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McGregor, Darren. "Do the new basics improve higher order thinking? /." [St. Lucia, Qld], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18231.pdf.
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Gregory, Wendy Jane. "Critical systems thinking and pluralism : a new constellation." Thesis, City University London, 1992. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8262/.
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This thesis explains theoretical issues concerned with paradigm incommensurability and the solutions offered by various critical systems writers. The problems of "imperialism" are outlined together with an analysis of the meta-theoretical views which purport to avoid imperialism. It is suggested that researchers attempting to understand alien or incommensurable paradigms or cultures often succumb to imperialism in its various guises. Three models of methods used by such researchers are described. The last of these, the model of critical appreciation, incorporates two crucial components advocated by Habermas and endorsed by Bernstein: critical self-reflection based upon an analogy of Freud's model of dream analysis, and an explicit critique of ideology. Methodological guidelines are offered which draw on an analogy of dream-analysis and on historical reconstruction as ideology-critique. It is suggested that any social inquiry must contain elements of "reflexive" (philosophical) and "scientific" (practical) inquiry together with ideology-critique and critical self-reflection in order to bring about the emancipation of individuals and groups. A model of self-society dynamics reveals the need for reflexive inquiry, discourse and action (as exemplified in the critical appreciation process) in any efforts to transform 'self' or 'society'. Consideration turns to the relationship between critical thinking and pluralism. The enriched version of critical appreciation is shown to require an a prior commitment to a new, discordant pluralism, which it also suggests in its modus operandii. In particular, the 'either/or' problematique presented by many writers is transformed into a 'both/and' juxtapositioning which lends its support to the form of pluralism involving both critical self-reflection and ideology-critique. The fully elaborated model of critical appreciation will finally be shown to fulfil the demands of the commitments of critical systems thinking.
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Bartle, Samantha. "Establishing a new biofuel crop using System Thinking." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86519.
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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The complexity of adopting a new crop-based biodiesel feedstock into South Africa given the prevailing environmental, economic and social concerns facing the country are addressed in this study by utilising a Systems Thinking approach.
Solaris is a new variety of Tobacco developed specifically as an energy crop over the last twelve years by Italian companies Plantechno and Sunchem. Small-scale trials have been underway over the last year in the Loskop Valley farming community in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. These trials have been managed by the newly-formed local entity, Toboil (Pty) Ltd.
In order to assess the viability of introducing Solaris into Loskop in terms of addressing the current diesel and electricity needs of the community and larger over-arching biofuel goals of South Africa, the full System Dynamic Modelling process was employed. This included significant research, stakeholder engagement, a Systems Thinking workshop as well as model development and simulation using the System Dynamics programming tool, Vensim.
Following the simulation of various scenarios, it was determined that in order for Solaris implementation to have the greatest impact on the diesel and electricity independence desires of the community, as well as maximising job creation and avoided greenhouse gas emissions, the first five to ten years of implementation may only achieve low to moderate profitability. It was further concluded that if crop-based biofuels are to help meet the rural development goals of South Africa then significant investment and skills transfer is required. In order to address both of these, a modular development process is advocated and should be aided and mentored by members of the commercial farming industry.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die kompleksiteit van die aanvaarding van ‘n nuwe oes-gebaseerde bio diesel roumateriaal in Suid-Afrika in die heersende omgewings-, ekonomiese- en sosiale kommer wat die land ervaar, word in hierdie studie aangespreek deur gebruik te maak van ‘n Sistemiese Denke Benadering (Systems Thinking approach)
Solaris is ‘n nuwe variasie Tabak wat deur twee Italiaanse maatskappye Plantechno en Sunchem oor die afgelope twaalf jaar spesifiek as ‘n bron van energie ontwikkel is. Kleinskaalse proewe is gedurende die afgelope jaar in die Loskop Vallei Landbougemeenskap in die Limpopo-provinsie van Suid-Afrika gedoen. Hierdie proewe word onder die toesig van die nuut gevormde plaaslike entiteit, Toboil (Pty) Ltd uitgevoer.
Aansienlike navorsing, die aktiewe deelname van die onderskeie belanghebbende partye, ‘n Sistemiese Denke werkswinkel sowel as die ontwerp van ‘n simulasie model deur die gebruik van Sisteem Dinamieke Programerings program, naamlik Vensim, is ingespan om die lewensvatbaarheid van die moontlike aanplanting van Solaris te beoordeel. Die spesifieke gemeenskap se huidige behoeftes aan diesel en elektrisiteit sowel as Suid-Afrika se breër doelwitte aangaande bio-brandstowwe was as die grondslag gebruik waarop die volle Sistemiese Denke Benadering toegepas is.
In Loskop omgewing was verskeie moontlike scenarios beproef en daar is op grond daarvan vasgestel dat ten einde die grootste moontlike inpak te maak op die afhanlikheid van diesel en elektrisiteit behoeftes van die gemeenskap, sowel as om die grootste moontlik werkskepping potensiaal te verwesenlik – terwyl die afskeiding van kweekhuis gasse verhoed word - die eerste vyf tot tien jaar van implementering baie lae winsgrens tot gevolg sal hê. Daar is ook verder afgelei dat afsienbare beleggings en opleiding benodig gaan word indien aangeplante bio-brandstowwe aangewend sou word om die landelike ontwikkelingsdoelwitte in Suid-Afrika te verwesenlik. Ten einde beide hierdie doelwitte aan te spreek, word ‘n modulêre ontwikkelings proses aanbeveel waar gevestigde lede van die kommersiële lanbou industrie, bystand en leierskap voorsien.
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Knotts, Kenneth L. "Mikhail Gorbachev's new thinking : implications for western security." Thesis, Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28358.
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This thesis examines some of the most important policies encompassed within Mikhail Gorbachev's 'new thinking'. The author explores the economic incentives and shifting Soviet view of international relations which led Gorbachev to introduce his groundbreaking reforms. Primary emphasis is given to an in-depth analysis of the 'defensive doctrine and how the issues surrounding that doctrine will impact upon the future U.S.-Soviet security relationship. Special topics include: increasing evidence of changes under way in the structure of Soviet forces stationed in Eastern Europe; possible future Soviet force deployments inside the USSR, including the construction of 'fortified regions,' and the evolving U.S.-Soviet relationship in the most important theater of relations between the two countries--Europe. It is the author's contention that the central driving forces behind all of Gorbachev's reforms was, and remains, a resuscitation of the Soviet economy. The author concludes that ultimate Soviet objectives under 'new thinking' will remain uncertain, and that the only prudent U.S. policy is to bargain in a vigorous but businesslike manner with Gorbachev to further reduce the Soviet threat, while retaining defenses sufficient to react to possible future Kremlin backtracking
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Sepúlveda, Ramirez Leandro Salvador. "The relevance of new industrial policy thinking to Argentina." Thesis, Durham University, 2004. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2820/.
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This thesis generates insights into the re-conceptualisation and revaluation of industrial policy (IP) as a legitimate tool of economic policy in the context of developing countries. It draws upon what I call the New Industrial Policy (NIP) thinking, which is based on institutionalist and evolutionary economics concerned with both 'the innovation, learning and knowledge triad' and the spatialisation of IP The NIP thinking asserts the importance of learning and innovation, the 'power of economies of association' and 'the power of place' as key sources of competitive advantage. These three propositions are evaluated through empirical research which is based on the Argentinean experience in light of the failure of the last neoliberal programme implemented in the country (1991-2001). Specifically, the research focuses on a regional economy in which there exists both a cluster of SMEs and a group of institutions concerned with firm competitiveness. This thesis makes three main contributions to re-conceptualise the NIP thinking in the context of economies affected by economic decline. First, it identifies key factors that explain why the learning and innovation economy has less relative importance in these economies (if compared with firms in more developed economies), by arguing that the learning and innovation require a minimal threshold of resources and accumulated capabilities that the SMEs in development countries often do not have. Secondly, it explains why the powers of place and the economies of associations are only marginally exploited by firms due to the marked influence of restrictions at micro-, meso- and macro-economic levels. Finally, despite these restrictions, this research reveals that some emerging processes of change in individual firms and institutions have recently occurred which are in line with the assumptions forwarded by the NIP thinking. I conclude that in the interstices of the Argentine economic policy there is a case to consider the new IP ideas.
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Sylvester, Kathleen R. (Kathleen Rynn). "New priorities for old roads : re-thinking roadway preservation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50120.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.<br>"June 2009."<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98).<br>Most of the roads built over the last century in the US were built assuming that efficient mobility for drivers was most important without considering impacts to the natural or built environment. Urban neighborhoods were severed, ecologically sensitive areas were disrupted, and pedestrian, bicycle and transit accommodation was ignored. Public offense at this approach to road-building led to new policies and practices for more open, locally-based decision-making. Road construction is now subject to a higher level of scrutiny, yet investment is preserving existing roads is assumed with little public discussion even though preservation represents the majority of transportation expenditures. As public priorities shift toward favoring sustainable development and transforming out of auto-dependency, road preservation can be either a barrier or an opportunity. This study examines whether and how road preservation investments support these new priorities. I use the Maryland State Highway Administration (MSHA) as a case study. As a national leader in context-sensitive solutions and in commitment to sustainable development, MSHA is expected to exhibit innovative use of system preservation expenditures to support local plans for more balanced, less auto-intensive transportation systems. I find that rather than integrate context -sensitivity and sustainability into all transportation programs, Asset Management-based preservation programs focus almost exclusively on cost-efficiency while alternate programs are created to address broader concerns.<br>(cont.) Policies for context-sensitive solutions, flexible transportation investment, and sustainable development have little bearing on Asset Management -based preservation investments. MSHA's Neighborhood Conservation program offers a good model for locally-based, flexible preservation investment, though the fund has been susceptible to budget cuts. Asset Management systems are an important tool for managing risk and cost associated with an aging transportation system. However, as reliance on Asset Management-based investment grows, the narrow scope of these projects will undermine commitment to responsive, sustainable transportation investment. The decision-making process for these investments should be supplemented through small-area preservation planning, incentive funds for preservation project enhancements, and performance measures that focus investment on broad transportation goals in order to achieve reduced auto-dependency and transportation investment that supports public priorities.<br>by Kathleen R. Sylvester.<br>M.C.P.
