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No full text[No abstract available]Taha SK, 2010, ANAESTHESIA, V65, P358, DOI 10.1111-j.1365-2044.2010.06243.x0
A survey of psychologists’ opinions and behaviours on aspects of Maori mental health
No full textIn the majority of settings where psychologists work, particularly in State health and justice settings, Maori people are substantially over represented relative to their numbers in the general population (Durie, 1987). This situation has raised serious questions about the adequacy of both mental health services and professionals in their provision of appropriate services for Maori people. (Hui Whakaoranga, 1984; Durie, 1985). Recommendations have been given to address these deficiencies. Te Hui Whakaoranga (l984) recommended a recruitment programme for Maori into health professions and training for health workers in Maori culture. The Committee of Inquiry into Procedures used in Psychiatric Hospitals (1988) pointed out that health professionals are rarely educated in taha Maori or the application of taha Maori to the service they provide. They stated that many current training programmes create a barrier to Maori people entering the health professions. They recommended that changes occur in both the in - service and basic training of health professionals
Preface
No full textFoundational and comprehensive, this volume provides a theoretical and practical overview of the current issues that dominate the field of teaching and learning Arabic grammar. Bringing together authorities on Arabic grammar from around the world, the book covers both historical contexts and current practices, and provides principles, strategies, and examples of current Arabic grammar instruction across educational settings. Chapter authors offer a range of perspectives on teaching approaches, implementing research findings in the classroom, and future challenges.
A much-needed volume to help students, teachers, and teacher educators develop their knowledge and skills, it addresses the most salient and controversial issues in the field, including: what grammar to teach, how much grammar to teach, how to address grammar in content-based or communication-based classroom, and how to teach variation in grammar. This resource is ideal for preservice Arabic language teachers as well as Arabic language professors and researchers
Life in a clinical diploma course
No full textThis paper focuses on the author’s experience of a Clinical Diploma programme. The author is a Maori woman who is in her second year of a three year post-graduate Clinical Diploma programme. The paper includes comment on the cultural focus of content, culture conflicts and areas where the programme might be improved for Maori students
Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
No full textAt present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey. From literature review, the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams are identified and these factors are modified using a field survey. The relationship between knowledge workers (people), process and technology in virtual teams is explored in this study. The results of the study suggest that technology and process are tightly correlated and need to be considered early in virtual teams. The use of software as a service, web solution, report generator and tracking system should be incorporated for effectiveness virtual teams
The Political Theology of Taha Abderrahmane: Religion, Secularism, and Trusteeship
No full textThis paper introduces some major aspects of Taha Abderrahmane’s political theology as presented in his various works, with major reference to his The Spirit of Religion: From the Narrowness of Secularism to the Openness of Trusteeship (2012). The paper centralizes his concept of “spiritual self-criticism” which he uses as an apparatus for the formation of what I refer to here as “trusteeship society”; the latter is a critical synthesis of the secular and religious societies and ways of governance of human affairs. Abderrahmane’s “trusteeship paradigm” briefly engages with secular-religious analytical frameworks as proposed by Cox Harvey, Talal Asad, Olivier Roy, Asef Bayat, and Charles Taylor. The argument here is that trusteeship paradigm faces serious limitations to be implemented in the Arab-Islamic plural societies, let alone the Euro-American secular-liberal societies; the homo-moralis it calls for to lead spiritual self-criticism for human renewal may not be appealing to the plural religious and philosophical views present in society. Still, its call for a radical ethos remains relevant for societies in predicaments, be they secular, religious, or secular-religious societies
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