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The People Behind the Publications: Reflections on a Decade of Reviews
Full text linkThis article reflects on my personal experience as a TLI reviewer. It draws upon a decade of learning with and from colleagues, and connects the lessons learned from being both a reviewer and producer of SoTL output. I signpost the challenges and opportunities that belie the role of a TLI reviewer and celebrate the success the role brings. Through the role of TLI reviewer, I have learned how to reshape feedback and structure guidance to support the submissions of manuscripts to TLI
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Burnout in sport : A comparative analysis between South African gymnasts tennis players
No full textResearch on burnout has typically focused on individuals in the human service or
helping occupations, More recently studies and conceptual models have appeared
investigating burnout in the athletic environment, The bulk of research 011 athletic
burnout has been conducted on coaches and, consequently, there is a dearth of
empirical research on athlete burnout. 'the present study compared tennis players
with gymnasts to determine which group is more likely to experience a higher
incidence of burnout. The study also sought to investigate whether any relationship
was evident between sport specific factors on the one hand, and burnout, tedium and
psychological distress on the other. Three objective questionnaires consisting of the
Maslach Burnout Inventory (MDI). Tedium measure and General Health
Questionnaire 28 item scale (GHQ-28), as well as a sport specific questionnaire
developed by the author, were used to collect data from 20 provincial and national
tennis players (10 male and 10 female) and 20 provincial and elite gymnasts (10
male and 10 female). Statistical analysis of the questionnaires revealed a number
of important findings. It was found that sport group was not a significant factor in
the assessment of athlete burnout. Gender, however, was highly significant with
females more likely to experience burnout than males. It was shown that females
experience low levels of sport enjoyment, social support and personal
accomplishment and high levels of sport pressure, emotional exhaustion,
depersonalisation, tedium and psychological distress. Key relationships were further
identified between the sport specific variables of sport enjoyment, social support and
sport pressure, and the burnout, tedium and psychological distress variables.
Negative sport performance such as low enjoyment and social support and
heightened feelings of sport pressure were strongly related to high levels of burnout,
tedium and psychological distress. Recommendations for future research are made
on the basis of these findings
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Barriers and Benefits of using the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) within a widening participation UK sports therapy undergraduate programme
Full text linkThis thesis explores the barriers and benefits of, identifying with, and using the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to design a learner-centred UK undergraduate (UG) sport therapy curriculum (STC) at a widening participation (WP) United Kingdom (UK) university. Little research explores how SoTL is used to design and develop a sports therapy programme. This thesis propounds SoTL as an instrumental framework for enacting transformative pedagogical changes within a WP curriculum. It presents a connected SoTL narrative, encapsulated in six publications, through which I articulate an evolving understanding of SoTL and its intricate application to STC design. This research augments the current SoTL discourse by critically challenging normative assumptions and interrogating prevailing SoTL definitions and analyses as a threshold concept. I argue that the contribution this thesis makes to knowledge is evident in multiple ways. First, the publications challenge assumptions about disciplinary disparities in SoTL, emphasising the interdisciplinary nature of SoTL practice and its impact on professional development (publication one, three, and six). Second, theory is applied (Lieff et al., 2012) in new ways, identifying SoTL as a threshold concept, disrupting traditional teaching views (publication two). Third, publication three advances SoTL understanding by exploring review processes, biases, and diverse outputs, challenging traditional publication conventions. Finally, publications four, five, and six argue for transforming student support through peer mentoring, holistic and lifelong learning (LLL), and online learning applications for enhancing feedback for learning unique to WP environments. This work’s significance transcends its immediate application, resonating with the imperative to recalibrate pedagogical praxes within a dynamic and evolving HE landscape. The thesis concludes by delineating future work through three interconnected themes: First, identity and SoTL leadership; second, mentoring and compassion; and third, holistic lifelong learning (LLL) education, preparing students for real-world application of skill sets and positively impacting the student learning experience
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