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A Qualitative Analysis of Brigham Young University's Golden Age Theater Production and Outreach CourseBarton, Sheila Jan 17 November 2007 (has links) (PDF)
The present research consists of a comparative study of Brigham Young University's Golden Age Comedia (GAC) and Golden Age Theater Production (GATP) courses. The two courses cover much of the same academic material, but one of the differences between the two approaches to the teaching of Golden Age literature is that the GATP course incorporates a theater production and outreach component. Although this outreach program has been seen as intuitively and anecdotally effective, there has been no prior attempt to document student motivation for choosing this course over the traditionally taught course (GAC), nor to discover any of the outcomes experienced by university students who participate in it. Similarly, there have been no studies conducted to compare the educational outcomes of the two approaches. Therefore, the present empirical study was conducted with the goal of determining student motivation and expectations for course selection, academic outcomes of each approach, and whether any additional intellectual or personal growth was experienced by students in the GATP course. This study revealed that there indeed are differences in the motives and expectations behind students' decision to enroll in the GAC course rather than the GATP course, and vice versa, and that each course yields different outcomes for those students. Students receiving instruction through the GATP Outreach program appear to be able to attain a similar mastery of the course material as those in the GAC course. Furthermore, through the inclusion of the outreach program, students are able to acquire additional skills and enriched attitudes that have the potential to prepare them for future studies and life experiences. For universities interested in implementing a similar production and outreach program, this study provides evidence that such a course can indeed provide an alternative path to the teaching of Golden Age literature at the university level and that it proves to be an attractive alternative to certain students that is worth their time and effort.
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User-centred design of an outreach robot / Användarcentrerad design av en uppsökande robotHe, Ying January 2023 (has links)
The goal of this project is to involve adolescents in the design of their own social robots, and to explore their concerns and opinions about social robots during the design process. To support their design efforts, I have developed a digital toolkit that includes features for customizing the appearance, personality, and reactive behaviors of the robots. In addition, this paper presents some of the adolescents’ views on gender and robots that were elicited during the project. The insights and feedback from the participants can inform the design of future outreach robots and improve their social interactions with adolescents. / Målet med detta projekt är att involvera ungdomar i designen av sina egna sociala robotar, och att utforska deras oro och åsikter om sociala robotar under designprocessen. För att stödja deras designinsatser har jag utvecklat en digital verktygslåda som innehåller funktioner för att anpassa robotarnas utseende, personlighet och reaktiva beteenden. Dessutom presenterar denna artikel några av ungdomarnas syn på genus och robotar som framkallades under projektet. Insikterna och feedbacken från deltagarna kan informera om utformningen av framtida uppsökande robotar och förbättra deras sociala interaktion med ungdomar.
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”Knacka dörr!” : Fler barn till förskolan genom uppsökande verksamhet / ”Knock on the door!” : More children to preschool through outreach activitiesBassmann, Linda, Bregeni Fetiu, Leonora January 2024 (has links)
For the past decade, Sweden has been reinforced as a multicultural society, and immigrant integration policy has been a hotly debated topic. During the election campaigns in 2022, preschool was an important political issue, the government arguing that early interventions can be the key to the successful integration of immigrants. Subsequent amendments to the Education Act, which entered into force on 1 July 2023, require all municipalities to actively promote increased participation in preschool by means of different methods. The municipalities must provide information to parents and legal guardians and offer preschool enrollment to children who need learning Swedish, without the parents or legal guardians applying for it. The outreach activities are aimed at children who are not currently enrolled in preschool but who are entitled to be. The purpose of the present thesis is to investigate the experiences among preschool staff of the requirement to take active measures to offer preschool enrollment to the children of foreign-born parents. Through a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews and a street level bureaucrats theoretical perspective, the study has focused on two municipalities which have charged preschool staff with the aforementioned task. With the analytical terms street level bureaucrats and discretion, it has been possible to investigate how the policy is implemented and how the preschool staff feels about being a fellow human being as well as an agent for a government authority. The results of the study indicate a consensus among preschool staff that they understand the purpose of, and need for, active measures, and their good intentions and ambitions are visible, despite being insufficiently prepared for the task by their employers.
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Hosting an International Graduate Student OrientationWeisbrod, Liza, Rumble, Juliet T., Grabowsky, Adelia, Altamirano, Isabel, Sahib, Emily 14 December 2023 (has links) (PDF)
In Fall 2022, Auburn University Libraries faculty and staff hosted an orientation event for newly arrived international graduate students. Highlights of the event included tours of major library service points, a shared meal, and a meet and greet for graduate students and subject librarians. A key takeaway for both groups was an increased awareness of the differences that exist between U.S. academic libraries and those in other countries. The authors discuss elements of the library orientation that worked well, and address lessons learned that will be used to improve future events.
