Participative Style Research Articles

戦後初期東京教育大学付属小学校のカリキュラムにおける学習参加形態 教科カリキュラム,広域カリキュラム,コア・カリキュラムの比較研究

戦後初期東京教育大学付属小学校のカリキュラムにおける学習参加形態 教科カリキュラム,広域カリキュラム,コア・カリキュラムの比較研究

Hard-Core Leisure: A Conceptualization

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this research reflection is to describe a slice of serious leisure that we call hard-core leisure, which we define as a form of serious leisure that involves extraordinary commitment that is directed toward an “authentic” style of social world activity. Using examples from birdwatching, Civil War reenacting, and climbing, we explain how hard-core participants separate themselves from other participants in terms of what they believe are superior styles of participation and unusual degrees of effort, perseverance, and conduct. Too often, serious participants in any given leisure activity are seen as homogeneous in their attitudes and behavior. The concept of hard-core leisure makes problematic this assumption by bringing to light an extreme form of leisure participation.

The Effect of Hypervigilance on the Relationship Between Sexual Victimization and Gait.

Two studies investigated the relationship between hypervigilance, vulnerable gait cues, and a history of sexual victimization. In Study 1 (N = 130), gait was coded for traits relating to vulnerability where half of the sample was unaware of being videotaped (Unaware condition) and the other half was aware (Aware condition) to induce hypervigilance (between-subjects design). Gait was associated with a history of victimization, but only in the Unaware condition. A mediation analysis found that perceived impact of victimization mediated the association between victimization and vulnerable gait. In Study 2, female university students (N = 62) were measured on their victimization history and hypervigilance. Walking styles of participants were coded for the presence of vulnerability cues in both an Unaware and Aware condition (within-subjects design). A regression analysis revealed an association between hypervigilance and a reduced change in walking style between the two conditions. More notably, hypervigilance was found to moderate the relationship between sexual victimization and vulnerable gait but not violent victimization and vulnerable gait. These results suggest that hypervigilance may be an adaptive response that reduces perceived vulnerability in sexually victimized women.

Examining the Skewness and Kurtosis of Value vs. Glamour Portfolios

We analyze the relationships between higher moments (i.e., skewness and kurtosis) of common stock portfolio returns in the context of how they reflect the behavioral traits or investment style of market participants. Normally, any participant in the stock market is classified as an investor. However, Benjamin Graham, the acknowledged father of value investing, defines investment as an operation that upon thorough analysis promises safety of principal and satisfactory returns. Anything other than that is speculative. We classify investors, or more specifically value investors, as those who make their investment decisions in a manner consistent with Benjamin Graham’s definition. In contrast to Benjamin Graham’s definition, traditional finance theory labels as “investor” anyone who is making choices among financial assets. In this paper, we make a distinction between those who are behaving as investors as defined by Benjamin Graham and those who are making common stock investment decisions that are more representative of gambling behavior. We hypothesize that the common stock portfolio returns of value investors will be more negatively skewed, or at least lower than that of gamblers. Similarly, we hypothesize that the kurtosis of portfolio returns of value investors will be greater than that of gamblers. Using stock returns data from NYSE from 1999 to 2013, we created two portfolios based on price-to-book ratio: one we call quasi value (lowest price-to-book) and the other glamour portfolios (highest price-to-book). We then compared the higher moments of both sets of portfolios. The results show that contrary to what we hypothesized, the returns of glamour portfolios had lower skewness than the quasi value portfolios. However, as hypothesized, the kurtosis of the quasi value portfolios were higher than those of the glamour portfolios. We interpret that to mean that without a full value investing analysis, the extent of diversification of a portfolio is the primary determinant of its skewness.

Contributing or receiving-the role of social interaction styles in persuasion over a social networking platform

In this paper, the use of the network platform Twitter is explored in relation to behavior change (BC) for health. We studied the effect of participation style (tweeters vs. non-tweeters) on perceived health behavior change through the constructs social influence, efficacy, and pre-test health In the experiment (N = 30), participants were given a basic health message, and the tweeters were then asked to actively search, think up, and share tips and guidance with non-tweeters. Results indicate that for both tweeters and non-tweeters, efficacy and influence were positively related, but that efficacy and perceived health behavior change are only positively related for non-tweeters. From this, we concluded that participation style can impact the effect of efficacy on target behavior. To understand the information processing in the two groups in terms of higher or lower need for cognition, we also studied the participants' thought elaboration. We found that tweeters were more distracted from elaboration on the health message, in particular those tweeters presenting a higher need for cognition. From this, we concluded that taking an active content creating role in peer-to-peer e-coaching systems may lead (a) to higher efficacy appraisal without a positive impact on BC and (b) to reduced attention on the intended behavior change message. In other words, the position of producing content may not translate into better intake of that content. In conclusion, there is a need for investigating strategies for overcoming the distracting nature of an active sharing role in e-coaching systems presented by a network platform.

