Search results for " Communication"

Traditional or structured abstract, or how to persuade the reader

2018

This paper studies the abstract, both traditional and structured, in order to assess its persuasive content through its five information units, as well as the presence of additional information in the Methods unit, in order to determine the abstract pattern that best persuades the reader. The research is based on a corpus of 320 abstracts from Spanish Nursing journals. Among the most significant results, abstract structure variability is highlighted. Also significant is the increase of information provided by structured abstracts, although an increase in size is also observed. From these results we can conclude that it is necessary to unify criteria for a better writing of abstracts, with c…

Come ascoltare i figli e come farsi ascolatre

2010

In questo breve saggio, sono delineate alcune caratteristiche che la comunicazione reale tra genitori e figli dovrebbe possedere, secondo il personale punto di vista pedagogico dell’autore. A ben vedere, per realizzare questo compito, bisogna prima interpellare i genitori su quello che già sanno sul tema a motivo della loro quotidiana esperienza educativa vissuta a contatto con i loro figli preadolescenti (11-14 anni) e adolescenti (15-19 anni). Per questo, innanzitutto si riferiscono alcune idee sul tema in questione espresse nel contesto dei focus group dai genitori che hanno partecipato agli incontri pedagogici fatti in alcune scuole secondarie di primo e di secondo grado della nostra re…

How critical thinking should be at the heart of digital interactions?

2018

In this paper, we explore how to teach critical thinking in the digital age, in order to promote the autonomy of practitioners. An interaction theory is proposed to identify the constraints that structure digital creativity. This model helps to design a critical pedagogy, linking without opposing a procedural approach to a reflective approach. The article presents an implementation of this model in a writing course on a social network. The study of students' activity logs shows the presence of forms of objectivity and reflexivity, reflecting the development of critical thinking. This approach offers a way to develop critical thinking not from the outside, in an argumentation or media analys…

An Optimized Architecture for CGA Operations and Its Application to a Simulated Robotic Arm

2022

Conformal geometric algebra (CGA) is a new geometric computation tool that is attracting growing attention in many research fields, such as computer graphics, robotics, and computer vision. Regarding the robotic applications, new approaches based on CGA have been proposed to efficiently solve problems as the inverse kinematics and grasping of a robotic arm. The hardware acceleration of CGA operations is required to meet real-time performance requirements in embedded robotic platforms. In this paper, we present a novel embedded coprocessor for accelerating CGA operations in robotic tasks. Two robotic algorithms, namely, inverse kinematics and grasping of a human-arm-like kinematics chain, ar…

Using neurophysiological tools to investigate marketing communication elements in digital and extended reality contexts

2023

No hace muchos años, las comunicaciones de marketing, particularmente la publicidad, estaban restringidas a unos pocos medios. Estos medios restringieron las comunicaciones de marketing a espacios y tiempos predefinidos. Ahora, los medios digitales, incluida la realidad extendida, eliminaron esas barreras de espacio y tiempo, permitiendo a las marcas interactuar con los consumidores prácticamente desde cualquier lugar y en cualquier momento. El medio digital también transformó el papel de los consumidores en la comunicación de marketing: de meros espectadores pasivos a dadores activos de opinión y aportaciones. La comprensión de los efectos de estos cambios en las percepciones de los consum…

Csr communication strategies of Colombian business groups: an analysis of corporate reports

2018

ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to assess stakeholder orientation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication strategies in the business groups (BGs) of an emerging economy by means of content analysis. We worked with 30 non-financial BGs taken from the Colombian Stock Exchange. The study uses as its unit of analysis corporate reports that have been classified into four categories: annual reports (ARs), sustainability reports (SRs), combined reports (CRs), and integrated reports (IRs). The results show that IRs are the most similar reports, that Colombian BGs are mainly employee-oriented (ARs, SRs, CRs) and shareholder-oriented (IRs), and that response and involvement communi…

Immediacy and distance in teacher talk—A comparative case study in German elementary- and outdoor school-teaching

2017

This case study examines authentic speech acts by a German primary school teacher in the classroom context and the outdoor learning location of a forest. The study will compare the degree of linguistic immediacy or distance in these two contexts, respectively. Once a week, the class is doing “outdoor school” [Draußenschule] in places of natural or cultural interest near to their school. The structural change in the teaching environment means a change in the communication setting. The question arises if the teacher speaks to the students differently indoors than outdoors. The theoretical reference framework for the study is provided by the linguistic model “language of immediacy and language…

Clarification requests as a method of pursuing understanding in CLIL physics lectures

2018

AbstractUsing multimodal conversation analysis, this article examines how students strive to resolve non-understandings through requests for clarification during teacher-fronted physics lectures ta...

The nature of EFL conversation in classroom and net-based learning environment

2007

Practical applications of naturalistic inquiry in intercultural education

2021

In recent years, the field of intercultural communication has seen a remarkable shift characterized by a growth in publications that distance themselves from the traditional, essentialist understanding of culture. In research, this shift is reflected in approaches that appreciate culture-in-action instead of taking culture for granted as a stable entity that pre-exists social interaction and predicts as well as explains human behavior. However, despite attempts to introduce differentiated views on culture and interculturality in education, concrete options for critical intercultural training are scarce and often remain abstract, which makes their application challenging. This article argues…