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Using virtual worlds in rural and regional educational institutions
Authors: Gregory Sue , Jacka Lisa , Hillier Mathew , Grant Scott
Published: December 2022

This paper presents four case studies from two regional and two metropolitan Australian universities, showcasing how 3D virtual world platforms have been used to connect, engage and motivate students in both co-located and non-co-located contexts. The case studies provide practical examples of how virtual worlds and associated applications have been operationalised in real teaching and learning contexts involving a range of different disciplines. For rural educators looking for innovative ways to enrich the student learning experience, the case studies offer first hand insights into the potential and the problems of using virtual worlds for educational purposes.
Australian rural educational research: A geographical perspective
Authors: Pini Barbara , Mayes Robyn
Published: December 2022

This paper brings a rural geographical lens to the study of education and rurality. Two key interrelated notions underpinning Australian educational scholarship on rurality are explored. That is, the concepts of the rural and of community. The adoption and mobilisation of these terms in a large proportion of rural educational research as unproblematic is at odds with contemporary theorising in rural geography. In order to advance studies of rural education, we point to the contestability, fluidity and fundamentally political nature of these core concepts. In doing so, we draw on a selection of extant geographical research and educational research concerned with the rural. In concluding the paper we highlight that as well as challenging orthodoxies in relation to notions of rurality and community, more recent rural geographical scholarship has also engaged a greater diversity of methodological approaches. We suggest that more robust and nuanced approaches to terms such as 'the rural' and 'the community' in educational research could be garnered by reference to this dynamic body of methodological writing.
From paradise to beyond: Geographical constructs and how they shape education in the 'bush'.
Authors: Guenther John , Halsey John , Osborne Sam
Published: December 2022

Schools in Australia are sometimes described, categorised and defined by their locations. These statistical geographical categorisations help to determine how funding is allocated. They help to determine the types of teachers that are recruited, what kinds of teachers are attracted, how they much they are paid. Geographical categories can create perceptions that sometimes end up as stereotypes in the minds of parents and students. At times remote geographical locations are associated with disadvantage.

These kinds of categorisations tend to treat schools in binary terms, or on a linear continuum, which may also be associated with value judgements that can be misleading. For example, rural schools are often thought of as disadvantaged, while city schools are therefore advantaged.

In this paper the authors argue that the categorisations described above are unhelpful, limiting, misrepresent and are often unwarranted. In this paper they draw from the descriptions offered by schools for the public that are presented on the My School website. They draw a line that starts in the Adelaide suburb of Paradise and runs through to the far north of South Australia. Along the line there is a mix of metropolitan, provincial and remote schools. In analysing this data from My School, they challenge the binaries and continuums associated with geographical labels and propose instead, based on geographical concepts associated with space and place, that schools could be better described in terms of socio-cultural and geographic diversity.
The experience is in the journey: An appreciative case-study investigating early career teachers employment in rural schools
Authors: McCallum Faye , Hazel Sarah
Published: December 2022

Based on a sample of over 3000 primary and secondary school students located in regional and rural schools in Tasmania (Australia) this research had three aims: (1) to identify studentsâ€™ self-perceptions of schooling with a focus on high school completion (referred to as school retention); (2) to determine if gender, socio-economic factors, level of school absenteeism, and school setting (primary or secondary) influenced the studentsâ€™ responses; and (3) to identify which factors had the greatest influence on the studentsâ€™ aspirations to continue their schooling.Â  A 42-item survey produced eight factors: (1) Teacher Support, (2) Aspirations, (3) School Organisation, (4) English Ability, (5) Maths Ability, (6) Friends, (7) Other Activities, and (8) Career Goals. Higher levels of absenteeism, lower socio-economic status, and transitioning to secondary school reduced scores on the factors.Â  Girls had higher scores for three factors: (1) Teacher Support, (2) English Ability, and (3) Aspirations. Regression analysis identified Friends, English and Mathematics Ability, Other Activities, and Teacher Support as the â€˜best predictorsâ€™ of studentsâ€™ aspiration to continue schooling. The implications of the significant findings for school practice are discussed with recommendations for interventions.Â
Transitioning from university to teaching in schools located in rural and remote settings
Authors: Haynes John Ewen See , Miller Judith Anne
Published: December 2022

