extract the principles, and then propose a novel design by analogy. Using careful, early scaffolding of individual design efforts, students build the confidence to interact in teams. Team building exercises increase self-efficacy and reveal the advantages of a diverse set of minds. Final team video and poster project designs are presented in a public showcase. Our program forms a student-centered creative action community comprised of a large-scale course, student-led classes, and a student-created university organization. The program structure facilitates a community of learners that shifts the students' role from passive knowledge recipients to active co-constructors of knowledge being responsible for their own learning, discovery, and inventions. Students build their own shared database of discoveries, classes, organizations, research openings, internships, and public service options. Students find next step opportunities so they can see future careers. Description of our program here provides the necessary context for our future publications on assessment that examine 21st century skills, persistence in STEM, and creativity.

Pelatihan dan Sekolah Lapang Terpadu Kabupaten Bulukumba

Taccorong Village in Ujung Bulu Subdistrict is one of the villages with the highest death toll in the Bulukumba Regency. There were 33 cases of neonatal deaths in 2015. In anticipation of this event, Training and integrated Field Schools activities through Clean and Healthy Lifestyle Counseling (PHBS), Balanced Nutrition Counseling, Early Breastfeeding Initiation Counseling (IMD), and Examination and Gymnastics of Pregnant Women. The approach method used in this devotional program is participatory education and training or educational and participatory approach both to health workers in Community Health Centers (Puskesmas) and Integrated Service Post (Posyandu) and for Village Health Worker of Integrated Service Post. This method positions the target audience as recipients of knowledge, understanding, and skills on how to change the lifestyle to be healthier, where the mother cadre group is involved in all activities ranging from planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. In addition, participatory counseling is conducted by conducting learning activities. The activity was held for 2 (two) days, namely, on Saturday-Sunday, August 11-12-2018, with many workshop participants as many as 30 people. Workshop participants consisted of 3 health workers, Community Health Centers (Puskesmas), 12 cadres, and 15 citizens. The results of this devotion get participants have implemented the practice of Clean and Healthy Living Behavior, practiced the preparation of a balanced nutrition menu, especially at 1000 HPK, and has implemented early breastfeeding initiation (IMD)practices in the postpartum period. It is expected that this activity can be replicated throughout the village and can continue to support the improvement of public health

Meaning dynamics of emerging technologies: How technologies come into being in contested discourses

In this paper, we consider how emerging, controversially discussed technologies are discursively constructed. We argue that for such technologies, meaning is neither societally institutionalized, nor do social actors frame this meaning in a purely intentional way. Building on a hermeneutic sociology of knowledge perspective, we discuss how societal knowledge and heterogenous practices of actors are communicatively co-constructed and guide the becoming of technology. We illustrate the meaning dynamics using the example of the discourse around Big Data Analytics (BDA) in Germany from 2010-2020 and reveal three interpretive frames that unfold from the recursive relations of societal knowledge and social actors. The implication of our paper is that the discursive construction of emerging technologies can only be understood through an actor concept that understands social actors as both producers and recipients of societal knowledge.

‘It’s an experiential thing’: the discursive construction of learning in high-performance coach education

ABSTRACT The design and delivery of formal coach education and learning opportunities appear to be permeated by taken-for-granted discourses. These discourses exercise a systemised influence on the social construction of coaches’ professional knowledge, with potentially problematic consequences. Adopting a discursive methodology using discourse analysis, this study explored the ways in which facilitators and coaches in a high-performance coach education programme constructed coach learning. Data were collected over a two-year period using on-course participant observation (10 days), interviews with coaches and course facilitators (n = 29), and document analysis. Findings indicated a dominant discourse of ‘learning’ as a linear, mechanistic and unproblematic process occurring independently of context, and of coaches as experiential learners, which positioned participants as anti-intellectual and uncritical adopters of ‘what works’. These discourses functioned to reproduce relations of power between the facilitators (the holders of knowledge) and the participants (the recipients of knowledge). The impact of these discursive resources on programme design and delivery are discussed, alongside implications for elite coaches’ subjectivity and practice, in order to confront dominant and legitimate ‘truths’ in coach education.

A needs analysis study on technological pedagogical content knowledge of faculty members

The primary aim of this study is to determine the current state in education faculties and faculty members' needs for a professional training program that would be prepared for their TPACK development. Case study design, a qualitative research method, was employed, and semi-structured and in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 faculty members. The data were analysed through the content analysis method. The faculty members' views were grouped into four themes that are prior knowledge and perceptions of TPACK, instructional practices, professional characteristics, and needs of self-development. According to the results, the faculty members perceived themselves incompetent in terms of TPACK because they thought they had limited knowledge of technology. Although they emphasised that they had sufficient pedagogical knowledge, they were found to use mainly teacher-centred instructional methods by means of PowerPoint presentations. In conclusion, students are positioned as passive recipients of knowledge, there is no interaction outside the classroom and assessment is carried out through traditional methods, and thus faculty members need a professional training program towards TPACK.

Big Data Knowledge Pricing Schemes for Knowledge Recipient Firms

Big data knowledge, such as customer demands and consumer preferences, is among the crucial external knowledge that firms need for new product development in the big data environment. Prior research has focused on the profit of big data knowledge providers rather than the profit and pricing schemes of knowledge recipients. This research addresses this theoretical gap and uses theoretical and numerical analysis to compare the profitability of two pricing schemes commonly used by knowledge recipients: subscription pricing and pay-per-use pricing. We find that: (1) the subscription price of big data knowledge has no effect on the optimal time of knowledge transaction in the same pricing scheme, but the usage ratio of the big data knowledge affects the optimal time of knowledge transaction, and the smaller the usage ratio of big data knowledge the earlier the big data knowledge transaction conducts; (2) big data knowledge with a higher update rate can bring greater profits to the firm both in subscription pricing scheme and pay-per-use pricing scheme; (3) a knowledge recipient will choose the knowledge that can bring a higher market share growth rate regardless of what price scheme it adopts, and firms can choose more efficient knowledge in the pay-per-use pricing scheme by adjusting the usage ratio of knowledge usage according to their economic conditions. The model and findings in this paper can help knowledge recipient firms select optimal pricing method and enhance future new product development performance.

Redefining “Boundary-Spanning Teacher Educator” for Critical Clinical Practice

ABSTRACT In pursuit of preparing social justice educators, the authors argue for the inclusion of young adolescents and teacher candidates as boundary-spanning teacher educators who are both contributors to and recipients of professional knowledge and learning. The authors draw from a qualitative, longitudinal study on the impact of a partnership between a university and local school district to assert that excluding youth, teacher candidates, and other school personnel from recognition as teacher educators is counter to ideas characterizing democratic education. In keeping with that assertion, the authors center the voices of teacher candidates and young adolescents to present pedagogical strategies that embody democratic principles. Implications for teacher preparation program design are discussed, with particular focus on middle grades education.