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Material goods play an important role in ethical life and moral education. Judging which goods are preferable to which − and which are therefore worth pursuing over which − is an ethically crucial process. The currently dominant paradigms of moral education (virtue education, cognitive developmentalism and care theory) do not satisfactorily contribute to this important topic. I argue that the resultant lacuna may be resolved by attending to the insight of the classical Stoics and their modern day neo-Stoic interpreters. Stoicism, I argue, provides a unique set of philosophical resources that fosters critical deliberation and reflection regarding the attribution of value to material goods. I begin this study by detailing the extant lacuna via discussion of virtue education, cognitive developmentalism and care theory as they relate to material good education. Once the lacuna’s existence is established I move on to introduce Stoic philosophy (both classical and contemporary). From this philosophy I construct a moral educational framework. This framework is then applied to two topics related to the material good lacuna: consumer education and environmental education. I conclude that, while Stoicism must be softened and revised for a modern pedagogical audience, its core philosophy has much to offer moral educationalists. / Theoretical, Cultural, and International Studies in Education

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The work environment in mines have changed during the last decades. Compared to when birds were used to examine the air quality in coal mines, today’s mines strive for a zero-entry production. Which means that the persons who works at the mining company are stationed over ground - instead of under it. With digitalization and automation, companies like Boliden aim to increase a safer work environment. However, zero-entry mines are still in the future, and until future notice, existing risks and hazards need to be managed. This master thesis at Luleå University of Technology in collaboration with the Crusher and Ore Handling System (G55) department at Boliden Aitik. This master thesis aims to improve work conditions and contribute to a safer work environment by increasing awareness and knowledge regarding risks and routines at the G55 department. To accomplish this, I have during this master thesis developed an educational tool as a supplement to the current safety educations provided by SSG. This master thesis focus on providing workers with information with safety educations and motivates by lack of knowledge as a cause of accidents. Through visits, interviews and observations have been conducted to map current and future state at the G55 department and within Boliden as a company. In total ten interviews have been performed as well as several feedback occasions. Trough feedback, adjustments have been done which are beneficial in the iterative working process due its ability to go back and adjust. The current state mapping has been compared to theories in which a theoretical framework has been used as a foundation when– analyzing the current state and developing the material. Included topics in the literature gather are “Health and Safety” and “Understand and Develop training material”. These have been the foundation when discussing improvement areas and when taking decisions when I developed the education material. Since the education material is a supplement to already existing safety educations provided by SSG, training methods have been investigated. The resulting education material delivered to the G55 department resulted in a lecture based presentation material in the software PowerPoint, as well as a pamphlet with summarized information from the lecture material. The lecture training method was chosen due to its advantage of containing personal contact between new workers and existing staff. This makes the introduction material complement current safety education which are performed as a data-based training method and misses personal contact. Delivered material contains information that is consider important for new workers to know before starting their employment. Further recommendations when implementing this material are to translate it to English to reach non-Swedish-speaking persons entering the department as well as keep developing the material. The discussion question if additional educations are the most efficient way to manage and correct risks depending on the classifications of existing risks. But concludes that it is an easily tool for short-term control. According to me, the mapping of the organization should be used to eliminate or separate current risks and hazards for a sustainable solution long-term. Today, I believe that an education supplement is necessary. And hopefully, the G55 department will keep develop their organization, eliminate current risks and long-term achieve a zero-accident vision. / Arbetsmiljön i gruvor har förändrats under de senaste årtiondena. Jämfört med när fåglar användes för att undersöka luftkvalitén i kolgruvorna, strävar dagens gruvor efter en noll-entrégruva (zero-entry). Det innebär att de personer som arbetar på gruvföretaget är stationerade över marken - istället för under den. Med digitalisering och automation hoppas företag som Boliden att skapa en säkrare arbetsmiljö. Noll-entrégruvor är dock fortfarande en bit bort och tillsvidare måste existerande risker hanteras. Det här examensarbetet är utfört vid Luleå tekniska universitet och gjort i samarbete med avdelningen Kross och infrakt (G55) i Aitikgruvan. Examensarbetet syftar till att förbättra arbetsförhållandena och bidra till en säkrare arbetsmiljö genom att öka medvetenheten och kunskapen kring risker och rutiner vid G55-avdelningen. Dessutom syftar det till att utveckla ett pedagogiskt verktyg som ett tillägg till SSG:s nuvarande säkerhetsutbildning som ska användas vid introduktion av nya arbetare på området. Examensarbetet fokuserar på att ge arbetstagare information med säkerhetsutbildning och motiverar genom bristande kunskap som orsak till olyckor. Under besök hos avdelningen har intervjuer och observationer genomförts för att kartlägga nuvarande och framtida tillstånd vid G55 och inom Boliden som företag. Totalt har tio intervjuer gjorts samt några feedbacktillfällen. Tack vare feedback, har justeringar gjorts som en del i den iterativa arbetsprocessen som tillåter att gå tillbaka och justera. Den nuvarande kartläggningen har jämförts med teorier där en teoretisk referensram har använts som grund vid analys av kartläggning och utveckling av materialet. Inkluderade ämnen i litteraturen är "Hälsa och säkerhet" och "Förstå och utveckla utbildningsmaterial". Dessa har varit grunden när jag diskuterat förbättringsområden och fattat beslut under utvecklandet av utbildningsmaterial. Eftersom utbildningsmaterialet kompletterar redan befintliga säkerhetsutbildningar från SSG har utbildningsmetoder undersökts. Det resulterande utbildningsmaterialet som levererades till G55 har resulterat i ett föreläsningsbaserat presentationsmaterial i PowerPoint, liksom en broschyr med sammanfattande information från föreläsningsmaterialet. Föreläsning som utbildningsmetoden valdes på grund av dess förmån att tillåta personlig kontakt mellan nya arbetstagare och befintlig personal. Detta gör att introduktionsmaterialet kompletterar nuvarande säkerhetsutbildning som utförs som en databaserad träningsmetod och saknar just personlig kontakt. Levererat material innehåller information som är viktig för nya medarbetare att veta innan de börjar sin anställning. Ytterligare rekommendationer vid implementering av detta material är att översätta det till engelska för att nå icke-svensktalande personer på avdelningen samt fortsätta att utveckla materialet. Avslutningsvis, diskuteras huruvida ytterligare utbildningar är det effektivaste sättet att hantera och korrigera risker. Slutsatsen är att det är ett verktyg för kortsiktig kontroll. På lång sikt, borde kartläggningen, enligt mig, användas för att eliminera eller skilja nuvarande risker och faror för at få hållbar lösning. Idag tror jag att ett utbildningstillägg är nödvändigt. Och förhoppningsvis kommer G55-avdelningen att fortsätta utveckla sin organisation, eliminera nuvarande risker och på lång sikt uppnå en olycksfallsvision.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