This paper reports the findings of research which focused on fourth year pre-service teachersâ€™ perceptions of the issue of their transition from pre-service university student to in-service teaching, specifically in rural and remote settings. The results of a survey which focused on studentsâ€™ perceived levels of readiness and comfort when considering teaching in a rural or remote school as a first posting are presented. Background data were collected revealing that the majority of the pre-service teachers (n=39) identified their hometown as rural and/or as a small city within a 400 km radius from the regional University.Â  Analysis of data indicated 32 of the participants wanted to teach in a rural school, two wanted to move closer to the coast and five were unsure. Â Leximancer text-mining software was employed to examine the responses to five questions including: how they would describe themselves as a teacher; what differences existed between rural and urban teaching; what their ideas were regarding what constituted good rural teaching; and what may be the difficulties in rural teaching. The last section of the results provides a profile of the number of preservice teachers (PSTs) intending to teach in rural settings.Â  The findings confirmed previous research that suggested that many teachers in rural settings originate from small rural and remote communities. The concepts and themes emerging from the analysis of the open ended survey data are presented as the major findings.Â  Implications of the research include recommendations that pre-service teacher education programs could be more responsive to student needs, resulting in greater preparation for teachers entering the teaching profession in rural and remote settings.
Rural education practice and policy in marginalised communities:Teaching and learning on the edge
Authors: Reid Jo-Anne
Published: December 2022

In this paper I focus on the problems that face (teacher) education policy and practice in meeting the challenge of â€˜persistent and entrenched locational disadvantageâ€™ in marginal communities.Â  In Dropping off the Edge 2015, Tony Vinson and colleagues (2015) clearly demonstrate that complex and entrenched disadvantage has continued to characterise a number of Australian communities, with few signs of improvement in the past 15 years. A very high proportion of these disadvantaged localities are in rural areas, and they pose an enormous challenge to policy makers and service providers, as well as to the people who live in the communities themselves.Â  In such contexts, education is both crucially important and inexorably difficult.Â  Agreeing with Vinson, Rawshtorne, Beavis and Ericson, that we need to understand locational disadvantage as a wicked problem for a social equity agenda (2015), I argue that the concept of Rural Social Space (Reid et al., 2010) provides a useful and coherent theoretical resource for understanding and addressing this problem, and rethinking the idea of community in ways that are necessary for change to occur. Using an exemplary case of one locality identified by Vinson as threatened with â€˜dropping off the edgeâ€™, I examine what a wicked problem looks like for social equity in this particular rural social space, and how it calls into question some of our most cherished assumptions about rural communities and rural schooling.Â  The example allows consideration of the kind of policy and practice responses that may be necessary if the problem of educational disadvantage in rural locations is to be adequately addressed.
Demographic analysis of turnover intentions amongst Nigerian high school teachers
Authors: Ajayi Stephen Oluwatoyin , Olatunji Oluwole Alfred
Published: December 2022

Nigeriaâ€™s Universal Basic Education program massifies access to education. School enrolment numbers have risen consistently. However, pre-existing issues have often diminished the incentive to achieve the greater goals of massification efforts. This study investigates teachersâ€™ intentions to quit; to wit, the relationship between turnover causations and teachersâ€™ demographic variables [including age, sex, work status, qualifications and years of experience]. We analysed a total of 925 questionnaires received from public high school teachers in Ogun State, south-western Nigeria. Data were grouped for analysis by respondentsâ€™ gender, age, qualifications, work status and years of experience. The frameworks for the analysis were: job satisfaction, personal health, work-social life balance, involuntary turnover, workload stress, LEAP leadership behaviour, organizational commitment, work environment and motivation. Methods used for analyses include descriptive methods, analysis of variance, pairwise comparisons, Cronbachâ€™s Alpha reliability estimation and T-test statistics. The study found significant correlation between teachersâ€™ intention to quit, and teachersâ€™ age, qualification, work status and experience. Teachers aged 36 â€“ 45 years are least willing to quit. Teachers aged 55 years and above, and those aged below 35 years are most willing to quit. The managerial insight to this is that managers need to target employees within the age brackets that are most willing to stay-on, and to work out appropriate strategies to retain those who are most valuable to the goals of the UBE and the organizations in which they serve.
Supervision Of Nursing Students In Rural Environments: Engaging Learning By Teaching The Teachers
Authors: Marlow Annette , Mather Carey A
Published: December 2022

