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Lessons learned from the application of the Serendipity Table method for youngsters in the Groningen region
No full textParticipative methods have used for three years at Hanzehogeschool and Alfa-college. During this presentation Professor Alexander Grit will focus on the lessons learned
MBO-innovatietour
No full textOp vrijdag 10 november a.s. is op initiatief van het MBO (Wim Moes en Rob Schuur) en het lectoraat van Alexander Grit: Ondernemen in Verandering van het Alfa-college en de Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Het lectoraat heeft een tour georganiseerd voor het Akkoord van Groningen. Deze tour heeft als doel nieuwe verbindingen zichtbaar te maken en leidt ons langs drie buitenwerkplaatsen van de Groningse MBO-instellingen. Veelal zijn de nieuwe verbindingen samen met partners zoals HBO-instellingen en overheden, deze zijn uniek in vorm
De Dag van de Ondernemer - OndernemersOntbijt 17 november 2017
No full textSchuif op vrijdag 17 november aan bij het OndernemersOntbijt. Het OndernemersOntbijt is een netwerkinitiatief van de gemeente Opsterland. Of het nu gaat om het opdoen van inspiratie, het delen van ervaringen of zaken doen. Het OndernemersOntbijt is dé perfecte ontmoetingsplaats voor ondernemers en de gemeente. Gastvrouw van het OndernemersOntbijt is burgemeester Ellen van Selm. De muzikale omlijsting van het OndernemersOntbijt wordt verzorgd door Wouter van der Wal, de beste kampvuurmuzikant van Nederland. Gastspreker tijdens het OndernemersOntbijt is dr. Alexander Grit uit Olterterp. Alexander werkt sinds februari 2017 als lector van het lectoraat “Ondernemen in verandering”. Dit is een lectoraat van de Hanzehogeschool en het Alfa-college. Hij is gelieerd aan verschillende universiteiten en heeft gepubliceerd op het gebied van gastvrijheid en ondernemerschap.<br/
Douglas Alexander Stewart, poet, author and playwright
No full textDouglas Alexander Stewart, poet, author and playwrigh
Fashion Culture: Alexander McQueen: Unseen
No full textAlexander McQueen’s spectacular shows were full of extraordinary moments and people. Author and photographer Robert Fairer will discuss his stunning, high-energy photographs of McQueen’s runway shows. Fairer, who was Vogue's backstage fashion photographer for more than a decade, was an integral part of the whirl of activity behind the scenes. In "Alexander McQueen: Unseen," Fairer's images, which capture both the glamour and the grit, represent a new genre of fashion photography and are a treasure trove of inspiration. Robert Fairer joins writer and consultant John Matheson (of Instagram's @McQueen_Vault) in a talk moderated by MFIT’s senior curator of education Tanya Melendez-Escalante
Inclusiveness, serendipity and complex space : processes that (may) enhance inclusiveness
No full textSome people are better at looking at things from a wider perspective than others – they can think outside the box. Individuals, companies and organizations strive for continuity to provide basic safety. Innovation is crucial to survive in the modern world. Sometimes we need to be quick and exploit new opportunities when we see them.Towards explorative spaceIt can be argued that many potentialities within society are left unused by organising spaces (including incubators) based on modern planning practices. These planning practises regard space as predictable and manageable. By applying modern management principles to spaces, an important function of spaces can be easily overlooked and that is that spaces can be regarded as spaces which provide ‘difference’. This difference in spaces entails for example that space gives an opportunity to experiment with different futures, or perhaps towards inclusiveness. Understood in this context as “the quality of including all sections of society”. Modern planning practices often have the tendency to exclude sections of society. This requires reconsideration when entering a smart world! Dr. Alexander Grit, professor Entrepreneurship in transition from the Alfa-college and Hanze University of Applied sciences Groningen argues that facilitators (organizers) of space are in need of tools which allow them open up space and enhance entrepreneurial mindset. The professorship has developed two concepts which potentially open up space to difference and inclusiveness. The first tool is the training Host at the serendipity table whereby a host trained to facilitate a process of finding the unexpected within a group setting. The second tool is the training becoming a critical friend which provides a framework for asking the right questions and dialog. In his presentation, Alexander will introduce the two concepts in his presentation.<br/
Basic psychological needs and GRIT in university students with pronabec scholarships
