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Gatti, Mauro <1984>. "The European External Action Service and the Implementation of the 'Union Method' in European Foreign Policy." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5481/.
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The European External Action Service (EEAS or Service) is one of the most significant and most debated innovations introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. This analysis intends to explain the anomalous design of the EEAS in light of its function, which consists in the promotion of external action coherence.
Coherence is a principle of the EU legal system, which requires synergy in the external actions of the Union and its Members. It can be enforced only through the coordination of European policy-makers' initiatives, by bridging the gap between the 'Communitarian' and intergovernmental approaches. This is the 'Union method' envisaged by A. Merkel: "coordinated action in a spirit of solidarity - each of us in the area for which we are responsible but all working towards the same goal".
The EEAS embodies the 'Union method', since it is institutionally linked to both Union organs and Member States. It is also capable of enhancing synergy in policy management and promoting unity in international representation, since its field of action is delimited not by an abstract concern for institutional balance but by a pragmatic assessment of the need for coordination in each sector. The challenge is now to make sure that this pragmatic approach is applied with respect to all the activities of the Service, in order to reinforce its effectiveness.
The coordination brought by the EEAS is in fact the only means through which a European foreign policy can come into being: the choice is not between the Community method and the intergovernmental method, but between a coordinated position and nothing at all.
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Lander, Magnus, Pracha Karlsson, and Daniel Mella. "Testdriven utveckling in action : Hur kan en organisation lyckas med testdriven utveckling?" Thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-33930.
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Inom en stor del av all systemutveckling sker testerna av systemet som sista punkt innan systemet sjösätts. Testdriven utveckling är en systemutvecklingsmetod där testerna istället skrivs först och också är det som driver utvecklingen framåt. Metoden höjs till skyarna av vissa och avfärdas omedelbart som onödigt omständig av andra. Vi vill med denna uppsats undersöka hur det ser ut i verkligheten och vilka faktorer som påverkar användandet, inlärningen och inställningen till testdriven utveckling. Vi genomförde intervjuer på tre stycken Örebrobaserade organisationer och tittade utifrån ramverket method-in-action på vilka faktorer som påverkade användningen och varför. Vi fann att utvecklarna närmade sig testdriven utveckling på väldigt olika sätt och grundade sin inställning mycket beroende på tidigare erfarenhet och inlärning – oavsett hur lång eller kort den varit. Utvecklarna förväntas ofta bedriva självstudier utanför arbetstid – något som inte alltid funkar som kunskaputvecklingsform då tiden utanför jobbet ser olika ut beroende på var i livet man är. Det finns inte heller något klart program eller best-practices att följa för att lära sig metoden i någon av organisationerna. Vi såg också att det finns tekniker utanför själva metoden som utvecklare ganska omgående behöver bli bekanta med för att kunna utveckla testdrivet: dependency injection och mock.
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Soares, Souza de Souza Aline Regina. "Beauty in everyday landscapes: film as a method of investigation of sensual perception, human action, movement and landscape performance in cities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78269.
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'I believe that works of landscape architecture are more than designed ecosystems, more than strategies for open-ended processes. They are cultural products with distinct forms and experiences that evoke attitudes and feelings through space, sequence and form.' 'Elizabeth Meyer
The challenge that beauty is a superficial concern in landscape design has been examined by Elizabeth Meyer in her manifesto 'Sustaining beauty. The performance of appearance'. It is a hopeful manifesto that aims to persuade people about the idea that beauty is an important element in sustainable design. For Meyer, beauty is a secret mechanism which alters consciousness, that involves a social and cultural awareness. The main implication of this mechanism is a transformation that happens to people as they experience beauty: they shift from an ego-centric to a bio-centric perspective, as Meyer explains: 'A beautiful landscape works on our psyche, affording the chance to ponder on a world outside ourselves. Through this experience, we are decentered, restored, renewed and reconnected to the biophysical world. The haptic, somatic experience of beauty can inculcate environmental values.' Combining Meyer's assertions with philosopher Arthur Danto's idea of finding beauty in unexpected places, to look anew at the urban landscape, can beauty be found in urban agriculture?
The type of beauty Meyer describes is not that of appearance. It's the beauty of experience. Authors that Meyer cites are helpful to understand this definition of beauty. Wendy Steiner explains that 'Beauty is an unstable property because it is not a property at all. It is the name of a particular interaction between two beings, a 'self' and an 'Other': 'I find an Other beautiful'. This act of discovery has profound implications. [']' It is also a dynamic experience. In that sense, Steiner goes on to explain that there is a decentering that occurs when one experiences beauty: the person is taken out of an ego-centric perspective into a more bio-centric one.
This thesis presents a four part examination. Part one consists of presenting the question 'Can beauty be found in urban agriculture?', by explaining how this question was motivated by the literature review of Meyer and other authors relevant to the understanding of beauty. It introduces the site of the farmers market as a place of discovery of beauty in everyday landscapes. There will also be a presentation of research in definitions of beauty and a literature review in everyday landscapes and urban agriculture. Part two explains the methodology used for this study, including the use of film as an important means of investigation, revealing aspects of landscape including narrations, movement, time, action, and storytelling, that contribute to an experience of beauty. Part three contains case studies of films. Part four revisits the site and the concept of beauty, explaining what was learned from the studies with film.
The selected site for the investigation is the farmers market in downtown Blacksburg, VA. Farmers markets, community gardens and other urban everyday spaces that involved urban agriculture had been subjects of interest throughout my research. The farmers market is an ideal setting because it gathers many elements together, such as: the various types of local produce that the farmers are selling or sharing, local arts and crafts, food produced with local ingredients, music and performance presentations, the people, their families, pets and kids who are visiting the market, various possible interactions by being at the market. So many elements are gathered in the Farmers Market because of the relationship of the rural supporting the urban, and the urban supporting the rural. The town benefits from having access to produce from local farmers, while they benefit from the support of the community for their business. However, the landscape of the farmers market supports more than the rural-urban relationship: it is a community space, a place for many forms of exchange and encounters, one can find connections with animals and people, it has aspects of a park, and it also supports local artists and performers.
Film became a central tool for this investigation to capture and document inherent aspects of the landscape of the farmer's market, interactions between people and those aspects, how the space performs and most importantly to reveal beauty. Beauty in the landscape involves action, narratives, attitude, feelings, images, sensory experiences, movement and time, all dynamic elements. At the farmer's market, all these combine in complex ways to constitute an experience of beauty.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Shiran, M. B. "An investigation of the mode of action of dye/paper method of recording intensity distribution in an ultrasound field." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1993. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU059239.
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Ultrasound (the frequency range above 20 KHz) at intensities of 0-3.0 Wcm-2 is used in physical medicine to treat a variety of conditions (joint contractures, fibrosis and scarring and severe pain due to disorders such as frozen shoulder and capsulitis). It is believed to produce a reduction in pain and swelling and increase movement of joints affected by diseases such as arthritis. It is also used to generate hyperthermia for the treatment of neoplastic tumours. The technique involves irradiating tissues with either continuous or pulsed mode ultrasound, using either the field from a single or multielement transducer. Geometrically similar ultrasound transducers even from the same batch can have significantly different efficiencies and the resulting field distributions can also vary. There are several pieces of information required to characterize an ultrasound source. They are frequency, power output, spatial average and spatial peak intensity and details of ultrasonic field distribution. This application of ultrasound requires an experimental method to define the intensity distribution generated by a transducer or array of transducers. A number of different techniques have been used to record intensity distribution. These include sheets of liquid crystal on an absorbing surface, detection of signals using hydrophone probes, thermocouple probes, thermistor probes and the Schlieren technique. The dye/paper method and Starch iodine plate have been developed for the observation of the ultrasonic fields and evaluation of the source pattern.
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Babb, Jeffry. "TOWARDS A REFLECTIVE-AGILE LEARNING MODEL AND METHOD IN THE CASE OF SMALL-SHOP SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1763.
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The ascension and use of agile and lightweight software development methods have challenged extant software design and development paradigms; this is especially notable in the case of small-team and small-shop software development. In this dissertation, a Reflective-Agile Learning Method and Methodology (RALMM) for small-shop software development, is proposed to enhance communication and learning in the use of agile methods. The purpose of the inquiry in this dissertation pertains to: the nature of the professional practice of small team software development; the implications of the epistemology of Reflective Practice has for the professional practice of small-team software development; and whether the introduction of Reflective Practice to an extant agile methodology improves process, productivity and professional confidence for a small development team. This dissertation uses Dialogical Action Research (Mårtensson and Lee 2004), or Dialogical AR, a qualitative and interpretive research approach, to iteratively develop and refine the Reflective-Agile Learning Model and Method (RALMM). The proposed model and method also considers Hazzan and Tomayko’s (2002, 2004, and 2005) synthesis of Schön’s (1983, 1987) Reflective Practice and Extreme Programming (XP). RALMM is shaped by Argyris and Schön’s theories of practice (1974) and Organizational Learning (1978, 1996) and Schön’s ancillary work on generative metaphor (1979) and frames (Schön et al. 1994). The RALMM artifact was developed in a Dialogical AR Partnership using Lee’s (2007) framework for synthesizing design science and action research. The development and use of RALMM facilitated theorizing on the role of Reflective Practice in the successful use of agile methods. To assist in interpretation and analysis, the data collected during Dialogical AR cycles are analyzed using Strauss and Corbin’s (1998) Grounded Theory as a mode of analysis to guide in the coding and analysis of qualitative evidence from the research. As a result of this research, RALMM improved the practitioners’ processes and productivity. Furthermore, RALMM helped to establish, formalize and reinforce a team learning system for the continued development of the practitioners’ professional repertoire. Additionally, the iterative development of RALMM provides a basis for theorizing on Reflective Practice as an epistemology, paradigm, metaphor and frame of reference for the professional practice of small-shop software development.
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Griffiths, Timothy Leonard. "The action of adenosine on human respiration : some physiological observations of its effect on breathing and a method for its measurement in blood." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239537.
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Adhikari, Bikram. "A single subject participatory action design method for powered wheelchairs providing automated back-in parking assistance to cognitively impaired older adults : a pilot study." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51861.
