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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Contextual Design"”.
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Design of a Construction Safety Training System using Contextual Design Methodology
… two main goals: to make recommendations and design a safety training system for small construction companies, and to use Contextual Design to design the training system. Contextual Design was developed by Holtzblatt (Beyer and Holtzblatt, 1998) in an effort to address the challenge of …
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Designing Indian streets as social public spaces : contextual design and planning in Bangalore
… thesis is that there is a need to understand and design these urban streets as living corridors through which one perceives and understands the city, and the places where one has daily social encounters. Using Bangalore as a case study, this thesis analyzes spatial and social forces that shape …
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An Assessment of Contextual Design and Its Applicability to the Design of Educational Technologies
… necessitates the collaboration of instructional designers with technology designers. Yet the instructional designer portrayed in current instructional design textbooks does not participate in technology design but instead designs instructional strategies and materials that are implemented by …
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Environmental leadership : the discipline of green champions
… Interpersonal Influence, Capacity-Building, and Contextual Design - would adequately explain environmental leadership strategy, with Interpersonal Influence being the primary mechanism. While leaders indeed acted in all three styles, Contextual Design instead emerged as a surprisingly key route …
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Context : physical and psycho-cultural : a design for the concert hall in Sarajevo, Bosnia
The thesis proposes a mode of designing that emphasizes the active role that the physical context, including its embedded cultural implications and poetic ideas, might play in the process of architectural design. A successful architectural project in that sense would not only be visually related to …
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Caring for children with cerebral palsy: experiences of caregivers in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… approach using explorative, descriptive, and contextual design was used for this study. Simple random sampling was used to sample eight caregivers. Data was collected using semi-structured in-depth individual interviews which were pre-tested in Vhembe District, using two caregivers who did not …
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Perceptions of caregivers regarding factors contributing to malnutrition among children under five years in this Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… approach, explorative, descriptive and contextual design was used in the study. Nine participants were sampled through simple random sampling. Data was collected through in- depth individual interview and was analysed through Tesch‘s analytical approach. Measures to ensure …
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Perceptions of young mothers regarding causes of malnutrition in children admitted at selected hospitals in the Vhembe District, of the Limpopo Province
… used qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design to collect data among young mothers regarding causes of malnutrition in children under 5 years. Twelve young mothers were sampled using probability, simple random sampling at selected hospitals population. In-depth individual …
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The role of Ward Committees in community participation: the case of Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, Limpopo Province
… paradigm and utilized a descriptive and contextual design using questionnaires and interviews as a method of collecting data. The study population consisted of municipal officials, ward councillors, ward committee members, civic organisations, community leaders, and community development …
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Factors that affect the utilisation of primary health care services: perception of community in selected villages of Sekhukhune District, South Africa
… A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used. A non-probability approach, purposive sampling method was used to select the district and villages; namely Ga-Mashishi and Dithamaga in the Tubaste Sub-District. A probability approach, simple random sampling was used to …
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Determinants of overcrowding in the regional hospital of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design. The population was registered and enrolled nurses. The participants were selected using non-probability convenience sampling. A pre-test study was carried out to test the applicability of the research question and the time …
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Experiences of professional nurses working in the Maximum Security Ward - A Case study of Hayani Hospital, Vhembe District
… approach using a descriptive, exploratory and contextual design was used. A purposive, convenient sampling was used to sample professional nurses working in the Maximum-Security Ward of Hayani hospital. In-depth interviews were used to collect data. A voice recorder was utilised to record all …
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Exploring the provision of early antenatal care at Tshino-Mutsha Local Area in Limpopo Province
… The qualitative explorative, descriptive, and contextual design was applied. The study population comprised of midwives working at Tshino-Mutsha Local area. Nonprobability, particularly purposive sampling was used to select about four clinics (Tshakhuma, Ha-Mutsha, Tshino and Manavhela), twenty …
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Strategies to promote safety of staff members in a selected Forenscic Psychiatric Ward, Limpopo Province
… hospital. An explorative, descriptive, and contextual design was employed in a qualitative manner. The study was conducted in two phases. Phase one of the study consisted of exploration of the experiences of staff members regarding their safety and the kind of security measures that can be …
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Clinical learning experiences of nursing degree students at public training hospitals in the Khomas region, Namibia
… a qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual design. Fifty-one participants from the undergraduate second, third and fourth years were recruited. Data collection included eleven (11) individual face-to face interviews and eight (8) Focus Group Discussions. Data was coded and …
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An educational programme to support the caregivers of adolescents living with HIV regarding disclosure in Oshikoto region, Namibia
… descriptive study with an explorative and contextual design. The findings were that caregivers of ALHIV experienced barriers to disclose HIV status to ALHIV; they experienced emotional trauma, and experienced mixed fee lings related to adolescents ' diagnosis with HIV. Caregivers …
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Designing in context : a new building for Boston's Beacon Hill
The importance of contextually sensitive design is once again becoming recognized by the architectural profession. A contextual design is based upon an understanding of historical and social factors as well as the physical context of the project. This thesis is an exploration of the relationship …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of teenagers regarding safer sex in Onandjokwe health distric: Oshikoto region, Namibia
… A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual design was used to carry out the study. Focus group discussions were conducted. The population consisted of teenage learners in Grade 10 between the ages of 14-19 years. Stratified random sampling was used to select the participants from …
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The nature of evolutionary artefact and design process knowledge coupling
Artefact and design process knowledge continually evolve during design development and are closely coupled. Considerable research has been conducted on the artefact, design process knowledge, and their inter-relationships. However, they have only focused on general or specific aspects of their …
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Strategies to support the utilisation of the nursing process by the registered nurses in local-level primaty health care practice in Namibia
… quantitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was selected to provide a picture of how registered nurses fulfill their role and function concerning Primary health care (PHC) during their daily practices. The population consisted of two groups. The first group consisted of 239 …
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