Exploring the “black box” of customer co-creation processes

PurposeMany firms use customer co-creation practices with the aim of benefiting from their customers’ knowledge, skills and resources. This paper aims to explore co-creation processes which involve users with different background characteristics and motivational drivers.Design/methodology/approachThe study builds on an analysis of data from six teams in which users collaborated with in-house professionals for the development of new service concepts. Observations and open-ended questionnaires provided insights into the teams’ development processes. Independent experts rated the generated concepts. The data were analysed using cross-comparison matrices.FindingsThe findings suggest that the co-creation process and outcomes can be influenced by numerous intra-team factors, including relationship and task conflicts, participation style, team bonding, team identity and cohesiveness and intra-team collaboration. Their occurrence and influence seem to be linked with a specific team composition. A conceptual co-creation process model and six propositions are used to describe the complex relationships between team composition, intra-team factors and key innovation outcomes.Research limitations/implicationsResearch that investigates user involvement in teams needs to consider the complexity of intra-team factors affecting the development process and outcomes. The findings are limited to a specific setting, design task and user sample. Future research should replicate this study in different sectors.Practical implicationsKey to customer co-creation is the systematic recruitment of users based on their background characteristics and motivational drivers. For instance, the involvement of users with very specific innovation-related benefit expectations can cause conflict, leading to narrowly focused outcomes. This, however, can be mitigated by the form of facilitation and roles adopted by in-house professionals. Understanding intra-team dynamics can allow the firm to assemble and facilitate customer co-creation so that generated outcomes can align with set innovation targets.Originality/valueThis paper provides original insights into the “black box” of the customer co-creation process and the complex relationship between team composition, intra-team factors and key innovation outcomes.

Understanding Action and Adventure Sports Participation\u2014An Ecological Dynamics Perspective

Previous research has considered action and adventure sports using a variety of associated terms and definitions which has led to confusing discourse and contradictory research findings. Traditional narratives have typically considered participation exclusively as the pastime of young people with abnormal characteristics or personalities having unhealthy and pathological tendencies to take risks because of the need for thrill, excitement or an adrenaline ‘rush’. Conversely, recent research has linked even the most extreme forms of action and adventure sports to positive physical and psychological health and well-being outcomes. Here, we argue that traditional frameworks have led to definitions, which, as currently used by researchers, ignore key elements constituting the essential merit of these sports. In this paper, we suggest that this lack of conceptual clarity in understanding cognitions, perception and action in action and adventure sports requires a comprehensive explanatory framework, ecological dynamics which considers person-environment interactions from a multidisciplinary perspective. Action and adventure sports can be fundamentally conceptualized as activities which flourish through creative exploration of novel movement experiences, continuously expanding and evolving beyond predetermined environmental, physical, psychological or sociocultural boundaries. The outcome is the emergence of a rich variety of participation styles and philosophical differences within and across activities. The purpose of this paper is twofold: (a) to point out some limitations of existing research on action and adventure sports; (b) based on key ideas from emerging research and an ecological dynamics approach, to propose a holistic multidisciplinary model for defining and understanding action and adventure sports that may better guide future research and practical implications.