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"Vi jobbar för ungdomarnas skull..." : - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om fältarbete i Malmö stad och fältarbetares upplevelser av deras insatser / "We Work for the Sake of the Youth..." : - A Qualitative Interview Study on Field Work in Malmo City and Field Workers Experiences of their ContributionsNahi, Jasmin, Ali, Ebru, Chamoun, Sara January 2022 (has links)
Juvenile delinquency is a currently existing problem in particularly vulnerableareas in Malmo, Sweden. By applying social fieldwork to delinquent geographicareas, a preventive purpose is also achieved. Thus, the purpose of this study is toexamine fieldworkers' working methods towards youths in those required areas.The following domains are Rosengard, Sofielund and Nydala / Hermodsdal /Lindangen in Malmo City. Furthermore, the purpose is to investigate thefieldworkers' perceived effect of their methods. To fulfill the purpose of the study,a qualitative approach has been applied with theoretical foundations. Thesetheories are the social bond theory and differential association theory. Four field workers from three different field operations in Malmo, have participated in semi-structured interviews. To further analyze the collected information, a thematic analysis has been implemented. Results obtained in the analysis show that thefields' tasks are mostly based on three central methods. These methods conclude:mapping out which areas to visit, communing with the youth to strengthenrelationships and increase their motivation and lastly referring them to furtheractors for extended support, if necessary. The field workers experience that theirimplementations encourage the adolescents to develop in a favourable direction.This is due to the methods being based on voluntary participation and tostrengthen relationships and social ties during the social interactions. / Ungdomsbrottslighet är idag ett aktuellt problem i Malmö, Sverige i de områdensom vi benämner som särskilt utsatta områden. Genom att tillämpa socialtfältarbete på utsatta geografiska områden uppnås ett förebyggandeförhållningssätt. Syftet med denna studie är således att undersöka fältarbetaresarbetsmetoder gentemot ungdomar inom Malmös särskilt utsatta områden.Följande områden är Rosengård, Sofielund och Nydala / Hermodsdal / Lindängeni Malmö stad. Vidare är syftet att undersöka fältarbetarnas upplevda effekt av sinametoder. För att uppfylla studiens syfte, har ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätttillämpats med teoretiska grunder. Dessa teorier är kontrollteorin och teorin omdifferentiella associationer. Fyra fältarbetare från tre olika fältverksamheter iMalmö har deltagit i semistrukturerade intervjuer. För att ytterligare analysera detinsamlade materialet har en tematisk analys genomförts. Resultat från analysenvisar att fältarbetares arbetsuppgifter mestadels består av tre centrala metoder.Dessa metoder är att kartlägga vilka områden som ska besökas, kommunicera medungdomar för att stärka relationer och öka deras motivation och slutligen,vidarebefordra dem till ytterligare aktörer för utökat stöd, om det behövs.Fältarbetarna upplever att deras implementeringar uppmuntrar ungdomarna attutvecklas i en positiv riktning. Detta beror på att deras metoder bygger på frivilligtdeltagande och för att stärka relationer samt sociala band under de socialainteraktionerna.
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Sustainability and Outreach: Analysis of Microfinance Banks in NigeriaOgunleye, Toyin S. January 2015 (has links)
The thesis empirically examined the implications of microfinance scaling up or sustainability on outreach in Nigeria. Basically, two methodologies were used namely, panel data econometric and survey methods. The panel dataset of 752 microfinance banks in Nigeria was used during the period 2011-2014, while the survey was conducted on some selected microfinance banks in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in 2014. The findings from the thesis showed that, at the national level, yield, labour cost, orientation, efficiency, gender and size of loans are the major drivers of microfinance banks‟ sustainability in Nigeria. While at the state level, microfinance banks sustainability is driven by orientation and loan size. Findings also showed that sustainable MFBs tend to be more focused on the poor clients. The thesis showed that lending to female clients improves repayment rate of MFBs in Nigeria. Corroborating the regression result, the survey findings also suggest that lending to women had improved and enhanced repayment rate.
In view of these findings, the thesis recommends that sustainability and outreach are not necessarily incompatible. However in pursuing sustainability greater attention should be on female clients, as greater lending to women would improve the repayment rate of MFBs and further engendered the industry sustainability.
