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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"personal engagement"”.
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Social and personal engagement and development during study abroad: experiential perspectives from Saudi language learners
… on Saudi learners’ language development and personal growth from learners’ perspectives. The study included ten newly-arrived Saudi language learners in Ireland and followed a qualitative research approach. Two face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were guided by three research questions …
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Teaching communication in sex education: Facilitating communication skills knowledge and ease of use
… that those learning contexts that result in personal engagement and connections with material are more effective than those that do not. Participants went through a series of writing exercises as they read the module, requiring them to either reflect on how the information could be useful in …
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Understanding the positive and negative aspects of different calling intensities
… among occupational calling intensity (OCI), personal calling intensity (PCI), occupational engagement (OE), personal engagement (PE), and need for resource recovery (NFRR). OCI, an all-consuming desire to have a significant positive impact through employment, is often associated with high OE …
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Audience Emotion & Experience as a Source for the Development of New Marketing Strategies for Concert Dance
… dance marketing efforts with a fresh jolt of personal engagement, encouraging the general public to see concert dance as a viable form of entertainment and art that can have relevance and value to their lives.
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Capturing the experiences of feminist educators
… political, prioritising women’s voices, personal engagement, power and personal learning. It offers a comprehensive description of a holistic engaged praxis and powerful potential for practice.
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Employee Engagement: Understanding the ‘Personal’ Dimension of Engagement
Kahn’s ‘personal engagement’ (PE) concept centres on the ways which ‘people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively, and emotionally during role performances’ (1990, p.694). However, engagement has been viewed through a predominantly positivistic, unitarist framework (Sambrook, 2021; …
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Haole Like Me: Identity Construction and Politics in Hawaii
… through language, tradition, and cultural engagement? Or is some blood content or ethnicity warranted to claim cultural belonging, and in this case, a Hawaiian identity? The method for this research began with seven interviews with people from Hawaii—a mix of <em>haoles</em>, <em>hapa</em> …
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'The quiet of mankind': authority, spirit, and enthusiasm in England, 1660-1714
… of Christianity, which entailed some measure of personal engagement with the holy spirit without seeming to be enthusiastic; and two, satisfying the obligations of political and ecclesiastical authority. Whereas the Anglican 'testimony of spirit' attested to the imperceptible influence of the …
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The conscience of capital: philanthropy at the Chautauqua Institution
… the donors embed themselves within it through personally identifying with its philosophy, history, and grounds. Donors join with the Institution through participation in its governance and programs, and through philanthropic activities. My argument/hypothesis is that there is a progression of …
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A seat at the table : an instrumental case study on the personal and professional strategies of resistance Black women professionals adapt while employed at a predominantly White institution.
… as they struggle towards professional and personal persistence. Chilly environments within these educational sites ingrain feelings of isolation and alienation, perpetuating exclusionary policy, practice, and rhetoric. When seeking a seat at the proverbial table of advancement and …
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Young children’s engagement with art museum objects and spaces: implications for the civic role of museums
… study explores the nature of young children’s engagement with an art museum in the context of cultural citizenship(Mai and Gibson, 2011). Using a case study approach (Stake, 1995; Flyvbjerg, 2011; Yin, 2013), the study uses contextual data alongside accompanied museum visits with individual …
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Enriching organisations: a personal exploration into putting human flourishing at the heart of my work
… processes and practices ostensibly the norm. Personal anecdotes and organisational surveys reveal a threnody of disengaged staff, toxic bosses and limited growth opportunities. The result, a palpable knock-on towards organisational efficiency, effectiveness and creativity; and more widely to …
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Is the Medium Still the Message? Assessing the Role of Video in Political Persuasion
… I shift my focus from political attitudes to personal engagement. Observationally, I find that political videos tend to attract more interest and attention on social media, compared to text-based news articles. However, within a more controlled experimental setting, members of the public do …
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Agape and Personal Knowledge
… is to explore the connection between love and personal knowledge and what Jesus' life and teaching reveal about the relationship between these. I want to distinguish that form of love or caring that makes relationships personal from those forms, like benevolence or compassion, where the concern …
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The Effects of Trained Facilitation of Learning-Oriented Feedback on Learner Engagement, Performance, Self-Efficacy, and Enjoyment
The level of learner engagement, performance, self-efficacy, and enjoyment on a knot-tying task by college students who received positive verbal and non-verbal learning-oriented feedback by trained facilitators was examined. Secondary learner outcomes were learner perception of engagement and …
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Twin stars: Shakespeare and the idea of the theatre in the eighteenth century
… to rely on text as a basis for the intimate, personal engagement with Shakespeare believed necessary to the work of the sentimental actor. Such a reliance grants the performer new potential as a literary critic, but also prepares a fall. The performer becomes another kind of reader, and so is …
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The Museum Within Us: Exposing artist-led curatorial strategies in an expanded practice
… composition of The Museum Within Us stimulates a personal engagement with the visual material through handling, looking and ‘reading’. The five accompanying books offer a linear route but the public should feel free to wander of on their own accord. The narrative that accompanies the digital …
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Beyond “Brutality”: understanding the Italian Filone’s violent excesses
… thesis seeks to reconcile the gap between my own personal engagement with the films and the lack of attention that has been devoted to them within critical Anglo-American discourses. Drawing on the “paracinematic” approach highlighted by Sconce (1995), I seek to demonstrate that it is precisely in …
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Body as Landscape: A Visual Aesthetic Model for Sensual Awareness of Challenges on our Environment
… of the scientists but that are vital to their personal engagement with their subject area. The art-science interdisciplinary research presented and reflected upon here, refocuses on these less contextualised aspects of scientific practice, providing a sensual experience of highly technical …