The role of citizens in DRR planning exercises: when to inform or consult

PurposeThe purpose of this research paper is to explore the role and effectiveness of particular participation styles that affect the effectiveness of urban planning being integrated with disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices.Design/methodology/approachThis research was conducted using a heuristic approach to the examination of urban planning and DRR practices focussing particularly upon citizens’ participation in four case studies internationally: the UK floods in 2007; Hurricane Katrina in the USA in 2005; wildfires of 2009 in Victoria, Australia; and Swiss avalanche prevention and preparedness. Desktop research was conducted to analyse cases and identify key findings, confirmed and augmented by interviews with relevant specialists in each country through semi-structured interviews.FindingsThe research reveals some similarities across all four cases studied. It appears that urban planning and DRR approaches, particularly those with a regulatory outcome and based on highly technical tests, are common. Further, it is apparent in the cases studied that circumstances where deeper technical knowledge and/or self-interest are strong factors, that informing and sometimes consulting styles are the most appropriate. While the scope of the paper means that this principle cannot be widely applied, there is a need to investigate these issues further.Research limitations/implicationsThe heuristic and inductive nature of this research limits the potential for in-depth analyses of the case studies, but rather provides a base for future research in this area, which currently has limited literature.Originality/valueThis study provides a wide base for future research and partially addresses the gap in the literature on the topic of integration of urban planning and DRR with a focus on the community involvement in it.

Learning Style Preferences Among Nursing Students

Preferences of learning methods must be adopt for favorable teaching activities so, as to make learning more productive to students. Howbeit Teaching is a perpetual approach which adopts various strategies to harbor the learners’ interest. Albeit teaching profession is provocated to stipulate evidence of the effectiveness of teaching and learning methods. Therefore an exploratory study was conducted to assess the learning style preferences among nursing students. Objectives: To assess the learning style preferences of the students. To compare the learning style preferences among MSc and BSc Nursing Students. Method: A descriptive Research Design was chosen for the study. Tool used for the study was Grasha-Reichmann Student Learning Style Inventory (Standardized), consisting of 60 items. Total 110 samples (90 BSc and 20 BSc Nursing students) were selected by non-probability random sampling (Lottery Method). Statistical analysis was done by using descriptive statistical method like frequency and percentage. Results: The study findings reveals that the highest percentage is of 61.8 for collaborative learning style and the lowest percentage of 4.5 is for competitive learning style. The second choice of learning style was dependent type; following it is the participant style and independent style accounting for 16.4%, 11.2% and 5.4%, respectively. In comparison, the data figures as both the groups (MSc and BSc) preferred collaborative learning style that accounts 56.7% in BSc (N) students and 85% in MSc (N) students, whilst the least preference was the independent learning style noted as 5% for BSc and 5.5% for MSc Nursing Students. Conclusion: The study concludes Collaborative learning style as the most preferred one by the students.

Creating a Counter-Space through Listening to and Learning from a Korean Pre-service Teacher’s Experiences

The author uses a life-historical counter-storytelling approach to examine a Korean female pre-service teacher’s experiences in a U.S. teacher preparation program. The participant encountered challenges due to her perceived language proficiency and communication and participation style in a U.S. higher educational context. Further, the author report how the participant responded to her challenges: (1) by feeling pressure to internalize deficit-oriented narratives and assimilate into dominant cultural norms, and (2) by resisting against the racial stereotype. This study shows that teacher educators need to create counter-spaces for linguistic and ethnic/racial minority pre-service teachers in teacher preparation.

Challenges of political participation and intra-party democracy: Bittersweet symphony from party membership and primary elections in Italy

In this article, we explore the impact of intra-party democratization processes on party membership. We analyze the opinions and attitudes of enrolled members on intra-party democracy instruments and on the use of open primaries. We investigate, with original data sets on Italy, the relationship between primaries and party members. How do enrolled members perceive internal democratization and primaries? Which factors contribute to explaining grassroots members’ opinion on primaries? We use the case of the Italian Democratic Party (PD) to argue that different subsets of the party membership (divided into new-style and old-style members, on the basis of their relationship with the party and their participatory style) have different views on primaries. Quantitative analysis of survey data on party members reveals two main findings. Our first result is that members approve and positively assess the adoption of new procedures of intra-party democracy. Second, membership style matters: old-style members react to the adoption of primary elections differently than new-style members. Indeed, old-style members understand primaries as a renovated chance of participating in the party’s activities, whereas for new-style members primaries give the opportunity for a new mode of participation. Our findings contribute to the existing empirical research on intra-party democracy and party membership, and have important implications for the triangular link between parties, members and primaries.

