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Teo, More Mei Melissa Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment UNSW. "An investigation of community-based protest movement continuity against construction projects." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Built Environment, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/42785.
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This thesis investigates the social forces that shape and sustain community-based protest against proposed projects in the construction industry. It builds on current research which highlights the tendency for community concerns about proposed developments to escalate into long-term protests that have far-reaching implications for both the construction industry and the local community. A theoretical framework merges the facilitative role of movement networks, contagion theory and the cultural experience of activism to investigate their relationship with protest movement continuity. Three research propositions emerged from the model and are investigated within a grounded theory framework. The research method adopts a single case study of a mature protest movement and utilises a triangulation of methods that integrates qualitative and ethnographic approaches across two interrelated phases of data collection that continues to the point of theoretical saturation. The data is analysed in three ways: A thematic story telling approach is used to ground the data derived so as to identify patterns of influences on protest participation and their effect on movement continuity. Concept maps and network diagrams are also used to connect the themes and guide the use of stories to reveal influences on movement continuity. The research concludes by proposing a refined theoretical model of protest movement continuity against construction projects. The model also forms the basis for a grounded theory which consisted of three interrelated parts. The first part concludes that protest networks are deliberately complex and dynamic to cope with the transient nature of protest participation and promote movement continuity. The second part points to the contagious influence of network to generate two opposing network conditions that are both conducive and detrimental to movement continuity. The last part points to the importance of social relationships as shaping the context in which cultural meanings of activism are understood and have a direct effect on sustaining movement continuity.
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Rowson, Juliet Mary. "Community-based sustainability and the construction of difference on Galiano Island, British Columbia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25148.pdf.
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Balde, Nene Mariama. "Self-built housing improvement through strategies-based community organization : guidelines for Conakry Communes." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1177968.
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In Conakry, the capital city of Guinea, more than two thirds of the housing stock consists of self-built housing. Self-built housing is the result of uncoordinated choices of households who buy land, decide the kind of houses and on-site facilities to build and implement their projects often without compliance with land use management policies. As a result this type of housing causes considerable environmental problems that affect the city population as a whole. Unless Conakry local authorities, i.e. communes develop capacities to design and carry out technically and financially appropriate strategies to address and improve households individual actions, the city's environmental conditions will continue to deteriorate. On the basis of lessons learned from theories and successful experiences of self-built housing improvement, the present creative project suggests general and specific guidelines, that commune officials can employ to develop the said capacities and generate substantial changes of housing conditions in Conakry.Department of Urban Planning
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Abubakar, Shehu Yabo. "Investigation of factors affecting rural road maintenance : the case of Sokoto State, Nigeria." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1998. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/11704.
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The study relates to road management in Nigeria, on one (land locked) state out of the 36 that comprise the country. The state (Sokoto) has a population of over four million people, and the acute shortage of road connections to the majority of its rural inhabitants necessitated the research. The practice of road management in Sokoto is broadly representative of other Nigerian States. Sokoto like all the northern states, is distant from the coast, and its main asset is an abundant supply of cheap labour. Roads provide the principal mode of access, and are a key factor to trade, industry and social development. An intensive literature review was carried out to determine the existing state of knowledge on the problems encountered by practitioners in the field. The review (desk study) occupied the first stage of the research. It rapidly became clear that the topic is seriously under-researched, both internationally and specifically in the study area. The review has also drawn upon a variety of published and unpublished sources, drawing upon the limited amount of quantified and rigorous data that is available, but also assessing the more substantial quantity of partially quantified or impressionistic information to be found in project reports and case studies. For research to be successful, observable indicators must be found for at least some of the abstract concepts used in the theory. In this regard, six months field work (data collection) was carried out in Nigeria as the study's second stage. This translates the research hypothesis into an operational hypothesis. The third stage of the research covers the analysis and validation of data. This includes an interpretation, which serves as a bridge between the theoretical and practical data. The thesis describes how the empirical data has been used in analysis, to spell out parameters that affect rural road management in Nigeria as in many Sub-Saharan Africa. The research revealed the inappropriate use of technology to be the major factor hindering performance. The study suggests some workable operating methods as possible alternatives that can simplify the difficulties of road maintenance under different operating conditions.
