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English Medium Instruction in Higher Education: Does It Promote Cultural Correction or Cultural Continuity?

  • Kim, Young-Mi
    • 영어어문교육
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.109-136
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    • 2009
  • This study investigates English medium instruction (EMI) in an institution of higher education in Seoul, Korea to see whether this course creates cultural correction (reproduction of inequitable relations of power in EMI settings) or cultural continuity (opportunities for transporting students into a third space and enabling them to explore cultural diversity and to create new knowledge for themselves). A single site where EMI is carried out, a class on fairy tales and child education taught by a native English speaking professor, was chosen because it was hypothesized that the professor would display some of her unconscious dominant cultural orientation. The results of the study show that there more cases of cultural correction than there were of cultural continuity. Cases of cultural correction included lack of knowledge about the local context, fixing Korean classroom discourse as if it were American classroom discourse, and reproducing orientalism in the local educational setting. Cases of cultural continuity included using comparison to consider the cultural reality of the milieu, creating new knowledge for the local milieu, and learning as a dynamic ongoing process. Implications of this research are discussed including the important realization that EMI should be managed by subject specialists who are trained in language education and have knowledge of the students' needs and discourse in the L1 and in the local context.

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A Methodology for Assessing the Level of U-Transformation of Ubiquitous Services

  • Kwon, Oh-Byung;Kim, Ji-Hoon;Choi, Keun-Ho
    • 한국정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보시스템학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 발표 논문집
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    • pp.359-366
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    • 2005
  • As the ubiquitous computing technology (uT) is prevailing, applying uT is more likely to transform the legacy way of doing business to a new way with the goals of ubiquitous computing: strategic use of information resources by using them everywhere, every time, with any devices for any services. These opportunities naturally require the provision to assess the degree of the transformation from the legacy IT-based e-business to the uT-based business. However, research about assessing the degree of u-transformation has been still very few. Moreover, even deciding what is ubiquitous or not is obscure. Hence, this paper aims to propose the methodology for assessing the degree of u-transformation oriented by the teleology of ubiquitous service, which intends to fully make use of uT in creating new business of next generation. Through the literature review, we developed the methodology to check whether the provided service is ubiquitous or not based on the capabilities that technologies have. and then, the methodology developed to assess the technical requirements that the uT should have when the transformation is considered through the focus group interview based on the literature review of the capability. A two-layered approach is introduced to assess not only the level of ubiquity but also the degree of u-transformation.

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간호학생의 간호관련 특성과 윤리적 가치관 (Ethical Value of Nursing Students)

  • 이순희;김숙영;김정아
    • 간호행정학회지
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.145-155
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: To identify nursing students' ethical value associated with the course of theories and practice which they are taking in their school, this study was conducted. Method: A research design of this study was a survey design with a convenience sample of 1030 nursing students attending two diploma degree nursing programs in Korea. Questions about their ethical value were asked the students from May, 1st 2005 to June, 30th, 2005, and collected data were analyzed on SPSS Win 11.0. Result: Mean score of ethical value of nursing students' was $88.03{\pm}9.46$. In addition, on such subcategory area as human-life, relationship with nursing client, relationship with collaborator, there were statistical differences according to their grade. Ethical value of nursing students satisfied with nursing showed meaningfully higher than that of nursing students unsatisfied with nursing. Conclusions: The finding of this study, consequently, showed that nursing students' ethical value can be changed through nursing education. Especially, clinical practice conducted on actual clinical setting, which give nursing students opportunities for direct contact with patients, is likely to influence the development of ethical values more than theory or practice in a school practice room.