Â The health profession workforce is challenged by the increased numbers of undergraduate students requiring supervised experiences in environments where service delivery is the primary goal. Given the increased need to recruit and retain suitably qualified and educationally prepared staff into these sometimes under resourced locations, guidance of health profession students, in particular students of nursing, in rural areas of Tasmania is a topical issue.Â This situation was acknowledged in 2010 when the Commonwealth Governmentâ€™s Department of Health and Ageing sponsored a local project to increase the number of opportunities for students to undertake professional experience within non-traditional and rural healthcare settings. The project goals included identifying and acknowledging those healthcare professionals who supervised learners; providing guidance, mentorship and resources; and building capability and capacity in environments to host students. On project completion, further Commonwealth funding became available through Health Workforce Australia to continue the project aims.Â Over six years, an educational process focusing on the needs of rural healthcare professionals related to supervision and support of undergraduate nursing students was established. An evaluative approach enabled the use of Weimerâ€™s personal accounts of change methodology to analyse and critique the application of developed learning and teaching resources. Initially resource development focused on current knowledge, skills and understandings of supervision of learners by health professionals in practice. From the findings, the scope of support broadened to include development and delivery of workshops to enable the supervisors of students to develop a pedagogical understanding of learning and teaching in healthcare settings. Evaluation suggested supervisors require guidance and mentorship related to the â€˜howâ€™ of learning and teaching. More specifically they wanted synchronous and asynchronous access to consistent and contemporary learning and teaching information in a timely manner. Given their geographic isolation, this educational support was delivered in a variety of innovative ways, including digital resources, online programs, videoconferencing and face-to-face learning opportunities. This paper outlines the processes and outcomes of developing a collaborative approach to increasing the capability and capacity of health professionals, in particular registered nurses, who choose to supervise undergraduate students during their rural workplace-based professional experience. Â
Preparing Rural And Regional Students For The Future World Of Work: Developing Authentic Career Focussed Curriculum Through A Collaborative Partnership Model
Authors: Woodroffe Jessica , Kilpatrick Sue , Williams Brett , Jago Matthew
Published: December 2022

Small places are not devoid of opportunities nor of successful programs to equip them for the future, despite perception to the contrary (West, 2013). This paper considers career education in the context of rural places in the modern globalised world. Â The paper introduces the Pathways to Success project, involving more than eighty initiatives mapped to the Australian curriculum showcasing further education, training and careers in local industries to more than 8000 learners and their schools and teachers in Tasmania. It outlines how a partnership model among schools, industry, technical and vocational, and higher education sectors can be used to move from a sole dependency model to a partnership model of career education. Drawing on the projectâ€™s mixed method evaluation results, the paper considers the key opportunities and challenges for preparing rural and regional Tasmanian students for the future world of work. It focuses on how collaborative partnerships can better equip educators with information and networks they need to positively impact on how young rural and regional Tasmanian students consider education pathways and career options to get to â€˜whatâ€™s nextâ€™ in their lives. It showcases how rural and regional communities and resources can be used to develop new and innovative place based career and curriculum learning.
Disrupting Perception: Mapping An Understanding Of Educational Attainment
Authors: Sutton Georgia , Mcleod Catriona , Fraser Sharon , Corbett Michael
Published: December 2022

Educational attainment is widely recognised as a â€˜wickedâ€™ problem in Australia for which a range of interventions have been developed. The North West of Tasmania is a rural and regional community, which has been a focus for such interventions due to its relatively low rates of retention to Year 12 and low tertiary participation rates. This paper seeks to move beyond narratives of deficit through a project aimed at exploring and representing the scope and range of activities undertaken in the region to address and support educational attainment. We begin with the question: â€˜How can communities, perceived to be deficit models, be provided with evidence of activities aimed at impacting educational attainment in a meaningful way?â€™Â  We used concept mapping to re-present the variety, type and audience of activities in the region.Â  Concept mapping provided a means of processing a dynamic assemblage of data to represent existing work and to explore possibilities. This process disrupts deficit discourses and enhances stakeholdersâ€™ knowledge of educational attainment in the region and invites future mapping and more complex understandings of ongoing cultural change.
The Financial Realities For Students From Low SES Backgrounds At Australian Regional Universities
Authors: Devlin Marcia , McKay Jade
Published: December 2022

Students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds often contend with financial issues that have the potential to impact significantly on their success in higher education. Research has shown that students from low SES backgrounds often find themselvesunder economic pressure to prioritise paid work over their education. Few studies have explored the financial realities and challenges facing students who are from both low SES backgrounds and who are studying in regional areas of Australia. This paper presents some of the key findings from a recent national study undertaken by the six universities in the Australian Regional Universities Network (RUN). The study set out to explore approaches and strategies to facilitate the success of students from low SES backgrounds at regional universities. In interviews with 69 students from low SES backgrounds and 26 stakeholders recognised as experts in the field of facilitating success for these students, financial challenges were found to be one of the most significant barriers to student success. Documenting these insights, this paper has the potential to inform academics, institutional leaders and policy makers alike in their approaches to mitigating the financial challenges for these students and to facilitate their success.
Equity, Access & Quality Education in Rural Australia
Authors: Downes Natalie , Fuqua Melyssa
Published: December 2022

