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A Cross Cultural Comparison of Ingress Players

You are being asked to participate in a research study.  Researchers are required to provide a consent form such as this one to tell you about the research, to explain that taking part is voluntary, to describe the risks and benefits of participation, and to help you to make an informed decision.  You should feel free to ask the researchers any questions you may have.

 Principal Investigator Name and Title: Stacy Blasiola, Ph.D. Student, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago

Why am I being asked?                                           

You are being asked to be a subject in a research study about Ingress players. We are interested in understanding how the mechanics of the game influence play across cultures.

You have been asked to participate in the research because you are over 18 and you are an Ingress player.

 Your participation in this research is voluntary.  Your decision whether or not to participate will not affect your current or future dealings with the University of Illinois at Chicago.  If you decide to participate, you are free to withdraw at any time without affecting that relationship.

 Approximately 2000 subjects may be involved in this research at UIC.

 What is the purpose of this research? The purpose of this research is to investigate how game mechanics influence game play across cultures. We are interested in understanding how teamwork is established in different cultures.

What procedures are involved? This is an online survey. The study procedures are:

You are being asked to participate in an online survey.

The survey is anonymous.

The survey will take approximately 10 minutes.

At the end of the survey you will be asked if you would like to be contacted to participate in a follow up telephone interview.

If you choose to be considered for the interview, you must provide your email address. You may be asked to continue your participation in the study.

If you choose not to be considered for an interview, your participation in the study is concluded.

What are the potential risks and discomforts? To the best of our knowledge, the things you will be doing have no more risk of harm than you would experience in everyday life. As with all online research, there is a risk of breach of privacy (others may find out who participants are) and/or confidentiality (others may find out identifiable information about participants collected or disclosed during the research).

Are there benefits to taking part in the research?Your participation in this research will not directly benefit you. However you will be contributing to research in a new area of gaming.

What other options are there? You have the option to not participate in this study.  

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What began as farmland and swampland in the 1850s became the Northwestern campus and the city of Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University is a Division I school in the Big Ten athletic conference. Northwestern's women's lacrosse team has won multiple NCAA national championships. The school has hundreds of campus organizations fulfill students' varied interests. Freshmen are guaranteed on-campus housing if requested in their applications. The school's 11 residential colleges offer thematic living quarters for social and academic programming. Northwestern's main campuses are located along Lake Michigan in Evanston and Chicago. In 2008, Northwestern opened a third branch in Doha, Qatar.

Northwestern’s Medill School is known for its strong journalism graduate program. Northwestern’s Dance Marathon, created in 1975, is one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the country and has raised more than $14 million for Chicago-area charities. Notable alumni include the 55th mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel; retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens; actor, writer and director Zach Braff; comedian Stephen Colbert; and Tony Award-winning actress Heather Headley.
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Known for making smaller , faster things and, above all , first , Japan was until recently the second largest economy in the world (now third behind the U.S. and China) .

Its economic strength is at least partly due to the strong industry research and development behind successful international brands , such as Nissan , Toyota, Panasonic , Canon and Sony - as well as producing robots for all conceivable needs.

As expected , an excellent higher education system behind all this innovation . In the 2012/13 QS World University Rankings, three of the 50 best places to go to Japanese universities : the University of Tokyo at 30, Kyoto University 35 and the University of Osaka in 50 .

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If you want to study in Japan , the homeland of the bullet train, Nintendo Wii , instant noodles in a pot and karaoke course , you will be pleased to know that Japan also wants .

The government is keen to attract more international students, and has set a target of having 300,000 foreign students in the country in 2020 (which totaled 100,000 in 2003). As a result , universities are doing everything possible to make life easier for foreign students from the application process to the end to find a job after graduation.

One thing that will definitely make life easier for many international students is the introduction of a greater number of courses taught in part or entirely in English . Other schemes to attract more foreign students are:

The hiring of key personnel to support international students
Allowing students to start courses in September ( instead of April , when the Japanese academic year usually starts ) ,Recruiting more teachers outside Japan ,Increased exchange programs with universities in other countries.

Realizing that living and studying in Japan is expensive compared to many countries, the government has also introduced additional financial support for international students . Several college grants and scholarships are available through the Ministry of Education, Culture , Sports, Science and Technology ( MEXT) and the Japan Student Services Organization ( JASSO ) .

Japan has approximately 780 universities , of which about 80% are private. There are also specialized chools and colleges offering more types of vocational degree.