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보상분배의 형평성과 인지적 성과가 몰입에 미치는 영향 (A Study on Effect of the Equity and the Cognitive Performance on the Flow Experience)

  • 최동성;김진우
    • 한국게임학회 논문지
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2009
  • 기존 연구에 따르면 컴퓨터 게임에서 플레이어에게 주어진 목표를 성취해 가는 과정을 Personal Interaction으로 정의하고 있다. 또한 Personal Interaction이 효율적으로 이루어졌을 때 사람들은 게임 플레이 과정이 즐거웠다는 몰입의 경험을 하게 된다고 한다. 본 연구에서는 Personal Interaction이 효율적으로 이루어졌다는 판단 근거가 되는 내적 보상인 인지적 성과와 외적 보상인 보상 분배의 형평성이 몰입에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과에 따르면 플레이어는 목표 성취과정에서 주어지는 외적 보상이 형평성에 맞게 제공되었을 때, 자신이 수행한 목표 성취 과정이 잘 이루어졌다는 인지적 성과가 높아진다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이와 더불어 인지적 성과가 높았을 때 플레이어는 목표 성취 과정이 최적의 경험이라고 평가한다는 점을 발견하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 앞으로 게임 디자인 과정에서 목표 성취와 관련한 외적 보상 분배를 어떻게 했을 때 플레이어에게 몰입의 경험을 높게 할 수 있도록 유도하는가에 대한 가이드라인을 제공해 줄 수 있을 것이다.

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Myanmar Telecommunication Progress in the Last Fifteen Years and Challenges

  • Ei, Khin Htar;Kim, Yun Seon
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Business Review
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.40-55
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    • 2016
  • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the potential to provide economic opportunities and help raise the social and political status of countries. For developing countries, ICT can be used as a tool for economic growth and social advancement in a short period of time. The benefits of ICT, however, are not only economic in nature. It can help improve professional skills, teaching quality, job creation, agricultural production, community involvement, and information use, personal relationships, and time use. These benefits are examples of how ICT has become an indispensable part of our lives. Myanmar is a developing country and is ranked low in the ICT Development Index. In terms of ICT development, Myanmar today is facing many issues such as a lack of telecommunication infrastructure, ICT awareness, electricity, and budget for ICT development. Among the economic reforms implemented by the recent government, the telecommunications sector has been opened up as a measure of economic reform. As a result of this reform, the telecommunications sector has been growing rapidly. Myanmar, however, remains behind other Asian countries. This paper discusses Myanmar's ICT infrastructure status, progress that has been made in the country's telecommunications over the last fifteen years, and the challenges that lie ahead.

중국 농산물시장에서 ICT 활용 현황 (Status of ICT Application in Agricultural Market of China)

  • 서신림;윤려;이현창;신성윤
    • 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.151-152
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    • 2015
  • 정보 기술의 진보는 농업의 현대화 건설 및 도약적인 발전을 달성하기 위해 새로운 기회를 제공한다. 지금은 정보통신기술(ICT)산업은 중국 경제 발전의 기둥 산업을 되고 중국 농업 문제를 해결하기 위해 서비스 및 발전 전략을 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 현존 연구 및 문헌을 분석을 통해서 중국 농업 시장에서 ICT응용 상황을 살펴보며 ICT 응용 과정 중에 발생한 문제를 분석하고 앞으로 중국에서 ICT 벌전하기 위해 건의를 제안한다.

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브랜드 커뮤니티와 브랜드 커뮤니티 충성도에 관한 연구 (The Relationship Between Service Quality of Brand Community and Brand Community Loyalty)

  • 박종오
    • 경영과정보연구
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    • 제25권
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    • pp.339-370
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    • 2008
  • As the Internet environment develops, Internet has already been being established as important tool of business marketing and branding. In particular, a brand community where customers interact with other customers who have the same interest in brand provides a variety of benefits to customers as well as companies. The brand community makes it possible for company to build, and retain relationships with customers, and capture new market opportunities. Therefore, this study examines the relationship among service quality of brand community, customer value, customer satisfaction, customer trust, and brand community loyalty in online brand communities. The results of empirical analysis can be summarized by the following: First, service quality of brand community had a significant direct effect on customer value. Second, service quality of brand community had a significant direct effect on customer satisfaction. It had also a positive, significant indirect effect on customer satisfaction through customer value and customer trust. Third, service quality of brand community had a significant indirect effect on brand community loyalty through customer satisfaction, customer value, and customer trust. Therefore, These finding will spawn both academic and practitioner interest in brand community and serve as a foundation for further research in this important area.

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Evidence of Sexual Selection for Evening Orientation in Human Males: A Cross Cultural Study in Italy and Sri Lanka

  • Gunawardane, K.G. Chandrika;Custance, Deborah M.;Piffer, Davide
    • Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.13.1-13.8
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    • 2011
  • Previous research has established the existence of individual differences with regards to individuals' optimum time of well-functioning; specifically in terms of being either morning or evening oriented. An association has also emerged between being more evening, as opposed to morning, oriented and having a greater number of sexual partners. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether "eveningness" in males is an evolved sexually dimorphic trait consistent across different cultures. A sample of 179 male Sri Lankan men residing in two different cultural and economic settings, Italy and Sri Lanka, were administered the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) followed by assessing their sexual behavior history. The results robustly portrayed a highly significant main effect of MEQ types highlighting the twofold sexual success enjoyed by the evening individuals in both regional locations. Morning oriented individuals, showed a stronger preference for going out and partying than evening-types, suggesting that the higher mating success of evening types is not due to their different lifestyles allowing more opportunities to encounter females. However, evening types exhibited a preference for flirtatious behaviors in the later part of the day. Shoulder-to-hip and handgrip strength, as measures of testosterone levels, were not significantly associated with eveningness. The results are discussed in terms of sexual selection and its interplay with human cultural variation.

The Innovative Application of Surface Texture in Fashion and Textile Design

  • Gong, Lin;Shin, Jooyoung
    • 한국의류산업학회지
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    • 제15권3호
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    • pp.336-346
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    • 2013
  • This study focuses on 'texture' as one of the most important fashion and textile design elements; in addition, it proposes various applications of it. Surface texture is indispensable in fashion and textile design that also factors heavily into innovative creations. Along with technological advances in the fashion industry, surface texture has derived many new and attractive features that provide more opportunities for designers to show various design concepts. Rather than the surface quality of fabrics, surface texture in fashion design creates its identity through a manipulation of materials- an application that tends to be primarily for visual effects without being restricted to decorative purposes. The status and significance of surface texture in various creative fields is explored and the evolution of surface texture is traced by analyzing a number of fashion design cases with representative surface textures. The latest feature of surface texture in fashion and textile design is identified to establish a new classification of surface texture with five groups and technical suggestions. This study provides a theoretical basis for this field of study and a new framework that can be employed in the development of surface textures that use innovative techniques as well as the future application of newly-developed textures.

권력부여(Empowerment)에 대한 개념분석 (An Analysis of the Concept mEmpowermentm)

  • 구옥희
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 1998
  • Recently the concept of 'empowerment' not only attracts attention in the area of management but also is considered as an useful concept in the areas of nursing theory. practice, education, and research. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the meaning of the concept 'empowerment'. More concretely, it is to find the concept that can be applied appropriately to the area of nursing management. This study uses Walter & Avant's(1983) process of concept analysis. The attributes of empowerment based on the concept can be defined concisely as follows : 1. a dynamic and interaction process 2. a partnership which values self and others : power shaving 3. mutual decision-making using resources, opportunities, and authority 4. accept autonomy and responsibility Antecedents of empowerment consist of 1) mutual trust and respect, 2) education and support, 3) participation and commitment. In regard to the consequences of empowerment, it is expected to 1) positive self-esteem, 2) ability to set and reach goals, 3) the promotion of organization's effectiveness and productivity, 4) provide effective and high quality health-care, 5) a sense of hope for the future. The concept of empowerment is certainly believed that it will help future nurses since they needs an integrated technique that can treat acute and chronic patients' nursing, individuals, families, and communities. Therefore. it is necessary to develop the instrument including the defining attributes identified in this study. Also, it is need follow up study of this concept.

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