Yeung King On Ben. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Urban Design Vision / Chapter 1.2 --- Context of Yuen Long / Chapter 1.3 --- Project Subject Selection / Chapter 1.4 --- Urban Design Audit and Site Selection / Chapter 2. --- PROJECT ANALYSIS / Chapter 2.1 --- Subject Analysis / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Point of Departure / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Brief Formation / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Architectural Precedents / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Schedule of Accommodation and Activities / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Organization Strategy and Functional Relationships / Chapter 2.2 --- Site Analysis / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Existing Land uses / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Ground Conditions / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Pedestrian Access / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Vehicular Circulation / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Infrastructure / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Views and Symbolic Meanings / Chapter 2.3 --- Problem Definition / Chapter 3. --- DESIGN PROCESS / Chapter 3.1 --- Planning Strategy / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Twin-node Concept / Chapter 3.1.2 --- LRT-KCR Linkage / Chapter 3.2 --- Site Planning Options / Chapter 3.2.1 --- """Bridge"" Scheme" / Chapter 3.2.2 --- """Podium"" Scheme" / Chapter 3.3 --- Building Design / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Design Criteria / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Preliminary Design and Massing Study / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Building Design Options and Image Study / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Evolving to Final Design / Chapter 4. --- FINAL DESIGN / Chapter 4.1 --- Urban Design Proposal / Chapter 4.2 --- Building Design / APPENDIX / Chapter A. --- Urban Design Audit of Yuen Long / Chapter B. --- Program Report / Chapter C. --- Thesis Proposal

An urban elementary school in the city of Phoenix showed little evidence of using active learning even though active learning is a best practice to create engaged citizens. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether participating in a 3-week service-learning project improved civic engagement among at-risk elementary students. The theoretical foundation for this study was the constructivist learning theory, which states that students learn and create meaning by being active participants in their own learning. The research questions asked if completing a 3-week service-learning project showed a statistically significant difference in civic engagement for at-risk tutorial students at the school and whether there was a statistically significant grade level interaction effect. The Civic Responsibility Survey for K-12 Students Engaged in Service was used to gather quantitative data for this quasi-experimental design. The sample consisted of 162 students and was limited to the number of students enrolled in first through fourth grades in the 2016-2017 school year. Descriptive statistics and an analysis of covariance was conducted to determine the effect of participation in a service-learning project on reported civic engagement outcomes. There was no statistically significant difference in civic engagement after students participated in a service-learning project compared to students who did not participate. There was, however, a statistically significant difference in civic engagement scores between Grade 3 and Grade 1 and Grade 3 and Grade 4. A 3-day professional development was created for teachers as a result of this study. This may influence positive social change by creating active learning experiences for students at the school, which may lead to greater civic engagement, improved teacher-student relationships, and higher academic achievement.

Chinese higher education has achieved a remarkable expansion in recent years but few studies have examined the civic perceptions and civic participation of contemporary university students. This study aims to fill the gap in the existing literature by accomplishing four main goals: first, to investigate how students view citizenship, civic issues, and civil society; second, to examine how they participate in civic activities, both on and off campus; third, to understand how their civic attitudes and behaviours are being influenced by society, university and family, also by such factors as formal citizenship education curricula, informal educational experiences and the mass media; and fourth, to analyze the impact of higher education expansion on civil society in China. This study adopted a mixed methods approach, and combined findings from a large-scale national student survey across 12 universities and 34 face to face interviews conducted in 3 selected institutions among the 12 that were surveyed. The conceptual framework drew upon social capital theory and both ecological and cognitive psychological theories to generate two analytic frameworks for analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data. The major findings were: (1) university students demonstrated strong patriotism, and a serious commitment to social justice and civic participation, which was partly the result of the distinctive form of citizenship education they received in the Chinese context; (2) half of the survey participants were found to be inactive participants in civic activities, which showed a disconnect between their civic attitudes and civic behaviours; (3) higher socio-economic status (SES) was associated with more active civic participation; (4) the mass media, especially the Internet was found to have a profound impact on students’ civic perceptions; (5) interview participants in the three qualitative case institutions revealed distinctive patterns of civic engagement, which confirmed the importance of university environment, policy, history and culture on student civic participation and citizenship development. This study has made a significant contribution to the existing literature on citizenship issues in contemporary Chinese universities. It has also added to current knowledge on trends of civil society development and the democratization process in China, from the perspective of university students.