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Haltrich, Natalie, Ella Lawton, and Geoffrey Stack. "Co-Creating Community with a Needs Based Design Approach to Urban Design and Planning." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2897.
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The development of the human built environment is an essential component to achieving and maintaining a sustainable society. Much has been done to develop tools, techniques and approaches for creating ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ neighbourhoods yet they rarely demonstrate the capacity to address the wider socio-ecological requirements for achieving success. This paper studies the current approaches to green design and planning, proposes a new approach called Needs Based Design (NBD), and identifies the gaps that exist between the two. Results indicate that NBD is based on a firm foundation, is widely applicable, and can support and spur regional sustainable development initiatives and positive behaviour change within communities. It fills three major gaps identified in current green design by utilising systems thinking and a shared language and framework, and focusing on the needs of individuals within communities. Concerns exist, however, about its reliance on broad community participation and ongoing education. In theory, NBD allows project teams to implement their work within the context of a strategic sustainable development perspective. Recommended now is practical application and testing.Both a Master's thesis and an introductory guide, as a supplement to the thesis, are included.
Natalie Haltrich 144 1st Boulevard Terrasse-Vaudreuil Quebec J7V 5T1 Canada
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Mukanya, Ronald. "Perceiving sustainability and practicing community based rehabilitation : a critical examination of the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC) as a case study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20323.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Problem Statement: From a sustainability point of view, hospitals offer their services without taking into consideration their impact on the environment, the interplay between various sectors, key elements of sustainable development and interconnectedness. This study represents an attempt to design a “virtual” green hospital facility that does more with fewer resources. Aims and Objectives: Contribute towards achieving sustainable and better quality healthcare services. To generate evidence and increase our understanding of the sustainability of hospital resource flows. Design a “virtual” green hospital. Research Method: The research approach consists of a comprehensive literature review, mixed with substantiated field research and interviews. The literature review provided an understanding, recommendations and interventions for the virtual project. These can be used to promote greater sustainability through WCRC’s healthcare system, energy efficiency and green hospital buildings. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect the qualitative data. The interpretive technique was used to analyse the collected data. Consumption statistics of electricity, water and waste were used to collect the quantitative data. It was analysed using the green building rating tool. The rating tool awards points according to incorporated measures, and arrives at a total score after appropriate weighting. The green building rating tool was used to establish the rating of WCRC as it stands and what it could ideally be as a retrofit? The data was presented as demographic information in tables, charts and graphs, drawn from the collected data. Findings: The findings that emerged suggest that: a) green hospital buildings promote greater sustainability than the current modern healthcare hospital buildings at WCRC and retrofitting would promote greater sustainability; b) the majority of WCRC’s current healthcare provision is done in the conventional ‘business as usual approach’; c) the greatest weaknesses of the hospital is its heavy dependence (95% average) on nonrenewable energy sources of fuel, electricity and water; d) procurement isn’t focused in the bio-region; e) sustainability isn’t viewed as the cornerstone to influence policy; and f) the flow of resources gets conducted through socio-economic systems. Conclusion: The current design of the hospital needs to be retrofitted into a green building, which will promote greater sustainability. A higher rated green star building for WCRC would promote greater