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Travers, Michael David. "Programming with agents new metaphors for thinking about computation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29109.
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Feng, Hua. "New insights on PCV2 vaccination: thinking out of the box." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/330925.
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La present tesi doctoral tenia com a objectiu complementar el coneixement actual sobre l’eficàcia de la vacuna enfront a PCV2 en condicions d’infecció subclínica i explorar dos conceptes nous (en quan a estratègies de vacunació enfront a aquest patogen) que poguessin augmentar l’eficàcia d’aquest tractament.
El primer estudi pretenia avaluar la possible interferència de la presència de diferents nivells d’anticossos d’origen maten (AOM) en el moment de la vacunació, en l’evolució del guany mig diari de pes (GMDP). En aquest estudi, només es va detectar una possible interferència en l’eficàcia de la vacuna sobre el GMDP, quan es va considerar la subpoblació d’animals amb els valors S/P més alts. Per tant, l’impacte d’aquesta possible interferència en condicions de camp es probablement negligible en la majoria d’animals i de les granges.
En el segon estudi, es va avaluar la viabilitat d’eradicar la infecció de PCV2 en una granja convencional infectada subclínicament amb PCV2 mitjançant una estratègia de vacunació en massa. L’aplicació durant una any de la vacunació en massa enfront a PCV2 (sense implementar mesures específiques de maneig o de bioseguretat) no va ser capaç d’eliminar l’infecció per PCV2. De fet, un cop la vacunació es va aturar, el virus es va detectar de nou. De totes maneres, la disminució dels nivells d’anticossos i la no detecció del virus durant la segona meitat del període de vacunació en massa deixa entreveure que la eradicació de la infecció de PCV2 mitjançant un programa de vacunació més llarg i més extensiu podria ser possible.<br>This thesis aimed to complement the current knowledge on PCV2 vaccination efficacy under subclinical infection conditions and give new creative concepts (“thinking out of the box”) for future related studies.
The first study had the objective to assess the putative interference of different maternally derived antibody (MDA) levels at the time of vaccination on the average daily weight gain (ADWG) evolution. In this study, an apparent interference of vaccine efficacy on ADWG was noticed only when a small subpopulation of pigs with the highest ELISA S/P ratios was considered, Therefore, the impact of this possible interference under field conditions is probably negligible for most of the animals and farms.
In the second study, the feasibility to eradicate PCV2 in a conventional PCV2 infected farm by using a mass vaccination strategy was assessed.. One year period of mass PCV2 vaccination (without implementing further farm management practices or biosafety measures) was not able to clear out PCV2 infection. Indeed the virus became detectable again when vaccination was stopped. However, the decreasing antibody levels and the lack of viral detection during the second half of the vaccination period shed a light on eradicating this virus by applying a longer term vaccination in a wider area would be feasible.
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Martell, Anthony Luke. "Socialism and associational democracy : new forms of democratic socialist thinking." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388266.
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BOGADO, LETICIA FIORILLO. "PSYCHIATRIC REFORM AND SOCIAL INSERTION: THINKING NEW AND OLD QUESTIONS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2002. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=3783@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR<br>Neste trabalho abordam-se questões relativas a como a noção
de Inserção Social tem sido interpretado pelos
profissionais do Campo da Assistência em Saúde Mental.
Inicialmente, é feita uma apresentação da formação do Campo
Social e das mudanças que nele têm ocorrido a partir das
últimas décadas. A nova questão social que é a exclusão
social é apresentada, mas também o contrato social e a
cidadania que lhes fazem contraponto. A partir desta
realidade introduz-se o Campo da Saúde Mental, sua
constituição, e suas questões de base, a tutela,
periculosidade e cuidado. Em seguida, a discussão é trazida
para o contexto brasileiro e discute-se a Reforma
Psiquiátrica Brasileira, forma mais atual do Campo da
Assistência em Saúde Mental,e como se pensa a Inserção
Social em seu contexto. Finaliza-se com a apresentação
do percurso feito para se constituir uma Rede Municipal de
Assistência em Saúde Mental.<br>In this work some of the questions related to how the
Social Insertion notion has been used by the professionals
on the Psychiatric Reform Field. First, a presentation of
the Social Field constitution and the changes that have
happened in it on the past decades is presented. The new
social question which is the social exclusion is presented,
and also the social contract and citizenship which oppose
it.Based on that reality, the Mental Health Field is
introduced, its constitution and its basic questions:
dangerousness, tutelage and the care. Then, the discussion
is presented about the Brazilian context and the Brazilian
Psychiatric Reform, the Mental Health Field's new face, and
how the Social Insertion on the former context has been
thought. Finally, a presentation of the paths that have
been followed so that a local Mental Health Help Net is
presented.
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Smith, Kimberly S. M. (Kimberly Ann) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "New materials for teaching computational thinking in early childhood education." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112546.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2017.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Page 104 blank.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-103).<br>The need for computer science education is greater than ever. There are currently over 500,000 unfilled computer science jobs in the United States and many schools do not teach computer science in their classrooms. Computers are powerful tools, and computational thinking-skills of problem-solving, logic, and abstraction that form the foundation of computer science-can be applied across other disciplines. Many current approaches to computer science education use computer screens. Though computer science education is important and effective from a young age, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends we limit screen time in children; and research shows that excessive screen time is detrimental for a child's development. A 2006 research study by Angeline Lillard published in Science showed that Montessori students scored higher on academic, cognitive, social, and behavioral tests than students in a traditional elementary school setting. The Montessori Method is characterized by mixed-age classrooms, child-driven learning, and a series of sensorial, physical materials. Developed nearly 100 years ago by Dr. Maria Montessori, the Montessori curriculum does not explicitly include computer science in its curriculum. This research examines the Montessori Method as a way to teach computer science for early childhood education. Interpreting and extending Dr. Montessori's original pedagogy, I have developed a curriculum with new learning materials for young children that breaks down the fundamentals of computational thinking into a set of discrete concepts that are expressed in tactile, hands-on ways. This research evaluates this approach through direct observation and teacher feedback; and suggests the potential for this Method as an effective approach to teach computational concepts to young children.<br>by Kimberly Smith.<br>S.M.
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Midgley, Henry Charles. "The political thinking of the New Model Army 1647-54." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612415.
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Davis, Carole. "Developing academics for the future : new thinking on teaching observations." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2014. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13796/.
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This project explored how the teaching observation experience informs the professional practice of an educational developer. By researching teaching activity and dialogic interaction within the context of teaching observation feedback, a theoretical framework was developed. I was both subject and researcher and perceived myself as an agent of change who sought to improve her own professional practice. The intention was not to generalize the findings to a larger population, but to explore through contextual description and analysis what was happening in my own organization and how I might improve this. Ten academics in Engineering and Computing Sciences were observed by me, teaching on three separate occasions over the course of one semester. The post-teaching observation feedback and learning conversations were recorded and analysed with additional data provided by field notes and journal entries that I made as the practitioner researcher. Teaching observation events provided the context of a safe space where essential conversations could take place, along with a critical exploration of the subjective experience of the participants. Findings showed a complex and expansive range of teaching activities, revealed by teaching observation and later discussed in learning conversations between each participant and me. The research is strongly grounded in the participants’ experiences and highlights the tensions and shortcomings of current teaching observation practices. The findings especially challenge the notion that teaching observations can be used as both an appraisal tool and for developmental purposes. The paper concludes by suggesting a theoretical framework for effective teaching observation practice.
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Eichelberger, Angela H. "Measuring wishful thinking the development and validation of a new scale /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7191.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.<br>Thesis research directed by: Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Saba, Maggie Sami. "Writing in a New Environment: Saudi ESL Students Learning Academic Writing." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54012.
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This qualitative case study sought to gain a deeper understanding of the obstacles that students from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia face when learning English in a writing course that implements critical thinking and writing process pedagogy. The study took place over five months at the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute in spring 2012. While ten participants--six female and four male Saudi Arabian ESL students--participated in this study, these findings focus primarily on one male and one female student. The aim of this focus was to give a rich and in-depth description of the two students. Two main queries guided this study: 1) How do sex differences affect Saudi students' perception of their teachers' and peers' authority? 2) How do those perceptions affect their development as writers and critical thinkers when learning in an intensive writing course at the high intermediate level? The researcher documented data through three sources: classroom observation, interviews with ESL students and teachers, and student writing samples.<br>Ph. D.
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Zirondi, Micael. "Aplicação do Thinking Process no ambiente de desenvolvimento de produtos." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/264380.
