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Virtual Reality Technology in Developing Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills in HE
No full textThere is a growing awareness of the need to adopt new technologies and techniques for optimising educational outcomes. Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are growing concepts in the modern age and have received much attention from researchers and practitioners in recent years. They are also recognised as the most important developments in educational technologies. VR is not a recent technology in the education sector, and numerous studies have highlighted the positive impact of the application of VR technology in education. VR simulation technology is a potential tool to accelerate the development of critical thinking and entrepreneurship skills because it allows users to have embodied and immersive experiences. It can provide a safe and playful environment for students to experiment and explore new ideas without fear of failure or judgment. However, these technologies have their own issues. Even with the encouraging outcomes of using VR technology in the educational sector, it hasn't been widely employed and has failed to gain enough adoption by educators. A range of internal barriers, design issues, and external barriers are constrained intentions to use VR technology in HE
The Bedouin of the Fatimid Empire: Faith vs. Politics in a Medieval Islamic Empire
Get PDFThe Fatimid Empire was initially established in 296/909 in North Africa. The capital was later shifted to Cairo from where the Fatimid imams controlled vast areas of the Islamic world, each with its own unique set of ethnicities. Powerful Arab Bedouin tribes were concentrated on the fringes of the eastern borders of the Empire, and many of these professed Shīʿism. A few Bedouin tribesmen even converted to the Fatimid faith and helped in furthering their cause.
On the other hand, in the 4th/10th century, loomed the ominous shadow of the Qarāmitah (Carmathians), heavily supported by Bedouin, who launched a strong movement to depose the Fatimids. In the 4th&5th/11th century, Cairo was attacked by powerful Bedouin, this time from the western parts of the Empire.
Arabic texts have recorded, albeit clouded by a Sunnī-Shīʿah prejudice, interactions between the Fatimids and various Bedouin tribes. Conversely, modern Western academia has commenced interpreting some of these historical incidents in light of their proper religious context, such as the rise of the Carmathian movement. Albeit, there is still scope to analyse these incidents in their proper religiosocial contexts, which this study aims to do.
The Berbers and the Bedouin were two indigenous peoples, however, no Bedouin tribe could match the success that the Kutāma Berbers had with the Fatimids. This may be understood from Fatimid texts which provide insights into Bedouin identity. Since the Fatimids believed themselves to be the rightful imams and thus the true upholders of Qurʾānic values, Fatimid actions with respect to the Bedouin may be traced back to the treatment of the Qurʾān of the Bedouin
Accessing the Authentic Psychiatric Experience: Using Psychiatric Artefacts and Archival Documents to Facilitate Object-Based Learning in the Law and Criminology Classroom
Get PDFThis research examines the effects of integrating Object-Based Learning (OBL) into mental health law curricula. The pedagogy developed for this study facilitated learner construction of a more accurately informed version of the mid-century ‘mental patient’ and the institution of psychiatry. The objects acted as powerful conduits by which students developed understanding and empathy with psychiatric patients. The study’s innovative pedagogical approach combined constructivist OBL with a conventional criminology and law syllabus, including lectures and case studies. Mental health law modules were adapted to incorporate OBL, using archival psychiatric case files and artefacts of patients' personal belongings to achieve this. The research aimed to evaluate how students in criminology and mental health law perceived historical psychiatric interventions and treatments and whether cultural myths and stereotypes about mental illness influenced their views. The constructivist instructional design of the study was influenced by a modified historical empathy model and the ‘object viewer experience’ used in museum education. The methodology involved analysing initial student questionnaires to understand their pre-existing knowledge and perceptions before and after the modified curriculum. Students also maintained reflective blog diaries during the term, responding to learning activities. Their responses, categorised by emergent themes, were assessed for indications of their evolving understanding of contemporary and historical psychiatry and mental health law. Findings suggest that student interactions with the objects led to the development of empathetic connections with psychiatric patients, indicating a transformative learning experience. The study introduces the concept of authentic psychiatric experience (APE), defined as an improved understanding of psychiatry less influenced by cultural misconceptions. Exploring APE can help develop a comprehensive grasp of the history and role of psychiatric institutions. Overall, the study highlights the profound impact of OBL in legal and criminological education and suggests its potential broader application in the social sciences. It emphasises the importance of OBL in nurturing empathy, historical accuracy, and the humanisation of psychiatric patients, with substantial implications for curriculum design and teaching methods
Ysbrydoliaeth - R.S. Thomas - Inspiration, an Exhibition of Poems by R.S. Thomas, with Paintings by Nineteen Welsh Artists, interviews with seven of the artists and an interview with R.S. Thomas himself
Get PDFThis study is initially concerned with the spatial aspects of the exhibition space as a forum for the display, communication, and identification of art-forms. The art form's capacity as constructed and socially delineated ties in with my examination of the exhibition 'environment' itself as an artificial meeting-point in general, and the traditions which make this coincidence possible.
