140 research outputs found
Hong Kong cinema 1982-2002 : the quest for identity during transition
No full textElectronic redacted version excludes material for which permission has not been granted by the rights holderThis thesis seeks to interpret the cinematic representations of Hong Kongers’ identity quest during a transitional state/stage related to the sovereignty transfer. The Handover transition considered is an ideological one, rather than the overnight polity change on the Handover day. This research approaches contemporary Hong Kong cinema on two fronts and the thesis is structured accordingly: Upon an initial review of the existing Hong Kong film scholarship in the Introduction, and its 1997-related allegorical readings, Part I sees new angles (previously undeveloped or underdeveloped) for researching Hong Kong films made during 1982-2002. Arguments are built along the ideas of Hong Kongers’ situational, diasporic consciousness, and transformed ‘Chineseness’ because Hong Kong has lacked a cultural/national centrality. This part of research is informed by the ideas of Jacques Derrida, Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, and the diasporic experiences of Ien Ang, Rey Chow and Ackbar Abbas. With these new research angles and references to the circumstances, Part II reads critically the text of eight Hong Kong films made during the Handover transition. In chronological order, they are Boat People (Hui, 1982), Song of the Exile (Hui, 1990), Days of Being Wild (Wong, 1990), Happy Together (Wong, 1997), Made in Hong Kong (Chan, 1997), Ordinary Heroes (Hui, 1999), Durian Durian (Chan, 2000), and Hollywood Hong Kong (Chan, 2002). They meet several criteria related to the undeveloped / underdeveloped areas in the existing Hong Kong film scholarship. Hamid Naficy’s ‘accented cinema’ paradigm gives the guidelines to the film analysis in Part II. This part shows that Hong Kongers’ self-transformation during transition is alterable, indeterminate, and interminable, due to the people’s situational, diasporic consciousness, and transformed ‘Chineseness’. This thesis thus contributes to Hong Kong cinema scholarship in interpreting films with new research angles, and generating new insights into this cinematic tradition and its wider context
School connectedness and beyond: success stories of associate degree students in Hong Kong.
No full text自千禧年開始，香港教育制度經歷了前所未有的轉變；其中，社區大學如雨後春筍般湧現，為未能通過大學聯合招生辦法升讀傳統大學的中學畢業生，另闢一條升學的出路。本研究利用個案研究法，探討本地副學士學生在經歷公開考試失敗之後，如何在社區學院獲取成功。參與是次研究的共有六名副學士學生，透過深入訪談，研究員蒐集了每一位受訪者賴以成功的重要因素，寫出六個成功的故事。在整理和分析資料的過程中，研究員利用開放式編碼以及編碼繪圖，找出類目和主題。研究結果顯示，令副學士學生達致成功的因素包括學校聯繫感、個人、社會以及院校因素。在學校聯繫感因素當中，以教師關懷以及同儕關係最為重要，而於個別個案中，積極參與課外活動亦為達致學業成功的重要因素。其他因素方面，學生的自主性及堅忍、學院的環境、課程和評核方法、來自家庭的支援以及個人信仰，均對學業成功有莫大影響。本研究具有理論價值及實際意義：在理論角度方面，本研究揭示副學士學生在學業上的成功，乃個人、社會與學校聯繫感的互動產物；在現實生活方面，本研究亦為社區學院的行政人員、教師及輔導員提供了幫助本地副學士學生邁向學業成功的方法，例如建立校園內的關愛文化及給予學生適切的支援和輔導等。最後，本文亦為其他相關的研究提出建議。The education system in Hong Kong has undergone some unprecedented changes. Since the turn of the millennium, community colleges have proliferated in the territory and offered an alternative path to higher education for many secondary school leavers who may fail to get a place at university via the traditional JUPAS scheme. By using the case study method, the present study investigates how community college students achieved academic success in an Associate Degree (AD) programme after experiencing serious failures in the public examinations. Six community college students were invited to the study, and an in-depth, face-to-face interview was conducted with each to collect data about factors that contributed to their academic success in AD to portray their unique success story. The data were analyzed by using open coding and cope mapping from which categories of codes and major themes were derived. The results of analysis suggest that factors that affected the academic success of community college students included school connectedness factors and other personal, social and institutional factors. For school connectedness factors, the specific contributing factors included teacher care, peer relationships and extra-curricular activities involvement. For other factors of success, students’ being autonomous and persevering, the campus environment, courses and assessment methods, the support from family and religious beliefs were found to be influential. The research study is important in both theoretical and practical sense in that community college success can be attributed to a combination of personal, social, institutional and school connectedness factors. Further, the study inspires how teachers, counsellors and community college administrators could help community college students to achieve academic success by creating a caring campus culture and providing appropriate assistance and guidance. Directions for future research in school connectedness and community college success are recommended and discussed.Detailed summary in vernacular field only.Lee, An Yee Queenie.Thesis (Ed.D) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 407-435).Abstracts also in Chinese
THE USE OF COLORFUL SEMANTICS TO IMPROVE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION IN WRITING SENTENCES AMONG YEAR FOUR PUPILS
