The balancing act of social enterprise: An IT emergence perspective     

《International Journal of Information Management》2021

The significance of IT in the context of non-digital social enterprises (SEs) and its influence on the viability of such SEs have been less studied themes in information systems research. In the era of ubiquitous IT, SEs have increasing pressures to cope with the ever-dynamic technological domain while balancing their dual objectives. Data from a single revelatory case of Jaipur Rugs (JR), an SE situated in a developing country context (India), is used to fathom the peculiarities of the SE context with a focus on the sociomaterial phenomena of IT emergence. Using the three fundamental notions of sociomateriality theory (relationality, performativity, and practice) this interpretive study understands the mechanisms underlying the SE’s attempt to balance its financial and social sustainability objectives. Through the innovative use of IT, the SE establishes and maintains shared value, yielding stability and efficiency to the business (financial viability) while simultaneously ensuring scalability and effectiveness of their social impact. This study strengthens the perspective of IT as an emergent phenomenon situated in sociomaterial practices and fills a gap in organizational literature by examining such phenomenon in the rich context of SEs where achieving the balance between dual goals is increasingly dependent on non-human (IT) agents.  相似文献   

The role of task and ego-oriented climate in explaining students’ bright and dark motivational experiences in Physical Education     

Luis García-González  Javier Sevil-Serrano  Angel Abós  Nathalie Aelterman  Leen Haerens 《Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy》2019,24(4):344-358

Background: A distinction is made in Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) between task-oriented (i.e. effort, intra-individual progress, and self-comparison) and ego-oriented (i.e. inter-individual progress and normative comparison) climates. Combining insights from AGT and Self-Determination Theory (SDT), studies in the PE context have shown that a task-oriented climate positively relates to need satisfaction, although the findings regarding the motivating role of an ego-oriented climate are inconsistent. Moreover, little is known about the role of task- or ego-oriented climates in explaining experiences of basic psychological need frustration.

Purpose: Grounded in AGT and SDT, the aim of the present study was to examine if experiences of basic psychological need satisfaction and need frustration can explain why task- and ego-oriented climates elicit positive and negative motivational outcomes in PE, respectively.

Research design: Cross-sectional study.

Method: A sample of 524 secondary school students (51.1% boys, M_age?=?14.51; SD?=?1.81) from five different secondary schools participated in this study. Students reported on their perceptions of task- and ego-oriented climates, motivational regulations, basic psychological need satisfaction, and need frustration, as well as positive and negative outcomes in PE. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate our objective.

Results: We found that a task-oriented climate had a strong and positive relationship with basic psychological need satisfaction, eliciting a bright pathway to autonomous motivation and affective attitude. An ego-oriented climate was positively related to basic psychological need frustration, eliciting a dark pathway to amotivation and boredom. A negative cross-path from task-oriented climate to basic psychological need frustration was also found, while no significant cross-paths were found from ego-oriented climate to basic psychological need satisfaction.

Conclusions: This study provides a better understanding of the mechanisms that explain why task- and ego-oriented climates shape students’ motivational experiences in PE lessons. It is suggested that a task-oriented climate elicits a bright pathway towards more optimal functioning, because it fosters experiences of need satisfaction and buffers against experiences of need frustration. In contrast, an ego-oriented climate is primarily positively related to feelings of need frustration and negative motivational outcomes. Practical implications for PE teacher training are discussed.  相似文献   

Writer identification approach based on bag of words with OBI features     

Amal Durou  Ibrahim Aref  Somaya Al-Maadeed  Ahmed Bouridane  Elhadj Benkhelifa 《Information processing & management》2019,56(2):354-366

