Undergraduate thesis supervisory conference: Academic discourse socialisation multiple-case study

Yamada, Kiyomi

doi:10.1016/j.linged.2022.101054

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“…In addition, the solution is to Build close partnerships with companies and industry practitioners to identify actual challenges. Encouraging collaboration between students and companies to explore thesis projects that have direct relevance to industry needs (Yamada, 2022). This can be implemented by establishing an industry advisory board that is actively involved in defining the thesis project and providing direct guidance to students.…”

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Improvement of Information Technology Undergraduate Thesis Project

Tiwow,

Batmetan,

Rumagit

et al. 2023

IJITE

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Many students face challenges in the thesis preparation process, including time constraints, lack of integration with industry requirements, and lack of understanding of research methodology. This research aims to formulate another form of student thesis project with equal reasoning and difficulty level that can be measured and converted as a thesis. Apart from that, it also improves the quality and relevance of undergraduate thesis projects in Information Technology. The research method used is a descriptive approach, involving surveys and interviews. Research participants include Information Technology undergraduate students, supervisors, industry practitioners, and advisory boards. Data collection instruments include a structural questionnaire and interview guide designed to explore experiences, perceptions, and suggestions regarding changes in the preparation of the thesis project. The proposed solution involves implementing effective time management, closer integration with industry challenges through partnerships with companies, increased understanding of research methodologies, and adaptation of curricula to reflect dynamic changes in the Information Technology industry. It is hoped that the results of this research can provide concrete guidance for improving thesis projects and creating graduates who are better prepared and relevant to industry needs. Through this approach, it is hoped that this research can contribute to improving the academic process in producing higher quality and relevant thesis projects in the context of information technology.

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Improvement of Information Technology Undergraduate Thesis Project

Tiwow,

Batmetan,

Rumagit

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IJITE

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“…Another aspect, no less important, is that there is a percentage of desertion in the completion of the thesis research by a group of students who finish all their courses in the curricular plan and then prefer to start working in the labor field. There are many reasons why students decide to work first instead of finishing their thesis research; some reasons are, for example: (i) family need to generate income, (ii) need to pay debts that financed their undergraduate studies, (iii) interest from companies in the industry to hire young professionals at a salary below market value, (iv) lack of interest and motivation in carrying out the thesis, among others [24,25].…”

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Research Thesis for Undergraduate Engineering Programs in the Digitalization Era: Learning Strategies and Responsible Research Conduct Road to a University Education 4.0 Paradigm

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Many university students have doubts about how or where to start writing their undergraduate thesis work; it is common not to be clear how to identify a research problem or even towards which topic their research is oriented, and there are doubts about how to process and systematize so much information available in the era of digitalization. This article presents learning strategies to formulate a research thesis for engineering undergraduate programs, with an emphasis on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) toward a University Education 4.0 paradigm. The main themes and issues discussed in this article, carried out through learning strategies for students based on the scientific method, are the following: (i) Recommendations for choosing a research topic, (ii) Guidelines for problem identification and question research, (iii) Suggestions for choosing a thesis advisor, (iv) Instructions for finding suitable sources of information, (v) Structure of the table of contents for writing the thesis manuscript, and (vi) Indications for preparing an oral defense of thesis research. This article highlights recommendations and precautions directed towards professors and students with the use of the chatbot-type artificial intelligence (AI) tool called ChatGPT for the formulation of the thesis under a responsible conduct approach in research. This article concludes that the application of tutoring/guidance strategies between professors and students requires an adequate ethical use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) during the development of a research thesis to generate a comprehensive educational environment that encourages research and develops a sustainable learning process in the context of the University Education 4.0 paradigm.

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Academic discourse socialization in a “bilingual” undergraduate course: Group work among students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Itoi,

Mizukura

2024

Int J App Linguistics

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With the growth of internationalization in higher education, there is a need to examine students’ experiences in increasingly diverse classrooms. This study explores students’ academic discourse socialization (ADS), within a context where the majority of students are non‐native speakers, in a course designed to enhance intercultural communication skills by providing students with both theoretical knowledge and practical experiences to collaborate with a diverse group of peers. We aim to answer the following questions: (1) Does native‐speakerism ideology impact Japanese students’ comprehension of intercultural communication with non‐native speakers, and if so, how? (2) How does the understanding of intercultural communication affect students’ interactions and group work with international peers? We conducted qualitative semistructured interviews with Japanese and international students at a private Japanese university. Our findings show that despite the absence of specific language instruction in the course, the group work predominantly utilized English and Japanese. Furthermore, the results revealed a unique ADS process in this context, with no clear dichotomy between experts and novices. Instead, all students negotiated their participation and language use within the academic community, with native‐speakerism ideology influencing the ADS process. These results enrich the research on ADS in non‐English‐speaking countries and development of new conceptual frameworks to better comprehend its dynamics.

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Undergraduate thesis supervisory conference: Academic discourse socialisation multiple-case study

Cited by 3 publications

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Improvement of Information Technology Undergraduate Thesis Project

Improvement of Information Technology Undergraduate Thesis Project

Research Thesis for Undergraduate Engineering Programs in the Digitalization Era: Learning Strategies and Responsible Research Conduct Road to a University Education 4.0 Paradigm

Academic discourse socialization in a “bilingual” undergraduate course: Group work among students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

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