Chinese higher education has achieved a remarkable expansion in recent years but few studies have examined the civic perceptions and civic participation of contemporary university students. This study aims to fill the gap in the existing literature by accomplishing four main goals: first, to investigate how students view citizenship, civic issues, and civil society; second, to examine how they participate in civic activities, both on and off campus; third, to understand how their civic attitudes and behaviours are being influenced by society, university and family, also by such factors as formal citizenship education curricula, informal educational experiences and the mass media; and fourth, to analyze the impact of higher education expansion on civil society in China. This study adopted a mixed methods approach, and combined findings from a large-scale national student survey across 12 universities and 34 face to face interviews conducted in 3 selected institutions among the 12 that were surveyed. The conceptual framework drew upon social capital theory and both ecological and cognitive psychological theories to generate two analytic frameworks for analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data. The major findings were: (1) university students demonstrated strong patriotism, and a serious commitment to social justice and civic participation, which was partly the result of the distinctive form of citizenship education they received in the Chinese context; (2) half of the survey participants were found to be inactive participants in civic activities, which showed a disconnect between their civic attitudes and civic behaviours; (3) higher socio-economic status (SES) was associated with more active civic participation; (4) the mass media, especially the Internet was found to have a profound impact on students’ civic perceptions; (5) interview participants in the three qualitative case institutions revealed distinctive patterns of civic engagement, which confirmed the importance of university environment, policy, history and culture on student civic participation and citizenship development. This study has made a significant contribution to the existing literature on citizenship issues in contemporary Chinese universities. It has also added to current knowledge on trends of civil society development and the democratization process in China, from the perspective of university students.

Abstract Nowadays civic participation is a significant activity in the commonwealth. According to civic participation, it can be realized the development of the democracy in a country. Although Kaohsiung city is the second biggest status of special municipality directly administered by the central government, Taiwanese Central Government has been disconsidering the growth of South Taiwan. As a result, it cause that Kaohsiung city has become the center of the industry and Taipei city has become the center of the policy and economics. Due to this reason, people in the south Taiwan are not concern with the public affairs which need to be considered. Almond is the first precursor to research civic society. Almond refers that people highly participate with political culture can be called Civic Culture. Inglehart is the second researcher to research in this subject. Inglehart discovers technical upgrade, economic development, the standard of education improvement, information technology and mass communication spread could effect the social value. People may focus on post-materialism which are the standard of living, and self-fulfilling instead of the materialism value that are included the creature comfort and personal security. Mass communication not only offers the useful information to the mass but also effects the mass behavior, in particular newspaper. Newspaper spread presents the news and multi-information to everyone and it also can fulfill each one¡¦s inner life as well. Besides this, it is also a very leaven to people because of its content such as the edit and so on. This research is divided two sections. The first section refers to the integration of the public affairs management (PAM). It discusses the condition of the aspect of socioeconomic in Kaohsiung city. The second section V.C.S dimensional in-depth interview¡Aanalyze the power of the local newspaper, the limit of the local newspaper and the public value of the local newspaper in Kaohsiung. According to the development of the socioeconomic, it can be discussed weather Kaohsiung city is qualified for public society or not. And also , in the process of time whether the media exerts generate a discussion and provoke issues or not. According to the research, it discovers that the current and past employment market and social organization do not change a lot. But the phenomenon of generation effect ¡Awith disposition and potentiality to post modernized civil society. Due to several elements such as economic depression, open media market and new competitors appearance, local medium in Koahsiung are forced to adjust the management strategy and constitution in order to breakthrough difficulty. However, in order to achieve the goal and promote the public value it often become dilemma because of searching market support and lifting organizational capacity on the current limited resources and condition. As a result, it can define that the function of the forth right to medium is consistently challenged. In the sum, local newspaper and medium can make the public value become valuable. It also can say that mass medium is like a light that can let each one see the value of public society clearly and easily. However, the life cycle of the news events are very short. Therefore, the elements of economic development, guidable assistance instead of critique and control and the third section may achieve the goal of the public society quickly.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-217).

This thesis reassesses the importance of Sant'Elisabetta delle Convertite, a monastery for repentant prostitutes, in Florence from its foundation in 1329 to 1627 after the Grand Duke became the monastery's protector. Although it was one of the oldest and most populous female houses in the city, historians have tended to underestimate its importance to municipal authorities. This thesis reframes the monastery as a civic institution with a key role in changing municipal responses to prostitution. The thesis makes extensive use of primary source material from the monastery itself, including ricordi (record books), accounts, and contracts, as well as from civic magistrates, particularly the Ufficiali dell'Onestà. Legislative sources from the late thirteenth to the early seventeenth centuries also show how the funding of Sant'Elisabetta reflected the city's changing responses to the regulation of prostitution, and the funding of Sant'Elisabetta. This thesis argues that the monastery of repentant prostitutes was an important civic institution in late medieval and early modern Florence and became so as a result of civic funding provided in consequence of changing municipal strategies to control prostitution. Successive Florentine municipal administrations acted to ensure the monastery's survival and stability in response to petitions from the Convertite claiming poverty. The priors' solutions varied between ad hoc direct funding, portions of the fines and penalties levied by magistrates, and a quarter of prostitutes' estates, redirected to Sant'Elisabetta until ultimately, the monastery would be brought under the direct control of the Grand Ducal administration in 1620. They also restricted admissions to the monastery, which had the effect of ensuring its longevity by preserving its unique place among the city's welfare institutions. By tracing municipal interest and intervention in Sant'Elisabetta delle Convertite, this study contributes to knowledge of the significance of the civic role played by the monastery.

