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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"community connections"”.
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Community Connections Factors Related to Army Wives' Adaptation
… to have adequate support networks within the community to assist individuals in sustaining a sense of personal well-being. The data source of the study is the 2001 Survey of Army Families IV. The survey focuses on randomly selected wives of active duty Army members (n=6451). The research model …
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Community Connections and Sense of Community among Older Adults
… Even though they may be frequent consumers of community programs and services, their role as contributors to community well-being should not be overlooked. Sense of community is a core dimension of well-being because the connections associated with sense of community are important for everyday …
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Creating community connections : sociocultural constructionism and an asset-based approach to community technology and community building
… the early results of the project in the areas of community social capital and community cultural capital, based on quantitative and qualitative data resulting from direct observation, surveys, interviews, server logs, and case studies. These findings included expanded local ties, a heightened …
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The upgrade of the public realm through architecture: Re-enforcing existing social practices and community connections in Wentworth, Durban
… narrative of being raised within the Wentworth community. This research aims to highlight the social practices and community connections which have influenced the trajectory of my life leading to my current point of university studies in architecture. Historically, my family members experienced …
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Minding Our Own Business: Community, Consumers and Cooperation
… among groups of people that shared significant connections above and beyond economic need. For example, cooperatives tended to form among communities of people with similar backgrounds, defined by characteristics such as ethnicity, language, and race. These community connections, fostered …
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Community Connected Experiential Learning: Change in the K-12 Classroom
… problems in policy and system implementation of community connected experiential learning. A qualitative study with K–12 educators from a school board in Ontario and grounded theory methodology is used to analyze, code, and identify several theoretical cornerstones. The prominent themes of …
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Employment and Education Pathways: Exploring Traditional Knowledges Supports for Transitions Out of Homelessness for Indigenous Peoples
… Housing Shelter; Indigenous Knowledges Community Connections; Education Employment Pathways; Social Services Programming, and Indigenous Existence in Society. Limitations, future directions, and implications for policy are included in this work.
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Crossroads: Exploring how micro organizations that leverage design shape urbanism practice
… Urbanist Collective, JIMA Studio, Broad Community Connections, Design Studio for Social Intervention, Civic Studio, and Hector Design. Each conversation dives into the nuance of each organization’s foundations, process, and vision for the future. In understanding each group’s internal …
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Parent education in family literacy programs: a mixed methods study
… the importance of support, validation, and community connections in enhancing parental outcomes. This research highlights the importance of family literacy programs in promoting positive parenting practices and provides valuable insights for enhancing program design and implementation.
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Reduce, reuse, redefine: An interactive framework for repurposing packaging materials through a sustainability-focused craft kit system using traditional and digital methods
… reusing materials found in homes, offices, and community spaces with increased accessibility and community connections regarding environmental education. The Caravan Craft Kit System offers a practical and scalable solution for material reuse, particularly in areas under-served by traditional …
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Educational Farms as Tools for Advancing Youth Well-Being in Underrepresented Food Desert Communities
… to explore innovative solutions such as community gardens and educational farms. This qualitative case study examined how educational youth farms can serve as tools for addressing youth well-being among underrepresented populations residing in food desert communities through stakeholder …
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What Do Our Phones Tell Us About Jails, Prisons, and Incarceration? A Social Media Content Analysis
… carceral lifestyle, system relationships, community connections, entertainment, criminal justice operations, facility operations, and mental constructs. Chi-squared analyses for independence are conducted to determine how video elements and themes are associated. Researchers and …
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A Case Study Of: Leadership Practices of the Turnaround Principal
… collaboration and shared leadership, family and community connections, and organizational structure) were evident in the practices of the turnaround principal. Findings of the study revealed that all of the major instructional practices identified in the research as impacting student achievement …
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From Wilderness to Wonderment: The Presentation of Irish Heritage, Durrow and Glendalough
… in identity formation. It can be fundamental to community connections and provide people with a sense of belonging.
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Self-Efficacy Among Students in Professional Development
… linguistic competence, experience, network or community connections, or interpreting skills. Yet, most interpreting jobs require extensive bilingualism, decision-making abilities, high-demand cognitive processes, and interpreting skills. Moreover, Deaf consumers often express dissatisfaction …
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Low-income communities : technological strategies for nurturing community, empowerment and self-sufficiency at a low-income housing development
… we called the Camfield Estates-MIT Creating Community Connections Project, in order to address the following question(s): Can personal computing and high-speed Internet access support community building efforts; and can this access to technology empower low-income community residents to do …
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Experiential Learning and Professional Identity Development for Scientists Participating in K-12 Outreach: A Case Study of the Graduate Extension Scholars Program
… collaborative, and reliant on wider community connections. These changes have fueled demands to improve public agricultural literacy and strengthen the agricultural science workforce, increasing expectations for high-quality undergraduate teaching and public scholarship by …
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Dorothy Wordsworth's Distinctive Voice
… expressed her perspectives regarding nature, community, and her place within her environment. In my chapter on Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland, I analyze the ways in which Dorothy's narrative embraces the tenets of the picturesque while simultaneously acknowledging the tradition's …
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Community Structure Detection in Complex Biological Networks
… been employed to analyse biological networks is community structure detection. Community structure is a modular network topology where communities are defined as groups nodes with dense intra-community connections and less dense inter-community connections.<br/>Methods to uncover such communities …
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