Uncertainty,story-telling and transformative learning: An instructor’s experience of TEFI’s Walking Workshop in Nepal

ABSTRACT

This article recounts three stories from TEFI’s walking workshop in Nepal: the construction of a road through what was once a trekking path; a dance-floor encounter at a Himalayan party; and the arrival of one participant, fatigued by jet lag and disoriented by the new surroundings. These stories of confusion, discomfort and fear are linked by one common theme: the potential of uncertainty to foster deep reflection and nuanced conclusions. The premise that uncertainty is to be valued and even cultivated has been explored in educational theory, spiritual traditions, and research on transformative learning. These sources affirm the role of uncertainty in the process of knowledge creation. However, accepting this role can be challenging for educators because it requires they assume a new identity, one which they may perceive as being at odds with their status as “teacher” the identity of learner. One way for the educator to address this challenge may be through recounting their own stories of uncertainty. Stories of being immersed in unfamiliar situations that challenge, confuse and even frighten – stories, in other words of being a tourist – can foster reflection on an intellectual, emotional and spiritual level, engaging the “whole” person, and thus initiating the educator/learner’s transformative journey.     

Software for Learning and for Doing Statistics

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Introducing Time‐to‐Educate in a Job‐Search Model

Transition patterns from school to work differ considerably across OECD countries. Some countries exhibit high youth unemployment rates, which can be considered an indicator of the difficulty facing young people trying to integrate into the labour market. At the same time, education is a time‐consuming process, and enrolment and dropout decisions depend on expected duration of studies as well as on job prospects with and without completed degrees. One way to model entry into the labour market is by means of job‐search models, where the job arrival hazard is a key parameter in capturing the ease or difficulty in finding a job. Standard models of job search and education assume that skills can be upgraded instantaneously (and mostly in the form of on‐the‐job training) at a fixed cost. This paper models education as a time‐consuming process, a concept which we call time‐to‐educate, during which an individual faces the trade‐off between continuing education and taking up a job.     

企业ESG 履责的绿色生产力效应研究——基于绿色技术创新视角

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旅行社质量保证金制度的重构

旅行社质量保证金是用于保障旅游者权益的专用款项.它对保证旅游质量、减少旅游纠纷、降低交易风险发挥了一定作用,但保证金制度设计的缺陷,致其功能远未充分彰显.本文从保证金制度的性质及功能出发,分析其实施中存在的问题,最后提出具体的重构措施和方法.     

数字技术融合对企业创新数量与质量的影响

以268家医疗装备企业为研究对象,从Himmpat专利数据库获取2002—2022年的15 446条专利数据,构建“数字-医疗”技术融合网络,基于量与质的视角实证分析数字技术融合对企业创新绩效的影响。采用负二项固定效应回归模型进行实证研究。结果表明,互补性数字技术融合和替代性数字技术融合均对企业创新质量和数量具有正向影响,融合波动性负向调节上述关系。     

共享经济下高校大学生创新创业人才培养保障体系研究

以创新创业教育为导向的高等教育改革成为当前高等教育改革的重要任务.基于共享经济理论指导,论文构建高校大学生创新创业人才培养保障体系的框架;从组织、制度、平台、资源保障四个方面分析创新创业人才培养保障体系的构成要素.最后,分析了高校创新创业人才培养保障体系的利益共享机制、资源整合机制和分工协作机制.     

新世纪会计本科课程设置改革初探

随着经济全球化、技术制度革新加快及会计职业本身职业范围的扩大,对会计本科课程设置提出了新的要求。目前,我国会计本科课程偏重技能教育忽视素质教育和职业道德的培养。应增加文科教育课程,开设与企管、财经相关的辩论课或在有关课时中分离出一部分课时作为辩论课,减少会计专业课,增设会计案例课,以培养出符合社会需要的会计人才。     

企业技术创新需要高职人才

当今世界的经济形态,当属知识经济形态,即以信息产业、新材料产业、新能源产业、空间产业、海洋产业、生命科学产业和环境保护产业等等高技术产业为其支柱产业。企业的技术创新必须适应这一时代特征。受过良好高等职业技术教育的高技能人才,不仅具有高超的操作技能,而且掌握与之相关的专业知识,无疑是企业技术创新的生力军。     

在加快经济发展方式转变中提升胜利油田发展质量

胜利油田作为国有特大型石油企业,要进一步提升科学发展水平,其主要任务就是转变经济发展方式,提升经济发展质量。本文在对胜利油田内部结构性矛盾和问题进行分析的基础上,提出了要提升资源战略,提升市场战略,强化管理创新,凸显自主创新,加强民生建设,推进和谐油田建设等六大对策。