298 research outputs found
Measuring financial strain in the lives of survivors of intimate partner violence
No full textAgencies serving survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) often include economic empowerment programs and approaches as a way to assist survivors struggling with avoiding poverty and gaining financial independence. Understanding and addressing the economic needs of IPV survivors is more complex than just knowing their income. Indeed, survivors’ ability to manage their finances and any financial stress or strain should also be assessed to fully understand their needs. The Financial Strain Survey (FSS) (Aldana & Liljenquist, 1998) provides a useful tool for screening and understanding survivors’ complex financial needs. Using data from 457 IPV survivors from seven U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the current study evaluates the factor structure, reliability, and validity of using the FSS with IPV survivors. Findings indicate that the FSS is a reliable instrument for use with IPV survivors. The conclusion discusses the FSS as a practical tool for both practice and research with this population.Peer reviewed
What is economic self-sufficiency? Validating a measurement scale for policy, practice, and research
No full textEconomic self-sufficiency has emerged as a policy goal of anti-poverty programs in many nations. Although the policy direction of these programs is clear, the definition and measurement of economic self-sufficiency is not. This study revisits a scale that was designed in 1993 and has experienced a growth in use after two decades of little attention. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and bivariate correlations, the scale’s validity was tested with a sample of low-income survivors of intimate partner violence. The discussion focuses on how the resulting Scale of Economic Self-Sufficiency–14 (SESS-14) relates to policy, practice, and research
Collective Improvisation: The Practice and Vision of Ingemar Lindh
No full textIngemar Lindh's research on the principles of collective improvisation and performance conceived as process announce an important development in the 20th-century tradition of the actor's work. After early studies with Étienne Decroux and working collaborations with Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, and Yves Lebreton, Lindh founded the first laboratory theatre in Sweden in 1971, the Institutet för Scenkonst. His practice of collective improvisation is viewed in light of postdramatic concerns such as its resistance to fixed scores, directorial montage, and choreography as an organizing principle
Design-led innovation and sensemaking: Opportunities to connect
No full textDesign-led innovation (DLI) is a framework with particular focus on developing design capability. Implementation of DLI has been observed to positively influence firm innovation performance. As the framework is of relative infancy, there is opportunity to learn from and integrate methods and practice from other fields to strengthen the implementation of DLI. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to make explicit, the similarities DLI shares with sensemaking as in order to provider clearer approaches to managing the design process. An action research design is applied for 14 months within a major Australian Airport Corporation (AAC) to implement DLI. Qualitative data is collected and analysed, with the findings showing there are implicit similarities between the practice of DLI and mandates of sensemaking. The paper contributes opportunities to strengthen DLI by incorporating mandates of sensemaking consciously to enrich interpersonal interactions during the design process.Marketing and Consumer Researc
Historical Heteroglossia: E. L. Doctorow and the Postmodern Historical Novel
No full text達克特羅(E. L. Doctorow)是最有名的美國後現代歷史小說作家，在小說中，達克特羅使用歷史人物、虛構小說人物、物品和報紙來表達他對歷史的看法。本論文試圖使用巴赫汀的兩個基本概念，眾聲喧嘩(heteroglossia) 和嘉年華(carnival)來閱讀達克特羅的小說《拉格泰姆時代》(Ragtime)、《世界博覽會》(World’s Fair)和《荷馬和蘭利》(Homer and Langley)。然而，本論文也使用馬克思主義者和後現代主義者理論閱讀。前言概述作者背景和理論家對歷史小說的看法。此外，亦介紹本論文的架構。第一章描述《拉格泰姆時代》中討論關於二十世紀初社會經濟狀況、女性意識的崛起、心理問題的重要性和種族議題。第二章闡述《世界博覽會》中作者使用自己的家庭故事為題材表達出經濟大恐慌時，家人如何面對困境和參與世界博覽會的嘉年華活動。第三章解釋《荷馬和蘭利》中作者選擇和過去不同的題材，作者選擇物品和報紙而不是人物來表達他對一九五十年代歷史的看法。結論包含本論文的簡單摘要並提出巴赫汀的理論如何給予歷史小說新的詮釋。E. L. Doctorow is the most famous American author of postmodern historical novels. In these novels, Doctorow uses historical figures, fictional characters, objects and newspapers to express his ideas about history. This thesis attempts to read Doctorow’s novels Ragtime, World’s Fair, and Homer and Langley using Mikhail Bakhtin’s notions of heteroglossia and carnival. However, it also considers Marxist and postmodernist readings of Doctorow’s works. Introduction briefly summarizes background of the author, theorists’ perspectives about the historical novel and my motivation of the structure of this thesis. Chapter One describes social and financial condition, the rise of female consciousness, the importance of mental problems and racial issues around the 1900s in Ragtime. Chapter Two explains the author selects family history to narrate his family how to face predicaments during the Great Depression and join the carnival activity of the World’s Fair in World’s Fair. Chapter Three illustrates the author chooses objects and newspapers rather than characters around the 1940s to express his ideas about history in Homer and Langley which are different from the previous novel. The conclusion briefly summarizes this thesis and explains how Bakhtin’s theory offers new ways of understanding the historical novel.Introduction 1
Chapter One: Social and Historical Heteroglossia in the Changes of 1900s in Ragtime 10
Chapter Two: Family History, Internal Stratification and Carnival in World’s Fair 30
Chapter Three: Objects and Newspapers Speak History in Homer and Langley 50
Conclusion 69
Bibliography 7
Cult on the rise? Students' perspectives on cult issues in secondary and national high schools in Papua New Guinea
No full textIn the last five years there has been a dramatic increase in perceived levels of
antisocial behaviour amongst students in Secondary and National High schools
in Papua New Guinea. Certain events have caught the public's attention, such
as the burning down of school buildings and reports of Satanic worship.
