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The Making of a Nation's Citizen Diplomats: Culture-learning in International Volunteer Training Program

  • Lee, Kyung Sun
    • Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.94-111
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    • 2018
  • This study examines Korea's international development volunteer program as a citizen diplomacy initiative. Informed by a cultural perspective of transmission and relational models of public diplomacy, I examine the ways in which volunteer training incorporates cultural-learning into its program. The study finds that volunteer training is largely based on an instrumentalist approach to culture that places emphasis on learning the "explicit" side of culture, such as Korean traditional dance, art, and food as a strategy to promote the country's national image. In contrast, much less covered in the training program is a relational approach to culture-learning that is guided by a reflexive understanding of the "implicit" side of culture, or the values and beliefs that guide the worldviews and behavior of both volunteers and host constituents. Whereas the value of the volunteer program as a citizen diplomacy initiative is in its potential to build relationships based on two-way engagement, its conception of culture is mostly guided by that of the transmission model of public diplomacy. Based on the findings, this study calls for an integrated approach to culture-learning in volunteer training program to move the citizen diplomacy initiative forward.

A Study on the Development and Utilization of Web-Based Learning Materials (웹기반 교수·학습자료 개발과 활용에 관한 연구)

  • PARK, Jong-Un;BAE, Jeom-Bu
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.184-192
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    • 2003
  • When the present Learning System for Computer-Related Subjects Using WBI is implemented on the Web with the above characteristics to help students to study computer subjects without any limitations of time or space, they can easily attain the goals of learning, have computer-utilizing abilities or information capacity, and enhance their capabilities for self-initiative learning. This system enables the learners to carry out 'plan-do-see' for the contents of learning initiatively. The learners can study the practice part of the curriculum using multi-media, such as motion pictures, voices, images, and sound effects, vividly with a sense of actual presence. It helps the students to have an active attitude toward leaning afterward. without meeting the teacher or without any storage media, the leaners can submit their assignments or materials for performance evaluation via the Internet.

A Study on the Intention to Use a Robot-based Learning System with Multi-Modal Interaction (멀티모달 상호작용 중심의 로봇기반교육 콘텐츠를 활용한 r-러닝 시스템 사용의도 분석)

  • Oh, Junseok;Cho, Hye-Kyung
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.619-624
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    • 2014
  • This paper introduces a robot-based learning system which is designed to teach multiplication to children. In addition to a small humanoid and a smart device delivering educational content, we employ a type of mixed-initiative operation which provides enhanced multi-modal cognition to the r-learning system through human intervention. To investigate major factors that influence people's intention to use the r-learning system and to see how the multi-modality affects the connections, we performed a user study based on TAM (Technology Acceptance Model). The results support the fact that the quality of the system and the natural interaction are key factors for the r-learning system to be used, and they also reveal very interesting implications related to the human behaviors.

Affective Characteristics in Mathematics and Relational Analysis of Affective Characteristics and Initiative in Mathematics Learning (수학에 대한 정의적 특성 및 학습 주도권과의 관계 연구)

  • Kwon, Na Young;Jeon, Mi-Hyun;Hwang, Kyuchan
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.475-492
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    • 2014
  • This study aimed to explore the affective characteristics of primary and middle school students in mathematics and to analyze the relationship between the affective characteristics and initiative in mathematics learning. For the purpose of this study, a survey was conducted for students in a primary and a middle school in Incheon area. The questionnaires using in this study consisted of five affective domains of interest, self-efficacy, value, self-regulation, and mathematics anxiety. The results of this study showed that the participant students' affective characteristics tended to be decreased by grades. Moreover, the gender differences were increase as the participant students grew older. Students who take the initiative in mathematics learning showed better affective characteristics in general than students who depends on other assistants.

A study of the educational effects in SNS-utilized instruction (소셜 네트워크 서비스 활용 수업에서의 교육적 효과 고찰)

  • Kwon, Myung-Soon;Kan, Jin-Sook;Kim, Jin-Whan
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.135-146
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    • 2014
  • The study has compared the effects in SNS-utilized instruction that each of self centric activities and social interaction added social activities affected self initiative, attitudes and self efficacy to information technology respectively. The research methods utilized the pre experimental design as nonequivalent experimental group. The data was analyzed by paired t-test and content analysis. The results showed that the SNS class utilized self-centric activities were effective in self-initiative and attitudes toward information technology, while social interaction added social activities were effective in not only self-initiative and the attitudes of information technology but also self efficacy of information technology. And content analysis of the effects of the education showed that information sharing, instancy and accessibility were advantageous but information security and privacy issues were problematic. That is, it was confirmed that when self-centric activities and social interaction activities were practised simultaneously in SNS-utilized instruction, the self initiative which learners planed and executed by themselves, the attitudes and self efficacy of information technology which were able to enhance learning ability and to show satisfaction to individual learning were improved.