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1. Universitas Airlangga – UNAIR			Surabaya
2. Universitas Andalas – UNAND			Padang
3. Universitas Bengkulu – UNIB			Bengkulu
4. Universitas Brawijaya – UNIBRAW			Malang
5. Universitas Cenderawasih – UNCEN			Jayapura
6. Universitas Diponegoro – UNDIP			Semarang
7. Universitas Gadjah Mada – UGM			Yogyakarta
8. Universitas Haluoleo – UNHALU			Kendari
9. Universitas Hasanuddin – UNHAS			Makassar
10. Universitas Indonesia – UI			Jakarta
11. Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin			Makassar
12. Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Malang			Malang
13. Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Qasim			Pekanbaru
14. Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati			Bandung
15. Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga			Yogyakarta
16. Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah			Jakarta
17. Universitas Jambi – UNJA			Jambi
18. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman – UNSOED			Purwokerto
19. Universitas Khairun Ternate			Ternate
20. Universitas Lambung Mangkurat – UNLAM			Banjarmasin
21. Universitas Lampung – UNILA			Bandar Lampung
22. Universitas Malikussaleh			Lhokseumawe
23. Universitas Mataram			Mataram
24. Universitas Mulawarman – UNMUL			Samarinda
25. Universitas Negeri Gorontalo – UNG			Gorontalo
26. Universitas Negeri Jakarta – UNJ			Jakarta
27. Universitas Negeri Jember – UNEJ			Jember
28. Universitas Negeri Makassar – UNM			Makassar
29. Universitas Negeri Malang – UNM			Malang
30. Universitas Negeri Manado – UNIMA			Tondano
31. Universitas Negeri Medan – UNIMED			Medan
32. Universitas Negeri Padang – UNP			Padang
33. Universitas Negeri Papua – UNIPA			Manokwari
34. Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret – UNS			Surakarta
35. Universitas Negeri Semarang – UNNES			Semarang
36. Universitas Negeri Surabaya – UNESA			Surabaya
37. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta – UNY			Yogyakarta
38. Universitas Nusa Cendana – UNDANA			Kupang
39. Universitas Padjadjaran – UNPAD			Bandung
40. Universitas Palangkaraya – UPR			Palangka Raya
41. Universitas Pattimura			Ambon
42. Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha			Singaraja
43. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia – UPI			Bandung
44. Universitas Riau – UNRI			Pekanbaru
45. Universitas Sam Ratulangi – UNSRAT			Manado
46. Universitas Sriwijaya – UNSRI			Palembang
47. Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa – UNTIRTA			Serang
48. Universitas Sumatera Utara – USU			Medan
49. Universitas Syiah Kuala – UNSYIAH			Banda Aceh
50. Universitas Tadulako – UNTAD			Palu
51. Universitas Tanjungpura – UNTAN			Pontianak
52. Universitas Terbuka – UT			Tangerang
53. Universitas Trunojoyo Madura			Bangkalan
54. Universitas Udayana – UNUD			Denpasar

Primary and Secondary Education

Following kindergarten, Indonesians of between seven and twelve years of age were required to attend six years of primary school in the 1990s. They could choose between state-run, nonsectarian public schools supervised by the Department of Education and Culture or private or semiprivate religious (usually Islamic) schools supervised and financed by the Department of Religious Affairs. However, although 85 percent of the Indonesian population was registered as Muslim, according to the 1990 census, less than 15 percent attended religious schools. Enrollment figures were slightly higher for girls than boys and much higher in Java than the rest of Indonesia.

A central goal of the national education system in the early 1990s was not merely to impart secular wisdom about the world, but also to instruct children in the principles of participation in the modern nation-state, its bureaucracies, and its moral and ideological foundations. Since 1975, a key feature of the national curriculum--as in other parts of society--had been instruction in the Pancasila. Children age six and above learned its five principles--belief in one God, humanitarianism, national unity, democracy, and social justice--by rote and were instructed daily to apply the meanings of this key national symbol to their lives. The alleged communist coup attempt in 1965 provided a vivid image of transgression against the Pancasila. Partly to prove their rejection of communist ideology, all teachers--like other members of Indonesian bureaucracy--swore allegiance not only to the Pancasila, but to the government party of functional groups.

Inside the public school classroom of the early 1990s, a style of pedagogy prevailed that emphasized rote learning and deference to the authority of the teacher. Although the youngest children were sometimes allowed to use the local language, by the third year of primary school nearly all instruction was conducted in formal Indonesian. Instead of asking questions of the students, a standard teaching technique was to narrate a historical event or to describe a mathematical problem, pausing at key junctures to allow the students to fill in the blanks. By not responding to individual problems of the students and retaining an emotionally distanced demeanor, the teacher is said to be sabar (patient), which is considered admirable behavior.
Nationally, the average class size in primary schools was approximately twenty-seven, while upper-level classes included between thirty and forty students. Ninety-two percent of primary school students graduated, but only about 60 percent of those continued on to junior high school (ages thirteen through fifteen). Of those who went on to junior high school, 87 percent also went on to a senior high school (ages sixteen through eighteen). The national adult literacy rate remained at about 77 percent in 1991 (84 percent for males and 68    
     percent for females), keeping Indonesia tied with Brunei for the lowest literacy among the six member nations of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

In the early 1990s, after completion of the six-year primary school program, students could choose among a variety of vocational and preprofessional junior and senior high schools, each level of which was three years in duration. There were academic and vocational junior high schools that could lead to senior-level diplomas. There were also "domestic science" junior high schools for girls. At the senior high-school level, there were three-year agricultural, veterinary, and forestry schools open to students who had graduated from an academic junior high school. Special schools at the junior and senior levels taught hotel management, legal clerking, plastic arts, and music.

Teacher training programs were varied, and were gradually upgraded. For example, in the 1950s anyone completing a teacher training program at the junior high level could obtain a teacher's certificate. Since the 1970s, however, the teaching profession was restricted to graduates of a senior high school for teachers in a primary school and to graduates of a university-level education course for teachers of higher grades. Remuneration for primary and secondary school teachers compared favorably with countries such as Malaysia, India, and Thailand. Student-teacher ratios also compared favorably with most Asian nations at 25.3 to 1 and 15.3 to 1, respectively, for primary and secondary schools in the mid-1980s when the averages were 33.1 to 1 and 22.6 to 1 for Asian-Pacific countries.

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