EAST ASIAN COLLOQUIUM (Presented by the East Asian Studies Center)
PRESENTER: Marcus Antonius Ynalvez (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Texas A&M International University) & Noriko Hara (Associate Professor, Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington )
TOPIC: Mentoring and Training Experiences in East Asian Graduate Science Programs
DATE: Friday, December 3
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
LOCATION: Ballantine 004
LOCATION: Ballantine 004
(Light refreshments will be served. You are also welcome to bring your own lunch.)
This presentation describes preliminary results of a three-year project that examines the socialization and enculturation of graduate students in the life science programs in Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. These countries have steadily exhibited high rates of creativity, innovation, and productivity in recent years and as such, are promising cases to study and learn from (Lemonick, 2006; Stiglitz, 2007). The project aims to advance discovery and understanding of tacit skills acquisition and transmission, while promoting mentoring, training, and learning in graduate science curriculum in these three East Asian countries. This study draws its analytical, conceptual, and methodological tools from the areas of knowledge sharing, social networks (Marsden, 2003), time-use research (Gershuny, 2002), and the extended translation model of science (Callon, 1995). Our aim is to develop an empirically tested and contemporary model to inform science policy regarding the education of the next generation of scientists and to enhance best practices and techniques in U.S. graduate science training.
Marcus Antonius Ynalvez is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M International University. His research area is at the intersection of sociology of science and technology, social networks, and international development. He had managed and conducted surveys of scientists in academic research institutions in Japan, Kenya, the Philippines, and Singapore. His publications have appeared in International Sociology, Scientometrics, and Social Studies of Science among others.
Noriko Hara is an Associate Professor of Information Science at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research examines the means by which collective behaviors—including online activism, communities of practice, and knowledge sharing—are enabled and/or impeded by information technology, and is rooted in the social informatics perspective. She is the author of Communities of Practice: Fostering Peer-to-Peer Learning and Informal Knowledge Sharing. Her publications have appeared in Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Information, Communication & Society, The Information Society, and Instructional Science, among others.
Marcus Antonius Ynalvez is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M International University. His research area is at the intersection of sociology of science and technology, social networks, and international development. He had managed and conducted surveys of scientists in academic research institutions in Japan, Kenya, the Philippines, and Singapore. His publications have appeared in International Sociology, Scientometrics, and Social Studies of Science among others.
Noriko Hara is an Associate Professor of Information Science at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research examines the means by which collective behaviors—including online activism, communities of practice, and knowledge sharing—are enabled and/or impeded by information technology, and is rooted in the social informatics perspective. She is the author of Communities of Practice: Fostering Peer-to-Peer Learning and Informal Knowledge Sharing. Her publications have appeared in Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Information, Communication & Society, The Information Society, and Instructional Science, among others.
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East Asian Studies Center
Indiana University
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1021 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
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Fax: (812) 855-7762
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Fax: (812) 855-7762
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