Despite widespread concern, there seems to be little understanding of why such
problems are occurring and no systematic studies to estimate the exact extent of
such behaviours or their underlying cause.
The main objective of this study was to collect information about the
students' perspectives on the nature and extent of these perceived problems. For
ethical reasons, and with regard to ease of access to participants within the time
frame of the study, data were collected from the first year student teachers at
Madang Teachers' College, Papua New Guinea, who had been
Secondary/National High school students only a few months previously. As this
was an exploratory investigation, and it was not known whether participants
would feel more at ease talking one-on-one with the researcher or in groups,
two methodologies were used: focus group discussions and individual
interviews. The research was conducted over a period of three weeks in June
2007, and involved a total of 21 participants (three focus groups of five, five
and six people respectively, and six individual interviewees, one of whom also
joined a group).
The main findings to emerge from these discussions were as follows.
First, the participants explained their own and other students' behaviour in terms
of exploring old and new traditions of school life. Second, although several
participants reported knowledge of supernatural practices, many of the group
activities described in the discussions were normal activities among peer cliques
that provided a sense of belonging and positive support for school achievement.
There were no major differences in the stories told by male and female
participants, and no obvious differences in the type of information provided
under different research conditions.
There was some disagreement among participants as to whether or not school
authorities should take strong action to eliminate the possibility of cult
practices.
The findings are interpreted with reference to both Western
psychological ideas about the nature of adolescence, and to local traditions,
practices, and understandings of lifespan development. In particular, the notion
of 'searching for identity' stands out in these accounts of student behaviour.
This was an exploratory study and not designed to yield results that
provide an overall picture of the situation in the Secondary/National High
schools of Papua New Guinea. Nevertheless, participants' reports did relate to
events experienced in the majority of PNG Secondary and National High
schools, and some recommendations are tentatively offered
ChemEscape: Educational battle box puzzle activities for engaging outreach and active learning in general chemistry
No full textEscape rooms are physical adventure games where players solve a series of puzzles and riddles. Using clues and hints participants focus on completing a series of tasks within a set time frame. Because participants of escape rooms interact with a variety of challenging problems in an experiential manner they are of interest as active learning tools. To engagingly accommodate a broad audience, however, the puzzles in traditional escape rooms have limited requirements for specialized participant skills or knowledge. In contrast, ChemEscape strives to both engage and have participants enhance and apply discipline specific skills and knowledge during puzzle solution. This is achieved by incorporating opportunities to learn about objectives and hands-on problem-solving skills typical of research-based experiences. Described herein are four hands-on general chemistry puzzles for use in the novel Battle Box design at the grade 4–12 level and first year general chemistry
Supporting the development of number fact knowledge in five- and six-year-olds
No full textThis paper focuses on children’s number fact knowledge from a study that explored the impact of using multiplication and division contexts for developing number understanding with 34 five- and six-year-old children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. After a series of focused lessons, children’s knowledge of number facts, including single digit addition, subtraction, and doubles had improved. However, they did not always apply this knowledge to relevant problem-solving situations. The magnitude of the numbers did not necessarily determine the difficulty level for achieving automaticity of number fact knowledge
Identification of the strengths, concerns and educational needs of the Rural Sexual Assault Service in rural and Aboriginal communities of Alberta (Canada).
No full textWomen in rural communities do not regularly receive comprehensive health care following sexual assaults, resulting in increased rates of mental illness, substance abuse, re-victimization, and chronic health problems. Additionally, women are at risk for secondary victimization, the stigmatization and re-victimization that results from the responses of others to the assault. Secondary victimization is amplified when victims must be transported out of a rural community for treatment, receive delays in services, when professionals react negatively towards them, or provide incomplete services. A research study sought to find ways of addressing these risks and understanding the educational resources needed for crisis care workers in rural and Aboriginal communities. The findings from focus group interviews with interdisciplinary professionals in rural Alberta, Canada, identified strengths, challenges and priority educational needs for those caring for sexual assault victims
Lee weights of Z/4Z-codes from elliptic curves
No full textIn [15: J. L. Walker, Algebraic geometric codes over rings], the second author defined algebraic geometric codes over rings. This definition was motivated by two recent trends in coding theory: the study of algebraic geometric codes over finite fields, and the study of codes over rings. In that paper, many of the basic parameters of these new codes were computed. However, the Lee weight, which is very important for codes over the ring Z/4Z, was not considered. In [14: J.-F. Voloch and J. L. Walker, Euclidean weights of codes from elliptic curves over rings], this weight measure, as well as the more general Euclidean weight for codes over Z/plZ, is considered for algebraic geometric codes arising from elliptic curves. In this paper, we will focus on the specific case of codes over Z/4Z and we will show how everything works in an explicit example
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