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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Practice and theory"”.
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Open Systems in Practice and Theory
… shift in the role of amateurs, volunteers and hobbyists as it pertains to the production, distribution and use of information and communication technologies. The work presents four case studies that explore this transition and aim to explain how and why large-scale, participatory systems …
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The Rhetorical Practice and Theory of Edgar Dewitt Jones
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Perception, practice, and theory : a case study of leadership in an urban middle school
… or no effects of leadership on student outcomes and school performance (Leithwood & Jantzi, 1999; Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004). Furthermore, researchers acknowledge that a gap exists in the literature between explaining models of leadership and describing the effective actions …
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Listening to the mind at play: sonified biofeedback as generative art practice and theory
… they can perform intentional actions. To understand explorative play therefore means to understand what happens before intention sets in. But this is problematic: by the time this becomes experienceable it is already clouded by habit and memory. However, thought processes outlined in Deleuze’s …
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The choreography of display : experiential exhibitions in the context of museum practice and theory
In this project I examine curatorial processes and the experience of constructing and viewing museum exhibitions. Specifically I have been interested in the way in which certain exhibits facilitate powerful emotional responses from their viewers. I suggest that the curators of these kinds of …
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It must be love: an exploration of the character arc model in screenwriting practice and theory.
This practice led research is a study into the contested screenwriting narrative form known as the ‘character arc’. The character arc is a term that refers to the motivational and emotional trajectory of a character through the totality of a given narrative. Through practice I developed an original …
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Enhancing learning in early childhood within the family: evaluation of practice and theory in a multi-cultural context
… within the family. It involves an evaluation of practice and theory in an educationally disadvantaged and multi-cultural community. The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) has a 30 year history and was inttoduced into Australia in 1998 by the Brotherhood of St Laurence. It …
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A conceptual framework for supply: supply chain systems architecture and integration design based on practice and theory in the North Wales slate mining industry
… to contribute to knowledge in the form of a new theory for supply chain strategy formulation. The objective is to design evaluation criteria, specific to the context of greenfield project architecture and integration design. This study addressed the aim and objective by synthesising existing …
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An examination of liquidity risk and liquidity risk measures
… well-researched area of risk management. In both practice and theory most of finance is silent regarding its scope and effect. This is principally due to a lack of consensus regarding its definition and measurement. Current liquidity risk measures differ fairly widely in both respects. This thesis …
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An investigation of the metaphoric potential of the relationship between pictorial and sculptural space
… is to provide a background to the ideas and works that have informed the practical body of work. The practical body of work has developed from an intention to locate a means of articulating personal experience in visual form. The departure points for this process are thus largely …
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Finding Fluid Form: A process aesthetic as a means to engage with the prevailing model of thinking in ecological art
… thesis considers common approaches to eco-art practice and its established discourses. Through a critical review of the field it identifies problems in practice and theory that are potentially counter-productive. It outlines methods used in eco-art that, whilst seeking to address environmental …
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African American girls' perceptions of health, obesity and recreation
Obesity and inactivity rates of African American girls are high. However, little research has been conducted that examines how girls conceptualize health, recreation and obesity. Girls have received multiple messages about health from the media and at school. It is important to examine whether …
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The dialectics of textile hand production : In search of poetic content : an enquiry into the position of the traditional textile crafts
… frames the significance of traditional textile hand production as a means of furthering the concept of aesthetic socio-cultural development. It approaches the traditional textile crafts in relation to the proposition that contemporary society is post-traditional and has broken away from nature. …
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Expanding the Object: Post-conceptual dance and choreographic performance practices
… the relationship between postconceptual dance and its state as object. As a practice-led research project it aims to do so both through the written thesis and through artistic practice, which is here presented as a series of video projects that extend representations of dance. Over five …
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Effects of Socialization During the Elementary Student Teaching Practicum on Pre-Service Teachers' Application of Theories and Practices Learned in the Professional Teacher Education Program
… is the process of gathering knowledge and constructing it in a social context. This gathering of knowledge is often acquired formally through an educational process or informally by interaction with other people (Capel, 2007). A physical education teacher goes through a socialization …
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Pedagogia interculturale: prassi e teorie. L'influenza e le immaginabili funzioni della psicologia nella pedagogia interculturale
… situations. More specifically, the process of practice and theory has been investigated and the relationship between these two elements that should contribute to the same goal of inclusion. The research question of the survey is: "How does unconsciousness influence the circularity of the …
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Trans-masc tits: why not chop them off. Volume 2: the phenomenology of trans-masculine gender flux in performance
… tackles the lived experience of gender dysphoria and states of gender flux from my perspective as a trans-masculine artist-performer, capturing my journey through an intimate lens of phenomenological practice as research. The work is presented in two volumes, a practice portfolio and a written …
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Education, Identity, and the New Asian Americans: The Case of Japanese Immigrant Families in the Midwest
While mindful of the institutional and structural conditions leading to their subordination, this study also locates how the process of self-definition has shaped how the participants have co-created a distinctive image of their cultural and ethno-national identities. Therefore, this research …
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The people in the city of the nation : re-viewing Islamabad's fifth function
… the "dream" of Ayub Khan-Pakistan's gregarious and globe-trotting general-cum-president-and the product of its chief master planner, Constantinos Doxiadis-the gregarious and globe-trotting architect-cum-global development expert. Endowed with a propensity for large-scale planning, both operated …
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