sustainability. Healthcare provision is done in the conventional ‘business as usual approach’. Therefore the healthcare system faces threats in the immediate future, which include the impact of climate change, over dependency on fossil fuels and increasing urban sprawl. A virtual green hospital is designed to reduce the overall impact of its built environment on human health and the natural environment by: • Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources; • Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity; • Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation. Recommendations: In this sustainability criterion, a paradigm shift is required for WCRC hospital to go green and become sustainable. At a local scale WCRC needs to green the current hospital building by retrofitting. WCRC needs to energy switch from nonrenewables to sustainable renewable resources. Bioregional consumption and procurement needs to be practiced whilst establishing a local health movement to engage suppliers and focus on sustainability.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Probleem stelling: Gesien van volhoubaarheids oogpunt, bied hospitale dienste aan sonder om te besin oor die impak op die omgeweing, die tussenspel tussen verskeie sektore, sleautel elemente van volhoubare ontwikkeling en die onderlinge aanknopings. Hierdie studie verteenwoordig ‘n poging om ‘n skyn groen hospitaal te ontwerp wat meer kan doen met minder hulpbronne. Oogmerk en Doelstellings: Om ‘n bydrae te lewer om ‘n volhoubare en beter kwaliteit gesondheidsdiens te bereik. Om bewyse te genereer en begrip aangaande die volhoubaarheid van hospitaal bronne vloei to verhoog/ Ontwerp van ‘n “skyn” groen hospitaal. Ondersoek Metode: Die benadering in die ondersoek bestaan uit ‘n omvattende literatuurstudie met ondersteunbare veld ondersoeke en onderhoude. Die literatuurstudie voorsien in die begrip, aanbevelings en tussentredes vir die skyn projek. Dit kan gebruik word om groter volhoubaarheid van die WKRS se gesondheidsisteem, energie effektiwiteit en groen hospitale te bevorder. Kwalitatiewe data was ingewin met behulp van onderhoude en vraelyste. Interpretasie was die tegniek wat gebruik was om data te analiseer. Verbruikstatistiek van elektrisiteit, water en afval was gebruik on kwantitatiewe data te kollekteer. Die analise daarvan was gedoen deur die gebruik van die groen gebou graderingsinstrument. Die graderingsinstrument ken punte toe volgens opgeneemde maatreëls en bepaal die finale gradering na gepaste afwegings. Die instrument was gebruik om die gradering van WKRS te bepaal soos dit is en wat die ideale terugbou sou wees. Die data word in tabelle en grafieke voorgelê soos wat dit verkry was van die gekollekteerde data. Bevindinge: Die bevindinge wat na vore gekom het dui aan dat: Groen hospitaal geboue bevorder groter volhoubaarheid dan die huidige moderne hospitaal geboue van WKRS en terugbouing sal groter volhoubaarheid bevorder. Die meerderheid van gesondheidsdiensvoorsiening deur WKRS geskied volgense die konvensionele benadering van “besigheid soos normal” Die grootste swakheid van die hospitaal is die swaar afhanklikheid van die hospitaal op nie-hernubare energie (95%) soos brandstof, elektrisiteit en water, Verkryging is nie gefokus op die bio-streek nie, Volhoubaarheid word nie beskou as die hoeksteen om belied te beinvloed nie en Die vloei van hulpbronne word herlei deur sosio-ekonomies sisteme. Sluiting: Die huidige ontwerp van die hospitaal moet terugverbou word na ‘n groen gebou wat groter volhoubaarheid sal bevorder. ‘n Hoër groenster bougradering vir WKRS sal groter volhoubaarheid bevorder. Voorsiening van gesondheidsdienste volgens die “besigheid soos normaal” benadering veroorsaak dat die gesondheids-sisteem bedreigiongs in die gesig staar soos die impak van klimaatsverandering, oorafhanklikheid van fosiel energie en verhoodge stadspreiding. Aanbevelings: Volgens die kriteria is ‘n paradigma verskuiwing nodig by WKRS om groen en volhoubaar te raak. Op ‘n plaaslike skaal is dit nodig vir WKRS om die huidige hospitaal terug te bou om groen te raak. Dit is nodig om energie veranderings te ondergaan van nie hernubare tot volhoubare, hernubare energie bronne. Die Biostreek verbruiking en verkryging moet gepraktiseer word terwyl plaaslike gesondheidsbewegings gevestig word om te onderhandel met verskaffers en te fokus op volhoubaarheid.
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Daniels, John Dennis II. "Edifying Design-Build: Towards a Practice and Place based Architectural Education." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82553.