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Solving a hairy problem: Adaptation of non-trapping hair collection methods reveals urban mammal dietary shifts and provides opportunities for outreachCarlson, Anna, 0009-0009-0982-9230 12 1900 (has links)
Accelerating rates of urbanization create novel compilations of species in urban ecosystems which experience unprecedented proximity to large human populations. Although an integral part of these urban ecosystems, mammals are difficult to study in urbanized areas. However, questions regarding urban mammalian ecology, such as the maintenance or disruption of predator-prey relationships, are vital to understanding what impacts anthropogenic factors may exert on the functions of urban ecosystems. We show that non-trapping hair equipment can effectively collect hair samples from two mammal groups – small mammals and mesopredators – in urban areas for the purpose of addressing ecological questions. We deployed non-trapping hair collection equipment at 16 different parks, preserves, and nature areas along the urbanization gradient of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We collected a total of 354 small mammal and 41 mesopredator hair samples. Of these samples, 58 small mammal samples and 14 mesopredator samples were of adequate weight for stable isotope analysis. We analyzed relationships between δ15N and δ13C values from each species and percent impervious surface (our proxy for urbanization) to explore potential shifts in mammal diets. Our results indicated a decoupling of predator-prey relationships between mesopredators and small mammals, particularly in urban spaces and suggested that mesopredators may be relying upon anthropogenic food subsidies. Our methodology was not only effective in addressing an ecological question, but it also provided a unique opportunity to connect with community members through QR code labels attached to our field equipment. Non-trapping hair collection methods offer a viable way to collect useful samples in urban areas while also fostering connections between community members and field research occurring in their neighborhoods. / Biology
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From Water Guns to Science Clubs: A Field-to-Classroom Internship with the USGSOstrodka, Lenna Moy 10 December 2012 (has links)
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How Class Background Influences Negative Countertransference in Outreach TherapyPatterson, Kathryn Anna 19 September 2013 (has links)
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Community-based clinical teaching set in a Swedish public dental service – Students and mentors perception regarding their experienceStrandberg, Oskar, Azzawi, Ahmed January 2016 (has links)
Introduktion: Under den tionde terminen av tandläkarprogrammet på Malmö högskola genomgår studenterna verksamhetsförlagd utbildning (VFU) sedan 2004. Detta sker i samarbete med Folktandvården Skåne och under 15 veckor arbetar studenterna en dag i veckan under handledning på folktandvårdens kliniker i närliggande område.Syfte: Att utvärdera erfarenheter efter genomgången VFU ur deltagarnas perspektiv.Metod: Alla tandläkarstudenter och handledare som genomgått VFU 2006 och 2015 tillfrågades om att besvara en utvärderingsenkät med numerisk bedömningsskala och utrymme för tillhörande kommentarer. Sex studenter och fem handledare som genomgått VFU år 2015 intervjuades även med en semistrukturerad intervjumetodik som sammanfördes genom en tematiserad innehållsanalys. Resultat: Enkät: Poängsättningen var genomgående hög för både 2006 och 2015. Studenterna poängsatte påstående 6 ”Det nuvarande upplägget med 15 veckor och en dags tjänstgöring i veckan är tillfredställande.” signifikant högre 2015 än 2006. Påstående 8 ”Det finns en samsyn avseende metoder och behandlingsval mellan skola och folktandvård.” poängsatte studenterna signifikant lägre än handledarna 2015. 2006 poängsatte studenterna påstående tre ”Sammansättningen av patienter var bra.” signifikant lägre än vad handledarna gjorde. Intervju: Studenter och handledare ansåg att VFU är fördelaktigt i utbildningssyfte och ger studenterna självsäkerhet och trygghet i ansvarstagande. Förslag på förbättringar förekom även under intervjuerna.Slutsats: Verksamhetsförlagd utbildning ger fördelaktigheter både för studenter och deras handledare. Studenter och handledare uttrycker uppskattning och är generellt nöjda efter VFU. / Introduction: The tenth semester of the dentistry program at Malmö university students undergoes an outreach program (internship) since 2004 and this is in collaboration with Folktandvården Skåne. During 15 weeks the students work at their assigned clinics one day a week under supervision from their tutors.Objective: To evaluate experiences after placement from the participants' perspective.Method: All dental students and tutors who have completed internship in 2006 and 2015 were asked to answer an evaluation questionnaire with numeric rating scale and scope for comments. Six students and five mentors who have completed internship in 2015 were interviewed with a semi-structured interview methodology, later analysed by content analysis method.Results: Questionnaire: rating was consistently high for both 2006 and 2015. The students scored significantly higher on question six “The set-up of one day of clinical work over 15 weeks were satisfying.” 2015 than in 2006. Students scored question eight“There is a consensus regarding methods and treatment options between the dental school and Folktandvården Skåne” significantly lower than their supervisors in 2015. In 2006 students scored question three “The composition of patients was good” significantly lower than the supervisors did. Interview: Students and tutors felt that the internship had been beneficial for training purposes, giving the students more self-esteem and confidence in taking responsibility. Improvements for the outreach program where proposed. Conclusion: The clinical training program is favourable, both for the students and their tutors. In general terms, the students and the supervisors were satisfied with the cooperation.
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