Providing Retraining and Advancement Training for Primary/Elementary School Teachers at the State Level in Great Britain and the USA

AbstractIn Great Britain and the USA the normative basis of primary/elementary school teachers’ qualification advancement is being actively developed, i. e. this issue is considered at the state level. For a long time the development of retraining and advancement training system for primary/elementary school teachers has been grounded on conceptual foundations of pedagogy that ensures the functionality of the mentioned system. The research results on conceptual foundations for forming an education system of teacher qualification advancement in Great Britain and the USA prove that their nature depends on the development of these countries’ history. In particular, there is a trend towards integrating course- and school-based forms of qualification advancement on the ground of teachers’ collaboration with lectures; raising the question of making the education process of primary/elementary school teachers’ qualification advancement more democratic; creating a participatory style of learning that is carried out collectively (teachers actively develop the programme content and propose to include such issues that are necessary for their solving during these courses).

A comparison of leadership styles with respect to biographical characteristics

Research purpose: Managers, when applying their leadership styles, are affected by some of their own traits. This article intends to compare the leadership styles of the managers of Zabol University of Medical Sciences with respect to Hersey and Blanchard model that was based on their biographical characteristics.Research design, approach and method: The research methodology is descriptive-causal and comparative. The data were collected from 300 individuals (124 female and 176 male participants).Main findings: No significant difference was observed between the directive, persuasive, participative and delegative leadership styles of male and female managers. However, there was a significant difference between the mean of the directive, persuasive, participative and delegative leadership styles of managers, considering their work experience, education level and field of study.Research limitations: The conservative atmosphere in university environments may affect the manager’s responses to the questionnaire; therefore, in the generalisation of the results, this issue should be taken into account.Practical implications: It is recommended to hold in-service courses for managers who have a lower education level or less work experience or have been graduated from the fields of study other than the Management major. It is also suggested to pay attention to the managers’ fields of study and managerial experiences at the time of employment.Contribution: This study enhances the quality of managers’ leadership style and consequently increases the productivity in university environments.

The Impact of Organizational Culture and Leadership Style on Job Satisfaction and Employee Performance

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of organizational culture and leadership style on job satisfaction and employee performance. This research is based on primary data, and the sample in this research is lecturer STIE Perbanas Surabaya which is engaged in education. The statistical method used in this research is Structural Equations Modeling - Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) with 36 samples. The dimensions used in leadership style are participative style, nurturant style, authoritarian style, bureaucratic style and task oriented. The dimensions used in organizational culture are integration approach, diffrentiation approach, and fragmentation approach. Dimensions used in job satisfaction are satisfaction with salary, promotion, colleagues, supervisor and job supervisor. And the dimensions used in employee performance are subject knowledge, assessment skills, student-lecturer relations, organizational skills, communication skills, subject relevance and utility (meaningfullness) of assignment. The results showed that organizational culture dimension had positive impact on employee performance, leadership style had positive impact on employee performance, job satisfaction had positive impact on employee performance, organizational culture had positive impact on job satisfaction, leadership style had positive impact on job satisfaction and leadership style had positive impact on organizational culture . So the research findings prove that organizational culture and leadership style is an important element that greatly affect employee performance and job satisfaction

Co-creation of a pedagogical space to support qualitative inquiry: An advanced qualitative collective

BackgroundSituated in a research-intensive School of Nursing, the Advanced Qualitative Collective (AQC) provides an innovative educational forum for the study of qualitative research by doctoral and postdoctoral scholars. This long-standing collective is guided by a faculty facilitator using a collaborative co-learning approach to address individual and group needs, from the conception of research projects through dissemination of completed qualitative research. This article describes the dynamics of the AQC and the ways a co-created pedagogical entity supports professional development among its diverse members. The informal, participatory style, and dynamic content used by the AQC resists a course structure typical of doctoral education in health sciences, and promotes engagement and self-direction. The AQC provides opportunities for members to examine theoretical frameworks and methodologies rarely addressed within a positivism-dominant learning environment while simultaneously serving as an alternative exemplar for the pedagogy of research.

How Does a Shared Decision-Making (SDM) Intervention for Oncologists Affect Participation Style and Preference Matching in Patients with Breast and Colon Cancer?