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Previous issue date: 2009<br>Resumo: Um ambiente de desenvolvimento de produtos é um sistema complexo, com múltiplas interações entre políticas, práticas, estruturas de trabalho, recursos materiais e pessoas. Em um mercado cada vez mais exigente e competitivo, sua melhoria é essencial para o êxito das empresas e para satisfazer as necessidades dos consumidores. Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo contribuir na melhoria do ambiente de desenvolvimento de produto, através da aplicação do Thinking Process, uma abordagem sistêmica que utiliza os fundamentos do processo do raciocínio lógico da metodologia da teoria das restrições (Theory of Constraints). Esta pesquisa explora as potencialidades do Thinking Process em duas situações: uma "ampla" e outra "específica". A primeira mostra os fatores de ineficiências do processo de desenvolvimento de produto; identifica suas "causas raízes" e propõe soluções sistêmicas para superação dessas ineficiências. A segunda aplicação utiliza a metodologia do Thinking Process como ferramenta para auxiliar o desenvolvimento técnico de um produto, no caso, uma lavadora de roupas para o mercado chinês. A seqüência processual da metodologia aplicada em situações muito distintas dentro do ambiente de desenvolvimento de produto confirmou o seu potencial de aplicabilidade, prevalecendo o caráter sistêmico da metodologia no entendimento do todo, eliminando-se o caráter deficiente provocado pela fragmentação dos sistemas<br>Abstract: A product development environment is complex with multiples interactions between policies, practices, job structures, materials and people resources. In a more demanding and competitive market, product development process improvement is essential for any company's success and customer satisfaction. This research objective is to give a contribution to improve the environment of product development, through the application of Thinking Process, a systemic approach that uses the foundations of the logic thinking applied at Theory of Constraints. This research explores the potentialities of the Thinking Process in two different situations: "general" and "specific". First one shows the factors of inefficiency of the product development process; identifies "root causes" and proposes systemic solutions for overcoming inefficiencies. The second application utilizes the Thinking Process methodology as a tool to help the technical development of a product, in the case, one wash machine for the Chinese market. Process sequence of the methodology applied in very distinct situations within the environment of product development has confirmed its potential of applicability, prevailing the systemic aspect of the methodology in the overall understanding, eliminating the lack of efficiency caused by the fragmented systems<br>Mestrado<br>Mecanica dos Sólidos e Projeto Mecanico<br>Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica
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Neroni, Maria Adriana. "New insights into the cognitive and functional properties of human prospection." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20968.
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A remarkable feature of the human mind is its capacity to momentarily disengage from the immediate environment in order to contemplate hypothetical future scenarios. This thesis focuses on human prospection, investigating some of the methods used to assess it, its cognitive properties and the functional relevance of this extraordinary ability to anticipate and pre-experience future contingencies. Two experiments carried out with young healthy participants show that the methods used to elicit prospection, the temporal distance and the valence of envisioned events, may affect its content as well as its characteristics. Two studies involving healthy participants of different ages as well as amnesic patients investigate the contribution of long-term memory to scene construction processes. The results provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that a common underlying memory-related factor, the capacity to construct a rich narrative, can influence the descriptions of a-temporal, future and current scenes alike. The third issue concerns the relationship between episodic future simulation and prospective memory. Five experiments with young healthy participants show that mentally pre-experiencing future contingencies associated to an intended action aids prospective remembering, over and above deep encoding processing. Overall, the results of the experiments discussed in the present thesis strengthen the view of prospection as a complex process, which, far from being encapsulated in a single cognitive function, impinges upon a constellation of constituent abilities, which may be adaptively used to anticipate and guide future behaviour.
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Nilsson, Jakob. "The Untimely-Image : On Contours of the New in Political Film-Thinking." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för mediestudier, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-81428.
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This study creates and develops a concept called the untimely-image including two sub-concepts called contours of the new and the untimely-site. The untimely-image concerns the clearing for and the expression of figures of “potential” in thought in the form of moving-images. The aim of these concepts is to form a critical framework for evaluating and conceptualizing political film as expressive, not of the new itself but of its “untimely” contours. The untimely-image, and its many implications, is developed over the course of six chapters. Chapter 1 extensively defines “contours” and “new” as operative in this study, and also introduces a theme that runs through all the chapters: how to think the contours of the new in relation to the cult of the new in consumer culture and in relation to the larger mechanisms of advanced capitalism. Chapter 2 defines the parameters of the untimely-image as specifically regarding moving images, and continues the development of this concept. In Chapters 3 to 6, The Wire (David Simon, 2002-2008) serves the double function of complicating and giving specification to the elaboration of the untimely-image as well as a case in which the untimely-image is used as a critical framework. The Wire and the untimely-image relate in processes of juxtaposition, wherein they meet, cross over, separate, and reproblematize each other. An untimely-image is fully defined in relation to concrete political issues. The untimely-image is therefore advanced by articulating the components and characteristics that, independently of the concrete issue, remain in every case, as well as by putting the concept to work regarding two specific problems in The Wire: its expression of blackness and its mapping of advanced capitalism.
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Wärmedal, Linnea. "Computational Thinking - A New Approach for Teaching Computer Science to College Freshmen." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-92827.
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Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas The traditional way of introducing computer science to college freshmen is through a programming course. Such a course often account for programming, problem solving, efficiency, debugging, memory allocation and complexity. The student is presented to all of this within the first course in computer science. To be introduced to all these concepts during the first course could be compared to learning fundamental arithmetic alongside the mean value theorem. What if the student, instead of learning the traditional, where to learn the basics of computer science? What if programming didn’t come first? If the student where to get proficient in the basics of computer science they would be able to focus on the specifics of the different field of computer science. In this thesis I present a proposition of a syllabus for a college freshmen course to be taught to computer science minors. The course will be built on the concepts of computational thinking. The concept of computational thinking and how it is used in education will also be account for.
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West, Mary Elizabeth. "Teacher thinking : preactive planning, interactive, and reflective practices during new curriculum integration /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486546889380699.
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Reina, Rafael. "Karnatic rhythmical structures as a source for new thinking in Western music." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8204.
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This thesis addresses the issues of how rhythm could be taught differently in the West, how the new methodology described here could impact the performance of rhythmically complex contemporary music as well as becoming the starting point of a new creative approach for improvisers and composers. The three main goals of this research are to describe South Indian (Karnatic) rhythmical concepts which could be considered sufficiently universal to be integrated with western classical and jazz aesthetics, to show how these techniques can be utilised to analyse and perform western contemporary music with more understanding and accuracy, and to demonstrate how these concepts can be integrated within a western creative framework, be it improvised or composed.
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McFadzean, Elspeth. "New ways of thinking : an evaluation of K-groupware and creative problem-solving." Thesis, Henley Business School, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295195.
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Robertson, David M. "Critical thinking and clinical reasoning in new graduate occupational therapists : a phenomenological study." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/792.
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The aim of this study was to examine, understand and conceptualise the critical thinking and clinical reasoning adopted by new graduate occupational therapists as they enter the workforce to become newly autonomous practitioners. The study obtained the perspectives of new graduates, their supervisors and service managers on the means by which critical thinking and clinical reasoning develop to meet the expectations of employers. Factors which impeded the transition between new graduate and autonomous practitioner were identified and explored. Ethical approval was obtained to conduct the study. The study adopted a qualitative phenomenological research approach; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), which informed framing, data gathering and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with new graduates (n=6), supervisors (n=7) and managers (n=7) from multiple sites within one National Health Service Board. Interviews were transcribed verbatim from audio-recordings. The findings indicate that new graduates are expected to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning in a manner that might challenge traditional conceptualisations of the transitioning process. A phenomenon, historically named the “shock of practice”, was reflected on by therapists in each phase of the study and adaptive and mal-adaptive responses to this in the thinking and behaviour of new graduates was identified. The clinical supervisor-supervisee relationship appeared to be the key source of support, and the supervisor the most significant knowledge resource, for new graduates. This relationship was supplemented by both peer support and Preceptorship. Discharge planning was a significant source of anxiety and development of an algorithm to support this process is proposed. Recommendations for further research and theoretical implications for practice and undergraduate education are discussed.
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Murray, T. M. "Thinking straight about being gay : natural law theory and the new homosexual essentialism." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579521.