In 2017, SPERA members and supporters were surveyed on their views of rural education.  Forty-two participants responded to the online survey through targeted and snowball recruitment.  Participants shared their opinions of the main issues in rural education, the challenges facing rural communities and schools, and what they would like to see change to improve the futures of rural youth.  There were two consistent themes: concern about access to quality education for all learners and the survival of rural communities.  This included worries about isolation, the attraction and retention of teachers, the availability of opportunities for different types of learners and knowledge, insufficient infrastructure, and post-school options for youth.  It is noted that these findings are similar to those in other key reports such as the recent Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education, 2000 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) Report and the 1987 Schooling in Rural Australia Report, with their persistence a disappointing concern for education in Australia.
Promoting Positive Self-Identity in Aboriginal Students: Case Studies of Clontarf Academy Youth Living A Rural Community
Authors: Oliver Rhonda , Exell Mike
Published: December 2022

Aboriginal school students, especially those living in rural and remote areas, continue to achieve below the national standard in oral language, literacy and numeracy. On leaving school their unemployment rate is three times that of non-Aboriginal people. At the same time we know academic and career success is closely tied to oneâ€™s self-identity. Therefore, the aim of this research is twofold: firstly, within the context of living in a rural community, explore which factors contribute to a positive self-identity amongst Aboriginal youth; and secondly, examine how this relates to their educational experience and transition into the workplace.  The participants were five Aboriginal males aged between 16 â€“ 18 years at the commencement of the study who attended the local high school and were supported by Clontarf Academy staff who were located at this school. The data were collected over an 18 month period using observation, formal and informal interviews (i.e., yarning). This was done from an 'inside' perspective as one of the researchers had a long term mentoring relationship with all the participants. This rich and thick data was used to formulate in-depth, ethnographic case studies which were further interrogated to identify themes to address the research aims. The findings show that 'family' play a key role in the maintenance of both language and culture, that style of communication continues to be strong marker of Aboriginality, and their location in the rural area and particularly as part of the Academy served to support and sustain strong Aboriginal identities.
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Learning In Rural South Africa
Authors: Hlalele Dipane Joseph
Published: December 2022

Calls for a decolonized curriculum in South Africa are gaining momentum. Contrary to the school curriculum that privileges knowledge from a western perspective, indigenous knowledge systems appreciate and draw from local content and forms of knowing. A number of studies have expressed the value of indigenous knowledge systems, and the need for educational processes to be properly contextualised within the local knowledge and language in South Africa. This paper suggests a break away from the current western modalities in teaching and learning and argues for unlocking and unleashing indigenous [local and latent] knowledge systems through decolonizing the curriculum. However, the uptake of such in the midst of a longstanding 'colonized' curriculum seems to be daunting. Guided by Appreciative inquiry, the paper reports on the three rural teachers' understanding towards sustainable learning through indigenous narratives as they consciously work against western hegemony and ideology (epistemologies, ontologies and axiologies). Rural learning ecologies in South Africa are constituted by over ten million learners. The learners are expected to learn western knowledge and apply such in search of sustainable livelihoods. Data generated through these stories, analysed through critical discourse analysis (at textual, social and discursive levels). The study finds that dislodging the dominant western epistemologies demystifies authenticity of learning practices, learning content and embraces indigenous communities and their knowledge. The implication involves the appreciation of indigenous knowledge systems as genuine and acceptable knowledge that may not necessarily need to be sanctioned though western modes.
Audio Description as a Pedagogical Tool in the Foreign Language Classroom
Authors: Bausells-Espín Adriana
Published: December 2022

Audio description (AD) is an intersemiotic mode of audiovisual translation where images are translated into words to facilitate access to visual content for visually-impaired audiences. Over the last decade, it has gained prominence in foreign language research, as its formal particularities and condition as a communication-oriented and process-based activity present a fertile ground for designing innovative classroom tasks. This research was conducted with students of Spanish at the University of Manchester, and it investigates participants’ perceptions about a classroom AD project. The exploratory analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from participants’ responses to end-of-project questionnaires leads to the formulation of a ‘triple-connection hypothesis’: a direct relationship between perceptions of difficulty of the main challenges of AD, perceptions of usefulness of AD for developing the skills required to overcome those challenges, and perceptions of own learning progress thanks to AD. The findings show that AD is perceived by students as especially useful for developing integrated skills, communicative skills and lexical skills, to a greater or lesser extent depending on the difficulty perceived.
Lay Summary
Audio description (AD) is an additional voice that describes what happens in a TV show, a movie or a theatre play when characters are not speaking. This helps people with visual problems to follow the plot. AD describes characters’ expressions or movements, places or objects, or reads text that appears on screen. It is a special type of translation: instead of translating from words to words, it translates from images to words.
Recently, AD has become more available and popular, catching the attention of foreign language teachers. They have started using it in class, creating activities where students write audio descriptions to improve language skills, such as vocabulary, or record them to practice speaking. Creating an AD requires students to use clear and direct language, use summarising skills, and make a lot of careful choices. It also helps them learn about the needs of people with visual difficulties. So far, teachers have reported positive results.
To continue exploring how useful AD activities are for language learning, we did an AD classroom project with students of Spanish, and we collected their opinions about it. This information can help teachers design truly beneficial AD activities. Our students completed a survey at the end of the project to tell us how difficult AD had been for them, how useful they found it for language learning, and how much it helped them improve. We discovered that when students found AD difficult, they also found it more useful, and they learned more. We also discovered the opposite: when they found it less difficult, they also found it less useful, and they learned less. Finally, we discovered that AD especially helped them to improve communication and speaking abilities, to build vocabulary and sound natural, and to practice several skills at once.
Designing, Making, and Validating Accessible Products and Services
Authors: Arias-Badia Blanca , Bestard-Bou Joan Josep , Hermosa-Ramírez Irene
Published: December 2022

