1,247 research outputs found
Rozpor ako východisko, láska ako smer u Simone Weilovej (Contradiction as base, Love as direction in writings of Simone Weil)
No full textArticle is explaining contradiction and love, Simone Weil‘s essential terms of hermeneutics of human Being. It introduces close relation of these terms with her understanding of God as well as with her overall concept of religion. Author also mentions Simone Weil‘s inspirations with philosophical and spiritual concepts of the East
Rethinking assessment for the science modules in the first year nursing programme: Final project report
No full textThis project evaluated an innovative assessment tool that was developed to provide evidence that students were developing science-informed competence for nursing. Measuring and assessing competence in nursing education is a current world-wide concern, with few solutions offered (Anderson, 2008; Cowan et al., 2005; Lauder et al., 2008; Pincombe et al., 2007). At Waikato Institute of Technology, the prescription of Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) nursing competencies into the science modules of the Bachelor of Nursing curriculum commenced in 2009. Examination of the alignment of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment revealed that existing methods of assessment did not effectively assess all aspects of competence.
This research project investigated what tools could be used to assess evidence of the development of all aspects of science-informed competence in nursing education, and developed a new assessment tool. The tool was evaluated in terms of its construct, concurrent and consequential validity through a variety of data collection methods.
Findings indicated that the new assessment tool enabled assessment of all aspects of competence, including the contribution of student attitudes, values and abilities. It was also effective in providing students with opportunities to make links between science learning and nursing practice. Questionnaire and focus group results indicated that most students had some understanding of the purpose of the assessment tool and understood the practical test as linking to a ‘nursing perspective’. However, the students’ overall perception of the assessment was negative.
We concluded that this was influenced by three main variables; the length of the test, the readability and format of assessment items, and the perceived unfamiliarity of the assessment conditions (Cohen, Manion & Morrison, 2007). As a result of these findings, recommendations for practice and further research are offered
Engaging challenging learners
No full textThis half-day workshop with Julia Bruce will be of particular value to practitioners who are struggling to engage learners with challenging behaviours, as well as those educators assisting new staff in tertiary education.
Workshops held May through to October in Napier, New Plymouth, Greymouth, Dunedin, Invercargill, Whangarei, Palmerston North, Auckland, Wellington, Timaru, and Rotorua
Funkcija vezničkoga spoja ako li u starohrvatskim pravnim tekstovima
No full textIn this paper the author analyses the complex conjunction ako li. Katičić (2002: 303) considers it a special characteristic of the old language and the vernacular that is used to introduce a clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned. A corpus consisting of Old Croatian legal texts is analysed. The choice of the complex conjunction ako li for the analysis is governed by the fact that the conjunction ako alone is a salient feature of these texts. Kuzmić (2009: 436) considers this conjunction a recognizable and important syntactic characteristic of the articles found in Old Croatian statutes.
In addition, the selection of examples as well as their analysis focuses primarily on the complex conjunction ako li, as the author suspects that there is still room to define its function more clearly.
Maretić (1963: 537) is also in favour of the hypothesis that the element li bears a contrasting meaning, while Pranjković (2012: 37) disagrees, considering this element an intensifier. As it is clearly shown, these hypothesis have their own prominent proponents, and are taken into account seriously in order to establish whether they hold for the period represented by the corpus.
