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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
Massage from the Chief Editor
Full text linkWelcome to the first issue for the year 2014 of the Journal of Technical Education and Training (JTET). In this issue, we have seven interesting articles on teaching and learning and management of TVET. Readiness level seems to be the underpinning theme - among TVET teachers and students - in this issue. In the first paper, Audu et al reports on the low readiness level of Kenyan TVET teachers to undertake their professional role. Lack of pedagogical and practical skills was found to be a cause for concern in general. Their article suggests future initiatives to improve the situations that can be useful to other agencies experiencing similar situations. In addition to teachers’ readiness, students’ readiness is also critical in efforts to achieve the expected learning outcomes. Placing equal emphasis on the affective and cognitive (dual) learning needs is one approach for ensuring students’ readiness for learning as reported in the second article by Lashari and Alias. This article specifically reports on the effect of an integrated approach that meets the dual learning needs of engineering students. A framework used to develop the learning materials was also discussed in detail which can be useful to TVET teachers for materials preparations in engineering related disciplines. Increasing students’ readiness through learning materials that are more aligned with their learning preferences is also a way to increase students’ readiness. In the third article, Mohamad, Yee and Tee contemplate on the different learning style models and how they can be integrated into a useful model for applications in TVET teaching and learning practices. A factor that may contribute to students’ readiness for learning is the conduciveness of the learning environment itself. To assess the level of conduciveness, a valid and reliable measuring tool must be in place. In the fourth paper, Yusof et al. discusses the efforts made to evaluate and validate an existing tool for assessing learning environment in TVET. The discussion of the validation process can bring a better understanding on instrument development and validation in general which is an added benefit to the validated instrument. Both students’ and teachers’ readiness is especially critical where new innovations are introduced. With increasing use of ICT innovations in teaching and learning practices, and in management of TVET, more efforts are being made to understand factors that may contribute to the success of such initiatives. In the fifth article, by Ruhizan et al., they discuss one potential factor that is, the readiness in using e-portfolios among vocational teacher and students in relation to its successful implementation in vocational education. They provide findings and recommendations that can be useful to managers and practitioners who are at the early stage or planning to implement e-portfolios. Outside the national TVET system, vocational trainings are often adopted as the solution in promoting successful career move in certain professions such as the military service. In career change, where the repercussion of failure is enormous, readiness becomes more crucial. In the sixth paper, Zakaria et al. investigate the readiness of military retirees for career change as indicated by their competence in managing their vocational skills development. Interesting findings related to retirees’ readiness and readiness of training providers are discussed for greater understandings. Going international, Maringa’s article discusses the initiatives that can be implemented to improve the industry readiness TVET graduates in Kenya. The articles’ recommendations based on extensive situational analysis will be useful to TVET managers and practitioners worldwide. I hope that these articles are useful and have encouraged more thoughts on the relevance of readiness in ensuring learning in TVET. My heartiest gratitude goes to article contributors, reviewers and technical support personnel for making this issue possible. For future issues, I would like to invite practitioners, TVET researchers and graduate students to publish their research findings with us. The next time you publish with us, JTET may already be indexed by Scopus. Professor Dr. Maizam Alia
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Message from the Chief Editor: JTET June 2017
Full text linkWelcome to issue 1, volume 9 of the Journal of Technical Education and Training (JTET). I am happy to present nine articles in this issue that share some aspects of TVET practices in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Malawi and Nigeria. In this issue the authors share factors that can influence the quality of TVET provisions namely awareness and perception of TVET, teachers teaching standards, TVET outcomes, and continuing professional development efforts.As TVET has been shown to play a key role in the development of many nations, formulation of National TVET goals has become the standard practice. However, having national goals do not by itself translate into achievement of these goals. Many factors can promote or hinder the achievement of the national goals as suggested by the first, second and third article. In the first article, Idris and Mbudai share their findings on the gap between the Nigerian national TVET goals and what is actually achieved which, they attribute to the TVET implementation practices. Implementation practices can also be ineffective if there is lack of support from the public. Public support often rests on their awareness and perception of TVET. In the second article, the author, Manda presents the current situation in Malawi where they identify the lack of awareness and poor perception on TVET among the population as one of factors that hinder the achievement of national TVET goals. In addition to public awareness and support towards TVET implementation, another key factor in the successful implementation of TVET is TVET teachers. The training of TVET teachers