Design thinking is generally defined as an analytic and creative process that engages a person in opportunities to experiment, create and prototype models, gather feedback, and redesign. Several ...characteristics (e.g., visualization, creativity) that a good design thinker should possess have been identified from the literature. The primary purpose of this article is to summarize and synthesize the research on design thinking to (a) better understand its characteristics and processes, as well as the differences between novice and expert design thinkers, and (b) apply the findings from the literature regarding the application of design thinking to our educational system. The authors' overarching goal is to identify the features and characteristics of design thinking and discuss its importance in promoting students' problem-solving skills in the 21st century.
Background
Humanitarian engineering (HE) is rapidly emerging in universities and professional workplaces worldwide. In HE, socio‐technical thinking is fundamental as HE projects exist at the ...intersection of engineering and sustainable community development. However, the literature still lacks an understanding of the key features of socio‐technical thinking.
Purpose/Hypothesis
The purpose of this article is to investigate the key characteristics that distinguish the socio‐technical thinking of an expert from a novice in the context of HE projects.
Design/Method
We distributed the Energy Conversion Playground (ECP) design task to students starting their engineering degree (n = 26) and practitioners (n = 16). We iteratively and inductively analyzed the responses to develop a rubric characterizing the key features of expert socio‐technical thinking. We then scored participants' responses and compared them to identify differences between students and practitioners.
Results
The analysis showed that expert socio‐technical thinkers can provide high‐quality considerations across three domains: technology, people, and broader context. The comparison of the participants' scores showed that both students and practitioners scored highly in the technology domain. In contrast, students scored poorly in the people and broader contexts domains, identifying only simplistic considerations in these non‐technical areas, if at all.
Conclusions
This study provides novel insights into the development of socio‐technical thinking and further validates the ECP as a trustworthy measure of socio‐technical thinking. Implications for engineering educators and multiple lines of future research are also discussed.
Background
Purposive sampling has a long developmental history and there are as many views that it is simple and straightforward as there are about its complexity. The reason for purposive sampling ...is the better matching of the sample to the aims and objectives of the research, thus improving the rigour of the study and trustworthiness of the data and results. Four aspects to this concept have previously been described: credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability.
Aims
The aim of this paper is to outline the nature and intent of purposive sampling, presenting three different case studies as examples of its application in different contexts.
Results
Presenting individual case studies has highlighted how purposive sampling can be integrated into varying contexts dependent on study design. The sampling strategies clearly situate each study in terms of trustworthiness for data collection and analysis. The selected approach to purposive sampling used in each case aligns to the research methodology, aims and objectives, thus addressing each of the aspects of rigour.
Conclusions
Making explicit the approach used for participant sampling provides improved methodological rigour as judged by the four aspects of trustworthiness. The cases presented provide a guide for novice researchers of how rigour may be addressed in qualitative research.
There are still many people, especially teenagers who have not realized the importance of having financial management in their personal lives. Now is the right moment for students to start learning ...to invest. Al-Ihsan Vocational High School West Jakarta is one of the Vocational Schools in the City of Jakarta. As one of the vocational high schools in the city of Jakarta, Al-Ihsan Jakarta Vocational School has the same role as other vocational schools, namely to prepare students to be competent in the chosen field of study. Almost all students at the Al-Ihsan Vocational School in West Jakarta do not understand comprehensively about financial investment, especially mutual fund investment through online. This is what encourages the provision of financial investment education and training. The training is carried out in community service activities in the form of education and training. Financial investment education and training can provide benefits for Al-Ihsan Vocational School students in increasing knowledge and understanding in investing, especially as novice investors with limited funds. Overall, the trainees understood the material presented and were able to try out mutual fund investment applications. The atmosphere of the activity was very conducive and participants were actively discussing. Participants stated that they were very satisfied with the activities held and hoped that similar activities would be held again with different themes.
This study is an examination of the evolution of one novice's teacher's informal mentoring network on Twitter. The study followed a novice mathematics teacher over a nine month period as she ...transitioned from student teacher to full-time teacher. The mixed-method study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze the interactions and structure of the mentoring network. Results indicate that the novice teacher's network was used primarily to seek information from other professionals and decreased in size over time. The differences and similarities between Twitter and face-to-face networks as well as areas with potential for further research are also discussed.
