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Showing 1 to 20 of 4168 for “"engaging"”.
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Engaging young people in democracy
As young people's civic and political participation continues to decline, a number of organizations are working to reverse the decline by increasing opportunities for youth to participate. Communities around the country are taking steps to engage young people through a variety of methods that allow …
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Engaging Clinicians in Cocreating Health
This thesis contributes to the wider debate on Prudent Healthcare and Relational Practise. The study aimed to determine how to engage clinicians in cocreating health by developing a framework for cocreating health to support the patient-clinician interaction and to identify the factors in its …
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Engaging with Motor Neurone Disease
… and policy reports have demonstrated that engaging with those affected by conditions is important for research. Across policy and academic literature, engaging particular groups within research has been considered potentially advantageous in improving the quality and direction of work. …
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Engaging Assessment in English Language Arts
… effective instruction. In the English classroom, engaging assessment can appear difficult because of the emphasis on the development of core reading skills. However, learning how students decipher information reveals that each individual learns according to their own unique connections. Examining …
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Engaging The Public Through Social Media
<p>The use of social media by government agencies to spur civic engagement is still a rather new concept, one whose purpose seems to have gotten lost in the excitement of the use of new technology. As a result, there is not an abundance of research into how social media can be used to promote civic …
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Designing Engaging Learning Experiences in Programming
… research into supporting the creation of engaging learning experiences with programming. A review of relevant research that could contribute to the design of engaging learning experiences informed the construction of four pieces of fieldwork. These fieldwork studies were conducted to …
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Engaging with Uncertainty: Three Empirical Studies
Engaging with uncertainty is vital in business because it can either generate or destroy wealth. My dissertation, comprising three empirical studies, investigates management decision-making and firm performance under uncertainty. The first study examines how organizational stress represented by …
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Engaging feminism : a pedagogy for Aboriginal peoples
The effects of colonization are still evident in Aboriginal communities. This thesis examines feminism in relation to the colonial experiences of Aboriginal people. Drawing on feminist theories, this thesis explores how the ideology and practices of male dominance were imposed through colonization …
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Changing times: engaging faculty in online education
The Internet has become a popular vehicle for the delivery of programs and courses among institutions of higher education. Nevertheless, it appears that many faculty members are still resistant to engage in online delivery based on biases and preconceptions rather than facts. The purpose of this …
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Engaging FYC Students with Quality Work Design
… levels when engaged with their work; however, engaging students in writing is one of the biggest challenges <em>all</em> composition teachers face. This qualitative study asked Kennesaw State University students to describe the work in English 1101 and English 1102 that they found meaningful …
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Transgender in College: Engaging Marginalized Collegiate Students
<p>In an educational structure not built for marginalized students how can inequality be counteracted within the system itself? Specifically, what are the best practices to engage and empower transgender students within student involvement and leadership on college campuses, specifically through …
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Engaging homelessness: Facilitating change through architectural intervention
This dissertation engages with the issue of homelessness in the City of Cape Town. It makes use of existing literature and research on homelessness to frame the severity of the issue. Furthermore, it surfaces the lived experience of homelessness through first-hand accounts of living on the street, …
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Engaging the periphery : integrating port and city
… the city's core and its periphery therefore engaging the life of the city of the pulse of the people. With respect to this philosophy, this Thesis attempts to provide an interface between the city's core and its periphery.
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Nostalgic Neighbors: Engaging the Single-Story of Wholesomeness
<p>In exploring our pasts, memories aren’t made real until they’re articulated out loud. This critical essay offers a meditation on meaning-finding activities of the twentieth century. I offer a definition of the word wholesome, as it exists as both an aesthetic, and as a way to find personal …
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Engaging the networked learner: theoretical and practical issues
… and presents a pedagogical framework for engaging the networked learner. The framework is based upon three perspectives that have emerged from the author’s research. Firstly, different learning paradigms should be acknowledged when developing pedagogical approaches to using learning …
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"Alexa? What Keeps Consumers From Engaging With You?"
<p>As the digital era continues to have a strong influence on how consumers effectively leverage technology, the prospect of introducing artificial intelligence, including smart speakers, into our homes and routines has become largely unavoidable (Bressgott, 2019; Davenport et al., 2020). Consumer …
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Engaging Resources for Cultural Events: a Performative Perspective
Festivals and other events are often seen as important means for contributing to the positive image of a place and for increasing visitor numbers, for involving the local community and for creating job opportunities. Organising an event involves the temporary coordination of performers, an …
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