The purpose of the study was to conduct documented research on two of the recently designed teaching methods of high school chemistry, the Chemical Education Material Study (CHEM Study) and the Chemical Bond Approach (CBA). An attempt was made to answer certain questions concerning differences in the two methods.

Die umfassende ökologische Krise erfordert es, den Lebenszyklus von Artefakten und Prozessen bereits im Entwurf zu integrieren. Design spielt deshalb eine zentrale Rolle in der anstehenden Transformation der Gesellschaft und Produktionssysteme (Irwin, 2015). Design vermag Umweltauswirkungen zu senken und vereinfacht die Umsetzung von Kreislaufstrategien. (Desing et al., 2021) Zirkuläre Designmethoden schließen Aspekte wie Reparierbarkeit, Wiederverwertung sowie alternativ angelegte Nutzungskonzepte mit ein. Sie sind inzwischen in vielen Curricula integriert.

(thesis): Basis: This diploma thesis follows the bachelor thesis that concentrates on the eating habits and water intake of blood plasma donors before plasmapheresis. Goals: The research had four goals: 1) explore to what extent does providing of the educational material influence the awareness of blood plasma donors. 2) To map subjective state of health and lifestyle of plasma donors regarding their physical activity, healthy, regular, varied diet, smoking and sleep schedule. 3) To explore the knowledge of regime measures and risk behaviour before donating blood plasma. To evaluate donors' eating habits and water intake before plasmapheresis and reveal potential deficiencies. 4) Evaluate the knowledge of a given problem with those respondents who were provided with educational material in comparison with those respondents who got no educational material. Methods: An educational material was created regarding regime measures of blood plasma donors. This educational material served as the basis for standardized anonymous questionnaire. Maintaining the ethical principles and with the ethical committee's approval, overall data of 40 respondents frequenting Haematology Department and blood transfusion of the Military University Hospital Prague. The sample consisted of two groups of randomly selected...

