The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of Joe Duquette High School students through listening to their stories. My approach to listening developed out of the context of the school's Aboriginal philosophy. The thesis analyzes and describes what constitutes a meaningful education within the cultural framework of Good and Right Relations from the perspective of Joe Duquette High School students.<p> The Joe Duquette High School environment is a holistic one where the Sacred Circle philosophy and the good and right relations framework serves as a guide to the pedagogy of the school.<p> The methodology used in this thesis was shaped by the cultural philosophy of Joe Duquette High School and guided by student emphasis and meaning. A number of methodologies were drawn upon in order to approach the multiple contexts of the Joe Duquette High School cultural complex.<p> The central themes identified by students through their narratives serve as an organizational framework for the findings. My interpretation of what the students said is presented through my own personal narrative. I used my own story to develop more fully those ideas/concepts/ideals expressed by the students.<p>The main contribution of this study is highlighting the Joe Duquette High School experience through the students' perspectives and the method used to tell their story came out of the cultural context of the school.

The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of Joe Duquette High School students through listening to their stories. My approach to listening developed out of the context of the school's Aboriginal philosophy. The thesis analyzes and describes what constitutes a meaningful education within the cultural framework of Good and Right Relations from the perspective of Joe Duquette High School students.<p> The Joe Duquette High School environment is a holistic one where the Sacred Circle philosophy and the good and right relations framework serves as a guide to the pedagogy of the school.<p> The methodology used in this thesis was shaped by the cultural philosophy of Joe Duquette High School and guided by student emphasis and meaning. A number of methodologies were drawn upon in order to approach the multiple contexts of the Joe Duquette High School cultural complex.<p> The central themes identified by students through their narratives serve as an organizational framework for the findings. My interpretation of what the students said is presented through my own personal narrative. I used my own story to develop more fully those ideas/concepts/ideals expressed by the students.<p>The main contribution of this study is highlighting the Joe Duquette High School experience through the students' perspectives and the method used to tell their story came out of the cultural context of the school.

The present study explored 12 womens experiences in five community-based improvisational movement sessions. The study was two-pronged in nature, attending to the experience of expressive movement and somatic awareness exercises as well as the experience of gathering together as women. Session activities were taken from movement and somatic practices such as Authentic Movement, the 5Rhythms®, YogaDance®, the Big Fat Ass Dance Class®, theatre-based exercises, contact improvisation and African Dance. The chosen methodology was hermeneutic phenomenology using a weekly sharing circle, post-session interviews, and journal entries as data. Although inquiring into both psychological and movement experiences, the study did not derive from a formal Dance/Movement Therapy perspective but instead, prioritized the womens own voices in order to elucidate the inherent experience and worth of expressive movement within a community framework. Three core constructs arose from my analysis: Conscious Embodiment, Conscious Play and Conscious Connection. The underlying role of relationality is highlighted in the final chapter. Findings contribute to a preventive and resiliency orientation as opposed to the more typical clinical and therapeutic research found in the field of Dance/Movement Therapy.

The police organization is a link to the executive organizations of the government. It is the closest, most direct and most frequently used bridge between the government and the public. Therefore, on the one hand, the police organization has to bear its responsibilities in handling the problems of social order; on the other, greater efforts should be made to maintain good service. In order to pursue a balanced development of these two aspects and to face the new challenges in future management, the National Police Administration starts to promote the import of ISO9001 Quality Management System to police organizations. The Nantzu Police Precinct is the first to import this System. Through investigation and analysis of the certification process and the achievements of the police precinct, this research hopes to provide other police organizations with the transfer of this system and a deepening direction. The research results show that through the policeman¡¦s cognitive degree of ISO9001, the attribute of the basic personal background of a police officer affects the officer¡¦s verification effects of ISO9001. After analysis is made regarding the question of cognitive degree of ISO9001, it is found that the cognitive degree of ISO9001 has 3 factors of composition construct: ¡§cognition,¡¨ ¡§attitude¡¨ and ¡§confidence.¡¨ The results indicate that different attributes of the basic personal backgrounds of police officers can develop different factors of composition constructs of their cognitive degrees of ISO9001. And there exists an obvious relation between the attributes of the basic personal background of police officers and the groups with high and low cognitive degrees of ISO9001. In addition, factor analysis is made on the question of the verification effects of ISO9001. It is found that there are 3 index kinds of verification effects of ISO9001: ¡§efficiency,¡¨ ¡§effectiveness¡¨ and ¡§quality.¡¨ Through typical relativity analysis, the results show there is an obvious relation between the composition construct of the cognitive degrees of ISO9001 and the index kinds of verification effects of ISO9001. In the groups with high and low cognitive degrees of ISO9001, the index kinds of verification effects of ISO9001 are different. Among the police officers with different attributes of basic personal backgrounds, the index kinds of verification effects of ISO9001 are also different. After the relevant analyses are made, the results reveal that there is an obvious positive correlation between the various factors of composition construct of the cognitive degrees of ISO9001 and the index kinds of verification effects of ISO9001. The research results prove that the high and low cognitive degrees of ISO9001 can positively affect police officers¡¦ promotion of the verification effects of ISO9001. Starting from literature reviews, the difficulties found in the importing process of ISO System, and the significant affecting factors of its success and failure, the researcher makes synthesis and integration, proposes for police organizations the workable strategies of transfer and deepening in times of importing ISO Quality Management System, and suggests the future research directions.