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This thesis traces the historical demoralization of homosexual activity as it developed in Christian naturalist ethics from the beginnings of Christianity until modem times. The focus of the thesis is not an exhaustive study of all variants of Christian prohibitionist attitudes towards homosexual activity. Rather I am looking at the role of natural law ethical reasoning and how this philosophical approach to ethics has evolved alongside our changing understanding of biological aspects of human sexual behaviour. In chapter one my aim is to historicise 'nature' to demonstrate that a variety of anthropological archetypes have held sway at various times in the history of Western thought, each with different answers to the question of how human nature relates to the rest of the natural world and the causal laws that govern it. I wish to suggest that there is a long standing controversy over whether a human ethical ideal can rest upon a biological understanding of our nature, or whether moral ideals must rest upon voluntary aspects of behaviour. Misrepresentations of the relationship between the natural and the normative have resulted in ethical confusion. The purpose of this thesis is to dismantle several misinterpretations of this relationship that have been deployed in Christian discourse, both past and present, to stigmatise or demoralise homosexual behaviour. In Chapter two I move out from a general historicization of human nature to a specific instance of how the relationship between the natural and the 'good' was misrepresented within Christian teaching. I argue that St. Paul, in his letter to the Romans, Chapter 1, established a particularly pernicious precedent, as he was not merely arguing from ignorance of homosexual orientation, but establishing a form of naturalism that actively promoted it. In spite of this, Paul's reasoning did not prevent the Roman Catholic Church from adapting its doctrine in 1975 to new empirical research in sexology and psychology. While Persona Humana tentatively accepted the distinction between homosexuality as transitory behaviour and homosexuality as definitive of the person, it pathologized the homosexual's innate sexual orientation in the same stroke, calling it "incurable" and "intrinsically disordered". The church's reasoning was that non- procreative sexual activity represents a misuse of the sexual faculty and act. Following revisionist Catholic theologians Curran, Fuchs, McCormick, et. al., this thesis argues that Christian sexual ethics, especially in Catholic doctrine, have given disproportionate emphasis to involuntary biological functions in the moral assessment of sexual conduct. Chapter four presents a range of arguments to demonstrate that the 'new natural law' approach to Christian sexual ethics (advanced by Grisez, Finis and their followers) not only fails to overcome the problems that beset the traditional version of natural law, but adds several more of its own. Both represent attempts to ground positive law or normative ethics in a reified theological naturalism. As research methods improved, a new 'gay science' emerged in the nineteen nineties, strengthening the case for homosexual essentialism. Geneticists even suggested the possibility of a so-called 'gay gene'. This set the Christian prohibitionist's assertions that homosexual orientation is an 'objective disorder' in tension with traditional understandings of 'health' as acting in accordance with one's given nature (unless there are good other-regarding reasons not to). It seemed the new 'gay science' of the late twentieth century threatened to destabilize the Christian demoralization of homosexual activity. The 'preceptive' natural law ethic that had become established in Church doctrine exhorted Christians to 'read the language of the body in truth'. With the genetic code being metaphorically described as 'the book of life' and with scientists implying that homosexuality might be found hidden in one of its chapters, the preceptive model appeared to fail on its own terms. I contend that Christian ethicists needed, but failed, to explain why homosexuality is 'disordered' in terms extrinsic to the homosexual person (ie. in terms of the 'harmful' behaviour to which it leads). I stress that failure to do so makes the moral case against homosexual activity so weak as to be redundant in modem liberal democracies. The recent convergence of reproductive technology and genetic research makes the demand to decide the role that biology ought to play within a proper understanding of the human subject ever more urgent. Constructionists cannot deny that there has been ample discussion, even if misguided or fantastical, about whether gay identity can be 'mapped' onto a set of genetic or biological markers. In chapter five, this thesis presents an unprecedented survey of Christian bioethical responses to this possibility, showing how Christian ethical thinking evolved and transformed alongside the new 'gay science' by emphasizing how biotechnology might facilitate human interventions into creation in order to 'restore' it to 'its full glory'. I maintain that this tacit reversal of the 'preceptive' natural law approach has not been openly acknowledged, nor critically assessed. The authors I examine not only suggest, implicitly or explicitly, that homosexuality represents the kind of pathology that would be an acceptable target for reprogenetic modification, but they also play influential roles in shaping public policy on these issues, in both the United States and the UK. I emphasise how Christian conservatives have laid the discursive groundwork for a eugenic age. In chapters five and six I demonstrate how they anticipate a future in which they will have at their disposal a means of avoiding the dilemma between the desire to promote their own theological versions of public morality and the dominant liberal injunction to protect the sovereignty and liberty of the individual. The final chapter shifts to a discussion of 'liberal eugenics'. In the past, liberals worried about the intrusion of the state into the private lives of individuals. Today, I am suggesting that they may have to worry about the opposite: personal reproductive decisions made in the privacy of a consultant's office could have an irreversible impact on public life and future generations. 'Liberal eugenics' leaves eugenic decisions to the market, driven by the demands of consumers and regulated only by the discretion of parents. This thesis builds upon and expands existing arguments against liberal eugenics (eg. Habermas, Sandel, Fukuyama). It also goes beyond the existing critics by stressing how 'liberal eugenics' diverge from Mill's classic liberal values in several respects, and urges that a principled line can and should be drawn between beneficial therapeutic and illegitimate eugenic uses of biotechnology. I conclude that homosexuality falls on the illegitimate eugenic side of that line, as do any biological targets perceived to influence the behavioural patterns of the subject/patient. Like Pauline soteriology, a eugenics aimed at correcting or improving human behaviour from without threatens to demolish the modem concept of human beings as autonomous agents, possessing both biological urges and the ability to learn, choose and take responsibility for their actions. I stress that the attenuation of our collective belief in human beings' autonomy and responsibility poses a threat to the human rights that are their logical corollary.
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FREITAS, KARINE ARAGAO DOS SANTOS. "THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF IN DIALOGUE WITH OTHERS: FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR PENITENTIARY EDUCATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=36805@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR<br>PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO<br>Este trabalho apresenta uma reflexão sobre as atuais práticas leitoras que envolvem o ensino de literatura no ambiente escolar a partir da perspectiva da formação do leitor. Ao ter em vista a focalização dos procedimentos e normas que regem a Educação Penitenciária, traz-se à tona a incoerência de um formato de ensino pautado na absorção de códigos linguísticos e na introjeção de formulações já colocadas pela crítica literária sobre os livros escolhidos para leitura. A proposta, aqui desenhada, procura pensar a leitura como possibilidade de encontro com o outro, de despertar de potencialidades pessoais e de reconstituição de uma subjetividade, muitas vezes, inerte e presa a estigmas. Para isso, é necessário reconfigurar a relação entre o mediador de leitura e o leitor-aluno, bem como certos conceitos sobre os objetivos dessa prática que parecem nortear os atuais projetos de educação trabalhados dentro de presídios por todo Brasil.<br>This research presents a reflection on the current reader practices that involve the teaching of literature in the school environment from the perspective of the formation of the reader. In order to focus on the procedures and norms governing Penitentiary Education, the incoherence of a teaching format based on the absorption of language codes and the introjection of formulations already placed by literary criticism on the books chosen for reading . The proposal, drawn here, seeks to think of reading as a possibility of meeting with the other, of awakening personal potentialities and of reconstituting a subjectivity, often inert and stigmatized. For this, it is necessary to reconfigure the relationship between the reading mediator and the student reader, as well as certain concepts about the objectives of this practice that seem to guide the current education projects worked within prisons throughout Brazil.
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Noor, Myzan. "Dialogue, new media and children's intellectual development : re-thinking Malaysian teaching and learning approaches." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/14953.
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This thesis examines the extent to which ‘Talk or Dialogue’ contributes to children’s cognitive and psychological development when it is experienced through technological devices. The work analyzes some of the sociocultural theories of children’s speech, cognitive learning, psychological functions, sociocultural learning context, dialogic teaching and learning approaches in the classroom, social interaction and the use of social tools. The theory of speech is built on the Vygotskian notion of language as the prime cultural and psychological tool for children’s learning development in a sociocultural environment. Lev S. Vygotsky emphasised that the development of cognitive processes in children includes thinking, reasoning and understanding of a conceptualised social interaction. These processes are core to children’s intellectual learning. Vygotsky and the neo-Vygotskians emphasised the use of Speech, Talk or Dialogue and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) concept in children’s learning development. In the UK, it was evident that the Talk teaching and learning approach (Mercer & Littleton, 2007) contributed effectively to children’s learning achievements. This approach reinforces Talk or Dialogue collaboratively in the classroom with the ZPD concept. The significance of the Talk teaching approach has encouraged this study to examine further children’s speech and the use of technological devices. Hence, a theoretical discourse methodology on children’s Talk or Dialogue was examined for the research outcomes. The aim is to devise a new teaching and learning approach that contributes to the Malaysian children’s intellectual development inside and outside the classroom through the use of Talk or Dialogue. As a result, a Dialogic framework is articulated based on four existing educational theories of children’s speech and learning. This framework is vital to contribute directly to the Malaysia Education Department Blueprint 2013-2025 in promoting children’s intellectual development. For that reason, two approaches are proposed which emphasise children’s psychological functions of perception, attention, sensory motor-operations and memory through the use of Talk and technological devices. These approaches accentuate the ZPD concept between the teachers and children for learning and activity games. This is the study’s contribution to new knowledge.
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Bender, Carolyn. "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Discussing Online: The Slow Food Movement Quickens with New Media." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/communication_theses/86.
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Even with its opposition to “fast” and “globalization,” the Slow Food movement has embraced new media and speed to disseminate information to a worldwide audience. The organization’s use of new and social media is the focus of this ethnographic study to examine the online discourse of the movement through the theoretical lens of international political economy of media and globalization theory. Online interviews via social media and supplemental textual analysis of Slow Food-related online discourse reveals themes concerning time, education and community and shows that participation in the dialogic discussion surrounding Slow Food online varies widely across groups and new media platforms.
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Klar, David. "Sustainable Dwellings and Intergenerational Equality - New Applications for Ecological Economics : A Systems Thinking Approach." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for energi- og prosessteknikk, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-15081.
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A systems thinking based approach was used to define and investigate the current state of knowledge in the academic disciplines related to sustainable residential dwellings via literature review. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with respondents connected to the system definition. The goal of the study was to determine the extent to which the academic disciplines, as well as the respondents, incorporated the social, economic, environmental and intergenerational aspects of sustainability. Significant variation was found in both the disciplines as well as in the responses of interviewees. Life-cycle cost analysis of dwellings built to the Norwegian passive house standard was used to investigate the implications of using alternative discount factors for extended assumed life spans. The results indicated that alternative discount factors have the potential to significantly reduce rental costs while fulfilling the potential Pareto optimality criterion. The alternative discount factors used in the life-cycle cost analysis were later shown to have flaws which limit their usefulness; a methodology for deriving a representative multigenerational discount rate was proposed.
