118 research outputs found
Studying Migration from Different Perspectives and with Different Techniques
No full textMigration can be considered a human strategy to improve life and can be defined as a natural behavior of human beings that has developed over time. The issue of migration is a particularly salient theme in this historical period and presents a new challenge for researchers in Europe and worldwide, particularly those researchers attempting to understand the patterns and processes of migration. Researchers of various disciplines have responded to the challenges related to migration using a variety of methodological tools to examine the phenomenon. In this chapter, the author presents qualitative techniques used in the social sciences and discusses their strengths and weaknesses when they are employed to study immigrant populations. Given the complexity of the migration phenomenon, the challenges that researchers must address include collaboration between disciplines and methodologies and the integration of methods. A multimethod, multilevel and multidisciplinary approach is used in an attempt to understand this multifaceted issue
Multi-person tracking using dynamic programming
No full textThesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.by Rania Y. Khalaf.M.Eng
Psicologia sociale delle relazioni familiari .Identità, progetti e traiettorie
No full textFamily, in a psycho-social perspective, can be considered challenged in epistemic sense: by its nature it is compared with the contexts of change, with the ability to adapt to life events that are varied and numerous. The family may be regarded as a "project" that turns to unify different situations, sometimes contradictory, going to define family "paths" increasingly differentiated and difficult to predict. These pathways may be dependent on life events not selected that people suffer all the consequences, or from events strongly desired that bring people to possible happiness or unhappiness.
The author outlines a scenario that includes the varied strategies of coexistence in which family meanings can be very different; along with a “liquid” love and society, the family no longer seems able to hold its form. The construction of its boundaries and relevant meanings, through the current multiplicity of family forms which each of us can experience simultaneously, is the main challenge relates to the ability of each to build and maintain links
"Promoting Gender Equality through Stimulus Packages and Public Job Creation: Lessons Learned from South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme"
No full textBeyond loss of income, joblessness is associated with greater poverty, marginalization, and social exclusion; the current global crisis is clearly not helping. In this new Public Policy Brief, Research Scholar Rania Antonopoulos explores the impact of both joblessness and employment expansion on poverty, paying particular attention to the gender aspects of poverty and poverty-reducing public employment schemes targeting poor women. The author presents the results of a Levy Institute study that examines the macroeconomic consequences of scaling up South Africa's Expanded Public Works Programme by adding to it a new sector for social service delivery in health and education. She notes that gaps in such services for households that cannot afford to pay for them are mostly filled by long hours of invisible, unpaid work performed by women and children. Her proposed employment creation program addresses several policy objectives: income and job generation, provisioning of communities' unmet needs, skill enhancement for a new cadre of workers, and promotion of gender equality by addressing the overtaxed time of women.
Promoting gender equality through stimulus packages and public job creation: Lessons learned from South Africa's Expanded public Works Programme
No full textBeyond loss of income, joblessness is associated with greater poverty, marginalization, and social exclusion; the current global crisis is clearly not helping. In this new Public Policy Brief, Research Scholar Rania Antonopoulos explores the impact of both joblessness and employment expansion on poverty, paying particular attention to the gender aspects of poverty and poverty-reducing public employment schemes targeting poor women. The author presents the results of a Levy Institute study that examines the macroeconomic consequences of scaling up South Africa's Expanded Public Works Programme by adding to it a new sector for social service delivery in health and education. She notes that gaps in such services for households that cannot afford to pay for them are mostly filled by long hours of invisible, unpaid work performed by women and children. Her proposed employment creation program addresses several policy objectives: income and job generation, provisioning of communities' unmet needs, skill enhancement for a new cadre of workers, and promotion of gender equality by addressing the overtaxed time of women
A unified framework to identify and extract uncertainty cues, holders, and scopes in one fell-swoop
No full textUncertainty refers to the language aspects that express hypotheses and speculations where propositions are held as (un)certain, (im)probable, or (im)possible. Automatic uncertainty analysis is crucial for several Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications that need to distinguish between factual (i.e. certain) and nonfactual (i.e. negated or uncertain) information. Typically, a comprehensive automatic uncertainty analyzer has three machine learning models for uncertainty detection, attribution, and scope extraction. To-date, and to the best of my knowledge, current research on uncertainty automatic analysis has only focused on uncertainty attribution and scope extraction, and has typically tackled each task with a different machine learning approach. Furthermore, current research on uncertainty automatic analysis has been restricted to specific languages, particularly English, and to specific linguistic genres, including biomedical and newswire texts, Wikipedia articles, and product reviews.