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Mobility is one of the most significant factors that determines older adults’ perceived level of health and well being. Cognitively impaired older adults are deprived of using powered wheelchairs because of the operational safety risks. These users can benefit from intelligent assistance during cognitively or visually challenging tasks such as back-in parking. An intelligent powered wheelchair that assists a cognitively impaired elderly user to perform a back-in parking task is proposed. A single subject participatory action design method is used with a cognitively impaired older adult to identify design guidelines for the proposed system. Based on analysis of transcripts from semi-structured interviews with the participant, a semi-autonomous back-in parking system is designed to drive the powered wheelchair into a pre-specified back-in parking space when the user commands it to. A prototype of a non-intrusive steering guidance feature for a joystick handle is also designed to render shear force in a way that can be associated with steering behavior of a car. The performance of the proposed system is evaluated in a pilot study. Experiments with the autonomous trigger and autonomous assisted modes are conducted during a back-in parking task with real-life obstacles such as tables and chairs in a long-term care facility. A single-subject research design is used to acquire and analyze quantitative data as a pilot study. Results demonstrate an increase in the user’s perception of ease of use, effectiveness and feeling of safety with the proposed system. While the user experienced at least one minor contact in 37.5% of the trials when driving unaided, the proposed system eliminated all minor contacts. No statistically significant difference in completion time and route length is observed with the proposed system. In the future, improved back-in parking systems can use this work as a benchmark for single subject participatory action design. Future iterations could also replicate the usability study on a larger population.Science, Faculty of
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Smith, Stanley Adrian. "INF 895 madness in their method /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04292009-111821/.
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Sexson, Tejtel Sara Kristen. "Is Ohio approaching Healthy People 2010 objectives a birth certificate data analysis /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1149023375.
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Oliver, Dustin M. "Music and Lyrics: Harmonizing Two Fundamental Paradigms of Action in the Theatre." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447333431.
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Curle, P. F. "A study of the effects of oxypertine on monoaminergic pathways in rat brain using a new HPLC/ECD method." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376447.
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Simons, Liora-lee. "Rehabilitation as a method of understanding vegetation change in Paulshoek, Namaqualand." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=init_1570_1178278223.
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Rönkkö, Kari. "Making Methods Work in Software Engineering : Method Deployment - as a Social Achievement." Doctoral thesis, Ronneby : Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00264.
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The software engineering community is concerned with improvements in existing methods and development of new and better methods. The research approaches applied to take on this challenge have hitherto focused heavily on the formal and specifying aspect of the method. This has been done for good reasons, because formalizations are the means in software projects to predict, plan, and regulate the development efforts. As formalizations have been successfully developed new challenges have been recognized. The human and social role in software development has been identified as the next area that needs to be addressed. Organizational problems need to be solved if continued progress is to be made in the field. The social element is today a little explored area in software engineering. Following with the increased interest in the social element it has been identified a need of new research approaches suitable for the study of human behaviour. The one sided focus on formalizations has had the consequence that concepts and explanation models available in the community are one sided related in method discourses. Definition of method is little explored in the software engineering community. In relation to identified definitions of method the social appears to blurring. Today the software engineering community lacks powerful concepts and explanation models explaining the social element. This thesis approaches the understanding of the social element in software engineering by applying ethnomethodologically informed ethnography and ethnography. It is demonstrated how the ethnographic inquiry contributes to software engineering. Ethnography is also combined with an industrial cooperative method development approach. The results presented demonstrate how industrial external and internal socio political contingencies both hindered a method implementation, as well as solved what the method was targeted to do. It is also presented how project members’ method deployment - as a social achievement is played out in practice. In relation to this latter contribution it is provided a conceptual apparatus and explanation model borrowed from social science, The Documentary method of interpretation. This model addresses core features in the social element from a natural language point of view that is of importance in method engineering. This model provides a coherent complement to an existing method definition emphasizing formalizations. This explanation model has also constituted the underpinning in research methodology that made possible the concrete study results.
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Wackwitz, Kerstin. "Anpassung der Inhalte und Methoden der agraren Berufsausbildungen an die veränderten beruflichen Anforderungen durch Bildungsinnovation." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15027.
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Ein zentrales Thema von Modellversuchen in Verbindung mit der Berufsausbildung ist die Entwicklung und Erprobung neuer Konzepte. Grundlage dafür sollte der konkrete Zustand in der reellen Praxis sein. Die Autorin erstellt in Recherche zahlreicher Quellen einen Überblick zum Kompetenzbegriff (Fach-, Methoden-, Sozial-, Personal-, Handlungskompetenz). Sie meint, dass zur Analyse, Evaluierung sowie zur gezielte Selektion relevanter Informationen eine Strategie zur Kompe-tenzentwicklung erforderlich ist, bei der Lernende einen grundlegenden Fundus an Medienkompetenz besitzen müssen und der Lehrende einen Rollenwandlung vom Wissensvermittler zum Anleiter erfährt. Mit Hilfe spezieller Handlungsanleitungen beantwortet der Lernende Fragen und gewinnt selbstständig Fachinformationen. Der Anleitende beaufsichtigt, kontrolliert und bewertet den Prozess der Informationsgewinnung. Die Ergebnisse werden zusammengefasst und dienen der Beantwortung offener Fragen. Die Autorin geht davon aus, dass methodische Orientierungshilfen sowohl bei deduktiv, als auch bei induktiv angelegter Erkenntnisgewinnung im Unterricht der Berufsausbildung angewandt werden können. Die neuen Informationssysteme zeigen uns dabei neue Wege der Informationsverarbeitung auf. Die Autorin kategorisiert aktuelle digitale Medien. In einer empirischen Erhebung mit Auszubildenden im Bildungsgang zum Gärtner/zur Gärtnerin wird geprüft, in welchem Ausbildungs-jahr welche digitalen Medien zur Fachinformationsgewinnung im handlungsorientierten Unterricht geeignet sind. Die speziellen Handlungsanleitungen der Untersuchung befinden sich im Anhang (Band II) der Publikation. Zusätzlich gibt die Autorin Lehrenden eine Anleitung zur selbstständigen Erstellung von Handlungsanleitungen. Das lebenslangen Lernen beginnt mit der ersten Unterweisung und erfordert eine stetige Qualifikation. Das Erfordernis einer modernen Berufsausbildung ist eine Voraussetzung für die Integration der Lernenden in das spätere Arbeitsleben. Handlungsanleitungen können als methodisch-didaktisches Instrumentarium handlungsorientierten Unterricht bereichern und Kreativität, das Vermögen zur Selbstorganisation und Problemlösung sowie die stetige aufgeschlossenen Auseinandersetzung mit disziplinären und interdisziplinären Novitäten fördern.In the centre of model-trials in connection with the professional education is the development and test of new conceptions. The basis of these conceptions must be the concrete situation in the real practice. In Investigation of numerous sources the author gives a survey on competence (special -, method -, social -, participating -, action competence). The opinion of the author is, that to the analysis and valuation of the information and the specific selection of relevant information a strategy for the development of competence is necessary. The teacher will obtain the role of an instructor. The learner must have basic knowledge in computer science. With help of special action guides the learner answer the questions and realised the independent procurement of specialized information. The guide supervises, controls and assesses the process of information procurement. The results will be compared and answer to the open questions must be found. In the opinion of the author the deductive and the induction way are possible. The new information systems show us new ways in information processing. The author shows in a temporary categorization different digital media. In an empirical survey with trainees in the course of education to a gardener was assayed, in witch year of education they can work with witch digital media. The target of the survey was the independent procurement of specialized information in a lesson with orientation on praxis. The special action guides of the tests are in the appendix (Volume II) of the publication. Additionally, the author give a instruction for teacher, to develop action guides independently. The livelong learning begins with the first instruction and demands a comprehensive qualification. The demand of a modern professional education is a precondition for the integration into the working live. Action guides, as one of the methodical-didactical instruments, are conductive for development of creativity, for the capability to organised by itself, for the capabil-ity to solve problems and for the continuous analysis with innovations.
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Laferriere, Kathryn. "Environmental Health Risk Perceptions and Protective Actions: A Mixed-Method Study of New Mothers in Ontario, Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30729.
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This thesis examines mothers’ risk perceptions and protective actions as they relate to their children’s environmental health. Children are more exposed and vulnerable than adults to environmental hazards, which have been found to be associated with numerous immediate and long-term negative health outcomes, due to physiological and behavioural factors. Despite the responsibility mothers typically bear as primary caregivers to their children, little is known about how they perceive and negotiate these risks in their day-to-day lives. To better understand mothers’ perceptions and associated protective actions across socioeconomic and geographic contexts, a mixed-method approach was employed involving a quantitative telephone survey (n=606) in Peel Region and Ottawa Public Health Units and qualitative face-to-face interviews (n=15) in Ottawa. Risk perceptions were influenced by income and perceived control, and concerns ranged from chemicals in household products to outdoor air pollution. There was a commonly reported perception that mothers should automatically become more concerned and take protective actions once they have children. When financial or other barriers prevented mothers from taking direct action to reduce risks, such as switching to safer products or changing food habits, they may have relied on emotion-focused coping techniques to reduce feelings of concern, including choosing to ignore risk information. Mothers’ information sources were examined to understand how risk information is best internalized; while the most common source of environmental health risk information was the Internet, many mothers expressed their mistrust in it and would have preferred to receive information directly from healthcare providers. This research contributes to the understanding of risk perception and protective action in a largely understudied population and the findings have practical implications for risk management and communication strategies targeting pregnant women and new mothers.
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Rzicznek, Zachary J. "Competitive and explicit video game content: Frustration as a premeditative factor in aggressive feelings, communication, and action." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1624261234278133.
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Ferreira, de Mendonça Guilherme Abel. "Acting theory as poetic of drama : a study of the emergence of the concept of 'motivated action' in playwriting theory." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7331.