Although the subject of the work is the marginalisation of a
culture, this culturally specific 'manufactured space' can act as a 'hypertext' for universal models of cultural, linguistic, perceptual, historical, and literary identity (and, of course, location). During the course of the work, a dialectic between the concepts of produced and circumstantial 'place' is hoped to be fostered effectively, and shown to pertain to all aspects of the above, both in a visual, and literary context.
Illustrations of these concerns will be linked to the dominant/marginal modes within a generally post-imperial framework.
In the context of the exhibition, I hope to bring to issue the
objectivity of the phenomenon of 'place', both as a 'found' and as a 'constructed' entity. I intend to show how this objectivity is intertwined with the conscious objectification of language in R.S. Thomas's poetry.
Thus, the barrier of a 'lesser-spoken' European language which exists between the poet and the painters (the majority of them) is seen as fundamental to the understanding of the discussion, as indeed are the questions of 'indigenous culture' and 'authentic art'. The comparison
between translation from one culture to another, and transposition from one artistic medium to another is brought to issue, but the intention is not to reconcile the two, rather to create a new space for speculation and understanding, thus emulating the exhibition itself
Innovation in the Mode of Production of Jun Porcelain from User-driven
No full textJun porcelain is one of the treasures of Chinese ceramics, and the production technique of Jun porcelain is also an intangible national cultural heritage item in China. Users' needs have changed because of the application of new technologies. This thesis aims to construct a user-centred system design for the production method of Jun porcelain, which provides more possibilities for developing this field. This thesis adopts the case study and service design approaches. The study results show that the user-driven in the field of Jun porcelain could be categorised into aesthetic-driven, value-driven, and experience-driven. Moreover, the material mode of production of Jun porcelain might adopt digital technology to optimise the production mode of material and increase the production mode of the society of collaborative innovation. The field could simulate the production process through virtual simulation, adopt VR, AR, MR and other forms to allow users to participate and experience personalised applications, and use IoT technology to collect and analyse data such as temperature, humidity and firing time. The social mode of production of Jun porcelain could transform from layer-by-layer communication to a user-centred and collaborative organisation. The study concludes that the Jun porcelain field could create a sustainable ecosystem by emphasising user-driven production methods and increasing the use of new technologies
Some Contexts for Gospatric's Writ
No full textA study of the eleventh-century writ of Gospatric, the earliest medieval vernacular document from the north-west of England
The Mediating Effects of Psychological Contract on Human Resource Practices and Employee Retention Relationship: An Employer-Employee Perspective.
Get PDFThe importance of retaining employees is emphasized by the negative outcomes of employee turnover such as the costs in finding a replacement, as well as the valuable knowledge, skills and connections that employee has. The psychological contract plays a crucial role as a framework in understanding the fundamentals of the employee-employer relationship, as it deals with the fulfilment of obligations and promises an organization has made to the employee, and vice versa. With the use of the psychological contract in employee retention, the gaps between what is promised and the extent of how the promises are met can be determined. Based on these gaps, employers can strategize employee retention practices accordingly.
In this thesis, practices of the organization (HR practices) are used as contents of the psychological contract of which its importance to the employees and the extent of its fulfilment (psychological contract) is identified, which would result in employee retention. A crosssectional study using survey questionnaires were distributed to organizations within the Event Management industry. These organizations are those registered under the Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) where 50 employee-employer dyads returned the completed questionnaires. The data obtained were then analysed using descriptive, correlational, independent samples t-tests, and regression analysis to determine the relationship between the variables of this study.
