Researching, Implementing, and Evaluating Industry Focused and Cross-Disciplinary Doctoral Training

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Action Research: Researching with Industry

This paper reviews the action research component of a three-year project set in an Information Technology Unit seeking to become a strategic partner of business. We first describe the research project and design. We then demonstrate how the project moved the participants to take charge of the research project in order to change their own culture, their individual leadership practices, and their...

Quality criteria for inter- and trans-disciplinary doctoral research outcomes

Cross-disciplinary training: time to remove the blinders.

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Learning

Complex environmental problem solving depends on cross-disciplinary collaboration among scientists. Collaborative research must be preceded by an exploratory phase of collective thinking that creates shared conceptual frameworks. Collective thinking, in a cross-disciplinary setting, depends on the facility with which collaborators are able to learn and understand each others’ perspectives. This...