In this research project, I attempt to address the aforementioned limitations of current research on automatic uncertainty analysis. First, I develop a machine learning model for uncertainty attribution, the task typically neglected in automatic uncertainty analysis. Second, I propose a unified framework to identify and extract uncertainty cues, holders, and scopes in one-fell swoop by casting each task as a supervised token sequence labeling problem. Third, I choose to work on the Arabic language, in contrast to English, the most commonly studied language in the literature of automatic uncertainty analysis. Finally, I work on the understudied linguistic genre of tweets.
This research project results in a novel NLP tool, i.e., a comprehensive automatic uncertainty analyzer for Arabic tweets, with a practical impact on NLP applications that rely on uncertainty automatic analysis. The tool yields an F1 score of 0.759, averaged across its three machine learning models. Furthermore, through this research, the research community and I gain insights into (1) the challenges presented by Arabic as an agglutinative morphologically-rich language with a flexible word order, in contrast to English; (2) the challenges of the linguistic genre of tweets for uncertainty automatic analysis; and (3) the type of challenges that my proposed unified framework successfully addresses and boosts performance for.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I only', the embargo will last until 2017-05-01The student, Rania Al-Sabbagh, accepted the attached license on 2015-04-15 at 17:11.The student, Rania Al-Sabbagh, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2015-04-15 at 18:45.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2015-04-17 at 09:35.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #7879 on 2015-07-22 at 14:17:56Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T22:33:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Den operativa självständigheten : En studie som berör förutsättningar för effektiv revision
No full textTitel: Den operativa självständigheten: En studie som berör revisorns förutsättningar att arbeta effektivt Nivå: C-uppsats i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Sara Eriksson och Rania Fannoun Handledare: Jan Svanberg Datum: 2016-01 Syfte: Klientens möjlighet att påverka revisorns effektivitet är sparsamt utforskad. Studiens syfte är att belysa vilka hinder som ligger i vägen för den operativa självständigheten samt vilka strategier revisorer använder sig av för att minimera påverkan. Metod: Studien bygger på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Datainsamlingen sker genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fokus på subjektiva berättelser. Urvalet består av tiorespondenter, fem revisorer och fem redovisningsansvariga. Empirisk data spelas in, transkriberas, kodas utifrån teman och bearbetas. Resultat och slutsats: Den operativa självständigheten äventyras när klienten motsätter sig revisorns krav på information och material. Resultatet tyder på att vissa klienter lämnar material sent, eller i dåligt skick, samt placerar revisorn långt ifrån redovisningsmaterialet. Den operativa självständigheten påverkas även av kulturella skillnader samt när revisorn blir otrevligt bemött. För att minimera faktorernas påverkan används olika strategier. Studien visar vikten av att revisorn skapar en god relation, har hög social kompetens, kan förhandla samt är påläst inför revisionen. Förslag till fortsatt studie: Vi har sett ett behov av vidare studier kring risker som uppstår till följd av strategierna. Djupare studier skulle även kunna göras om konsekvenserna av att revisorn måste ta hänsyn till klientens vilja. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studien bidrar till revisionsbranschens tillsynsmyndighet och branschorganisation genom att belysa problematiken med klienters möjligheter att påverka revisorns effektivitet. Vilket kan öka deras intresse för omprövning av rekommendationer och institutionella åtgärder.Title: The operational independence: A study dealing with auditors’ ability to work effectively Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Author: Sara Eriksson and Rania Fannoun Supervisor: Jan Svanberg Date: 2016-01 Aim: Client's ability to influence auditors efficiency is not enough explored. The study seeks to highlight impacts on operational independence and different strategies to minimize those impacts. Method: Qualitative research. Data is collected through semi-structured interviews with focus on subjective stories. The sample consists of ten respondents, five auditors and five clients. Empirical data are recorded, transcribed, coded based on themes and processed. Result & Conclusions: The operational independence is compromised when clients oppose auditors’ demands on required information. The result shows that some clients are late in delivering, or deliver data in bad condition. The operational independence is also influenced by cultural differences, and when the auditor is responded unpleasantly. To minimize the impact of these factors, auditors use different strategies. The study shows that it is important that auditors create a good relationship with clients, have a high social competence, negotiation skills and are prepared before the audit process. Suggestions for future research: We’ve seen a need for further studies on the risks that arise as a result of the strategies. Deeper studies could also be made about the consequences due to the consideration that the auditor must take into the client’s will. Contribution of the essay: The study contributes to audit regulation and audit association by highlighting problems with clients’ ability to influence auditors’ efficiency. This may increase their interest in revised recommendations and institutional action. Keywords: Auditor, operational independence, competence, independence, working atmosphere, auditor-client
Problem solving picture book by Rania Zaghir
No full textRad je pisan kao cjelokupna analiza problemske slikovnice Ranie Zaghir, „Dječakov problem UHUH“. Analizi slikovnice pristupit će se holistički, odnosno analizirat će se svaki njen dio od samog oblika slikovnice i njezinih korica do njenog književnog i likovnog sadržaja. Na samom početku, pobliže će se objasniti definicija slikovnice te pogledi različitih teoretičara o odnosu njenih dvaju diskursa, jezičnom i slikovnom. Zatim će se konkretizirati što je to problemska slikovnica i kako se može primjenjivati prilikom rada s djecom.
Središnji dio rada započet će s predstavljanjem autorice slikovnice „Dječakov problem UHUH“ Ranie Zaghir. Kroz opis njezinog odrastanja, školovanja i aktivnog književnog rada, dobit će se kratki uvid u Zaghirino djelovanje na polju libanonske književnosti te njen opus. U nastavku slijedi konkretna analiza njezine problemske slikovnice „Dječakov problem UHUH“. Proučavajući na koje se sve oblike i funkcije mogu podijeliti slikovnice, Zaghirina slikovnica svrstat će se u te kategorije. U razmatranje će se uzeti podjela slikovnica po količini teksta prema Čudini-Obradović, s obzirom na uzrast čitatelja kojem je namijenjena, podjela po tipu funkcije slikovnice po Peteru Čačku te uzimajući u obzir njenu tematiku.
Zatim slijedi obrada teme slikovnice, odnosno njene problematike - odvikavanje djece od obavljanja nužde u gaće i privikavanje odlaska na zahodsku školjku. U radu će se dotaknuti i pedagoški aspekt slikovnice, točnije analizirat će se Zaghirin pristup obradi ove pomalo tabu teme i kako je djeci na duhovit način prikazala ono što ih muči.
U nastavku slijedi analiza slikovnice s obzirom na suodnos teksta i ilustracije, poput rasporeda ilustracija na stranici, količini i položaju teksta i sl. Također, detaljnije će se analizirati verbalni diskurs slikovnice što uključuje analizu pripovjedača, ton i jezik kojim je tekst pisan i dr. Zatim slijedi detaljna analiza slikovnog diskursa slikovnice, odnosno analiza svakog aspekta ilustracija od njenih likovnih vrijednosti do boja, linija i oblika korištenih u izradi ilustracija. Opisani likovni elementi povezat će se s njihovim utjecajem na emocionalni doživljaj djeteta.