This research found that there is a positive significant relationship between HR practice and psychological contract fulfilment (Employee: β = 0.355, p-value 0.05). However, there was a significant difference between employee and employer regarding the psychological contract (p = 0.00) and employee retention (p = 0.013). These findings contribute to the HRM domain and offers a valuable connection between HR practices and the psychological contract, and also the link between psychological contract and social exchange theory. Additionally, matched data of employee and employer provides valuable and corresponding information regarding the perceptions of the psychological contract
A Phenomenological Analysis of Meaningful Existence
Get PDFAlthough meaning in life has been investigated widely through disciplines including philosophy and psychology, it has not been rigorously pursued phenomenologically. In taking a phenomenological approach, my thesis is an attempt to illuminate the experiential character of meaning in life. To engage in such an inquiry, I situate my analysis within Martin Heidegger’s existential framework, and I establish a basic concept of meaning in life through the work of Viktor Frankl. I follow Frankl in emphasizing the uniqueness of meaning in the lives of unique individuals. This uniqueness implies that meaning in life is a diverse and pluralistic phenomenon. If meaning is diverse such that what one experiences as meaningful varies from one individual to another, in virtue of what shared characteristics are those distinctive experiences each an instance of meaning in life? The answer to this question, I suggest, lies in the existential structures of meaningful experience. To illuminate the structures of meaningful experience, I oscillate between descriptive and hermeneutic phenomenology. The former enables me to bring particular experiences of meaning into view, and the latter enables me to investigate the existential structures of those particular experiences. My analysis focuses on passion and love as two modes of meaningful experience. After describing particular instances of the meaning in life that is experienced through passion and love, I proceed to an existential analysis of those experiences, attempting to illuminate their structures. In my structural analysis, I set out to articulate the existential constitution of meaning in life. This existential constitution, I suggest, brings unity to the pluralistic nature of meaning in life. I refer to this unifying structure as existential meaning, and I argue that this structure is shared across the broad range of experiences of meaning in life
Reflecting on the Competence of Entrepreneurs using Entrecomp, AI and Narratives People Know and Love
Get PDFThe significance of entrepreneurship as a driver of economic sustainability is globally recognised, leading to increased political engagement to foster entrepreneurial skills in higher education. This paper endeavours to mirror the contemporary landscape of entrepreneurial education amidst the rising prominence of generative AI and explores the integration of entrepreneurship education, storytelling, and AI, proposing a conceptual framework that leverages the rising prominence of generative AI. Two premises guide this study: first, that Case Method Teaching (CMT), which uses storytelling for student reflection on diverse challenges, can be enhanced with AI- Generated Entrepreneurial Narratives; second, that the demanding nature of curating complex entrepreneurial cases can be alleviated with AI. By analysing narratives from celebrated texts, AI can enhance entrepreneurial competencies outlined by the European Commission’s EntreComp framework. This approach enables educators to create engaging lessons aligned with developing key competencies, enhancing reflective learning environments and educators' and learners understanding of generative AI
An Examination of the Worldviews and Practices of Contemporary Chinese Astrologers
Get PDFThis qualitative research showcased a range of worldviews through in-depth interviews with contemporary Chinese astrologers in Hong Kong. Through the practitioners’ practices and lived experience, the study shows the approach to astrology is marked as much by diversity as they are by individual worldviews.
In the regards to their work approach, the differences were shown due to their personal experience and understanding of the Chinese intellectual foundations such as I Ching 易經, that also extends into the understanding of the Chinese characters themselves. Various ways of understanding constitute a range of attitudes on fate. While most participants are of advocacy in human responsibility for free will, there was also one determinist. This result was seen to be due to the influences of the diverse culture or a mix of views in tian ming 天命. All these factors of different worldviews contribute to the distinct approach of Chinese astrologers’ attitudes on fate, as well as the Chinese notion of fate, ming yun 命運.
Practitioners’ approach varied with their worldviews that is a combination of both of their inner
and outer experiences with the world. In the study, some of the societal worldviews were seen to be impacted not only by diverse culture, but also the disruption of astrology in the recent century. Chinese astrology is regarded as superstitious influenced by the colonialism and the contemporary intellectual history of modern China. The ambiguity of knowledge and history allows misinterpretations, misuse, and misunderstandings in some of the literature. Throughout the exploration, the research offers insights by placing contemporary practices and the voice of practitioners in the evolution in its wider cultural environment, contributing to a more holistic history.
The study completed 5 in-depth semi-structured interviews in Cantonese, Chinese, translated and transcribed in parallel with two approaches. Including simultaneous translations to English and verbatim transcriptions from Chinese to English. In this relatively small sample of my study, the attempt is to stay close in capturing deeper into the insider perspectives, understand the practice by examining the development of Chinese astrology through the practitioners’ experiences. With thematic analysis, the research reconnected Chinese astrology as an expression of nature, revisited the concept of change and free will from I Ching, rediscovering the practices as a way of life that is continuing to evolve in modern times
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