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Playwriting theory has, from its beginning, been concerned with the search for the essential nature of dramatic writing. Early playwriting treatises (poetics) defined the essential aspects of drama as being the plot (creation of sequences of fictional events), the moral character of its heroes, the idea of enactment, or the rhetorical and lyrical qualities of the text. These categories were kept through later treatises with different emphasis being put on each category. An understanding of drama as a sequence of fictional events (plot) has been central in acting theory. Modern theories and techniques centred on Stanislavsky’s ideas rely heavily on rehearsal methods that carefully establish the sequence of actions of the characters in a play as a result of psychological motivations. This method was described by Stanislavsky in An Actor’s Work on a Role, published in 1938, and is known as the Method of Physical Actions. This thesis reassesses the definition of playwriting as consisting essentially in the creation of a plot populated by suitable characters. Rather than discussing playwriting theory in isolation it attempts a bridge between acting theory and playwriting theory by using the Method of Physical Actions as an equivalent to plot. Acting theory is thus considered as a theoretical justification for the centrality of plot. The method used is hermeneutic — a systematic interpretation of poetics, unveiling in almost an archaeological manner the relevance of the essential definitions of drama, such as character, source, genre, and language to the concept of plot. The chronological path of development of dramatic theories is shown to be gradual: from the strict obedience to the narrative line imposed by the mythic sources, in classical treatises; through to an interest in the lyrical expression of the predicament of specific characters, in neoclassical theory; to an awareness of specific social types in the eighteenth century; and, finally, to the conception of the plot as a product of the mental life of individual characters in modern theory.
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Wei, Wenyang. "Private User’s Trust on Data sharing in e- health Applications." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för programvaruteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15462.
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Context. One of the challenges in requirement engineering is the ability using survey as a requirement-engineering tool towards the software to refine user’s requirements. For instance, with the development of the way of healthcare, many advances in technology transformed the way of healthcare. E-health application is one of the technologies. As more and more health information that is stored electronically, e- health applications have given rise to trust issue in the area of data sharing. Identified the relationship between trust and data sharing based on the survey method is a valid approach, but the current studies still do not give a definite guideline about how requirement engineering should use a survey method step-by-step to refine the needs of users’ trust into software attributes. Based on the mentioned situation in e-health, defining a method to design survey to elicit requirements is needed. Objective. In this paper, the aim of the study is to design a survey method for refining user’s requirements of trust in requirement engineering based on the current state-of-art. The paper present the research on data sharing in e-health application. Methods. This study presented an action research, which identified the way about how to refine user’s requirement of trust. Survey was the main approach to do investigation among the e-health applications. Three cycles of AR were conducted in this paper, and three versions of questionnaires were designed in the research process in order to identify the factors that affected user’s trust in data sharing in e-health applications. Results. Through the action research, I found out three factors that affected user’s trust in data sharing, then the factors were identified, analysis and summarized, and the relationship between trusts and the factors is describe based on analysis results of the collected data, which obtain from the improved questionnaires. To find out the relationship between trust and the factors help present the process that how to design an accurate survey to refine user’s requirements. Based on the process and results of the action research, the survey guideline to refine user’s requirements of trust is designed and described. Conclusions. Based on the results that obtained in this study, I designed a preliminary survey guideline for refining user’s requirements of trust. This study will help requirement engineering to elicit requirement of trust in e-health based on a new and specific survey method.
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Parra, González Luis Otto. "gestUI: a model-driven method for including gesture-based interaction in user interfaces." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/89090.
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The research reported and discussed in this thesis represents a novel approach to define custom gestures and to include gesture-based interaction in user interfaces of the software systems with the aim of help to solve the problems found in the related literature about the development of gesture-based user interfaces.
The research is conducted according to Design Science methodology that is based on the design and investigation of artefacts in a context. In this thesis, the new artefact is the model-driven method to include gesture-based interaction in user interfaces. This methodology considers two cycles: the main cycle is an engineering cycle where we design a model-driven method to include interaction based on gestures. The second cycle is the research cycle, we define two research cycles: the first research cycle corresponds to the validation of the proposed method with an empirical evaluation and the second cycle corresponds to the technical action research to validate the method in an industrial context.
Additionally, Design Science provides us the clues on how to conduct the research, be rigorous, and put in practice scientific rules. Besides Design Science has been a key issue for organising our research, we acknowledge the application of this framework since it has helps us to report clearly our findings.
The thesis presents a theoretical framework introducing concepts related with the research performed, followed by a state of the art where we know about the related work in three areas: Human-computer Interaction, Model-driven paradigm in Human-Computer Interaction and Empirical Software Engineering.
The design and implementation of gestUI is presented following the Model-driven Paradigm and the Model-View-Controller design pattern. Then, we performed two evaluations of gestUI: (i) an empirical evaluation based on ISO 25062-2006 to evaluate usability considering effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. Satisfaction is measured with perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and intention of use, and (ii) a technical action research to evaluate user experience and usability. We use Model Evaluation Method, User Experience Questionnaire and Microsoft Reaction cards as guides to perform the aforementioned evaluations.
The contributions of our thesis, limitations of the tool support and the approach are discussed and further work are presented.La investigación reportada y discutida en esta tesis representa un método nuevo para definir gestos personalizados y para incluir interacción basada en gestos en interfaces de usuario de sistemas software con el objetivo de ayudar a resolver los problemas encontrados en la literatura relacionada respecto al desarrollo de interfaces basadas en gestos de usuarios. Este trabajo de investigación ha sido realizado de acuerdo a la metodología Ciencia del Diseño, que está basada en el diseño e investigación de artefactos en un contexto. En esta tesis, el nuevo artefacto es el método dirigido por modelos para incluir interacción basada en gestos en interfaces de usuario. Esta metodología considera dos ciclos: el ciclo principal, denominado ciclo de ingeniería, donde se ha diseñado un método dirigido por modelos para incluir interacción basada en gestos. El segundo ciclo es el ciclo de investigación, donde se definen dos ciclos de este tipo. El primero corresponde a la validación del método propuesto con una evaluación empírica y el segundo ciclo corresponde a un Technical Action Research para validar el método en un contexto industrial. Adicionalmente, Ciencia del Diseño provee las claves sobre como conducir la investigación, sobre cómo ser riguroso y poner en práctica reglas científicas. Además, Ciencia del Diseño ha sido un recurso clave para organizar la investigación realizada en esta tesis. Nosotros reconocemos la aplicación de este marco de trabajo puesto que nos ayuda a reportar claramente nuestros hallazgos. Esta tesis presenta un marco teórico introduciendo conceptos relacionados con la investigación realizada, seguido por un estado del arte donde conocemos acerca del trabajo relacionado en tres áreas: Interacción Humano-Ordenador, paradigma dirigido por modelos en Interacción Humano-Ordenador e Ingeniería de Software Empírica. El diseño e implementación de gestUI es presentado siguiendo el paradigma dirigido por modelos y el patrón de diseño Modelo-Vista-Controlador. Luego, nosotros hemos realizado dos evaluaciones de gestUI: (i) una evaluación empírica basada en ISO 25062-2006 para evaluar la usabilidad considerando efectividad, eficiencia y satisfacción. Satisfacción es medida por medio de la facilidad de uso percibida, utilidad percibida e intención de uso; y, (ii) un Technical Action Research para evaluar la experiencia del usuario y la usabilidad. Nosotros hemos usado Model Evaluation Method, User Experience Questionnaire y Microsoft Reaction Cards como guías para realizar las evaluaciones antes mencionadas. Las contribuciones de nuestra tesis, limitaciones del método y de la herramienta de soporte, así como el trabajo futuro son discutidas y presentadas.
La investigació reportada i discutida en aquesta tesi representa un mètode per definir gests personalitzats i per incloure interacció basada en gests en interfícies d'usuari de sistemes de programari. L'objectiu és ajudar a resoldre els problemes trobats en la literatura relacionada al desenvolupament d'interfícies basades en gests d'usuaris. Aquest treball d'investigació ha sigut realitzat d'acord a la metodologia Ciència del Diseny, que està basada en el disseny i investigació d'artefactes en un context. En aquesta tesi, el nou artefacte és el mètode dirigit per models per incloure interacció basada en gests en interfícies d'usuari. Aquesta metodologia es considerada en dos cicles: el cicle principal, denominat cicle d'enginyeria, on es dissenya un mètode dirigit per models per incloure interacció basada en gestos. El segon cicle és el cicle de la investigació, on es defineixen dos cicles d'aquest tipus. El primer es correspon a la validació del mètode proposat amb una avaluació empírica i el segon cicle es correspon a un Technical Action Research per validar el mètode en un context industrial. Addicionalment, Ciència del Disseny proveeix les claus sobre com conduir la investigació, sobre com ser rigorós i ficar en pràctica regles científiques. A més a més, Ciència del Disseny ha sigut un recurs clau per organitzar la investigació realitzada en aquesta tesi. Nosaltres reconeixem l'aplicació d'aquest marc de treball donat que ens ajuda a reportar clarament les nostres troballes. Aquesta tesi presenta un marc teòric introduint conceptes relacionats amb la investigació realitzada, seguit per un estat del art on coneixem a prop el treball realitzat en tres àrees: Interacció Humà-Ordinador, paradigma dirigit per models en la Interacció Humà-Ordinador i Enginyeria del Programari Empírica. El disseny i implementació de gestUI es presenta mitjançant el paradigma dirigit per models i el patró de disseny Model-Vista-Controlador. Després, nosaltres hem realitzat dos avaluacions de gestUI: (i) una avaluació empírica basada en ISO 25062-2006 per avaluar la usabilitat considerant efectivitat, eficiència i satisfacció. Satisfacció es mesura mitjançant la facilitat d'ús percebuda, utilitat percebuda i intenció d'ús; (ii) un Technical Action Research per avaluar l'experiència del usuari i la usabilitat. Nosaltres hem usat Model Evaluation Method, User Experience Questionnaire i Microsoft Reaction Cards com guies per realitzar les avaluacions mencionades. Les contribucions de la nostra tesi, limitacions del mètode i de la ferramenta de suport així com el treball futur són discutides i presentades.
Parra González, LO. (2017). gestUI: a model-driven method for including gesture-based interaction in user interfaces [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/89090
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Nsuami, Mozart. "A model for managing pension funds with benchmarking in an inflationary market." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5876_1307448548.