U radu će se analizirati i fizičke karakteristike slikovnice po Sipeu i Šišnoviću. Između ostalog, promatrat će se naslovnica slikovnice, njezine korice, oblik te format. Uzimajući u obzir kako fizičke tako i književne vrijednosti slikovnice, dotaknut će se tema kriterija procjene odgojno-obrazovne vrijednosti slikovnice.
Dolazi se do zaključka da je važnost problemskih slikovnica u dječjem odrastanju neprocjenjiva bez obzira čita li ih netko djetetu ili ih ono samo čita. Slikovnica Ranie Zaghir nije izuzetak.
Šaljivim ilustracijama i zanimljivim tekstom djeca se lako mogu povezati s glavnim likom slikovnice i poistovjetiti s njegovim problemom. Dobrobit problemske slikovnice je višestruka, u njoj dijete može spoznati da se poput druge djece bori s mnogim sličnim problemima, također može saznati rješenje za svoj problem ili kome se obratiti u slučaju da ga nešto muči.The paper was written as an overall analysis of Rania Zaghir's problematic picture book, "The Boy's Problem UHUH". The analysis of the picture book will be approached holistically; every part of it will be analyzed, from the shape of the picture book itself and its covers to its literary and artistic content. At the very beginning, the definition of a picture book and the views of different theorists on the relationship between its two discourses, linguistic and pictorial, will be explained in more detail. Then it will be specified what a problem picture book is and how it can be used in working with children.
The central part of the work will begin with the presentation of the author of the picture book "The Boy's Problem UHUH" Rania Zaghir. Through the description of her upbringing, education and active literary work, a brief insight into Zaghira's activity in the field of Lebanese literature and her oeuvre will be given. The following is a concrete analysis of her problematic picture book "The Boy's Problem UHUH". By studying what forms and functions picture books can be divided into, Zaghir's picture book will fall into those categories. The division of picture books according to the amount of text by Čudina-Obradović, according to the age of the reader for whom it is intended, the division according to the type of function of the picture book by Peter Čačak, and according to its subject matter will be taken into consideration.
Then follows the treatment of the theme of the picture book, i.e. its problem - weaning children from defecating in their underpants and getting them used to going to the toilet. The paper will also touch on the pedagogical aspect of the picture book, more specifically, it will analyze Zaghir's approach to the treatment of this slightly taboo topic and how she presented to children in a humorous way what troubles them.
Below is an analysis of the picture book with regard to the relationship between the text and the illustrations, such as the layout of the illustrations on the page, the amount and position of the text, etc. Also, the verbal discourse of the picture book will be analyzed in more detail, which includes the analysis of the narrator, the tone and language in which the text is written, etc. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the pictorial discourse of the picture book, that includes an analysis of every aspect of the illustrations, from their artistic values to the colors, lines and shapes used in the creation of the illustrations. The described artistic elements will be connected with their influence on the emotional experience of the child.
The paper will also analyze the physical characteristics of the picture book according to Sipe and Šišnović. Among other things, the cover of the picture book, its cover, shape and format will be observed. Taking into account both the physical and literary values of the picture book, the topic of criteria for assessing the educational value of the picture book will be touched upon.
The conclusion is reached that the importance of problem picture books in children's development is invaluable, regardless of whether someone reads them to the child or he reads them himself. Ranie Zaghir's picture book is no exception. With humorous illustrations and interesting text, children can easily relate to the main character of the picture book and identify with his problem. The benefit of the problem picture book is multifaceted, in it the child can learn that other children struggle with the same or similar problems, they can also find out the solution to their problem or who to turn to in case something bothers them
Problem solving picture book by Rania Zaghir
No full textRad je pisan kao cjelokupna analiza problemske slikovnice Ranie Zaghir, „Dječakov problem UHUH“. Analizi slikovnice pristupit će se holistički, odnosno analizirat će se svaki njen dio od samog oblika slikovnice i njezinih korica do njenog književnog i likovnog sadržaja. Na samom početku, pobliže će se objasniti definicija slikovnice te pogledi različitih teoretičara o odnosu njenih dvaju diskursa, jezičnom i slikovnom. Zatim će se konkretizirati što je to problemska slikovnica i kako se može primjenjivati prilikom rada s djecom.