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Architecture in its primitive form enacted a relationship of making between intentions and outcome. Post- industrialized modernization has created a multiplication of complexities, resulting in a profession that has disengaged theory and practice through the specialization of the architect and the craftsman. Design-build has the ability to be an educational process that re-engages a direct dialog and collaboration of the roles of designer and maker, reinforcing the resilience of culture and place through joining intentions and built reality. Design-build projects have the ability to be an integral part of design education because of their ability to engage in physical manifestation that is fundamentally different than formal education of designing through drawing or design at a distance. Exploring the Washington Alexandria Architecture Center's Design-Build ethos as a primary case study, I intend to support this claim by providing evidence of how a Design-Build process can engage the designer, tools, methods, and materials, with the cultural, social, and environmental context that is sensible to place. By utilizing creativity and ingenuity of available resources as an opportunity for adaptation, an organic sense of place is perceptible, the place is created. Representation beyond drawing encourages one to be proactive in connecting the qualities and characteristics of existing space; this leads to a sustainable practice of continued investment in object, materiality, time, and place. Hybrid approaches to design, or the assembly of both design and building as an academic practice, are no longer insular, but are encouraged as a way to interrelate and connect the built environment with its unbuilt opportunities and impressions.Master of Architecture
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Clements, Andrea D., and Lori Rothenberg. "Testing at Higher Taxonomic Levels: Are We Jeopardizing Reliability by Increasing Complexity?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1996. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ625745.
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Undergraduate psychology examinations from 48 schools were analyzed to determine the proportion of items at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy, item format, and test length. Analyses indicated significant relationships between item complexity and test length even when taking format into account. Use of higher items may be related to shorter tests, jeopardizing reliability. (SLD)
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Drevdahl, Denise J. "Constructing the meaning of community in a community-based clinic : a postmodern feminist analysis /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7369.
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Buffet, Christophe. "L'adaptation au changement climatique : construction, cadrages et acteurs, des arènes globales de négociations aux populations vulnérables du Bangladesh." Paris, EHESS, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015EHES0091.
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Le changement climatique est désormais considéré comme l'un des grands défis de ce siècle. Bien que les enjeux de réductions des émissions de gaz à effet de serre demeurent primordiaux, les projections des climatologues montrent que l'adaptation à ses impacts est d'ores et déjà devenue inévitable. Depuis le début des années 2000, cet impératif s'est progressivement déployé à toutes les échelles, des arènes globales de négociations (COP) jusqu'aux populations identifiées comme les plus vulnérables. A travers une approche multidisciplinaire conjuguant sociologie des sciences (STS), sciences politiques et socio-anthropologie, cette thèse analyse la construction politique, institutionnelle, épistémique et pratique de l'adaptation. Elle met en lumière les multiples interactions entre sciences et politique, et les cadrages des différents acteurs qui ont contribué à cette construction. Un accent particulier est porté sur le Bangladesh, devenu « hot spot » de l'adaptation, ainsi que sur les ONG. Ces dernières, acteurs multiscalaires, ont mobilisé leur expertise pour participer à la mise sur agenda de la thématique dans les COP, et mettre en œuvre des programmes de « community-based adaptation »Climate change is now considered as one of the biggest challenge of our century. If the reduction of emissions remains primordial, climatologists' projections prove that adaptation to its impacts has already become unavoidable. This imperative has expanded at all scales since the early 2000s, from the global arenas of negotiations (COPs) to the populations considered as the most vulnerable. Through a multidisciplinary approach including science studies (STS), political sciences and socio-anthropology, this thesis analyses the political, institutional, epistemic and practical construction of adaptation. It highlights multiple interactions between science and policy, as well as the framing of different actors that contributed to this construction. A particular emphasis is placed ori Bangladesh, which became a "hot spot" of adaptation, and on NGOs. As multiscalar actors, NGOs mobilized their expertise to participate and set adaptation on the agenda of COPs and to implement community-based adaptation programmes
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Corral, Melinda Vera. "A constructive approach of the evaluation of a community based program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2274.
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Buda, Sharon Liddell. "Arts Based Envirnomental Integrated Curriculum Construction and Implimentation Supported by Learning Communites." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253572541.