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Aggressive fiscal and monetary policies by governments of countries and central banks in developed markets could somehow push inflation to some very high level in the long run. Due to the decreasing of pension fund benefits and increasing inflation rate, pension companies are selling inflation-linked products to hedge against inflation risk. Such companies are seriously considering the possible effects of inflation volatility on their investment, and some of them tend to include inflationary allowances in the pension payment plan. In this dissertation we study the management of pension funds of the defined contribution type in the presence of inflation-recession. We study how the fund manager maximizes his fund&rsquo
s wealth when the salaries and stocks are affected by inflation. In this regard, we consider the case of a pension company which invests in a stock, inflation-linked bonds and a money market account, while basing its investment on the contribution of the plan member. We use a benchmarking approach and martingale methods to compute an optimal strategy which maximizes the fund wealth.
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Chen, Lu. "Robustness in fire of steel framed structures with realistic connections." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/robustness-in-fire-of-steel-framed-structures-with-realistic-connections(fcf4d94b-56f4-42bc-b20a-e2e497d4c14a).html.
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Joints are the most critical elements in a steel framed structure. In most design guides or codes, the joints are assumed to a have higher fire resistance than the connected structural members because of the lower temperatures in the joints. However, in severe fire conditions, a connected beam's temperature may be higher than its limiting temperature and the beam may develop catenary action when the beam’s axial shortening from large deflections becomes greater than the beam’s thermal expansion. This beam catenary action force could fracture the joints, increasing the risk of progressive collapse. This research focuses on the interaction between joints and the connected steel beams and columns in steel framed structures in fire, including how the behaviour of a joint-beam assembly may be efficiently analyzed and how the joints may be constructed to achieve high degrees of catenary action. Three methods of simulating the joint behaviour in fire have been developed and implemented in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS. In the first modelling method, all structural members, including the connections, were simulated using detailed solid elements to enable detailed behaviour of the structure to be faithfully represented. In the second method, the columns were represented by conventional line (beam) elements, the joints were represented using springs (Connector Elements) based on the component based method, and the beam was modelled using solid elements. In the third method, the joints were modelled using springs as in the second method and the beam and columns were simulated using line (beam) elements. As expected, the detailed simulation method was extremely time-consuming, but was able to produce detailed and accurate results. The simulation results from the second and third methods contained some inaccuracies, but depending on the simulation objective, their simulation results may be acceptable. In particular, the third simulation method was very efficient, suitable for simulating complete frame structures under very large deflections in fire. The first method (detailed finite element method) was then used to investigate how to change the joint details to increase the survivability of restrained steel beams and beam-column assemblies at high temperatures since it enables detailed behaviour of the structure to be faithfully represented. It is found that by improving joint deformation capacity, in particular, using extended endplate connection with fire resistant bolts, very high temperatures can be resisted. The frame robustness in fire was investigated using the third simulation method to save computation time. The simulation structure was three-bay by three-floor and different scenarios of fire location, fire spread and initial structural damage were considered. The simulation results show that once failure of a column occurs, progressive collapse of the structure could be easily triggered and it would be rather futile to only enhance the joint capacity. Therefore, in addition to the measures of improving joint capacities (both rotation and strength), design of the affected columns should include consideration of the additional catenary forces from the connected beams and the increased effective lengths. Furthermore, the lateral bracing system should be ensured to provide the structure with lateral restraint.
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Thiriat, Paul. "FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION : EFFECTS OF SLOSHING IN LIQUID-CONTAINING STRUCTURES." Thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-125353.
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This report presents the work done within the framework of my master thesis in the program Infrastructure Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. This project has been proposed and sponsored by the French company Setec TPI, part of the Setec group, located in Paris. The overall goal of this study is to investigate fluid-structure interaction and particularly sloshing in liquid-containing structures subjected to seismic or other dynamic action. After a brief introduction, the report is composed of three main chapters. The first one presents and explains fluid-structure interaction equations. Fluid-structure interaction problems obey a general flow equation and several boundary conditions, given some basic assumptions. The purpose of the two following chapters is to solve the corresponding system of equations. The first approach proposes an analytical solution: the problem is solved for 2D rectangular tanks. Different models are considered and compared in order to analyze and describe sloshing phenomenon. Liquid can be decomposed in two parts: the lower part that moves in unison with the structure is modeled as an impulsive added mass; the upper part that sloshes is modeled as a convective added mass. Each of these two added mass creates hydrodynamic pressures and simple formulas are given in order to compute them. The second approach proposes a numerical solution: the goal is to be able to solve the problem for any kind of geometry. The differential problem is resolved using a singularity method and Gauss functions. It is stated as a boundary integral equation and solved by means of the Boundary Element Method. The linear system obtained is then implemented on Matlab. Scripts and results are presented. Matlab programs are run to solve fluid-structure interaction problems in the case of rectangular tanks: the results concur with the analytical solution which justifies the numerical solution. This report gives a good introduction to sloshing phenomenon and gathers several analytical solutions found in the literature. Besides, it provides a Matlab program able to model effects of sloshing in any liquid-containing structures.
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Strineholm, Ioana Andreea. "Engaging Teenagers in Online Ethnographic Participatory Design." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-44600.
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The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the implications of using online ethnographic participatory design in studying communication with teenagers in the context of Carbon Dioxide Theatre, a climate action research project. By developing multiple methods, tools and activities, the implications are understood throughout the teenagers’ engagement in collaborating and co-creating using online media. The findings are then organized based on the teenagers activity from three perspectives, by following the medium, the story and the feeling. The medium shows how social media platforms such as Snapchat and Facebook Messenger can be used in order to establish a valuable collaboration with the teenagers, the story presents how the teenagers are expressing their views, thoughts and dilemmas regarding the climate action topic, co-creating one Instagram account while the feeling offers emotions raised during the process. Ultimately, inspired from the study process, the paper suggests a design method for online ethnographic participatory design data collection, consisting of a set of cards and maps that can be utilized as a guiding tool in organizing and understanding the empirical data within an exploratory research context.Carbon Dioxid Theatre
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Aaramaa, S. (Sanja). "Developing a requirements architecting method for the requirement screening process in the Very Large-Scale Requirements Engineering Context." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2017. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526217079.
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Abstract Requirements engineering (RE) is an important process in systems development. This research was carried out in the context of Very Large-Scale Requirements Engineering (VLSRE) within the scope of a requirement screening (RS) process. The RS process is defined as a front-end process for screening incoming requests, which are received in a constant flow. The goal of the RS process is to efficiently identify the most promising requests for further analysis, development and implementation while filtering out non-valuable ones as early as possible. The objective of this study was to understand the challenges related to the RS process and develop solutions to address those challenges. A qualitative research approach was utilised to achieve the research goals. The overall research process follows an action research method, in which each action research cycle includes at least one individually defined and executed case study. Action research and case studies are research methods that are well suited to studying real-life phenomena in their natural settings. This research was carried out in two case companies in the information and communication technology domain. Data from 45 interviews were analysed for preparing publications I–V, which are included in this thesis. In addition, during the longitudinal action research study described in this thesis, data from 26 interviews and 132 workshops were utilised to develop solutions for the RS process, which is an industrial implementation of the VLSRE process. The conducted action research contributes to the field of software engineering, in which such research efforts are currently lacking. This research has identified a number of significant challenges that different stakeholders face related to requirements processing and decision making in the VLSRE context. Examples of these challenges are the great number of incoming requirements, the lack of information for decision making and the feasibility of utilised tools. To address the identified challenges, a requirements architecting method was developed. The method includes a dynamic requirement template, which gathers structured information content for eliciting requests, documenting and communicating requirements and forming features while considering the needs of different stakeholders. The method was piloted, validated and deployed in industryTiivistelmä Tutkimus toteutettiin laajamittaisen vaatimusmäärittelyprosessin kontekstissa keskittyen vaatimusten seulontaprosessiin. Vaatimusten seulontaprosessi määritellään tuotekehityksen alkuvaiheen prosessiksi, jossa käsitellään jatkuvana vuona tulevia kehityspyyntöjä. Vaatimusten seulontaprosessissa pyritään tunnistamaan tehokkaasti lupaavimmat pyynnöt jatkoanalyysiä, tuotekehitystä ja toteutusta ajatellen sekä suodattamaan pois niin aikaisessa vaiheessa, kun mahdollista ne pyynnöt, joilla ei ole arvontuotto-odotuksia. Tutkimuksen tavoite oli ymmärtää haasteita, jotka liittyvät vaatimusten seulontaprosessiin sekä kehittää ratkaisuja näihin haasteisiin. Tutkimuksessa käytettiin laadullisen tutkimuksen menetelmiä. Kokonaisuutena tutkimusprosessi noudattaa toimintatutkimuksen periaatteita siten, että jokainen sykli tai sen vaihe sisältää yhden tai useamman itsenäisesti määritellyn tapaustutkimuksen suunnittelun ja läpiviennin. Valitut tutkimusmenetelmät soveltuvat hyvin tilanteisiin, joissa tutkimuskohteina ovat reaalimaailman ilmiöt niiden luonnollisissa ympäristöissä havainnoituina. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin kahdesta informaatio- ja kommunikaatioteknologia-alan kohdeorganisaatiosta. Väitöskirjaan sisällytettyihin julkaisuihin I-V on analysoitu 45 haastattelun aineisto. Näiden lisäksi väitöskirjassa kuvatun pitkäkestoisen toimintatutkimuksen aikana hyödynnettiin 26 haastattelun ja 132 työpajan aineistoa kehitettäessä ratkaisuja vaatimusten seulontaprosessin haasteisiin. Vaatimusten seulontaprosessi on laajamittaisen vaatimusmäärittelyprosessin teollinen toteutus. Tutkimuksessa tunnistettiin useita merkittäviä haasteta, joita eri sidosryhmillä on liittyen vaatimusten seulontaprosessiin ja päätöksentekoon laajamittaisessa vaatimusmäärittelyprosessissa. Vaatimusten suuri määrä, päätöksentekoon tarvittavan tiedon puute ja käytössä olevien työkalujen soveltumattomuus ovat esimerkkejä tunnistetuista haasteista. Ratkaisuna haasteisiin kehitettiin vaatimusten seulonta- ja analyysimenetelmä. Kehitetty menetelmä sisältää dynaamisen vaatimusdokumentin, jonka avulla voidaan kerätä kehityspyyntöjen tietosisältö jäsennellysti, dokumentoida ja kommunikoida vaatimukset sekä muodostaa niistä tuotteisiin toteutettavia ominaisuuksia ottaen huomioon eri sidosryhmien tarpeet. Kehitetty menetelmä on koestettu, validoitu ja soveltuvin osin otettu käyttöön teollisuudessa
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Kondlo, Lwando Orbet. "Estimation of Pareto distribution functions from samples contaminated by measurement errors." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6141_1297831463.
