Abstract:A content analysis is conducted to examine the peer-reviewed articles published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship (JAL) from 2004 to 2013. Five key variables are studied: authorship, article type, topic, research methods/design, and research theories/models. About three-fourths of the articles were authored by at least one librarian, and over half of the articles were co-authored. More than two-thirds of the articles were primary research articles, and a total of 24 topics related to academic libraries were covered, among which information literacy was the most popular one. Survey and content analysis are the two most frequently used research methods in the articles. This study, capturing the topical and methodological substance of academic library research, will generate ideas for providing effective research training/education for academic librarians and contribute to the enhancement of research culture and research practice among them.
Many academics speak of a "literacy crisis" when referring to student writing standards, often pointing the finger of blame at an overall increase in social networking. The resulting tendency has been for language teachers in higher education to take a corrective, or even remedial, approach to writing fluency. This paper examines blogging as an approach which complements and adds value to the traditional method of submitting an assignment to a lecturer for grading. Examples from English and Spanish language courses on an International Business and Management programme at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands will be used to illustrate how writing for social media can create a cycle of motivation which enables students to take control of their own writing process and standards, hence becoming their own goal-setters, correctors and remediators. Los niveles de expresión escrita de los estudiantes: ¿una espiral negativa o un nuevo rumbo?Tiivistelmä: En el mundo académico hablamos de una "crisis literaria", a menudo responsabilizando a las redes sociales de los pobres niveles de expresión escrita de los estudiantes universitarios. Esto ha dado como resultado que los profesores de lenguas adopten un enfoque compensatorio, incluso correctivo, en la enseñanza de la lengua escrita. Este trabajo examina el uso de bitácoras -o blogscomo una herramienta complementaria que proporciona un valor añadido al método tradicional de obtener una nota presentando un trabajo al profesor. Utilizaremos ejemplos de las cátedras de español e inglés de Negocios Internacionales y Gestión Empresarial (IB&M, por sus siglas en inglés), programa dictado por la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad de Groningen en los Países Bajos, para ilustrar cómo las redes sociales ayudan a crear un ciclo motivacional que permite a los estudiantes tomar las riendas de su propio proceso de aprendizaje, estableciendo de esta manera sus propios objetivos y convirtiéndose en sus propios correctores y remediadores.Brought to you by | Carleton University OCUL Authenticated Download Date | 6/15/15 7:37 AM
As lecturers of English and Spanish for international students in higher education, we frequently read reflections supporting the notion that the interaction between teacher and student has a direct influence on their learn ing and possibly even on their future studies and lives. Using examples taken from language learning histories, student course reviews and student panels, this paper attempts to view the learning process from the student perspective. It identifies some of the themes, dilemmas and concerns voiced by students.It also examines what these reveal about the learners' constructions of their teachers, and how the students have responded in their language learning strategies and production. We then relate this to the challenge thrown down in the recent Wulkow Memorandum to "make full use of quality assurance mech anisms which focus on customer satisfaction". In this paper, therefore, we pro pose including the student voice in course development and evaluation pro cedures in order to provide a more scaffolded holistic approach which, in turn, leads to a richer learning process with more engagement and enthusiasm from students.Resumen: La voz del estudiante en el control de calidad.Como profesores de inglés y español de estudiantes universitarios interna cionales, con frecuencia leemos las reflexiones que estos escriben sobre su propio proceso de aprendizaje, reflexiones que apoyan la idea de que la interacción entre profesor y alumno tiene una influencia directa en este proceso y probable mente en sus futuros estudios, e incluso en sus vidas. Utilizando ejemplos de bio grafías lingüísticas, evaluaciones de cursos y de paneles de estudiantes, en este trabajo vamos a intentar analizar el proceso de aprendizaje desde el punto de vista del estudiante e identificar algunos de los temas, dilemas y problemas ex presados por los mismos. Además vamos a examinar lo que ello nos dice acerca de las construcciones de identidades docentes por parte de los estudiantes y cómo todo ello se refleja en las estrategias de aprendizaje y producción de las lenguas. A continuación relacionaremos los resultados con el desafío presentado en el Memorando de Wulkow "haciendo uso de mecanismos de control de cali dad que se centran en la satisfacción del cliente". Este trabajo es pues una propu esta para incluir la voz del estudiante en el desarrollo de cursos y en procesos evaluativos para ofrecer un enfoque holístico más centrado en el andamiaje, el cual a su vez nos conducirá hacia un proceso de aprendizaje más rico y más com prometido y entusiasta por parte de los estudiantes. Brought to you by | University of St Andrews Scotland Authenticated Download Date | 6/16/15 4:49 AM
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