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Holmes, Cindy. "The politics of naming the violence, examining constructions of lesbian abuse in community-based educational discourses." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0022/MQ50473.pdf.
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Oyakawa, Michelle Mariko. ""Turning Private Pain Into Public Action": Constructing Activist-Leader Identities in Faith-Based Community Organizing." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1341340078.
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Krenzer, Meghan Lee Mackenzie. "A case study exploring the application of the Occupation-based Community Development Framework: co-constructing humanising praxis." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30802.
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The Occupation-based Community Development (ObCD) framework draws on critical occupational science concepts in working with marginalized communities to bring about transformative change (Galvaan & Peters, 2017a). However, little research has been conducted on this to date, specifically within community development practice (CDP) and in the Global South. This study asked the question: “How does the application of an occupational perspective and participatory action methods influence the processes within ObCD?” A qualitative research design employing an instrumental single case study was conducted. The case was bounded within the University of Cape Town’s final year Occupational Therapy student service-learning placements during the period of 2014 to 2016, in South Africa. Participants were purposively selected and included occupational therapy clinical educators and recent occupational therapy graduates who had applied the ObCD framework during their CDP placements. Data was generated through a focus group; individual semi-structured interviews and analysis of graduates’ written reports. A thematic analysis revealed the case to be that of co-constructing humanising praxis, describing the evolving thinking and doing of practice. Three themes, namely: 1) Processes of dialogue and doing; 2) Situating occupational perspectives in socio-political and historicised contexts; and 3) Negotiating positionalities, offer detailed descriptions of the elements to consider in engaging and developing this form of praxis. The discussion illustrates how praxis resonates with the values of critical and social occupational therapy in working towards promoting occupational justice. Thereby, proposing that occupational justice implies engaging in humanising praxis, through a co-constructed journey with stakeholders. The suggestion made is that praxis guided by the ObCD Framework promotes occupational justice. Shifts in terminology and concepts, that could depict the values in ObCD more explicitly are suggested. Finally, praxis as a potential avenue for decolonising domains of occupational therapy practice is identified. Recommendations relating to occupational therapy curricula, services and research are offered.
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Cheng, Rosangela Fung Ping. "An exploratory study on developing a framework for adopting community-oriented approach in constructing 3D social-based sustainable development indicators /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202005%20CHENG.
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Jankowski, Thaddeus K. Sr. "Planning for success: constructing a first responder planning methodology for homeland security." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2275.
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The planning methodologies used today by most U.S. fire departments are excellent for traditional missions, but wholly inadequate for the threats posed by terrorism. Planning in the fire service and the rest of the first responder community historically has relied on a one-dimensional approach that uses a scenario-based planning (SBP) methodology. This thesis argues that the fire service and others in the first responder community will be able to contribute to homeland security missions much more effectively, and efficiently, by switching to specially adapted versions of capabilities-based planning. This thesis proposes a new integrated planning methodology that combines the planning strengths of scenariobased planning, threat-based planning, and capabilities-based planning. The new method identifies capabilities that could be used to manage and mitigate the consequences of the different types of contingencies within the various response spectrums. It allows an organization to perform analysis and efficiency studies to evaluate the different spectrums of contingencies against existing capabilities and create a menu of capabilities necessary for the first responder to respond to all its missions, including immediate threats and terrorism, in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
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Devlin, Anne. "Nurses' constructions of learning in work : exploring the process and potential of work-based learning within an NHS 'Community of Practice'." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708810.
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Karanja, Daniel Njoroge. "Perpetrator and Victim Constructions of Justice, Forgiveness and Trauma Healing: Results of a Thematic Narrative Study of Intra-group Conflict in Colonial Central Kenya, 1952-1962." NSUWorks, 2015. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/21.