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Imoro, Kari Benge. "Enriching Studio Thinking: A New Mind-Centered Approach for Curriculum Development in Art Education." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228117.
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This study examines the use of Studio Thinking's Studio Habits of Mind (Hetland, Winner, Veenema & Sheridan, 2007) as a framework for curriculum design. In order to compare the ideas with other current art education theories, I conduct a literature review that identifies types of thinking accessed in the visual arts classroom. Through the comparison of Hetland et. al.'s Habits of Mind with those cited by current researchers, I discuss the relevance of the Studio Habits of Mind and propose an additional Habit of Mind: Investigate. In order to explore the use of these Habits as a framework for curriculum design, I design several lessons for a local after-school program using an objectives-based lesson template. The difficulty of applying this framework to an existing template indicates the need for a new unit/lesson plan template formatted specifically to a mind-centered approach. I present my design for a new unit template, lesson template and examples. The findings of this research point to a move in art education towards a mind-centered approach in the visual arts classroom and the use of a mind-centered template for unit and lesson planning.
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Kaddoura, Mahmoud. "New graduate nurses' perception of critical thinking development in critical care nursing training programs /." Access online resource, 2009. http://scholar.simmons.edu/bitstream/handle/10090/9655/Mahmoud%20Dissertation%207%20%20JULY.pdf?sequence=1.
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Baxter, Natalie Sue. "The Progymnasmata: New/Old Ways to Teach Reading, Writing, and Thinking in Secondary Schools." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2576.pdf.
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JAMES, JANN. "INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE IN QUESTION-GENERATING AS AN INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS' HIGHER LEVEL THINKING SKILLS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183917.
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the direct instruction and guided practice of question-generating as a thinking skill was an influence on students' higher-level thinking skills. Additionally, this study investigated the levels of questions generated by the students throughout the five week study. Thirty sixth grade students in a Southwestern urban public elementary school were instructed daily in the use of Bloom's taxonomy as a guide in designing and composing questions. Higher levels of the taxonomy were emphasized for higher-level question generating (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation). A pre- and posttest measuring cognitive abilities was given to determine the level of the students' higher-level thinking skills. Scores were analyzed to determine the influence of the treatment. A significance difference was found between means by use of a t-test for correlated samples. Student questions generated throughout the study were coded according to Bloom's taxonomy levels by independent coders with a reliability of .93. Qualitative matrices were developed to display the levels, numbers, and percentages of the questions generated. A significant increase of higher-level questions were generated between week one (3.8%) and week five (80.5%). A shift occurred in the fourth week, with a higher percentage (61.7) of higher-level questions generated than lower-level (38.3). The results indicate support for the proposition that the direct instruction and guided practice in question generating as a thinking skill influenced students' higher-level thinking skills. The analysis of the question levels suggest support for recommendation that autonomy follows with mastery of instruction and guided practice in the thinking skill before using that skill in a new content area. Guided practice in this study was in the familiar content area of reading.
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Prideaux, Simon John. "New Labour old functionalism : the influences of older sociological functionalist ideas from the USA upon 'New' Labour thinking in welfare reform." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.415588.
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Reavely, R. Scott. "An ecclesiology for multi-site churches thinking biblically about the local church in multiple locations /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p002-0811.
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Hanif, Tahir. "A new approach to project management based on a combination of predictive and adaptive thinking." Thesis, Kingston University, 2011. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/22968/.
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This thesis looks at the two main thinking types currently encountered in project management i.e. Predictive & Adaptive Project Management. Predictive project management thinking consists of the development of a schedule from a known scope and then managing the implementation of the project in accordance with that schedule. This type of thinking is also known as the traditional approach to project management and has been extensively used since the introduction of project management in the 1960s. Adaptive thinking is used for fast track projects that are going to be subjected to a high rate of change and uncertainty. Methods have been developed mainly in the IT industry to deal with the fast turn-around and demand for IT and software development projects. Projects utilising adaptive project management' thinking deliver the final product through a series of iterations and rely on high calibre and empowered individuals to make critical decisions. There is much to learn from both thinking types. This thesis looks at a selected few methods that fall under each category, to highlight the main similarities and differences. In addition to this a questionnaire survey was carried out amongst clients, promoters, project managers and team members to find out their views and perceptions about their experiences relating to project management. To supplement the research, an analysis of keywords from the International Journal of Project Management was conducted from 1983 through to 2010. This amounted to reviewing 1,863 papers over a 28 year period containing 5,776 words. Some interesting trends have emerged from this analysis. As a direct result of the keyword analysis, a new pictogram has been developed that can be used for teaching and highlighting project management principles to students, project team members, clients, stakeholders and end users. Finally the thesis concludes with a framework for implementing good project management called SixP. This framework can be used on any type of project and ensures that the right project management approach is selected, customised, implemented and maintained throughout the project life cycle. This approach was presented to delegates at the International Project Management Association (IPMA) 24th World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey on 2nd November 2010.
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Masters, Kevin Ian Albert. "From New Public Management to Lean thinking : understanding and managing 'potentially avoidable failure induced demand'." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2355/.
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The central objective of this thesis is to investigate, understand and explain the conditions under which the administrative problem known as potentially avoidable failure induced demand (PAFID) arises in UK public services and might be prevented. PAFID is defined as “customer contacts that appear to be precipitated by earlier failures, such as failures to do things right first time, which cause additional and potentially avoidable demands to impinge upon public services”. A secondary objective of the thesis is to establish how, and under what better conditions, the public sector could successfully exploit the management paradigm called Lean thinking, as an alternative to the current New Public Management method, in order to address the PAFID problem. An analysis of the results from three case-studies conducted in UK local authority settings confirms that nearly half of all customer contacts in high-volume services such as housing benefits are potentially avoidable. The extrapolation of this finding to the contact volumes and handling costs in one UK council alone suggests possible savings of more than £1 million a year. The potential benefits that are available to the case-study councils and nearly 500 other local councils, together with numerous other providers of UK public services, are also very substantial. A variety of conceptual lenses are applied to the PAFID problem in order to generate alternative explanations and policy options. This thesis makes a number of contributions to public sector management theory and practice, including the finding that councils might reduce principal-agent problems that add to PAFID by espousing more supportive and enabling environments, and by adopting systems-oriented approaches that acknowledge the complex and subjective nature of real-world problems. The findings also suggest that, while the deployment of Lean ‘tools' can result in short-term savings and performance improvements, the adoption of Lean thinking as a comprehensive management approach is more likely to bring about fundamental changes.
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Azcaray, Fernández Joseba Koldobika. "METODOLOGÍA PARA INTEGRAR EL DISEÑO EN UN PROCESO CURRICULAR STEAM A TRAVÉS DEL USO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS CREATIVAS." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/125704.
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[ES] La entrada al s. XXI ha supuesto cambios tecnológicos que han influenciado los estilos de vida llevando a cabo una transformación de la sociedad más joven hasta la más adulta, abriendo nuevas perspectivas de investigación y paradigmas educativos.
A lo largo de la historia, se ha demostrado el potencial creativo y de innovación que poseen los niños a la hora de resolver determinadas situaciones, pero a su vez, la capacidad de perderlo si no es gestionado adecuadamente. Inmersos ya en la cuarta revolución industrial, las nuevas herramientas tecnológicas sugieren retos innovadores hacia la búsqueda de soluciones de los problemas planteados en el marco de la enseñanza.
Esta investigación plantea el diseño de un escenario basado en el movimiento maker y FabLab, donde los alumnos y profesores tengan opciones de aprendizaje a partir del uso de la fabricación digital, impresión 3D y la robótica educativa como herramientas para generar ideas creativas e innovadoras.
Para llevar a cabo una integración de las técnicas del área de la creatividad, se realiza un estudio a partir de estrategias relacionadas con el diseño. Se presenta el concepto design thinking como una metodología dirigida a la resolución de problemas donde los estudiantes estarán capacitados para desarrollar nuevas ideas, construirlas y llevar a cabo una experimentación basándose en los conocimientos adquiridos en las aulas.
Se elabora un enfoque donde tanto los docentes como los alumnos adquieren un nuevo rol de diseñadores. Para ello se establece un escenario, que, apoyado desde diversos informes internacionales, se analiza la innovación de la educación desde la nueva tendencia educativa multidisciplinar STEM (acrónimo del inglés Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) y cómo las distintas instituciones y políticas educativas comienzan en el desarrollo de nuevas herramientas y métodos basados en estrategias de diseño para ofrecer y generar modelos y tácticas curriculares.
Como consecuencia, se analiza la evolución del concepto STEM to STEAM y cómo la integración del término Art (A) favorece el nexo creativo entre disciplinas de ciencia y tecnología. A modo significativo, destaca la importancia de utilizar estrategias basadas en el diseño y la creatividad como una prioridad en la búsqueda de soluciones.
Para llevar a cabo esta gestión multidisciplinar, se desarrolla la metodología DiTec, implicando estrategias basadas en el design thinking como una guía creativa hacia la búsqueda de soluciones y el uso de las nuevas tecnologías como el medio curricular para experimentar ideas y generar conocimiento.