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The intention is to draw more specific connections between certain deconvolution methods and also to demonstrate the application of the statistical theory of estimation in the presence of measurement error. A parametric methodology for deconvolution when the underlying distribution is of the Pareto form is developed. Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) of the parameters of the convolved distributions is considered. Standard errors of the estimated parameters are calculated from the inverse Fisher&rsquo
s information matrix and a jackknife method. Probability-probability (P-P) plots and Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) goodnessof- fit tests are used to evaluate the fit of the posited distribution. A bootstrapping method is used to calculate the critical values of the K-S test statistic, which are not available.
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Miossec, Yvon. "Les instruments psychosociaux de la santé au travail : Le cas des managers de proximité de l’industrie électrique." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011CNAM0812/document.
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Cette thèse s’inscrit de manière indirecte dans la problématique des risques psychosociaux. A la demande d’un groupe mondial de l’industrie électrique, nous sommes entré dans la question en renversant le problème. Nous avons étudié les instruments psychosociaux de la santé au travail chez les managers de proximité. Le développement du pouvoir d’agir protège la santé et la formation de nouveaux buts est un organisateur de ce développement. Nous avons donc cherché à comprendre et à expliquer comment de nouveaux buts se forment dans et par les dialogues entre pairs sur le travail. L’analyse de discours a permis d’identifier une opération langagière et deux opérations psychologiques qui concourent au renouvellement des buts d’action : la reprise de discours dans le discours, la différenciation des sources de but et l’institution de liaison entre les activités. Sur la base de ces résultats, nous définissons les conditions que les dialogues entre pairs doivent réunir pour être un instrument de la santéThis thesis is a contribution to the field of psychosocial risks at work. It reports how, in order to respond to the command of an international corporation of electrics industry, we entered the question of psychosocial risk at work, and how we managed to reverse the question. We ‘ve been studying, in a team managers’ group, the psychosocial tools used in order to build and maintain health at work. in the perspective of Clinic of Activity, we know firstly that the development of « power to act » in activity protects and promotes health at work, and secondly that the creation of new goals is a medium of this development. That is why , in this research project, we aimed to understand the creation process of new goals in activity, and we studied this process in a specific frame : in and by the way of dialogues about work activity among professional peers. Discourse analysis permit to identify three different processes, a language process and two psychological ones, that all participate to a renew of goals. Those processes are : 1) a new iteration, in the discourse, of a verbal statement taken from another discourse ; 2) the differentiation of goal’s origins ; and 3) the elaboration of new links between activities. Those issues allows us to define some of the significant properties of dialogue as a tool for health promotion between peers at work
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Dao, Catherine H. "An exploratory study of the methods and strategies implemented to integrate unaccompanied minors in five residential home in Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-21306.
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The aim of the study was to explore what methods the personnel in five residential care homes in Götaland, Sweden, implement to integrate unaccompanied minors. The study investigated how and what methods are constructed as well as how the social interaction between the unaccompanied minors and the personnel at the homes bring about the learning of the methods. Five face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed through the perspective of social construction and social learning theory. The result revealed that the methods are not clearly identified by the personnel. The personals are still learning how to work with unaccompanied minors from their experiences. This indicates that the practice is at its infant stage. The study found a wide variety of methods, which were based on the child and where some methods intend to build good relationship, to integrate the children into society and to facilitate the development of strategies and methods. The study also addresses the issue of how the methods and strategies can be affected by the dynamic migratory flow and the question of evidence based practice within this field.
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von, Wenckstern Michael. "Web applications using the Google Web Toolkit." Master's thesis, Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg Universitaetsbibliothek "Georgius Agricola", 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:105-qucosa-115009.
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This diploma thesis describes how to create or convert traditional Java programs to desktop-like rich internet applications with the Google Web Toolkit. The Google Web Toolkit is an open source development environment, which translates Java code to browser and device independent HTML and JavaScript. Most of the GWT framework parts, including the Java to JavaScript compiler as well as important security issues of websites will be introduced. The famous Agricola board game will be implemented in the Model-View-Presenter pattern to show that complex user interfaces can be created with the Google Web Toolkit. The Google Web Toolkit framework will be compared with the JavaServer Faces one to find out which toolkit is the right one for the next web projectDiese Diplomarbeit beschreibt die Erzeugung desktopähnlicher Anwendungen mit dem Google Web Toolkit und die Umwandlung klassischer Java-Programme in diese. Das Google Web Toolkit ist eine Open-Source-Entwicklungsumgebung, die Java-Code in browserunabhängiges als auch in geräteübergreifendes HTML und JavaScript übersetzt. Vorgestellt wird der Großteil des GWT Frameworks inklusive des Java zu JavaScript-Compilers sowie wichtige Sicherheitsaspekte von Internetseiten. Um zu zeigen, dass auch komplizierte graphische Oberflächen mit dem Google Web Toolkit erzeugt werden können, wird das bekannte Brettspiel Agricola mittels Model-View-Presenter Designmuster implementiert. Zur Ermittlung der richtigen Technologie für das nächste Webprojekt findet ein Vergleich zwischen dem Google Web Toolkit und JavaServer Faces statt
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CHEN, HUI-LING, and 陳惠玲. "The Action Research of Case Teaching Method in Environmental Education." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95676236548944133783.
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The purpose of this research was to explain the effect of case teaching method in environmental education at second grade in elementary school.In this research we adopted an action research method for Tainan Happy (assumed name)elementary school ,and the participation of this study was twenty eight second grade students. In this paper,we totally used three themes and six units for teaching environmental education course two classes a week for 12 weeks. In this study,we collected research materials by the principal way of quality and assisted them by the method of quantity.Analyzing in the aspect of quantity,we wrote a ‘’environmental attitude test paper’’by ourselves as a tool for research,and analyzed the data tested before and after by the interdependent sample t test method.In the aspect of qualitative information,according to the record of the observation in class,the journal of teacher’s self-awareness,the interview with students and teachers,and the feedback from parents and so on,we analyzed and summarized these imformation,in order to understand the changes of student’s environmemtal attitude. The main results were summarized as follows: (1) About the design of using the case-method teaching in environmental education had two maim points.First,the cases should have highly ability of reading,and the second were the cases should have the action of preparation,development and composite. (2) The case-method teaching in environmental education can actually arouse students’ interest in study,make students to participate in discussing,and the difficults teachers encountered can be solved. (3) According to the test paper tested before and after,and the statistical analysis of quantitative information,the case-method teaching in environmental education can truly promote the recognization of students’ environmental attitude. (4) According to the analysis of qualitative information,the case-method teaching in environmental education demonstrate the effect that students actually reach the ability index of nine-year system’s environmental education. Finally,on the basis of this study,researcher propose related suggestions acted as the reference for environmental education and future researches. Key word:case teaching method,environmental education,action research
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Chen, Ying-Ching, and 陳穎靚. "An Action Study in the Application of Kodaly Method toThe Melodic Intervals In-tune SingingAN Action Study in the Application of Kodaly Method to The Melodic Intervals' in Tune Singing." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02138410857585375163.
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to exam the two dimensions of the learning effects on children’s melodic intervals’ in tune singing. They were “learning emotion and confidence,” and “rote singing ability.” In order to achieve this purpose, the researcher applied an action research method through observing courses, collecting relative literatures, and then designing teaching material using Kodaly teaching concepts and strategies. The research subjects were twenty-six third-graders. During the study period, the data was collected through tests, questionnaires, observation, and non-structural interviews in order to exam the research validity. The following was the summary of the six conclusions in this study: 1. Most subjects were able to show the joyful mood and positive attitude when the teacher adopted Kodaly teaching method. 2. Most subjects had more confidence in their musical ability when trained by Kodaly method. 3. The application of Kodaly method in the training of the intonation could help subjects’ in tune singing ability in rote sing practice as well as in sight singing practice. 4. The main factors which impacted the in tune singing by rote were the aural sensibility, musical memory ability, familiarization, singing ability, and the pattern of melodic intervals. 5. The main factors which impacted the in tune singing by rote were the concepts of melodic intervals, sight-reading ability, internal imagination, pattern of melodic intervals, familiarization, and the singing ability. 6. After one year’s being trained by Kodaly method, more than eighty percent of subjects recognized every note’s solfege relative placements on the staff. In the end of this study, the research also provided few suggestions concerning the melodic interval training to the further studies for the interested researchers. Key Words : Kodaly method, melodic intervals, in tune singing, action research.
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HUNG, YU-JING, and 洪雨靜. "An Action Research of Kodaly Method Applied in Teaching Fourth-grade Recorder Duets." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05980511158282160239.