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This dissertation investigated how the Gikuyu people of central Kenya understood justice, forgiveness and trauma healing or their absence during a decade of intra-group reciprocal violence. This qualitative research study employed the narrative research method utilizing the "Williams Model" (Riessman, 2008). Field interviews were guided by a primary research question: What do the narratives of perpetrators and victims in reciprocal violence reveal about their understanding of justice, forgiveness and trauma healing or their absence? Fourteen research participants aged 78 to 92 years shared their full narratives. Current conflict analysis literature overwhelmingly centers on the victims and less on perpetrators. The reseach sample allowed perpetrator voices to be heard.
The findings of this study suggest that the absence of justice as defined by the stakeholders is a primary perceived barrier towards forgiveness and trauma healing in post-conflict environments. While restorative justice literature offers hope in repairing harm, it's applicability in this study bears some complications when faced with the unreadiness of perpetrators to face their victims in a voluntary process. An extended discussion on restorative justice is offered under implications. Fair land re-distribution was identified as the most preferred response to the question of justice but is yet to be addressed. This stalemate suggests the need for a new negotiated framing and definition of justice if progress is to be expected. The study found out that forgiveness and trauma healing are desired but perceived as impossible goals. Researchers and policy makers could benefit from the findings especially in promoting native and localized restorative justice processes in order to terminate cycles of reciprocal violence.
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Hwang, Wen-Du, and 黃文度. "Tree-Based P2P Community Network Construction." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29324107376948611915.
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In this paper, we propose a tree-based algorithm which constructs community networks based on pre-claimed attributes on any peer-to-peer networks. In order to accelerate the process of community forming without the help of centralized indexing nodes, this algorithm builds a reference tree among different community networks based on their attributes. Thus, whenever a new node arrived, it will be automatically referenced to the proper community networks through the information recorded in the reference tree. In such community network, we may apply any P2P document-search method or distributed data storage system.
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Lee, Yen-Chang, and 李煙長. "The Construction and Implementation of Web-Based Composition Learning Community for Elementary School Students." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81955527651518311712.
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The purpose of this study is to design and construct a web-based composition learning community for elementary school students (WBCLC). The departure point of the system is the concept of learning community and the characteristics of Internet. The system has been implemented in a real elementary composition curriculum to assist both teachers’ teaching and students’ learning in composition. After implementing, the evaluation has been conducted in order to understand the function, the effectiveness and the influence of the system on composition skill learning. Methods applied in the study include: literature analysis, survey, observation, case study, and system development. Three theories applied in developing the system are “Prototyping”, “Spiral Web Development Methodology for Product and Service Marketing” and “Instructional System Design”. Based on the experience and research, three results are drawn from the study. (1) an ideal environmental framework of WBCLC; (2) a design method, construction model and teaching material designing model of WBCLC; (3)instructional strategies and operating procedures of WBCLC. Findings of the study are summarized as follows: (1) WBCLC is widely accepted by most elementary school students; (2) Using WBCLC has a positive influence on student’s composition learning process; (3) WBCLC has satisfied most users, but it needs to be enriched and updated; (4) An examining system needs to be established to check the learning resources provided and the articles published on WBCLC; (5) Both points-accumulating system and multiple learning activity encourage elementary school students to use WBCLC; (6) A formative evaluation for examining, amending and enriching the function of WBCLC is necessary; (7) The teachers encountered many problems when they were correcting students'' work by using WBCLC; (8) The auto-recording and auto-managing functions are essential to the performance of WBCLC. Teachers and parents can use these two functions to examine the performance of students, and so do the students themselves, etc. Finally, based on the results of the study, suggestions made for the development and research of the system are in four parts, system designers and system developers, system improvement, system implementation and future study.
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Lin, Yi Shan, and 林憶珊. "The study of building web-based learning community based on digital library with support of knowledge construction tool." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54166226973092496630.