nÃo hà / A pesquisa diz respeito à construÃÃo da memÃria cÃvica piauiense e à invenÃÃo das tradiÃÃes inserindo-a no campo da HistÃria da EducaÃÃo e tem como foco principal as comemoraÃÃes cÃvicas que sÃo as festas que acontecem com a participaÃÃo da escola desde as festas de 7 de setembro festa da Ãrvore desfile da juventude e do pan-americanismo as festas de inauguraÃÃes festas de colaÃÃo de grau somando as homenagens Ãs autoridades aniversÃrios de governantes aniversÃrios do Estado Novo constituindo-se o calendÃrio cÃvico cumprido e organizado pela escola. Esta investigaÃÃo tem como intuito analisar esta memÃria destacando principalmente os aspectos relevantes para compreendÃ-la tais sejam: o tempo escolar o disciplinamento as disciplinas escolares e as festas cÃvicas elementos que constituem a memÃria cÃvica evidenciando a cidade e a rua como palco dos eventos onde ocorriam as festas cÃvicas. Este caminhar faz-se metodologicamente pela HistÃria Oral pelas lembranÃas de pessoas com setenta ou mais anos que vivenciaram estes momentos e tÃm alguma relaÃÃo com a escola e com a cidade e ainda, no manejo das fontes escritas como os periÃdicos locais O Piauhy O Momento DiÃrio Oficial o Almanaque da ParnaÃba e as Mensagens Governamentais. Mergulho nas prÃticas cotidianas e nas lembranÃas para problematizÃ-las e por fim compreender como ocorreu a invenÃÃo das tradiÃÃes cÃvicas e suas relaÃÃes com o ensino primÃrio durante a Era Vargas (1930-1945) cientes de que nossa investigaÃÃo constatou que este ensino deu-se no sentido do que era considerado moderno neste perÃodo formando sujeitos que construÃram as instituiÃÃes pesquisadas tornando-os civilizados nacionalistas e amantes da PÃtria / The research concerns the construction of civic memory of Piauà and the invention of traditions putting it into the area of History of Education and it has as its main focus the civic celebrations which are the festivals that take place with the participation of school since the parties on September 7th the feast of the tree the parade of youth and Americanism the opening parties graduation parties and besides the tributes to the authorities leadersâ birthdays anniversaries of the New State constituting the civic calendar carried out and organized by school. This research has the intention to analyze this memory especially highlighting the aspects relevant to understand it such as: school time the discipline the school subjects and civic events elements that constitute the civic memory highlighting the city and the street scene as the events which occurred the civic events. This route is done methodically through Oral History by memories of seventy-year-old people and over who have experienced these moments and have some relationship with the school and the city and also in the management of written sources as local newspapers O Piauhy O Momento DiÃrio Oficial Almanaque da ParnaÃba and the Mensagens Governamentais. The research in the daily practices and the memories to problematize them and finally understand how the invention of civic traditions and their relation to primary education during the Vargas Era (1930-1945) aware that our research found out that this teaching took place in the sense of what was considered modern at this period educating subjects who built the institutions surveyed making them civilized nationalist and lovers of the Fatherland

Civic engagement is a fundamental component of a healthy democracy, contributing to higher government accountability and overall improvement in "good governance". Civic engagement is particularly critical to subgroups which are under-represented in formal political structures, such as women, as it affords these groups the opportunity to voice their unique concerns. However, women participate less in many important forms of civic engagement. The United Nations and other international organizations have emphasized the importance of increasing women's voice and empowerment in an attempt to improve women's overall well-being, particularly in the developing world. Individual and contextual factors have demonstrated contributions toward influencing levels of civic engagement, but these effects only serve in partially explaining why women are less engaged. This study adds to this discussion by examining gender differences in the development and contribution of social capital (measured by networks and trust) to civic engagement within two young and developing democracies; Ecuador and Peru. The study finds that gender differences exist in how social capital is formed, but these differences don't explain women's decreased likelihood for engagement. Thus, social capital can be used to build civic engagement among both genders.

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