Participatory accessibility, i.e., the involvement of users in the design, making, and validation of accessible products and services, has been encouraged under the premise that it would ultimately prove beneficial both in terms of usability and user satisfaction. This article examines the role of users and Disabled People Organisations (DPOs) in the design and validation of access services by providing the results of four in-depth interviews with representatives of non-profit organisations active in Catalonia. The main topics covered in the interviews include users’ views on design, production, and validation processes, the training and professionalisation of user consultants and validators, and users’ input on standards. The results show that users are mainly involved in validation actions today. They are only rarely considered in early stages of the production chain. DPOs see the occasional exceptions to this trend as a positive indicator that processes may change in the near future. They demand the true integration of persons with disabilities in all the links in the production chain and, crucially, in management positions, as the only way to effectively cater for users’ needs.
Lay summary
It is commonly agreed that end users, including persons with disabilities, need to be involved in the creation of products or services that aim to be accessible. This is because nobody is more familiar with their specific needs than themselves. This article presents results of four interviews with representatives of non-profit organisations in Catalonia who actively work with persons with disabilities. To begin, we ask them to offer their definition of accessibility as end users. After that, we ask them to what extent they think users are involved in the design of new products and services, as well as on their role in validating such products and services once they are made available to the general public. They explain that the participation of persons with disabilities often comes too late, i.e., when products are already designed, and that there is still a big task to do in terms of truly integrating persons with disabilities in management positions, which they see as the way to improve the present situation.
The incidence and structure of dental pathology in children with chronic viral hepatitis C
Authors: Matkulieva Sevara , Isakhodjaeva Khabiba , Khamidov Ilkhom
Published: December 2022

To develop a complex of therapeutic measures for various lesions of the oral mucosa in children with chronic viral hepatitis C. To solve the tasks and achieve the goals of the study, general clinical, biochemical, immunological, microbiological, virological, dental and statistical research methods were used in the work. The study was conducted in the period from 2018 to 2021. Data collection was carried out on the basis of the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Pediatrics of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Department of Chronic Hepatitis. The head of the department is Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan Inoyatova F.I.), as well as on the basis of the pediatric dental clinic of the Tashkent State Dental Institute. The main group of patients was formed, including 112 children with HCV and pathology of COPD. Results: The analysis showed that the proposed method of treatment had a significantly positive effect on the condition of the oral mucosa in children with hepatit C
THE IMPACT OF AUTOMOBILE POLLUTED SOIL ON SEEDLING GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN SOME HIGHER PLANTS
Authors: KABIR Muhammad , NOREEN Tabinda , IQBAL Muhammad Zafar , SHAFIQ Muhammad , ATHAR Mohammad , FAROOQI Zia-ur-Rehman
Published: December 2022

Rapid increase in automobile density and discharge of different types of pollutants from automobile are a serious issue for whole civilized world and in Bhakkar also.Vehicle emission from automobiles released an enormous quantity of toxic pollutants likewise nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon mono oxide, heavy metals particularly lead, cadmium in environment and produced harmful effects on germination and growth of plants. This study was aim to investigate the effect of automobile polluted soil on the growth of some tree species. In present study the variation in seedling growth performance of three different selected tree species namely, Acacia nilotica L., Albizia lebbeck L. (Benth.) and Eucalyptus globulus Labill. raised in roadside polluted soils of District Bhakkar, Pakistan were recorded in the pots. Results showed that root, shoot, seedling length, number of leaves, and seedling dry weight of Acacia nilotica grown in polluted road soils of Bhakkar-Khansar road showed a significant (p<0.05) decline. Statistical analysis of recorded data showed that root growth and leaf area of Albizia lebbeck in the soil of Bhakkar-Khansar road soil significantly (p<0.05) decreased as compared to control. Similarly, a significant (p<0.05) reduction in shoot, seedling length, number of leaves, leaf area and seedling dry weight performance of E. globulus in polluted soils of Bhakkar-Notak was recorded.
Moderating Role of Managerial Ownership on the Effect of Cash Conversion Cycle and Receivable to Payable ratio on Firm Performance in Listed Industrial and Consumer Goods Companies in Nigeria
Authors: Isaac LAMBE , Bemshima ORBUNDE , Williams A. TION , Dzugwahi HARUNA
Published: December 2022

