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Cognitive style 1975
No full textCognitive style tested by means of letter matrix reproduction test and embedded figure test. Background variables: basic characteristics/ educatio
Ron Goede, second interview, 28 October 2008
No full textSecond interview with Mr. Goede, he talks about his work as a fish pathologist in Utah; whirling disease in fish; water stewardship; politics, including his fight to get good science into the Utah fisheries and water legislation
Nature's enduring patterns: a path to systems literacy
No full textThe theme of this special issue, Nature's Enduring Patterns: A Path to Systems Literacy, was celebrated at the 63rd Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in Corvallis in July 2019. In a world dominated by the artificial, 2019 ISSS President Peter Tuddenham in his presidential address, took conference attendees on a journey, going back to nature, its patterns and the identification of our individual spiritual purpose, towards fulfilment of our joint responsibility to manage natural resources for future generations. In making sense of our world and our purpose, we use specific literacies. We use ocean literacies to make sense of the ocean, climate literacies to make sense of climate change and many more literacies including earth science literacy, data literacy and network literac
A critical social research perspective on self-directed learning and information technology practitioners
No full textWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 64, Paris, France, 28-29 November 2012Information systems practitioners are frequently required to master new technology, often without the aid of formal training. They require the skill to manage their own learning and, when this skill is developed in their formal training, their adaptability to new technology may be improved. Self- directed learning is the ability of the learner to manage his or her own learning experience with some guidance from a facilitator. Self-directed learning skills are best improved when practiced. This paper reflects on a critical social research project to improve the self-directed learning skills of fourth year Information Systems students. Critical social research differs from other research paradigms in that the researcher is viewed as the agent of change to achieve the desired outcome in the problem situation.http://www.waset.org/Publications/?path=Publication
Ron Goede, first interview, 16 October 2008, transcription
No full textRon Goede discusses his family life, education in Nebraska in a German and Russian-German community, undergraduate work University of Nebraska, early years in fisheries in Missouri, involvement with the Air National Guard as an aircraft mechanic, graduate studies at Utah State University in fisheries, and his career in Utah fisheries, especially fish diseases
The descriptive properties of prescriptive theories: an application of systems thinking in data warehousing
No full textInformation systems and in particular data warehouses are very expensive systems to develop. It is therefore not advisable to experiment with ideas too different from current practices. This makes it difficult to apply prescriptive theories in an existing field. From theoretical considerations one might want to develop a data warehouse according to another method such as critical systems thinking methodology. It is however very difficult to persuade data warehouse practitioners to attempt such an experiment. This might be because they would rather adhere to known practices or that they are not sufficiently knowledgeable on critical systems thinking (or any other prescriptive theory) to apply it to such an expensive project. This paper describes a method in which prescriptive theories may be used descriptively to analyse their applicability in a specific field of application. The proposed method is used to understand the practices of the data warehouse discipline from the perspectives of the systems thinking discipline. It is also indicated how this method could be used in other studies where the behaviour of participants is viewed from a point of view of which the detail are unknown to the participants.
Keywords: Data warehousing, Systems thinking, Prescriptive theory, Descriptive theory, Interpretative research.
Disciplines: Information technology, systems theory, data warehousing, hermeneutic
Constructing ancient slavery as socio-historic context of the New Testament
No full textConsidering the vast scope of material on slavery in antiquity, this article aimed to design a search filter that delimits the scope of socio-historical aspects specifically relevant to the New Testament passages dealing with slavery. The term ‘search filter’ was borrowed from Information Technology, denoting defined search terms aimed at more efficient and effective searches of vast amounts of data. The search filter designed in this article made use of the following search terms: the period under investigation; the geographical region under investigation; various definitions of slavery; ancient terminology for slavery; and aspects arising from the New Testament passages themselves. Each of these criteria were considered in turn, and the results were used to define the search filter. Finally, the search filter was represented schematically
Die verhouding tussen ouer en jonger geslagte in die Nuwe Testament: ’n Filologiese studie
No full textChurches experience tension between the ministry needs of younger and older generations in the congregation. A focus on either one or the other brings polarisation in congregations between younger and older members. The profile of the Early Church as sketched in the New Testament, however, draws a picture in which both younger and older generations are ministered. This study investigates texts from the New Testament philologically which sketch this picture and attempts to draw conclusions therefrom which can provide possible solutions to the tension between the ministry needs of younger and older generations in congregations. From this philological study it appears among others that the congregation must consist in its nature of younger and older members and that ministry practices must do justice to both groups. They are indeed all part of the household of God and thus spiritual brothers and sisters of one another. A healthy relationship between younger and older generations in the church is built on reciprocal respect, love, humility, and willingness to serve. When congregations implement these aspects and others in their ministry practices, they move closer to the New Testament image of a church in which both young and old believers have a place to serve and to be served.
Keywords: New Testament; younger and older generations; philological stud
Listening to the affected
No full textThe development of a successful module in data warehousing for 4th year IT students requires involvement of various stakeholders. Critical systems thinking and especially critical systems heuristics promote the involvement of those affected by an intervention, in the design of the intervention. In the development of a data warehousing module the students, who selected the module as part of their 4th year programme, are viewed as "affected" by the design of the module. This paper reports from a critical systems heuristics point of view, on the perspectives of these students who selected the module. Interpretive data collection by means of written interviews were done. Data were analysed using content analysis. Critical systems heuristics differs from other critical systems methodologies in terms of the requirements of rational argumentation. This paper provides examples of polemical argumentation and how these non-rational arguments are the voices we as faculty members (course designers) should hear. The paper concludes with aspects to take into consideration for the development and instruction of data warehousing based on the views of students after they have selected the modul
Ronald William Goede interviews, 16 & 28 October 2008, and transcriptions;
No full textIn Ron Goede's first interview he talks about growing up in Nebraska, earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, joining the Air National Guard in Nebraska, attending Utah State University to earn a Master's Degree in fisheries, and his work in various fisheries throughout the United States, especially in Utah at Utah State University. In his second interview Mr. Goede talks about his work as a fish pathologist in Utah, whirling disease in fish, water stewardship, politics: his fight to get good science into the Utah fisheries and water legislation.
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