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Abstract The purpose of this action research was to study the application of Kodaly concept in recorder duet for fourth-grade students. Eighteen fourth-grade students were invited as research participants. Research instruments included “Recorder duet playing rating scales,” “Student learning response questionnaire,” “Teaching and reflection journal,” “Video-taping,” and “Classroom observation form.” Data were analyzed through qualitative coding and statistical analysis. According to the results, conclusions were drawn as follows: 1. Kodaly concept applied in teaching recorder duets could help students play in tune. 2. Kodaly concept applied in teaching recorder duets could help students play accurate rhythm. 3. Kodaly concept applied in teaching recorder duets could help students play expressively. 4. Kodaly concept applied in teaching recorder duets could help students play well-coordinated. Based on the conclusions, recommendations were made for the teachers who were willing to apply Kodaly concept in the classrooms. Keyword: Action Research, Kodaly concept, Recorder duets
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Chen, Ying-Rong, and 陳瑩容. "An Action Research of the Application for Case Method in Life Education Curriculum." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21804978871648741681.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
課程與教學研究所
98
The purpose of this research is to explain how teachers use cases in teaching methods to carry out the life education courses, and the aim of achieving teaching cases corresponding with life education. According to the relevant case teaching methods, to discover what the possible problem and problem solution may face in the life education courses, which is carry out by case method. Meanwhile, we will be able to understand the changes between teachers and students after implement this course. In this paper we adopt an action research method for grade four students. Through individual observation records, interviews, data analysis, discussion and reflection, we try to understand the ideal teaching and learning situation occurs when teaching students in the process of ‘Respect Life’, ’Concern Life’ and ‘Treasures Life’. Using cases as teaching score, in coordinate with sketch book, film, story sharing, role playing and experiencing and some extended activities, we try to understand the converting of attitudes and life education values under the case teaching method. We summarize the findings, as follows: 1.Life education is appropriate to carry out by case method, and this can avoid the teachers to instill certain values into their students. 2.Using case method gradually, the goal of life education can be achieved from student’s increased motivation, case discussion and the following activities. 3.Teachers and students can understand each other while discussing the case study, and nevertheless gain a great deal by taking student evaluations. Improving their interaction from case study. 4.Students have deeper understanding and grow up after taking life education which is based on case method. 5.Research participants were able to raise up the level of teaching from turning theory of life education into practice.
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Su, Sheng-Ya, and 蘇聖雅. "The Action Research of Case Method on Emotion Education in the Junior High School." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52916849343861575632.
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碩士國立東華大學
課程設計與潛能開發學系
101
Abstract The purpose of this study is to develop an emotional educational course (abbr. As EEC below) from applying the processes of the case method and the action research process so as to improve junior high school students’ emotional cultivation. Throughout the cyclic process of action, reflection and modification, the conclusions of this study are as follows: 1. In order to arouse the students’ interest, the cases used in this study mainly focused on junior high school students’ interpersonal relationship and their academic pressure, which written based on the actual events. 2. The EEC of this study included both thematic teaching and case teaching. The thematic teaching contains different teaching units such as emotional awareness, rational thinking method, positive emotional cultivation and emotional expression. The case teaching includes case presentation and case discussion. 3. The steps of thematic teaching include: teaching activities, interactive communication between teacher and students, summary and integration, keeping the motional weekly journal. The steps of case teaching include case reading, answering questions raised in the case, group case discussion, whole-class case discussion, summary and integration. 4. This study also summarizes several teaching tips used in both thematic teaching and case teaching. The instructional method (i.e. keeping the motional weekly journal) used in this study is also summarized. 5. This EEC helps the students’ rational thinking in the following ways: (1) identifying the diversified irrational thinking in the cases. (2) learning the difference between exaggerating the severity of results and failure. (3) gradually being able to identify their own irrational thinking. (4) gradually being able to apply rational thinking in their daily lives. 6. The students are gradually able to express their negative emotions by using the skill of “I-message” in their daily lives.
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WANG, SU-LING, and 王素玲. "An Action Research on the Sixth Grade Math Game Teaching Method in the Elementary Schools." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ggd5d3.
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碩士中臺科技大學
文教事業經營研究所
107
In this study, the researcher applied action research to explore the change of students’ learning attitudes, students’ learning outcomes, the difficulties that teachers may encounter, and the resolutions of using game teaching of ratio with 6th grade students. Sixteen 6th grade students of the researcher were recruited as participants for this experimental study. In order to explore the learning outcomings and learning attitudes, the researcher used self-compiling mathematics pretest, learning achievement test papers, and National Mathematical Attitude Scale of Cao Zongping and Zhou Wenzhong (1998). Then, the reacher proposed the advises by collecting lesson plans, the records of observation and briefing, student’s feedback sheets, student’s interview records, and teacher’s reflective journal. The results obtained in this study were as follows: 1. Mathematical game teaching method has significant differences in improving students attitude towards mathematics learning. 2. The mathematics game teaching method has significant differences in improving the learning achievement of low level students. 3. The learning outcomes reflected well on the display of multiple intelligencesin such as interpersonal relationship and metacognition. 4. The solution to the teaching dilemma: Linking the teaching objectives. Let low or medium learners to present first. Interspersed with various competition modes. Rewards should be immediately and exaggerated. The teacher should not say too much. Prepare the course skillfully and in-depth. Useing creative thinking of Wallas. The game itself includes the efficacy of learning and assessment that can solve the problem of being behind schedule.
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TSAI, TUN-JU, and 蔡惇茹. "Action Research on Implementing the Multisensory Method in Promoting English Phonological Awareness among Second Graders." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/aceszz.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
教師專業碩士學位學程
107
Phonological awareness is vital in early English acquisition and can be a solid foundation for reading and writing skills. The purpose of the action research was to explore the effects a series of multisensory-based English lessons had on the phonological awareness among second-grade students at elementary school. In total, 13 second-grade students from a rural elementary school in Kaohsiung participated in this study. It began from September to November in 2018, covering 29 teaching hours in 10 weeks. With the use of visual, auditory and tactile/kinesthetic senses in the multi-sensory method, the students participated in learning activities that centered around two subskills of phonological awareness: rhyme and oddity tasks. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. The quantitative data were the pre-and post-test scores of a phonological awareness test targeting the two subskills. The qualitative data included teaching reflections, class observation logs, worksheets and learning evaluation sheets. The test scores were analyzed with the Wilcoxon rank sum test using SPSS 20, and the qualitative data were categorized and analyzed to observe any pattern. The results of this study are as follows: 1.Multisensory phonological awareness instruction significantly improved students’ phonological awareness subskills: rhyme and oddity tasks 2.In using the multisensory teaching method, gestures that connect learning should be unified and simplified to facilitate learning. 3.The addition of visual aids such as texts and graphics during teaching can help retain students’ memory of sounds. 4.Senses should be selected according to the teaching objectives; not all senses need to be used simultaneously in multisensory instruction. 5.Sensory movements should be chosen based on the length of the sound and other factors of different phonological awareness subskills. Based on the results, this study concludes with implications and suggestions for English teachers and for future research.
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Dickson, Andrew Stuart. "Action volume ratio: a method to classify the danger of lightning in any given volume." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/17672.
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The annual number of injuries and fatalities from lightning has, over the last century,
been on a steady decline. This is primarily due to urbanisation and movement away
from agriculturally intensive activities. In countries with a high urban population, the
incidence of lightning fatalities is below 1 death per million people per year. However,
in countries with a larger rural population, this rate is signi cantly higher, ranging
between 8 and 15 deaths per million people per year. There has been a large drive
towards educating the general public about the dangers of lightning and methods to
avoid being in a dangerous situation. However, fatal lightning events still occur on a
regular basis.
There are currently no methods to determine the risk of lightning to living beings in
open spaces. The international standard (IEC 62305-2) provides a method for the
assessment of risk to living beings within a structure, and up to three metres outside
of it. Considering that the majority of deaths by lightning occur outdoors, a method
of determining these risks is necessary.
The Action Volume Ratio (AVR) is proposed as a new method for the analysis of the
danger of lightning in any volume. It considers the dangers of all lightning injury mechanisms
in relation to the objects in the space, which are assumed to be the preferential
points of strike. A union of the dangerous volumes is then formed, and a ratio to
the total volume is created. The AVR uses accepted electrical engineering equations
to determine the dangerous areas, and places no reliance on probability theory, which
can, in many cases, skew the results of a lightning risk analysis process. The AVR can
be combined with lightning ground
flash density data to indicate the incidence and
frequency of dangerous events within a given volume.
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Lin, Yen-ju, and 林晏汝. "An Action Study of Case Method on Law-Related Education in a Junior High School." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44071265662087327954.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
教育學系課程與教學碩士在職專班
104
The study was intended to investigate the teaching strategies of integrating case method into law-related education in a junior high and the effectiveness of those strategies on promoting ninth-grade students’ understanding and attitude to the ‘rule of law’ . Three main focuses were included as followings: 1. Analyses of the teaching process, strategies and restrictions of case method on law-related education. 2. The effectiveness of case method on students’ understanding and attitude to the ‘rule of law’. 3. Improvements and reflections after implementing case method into ninth-grade students. The study was an action study. The subjects were 27 ninth-grade students who were instructed by case method for 30 classes. After classes, the data were collected and analyzed both quantatively and qualitively. The followings were the main conclusions and findings: 1. There were improvements on students’ understanding to law. (1) Students understood the real meaning of ‘administration by law’, ‘standard of right’ as well as ‘principles for reconciliation’. (2) Students realized the importance of ‘right-relief’ and ‘procedure justice’. (3) Students comprehended the properties of rules. 2. There was positive development of students’ attitudes to law. 2. If teachers were proficient in law and applied the case method properly, the difficulties during the teaching process could be effectively solved: (1) Since the students were still not used to the brand-new learning way, teachers had better build up students’ confidence and encourage them to speak up during class. (2) If the students were not well-prepared, the effectiveness of discussing would be limited. Thus, it was better that students were required to write learning sheet and to hand it in the same day. (3) Teachers needed to change the grouping way, guided students how to collect the information since some students might not take in charge of his/her job while being one of the group members. (4) In case reading, teachers played vital role. Therefore, it was important to strengthen the role of students by letting students be like teachers. (5) Reduced using the extra incentive. Tried to improve students’ self-awareness as well as their learning interests. (6) Based on the myth occurred during class, teachers should guide and propose questions timely. 3. The case method helped teachers improve and reflect themselves professionally. (1) The growth of ‘case method’: (1.1) The cases might refer to constitutional interpretation-related books and news. (1.2) The case must closely relate with students’ life experiences and create a dilemma as well. (1.3) The themes of cases should be more to guide students to think about the essence of law. (2) The growth of ‘case discussing’: (2.1) Assisted students directing their attitudes toward learning, and specified the rules for class discussion. (2.2) The case method should be combined with other instructions such as didactic teaching, role playing and debate discussion. (2.3) Teachers should frequently go around inspecting the interaction between students and giving guides properly. (2.4) The procedure of case method should include guided reading, discussion and comprehensive inducing. And the most important of all, students play the main role during the whole process. (3) The reflection of teaching process: 1. Teachers' proficiency in classroom management should be improved/enhanced. 2. Always level up our knowing to law education. 3. Law education should be supported by the social environment.