This study is based on Porter¡¦s five forces model of competition. It combines system dynamics theory to make Porter¡¦s five forces model be simulated by dynamic system model and then the strategy can be simulated by computer. With this strategic experiment, the industry analysis or industry strategy can be simulated and experimented just like in the laboratory and make the forecast in the future be achievable. The conclusions of this study are presented as follows: 1.The five forces in Porter¡¦s five forces model can be expressed and quantified by combination of each two forces. 2.The Porter¡¦s five forces model is not strong enough to cope with the dynamic, twinkling and changeful environment. But it can be compensated by system dynamics theory. 3.Combining the system dynamics theory and Porter¡¦s five forces model, the relationship between every two forces can be transformed into cause-and-effect chain. The total forces among five forces can be expressed by system feedback circle. 4.After combination of the system dynamic theory and Porter¡¦s five forces model, we can use the iThink software to simulate the combination. It makes the unquantifiable force change be able to be simulated and forecasted. The conclusions above are significant to the study in the following aspects. 1.The ten forces relationship of Porter¡¦s five forces model can be expressed by cause-and-effect chain in system dynamics theory. 2.The pull-and-push relationship of the ten forces combination in Porter¡¦s five forces model can be expressed by system feedback circle. 3.The mutual and active forces in the system dynamics can be quantified, simulated and forecasted.

In recent years, ¡§China as an emerging superpower¡¨ becomes popular discussion issue, Japan as the neighboring country also makes response to this. However, Japan-China relation was not only the simple relations of country to country; two countries were influenced by Confucian culture very deep in history, having the complicated emotion each other. This topic of this article is the Japan academic circle how to think and regard China in epistemology and methodology form modern times to now. This article orders the Japanese scholars in modern times how to regard China in first, then using the train of thought to conjecture the visions that contemporary Japan face ¡§China as an emerging superpower¡¨. Finally, the author compares Japan academic circle how to regard China to find out those thought communicates or joins during that time.

There were adapted the stream commands (SSE2) for videooculography measuring methods of eyes movements in this activity (an analysis by straight lines and an analysis by a circle). By their assistance the time of detection methods of eye pupil centre coordinates was accelerated. The algorithm of eye pupil centre detection was presented in which there were used the methods of analysis by straight lines and analysis by circles. There were presented stream commands (SSE2) and the methods of their use. After investigetion it was determined that the time of eye pupil centre coordinates by assistance of stream commands has been accelerated.

By asking, “Is Circle (also known as “council”) an effective methodology for environmental education?”, this thesis explores the significance of creating Circles of learning as a communication process with implications for environmental education and personal transformation. From a phenomenological perspective, I have positioned my research as an autobiographical narrative of what it is to be both researcher (observer) and research instrument (facilitator & participant) as well as creating the conditions for a case study of Circle participants. Further, I held interviews with Circle practitioners and instructors. The premise of Circle is to create an intentional listening space for each person to have a voice and be witnessed as they tell their stories. This paper provides some insight here, and explores how Circle can become an effective means of exploring ecological identity, self-awareness, relationship-building, a sense of community, emotional connections to nature and a sense of wonder within the process.

The Youth for EcoAction (YEA) Program is a project of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg involving youth at risk in after-school programming. The program focuses on urban agriculture and gardening projects and was developed using the circle of courage model of youth empowerment. This research used participatory methods, including participatory video to analyze the program and its benefits. The YEA program creates positive change in the lives of participants and at a community-wide level. These benefits include skill building and job training, improved self esteem, nutrition and food security, increased environmental awareness and behaviour, and greater community strength. Youth serving agencies, community development organizations and government policy makers should look to the YEA program as a model for youth empowerment and community revitalization. This thesis also explores benefits of participatory research, specifically participatory video, and documents the personal learnings and journey of the author from researcher to practitioner.

The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of Joe Duquette High School students through listening to their stories. My approach to listening developed out of the context of the school's Aboriginal philosophy. The thesis analyzes and describes what constitutes a meaningful education within the cultural framework of Good and Right Relations from the perspective of Joe Duquette High School students. The Joe Duquette High School environment is a holistic one where the Sacred Circle philosophy and the good and right relations framework serves as a guide to the pedagogy of the school. The methodology used in this thesis was shaped by the cultural philosophy of Joe Duquette High School and guided by student emphasis and meaning. A number of methodologies were drawn upon in order to approach the multiple contexts of the Joe Duquette High School cultural complex. The central themes identified by students through their narratives serve as an organizational framework for the findings. My interpretation of what the students said is presented through my own personal narrative. I used my own story to develop more fully those ideas/concepts/ideals expressed by the students.The main contribution of this study is highlighting the Joe Duquette High School experience through the students' perspectives and the method used to tell their story came out of the cultural context of the school.