No full textThis action research was set out to develop pupils’ writing skill using colorful semantics. The main two objectives established from the outset were to develop pupils’ sentence construction and improve my teaching practice in sentence construction teaching respectively. As the researcher, I conducted this classroom action research to 31 pupils which comprised 17 males and 14 females of Year 4J of SJK(C) Cheng Siu 2 in Malaysia. The data was gathered through pre- writing test and post- writing test, pupils’ work as well as teacher’s reflective journal. Over the course of four weeks, I introduced colorful semantics to my pupils in accordance to the sequence of ‘who’, ‘what doing’, ‘what’ and ‘where’. As can be induced from the findings, colorful semantics was statistically significant to pupils’ sentence construction through the enhancement of pupils’ ability to understand words of each sentence part and also to write sentence in the correct order. The findings also depicted that utilization of colorful semantics improved my teaching practice to become a reflective, passionate, and motivational teacher. Therefore, the positive results warrant further research into colorful semantics with suggestions to integrate Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) into lessons and expose pupils to more sentence types
Improving access to health services – Challenges in Lean application
No full textPurpose: Healthcare organisations face significant productivity pressures and are undergoing major
service transformation. This paper serves to disseminate findings from a Lean healthcare project
using a NHS Single Point of Access environment as the case study. It demonstrates the relevance
and extent that Lean can be applied to this type of healthcare service setting.
Design/methodology/approach: Action research was applied and Lean tools used to establish
current state processes, identify wastes and develop service improvement opportunities based upon
defined customer values.
Findings: The quality of referral information was found to be the root cause of a number of process
wastes and causes of failure for the service. Understanding the relationship and the nature of
interaction between the service‟s customer/supplier led to more effective and sustainable service
improvement opportunities and the co-creation of value. It was also recognised that not all the Lean
principles could be applied to this type of healthcare setting.
Practical implications: The study is useful to organisations using Lean to undertake service
improvement activities. The paper outlines how extending the value stream beyond the organisation
to include suppliers can lead to improved co-production and generation of service value.
Originality/value: The study contributes to service productivity research by demonstrating the
relevance and limitations of Lean application in a new healthcare service setting. The case study
demonstrates the practical challenges of implementing Lean in reciprocal service design models and
adds validity to existing contextual models
The use of social media and its potential in the research lifecycle
No full textThere is limited evidence regarding the use of social media in Operations Management research and how it could be used to support engagement and dissemination of outcomes (Rowlands et al., 2011). The literature shows that many academics rarely use these tools for research purposes even though they are recognised as powerful tools to develop and sustain their networks (RIN, 2010). In this paper the authors focus on exploring some of the benefits of using social media in OM research. The paper describes how social media supported and improved the engagement and dissemination of a Lean healthcare research project
A supply chain taxonomy for blood products
No full textThe Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) is a blood service organisation with sole responsibility for the collection, testing, processing and distribution of blood products across Scotland. A programme of restructuring to achieve greater productivity and efficiency includes the centralisation of testing and processing activities in a new National Processing Centre located in the central belt of Scotland due to open in 2017. This network restructuring presents an opportunity for the organisation to design a more resilient supply chain strategy for the future. This includes the development of a decision framework or taxonomy to support supply chain selection. Grouping products using appropriate product, demand and market characteristics will guide decision making around supply chain strategy allowing SNBTS managers to identify the best supply chain for different types of products that will ensure availability of life saving products whilst reducing the risk of wastage. This paper first identifies the range of criteria used in devising a segmented supply chain strategy as described in the literature. A logical argument is presented to select those criteria most appropriate given the nature and purpose of the blood supply chain before applying the chosen criteria to segment products in a single case study focused on the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh Blood Bank. <br/
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