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The Effect of Idesolide on Hippocampus-dependent Recognition Memory

  • Lee, Hye-Ryeon;Choi, Jun-Hyeok;Lee, Nuribalhae;Kim, Seung-Hyun;Kim, Young-Choong;Kaang, Bong-Kiun
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 2008
  • Finding a way to strengthen human cognitive functions, such as learning and memory, has been of great concern since the moment people realized that these functions can be affected and even altered by certain chemicals. Since then, plenty of endeavors have been made to look for safe ways of improving cognitive performances without adverse side-effects. Unfortunately, most of these efforts have turned out to be unsuccessful until now. In this study, we examine the effect of a natural compound, idesolide, on hippocampus-dependent recognition memory. We demonstrate that idesolide is effective in the enhancement of recognition memory, as measured by a novel object recognition task. Thus, idesolide might serve as a novel therapeutic medication for the treatment of memoryrelated brain anomalies such as mild cognitive impairment(MCI) and Alzheimer's disease.

The Entrepreneurship of Convergence Companies Affect Learning Orientation (융합기업의 기업가정신이 학습지향성에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Seung-Il;Kim, Dong-Il
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.243-250
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    • 2017
  • Since the global financial crisis in 2008, countries around the world have emphasized the activation of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship as essential strategies for survival. In the case of developed countries, the United States, the European Union and China actively promote entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship. In Korea, on the other hand, the importance of entrepreneurship is emphasized by stagnating growth of companies and strengthening their competitiveness through convergence within companies or companies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurship and learning orientation in order to enhance competitiveness of Korean companies and to be the basis of management strategy for growth of convergence companies based on this. For the progress of this study, the convergence companies were targeted and the hypothesis was verified through the questionnaire survey through the statistical program. The results of the study showed that Innovation influenced learning orientation. Second, Initiative was found to affect learning orientation. Finally, it is shown that risk sensitivity does not affect learning orientation.

Renzulli 수학 영재 교수-학습 모형 적용에 관한 연구

  • Nam, Young-Man;Park, Dong-Am
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.379-397
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    • 2009
  • In this paper we apply to Renzulli's Teaching and Learning models for mathematically gifted students based on the gifted science education center in university. Gifted students were very positive reaction in solving problems creatively using this program, and they were challenging and very confident performing new tasks. They reacted variously in debates with their classmates, in self-initiative studying. So more positive changes are needed for the activities using the gifted learning-teaching program to let each student have full use of his or her possibility and potential.

The Effects of Learning Participation Motivation and Self-Efficacy for Group Work on Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Online Learning Environment (온라인 학습환경에서 학습참여동기와 협력적 자기효능감이 지식공유행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Park Hyejin;Cha, Seungbong
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.105-115
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    • 2023
  • This study analyzed the effects of learning participation motivation and collaborative self-efficacy on knowledge sharing behavior in an online learning environment. Collaborative learning in the online learning environment took the initiative in team formation, learning topic selection, learning planning and execution, and reflection. Collaborative learning was operated as an extracurricular program, and a survey was conducted targeting students who finally completed all learning activities. The results of the study are as follows. First, goal-oriented motivation and self-Efficacy for group work, showed significant influence on knowledge sharing behavior. Second, activity-oriented motivation did not show a statistically significant effect relationship. Interpreting the analysis results, it can be judged that the higher the goal-oriented motivation and self-Efficacy for group work of students who performed collaborative learning in an online learning environment, the higher the willingness to share knowledge, skills, and information they know. This study explored the outcomes of collaborative learning conducted in an online learning environment. It is meaningful that the learner's learning participation motivation was identified and the effect of self-Efficacy for group work, which can be expressed in collaborative learning situations, on knowledge sharing behavior, which is a necessary behavior for group performance, is significant.