•The majority of the alters had expertise in teaching mathematics.•The two primary informal mentors were secondary mathematics teachers.•The closure of the network increased over time increasing the social support.
Variabel Yang Memengaruhi Keberhasilan Wirausaha Pemula Di DIY Ariani, Dorothea Wahyu; Susilo, Yuvensius Sri; Herawan, Jonathan Ersten
Jurnal maksipreneur: manajemen, koperasi, dan entrepreneurship (Online),
12/2023, Letnik:
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This study aims to conduct a study of novice entrepreneurs in Yogyakarta. This study analyzes the amount of capital, the number of employees, the length of time running the business, the age of the ...entrepreneur, education (graduated from bachelor's degree or high school), and whether the business is a legal entity or not. This study used 335 novice entrepreneurs who filled out a questionnaire followed by in-depth interviews with ten willing novice entrepreneurs. Focus group discussions were also conducted with related sources. The analytical tools used in this research are descriptive analysis and ordinary least squares (OLS). The results showed that the amount of capital and the number of employees affected sales or business income, but the variables of business length, entrepreneurial age, and level of education had no significant effect on sales or business income. In general, the results of this study indicate that there are still various problems in running a business, especially regarding the problem of product marketing and social capital owned by novice entrepreneurs in Yogyakarta.
This study investigates novice teachers' perceptions of the teaching community in Korea, and how its context shapes their participation in schools. Interviews were conducted with four primary school ...teachers who were in their first three years in the profession. The analysis revealed that schools neglected to create an environment conducive to the professional development of novice teachers by maintaining a power structure that favours senior teachers over educational values. Furthermore, the age-based inequality challenged the novice teachers’ autonomy, and forced them to remain passive and silent. Facilitating their voice is key to promoting constructive change in the community.
•The study examines how the teacher community is perceived by novice teachers in Korea.•The novice teachers adopted silence and passivity as they participated in the community of practice.•Their workplace learning was greatly affected by the entrenched practices favouring senior teachers.•It is important to consider hidden power structure that can contribute to novice teachers' reality shock.
Recent studies in the literature have shown that syntax remains a significant barrier to novice computer science students in the field. While this syntax barrier is known to exist, whether and how it ...varies across programming languages has not been carefully investigated. For this article, we conducted four empirical studies on programming language syntax as part of a larger analysis into the, so called, programming language wars. We first present two surveys conducted with students on the intuitiveness of syntax, which we used to garner formative clues on what words and symbols might be easy for novices to understand. We followed up with two studies on the accuracy rates of novices using a total of six programming languages: Ruby, Java, Perl, Python, Randomo, and Quorum. Randomo was designed by randomly choosing some keywords from the ASCII table (a metaphorical placebo). To our surprise, we found that languages using a more traditional C-style syntax (both Perl and Java) did not afford accuracy rates significantly higher than a language with randomly generated keywords, but that languages which deviate (Quorum, Python, and Ruby) did. These results, including the specifics of syntax that are particularly problematic for novices, may help teachers of introductory programming courses in choosing appropriate first languages and in helping students to overcome the challenges they face with syntax.
Novice-expert interaction plays an important role in teacher professional development for Chinese vocational education and training (VET). Both Chinese and international research shows that ...expert-teachers' support is associated with the improvement of novice-teachers' teaching. However, insights into how exactly novice teachers learn with the help of expert teachers are lacking. The learning processes of four novice VET teachers were explored in the context of a professional development project. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews with novice teachers and recordings of novice-expert interactions. A learning model was constructed based on the interconnected model of professional growth. The results showed that novice teachers internalised comments from expert teachers by active reflection and practice. Moreover, this study suggests that teachers' professional development is a complicated long-term process, and that during their development the support from expert teachers is an important external source for novice-teachers. Expert-teachers' support not only provides feedback and suggestions for alternative teaching methods, but also encourages and maintains novice-teachers' learning. The results are discussed in relation to the cultural (Chinese) and educational context (VET)
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