Con el fin de validar la investigación, se realiza tres casos prácticos donde la metodología DiTec ha posibilitado estandarizar y dar viabilidad al concepto STEAM y cómo el diseño se establece como una futura disciplina proyectual.<br>[CAT] L'entrada al s. XXI ha suposat canvis tecnològics que han influenciat els estils de vida duent a terme una transformació de la societat més jove fins a la més adulta, obrint noves perspectives de recerca i paradigmes educatius.
Al llarg de la història, s'ha demostrat el potencial creatiu i d'innovació que posseeixen els infants a l'hora de resoldre determinades situacions, però alhora, la capacitat de perdre'l si no és gestionat adequadament. Immersos ja en la quarta revolució industrial, les noves eines tecnològiques suggereixen reptes innovadors cap a la recerca de soluci-ons dels problemes plantejats en el marc de l'ensenyament.
Aquesta investigació planteja el disseny d'un escenari basat en el moviment maker i FabLab, on els alumnes i professors tinguin opcions d'aprenentatge a partir de l'ús de la fabricació digital, impressió 3D i la robòtica educativa com a eines per generar idees creatives i innovadores.
Per dur a terme una integració de les tècniques de l'àrea de la creativitat, es realitza un estudi a partir d'estratègies relacionades amb disseny. Es presenta el concepte design thinking com una metodologia dirigida a la resolució de problemes on els estudiants estaran capacitats per desenvolupar noves idees, construir-les i dur a terme una expe-rimentació basant-se en els coneixements adquirits a les aules.
S'elabora un enfoc on tant els docents com els alumnes adquireixen un nou rol de dis-senyadors. Per a això s'estableix un escenari, que, amb el suport des de diversos in-formes internacionals, s'analitza la innovació de l'educació des de la nova tendència educativa multidisciplinària STEM (acrònim de l'anglès Science, Technology, Engine-ering, & Mathematics) i com les diferents institucions i polítiques educatives comen-cen en el desenvolupament de noves eines i mètodes basats en estratègies de disseny per oferir i generar models i tàctiques curriculars.
Com a conseqüència, s'analitza l'evolució del concepte STEM to STEAM i com la inte-gració del terme Art (A) afavoreix el nexe creatiu entre disciplines de ciència i tecno-logia. A manera significativa, destaca la importància d'utilitzar estratègies basades en el disseny i la creativitat com una prioritat en la recerca de solucions.
Per dur a terme aquesta gestió multidisciplinària, es desenvolupa la metodologia Di-Tec, implicant estratègies basades en el design thinking com una guia creativa cap a la recerca de solucions i l'ús de les noves tecnologies com el mitjà curricular per experi-mentar idees i generar coneixement.
Per tal de validar la investigació, es realitza tres casos pràctics on la metodologia Ditec ha possibilitat estandarditzar i donar viabilitat al concepte STEAM i com el disseny s'estableix com una futura disciplina projectual.<br>[EN] The entry into the 21st century has supposed technological changes that have influenced modern life, undertaking this way a transformation of both the younger and the elder generation and opening the scope for new prospects of research and educational paradigms.
Throughout history it has been illustrated the creative and innovative potential that children possess while facing and solving certain situations, but this ability may also vanish if it is not adequately managed. Already immersed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, new technological tools suggest innovative challenges towards the search of solutions concerning to issues raised within the framework of formal education.
This research presents the design for a scenario based on the maker movement and FabLab, where both students and teachers have available learning options from the use of digital fabrication, 3D printing and Educational Robotics as tools for the generation of creative and innovative ideas.
In order to carry out the integration of techniques concerning the field of creativity, the research is guided through active strategies related to design. The concept of de-sign thinking is presented as a methodology focused on problem solving in which the students will be able to develop new ideas, construct them and carry out a testing, looking into the acquired knowledge inside the classrooms.
For that, a new approach is elaborated; in this approach teachers and students acquire a new role as knowledge and learning designers. It establishes a context that, supported by diverse international reports, analyses the innovation of education from the point of the new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics) educational tendency and how different institutions and education politics start within the development of new tools and methods based on design strategies to offer and generate curricular models and tactics.
The study analyses the evolution of 'STEM to STEAM' and how the inclusion of the term 'A' favours the creative link among disciplines of science and technology. The importance of using design-based strategies and the creativity as a priority for solution searching is highlighted in a meaningful way.
In order to conduct this multidisciplinary management, DiTec methodology is developed, involving strategies based on design thinking as a creative guide towards the search of solutions and the use of new technologies as the curricular vehicle to experiment ideas and generate knowledge.
To validate this research, three practical cases are performed, in which DiTec method-ology has allowed for standardization and for the viability of STEAM concept and how the term design is established as a future curricular discipline.<br>Azcaray Fernández, JK. (2019). METODOLOGÍA PARA INTEGRAR EL DISEÑO EN UN PROCESO CURRICULAR STEAM A TRAVÉS DEL USO DE LAS NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS CREATIVAS [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/125704<br>TESIS
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Engdahl, Josefine, and Alexandra Hummel. "A Brand New Manner : En studie om Design Thinking och dess existens i stärkandet av Sverige som varumärke." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-19301.
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence of the discipline Design Thinking in a project that aims to strengthen Sweden as a brand. The study will generate knowledge about Design Thinking, with the purpose to increase the understanding of how the discipline can be used as a strategic tool in the processes of strengthening Nation Branding. The authors have used a descriptive and qualitative approach where the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 was examined. The theoretical framework contains previous research in the field, data has been analysed in relation to Lockwood's ten principles of how an organization can become more design-minded and Anholt’s hexagon, which features the parameters that creates a country's Nation Branding. The authors have used Montaña’s et al. Brand design management model to discern connections between a country's brand and the discipline of Design Thinking. The authors could determine that the organization of the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 applied Design Thinking to their mindset and that the discipline contributed to the strengthening of Sweden as a brand. However, it is clear that the discipline wasn’t only used as a strategic tool, but also unconsciously. The study has contributed to an increased understanding of the discipline Design Thinking and how it can be used in a more strategic way, in a context where the purpose is to strengthen a nation’s brand.<br>Perspektivet i denna studie grundar sig i disciplinen Design Thinking då tankarna bakom och nyfikenheten kring disciplinen växer sig allt starkare idag. Trots en upptrappad medvetenhet om disciplinens ökade relevans känner få till hur Design Thinking kan omsättas i praktiken och hur en organisation kan bli mer design-minded. Ytterligare har relativt lite uppmärksamhet lagts på hur design kan berika varumärkesskapande. Syftet med studien är att utreda existensen av disciplinen Design Thinking i stärkandet av ett lands Nation Branding. Studien avser att generera kunskap om Design Thinking, med avsikten att öka förståelsen för hur disciplinen kan användas som strategiskt verktyg. Författarna har använt sig av ett deskriptivt och kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt där Världsutställningen i Shanghai 2010 har använts som studiens plattform. Åtta stycken personer med anknytning till Världsutställningen eller till arbetet i stärkandet av Sveriges varumärke har intervjuats och sekundärkällor har analyserats. Data har tolkats i relation till Lockwoods tio principer för hur en organisation kan komma att bli mer design-minded, samt Anholts hexagon om vilka parametrar som skapar ett lands Nation Branding. Författarna har använt Montañas et al. Brand design management model för att kunna urskilja kopplingar mellan ett lands varumärke och disciplinen Design Thinking. Studien visade att organisationen för Världsutställningen i Shanghai 2010 tillämpade Design Thinking i sitt arbetssätt och att disciplinen har bidragit till stärkandet av Sveriges varumärke. Dock har det konstaterats att design inte enbart användes som strategiskt verktyg utan även omedvetet eller av nödvändighet. Studien har bidragit till ökad förståelse för disciplinen och genererat kunskap hur den kan komma till användning som strategiskt verktyg.
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Owen, Walter Lee. "A new model of evolution education for middle school science." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2999.
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Proposes a new model for teaching inquiry and critical thinking in the middle school science classroom. This model will assist students in learning the evidence for evolution for themselves, as well as assisting them in developing skills in critical thinking and inquiry. The objective of this model is to create a more scientifically literate student body who can go on to pursue an even greater understanding of the nature of science.
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Brant, Kiera Kaia'tano:ron. "'But How Does This Help Me?': (Re)Thinking (Re)Conciliation in Teacher Education." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36972.
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Prompted by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), there has been widespread response throughout Canadian educational institutions to facilitate reconciliation through education. In the context of Ontario, some Faculties of Education have responded to the calls with requiring Aboriginal education for teacher candidates, to ensure all graduating teachers have knowledge of Aboriginal histories, cultures, and worldviews. Nevertheless, there is a difference between teaching about reconciliation and teaching through reconciliation. This embodiment of reconciliation as a curricular and pedagogical praxis – a praxis of reconciliation – lies at the heart of this research in initial teacher education. This study draws upon case study methodology in an Aboriginal teacher education course in Ontario and a Treaty of Waitangi teacher education workshop in New Zealand, through an investigation of the question: In what ways do Settler teacher education programs facilitate and engage a praxis of reconciliation? The findings of this thesis propose a reconceptualization of reconciliation in teacher education by identifying the ways in which reconciliation is manifested in teacher education (a possibility of reconciliation), and the ways in which reconciliation is hindered (a challenge to reconciliation). In addition to identifying the possibilities and challenges, this research study also deconstructs the safe space metaphor in favour of ethical space and ethical relationality in initial teacher education.
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Matyjasik, Erin Laurel. "Thinking with the Posts: Towards a New Understanding of Identity Formation and Agency of Aspiring Latina Leaders." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613101.