is crucial in producing effective teachers, which can only be guided by appropriate standards for TVET teachers. In the third article by Estriyanto, Kersten, Pardjono and Sofyan, the authors discuss the need to have specific standards for TVET teachers that are different from the general education teachers. The author further identifies the elements of this standards and postulate that the establishment of such standards is the key to producing competent TVET teachers in Indonesia. To prepare TVET graduates for their future occupations, involving them in authentic learning environments and exposing them to the experience as early as possible in their education is important. In the fourth article, Samsuri, Mohd-Yusof and Abdul Aziz discuss such an initiative where authentic learning environments are provided during the first year of studies to help students appreciate their future career responsibilities. Ensuring graduates succeed in their early career is also the concern shared in the fifth article by Mohd Affandi et al. In this article, the authors present the essential attributes of construction management graduates as identified by practicing construction management personnel. Knowing these attributes can help in preparing future graduates for their roles.In addition to preparing graduates to be successful job seekers, one of the goals of TVET in Malaysia is also to prepare graduates to become entrepreneurs. In the sixth article, Suradi, M. Yasin and Rasul discuss the current efforts in preparing graduates through the support of an outside agency to embark upon entrepreneurship journey upon graduation. Upon successful completion of a programme, there are more hurdles to be overcome by TVET graduates, the first being to actually secure a suitable job. To secure a suitable job, graduates must succeed at their job interviews. In the seventh article, Mohd Noor, Md Tab, and Kamarulzaman identify some of the job interview skills that are missing among final year students. Knowing the weakness while they are still in the programme is helpful as remediation can then be initiated.   In this issue, we also share the less publicly discussed role of TVET, that is in the rehabilitation of youths. Providers of rehabilitation programmes of delinquent youths face greater challenges in meeting the needs of trainees as they are not only in need of vocational training but aslo in need of spiritual-emotional skills guidance. In the eight article, Esa, Abd. Aziz, Mohd Salleh and Mohamad present their finding on the implementation of such a programme that integrates culinary training and islamic studies to cater to the spitual-emotional needs as well as the vocational training needs of trainees. The story of TVET however, does not end upon graduation, further skills development; upskilling, reskilling is a necessity if increasing productivity and service quality are to be sustained. Thus, in last the article, the authors Kumar, Singh, and Kumar share with readers their in-house training efforts that can be a source of information for those who intend to conduct similar trainings. With the last article mentioned, would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors who have chosen to publish in JTET; our reviewers who have lent their expertise in ensuring the quality of JTET is sustained and to all our readers who have helped in the continuity of our journal. Last but not least, to all Muslims, Eid Mubarak.   Professor Dr. Maizam AliasChief Edito
Teacher Education, Use of ICT and Provision of Relevant Education
No full textAll over the world, there are educational reforms at all levels in order to use education as a tool for national development. Reforms may take the form of reconfiguration of the total system, building of more schools at each level to increase access, gender issues in order to encourage girls to attend primary through high schools, encouraging minority groups in greater participation and higher achievement and reforms in teacher preparation. As no system can be better than the teachers that operate in the system, the need to prepare, equip and develop strategies that enable teachers to be the best in the implementation of the educational policy so as to enhance student achievement is not only important but crucial to the working of the educational system. In light of this, the first paper in this issue, Influence of Teaching Practice Exercise on Accidental Teacher Education Candidates at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife explores the influence of teaching practice on the attitude and opinion of accidental would be teachers. It was found that teaching practice improved would be teachers attitude to lesson preparation but did not improve their attitude to teaching. In the second paper, Early Childhood and Pre-tertiary Education: United States, Ghana and EFA Goals, Dr. Hamlin discusses early childhood education in the US and Ghana. After pointing out several similarities and differences in both systems, the author then suggests that there should be degree program in early childhood education in Ghana as a means of strengthening the teaching force and adequately training teachers who will be able to successfully implement the goals of Education for All in Ghana. In the final paper, Akuegwu, Ntukidem, Ntukidem and Jaja investigate information and communication facilities utilization in two south eastern states in Nigeria. Titled Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Facilities Utilization for Quality Instructional Service Delivery Among University Lecturers in Nigeria , the paper reported that lecturers utilization of ICT facilities was significantly low and there was a major difference in ICT utilization based on whether the lecturer was in a federal or state university. These papers advance the need to professionalize teacher education in Africa in order to encourage quality students into teacher education and the need to encourage the use of ICT by all through training, provision of the infrastructure and creating the proper environment
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