Središnji dio rada započet će s predstavljanjem autorice slikovnice „Dječakov problem UHUH“ Ranie Zaghir. Kroz opis njezinog odrastanja, školovanja i aktivnog književnog rada, dobit će se kratki uvid u Zaghirino djelovanje na polju libanonske književnosti te njen opus. U nastavku slijedi konkretna analiza njezine problemske slikovnice „Dječakov problem UHUH“. Proučavajući na koje se sve oblike i funkcije mogu podijeliti slikovnice, Zaghirina slikovnica svrstat će se u te kategorije. U razmatranje će se uzeti podjela slikovnica po količini teksta prema Čudini-Obradović, s obzirom na uzrast čitatelja kojem je namijenjena, podjela po tipu funkcije slikovnice po Peteru Čačku te uzimajući u obzir njenu tematiku.
Zatim slijedi obrada teme slikovnice, odnosno njene problematike - odvikavanje djece od obavljanja nužde u gaće i privikavanje odlaska na zahodsku školjku. U radu će se dotaknuti i pedagoški aspekt slikovnice, točnije analizirat će se Zaghirin pristup obradi ove pomalo tabu teme i kako je djeci na duhovit način prikazala ono što ih muči.
U nastavku slijedi analiza slikovnice s obzirom na suodnos teksta i ilustracije, poput rasporeda ilustracija na stranici, količini i položaju teksta i sl. Također, detaljnije će se analizirati verbalni diskurs slikovnice što uključuje analizu pripovjedača, ton i jezik kojim je tekst pisan i dr. Zatim slijedi detaljna analiza slikovnog diskursa slikovnice, odnosno analiza svakog aspekta ilustracija od njenih likovnih vrijednosti do boja, linija i oblika korištenih u izradi ilustracija. Opisani likovni elementi povezat će se s njihovim utjecajem na emocionalni doživljaj djeteta.
U radu će se analizirati i fizičke karakteristike slikovnice po Sipeu i Šišnoviću. Između ostalog, promatrat će se naslovnica slikovnice, njezine korice, oblik te format. Uzimajući u obzir kako fizičke tako i književne vrijednosti slikovnice, dotaknut će se tema kriterija procjene odgojno-obrazovne vrijednosti slikovnice.
Dolazi se do zaključka da je važnost problemskih slikovnica u dječjem odrastanju neprocjenjiva bez obzira čita li ih netko djetetu ili ih ono samo čita. Slikovnica Ranie Zaghir nije izuzetak.
Šaljivim ilustracijama i zanimljivim tekstom djeca se lako mogu povezati s glavnim likom slikovnice i poistovjetiti s njegovim problemom. Dobrobit problemske slikovnice je višestruka, u njoj dijete može spoznati da se poput druge djece bori s mnogim sličnim problemima, također može saznati rješenje za svoj problem ili kome se obratiti u slučaju da ga nešto muči.The paper was written as an overall analysis of Rania Zaghir's problematic picture book, "The Boy's Problem UHUH". The analysis of the picture book will be approached holistically; every part of it will be analyzed, from the shape of the picture book itself and its covers to its literary and artistic content. At the very beginning, the definition of a picture book and the views of different theorists on the relationship between its two discourses, linguistic and pictorial, will be explained in more detail. Then it will be specified what a problem picture book is and how it can be used in working with children.
The central part of the work will begin with the presentation of the author of the picture book "The Boy's Problem UHUH" Rania Zaghir. Through the description of her upbringing, education and active literary work, a brief insight into Zaghira's activity in the field of Lebanese literature and her oeuvre will be given. The following is a concrete analysis of her problematic picture book "The Boy's Problem UHUH". By studying what forms and functions picture books can be divided into, Zaghir's picture book will fall into those categories. The division of picture books according to the amount of text by Čudina-Obradović, according to the age of the reader for whom it is intended, the division according to the type of function of the picture book by Peter Čačak, and according to its subject matter will be taken into consideration.