The aims of this study are to assess patients’ preferred and perceived decision-making roles and preference matching in a sample of German breast and colon cancer patients and to investigate how a shared decision-making (SDM) intervention for oncologists influences patients’ preferred and perceived decision-making roles and the attainment of preference matches. This study is a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) on the effects of an SDM intervention. The SDM intervention was a 12-h SDM training program for physicians in combination with decision board use. For this study, we analysed a subgroup of 107 breast and colon cancer patients faced with serious treatment decisions who provided data on specific questionnaires with regard to their preferred and perceived decision-making roles (passive, SDM or active). Patients filled in questionnaires immediately following a decision-relevant consultation (t1) with their oncologist. Eleven of these patients’ 27 treating oncologists had received the SDM intervention within the RCT. A majority of cancer patients (60%) preferred SDM. A match between preferred and perceived decision-making roles was reached for 72% of patients. The patients treated by SDM-trained physicians perceived greater autonomy in their decision making (p < 0.05) with more patients perceiving SDM or an active role, but their preference matching was not influenced. A SDM intervention for oncologists boosted patient autonomy but did not improve preference matching. This highlights the already well-known reluctance of physicians to engage in explicit role clarification.Trial Registration: German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00000539; Funding Source: German Cancer Aid.

Analisis Gaya Kepemimpinan Manajer dan Supervisor Berdasarkan Persepsi Karyawan PT Coast Rejo Indonesia Divisi Produksi

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Hypermedia navigation: Differences between spatial cognitive styles

Recently, many studies have investigated the role of individual and cognitive differences during Web navigation and Web searching. Despite this interest, no works have considered the role may assume individual differences in real-environment navigation during Web navigation. The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of different spatial cognitive styles: Landmark style (LS), Route style (RS) and Survey style (SS), on Web searching behaviour. In real-environment navigation, having a specific style determines the type of information individuals selected to navigate and orient themselves. We hypothesize that LS individuals are less proficient during Web exploration due to their analytical analysis of the environmental features. Vice versa SS individuals will show high performance on Web exploration for their holistic analysis of the World. We asked 30 College Students (10 LS, 10 RS, 10 SS) to solve three Web information tasks. The spatial cognitive style of participants was assessed through the Spatial Cognitive Style Test, and they were also asked to fill in a questionnaire about their internet and computer use. An ad hoc key-logger program for browsers was used to collect Web behaviour measures. In particular, the measures considered were: search engine tools used (e.g. back button), pages visited and revisited, time spent on information searching, and mouse cursor movements. The results showed significant differences between the spatial cognitive styles: LS seems to use a trial and error strategy in order to obtain the relevant information. Differences also emerged in the distribution of mouse cursor movements during Web navigation.

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between the learning styles of teacher candidates and those of their parents. Relational survey method has been employed to conduct the study. The target group contains 211 novice teachers studying at different teacher training departments of a Turkish university. The Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Inventory and Kolb Learning Style Inventory have been administered to the participants and to their parents. The participants were asked to administer these scales to their parents. Inventories detected to be incomplete were eliminated, and consequently only 33 families’ responses have been evaluated. The parents with a degree from a middle school or above have participated in the study. The data obtained from Kolb Learning Style Inventory suggest that there is no relation between the learning styles of teacher candidates and those of their parents. However, the data set from Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Inventory displays a medium level relation between the learning styles of participating teacher candidates and that of their parents. Additionally, no statistically significant difference has been identified across the learning styles of participants in terms of their regional background and the educational background of their parents. Key words: Learning styles, parents’ learning styles, Kolb and Grasha-Riechmann learning style.

Provider communication style and treatment intensification in uncontrolled hypertension

Rationale, Aims and Objectives: Provider decisions to intensify antihypertensive medications are usually based on clinical metrics (i.e., blood pressure control), but may also be based on patient provided information. When providers use a participatory questioning style, patients share more information and providers may identify barriers to blood pressure control other than an inadequate medication regimen, such as poor adherence. Providers may in turn focus on such barriers rather than intensify treatment. We examined how providers’ question style influenced their treatment intensification for uncontrolled hypertension. Methods: We used qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze data from 43 audiorecorded clinical encounters. Transcripts were coded according to a priori categories including provider question style (open- and/or closed-ended) and whether treatment was intensified, as determined by interpretation of providers’ verbalizations. We used Fisher’s exact test to evaluate the association of provider questioning style with treatment intensification.Results: Providers used a mix of open- and closed-ended questions less frequently than they used closed-ended questions alone. Treatment intensification was less common when a mix of questions was used instead of closed-ended questions alone, although this difference did not reach statistical significance (29% vs. 73% of instances, p=0.07).Conclusions: Provider communication that invites patient participation may elicit more information about patient behavior, but may not impact decisions about treatment intensification in uncontrolled hypertension. Future studies should examine this question among a larger sample and investigate the relationship of participatory communication to improvements in blood pressure control.