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碩士國立政治大學
圖書資訊與檔案學研究所
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As the rapid changes of on-line environment and prevalence of social networking websites, not only has the on-line users’ behavior changed, but also it implies the perfect time to develop better learning community with the advantages of technology innovation. Taking the Digital library (DL) as example, it has been developed into the perfect portal with accumulation of high quality information with and reader-centered services, including personalized information services and searching functions. However, comparing with other social networking sites, DL has been considered less value on building on readers’ learning communities, or not suitable sites to share information or communicate with other readers. The purpose of the study is to promote people cohesiveness at the web-based learning community platform and to improve the usage of digital library resources. Based on the advantage of web-based learning communities, the study analyzes the possible models and outcomes for learning communities on DL. In addition, the study attempts to survey ways to make better environment for readers actively interacting with others more; moreover, utilizing the digital libraries to construct knowledge. Taking the “Knowledge Forum” as web-based learning community platform, the study adopted the quasi-experimental methodology to investigate the social networks and knowledge construction behavior of the learning community on DL. The statistics analysis scheme was employed to evaluate the specific model of community building for web-based learning, and its effectiveness for promoting DL as learning support. The results of this study are concluded as following. First, compared with other methods for community building, the recommendation and motivation system are more beneficial for participation on web-based learning community. Second, integrating the resources of DL with web-based learning community is helpful for the diversity of subject topics and concepts in on-line discussion. Third, academic field experts for subject matter discussion are helpful for better DL resources utilization during the process of web-based learning.
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Hsu, Hsi-Chuan, and 徐細娟. "The Construction of Non-Profit Community Organization Based on the Accounting Information System — Example of the Association of Community Development." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41820914464326931353.
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碩士國立中正大學
會計與資訊科技研究所
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Recently, the social structure has changed rapidly. There are diverse developments of social values and the non-profit organizations have also been widely developed. A variety of social organizations have been founded, revealing different aspects, so that the energy and vitality of the public can be accumulated in order to satisfy the various needs of people. For different social groups, they have been founded for different aims, targeting groups, and modes of operation. Thus, the present study takes the Association of Community Development for example, building an accounting information system for the target association. Normal small and medium-sized enterprises can utilize the Business software packages sold in the market. For the large non-profit organizations, there are specific software companies assisting them developing accounting information software, or the organizations can develop their own software according to the individual attributes. However, the Association of Community Development is small-sized and belongs to the local areas, running depending on the financial support from the government. It is mostly operated under a tight budget and cannot afford extra funds for the software. The Association of Community Development does not have sufficient funds like other enterprises, but it does not mean that it does not have an urgent need for informationization. This study is expected to have the following contributions: 1. For the Association of Community Development, this study provides them with the custom-made and user-friendly accounting information system, making the management of community finance easy. 2. For other social groups, the related laws and research results synthesized in this study can be referred to by the small-sized social organizations when managing their own finance. 3. For the managers of the social groups, the study enables the groups to manage their finance well, so that the supporting funds are ensured to be efficiently used and the business promotion and working can be further improved. 4. The information and research results of the study can serve as a reference when the social groups are holding employee’s training on the financial personnel.
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Milani, Brian. "Building materials in a green economy : community-based strategies for dematerialization." 2005. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=232560&T=F.
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Curran, Amelia. "The construction of at-risk youth: a qualitative study of community-based youth-serving agencies." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4087.
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This thesis explores the ways in which the ‘at-risk’ designation of marginalized and disadvantaged youth within youth-serving agencies contributes to a program of governance within a neoliberalized welfare state. I argue that while there is considerable resistance to the risk designation within youth-serving agencies, officially accepting funding for programming designed to target at-risk youth continues to individualize the troubles youth face and responsibilizes youth to become their own risk managers. Through these structural funding constraints, youth-serving agency staff inadvertently disseminates expert knowledges that validate the notion of ‘at-risk’ youth as a growing problem while legitimating the perspective that social problems can and should be addressed through individual treatment rather than social policy. This both disciplines youth to become better liberal subjects while leaving structural constraints unaddressed. I conclude with some examples of resistance that show promise of working outside of these technologies of governance.
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Tang, Hsuan-Wei, and 唐宣蔚. "The Construction and Implementation of Web-Based Learning Community of Academic Growth for College Students." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54085783616740503290.