Cash management is an essential requirement for an organization to stay afloat. The liquidity position of such business entity can determine how it is being treated in the marketplace. Therefore, ensuring a shorter time lag between when credits are given and when they are converted back to cash is very important in working capital management. Receivable to payable ratio addresses the number of days a company will allow its money with customers in relation to what is allowed by the supplier. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relevance of accounts receivable and accounts payable management in publicly traded Nigerian firms engaged in manufacturing and retailing consumer and industrial goods. The sample of 26 listed Nigerian industrial and consumer goods businesses is from the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), and the data spans the years 2011 to 2021. The study utilized a correlation review and a multiple regression model to analyze the study’s variables and their relationships post hoc. Researchers found that the correlation between the accounts receivable to accounts payable ratio and ROA was significantly tempered by the degree of ownership concentration. This suggests that the beneficial effect of the receivables-to-payments ratio on financial performance is mitigated by the degree to which ownership is concentrated. Instead, a slowed cash conversion cycle due to high ownership concentration has a favourable and negligible impact on financial results. The report suggests, among other things, that the management of listed consumer and industrial products firms in Nigeria cultivate a long-term connection with their suppliers to gain access to trade finance in a more convenient, swift manner, which would improve the companies’ performance. The management should further put in place a very vibrant credit policy to help avoid any occurrence of poor account receivables.
Investigation of daylight performance in traditional residential buildings in the context of EN- 17037 standard - Sivas Hubiyar Korucu Mansion
Authors: Sümengen Özlem , Şengönül Gamze Merve
Published: December 2022

Daylight is an integral part of our lives as the most important element in places. Efficient and appropriate use of daylight reduces the need for adequate illumination of the volumes and artificial lighting. Today, windows that are not designed correctly cause energy waste by increasing the use of artificial lighting instead of natural lighting. The seriousness of this situation is increasing today and regulations and standards regarding daylight use are published. The disappearance of this traditional Turkish architecture has also reduced the effective use of natural light. Study is focused on daylight penetration in traditional Turkish houses in the context of EN-17037 and a traditional Turkish house evaluated as case study. Natural lighting measurements of the selected building were calculated using the daylight simulation program, at 09:00, 12:00 and 15:00 for the months of March 21, June 21, September 21, and December 21 under average sky conditions. In line with the results obtained from the simulation program, the illumination levels (Lux), daylight factor (DF) and daylight performance classification (%) of the spaces are presented. As a result of the evaluation made in the context of EN 17037 standard, attention was drawn to the importance of openings as windows in traditional Turkish houses. And additionaly, architectural similarities and differences with the contemporary building is highlighted in results.
Translingual and translocal perspectives on writing
Authors: Kuteeva Maria , Saarinen Taina
Published: December 2022

This special issue has been inspired by presentations and discussions which took place during the first workshop of our  NOS-HS research network ‘The Politics and Ideologies of Multilingual Writing’ (Stockholm University, 27-28 May 2021). In this issue, we explore translingual and translocal perspectives, zooming in on various aspects of writing, from its legitimacy to its localities. Our focus is on writing for publication by authors with multilingual repertoires and/or working in multilingual settings. Unlike previous research, which focused on academic, journalistic, and creative writing as separate domains, we aim to bring together researchers working in different subfields of linguistics, literary studies, and education, giving ways to new understandings of translingual and translocal dimensions in our writing.
Digital networks, social capital, and poverty. An analysis for the city of Bahía Blanca
Authors: Gutiérrez Emiliano , Larrosa Juan M. C.
Published: December 2022

In recent decades, the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has modified individuals' means of information exchange. The possibility of interacting through digital media would then allow for increasing the participation of all community members, providing more significant communication opportunities for the entire population. The appearance of these new communication channels would allow those disadvantaged sectors to increase their social network, constituting this support a vital tool when reducing their levels of deprivation and making visible to the rest of the community those requirements necessary to improve their living conditions. However, this access to new digital communication channels would occur asymmetrically, and the impact of these tools may be null when enabling new social links or revitalizing existing ones. While some segments of the population would find themselves with significant restrictions to digital connectivity, another sector could prioritize other ways of interacting with the rest of the environment according to the needs the social environment could help solve. In this way, the impact these new digital platforms could have on social capital turns out to be a question to be resolved. In this sense, this work aims to study the relationship between the use of digital platforms and poverty as a mechanism for expanding social networks, specifically within the city of Bahía Blanca, Argentina. For this, information from a face-to-face survey carried out in Bahía Blanca in December 2021, Encuesta de Proyecto de Unidad Ejecutora (EPUE), was used.
Yerli Televizyon Dizilerinde Toplumsal Sınıfların Manipülasyonu: Bir Göstergebilim Analizi
Authors: GÖKMEN Esma
Published: December 2022