Then follows the treatment of the theme of the picture book, i.e. its problem - weaning children from defecating in their underpants and getting them used to going to the toilet. The paper will also touch on the pedagogical aspect of the picture book, more specifically, it will analyze Zaghir's approach to the treatment of this slightly taboo topic and how she presented to children in a humorous way what troubles them.
Below is an analysis of the picture book with regard to the relationship between the text and the illustrations, such as the layout of the illustrations on the page, the amount and position of the text, etc. Also, the verbal discourse of the picture book will be analyzed in more detail, which includes the analysis of the narrator, the tone and language in which the text is written, etc. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the pictorial discourse of the picture book, that includes an analysis of every aspect of the illustrations, from their artistic values to the colors, lines and shapes used in the creation of the illustrations. The described artistic elements will be connected with their influence on the emotional experience of the child.
The paper will also analyze the physical characteristics of the picture book according to Sipe and Šišnović. Among other things, the cover of the picture book, its cover, shape and format will be observed. Taking into account both the physical and literary values of the picture book, the topic of criteria for assessing the educational value of the picture book will be touched upon.
The conclusion is reached that the importance of problem picture books in children's development is invaluable, regardless of whether someone reads them to the child or he reads them himself. Ranie Zaghir's picture book is no exception. With humorous illustrations and interesting text, children can easily relate to the main character of the picture book and identify with his problem. The benefit of the problem picture book is multifaceted, in it the child can learn that other children struggle with the same or similar problems, they can also find out the solution to their problem or who to turn to in case something bothers them
Problem solving picture book by Rania Zaghir
No full textRad je pisan kao cjelokupna analiza problemske slikovnice Ranie Zaghir, „Dječakov problem UHUH“. Analizi slikovnice pristupit će se holistički, odnosno analizirat će se svaki njen dio od samog oblika slikovnice i njezinih korica do njenog književnog i likovnog sadržaja. Na samom početku, pobliže će se objasniti definicija slikovnice te pogledi različitih teoretičara o odnosu njenih dvaju diskursa, jezičnom i slikovnom. Zatim će se konkretizirati što je to problemska slikovnica i kako se može primjenjivati prilikom rada s djecom.
Središnji dio rada započet će s predstavljanjem autorice slikovnice „Dječakov problem UHUH“ Ranie Zaghir. Kroz opis njezinog odrastanja, školovanja i aktivnog književnog rada, dobit će se kratki uvid u Zaghirino djelovanje na polju libanonske književnosti te njen opus. U nastavku slijedi konkretna analiza njezine problemske slikovnice „Dječakov problem UHUH“. Proučavajući na koje se sve oblike i funkcije mogu podijeliti slikovnice, Zaghirina slikovnica svrstat će se u te kategorije. U razmatranje će se uzeti podjela slikovnica po količini teksta prema Čudini-Obradović, s obzirom na uzrast čitatelja kojem je namijenjena, podjela po tipu funkcije slikovnice po Peteru Čačku te uzimajući u obzir njenu tematiku.
Zatim slijedi obrada teme slikovnice, odnosno njene problematike - odvikavanje djece od obavljanja nužde u gaće i privikavanje odlaska na zahodsku školjku. U radu će se dotaknuti i pedagoški aspekt slikovnice, točnije analizirat će se Zaghirin pristup obradi ove pomalo tabu teme i kako je djeci na duhovit način prikazala ono što ih muči.