It is argued that the main function of ako li is to introduce an additional condition, and that the contrasting meaning is of no real relevance. The author proposes that this complex conjunction could be in fact considered a connector.U radu se analizira funkcija vezničkoga spoja ako li na korpusu koji se sastoji od odabranih starohrvatskih pravnih tekstova. Koordinate istraživanja smještaju se prema dosadašnjoj literaturi između suprotnosti i emfatičnosti, što se dalje provjerava. Pokazalo se da je Poljički statut posebno pogodan za analizu te da mnogobrojni primjeri upućuju na to da je osnovna funkcija spoja ako li da uvodi dodatni uvjet. Na kraju se upozorava na to da bi se taj spoj mogao smatrati (pojačajnim) uvjetnim konektorom
Response to the School of the Dialogue of Cultures as a Dialogic Pedagogy
No full textDrawing on the inspiring examples of the School of the Dialogue of Cultures, this response suggests that there is great potential to explore pedagogy as a dialogic and relational space for mutual learning. Seen in terms of very young children, this response urges teachers to go beyond the limitations of age, language, and culture, and to consider the provocations of epistemological-ontological “rubs” that have potential to free contemporary educational activity from limiting boundaries and divides
Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution
No full textThis open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond liberal peace mediation, or other determined-design models of mediation, in the context of contemporary conflict resolution and peace-making initiatives. Adaptive mediation is grounded in complexity theory, and is specifically designed to cope with highly dynamic conflict situations characterized by uncertainty and a lack of predictability. It is also a facilitated mediation process whereby the content of agreements emerges from the parties to the conflict themselves, informed by the context within which the conflict is situated. This book presents the core principles and practices of adaptive mediation in conjunction with empirical evidence from four diverse case studies – Colombia, Mozambique, The Philippines, and Syria – with a view to generate recommendations for how mediators can apply adaptive mediation approaches to resolve and transform contemporary and future armed conflicts
Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism
No full textThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the complex drivers of violent extremism, along with recommendations for strengthening social and institutional resilience through peacebuilding and development efforts. By presenting a theoretical and empirical argument that places the emphasis on social cohesion, resilience, and adaptive peacebuilding, this book challenges the conventional security-led approach to countering violent extremism. Through a range of case studies from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, including Syria, Iraq, Mozambique, Niger, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines, it explores the complex dynamics of violent extremism and the ways in which it can be prevented and countered. Drawing on complexity theory and adaptive peacebuilding, the volume provides insights into how complex social systems adapt and respond to stress, and how peacebuilders can support societies in uncertain, volatile, and unpredictable contexts by improving their resilience and their adaptive capacity to sustain peace. This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, security studies and countering violent extremism, and professional practitioners. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license
Adaptive Peacebuilding
No full textThis open access book responds to the urgent need to improve how we prevent and resolve conflict. It introduces Adaptive Peacebuilding through evidence-based research from eight case studies across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. It also considers how China and Japan view and practice peacebuilding. The book focuses on how peacebuilders design, implement and evaluate programs to sustain peace, how interactions between external and local actors have facilitated or hindered peacemaking, and how adaptation to complexity and uncertainty occurred in each case study
Health system guidance appraisal-concept evaluation and usability testing
No full textHealth system guidance (HSG) provides recommendations aimed to address health system challenges. However, there is a paucity of methods to direct, appraise, and report HSG. Earlier research identified 30 candidate criteria (concepts) that can be used to evaluate the quality of HSG and guide development and reporting requirements. The objective of this paper was to describe two studies aimed at evaluating the importance of these 30 criteria, design a draft HSG appraisal tool, and test its usability.; This study involved a two-step survey process. In step 1, respondents rated the 30 concepts for appropriateness to, relevance to, and priority for health system decisions and HSG. This led to a draft tool. In step 2, respondents reviewed HSG documents, appraised them using the tool, and answered a series of questions. Descriptive analyses were computed.; Fifty participants were invited in step 1, and we had a response rate of 82 %. The mean response rates for each concept within each survey question were universally favorable. There was also an overall agreement about the need for a high-quality tool to systematically direct the development, appraisal, and reporting of HSG. Qualitative feedback and a consensus process by the team led to refinements to some of the concepts and the creation of a beta (draft) version of the HSG tool. In step 2, 35 participants were invited and we had a response rate of 74 %. Exploratory analyses showed that the quality of the HSGs reviewed varied as a function of the HSG item and the specific document assessed. A favorable consensus was reached with participants agreeing that the HSG items were easy to understand and easy to apply. Moreover, the overall agreement was high for the usability of the tool to systematically direct the development (85 %), appraisal (92 %), and reporting (81 %) of HSG. From this process, version 1.0 of the HSG appraisal tool was generated complete with 32 items (and their descriptions) and 4 domains.; The final tool, named the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation for Health Systems (AGREE-HS) (version 1), defines expectations of HSG and facilitates informed decisions among policymakers on health system delivery, financial, and governance arrangements
Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution
No full textThis open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond liberal peace mediation, or other determined-design models of mediation, in the context of contemporary conflict resolution and peace-making initiatives. Adaptive mediation is grounded in complexity theory, and is specifically designed to cope with highly dynamic conflict situations characterized by uncertainty and a lack of predictability. It is also a facilitated mediation process whereby the content of agreements emerges from the parties to the conflict themselves, informed by the context within which the conflict is situated. This book presents the core principles and practices of adaptive mediation in conjunction with empirical evidence from four diverse case studies – Colombia, Mozambique, The Philippines, and Syria – with a view to generate recommendations for how mediators can apply adaptive mediation approaches to resolve and transform contemporary and future armed conflicts
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