Çalışma yerli televizyon dizilerinde toplumsal sınıfların yaşam biçimleri üzerinden bir göstergebilim analizi sunmaktadır. Çalışma örneklemi ATV’de yayınlanmakta olan Kardeşlerim dizisidir. Dizide hangi toplumsal sınıfların yer aldığı, bu sınıfların yaşam biçiminin hangi göstergelerle temsil edildiği ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerden yola çıkılarak özel televizyon kanallarının yerli televizyon dizilerinde toplumsal sınıfları tasviri, toplumsal sınıf kavramı üzerine geliştirilen kuramsal yaklaşımlar bağlamında yorumlanmıştır. Çalışmada göstergebilim yönteminden yararlanılmış olup, dizinin belirlenen sahnelerinde toplumsal sınıflarla ilişkili gösteren ve gösterilenler belirlenmiş ve veriler tablolaştırılarak yorumlanmıştır. Sonuçta toplumsal sınıfların yerli televizyon dizilerinde aynı düzeyde temsil edilmediği, orta sınıf görünmezken, alt sınıf ve üst sınıfın belirgin şekilde görünür olduğu, sınıfların yaşam biçimlerinin ise kapitalizmin parametreleri etrafında organize edildiği söylenebilir.
Haber Tüketim Motivasyonları ve Tatminleri Ölçeği’nin Geliştirilmesi ve Psikometrik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi
Authors: ATESGOZ Kenan , KILIÇ Deniz
Published: December 2022

Bu çalışmada Web 2.0 kullanıcılarının haber tüketim motivasyon ve tatminleri belirlemeye yönelik Haber Tüketim Motivasyonları ve Tatminleri Ölçeği geliştirilmiş ve ölçeğin psikometrik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Ölçekte katılımcıların YouTube, Instagram ve haber sitesi-dijital gazete kapsamında haber tüketim motivasyon ve tatminlerini ölçmeye yönelik olarak tasarlanmış 27 adet 7’li likert tipi ifade yer almaktadır. Ölçeğin teorik altyapısını kullanımlar ve doyumlar kuramı oluşturmaktadır. Ölçek; Eğlence ve Rahatlama, Güvenirlik, Teknik Olanaklar ve Kolaylık, Zengin ve İsteğe Bağlı İçerik ve Aktif Katılım olmak üzere 5 faktörlü bir yapıdan oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını 869 Web 2.0 kullanıcısı oluşturmaktadır. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliğini incelemek amacıyla öncelikle 576 kişiye ulaşılmış ve açımlayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi %77.23’lük varyansa sahip 5 faktörlü bir yapı önermiştir. Sonrasında 346 kişiye ulaşılmış ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi teorik yapıyı doğrulamış ve uyum endeksleri “mükemmel uyum” göstermiştir. Yakınsak ve ayrışma geçerliği için elde edilen beş faktörün AVE değerleri .65 ile .71 arasında, CR değerleri ise .90 ile .94 arasında gerçekleşmiştir. Cronbach Alfa değeri ölçeğin tamamı için .90 olmuş, beş alt ölçek için ise .90 ile .98 arasında değiştiği bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak çalışma kapsamında geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirilmiştir.
Kişisel Anlatı Örneği Olarak Podcast: Yayıncılar ve Dinleyicilerin Görüşleri Çerçevesinden Bir İnceleme
Authors: BULUT Serkan
Published: December 2022

Bugünün bireylerinin yayıncılık alanından talepleri, beklentileri ve tercihleri gittikçe artan bir oranda çeşitlilik kazanmaktadır. Buna bağlı olarak dijital medya ortamında hedef kitlesine görünür olma gayretinde olan medya oluşumlarının çeşitliliğinde de benzer bir artış söz konusudur. Podcast mecraları da bahsedilen bu çeşitlilik içerisinde bir alt tür olarak karşımıza çıkmıştır. Bu mecrada standart habercilik ve iletişim faaliyetlerinden farklı olarak ‘kişisel anlatı’ların ve sese dayalı anlatımın önemi artmıştır.