U nastavku slijedi analiza slikovnice s obzirom na suodnos teksta i ilustracije, poput rasporeda ilustracija na stranici, količini i položaju teksta i sl. Također, detaljnije će se analizirati verbalni diskurs slikovnice što uključuje analizu pripovjedača, ton i jezik kojim je tekst pisan i dr. Zatim slijedi detaljna analiza slikovnog diskursa slikovnice, odnosno analiza svakog aspekta ilustracija od njenih likovnih vrijednosti do boja, linija i oblika korištenih u izradi ilustracija. Opisani likovni elementi povezat će se s njihovim utjecajem na emocionalni doživljaj djeteta.
U radu će se analizirati i fizičke karakteristike slikovnice po Sipeu i Šišnoviću. Između ostalog, promatrat će se naslovnica slikovnice, njezine korice, oblik te format. Uzimajući u obzir kako fizičke tako i književne vrijednosti slikovnice, dotaknut će se tema kriterija procjene odgojno-obrazovne vrijednosti slikovnice.
Dolazi se do zaključka da je važnost problemskih slikovnica u dječjem odrastanju neprocjenjiva bez obzira čita li ih netko djetetu ili ih ono samo čita. Slikovnica Ranie Zaghir nije izuzetak.
Šaljivim ilustracijama i zanimljivim tekstom djeca se lako mogu povezati s glavnim likom slikovnice i poistovjetiti s njegovim problemom. Dobrobit problemske slikovnice je višestruka, u njoj dijete može spoznati da se poput druge djece bori s mnogim sličnim problemima, također može saznati rješenje za svoj problem ili kome se obratiti u slučaju da ga nešto muči.The paper was written as an overall analysis of Rania Zaghir's problematic picture book, "The Boy's Problem UHUH". The analysis of the picture book will be approached holistically; every part of it will be analyzed, from the shape of the picture book itself and its covers to its literary and artistic content. At the very beginning, the definition of a picture book and the views of different theorists on the relationship between its two discourses, linguistic and pictorial, will be explained in more detail. Then it will be specified what a problem picture book is and how it can be used in working with children.
The central part of the work will begin with the presentation of the author of the picture book "The Boy's Problem UHUH" Rania Zaghir. Through the description of her upbringing, education and active literary work, a brief insight into Zaghira's activity in the field of Lebanese literature and her oeuvre will be given. The following is a concrete analysis of her problematic picture book "The Boy's Problem UHUH". By studying what forms and functions picture books can be divided into, Zaghir's picture book will fall into those categories. The division of picture books according to the amount of text by Čudina-Obradović, according to the age of the reader for whom it is intended, the division according to the type of function of the picture book by Peter Čačak, and according to its subject matter will be taken into consideration.
Then follows the treatment of the theme of the picture book, i.e. its problem - weaning children from defecating in their underpants and getting them used to going to the toilet. The paper will also touch on the pedagogical aspect of the picture book, more specifically, it will analyze Zaghir's approach to the treatment of this slightly taboo topic and how she presented to children in a humorous way what troubles them.
Below is an analysis of the picture book with regard to the relationship between the text and the illustrations, such as the layout of the illustrations on the page, the amount and position of the text, etc. Also, the verbal discourse of the picture book will be analyzed in more detail, which includes the analysis of the narrator, the tone and language in which the text is written, etc. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the pictorial discourse of the picture book, that includes an analysis of every aspect of the illustrations, from their artistic values to the colors, lines and shapes used in the creation of the illustrations. The described artistic elements will be connected with their influence on the emotional experience of the child.
The paper will also analyze the physical characteristics of the picture book according to Sipe and Šišnović. Among other things, the cover of the picture book, its cover, shape and format will be observed. Taking into account both the physical and literary values of the picture book, the topic of criteria for assessing the educational value of the picture book will be touched upon.
The conclusion is reached that the importance of problem picture books in children's development is invaluable, regardless of whether someone reads them to the child or he reads them himself. Ranie Zaghir's picture book is no exception. With humorous illustrations and interesting text, children can easily relate to the main character of the picture book and identify with his problem. The benefit of the problem picture book is multifaceted, in it the child can learn that other children struggle with the same or similar problems, they can also find out the solution to their problem or who to turn to in case something bothers them
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