John Underwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3761846 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Underwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Underwood |
| SIGNATURE | UNDERWOOD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3220-8757 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The lived experience of UK health communication professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose This research explores approaches to, impacts of and reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic for professional communicators in the English National Health Service. It was undertaken in order to understand and analyse their lived experience and make recommendations for improving future system-wide performance. Design/methodology/approach Given the work pressure and additional commitments that communication practitioners have when working in c…
Tales Out of School: Joseph Fernandez's Crusade to Rescue American Education
In introducing me to a group of parents and community leaders when I was general superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools, one of my executive cabinet members asserted that the role of an urban superintendent requires the detailed planning of a Harriet Tubman, the leadership skills of a Sojourner Truth, the writing talents of a Phillis Wheatley, the oratorical power of a Frederick Douglass, the organizational faculties of a Malcolm X, the sen…
Correo: Electronic Mail as Communicative Practice
It is an irony of educational technology that, just as language teaching methods almost universally stress communicative practice in the classroom, most computer software intended for language practice is anything but communicative in design, emphasizing instead structure-centered drill-and-practice. I have elsewhere suggested ways in which foreign language programs could be made more meaningful.' In each case the program attempts to allow the us…
An analysis of external debt positions of eight developing countries through 1990
Simulated Conversation as a CAI Strategy
Research in artificial intelligence demonstrated some time ago the feasibility of truly conversational, interactive computer programs. However, this capability has not been exploited in most computer‐assisted language instruction programs, which have tended to adhere to a more Skinnerian fill‐in‐the‐blank format. This paper describes an experimental Spanish program which employs simulated conversation strategies that allow students considerably m…
An analysis of external debt positions of eight developing countries through 1990
Correo: Electronic Mail as Communicative Practice
It is an irony of educational technology that, just as language teaching methods almost universally stress communicative practice in the classroom, most computer software intended for language practice is anything but communicative in design, emphasizing instead structure-centered drill-and-practice. I have elsewhere suggested ways in which foreign language programs could be made more meaningful.' In each case the program attempts to allow the us…
Simulated Conversation as a CAI Strategy
Research in artificial intelligence demonstrated some time ago the feasibility of truly conversational, interactive computer programs. However, this capability has not been exploited in most computer‐assisted language instruction programs, which have tended to adhere to a more Skinnerian fill‐in‐the‐blank format. This paper describes an experimental Spanish program which employs simulated conversation strategies that allow students considerably m…
Simulated Conversation as a CAI Strategy
Research in artificial intelligence demonstrated some time ago the feasibility of truly conversational, interactive computer programs. However, this capability has not been exploited in most computer‐assisted language instruction programs, which have tended to adhere to a more Skinnerian fill‐in‐the‐blank format. This paper describes an experimental Spanish program which employs simulated conversation strategies that allow students considerably m…
An analysis of external debt positions of eight developing countries through 1990
Correo: Electronic Mail as Communicative Practice
It is an irony of educational technology that, just as language teaching methods almost universally stress communicative practice in the classroom, most computer software intended for language practice is anything but communicative in design, emphasizing instead structure-centered drill-and-practice. I have elsewhere suggested ways in which foreign language programs could be made more meaningful.' In each case the program attempts to allow the us…
Tales Out of School: Joseph Fernandez's Crusade to Rescue American Education
In introducing me to a group of parents and community leaders when I was general superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools, one of my executive cabinet members asserted that the role of an urban superintendent requires the detailed planning of a Harriet Tubman, the leadership skills of a Sojourner Truth, the writing talents of a Phillis Wheatley, the oratorical power of a Frederick Douglass, the organizational faculties of a Malcolm X, the sen…
The lived experience of UK health communication professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic
Purpose This research explores approaches to, impacts of and reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic for professional communicators in the English National Health Service. It was undertaken in order to understand and analyse their lived experience and make recommendations for improving future system-wide performance. Design/methodology/approach Given the work pressure and additional commitments that communication practitioners have when working in c…
Computer Science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Blank (1 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (1 works)