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Drawing on Butler’s (1990, 1997) concept of performativity and the new materialist work of Barad (2007), Coole and Frost (2010), Pickering (1993), and others as a theoretical framework, this dissertation presents three articles that demonstrate the new ways to envisage the agency of human, nonhuman, and material bodies in the educational environment by examining the discursive, performative, and material practices of six Latina aspiring educational leaders. Guided by Gee’s (2014) critical discourse analysis methodology, the first article examines how my participants were constrained from moving toward their career goals and how they subverted constraints as they moved towards their goals. The second article aims to show how these women use performative, material, and discursive agency to position themselves as viable leaders in their school districts. The third article provides an argument for using posthumanist and new materialist concepts as a new way of understanding women’s leadership ontology by drawing on two examples from my broader study with aspiring Latina educational leaders.
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Barbosa, Gilberto Porto. "Do magic thinking para o adult thinking: a influência das especificidades da gestão pública na implementação da gestão de projetos." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/14591.
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Previous issue date: 2015-11-12<br>Como decorrência de uma maior pressão por resultados e da ascensão da nova gestão pública o setor público tem incorporado cada vez mais metodologias de gestão oriundas do setor privado dentro de suas práticas. Contudo, essa incorporação tem sido feita, muitas vezes, de forma acrítica e por isso é importante entender as especificidades do setor público e como estes podem impactar a implementação da gestão de projetos. Para promover essa análise o projeto utilizou uma pesquisa qualitativa, classificada quanto aos fins como descritiva e quanto aos meios utilizou pesquisa bibliográfica e também uma pesquisa de campo com especialistas da área de gestão de projetos. Os resultados das entrevistas foram confrontados com a revisão da literatura utilizando a análise de conteúdo. Como conclusão do trabalho foram identificadas como principais especificidades da gestão pública que influenciam a gestão de projetos o ambiente legal mais rigoroso, as políticas de pessoal não meritocráticas, a influência política, a maior diversidade e complexidade da gestão de stakeholders e as dificuldades de mensuração do desempenho dos projetos e de seus impactos.
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Goldstein, Daniel M. (Daniel Michael). "Medicine as practical wisdom : an old foundation for a new way of thinking in biomedical ethics." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22372.
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This inquiry suggests a new epistemological foundation for understanding and discernment in biomedical ethics. This foundation, based on Aristotle's phronesis or practical wisdom, contains elements of the lived human experience which are seen as essential aspects of ethical, as well as medical, deliberation. The Aristotelian intellectual virtues of theoria and phronesis, used as "ideal types" of rationality, provide epistemological prejudices that structure two distinct ways of thinking. With this distinction, an alternative to certain dominant trends within biomedical ethics arises as phronesis provides more human centered prejudices for understanding. In conclusion, we shall see, using the doctrine of informed consent, that a phronetic rationality allows different, more humane meanings to come into being. Phronesis, it will be argued, provides a mode of rationality which promotes compassion and engagement in both ethics and medicine and consequently, is the more appropriate way of thinking in these important human practices.
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Zavala, Vinces Jorge Juan. "Individual strategic thinking as a facilitator of absorptive capacity: an examination on new product development projects." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/9193.
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Aquesta tesi intenta descobrir els elements del pensament estratègic individual que proposen Bonn (2001, 2005) i Liedtka (1998), però que no s'havien demostrat empíricament, i la relació entre aquests elements en el seu rol com a facilitadors de la capacitat d'absorció organitzacional -reconceptualitzada per Zahra i George (2002)- en el context d'un projecte de desenvolupament de productes.<br/><br/>A aquest efecte, la tesi ha seguit un enfocament qualitatiu, amb el marc metodològic de l'estudi del cas. La tesi comprèn quatre estudis del cas de desenvolupament de productes, en quatre filials llatinoamericanes d'una empresa farmacèutica multinacional. Seguint l'enfocament metodològic de Yin (2003a, 2003b) per als estudis del cas, i el mètode de comparació constant de la teoria fonamentada (grounded theory) de Glaser i Strauss (1967) i d'Strauss i Corbin (1998) per a l'anàlisi de dades, aquesta tesi aprofundeix els elements del pensament estratègic individual i la seva relació amb la capacitat d'absorció potencial (adquisició i assimilació de coneixements) i amb la capacitat d'absorció realitzada (transformació i aplicació de coneixement) de Zahra i George (2002).<br/><br/>Aquesta tesi ha trobat que els principals elements relacionats amb el pensament estratègic individual són: creativitat individual, perspectiva holística i visió. Aquest descobriment concorda amb el model de Bonn (2005) sobre la matèria. També s'ha descobert que hi ha una relació facilitadora d'aquests elements (entre d'altres) sobre la capacitat d'absorció realitzada que proposen Zahra i George (2002) i, al seu moment, sobre l'èxit de projectes de desenvolupament de productes.<br/><br/>Des del punt de vista teòric, els resultats d'aquesta dissertació contribueixen també amb un model de fluxos de coneixement que interrelaciona els elements del pensament estratègic individual, junt amb altres elements que s'han descobert en la recerca, amb la capacitat d'absorció organitzacional de l'equip, que faciliten l'èxit de projectes de desenvolupament de productes. <br/><br/>Des del punt de vista pràctic, aquesta tesi ofereix als gerents la possibilitat de fer atenció al desenvolupament sistematitzat dels elements del pensament estratègic individual, com també als membres dels equips que tenen al seu càrrec projectes de desenvolupament de productes, per tal d'obtenir-hi més èxit.<br>Esta disertación, intentó descubrir los elementos del pensamiento estratégico individual, propuestos por Bonn (2001, 2005) y Liedtka (1998), pero no probados empíricamente; y la relación entre esos elementos en su rol como facilitadores de la capacidad de absorción organizacional - reconceptualizada por Zahra and George (2002) - en el contexto de un proyecto de desarrollo de productos.<br/><br/>Para ese propósito la disertación usó un enfoque cualitativo con un marco metodológico del caso estudio. La disertación comprende cuatro casos estudio de desarrollo de productos, en cuatro subsidiarias latinoamericanas de una empresa farmacéutica multinacional. Usando el enfoque metodológico de Yin (2003a, 2003b) para los casos estudio; y el método de comparación constante del grounded theory de Glaser and Strauss's (1967) y Strauss and Corbin (1998) para el análisis de la data; esta disertación profundiza en los elementos del pensamiento estratégico individual y en su relación con la capacidad de absorción potencial (adquisición y asimilación de conocimiento) y con la capacidad de absorción realizada (transformación y aplicación de conocimiento) de Zahra and George's (2002).<br/><br/>Esta disertación encontró que los principales elementos asociados al pensamiento estratégico individual son: creatividad individual, perspectiva holística, y visión. Este descubrimiento concuerda con el modelo de Bonn (2005) sobre el tema. También se descubrió que existe una relación facilitadora de esos elementos (entre otros) sobre la capacidad de absorción realizada propuesto por Zahra y George (2002) y en su momento, sobre el éxito de proyectos de desarrollo de productos.<br/><br/>Desde el punto de vista teórico, los resultados de esta disertación contribuyen también con un modelo de flujos de conocimiento que interrelaciona los elementos del pensamiento estratégico individual, junto con otros elementos descubiertos en la investigación, con la capacidad de absorción organizacional del equipo, que facilitan el éxito de proyectos de desarrollo de productos. <br/><br/>Desde un punto de vista práctico, esta disertación ofrece la posibilidad para los gerentes de prestar atención al desarrollo sistematizado de los elementos del pensamiento estratégico individual, en los miembros de los equipos a cargo de proyectos de desarrollo de productos, para lograr aumentar el éxito de dichos proyectos.<br>This dissertation attempted to uncover the individual strategic thinking elements proposed, but not empirically tested, by Bonn (2001, 2005) and Liedtka (1998); and the relationships between those elements and its role as facilitator of the team's absorptive capacity - as reconceptualized by Zahra and George (2002) - that a team develops within the context of NPD project.<br/><br/>For that purpose this dissertation used a qualitative approach within the case-study methodology framework. The study comprises four case studies amidst New Product Development (NPD) projects in four Latin American subsidiaries of an American Multi-National Company (MNC) within the pharmaceutical industry. Using Yin's (2003a, 2003b) methodological approach to case studies as framework, and Glaser and Strauss's (1967) and Strauss and Corbin (1998) constant comparative method from the grounded theory as the data analysis tool, this dissertation deepened in the elements of individual strategic thinking and their relationship with Zahra and George's (2002) Potential Absorptive Capacity (knowledge acquisition and knowledge assimilation) and Realized Absorptive Capacity (knowledge transformation and knowledge application).<br/><br/>This dissertation found that the main elements related to individual strategic thinking were: individual creativity, holistic perspective, and vision. This finding supports Bonn's (2005) model on the topic. Those elements were found to have a role as facilitators (among other elements) of Realized Absorptive Capacity proposed by Zahra and George (2002) and in turn, as an enabler of NPD project's success improvement.<br/><br/>From a theoretical point of view, this dissertation also contributed with a framework of knowledge flows as present in a NPD project that interrelate individual strategic thinking elements, and other elements uncovered by the study, with the team's absorptive capacity facilitating the NPD success. <br/><br/>From a practical stand point, this dissertation provided the possibility for managers to pay attention on a systematic development of the individual strategic thinking skill through its elements, among the members of a team in charge of a NPD project, in particular within the pharmaceutical industry.
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Parmar, Bharti. "A grammar of sentiment : thinking about sentimental jewellery : towards making new art about love and loss." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/94259.