Bu çalışma nitel araştırma yöntemi desenlerinden biri olan olgubilim deseni çerçevesinde gerçekleştirilmiş, podcast yayınlarının üreticisi ve tüketicisi konumundaki bireylerle birebir, derinlikli ve yapılandırılmamış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu sayede podcast yayıncılığının günümüz yayıncıları ve dinleyicileri açısından neler ifade ettiğinin incelenmesi amaçlamıştır. Görüşmelerden elde edilen veriler MaxQda nitel araştırma ve analiz programı aracılığı ile kodlanmış ve görselleştirilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları göstermektedir ki medya profesyonelleri ve podcast dinleyicileri sese dayalı olma, dilde sadelik, samimiyet ve konuya odaklı bir yayıncılık anlayışını tercih etmektedir. Ancak bu yayıncılık türünün hem mesleki anlamda hem de dinleyici hedef kitlesi için kendi doğasından da kaynaklanan bir takım olanaklar ve olumsuzluklar getirdiği tartışması bu çalışmanın temel sorunsalıdır. Bu bağlamda bu araştırmanın amacı podcast yayıncılığında olası fırsatlar ve tehditlerin anlaşılmasına katkı sunmaktır.
Bullying from Nursing: Students Perspective
Authors: Prasad Karesh
Published: December 2022

The study was undertaken to identify the most frequent bullying behaviour encountered by the student nurses, the source that most frequently bullies them and the most frequent coping behaviour employed by them against the bullying. The descriptive research design involving a sample size of 200 nursing students was used for the study. The findings of the study revealed that the most frequent bullying behaviour was spreading of rumors or gossips, the sources that most frequently bullies them is their own classmates No Response is the most frequent coping behaviour employed by the student nurses. From this study it was very evident that the nursing students are also the victims of bullying.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Associated with Condom Use among Antenatal Women
Authors: Manocha Sneh Lata , Sharma Asha
Published: December 2022

The basic principles of HIV prevention lay emphasis on three important behaviours: abstinence, monogamous relationship and condom use. Among the three, condoms use alone can reduce the likelihood of infection by 90 percent. A quantitative study using interview schedule was conducted in which 100 women were interviewed. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw the required number of subjects from the sampling frame. The study revealed that the condom use as means of protection against HIV in India is low though it has been successful as a means of family planning device, since 70 percent of women agreed that there is no need to use condom if oral contraceptives were used. Socioeconomic characteristics such as education and economic status of women are found to be significantly associated with HIV awareness and condom use (p=0.05). The sexual division of power plays an important role in sexual behaviour among women. The study highlights the need to implement policies that support womens education for behavioural change.
BİLİNÇLİ FARKINDALIK, MOTİVASYON VE AKADEMİK PERFORMANS ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: Kocabal Meryem , Ceylan Melike
Published: December 2022

Bilinçli farkındalık kavramının kökenlerinin çok eskilere dayanıyor olmasına rağmen son yıllarda insan hayatında önemi anlaşılmış ve insan hayatını iyileştirmek adına sıklıkla kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Bilinçli farkındalık en basit tanımıyla bireyin yaşadığı anda kalması ve çevresinde olanları olduğu gibi fark etmesi anlamına gelmektedir. Böylelikle bilinçli farkındalık, kişinin konsantrasyon yeteneğini arttırmakla birlikte, gerçekte olan biteni otomatikleşmiş düşünce sistemiyle yorumlamadan anlamasını da sağlayabilmektedir. Bu anlamda öğrencilerin, kendilerini ve çevrelerini bilinçli farkındalıkla incelemelerinin akademik başarıyla ilişkili olabileceği düşünülmüştür. Bu araştırmanın amacı, lise 11. ve 12. sınıfına devam eden ve mesleki karar sürecinde olan öğrencilerin bilinçli farkındalık düzeylerinin, akademik motivasyon ve akademik performans ile ilişkisini nicel yöntemlerle incelemektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini belirlemede kota örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Lisede öğrenim gören toplamda 440 katılımcıdan veri toplanmış ve nihai analiz ise 406 katılımcı üzerine yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılmış olan öğrencilere Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Ergenler için Kapsamlı Bilinçli Farkındalık Deneyimleri Envanteri, Akademik Motivasyon Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Gerçekleştirilen analizler sonucunda akademik motivasyon ile ergenlerin bilinçli farkındalık deneyimleri ile okul başarısı arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılıklar saptanmıştır. Okul başarı puanı yüksek olan öğrencilerin akademik amaca ulaşmaya doğru, tanıma ve dışsal düzen ile ilgili motivasyon puanları diğer başarı gruplarına göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Okul başarı puanı düşük ve yüksek gruplar arasında farkındalık düzeyleri karşlılaştırıldığında anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur. Ergenler İçin Kapsamlı Bilinçli Farkındalık Envanteri(EİKBFE) alt boyutlarından merkezsizleşmek ve tepkisizlik alt boyutuyla motivasyon düzeyleri arasında pozitif korelasyon olduğu saptanmıştır. Bilinçli farkındalık alt boyutlarından ‘Farkındalıkla davranma’ düzeyi yüksek olan öğrencilerin okul başarısı puanının yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır.