Convergence Between Platforms in the Newsroom     

Mohamed Morsy Hassan 《Journalism Practice》2019,13(4):476-492

Through ethnographic observation and content analysis, this study aims to classify the Al-Jazeera Mubasher (AJM) newsroom according to the Schantin model of newsrooms, describe the network’s convergence level based on the Dailey, Demo, and Spillman Dynamic Scale Model, and present a unique model elucidating how, specifically, convergence works at AJM. Based on the Schantin model of newsrooms, AJM can be classified as a second-generation newsroom, a “cross-media platforms newsroom.” Convergence among the different platforms of AJM is considerable, but still below full convergence level. Accordingly, the AJM newsroom can be classified into the fourth level of the Dailey et al. Dynamic Scale Model — “content sharing.” The unique AJM-specific model presented near the end of this paper depicts the ways in which different AJM platforms function and interact inside the newsroom, explains the degree of convergence between platforms, and classifies the newsroom in terms of its convergence level.  相似文献   

Shared Cultural Characteristics Similarities in Malaysia’s Multi-ethnic Society*     

Hassan Abu Bakar  Mohamad Bahtiar  Haslina Halim  Chandrakantan Subramaniam  Ling Suan Choo 《Journal of Intercultural Communication Research》2018,47(3):243-267

The dimension of cultural characteristics is essentially ignored by the growing literature on organizational diversity, focusing on demographic diversity and general perceived similarity instead. This study aims to identify the similarities in cultural characteristics among ethnic groups in Malaysia. Ergo, conducted within the context of interethnic relations in Malaysia based on a phenomenographic approach; thence, found four categories namely the community embeddedness, the survival culture, the conformity culture and the respect culture. These exemplify the interethnic relations based on cultural characteristics and norms similarities. The cultural characteristics similarities between major ethnics in Malaysia in this study are indications of dynamic and interactive exchange occurring between ethnics. The consequences of these findings are discussed and elaborated in this article.  相似文献   

Representations of swine flu: perspectives from a Malaysian pig farm     

Goodwin R  Haque S  Hassan SB  Dhanoa A 《Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)》2011,20(4):477-490

Novel influenza viruses are seen, internationally, as posing considerable health challenges, but public responses to such viruses are often rooted in cultural representations of disease and risk. However, little research has been conducted in locations associated with the origin of a pandemic. We examined representations and risk perceptions associated with swine flu amongst 120 Malaysian pig farmers. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents felt at particular risk of infection, two-thirds were somewhat or very concerned about being infected. Those respondents who were the most anxious believed particular societal "out-groups" (homosexuals, the homeless and prostitutes) to be at higher infection risk. Although few (4%) reported direct discrimination, 46% claimed friends had avoided them since the swine flu outbreak. Findings are discussed in the context of evolutionary, social representations and terror management theories of response to pandemic threat.  相似文献   

The role of gestures in the mathematical practices of those who do not see with their eyes     

Lulu Healy  Solange Hassan Ahmad Ali Fernandes 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2011,77(2-3):157-174

In this paper, we aim to contribute to the discussion of the role of the human body and of the concrete artefacts and signs created by humankind in the constitution of meanings for mathematical practices. We argue that cognition is both embodied and situated in the activities through which it occurs and that mathematics learning involves the appropriation of practices associated with the sets of artefacts that have historically come to represent the body of knowledge we call mathematics. This process of appropriation involves a coordination of a variety of the semiotic resources??spoken and written languages, mathematical representation systems, drawings, gestures and the like??through which mathematical objects and relationships might be experienced and expressed. To highlight the connections between perceptual activities and cultural concepts in the meanings associated with this process, we concentrate on learners who do not have access to the visual field. More specifically, we present three examples of gesture use in the practices of blind mathematics students??all involving the exploration of geometrical objects and relationships. On the basis of our analysis of these examples, we argue that gestures are illustrative of imagined reenactions of previously experienced activities and that they emerge in instructional situations as embodied abstractions, serving a central role in the sense-making practices associated with the appropriation of mathematical meanings.  相似文献   

A different result of community participation in education: an Indonesian case study of parental participation in public primary schools   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Amaliah Fitriah  Bambang Sumintono  Nanang Bagus Subekti  Zainudin Hassan 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2013,14(4):483-493

Parental participation in school management is regarded as a good thing according to the rationale that local people know better and are able to be more responsive to their own needs. However, little is understood about the implications of the School Operational Support policy for community participation in education. This study investigated parental participation in the context of education decentralisation with regard to the changing situation in which the Indonesian government provides sufficient funds for school operational costs. Using a qualitative inquiry, researchers collected data through document analyses, questionnaires and interviews with stakeholders of two public primary schools in Depok, Indonesia. The study found that prior to the Free School Program, parental participation was limited to parents’ financial contribution and associated matters. However, since school was made free, parents’ involvement in school budgeting has become very limited; they are no longer engaged in the planning of allocations, and neither they nor the school committees are able to make inputs into decision making; even the functions of the school committees are limited to rubber stamping the school budget.  相似文献   

‘They're not girly girls’: an exploration of quantitative and qualitative data on engineering and gender in higher education   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

S. Barnard  T. Hassan  B. Bagilhole  A. Dainty 《European Journal of Engineering Education》2012,37(2):193-204

Despite sustained efforts to promote engineering careers to young women, it remains the most male-dominated academic discipline in Europe. This paper will provide an overview of UK data and research on women in engineering higher education, within the context of Europe. Comparisons between data from European countries representing various regions of Europe will highlight key differences and similarities between these nations in terms of women in engineering. Also, drawing on qualitative research the paper will explore UK students’ experiences of gender, with a particular focus on the decision to study engineering and their experiences in higher education.  相似文献   

The worldly space: the digital university in network time     

Robert Hassan 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2017,38(1):72-82

Abstract

This article considers the effect of information technology upon teaching, learning and research in the ‘digital university’. In less than a generation the university has become a business like any other. It does so in the determining context of neoliberal globalisation and the computer revolution. The university develops through what we may now see as a disastrous ‘category error’. The article argues that humans are analogue creatures who have constructed analogue worlds that they recognise in large measure, in nature. Digital logic is nowhere recognised in nature, and is ultimately alien to us. The university is the key institution for enabling us to understand who and what we are, yet it is being undermined through the suffusion of the market logic and the digital technologies that drive it from a past we look to less, to a present we dwell in more, and a future we are less able to shape.  相似文献   

Anatomy education environment measurement inventory: A valid tool to measure the anatomy learning environment          下载免费PDF全文

Siti Nurma Hanim Hadie  Asma' Hassan  Zul Izhar Mohd Ismail  Mohd Asnizam Asari  Aaijaz Ahmed Khan  Fazlina Kasim  Nurul Aiman Mohd Yusof  Husnaida Abdul Manan@Sulong  Tg Fatimah Murniwati Tg Muda  Wan Nor Arifin  Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff 《Anatomical sciences education》2017,10(5):423-432

Students' perceptions of the education environment influence their learning. Ever since the major medical curriculum reform, anatomy education has undergone several changes in terms of its curriculum, teaching modalities, learning resources, and assessment methods. By measuring students' perceptions concerning anatomy education environment, valuable information can be obtained to facilitate improvements in teaching and learning. Hence, it is important to use a valid inventory that specifically measures attributes of the anatomy education environment. In this study, a new 11‐factor, 132‐items Anatomy Education Environment Measurement Inventory (AEEMI) was developed using Delphi technique and was validated in a Malaysian public medical school. The inventory was found to have satisfactory content evidence (scale‐level content validity index [total] = 0.646); good response process evidence (scale‐level face validity index [total] = 0.867); and acceptable to high internal consistency, with the Raykov composite reliability estimates of the six factors are in the range of 0.604–0.876. The best fit model of the AEEMI is achieved with six domains and 25 items (X² = 415.67, P < 0.001, ChiSq/df = 1.63, RMSEA = 0.045, GFI = 0.905, CFI = 0.937, NFI = 0.854, TLI = 0.926). Hence, AEEMI was proven to have good psychometric properties, and thus could be used to measure the anatomy education environment in Malaysia. A concerted collaboration should be initiated toward developing a valid universal tool that, using the methods outlined in this study, measures the anatomy education environment across different institutions and countries. Anat Sci Educ 10: 423–432. © 2017 American Association of Anatomists.  相似文献   

伊朗的远程教育     

Hassan Zohoor  李亚婉 《中国远程教育(综合版)》2001,(3):72-73

自20世纪60年代以来，伊朗高等教育面临着一系列的问题。总体上讲，在这一阶段面临的主要问题是缺少合格的教学人员，同时也无能力为不合格的教师提供足够的师资培训课程，院校缺少先进的教学资源，并面临着学生人数日益聚增的巨大压力。在这种条件下，伊朗高等教育部组织了综合性调查，探索了建立远程教育机构的可行性，其目的在于为边远和教育不发达地区的国家企事业人员提供新的服务。 新建立的远程教育大学主要面向成人学习者，它为促进伊朗的高等教育起到了重要作用。在这之前，没有一所高等院校能够满足成年人的学习需求。正是由于此…  相似文献   

Educational governance and challenges to universities in the Arabian Gulf region     

Samia Costandi  Bahaaeddin Alareeni  Ahlam Hassan 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2019,51(1):70-86

Higher education institutions in the Arabian Gulf region today, which have mushroomed and proliferated in the past ten to fifteen years, have been constructing themselves along models of Western universities at the levels of governance, programs, and structure. At the outset of the twenty-first century, universities have globally experienced a drastic shift in their governance from ‘republics of scholars’ to stakeholder organizations. In this paper, we discuss and deconstruct some of the consequences of that drastic shift, paramount among which is the downsizing and neglect of some sciences/fields. We discuss some of the major problems that the Market Model of the University is facing in the West through a literature review. We also explore the academic view on some problems and challenges facing University governance today in the globe at large and specifically in the Arabian Gulf Region. We believe that universities in this region in their present state face the serious challenge of generating indigenous knowledge that fulfills the needs of citizens within this region, knowledge that draws upon the culture, history, and geography of the area and responds to the specific needs of citizens in this area.  相似文献