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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Meaningful experiences"”.
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Consent and meaningful experiences at regional Burning Man events
… to explore the impact of consent culture on the experiences of participants at Regional Burning Man Events (Burns). The study expanded the tourism studies literature about the importance of consent on tourists’ experiences and further validates the applicability of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as …
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Meaningful Experiences of the Counseling Process from Multiple Perspectives
… The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of counselors-in-training (CITs) and clients in the counseling process with respect to what was meaningful, and the strength of the therapeutic relationship using a mixed methods approach. The following four research questions were a …
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Activity based interfaces in online social networks
… how activity-based interfaces can create more meaningful experiences for the users and builders of online social networking sites. Medina, a social-networking site based on the idea of exchanging knowledge, explores new interfaces for visualizing connections between people and ideas. The site …
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The Making of Character: When Space Becomes Room, and Room Becomes Place
… of form can activate downtown streets and create meaningful experiences. The findings show that design can transform ordinary streets into places of character, where a space becomes a room and a room becomes a place of connection.
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A generative framework for computer-based interactive art in mass transport systems.
… the audience and the artwork, and to elicit meaningful experience via interactivity. This research aims to uncover the critical factors that can turn an indifferent passenger into an explorative participant, subsequently leading them to obtain meaningful experiences through interaction with …
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Returning from the Wild: Exploring Participant's Experiences of Re-entry from Extended Wilderness Trips
… expeditions is one of the most significant and meaningful experiences associated with taking part in this form of outdoor recreation. The experience of returning to a home community from an extended wilderness expedition is explored through the impacts associated with psychological sense of …
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Exploring Explore : determining whether students' environmental worldview transforms through an outdoor education program
… reflections of these graduates on their experiences in the Explore program. This qualitative research utilizes open-ended interviews to ascertain the depth and breadth of the students‟ experiences. Qualitative findings indicate that a reaffirmation, rather than transformation, in …
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The use of mobile devices to help young children learn about Indigenous perspectives through environmental inquiry
… took part in this study. The findings revealed meaningful experiences and barriers for integrating mobile devices in early learning. This research contributes to a new space in early childhood education, with technology, Indigenous perspectives, and environmental inquiry being considered …
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Transforming Disability To Advantage: A Phenomenological Study Of Career Success For Dyslexics
… perceptions about dyslexia impacted the life experiences of dyslexic individuals with successful careers. Six dyslexic participants described meaningful experiences in their lives and career success in individual, semistructured, in-person interviews in the New York tri-state area. The …
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Teaching Verbal Communication Skills In The Kindergarten
… environment that would provide time and experiences which would help children to increase their language competency. Development of language competency in kindergarten children can be noted over a six-week period through their dictations when the teacher acts as a model for appropriate …
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Empowering Place: Unlocking Value for Investors by Integrating Indigenous Values in Luxury Hospitality
… as travelers increasingly seek unique, meaningful experiences. In today’s global market, trends centered on personalization, wellness, authenticity, and regeneration—further accelerated in the post-pandemic travel era—present both challenges and opportunities for real estate investors. …
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Evoking the Art of Nature
… part in a nature-art-making session, and their experiences were evaluated through pre- and post-art questionnaires, as well as an analysis of their artistic creations by trained inter-raters. The nature art-based experience served as both the intervention and assessment, using participants' …
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The Effects of Self-Assessment Using Coach’s Eye on Perceived Competence in Elementary Physical Education
<p>Engaging students in meaningful experiences that inspire them to be active both in and out of school is the primary goal of quality physical education programs (National Association of Sport and Physical Education & American Heart Association, 2012). One of the strongest influences on student …
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When East Meets West: Understanding Travel Experience in Transnational Space
… also facilitates the construction of dynamic and meaningful experiences. Taking international tourism as one important form of transnational practice, this study sought to explore international travel experience by determining, for a selected group of travelers from mainland China who visited the …
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Traversing Creative Space, Transforming Higher Education: A Contemporary Curricular Vision of Teaching and Learning
… and novel, (b) the interpretation of new and meaningful experiences, and (c) the synthesis and critical evaluation of ideas at individual, collective, and global levels. This dissertation study identifies aspects of pedagogical design and teaching practice that enable the building of students’ …
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Casting a Line to the Land: Narratologies of Embodied Rituals and Connectivity to Place
… a greater connectivity between embodied and meaningful experiences with the environment. This will be explored through the act of fly fishing. Fly-fishing is relevant as the focus of the study owing in part to the author’s own experience as a fly angler. The relationship between the act of …
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The Learning Communities of Exemplary Mid-Career Elementary General Music Teachers
… mid-career elementary general music teachers. Meaningful stories contributed insight into the teachers’ communities, career development, attitudes, and resilience. Accounts at a specific time in the teachers’ careers initiated documentation of elementary general music teachers’ career life …
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From being different to making a difference: developing the role of clinical health psychological services in the public health arena
… to share with the reader my personal and deeply meaningful experiences related to my professional development. I will provide a description and background to the three main public work projects I have undertaken related to expanding the role of psychology in physical health settings in the NHS. …
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Festival Worlds: A Sociology of Culture, Collective Experience and Temporary Tribes.
… in populist music festivals is deeply meaningful and has implications for the wider social world. The primary aim of this study was to identify the social and cultural facets and nuances that enabled the production of highly social events, where oppositional cultural persona’s …
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