The purpose of this study was to explore th relationship between urban indigenous students¡¦ creativity and their growing environments. One hundred and two junior high school students, 52 senior high school students, and 126 vocational high school students were selected by convenience sampling. The participants complete the ¡§Creativity Environment Scale¡¨ and ¡§Torrance Creativity Thinking Test¡¨. Descriptive statistics, t tests, and analysis of variance were conducted on the quantitative data. In addition, 4 targeted students with the high creativity scores were tested for performance assessment and were interviewed after the survey. The main findings in this study were as follows: 1. Urban indigenous students in junior and senior high school has significantly higher scores in creativity than urban indigenous students in vocational high school. 2. Urban indigenous girl students has significantly higher scores in creativity than urban indigenous boy students. 3. Urban indigenous students of junior high school reported that their ¡§family provided creativity opportunities¡¨ score was significantly higher than senior and vocational high school indigenous students. 4. Urban indigenous girl students¡¦ scores of ¡§emotion support in family¡¨, ¡§emotion exchange in school¡¨ and ¡§encourages exchange in school¡¨ were significantly higher than boys¡¦. 5. The urban indigenous students whose parents has high education level scored higher in the category of ¡¥¡¦family provided opportunity¡¦¡¦ than students whose parents were less educated. 6. Urban indigenous students whose teacher were non-indigenous has higher scores in ¡§school provided opportunity¡¨ than urban indigenous students with indigenous teachers. 7. Urban indigenous students has significantly higher scores in ¡§fluency¡¨,¡§originality¡¨, and ¡§elaboration¡¨ than non-indigenous students, while non-indigenous students has significantly higher scores in ¡§verbal¡¨ than urban indigenous students. 8. After interviewing and performance assessment, it was found that there was significant relationship between their early childhood upbringing environment and creativity. 9. The urban indigenous students from better family and school environment has significantly higher scores in creativity than those from less fortunate environment. . The findings and suggestions from this research may be used for future researches on urban indigenous students.

This thesis is a series of meditations, stories and poetry focusing on living in classrooms with children, and on the meaning and place of education and schools in our lives. This writing is the emergent result of a commitment to the seeking of a generous language to understand and describe the work of teachers in schools, to the hope for human(e) and compassionate spaces for children to spend their days, to living with openness and creativity, to the having of challenging and wonderful conversations about life with children, and to the freedom to raise questions about the ways children and teachers (might) live together in schools. This writing is a story emerging at the point of intersection between what we might learn from children if we listen to them and remember them, and reflections on readings in ethics, education and literature.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate if the systematic management of the work environment at four departments at Umeå university lives up to the demands in the legislation, identify deficiencies and develop proposals for improvement. The methods that were used for completing this study were a literature study about work environment and related legislation and a then a practical study. The practical study consisted of two parts, interviews with head of department and work environment representatives and a questionnaire among the employees. The results show a number of deficiencies in the systematic management of the work environment. In order to live up to the demands in the legislation the departments have to implement risk assessments at changes in the organization, implement annual follow-ups of the systematic management of the work environment, start to control completed measures and include psychological and social factors. To get a more effective systematic management of the work environment the departments have to prioritize the work environment higher and enhance the employees commitment and knowledge. The conclusions of this study is that the systematic management of the work environment at this four departments at Umeå university partly lives up to the demands in the legislation, but they have a number of deficiencies that must be corrected.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2627. Author's first name misspelled on cover as "Jaquline." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 241-251).

Thesis (M.A.T.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Photocopy of the original. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 226-253).

Thesis (M.A.T.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).

Thesis (M.A.T.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-44).

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Duquesne University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-118) and index.