No full textSolicitud de embargo por publicación en revista indexada.El presente estudio cuantitativo de diseño predictivo tiene como objetivo general determinar la influencia de las Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas (NPB) y algunas variables sociodemográficas sobre el GRIT en una muestra de estudiantes becarios financiados por PRONABEC de una universidad privada de Lima. Se aplicaron la Escala de Grit y la Escala de Satisfacción y Frustración de Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas a 865 estudiantes, de los cuales el 54.7% son del sexo femenino y las edades fluctúan entre los 16 y 47 años de edad, siendo el 74.5% residentes de Lima. Los resultados mostraron que el GRIT está relacionado positivamente con la satisfacción de las NPB, a mayores niveles de GRIT, mayor probabilidad de satisfacer las NPB y viceversa. Por lo contrario, existe una relación negativa entre las dimensiones del GRIT (consistencia y perseverancia) y la frustración de las NPB. Asimismo, se identificó que las mujeres y estudiantes de primera generación presentan mayores niveles de GRIT. La capacidad predictiva del modelo valorada mediante R cuadrado corregido fue de 0.503. Como conclusión la presente investigación confirma un alto grado de influencia de la dimensión satisfacción de la necesidad competencia sobre el GRIT. Así como, la influencia de las variables sociodemográficas en cuanto a la consecución de objetivos. Lo cual podría ser objeto de procesos interventivos que busquen fortalecer el GRIT y las NPB en una muestra con características similares.The present quantitative study of predictive design aims to determine the influence of basic psychological needs and some socio-demographic variables on GRIT, in a sample constituted by scholarship students financed by PRONABEC from a private university in Lima. The GRIT Scale and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale were applied to 865 students, 54.7% were female, the ages fluctuated between 16 and 47 years of age, 74.5% were residents in Lime. Results demonstrated that Basic Psychological Need’s satisfaction has a positive influence on GRIT. At higher GRIT levels, the greater probability of satisfying the NPB and vice versa. On the other hand, there is a negative relationship between the GRIT dimensions (consistency and perseverance) and NPB frustration. In addition, women and first generation students showing higher GRIT levels. The predictive power of the model valued through corrected R square was 0.503. To conclude, this research confirms a high degree of influence of the competence needs satisfaction dimension on the GRIT and the influence of sociodemographic variables in achieving objectives. That could be the object of intervention processes that seek to strengthen the GRIT and the NPB in a sample with similar characteristics.Trabajo de investigació
Author inscription in William Hazlitt, essayist and critic; selections from his writings, with a memoir, biographical and critical by Alexander Ireland
No full textAuthor's gift inscription, "To W. C. Hazlitt Esq with kind regards, from Alexr Ireland," with tipped-in review of the book.ASU Library edition has inscription from Ireland to Hazlitt [a child of William Hazlitt?].
Hazlitt , William, 1778-1830.
Ireland, Alexander, 1810-1894
The Author of the Alexander Romance
No full textThis paper, which is based on a portion of the introduction of the author’s edition of Il Romanzo di Alessandro (Mondadori: Fondazione Valla 2007), surveys the generic components of the Alexander Romance in an attempt to arrive at a definition of the work. The argument builds on Merkelbach’s categorisation of elements and uses Fusillo’s insight into the novel as an ‘encyclopaedic genre’ to propose that ‘historical novel’ is not, as Hägg contended, a misnomer for the work. The main components I discuss are: ‘life’; praxeis; chreiai; Cynic elements, including choliambic poetry and utopian perspectives; and the Egyptian aspects of the narrative. A concluding jeu d’esprit offers a characterisation of the putative author, his antecedents and his process of composition.Richard Stoneman was for 25 years editor for classics at Croom Helm and then Routledge. In 1997 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow in the department of classics, University of Exeter. After retiring from publishing in 2006 he has been pursuing his researches on the Alexander legends and teaching a course on the subject at Exeter. His Penguin translation of the Alexander Romance was published in 1991, and a volume of translated Legends of Alexander the Great appeared from Everyman in 1994. Also in 1994 he co-edited Greek Fiction with John Morgan. His edition of the Greek recensions of the Alexander Romance was published (volume I) by the Fondazione Valla in 2007 – volumes II and III will follow over the next few years – and his Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend appeared from Yale University Press in spring 2008. He is the author of a number of other books on Greek history and travel, and is writing a book on oracles
Jumping the Achievement Gap: Grit and Socioeconomic Status in Princeton Students
No full textIn recent years the personality characteristic grit, defined by Duckworth et al., 2007 as
¿perseverance and the passion for long term goals,¿ has been shown to have a significant positive
impact on many kinds of achievement. The present study used a sample of students at Princeton
University (N = 178) to examine the connections between grit, achievement, and socioeconomic
status in a population of high achievers. The results confirmed those of Duckworth et al., and
also partially confirmed my hypothesis, that low-SES students would have higher grit than high-
SES students. Specifically, mother¿s educational attainment was a highly significant negative
predictor of grit. It was also discovered that optimism and attributional style are positively
predictive of grit
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