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This practice-led research project explores English and French sentimental jewellery of the Victorian period. ‘Sentimental jewellery’ or ‘message jewellery’ denotes jewellery created to function as a tangible expression of feeling between donor and recipient, mediated through complex narratives relating to its exchange. These artefacts codify emotion through use of complex visual languages, employing the symbolic and coded use of gems, human hair, emblems, words and wordplay. The research has expanded to encompass memorial garments known as ‘widows weeds’. The aims of the research have been threefold: firstly, to add to understanding and interpretation of aspects of Victorian sentimental jewellery and associated craft practices; secondly, to explore the metaphors and narratives inherent within them; thirdly, to test the visual and technical possibilities of knowledge thus gained to address human feeling through art. Outcomes take the form of a body of new artwork and a written thesis, which are designed to be mutually informing. Together, they articulate my response to the project’s central question: can consideration of the ‘grammar of sentiment’ at work in Victorian sentimental jewellery yield new possibilities, through fine art practice, for communicating love and loss in the 21st century? The four artworks that are a main output of the research take the forms of: REGARD:LOVEME, an artist’s book exploring gem codes and wordplay; Plocacosmos, a set of hairworking trials; The Cyanotypes, which reflect upon the materiality and aesthetic of the amatory locket; and Widows Weeds, a large format photographic installation, which considers the materiality and lineage of mourning cloth. Collectively, they explore the typology of the sentimental artefact through development of text/image vocabularies that are conceived as providing a ‘grammar of sentiment’ through which to articulate aspects of human feeling. It is this exploration that constitutes my main contribution to knowledge.
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Wing, Ian Politics Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "Australian Defence in transition: responding to new security challenges." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Politics, 2002. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38662.
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The conceptual understanding of security and the practicalities of national defence are interdependent. In many countries both are undergoing significant change. This work provides an international context but focuses on Australian defence, arguing that a transition is underway from old security thinking to new, and that this is evidenced by changes in policies and practical activities. The aim of this work is to demonstrate the interdependence between the current reconceptualisation of security and the practicalities of national defence. Old security thinking concerns military power relationships between states, in contrast with new security thinking, which uses a broader conceptual framework. These are described, providing benchmarks for the subsequent analysis. While it is acknowledged that change has occurred in security thinking throughout history, those developments observed since the end of the Cold War and the rise of globalisation signify a fundamental shift. To explore this shift, recent developments in the defence policies and military activities of four relevant nations are examined, providing an international context for the consideration of the primary case study of Australian defence. This case study draws on historical descriptions and empirical data to analyse developments in four spheres - Australian defence policy, current Australian Defence Force activities, recent military developments and contemporary Australian public debate. The weight of evidence supports the thesis of a transition in both security thinking, described as transitional security thinking, and ADF activities. Tensions are observed between the requirements of defending a nation against attack, and contributing to the expanding requirements of the broadened security agenda. Despite these tensions, the expansion in both security thinking and the associated activities of armed forces, is likely to continue. This expansion has important implications for Australia???s defence capabilities which are increasingly required to meet the demands of refocused national security. These demands contribute to the pressing challenges of convergence and overstretch. A strategy of integration is recommended to address these challenges and it follows the principles of whole-of-government security and sustainable partnerships. The application of these principles will require the ADF to emphasise capabilities with versatility and adaptability.
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Robinson, Helen Alexandra. "Remembering the past, thinking of the present : historic commemorations in New Zealand and Northern Ireland, 1940-1990 /." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5380.
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This thesis analyses and compares two historic commemorations in Northern Ireland with two in New Zealand, in the period from 1940 to 1990. These commemorations are the Twelfth of July and Remembrance Sunday in Northern Ireland, and Waitangi Day and Anzac Day in New Zealand. Examination of these commemorations has revealed several patterns. In the commemorations studied in this thesis, levels of public adherence generally depended on the extent to which the values that the commemoration symbolised were seen as threatened or highly needed. The commemorations which reaffirmed compelling values tended to enjoy higher levels of public support than those expressing values which were seen as either unnecessary or unthreatened. In both countries, historic commemorations were capable of uniting communities behind core values. However, in cases where there was no general agreement on what those values were or what they meant, commemorations frequently became sites of division and conflict. All four commemorations were regularly used by organisers and participants to express views on contemporary political and social issues and, on several occasions in both countries, different groups battled for the control of particular commemorations. In both countries, increased levels of social conflict often led to the increased use of the past as a rhetorical device. The main conclusion to be drawn from this study is that these historic commemora¬tions derived more of their meaning from their contemporary context than from the historical events which they commemorated. In particular, how the public viewed and understood the values symbolised and reaffirmed by the commemorations strongly affected their levels of support. People were most likely to observe the commem-orations when they were seen as symbolising values which were widely adhered to and seen as threatened or urgently needed. The historic commemorations examined in this thesis were often strongly affected by contemporary events which were seen as relating, positively or negatively, to the values which the commemorations embodied.
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Borfileva, Olga. "Thinking beyond the train station : A new concept of train station as a part of social infrastructure." Thesis, KTH, Stadsbyggnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147564.
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Tettey, Wisdom John. "The 'new thinking' and Soviet intervention in Third World regional conflicts : the case of Angola and Ethiopia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31146.
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Since Gorbachev entered the Kremlin, there have been dramatic changes in Soviet foreign policy. One area in which these changes, enshrined in the 'new thinking,' have had a tremendous impact concerns regional conflicts.
This study analyzed the impact of the changes on the Angolan and Ethiopian conflicts in which the USSR was deeply involved. It also assessed the Soviet response to the two situations, following the emergence of the 'new thinking,' to determine its uniformity or otherwise.
The changes in foreign policy led to Soviet disengagement from the two conflicts. The practical manifestations of the 'new thinking's' prescriptions did not, however, emerge until sometime in 1988 -- three years after the reforms were enunciated.
The reasons underlying Soviet retrenchment in these areas included the desire to seek political solutions to regional conflicts, the deideologization of interstate relations, the new emphasis on mutually beneficial economic alliances, and the avoidance of superpower confrontation. The Soviets, thus, put pressure on their clients to make them seek peaceful solutions to the conflicts. Such pressures took the form of troop and military experts withdrawal, curtailing military assistance, etc. Moscow also extended overtures to the factions fighting its clients in order to solicit their cooperation. However, whereas the Southern African and Ethiopian-Somali conflicts were eventually resolved, the civil war in Ethiopia escalated and culminated in a violent overthrow of the government in Addis Ababa.
Soviet moves towards a negotiated peace in Southern Africa were quicker and firmer than those concerning Ethiopia. This was due, partly, to the fact that until 1988 Ethiopia still held more strategic value for Moscow than did Angola.
Furthermore, the military situation deteriorated faster for the MPLA than it did for the Mengistu regime. The Angolan government was also more receptive to the peace process than was Addis Ababa.
On the whole, the study concluded that the 'new thinking' caused significant reversals in Soviet intervention in the two regional conflicts. It was noted, however, that while Moscow used similar policies to promote peace in the two areas, these differed in terms of detail and timing.
It is the contention of this study that, in the future, the Soviet Union is unlikely to intervene in regional conflicts to defend Marxist-Leninist client regimes and movements, and to project its power. Its involvement in the Third World will rather take the form of expanding ties with more advanced developing economies, from which it can derive benefits.<br>Arts, Faculty of<br>Political Science, Department of<br>Graduate
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Farias, Miguel. "A psychological study of New Age practices and beliefs." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22.
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This thesis consists of a study of the motivational, cognitive and personality implications of adherence to New Age practices and beliefs. The New Age, unlike traditional Western religion, possesses no church-like structure and is usually characterised as a loose network of self-development practices, with a belief system centred on the spiritual evolution of the individual through successive reincarnations and the idea of a magical interconnectedness between all things. The studies carried out used a series of psychological measures, including self-report scales, analysis of self-concepts, autobiographical episodes and attributions to life events, and experimental visual and semantic tasks. Groups of traditional religious and non-religious individuals were also assessed to serve as contrasts to the New Age group. Following from previous sociological literature on the individualist character of the New Age, the first study dealt with individualist and collectivist motivations. New Age individuals were found to emphasise more individualistic values than Catholics, but still differed from non-religious individuals in that they stressed more self-transcendent universalism values and global-holistic self-concepts. This pattern was labelled as 'holistic individualism' and the second study sought to define it more accurately by focusing on the analysis of agency and communion motivations through the analysis of autobiographical episodes. In this study, the New Age group showed a higher frequency of agency and a lower frequency of communion themes than traditional religious and non-religious participants and, in particular, emphasised life stories of self-empowerment by non-material 'energies' or entities. The last two studies looked more closely at the New Age tendency towards highly abstract cognitions, in particular its sense of connectedness, by focusing on magical thinking and personality traits. New Age individuals were found to attribute events to magical rather than naturalistic causes much more often than the other groups. This cognitive disposition was confirmed in the last study, which found a positive association between the adherence to New Age practices and schizotypal personality traits, emotional hypersensitivity, and cognitive-perceptual looseness. Women were also found to be keener adherents to the New Age than men. Given this set of results, it is suggested that the New Age should be thought of primarily as a magical, rather than a religious, system of practices and beliefs. It is also proposed that an individual may be drawn to the New Age not only because of its modern individualistic appeal, but in virtue of possessing a particular personality and cognitive disposition towards magical ideation and unusual perceptual experiences.