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LIN, YI-WEN, and 林宜玟. "The Action Study of Using Share-Start Teaching Method in Middle School Visual Art Education." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j3nh3m.
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碩士大葉大學
設計暨藝術學院碩士在職專班
105
Due to the emphasis that educational system places on examinations, student activities are mostly examination related. Furthermore, the traditional Art Appreciation education has lowered students’ ambition of learning. This research is to discuss about how the trendy Share-start Teaching Method can influence students’ interest in learning, class participation and their learning outcome in Middle School visual art lessons. The ten weeks of research was conducted in researcher’s school with 27 subjects in eighth grade. Researcher divided students into learning groups using Major League Draft. The classes are contained Neo-impressionism , Da Vinci , art nouveau , Van Gogh and guide students learning four steps of Art Appreciation. The data collecting was emphasized on the quantity and quality methods. In the part of quantity , “the Questionnaires of the Interest and Class Participation of Share-start in art lessons” were collected under the quantity analysis. The collecting of quality data included “the Deep Interviews with Students”, “ the Collection of Students’ Works”,“Teachers’ Classroom Observation and Reflection Notes”to make a further research. Below are my research findings after analyzing the information collected during the ten weeks of teaching(research): 1. Share-start Teaching Method can increase students’ interest in art lessons. 2. Share-start Teaching Method and group work can not only develop student teamwork skills but also increase student engagement and participation in class. 3. Share-start Teaching Method can improve the learning quality in art lessons. 4. According to the research, researchers have pointed out the Share-start Teaching Methods and suggestions and references.
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Huang, Pu-Lin, and 黃溥倫. "An Action Research of Applying Flipped Classroom Method in Science and Technology for Elementary Students." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81206506885000105638.
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碩士逢甲大學
公共政策研究所
104
This study adopted the action research method. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the learning outcomes of students and transformation in their learning behaviors posterior to the implementation of the flipped classroom to the learning areas of science and technology; in addition, the difficulties teachers encountered and their methods of resolution and the professional growth of teachers during the implementation are also discussed. The subjects of this study included a total of 6th graders in an elementary school in remote areas in which the researcher serves as a teacher. This action research spanned ten weeks. The researcher played the roles of instructional designer, instructor and observer. This study relied primarily on qualitative data, including preparation review forms, interviews with students, classroom audio-visual recordings and instructional reflection journals. Based on the research results, the following conclusions are arrived at: 1. The flipped classroom produced no significant effect on the initial learning outcomes. Due to the constraint of research time, subsequent learning outcomes require further observation.. 2. The flipped classroom contributes to fostering students’ habits of preparation before class and enhancing their learning readiness. 3. The flipped classroom helps to improve students’ learning attitude. 4. The flipped classroom can facilitate students’ participation in class. 5. Through the action research process, teachers can reflect, revise continuously, which helps enhancing their professional knowledge, information literacy and teaching skills. Finally, based on the research results, recommendations have been made to serve as a reference for teaching and further research.
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Liao, Hsiao-Feng, and 廖小鳳. "An Action Research on the Application of Organizational Thinking Method in Seventh Grade Reading Class." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87338601665511553867.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
教育學系教育創新與評鑑碩士班在職專班
105
The purpose of the present research is to introduce organizational thinking method into the reading course of seventh grade student, thereby improving their reading comprehension ability. This research is a twelve-week project approach, which uses action research to analyze the seventh grade classes in the researcher’s charge. After examining the data collected from class observation, interview, notes of discussion, teaching reflection and students’ worksheets, the result and findings of the research are as below: I. Introducing organizational thinking method into teaching reading can improve students’ reading comprehension ability. The researcher used paired sample T Test to compare the result of pretest and posttest, and found that the reading comprehension ability of all students was obviously improved. Besides, if analyzing the result by examining the process of reading comprehension, it shows that two parts of the process, reflection and evaluation were improved, wherein the improvement in understanding and interpreting are more significant. II. According to the research, project approach not only influences students’ reading comprehension ability, but also affects some students’ attitude toward reading. For example, they are more confident and interested in reading. III. Regarding the researcher’s teaching reflection and her prefession, through constantly consulting with the co-researcher during the process of teaching reading, the researcher’s professional teaching skill was also improved. Finally, based on the execution process of the project approach, the researcher has presented relevant advice as references for future researchers and teaching, which is briefly stated as below: 1.Suggestion of teaching practice (1)When using Organizational Thinking Method, teachers can design the class according to the text type. (2)The design of differentiated worksheets can help teachers to solve the problem of disparity in students’ learning achievement. (3)Reading strategy by individual practice and group activities can cultivate students’ reading ability and pleasure. 2.Directions for future research (1)Develop reading metacognition courses to teach students to use reading strategies according to different situations. (2 Develop reading course of “teaching as assessment, assessment as teaching.” (3)Social studies teachers could embed global competence and studies with reading in courses.
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Chen, Chan Jung, and 詹榮鎮. "The action research method of school-based teaching activity in junior high school mathematics classroom." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94100555500511601209.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
科學教育研究所在職進修專班
91
The purpose of this research was to investigate the situations and problems of practicing the school-based instruction activities in a mathematical classroom. The action research was adopted in this study and practiced on one junior high class taught by the researcher. Data collection included class observation, weekly studying journal, resercher’s teaching journal, interviews and questionnaires. Qualitative research paradigm was used. The researcher explored problems and improved teaching continuously. The findings of the study were: (1). The implement of this research provided the school with development of local school-based instruction activities. (2). helping teacher know more about students’learning situations and change instruction at the right time. (3). helping teacher to make self-examine and improve teaching continuously. (4). helping teacher to improve professional knowledge and fulfil teacher’s instruction concept in teaching activities. The factors that might decrease the effectiveness of the treatment included: (1). The scarcity of fund and resources of the school. (2). Teacher’s professional knowledge. (3). The scarcity of teaching time. (4). The insufficiency of parents’ cooperation.
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Tseng, Po-Hsuan, and 曾柏烜. "The Application of Interactive Whiteboard in Primary Science Classrooms An Action Research with Quasi-experimental Method." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09277174337229743344.
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碩士國立東華大學
課程設計與潛能開發學系
101
The Application of Interactive Whiteboard in Primary Science Classrooms An Action Research with Quasi-experimental Method Abstract This study aims to probe into the application of interactive whiteboard into scientific quasi-experimental method and to analyze this teaching method. The process developed through club activities and enforced improvement before the next activity. The subjects were 5th to 6th grade students from one of the elementary schools in Hualien. The duration was a semester. There were six steps developed within the quasi-experimental method: looking for problem, pointing out variables, proposing hypothesis; experiment design, experiment execution, proving hypothesis. With the application of interactive whiteboard, this study discusses the potential benefit for teachers and students. There were three workshops during the research duration, topics including water rocket, the strength of paper, bubble blowing. With students’ feedback, teaching notes, reflection, peers observation track and assessment and teaching videos, we conducted a qualitative research method to analyze. The conclusions are as follows: 1.The simultaneous feedback of interactive whiteboard can help with the discussion and make it more efficient with the quasi-experimental method. 2.Interactive whiteboard improves the interaction between teachers and students during the experiment designing process. 3.In place of the actual objects, the images on interactive whiteboard can be enlarged and the movement of an object can be stopped for the students to take a close look. It also helps the students to observe slight changes of objects. According to the above conclusions, we provide advices for teaching practices and for future references. Keyword: Interactive Whiteboard, Quasi-experimental Method, Natural Science and Life Technology, Action Research
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Ching-chen, Su, and 蘇慶珍. "Action Research on Applying Science Picture Books to Insect Lessons with Inquiry Teaching Method in Kindergartens." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nbxg3x.
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碩士國立臺東大學
進修部暑期幼兒教育碩士班
96
This study adopts an action research model, with the purpose of determining how to improve the effectiveness of inquiry teaching by using science picture books flexibly and efficiently, to develop adequate teaching strategies in order to help young children in their learning about insects, as well as to reflect on the professional improvement of the teachers during the practices of teaching inquiry in insect lessons in kindergartens. The study was conducted in a public kindergarten in Kaohsiung County, with 26 five-year-old children as participants. The duration of the teaching program is five months. The results show: (1) applying a chain of science picture books in insect teaching is beneficial in improving theme-based instruction in the kindergarten; (2) the science picture books are beneficial to children
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TSAI, YU-NA, and 蔡育娜. "The Application of Case Method Teaching in Buliding up Cooperation Skills of Forth-Graders:An Action Research." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68207164679315484732.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
教育學系教育創新與評鑑碩士班在職專班
104
The purposes of this study were to explore the application of case method teaching in developing a teaching program for promoting cooperative skills of forth grader students in a primary school; to understand the changes of students in two main cooperation skills, “listening” and “mutual encouragement” after participating in the teaching program; to reflect on growth of the researcher. To achieve the research purposes above, the researcher carried on this teaching program from the forth to the twenty-first in March, 2016, nine 40-minutes sessions in total. The researcher assessed the cooperation skills before and after the implementation of the teaching program by both self-evaluation and mutual-evaluation, supplemented with quantitive records, including video records, co-researcher and students interview records, researcher’s journal, and learning sheets. The researcher concluded the results mainly as follows, 1.The development of case method teaching program for cooperative skills was based on these pillars: the use of case method as primary teaching method, the integration of teaching activities for cooperative skills, and the combination of action research for planning and development. 2.After participating in the teaching program, students presented progress in listening skills of “attentive listening” and “being able to experience;” however, no significant improvement in “gist finding” and “interaction attitude.” 3.After participating in the teaching program, students made progress in the mutual encouragement skills of “validation of others’ personality and ability,” “grateful of others’ dedication,” “the emphasis on process and attitude,” “having confidence in others” and “appropriate interaction responses.” 4.The researcher has professional growth in case method teaching, action research and cooperation skill teaching. Based on the results of this study above, the research made concrete recommendations in the perspectives of practical teaching and future research.
