Jack Mezirow: Theorist, Researcher, Practitioner, Learner

Jack Mezirow’s theory of adult learning is related to his beliefs about research and actualized in his vision for practice

European Smart Regulation of the Distributed Ledger Technology in the Financial Sector

The distributed ledger technology attracts increasing attention, especially in the fi-nancial industry. The contribution attempts to provide a brief overview of ongoing efforts to apply this technological phenomenon on various aspects of financial services and further investigates the role of regulation in regard to this technology with primary focus on the European concept of smart regulation.Technologie distribuované účetní knihy přitahuje stále více pozornosti, především ze strany finančního sektoru. Příspěvek se pokouší poskytnout stručný přehled probíhajících snah o aplikaci tohoto technologického fenonému na různé aspekty finančních služeb a dále zkoumá roli právní úpravy ve vztahu k této technologii s hlavním zaměřením na evropský koncept chytré právní úpravy

Surveillance in Digitalized Society: The Chinese Social Credit System from a European Perspective

The modern society is facing multiple new challenges brought by digitalisation, globalisation and personalisation. Public disorder and social tensions are increasingly suppressed by progressive surveillance and control mechanisms that utilize the ICT technology and digital footprint of an individual. For some time now, a heated discussion follows the planned introduction of Social Credit System in the People´s Republic of China. Multitude of authors and journalists argue benefits or threats related to this project. The aim of this contribution is to provide sober-minded overview of this mechanism in its broader context and point out similarities and differences from approaches in the West. As a result, the contribution points out a set of specifics of the Chinese setting, which make similar mechanism unfeasible in European environment

Do I Really Know You? Do You Really Know Me? And, How Important Is It that We Do? Relationship and Empathy in Differing Learning Contexts

Pedagogical strategies that promote empathy foster learning by supporting meaningful dialogue. Aware that these strategies create risks as well as benefits, educators can make judgments about their potential value by examining relational power, positionality and emotional valence

Perceived Racial Discrimination and Nonadherence to Screening Mammography

Objective. We examined whether African American women were as likely as White women to receive the results of a recent mammogram and to self-report results that matched the mammography radiology report (i.e., were adequately communicated). We also sought to determine whether the adequacy of communication was the same for normal and abnormal results. Methods. From a prospective cohort study of mammography screening, we compared self-reported mammogram results, which were collected by telephone interview, to results listed in the radiology record of 411 African American and 734 White women who underwent screening in 5 hospital-based facilities in Connecticut between October 1996 and January 1998. Using multivariate logistic regression, we identified independent predictors of inadequate communication of mammography results. Results. It was significantly more common for African American women to experience inadequate communication of screening mammography results compared with White women, after adjustment for sociodemographic, access-to-care, biomedical, and psychosocial factors. Abnormal mammogram results resulted in inadequate communication for African American women but not White women (PAfrican American women may not be receiving the full benefit of screening mammograms because of inadequate communication of results, particularly when mammography results are abnormal

Factors that affect the epistemology of group learning: A research-based analysis.

This examination of factors that affect group learning is a first step toward developing a pedagogy of group learning, in contrast to individual learning

“Whose Inquiry is this Anyway?” Money, Power, Reports and Collaborative Inquiry

Adult educators who use collaborative/cooperative inquiry (CI) in institutional settings must be aware of potential corrupting influences from money, power and reporting requirements

How Can We Know Each Other when We are So Different? Untangling the Complexity of Diverse Life Experience and Interconnection—A Model for Navigating the Paradox of Diversity to Create Empathic Learning Space

We propose a model that describes how diversity, dialogue, emotion, and empathy interact in learning environments. The model provides guidance for addressing emotionally charged topics in highly diverse groups

Adequacy of Communicating Results From Screening Mammograms to African American and White Women

Objective. We examined whether African American women were as likely as White women to receive the results of a recent mammogram and to self-report results that matched the mammography radiology report (i.e., were adequately communicated). We also sought to determine whether the adequacy of communication was the same for normal and abnormal results. Methods. From a prospective cohort study of mammography screening, we compared self-reported mammogram results, which were collected by telephone interview, to results listed in the radiology record of 411 African American and 734 White women who underwent screening in 5 hospital-based facilities in Connecticut between October 1996 and January 1998. Using multivariate logistic regression, we identified independent predictors of inadequate communication of mammography results. Results. It was significantly more common for African American women to experience inadequate communication of screening mammography results compared with White women, after adjustment for sociodemographic, access-to-care, biomedical, and psychosocial factors. Abnormal mammogram results resulted in inadequate communication for African American women but not White women (P\u3c.001). Conclusions. African American women may not be receiving the full benefit of screening mammograms because of inadequate communication of results, particularly when mammography results are abnormal

Neighborhood and Individual Level Socioeconomic Variation in Perceptions of Racial Discrimination

In approaching the study of racial discrimination and health, the neighborhood and individual-level antecedents of perceived discrimination need further exploration. We investigated the relationship between neighborhood and individual-level socioeconomic position (SEP), neighborhood racial composition, and perceived racial discrimination in a cohort of African-American and White women age 40-79 from Connecticut, USA. Design. The logistic regression analysis included 1249 women (39% African- American and 61% White). Neighborhood-level SEP and racial composition were determined using 1990 census tract information. Individual-level SEP indicators included income, education, and occupation. Perceived racial discrimination was measured as lifetime experience in seven situations. Results. For African-American women, living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods was associated with fewer reports of racial discrimination (odds ratio (OR) 0.44; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.26, 0.75), with results attenuated after adjustment for individual-level SEP (OR 0.54, CI: 0.29, 1.03), and additional adjustment for neighborhood racial composition (OR 0.70, CI: 0.30, 1.63). African-American women with 12 years of education or less were less likely to report racial discrimination, compared with women with more than 12 years of education (OR 0.57, CI: 0.33, 0.98 (12 years); OR 0.51, CI: 0.26, 0.99 (less than 12 years)) in the fully adjusted model. For White women, neither neighborhood-level SEP nor individual-level SEP was associated with perceived racial discrimination. Conclusion. Individual and neighborhood-level SEP may be important in understanding how racial discrimination is perceived, reported, processed, and how it may influence health. In order to fully assess the role of racism in future studies, inclusion of additional dimensions of discrimination may be warranted