Handwriter identification aims to simplify the task of forensic experts by providing them with semi-automated tools in order to enable them to narrow down the search to determine the final identification of an unknown handwritten sample. An identification algorithm aims to produce a list of predicted writers of the unknown handwritten sample ranked in terms of confidence measure metrics for use by the forensic expert will make the final decision.Most existing handwriter identification systems use either statistical or model-based approaches. To further improve the performances this paper proposes to deploy a combination of both approaches using Oriented Basic Image features and the concept of graphemes codebook. To reduce the resulting high dimensionality of the feature vector a Kernel Principal Component Analysis has been used. To gauge the effectiveness of the proposed method a performance analysis, using IAM dataset for English handwriting and ICFHR 2012 dataset for Arabic handwriting, has been carried out. The results obtained achieved an accuracy of 96% thus demonstrating its superiority when compared against similar techniques.  相似文献   

SPOC在线课程在大学计算机基础课程教学中的应用实践     

于丽 《教育教学论坛》2020,(16):366-367

随着网络和信息技术的发展,现如今越来越多的课程通过网络和各种网络工具进行混合式教学。大学计算机基础课程是大学生的第一门计算机公共基础课程,同时也是大学生学习后续其他课程的重要基础课。为了提高该课程的教学效果,实现人才培养目标,教学团队针对该课程教学中存在的主要问题,通过结合SPOC在线课程的混合教学模式及运用多种教学方法,将线下和线上教学相结合。实践教学表明,混合式的教学模式不仅提高了学生的学习积极性和兴趣,而且达到了较好的教学效果。  相似文献   

质性评价:另一种学生学业评价方法     

苑毅 《教育教学论坛》2020,(19):360-361

量化评价是基于自然科学主义观点对学生学业开展评价,它将学生作为统一的整体忽略了个体之间的差异,而基于人文主义的质性评价则注重学生之间的个体差异。质性评价为职业教育中的学业评价提供了另一种好思路,值得研究和推广。  相似文献   

化“有形”于“无形”———英语句式结构影响下的 “欧化”汉语译文之应对原则     

王作伟 《湖北第二师范学院学报》2014,(3):129-131

翻译学科的快速发展使译文在数量和质量上都在不断地发展,但是在翻译过来的作品中“欧化”汉语还是频频出现,这不仅影响了读者的阅读,也影响着翻译所肩负的文化传播的使命.重“形合”的英语和重“意合”的汉语在语言组织方面存在着很大差异,然而译者在做英译汉时,总是跳不出英语“形合”框架而产出具有英语句子结构的汉语.本文主要分析教学中的实例,从英语句式结构方面探究其问题所在,并建议以化“有形”于“无形”的原则来解决问题.  相似文献   

浅析《学记》中的教学原则及对语文教学的指导意义     

杨眉 《重庆职业技术学院学报》2011,20(2):131-132

《学记》作为教育史上最早的专著,对教学相长、长善救失、善教善喻和藏息相辅四个教学原则进行了精辟和系统的阐述。文章对此展开了相关阐述,同时分析了以上四个原则对语文新课标的指导意义。  相似文献   

通信原理实验教学改革探析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张燕 《中国现代教育装备》2011,(9):99-101

针对DSP原理与应用课程的特点,从教学内容、教学方法、教学手段和实践教学方面对DSP原理与应用课程的教学改革进行了探索与实践。通过改革,提升了教学效果,激发了学生的创新能力,提高了学生的实际动手能力,为学生毕业后从事DSP相关的工作奠定了良好的基础。  相似文献   

微机原理与应用教学改革探讨   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

周伯荣  吴爱萍 《中国现代教育装备》2011,(3):108-109

针对微机原理与应用教学过程中存在的问题,结合该课程特点,提出了微机原理与应用理论教学内容、教学方式、实践教学的改革方案和措施,以便更好地培养学生实践创新能力,符合应用型本科院校的培养目标。  相似文献   

遥控安全性检查与闭锁技术的探讨     

王月爱 《中国现代教育装备》2011,(5):33-34

介绍了微机五防系统组成、主要实现的五防功能及防误闭锁实现原理,并对两种模式的微机五防系统进行比较,使读者对于电力系统微机防误闭锁技术有一个更深入的了解。  相似文献