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張儷儀. "An action research of case method teaching for human rights education in the curriculum of social study." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90177790447605429434.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
公民教育與活動領導學系
95
This study aims at making an action research of case method teaching for human rights education in the curriculum of social study. There are very few contents of the published textbooks of social study are directly related to human rights education. Therefore, we might supplement some cases study for the human rights education in the curriculum of social study. In addition, through the method of an action research, the feedback of the research can be further used for improving the teaching. Firstly, the Han-Lin published textbook will be analyzed by the national guideline of human rights education so as to look for the related content that the suitable cases of human rights education can be found and added to the curriculum. As the case method is put into practice in classroom teaching, we might collect data from it for the research by ways of classroom observation, introspection diary, learning sheet, introspection sheet, and interviews so as to check the effects of case method teaching for human rights education. As an action research, a constant self-examining, and self-adapting are demanded so as to be getting the case method teaching ever more skillful. Some of the results of the research can be summed up as below: 1.There are very few contents of the Han-Lin published textbook are directly related to human rights education. Therefore, it is proper to supplement human rights education through case method teaching for the related part of the textbook. For example, unit 1 “Grow Up Happily” could be related with the concept of “human dignity” and “social rights”. And unit 2 “The sweet family” could be connected with the concept of “social rights” and “personal liberty”. And Unit 3 “How to learn in school” could be in relation to “the right to learn” and “the right to education”. 2.The problems for case method teaching are (1) Writing a suitable case for teaching spends a lot of time and energy. (2)The questions for the case method teaching should include more topics in relation to the core concept of human rights. (3) Teachers should be aware of avoiding prejudging students’ discussions. (4)Students were always wary of not finding a final ‘correct’ answer. (5) Case method teaching usually took more time so that teachers had to face lagging behind the original schedule. (6) Including students who were not willing to participating team discussions. 3.Some suggestions for case method teaching are, (1) Case writing could be co-writing. (2) The questions for cases study should touch upon issues of values rather than just upon facts. (3)When guiding case discussion, teachers should avoid prejudging student’s discussions. (4) Conclusions of case discussion should combine with the themes of the text books used. (5) A good time management is required for case method teaching, as a supplement to the curriculum. (6) Make students focusing on discussing. 4.Students’ miss-understanding of the concept of human rights includes: (1) Parents have the right to decide children’s life.（2）Misconception of the concept of liberty as I can do anything whatever Ilike. (3) Basic human right could be giving away. 5.The effects of case method teaching for human rights education in the curriculum of social study: (1) Students’ attitudes towards case method teaching: (a)Students liked case method teaching for human rights education. (b)Students liked to discuss and finish their assignment in class than take it back for homework. (c)Students liked to discuss topic of current affairs. (d)Students liked cases close to their everyday lives. (e) Teacher’s role in encouraging case discussions is very important. (2) Students’ understanding of the concepts of human rights: (a)The cognition of “human dignity” is conflated with that of “respecting others” by students. (b)Students take high regards for human rights of the disadvantaged and the minority. (c)Students recognize that parents’ right can not go beyond hurting children’s bodies. (d)Students know more access to help than a teacher can provide whenever family violence occurs. (e)Students are able to consider one’s own interests in accordance with that of the other’s.
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SHIH, YU-CHEN, and 史郁辰. "An Action Research on the Application of Game-Based Teaching Method in Physical Fitness Learning in Junior High School." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ua6y3d.
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碩士台灣首府大學
教育研究所
107
Respond to the emphasis on the development in physical fitness learning of MOE, the researcher thinks that teachers can carry out an action research on the application of game-based teaching method in physical fitness learning. The researcher is also the teacher in the action research where are twenty-one students in the eighth grade in junior high school. The researcher divides physical fitness learning into four units. There are two classes in each unit where are two warm-up games and two theme games. Finally, the researcher concludes from collecting and analyzing the data. The following are results of the research. Firstly, the change on the application of game-based teaching method in physical fitness learning includes the development of 17 game-based teaching methods can be applied to physical fitness learning, the game-based curriculum and the teaching process can motivate the students’ learning in physical fitness, upgrade the attitude to learning, change the mindset of teaching, and promote the effects on learning. Secondly, the reflection on the application of game-based teaching method in physical fitness learning includes the arrangement for motor skill training and the selection of games. As mentioned above, the researcher makes some suggestion for the teaching and the study in the future so that I can give some reference for relevant research on game-focused teaching or physical fitness learning.
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Domene, José Francisco. "The Action-project differentiation procedure : extending the method of analysis in action theory to allow for the examination of similarities and differences among sets of cases." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16959.
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Although between-groups comparisons are a mainstay in quantitative research methods, their
legitimacy within qualitative research is more tenuous. In this methodological dissertation, I
explore the issue of between-groups comparative analysis within Young, Valach, and
colleagues' contextual action theory research framework, in order to extend the existing actionproject
method of conducting social research to encompass mechanisms for examining
similarities and differences between distinct groups of cases. To focus my methodsdevelopment
work, I ask two specific questions, (a) "Are between-groups comparisons
compatible with the assumptions that underlie the action theory paradigm?" and, (b) "What
specific procedures could be used within these analyses, to generate findings that go beyond
those which are attainable within the existing method?" To address these questions, I first
examine the possibilities and problems with conducting between-groups comparative analyses
in different forms of social constructionist research, including the action-project method. After
establishing that some forms of between-groups comparison are compatible with action theory, I
present a novel method for engaging in such analyses, the action-project differentiation
procedure, and demonstrate its application to an existing data set. The major findings of this
dissertation are: (a) between-groups comparative analyses that retain the full configuration of
information from all cases are compatible with this form of qualitative research; and (b) the
procedure I have developed is capable of generating useful, trustworthy findings. I conclude
with some suggestions for further refinement of the action-differentiation procedure, and a
discussion of the broader implications of shifting the previously existing analytical method in
this direction.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
Graduate
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CHIEN, HUI-SHIH, and 簡慧施. "An Action Research of Case-Method Teaching in Environmental Education at the First Grade of an Elementary School." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07053655835833265830.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
課程與教學研究所
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of case-method teaching in environmental education at the first grade in the Ming Ming elementary school by action research. The participation of this study was 30 first grade students attending two classes a week for 12 weeks. The main results were summarized as follows: 1.About the design of using the case- method teaching in environmental education: （1）The cases used in the first grade should be realistic and specific narratives reflecting students’ real-life experience. （2）Extensive teaching activities after the case teaching make case-method teaching more effective. 2.About the implementation of the case- method teaching in environmental education: （1）Students are interested in the course design based on the case-method teaching. （2）Students become more deeply engaged in their learning. 3.About the performance of the case- method teaching in environmental education: （1）The case-method teaching promotes students’ environmental awareness and sensibility. （2）The case-method teaching promotes students’ environmental values and attitudes. Key word: environmental education, case-method teaching
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Ko, Chih-Lin, and 柯芝琳. "An Action Research of Kodály Method Applied in Music Literacy for Aboriginal Third-graders of an Elementary School." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w6384s.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
教師專業碩士學位學程
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The purpose of this study aimed to explore whether the Kodály Method instruction would significantly improve music literacy of the aboriginal third-grade students and examine the instructor’s teaching problems, solutions, self-efficiency and reflections during the Kodály Method implementation. Action research was adopted as the approach of this study. The aboriginal third-graders in Happy elementary school were the main participants in this study, and this study had last for 24 teaching periods totaled 12 weeks. According to the literature, the researcher concluded the music literacy of aboriginal third-grade students shoud acquire and designed the research instruments including “Music Literacy Assessment,” “Worksheet,” “Observation Form,” and “Teaching Diary.” The qualitative data were be collected and described as the results while the quantitative data were be calculated and analyzed through “SPSS 12 .0 for Windows” software. After the data analyses, the researcher concluded the findings: I.The Kodály Method instruction could improve aboriginal third-grade students’ music literacy. 1.Students had obtained in their singing pitch accuracy during the Kodály Method instruction. 2.Students had mastered their music knowledge during the Kodály Method instruction. 3.Students had improved their sight-reading abilities during the Kodály Method instruction. II.The instructor could overcome the problems with some adjustments during the Kodály Method instruction. 1.The instructor confirmed students’ learning difficulties and problems, and found solutions to the students. 2.The instructor flexibly adjusted the curriculum based on students' learning conditions. 3.The instruction should be combined with students’ life experiences in order to reinforce their learning. 4.The instructor used icons and hands on experiences to assist students’ cognition learning. Finally, based on the findings, some implications were make and provided for the Kodály Method instructions and future studies.
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Tai, Yung-Chia, and 戴詠家. "Applying the TRIZ Method in the design thinking of Appearances: Using Continuity of Useful Action as an Example." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pr7825.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
設計學系
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Designers need to constantly conduct innovative thinking so as to come up with new ideas, so many designing methods have been developed to inspire design thinking. TRIZ method is one of these methods, and in this research, I used one of the creative principles in the TRIZ method: the Continuity of Useful Action to conduct further discussion, with case studies as the research method, in which I chose prize winners in recent international designing competitions as the cases. After two stages of case studies, I found out that 55 cases met the requirements in this research, and from the result I concluded the following: 1. Some parameters in the Continuity of Useful Action, such as degree of durability and efficiency, are invisible parameters, so based on the result it is not quite suitable to apply them in the designing field; 2. Based on this research, three characteristics within the Continuity of Useful Action actually originated from the Industrial Engineering field, so when applying in design thinking they need to be adjusted in advance; 3. During the course of this research, I discovered that among all the parameters, “Adaptability/Force” has the highest application percentage in the Contradiction Matrix, so I suggested that in the future students or designers who wish to apply the Continuity of Useful Action can conduct your design thinking with the parameter of “Adaptability/Force” as the first priority; 4. The research result shows that the feasibility of applying the Contradiction Matrix and the creating principle within the TRIZ method to conduct industrial design is really high, but they cannot be directly applied: the parameters in the Contradiction Matrix and the characteristics and phrases in the creative principle need to be adjusted so as to fit in industrial design, which will make the thinking process more smooth and intact.