Parents do not always receive accurate, timely and comprehensive information regarding a positive newborn screening from their infants’ primary care providers. The dissertation outlines the investigation of this problem. The methodology of the study is discussed including the survey of parents and primary care providers using the past system, the development of a web portal with a focus on plain language and action focused handouts. Without a simple to understand parent handout the newborn screening process is more stressful to families. Review of the literature is detailed including newborn screening, patient education, health literacy, Internet usage, online health education, design of patient education websites and the evaluative process of learning tools. Surveys informed the content of the web-based patient portal for both parents and PCP. Abbreviated parental stress scores did not identify elevated stress in parents during the initial PCP visit when the NBS results and plan of care were discussed. Evaluation of the planned web portal was permanently delayed related to change in statewide policies; thus, a standalone website was developed using Agency for Health Care Research and Quality’s patient education material tool for understandability and actionability of both patient handouts and web portals. Physician actionable NBS handouts were also developed. Formative evaluation using experts’ input, one-to-one trials and small group trials of the handouts for the site were completed with minor revisions made to the portal. The formative evaluation using the simple survey tool would have provided any additional portal changes required. Strengths of the study to include survey response rates, rigor of the comments by both parents and PCPs as well as constructive feedback from NBS experts are highlighted. The weakness is the lack of having a final participant group identified or available related to local NBS policies. Recommendations for future research are highlighted as well as discussion of changes in federal policy that will now allow further NBS research without the limitations once imposed.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om materialet Praktisk matematik 1 passar att använda i matematikundervisningen i årskurs 1–3 utifrån arbetssättet konkret till abstrakt med fokus på kopplingen till de matematiska förmågorna och det centrala innehållet i matematik från Skolverkets (2019) läroplan. I studien undersöks vilka fem matematiska förmågor som elever ges möjlighet att öva, genom vilket centralt innehåll elever ges möjlighet att öva dessa fem matematiska förmågor samt hur materialet är utformat för arbete genom arbetssättet konkret till abstrakt.    Denna studie innehåller en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av materialet Praktisk matematik 1. För att analysera materialet skapades kriterier utifrån de matematiska förmågorna och det centrala innehållet från den svenska läroplanen (Skolverket, 2019). Materialets utformning för arbetssättet konkret till abstrakt analyserades utifrån studiens teori.   Resultatet visar att elever ges möjlighet att öva samtliga matematiska förmågor i olika utsträckning genom arbete med materialet Praktisk matematik 1. Genom områdena taluppfattning och tals användning, geometri och problemlösning ges elever möjlighet att öva samtliga fem matematiska förmågor. Genom områdena algebra och sannolikhet och statistik ges elever möjlighet att öva begrepps-, räkne- och problemlösningsförmågan och genom området samband och förändring ges elever möjlighet att öva begrepps-, räkne-, problemlösnings- och resonemangsförmågan. Dessa förmågor ges möjlighet att öva i olika utsträckning genom de olika punkterna som områdena innehåller. Materialet är utformat för att arbeta utifrån arbetssättet konkret till abstrakt genom att samtliga kort uppmanar elever till arbete med konkret material. Vid ungefär hälften av korten följs arbetet med det konkreta materialet av abstrakta beräkningar. / The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the material Praktisk matematik 1 is suitable for use in mathematics teaching in years 1–3 based on the working method concrete to abstract with a focus on the connection to the mathematical abilities and the central content in mathematics from Skolverkets (2019) curriculum. This study analyses which five mathematical abilities students are given an opportunity to practice, through which central content students are given the opportunity to practice these five mathematical abilities and in what way the material is designed for working from concrete to abstract.   This study contains a qualitative content analysis of the material Praktisk matematik 1. To analyse the material, criteria were created based of the mathematical abilities and the central content from the Swedish curriculum (Skolverket 2019). The material’s design for working from concrete to abstract was analysed from this study’s theory.   The results show that students are given the opportunity to practice all five mathematical abilities to a verifying degree through working with the material Praktisk matematik 1. Through the areas number perception and number’s use, geometry and problem-solving students are given the opportunity to practice all five mathematical abilities. Through the areas algebra and probability and statistics are students given the opportunity to practice the ability to comprehend mathematical terms, numeracy, and the ability to solve problems. Through the area connections and change student are given the opportunity to practice their ability to comprehend mathematical terms, numeracy, the ability to solve problems and reasoning ability. These abilities are given a varied opportunity to practice through the different points the areas include. The material is designed to work from concrete to abstract because every card calls on using concrete material. The usage of concrete material is in about half of the cards followed by an abstract calculation.