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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Transformative Change"”.
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Queer Utopian Theory for Transformative Change in Theatre Organizations
… theatre has the potential to incite social change but inequitable working environments within theatre organizations have hindered this prospect. The sector needs new frameworks to improve conditions for arts workers. Inspired by several scholars such as José Esteban Muñoz, Jack Halberstam, …
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Producing transformative change: exploring the relationships between identity, reform, and competency based practices
Accountability-focused reform has dominated the public school landscape over the past several decades. Spurred by federal and state legislation, standardized grading practices, benchmark testing, various choice mechanisms, and revised teacher evaluation models linking student performance to …
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A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ABU DHABI PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATION
… and share best and worst practices related to transformative change towards sustainability. The lack of leadership skills for successful deployment of sustainability initiatives is one of the most important challenges for organisation. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and deliver a …
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Etuaptmumk: Two-Eyed Seeing, Indigenous Educator Lived Experience, and Speculative Futures for Education
… and academia and highlights the need for transformative change in education. This qualitative study used Indigenous methodologies, the Conversational Method, and narrative inquiry. Thematic analysis revealed three central themes: (1) The impacts of settler colonialism and the complexities …
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Curriculum development in community education : a theoretical study
… a location over time to achieve self-determined transformative change and social justice. Therefore, curriculum development in community education ought to mirror facets of this definition. In this study, curricular experiences would be designed to have these features: (1) community-based study …
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Understanding A Century of Exceptional Progress: Ireland Since Independence
… followed by a dramatic period of transformative change in the following fifty. My work In Fact: An Optimist’s Guide to Ireland at 100 is the first data-driven history of Ireland's first century and seeks to explain the reasons behind Ireland’s extraordinary rise.
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Challenges of Transformative Adaptation: Insights from Flood Risk Management
… component of successfully responding to climate change risks. Discussions surrounding adaptation have, until recently, placed emphasis on incremental change as a means of dealing with climate risks. However, increased attention is now being paid to transformative adaptation given the current …
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Transforming Education: Engaging Students in the Second Decade of the 21st Century
… create the educational environment necessary for change, it falls upon principals and teachers to rethink what is possible in their own schools and their own classrooms.</p> <p>A survey of the current literature shows demonstrable need for teaching 21st century competencies, as well as new …
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Do-It-Together: Informal Transformative Sustainability Education
… for their sakes but also because collective and transformative change is required. Transformative sustainability education provides one pathway to this transformation and focuses on radically altering students’ perceptions about the world and their agency in effecting change on ecological issues. …
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Choose Your Own Adventure? The Experiences of Occasional Teachers in the Reproduction or Transformation of Educational Systems
… at three elements that can cause deskilling or transformative change: (1) institutional experiences and social interaction with others in the OT role; (2) experiences with curriculum, day plans, and pedagogy; and (3) teacher evaluation and professional learning opportunities. In the introduction …
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A sample survey: describing community development practitioners training in provincial districts in South Africa
… socio-economic disparities and fostering transformative change in communities. The practice of community development is guided by core values and principles and requires specialised knowledge, skills, and attributes for professionalisation. In South Africa, the Department of Social …
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Infrastructuring Urban Regeneration. Reimagining regeneration practice for architects and community organisers
… for the contemporary practitioner to bring about transformative change alongside community and non-expert groups through developing tools with which to evaluate their own practice.
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Change Management for Christian Leaders in the Marketplace: A Multiple Case Study
As the result of technological advances, changes in production techniques, consumer behavior, economics, globalization, societal pressure, regulations, increased complexity of markets, and a cultural moral revolution, many organizations are now experiencing vast change. Organizations are compelled …
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Decolonizing Institutional Practices: Supporting Aboriginal College Student Success
… an institution has great potential as a transformative change tool.
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Experiences among U.S. Students of Color, Travel Background, and Cultural Attunement to Intersectionalities in Study Abroad Programs.
… opportunity for creating positive, long-lasting, transformative change, particularly for under-represented students (Milsen, 2005; Mondard-Weissman, 2003; Hadis, 2005; Van Hoff & Verbee, 2005). Over the last 30 years, international educators have reported positive changes in students after …
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How do privileged insiders become change agents? A study of institutional volition
… individuals or dominant actors become change agents, it is less clear what motivates privileged insiders - those who have reaped advantages from existing institutional arrangements because of their education, their socio-economic background, their citizenship, their gender, or their …
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An autonomous forklift research platform for warehouse operations
Autonomous vehicle technology has seen transformative change over the past decade, enabling products such as autonomous automobiles. In the field of warehouse automation, autonomous vehicles have a long history, with automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) existing since the 1950s. Early vehicles were …
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A complex transdisciplinary exploration of South African climate mitigation policy
… CM CoP engages with its key policy concepts of transformative change and development. 2. What does the dominant approach illuminate and what does it obscure about the policy issue? I find in the thesis that the dominant approach illuminates aspects of the climate mitigation policy issue: the …
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Creating Cultural Events: The Role of Design within Culture-led Regeneration Strategies.
… in order to achieve their potential for truly transformative change.
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