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碩士淡江大學
教育資料科學學系
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The major purpose of this study is to design and develop a web-based learning community for college students. The subjects of this study are those who take “Distance Instruction” in the Department of Educational Technology in Tam-Kang University. The methodologies of this study apply documentary analysis, survey research, and system development. The study is based on the rationale of “virtual learning community” and our goal is to promote the academic growth and learning outcome of students by designing various activities and strategies on the web. Furthermore, coordination with actual classroom teachings will enhance effectivity. Through this effort, students can share, create and exchange their knowledge and learning experience with other people, including teachers, experts or anyone on the net. The study applies ISD model and system prototyping to analyze, design, develop and evaluate this web-based learning community, and tries to offer: the learning rationale and strategies of web-based learning community; the environmental framework of web-based learning community; the design method and construction model of web-based learning community; and the instructional strategies and operating procedures of web-based learning community. After the system has been implemented, observed and evaluated formatively and summatively for at least 3 months, we have found the following results: the web-based learning community earns the users’ positive attitude; the web-based learning community is applicable for those who really have the needs to communicate from long distances; well-designed instructional design and strategies are the keys to a successful web-based learning community; it is difficult to tell student’s identity and manage the student’s records efficiently and fairly in the web-based learning community, because anyone can just use the student’s identity; establishing the audit and management rules for all the learning resources on the web-based learning community is essential; moderators in the web-based learning community need professional training and moderation techniques; the level and frequency of experts involved in the web-based learning community will affect the interaction between experts and students; and complete personal learning records and bonus mechanism on the web do encourage students to learn in the web-based learning community.
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Lee, Tong-Cheng, and 李同正. "A Construction of Cost Model of Community Living for Adult with Intellectual Disability- An Activity-Based Costing System." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e525bz.
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碩士國立暨南國際大學
非營利組織經營管理碩士學位學程在職專班
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Adult mental disorders, which under six adults living in the community service, their outcomes obviously outperforms institution care in the dimensions of self-determination, quality of life, and community integration. It would be more fit for the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities. However, the government policy for disabled persons living mainly focused on the setting of reformatory mode of long-term storage treatment and maintained survival or operations. Selective grants were more abundant throughout the day as the main accommodation service, but it was not conducive to take forward community living services. Thus in statistics, institutions service increase in the number of community living is about 10 times. Besides, living in the community service also encountered service promotion, financial pressure, parents and public hinder. Cost management is the foundation of financial management. Traditional cost accounting system did not correctly reflect the true cost of a housing unit. It also hard to reflect the relationship between resident's needs and service activities. The research tries to construct and practice the activity- based costing, focusing on cost information, and comparing the government found. Expect that it would be helpful to government set more appropriate allowances for the density of the different needs of service users and, achieving the following goals: [1] using of activity-based costing, constructing a cost model of community living project for adult with intellectual disability , and implementing to the case care unit. [2] clarifying the relationship or correspondence of related service users' needs and professional service activities. [3] offering others institutes a reference structure; supporting different densities of individual service units, provision activity-based costing budgeting. It would follow the architecture design of this study, setting steps of activity based costing system. It would be sequential completion of the selected cases, forming unit job dictionary and activity driver; execution modules in cost issue. Finally, base on the outcomes of cost information, including of financial and non-financial information to do data analysis. The findings and conclusions were followings: I. Advantages of activity-based costing a. the contents of community would be made more specific and clear in residential service b. calculate the unit cost of service residents c. providing professional service, the fees would be more reasonable and detailed in cost information II. Activity based costing system applications a. It can be used for provision of activity-based costing budgeting b. It can be used for the improvement of the activities c. contributing the cost management and decision-making charges To compare the assessment tools from Ministry of Health and Welfare on Republic of China, the applicant of middle class of support density in resident needs funding; and the unit operational cost in this study; the former one lower than the latter NT 6,269. It means that NT 6,400 with a maximum grant of imputed, raised the proportion were about 52.3%, the mainly part of the services, which included lower amount of subsidy or not included in the subsidy standards. This research results implied that it should increase the amount of community living of subsidies and services professionals and lower down the standard of application and verification operations.
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HUNG, CHUN-HSUN, and 洪春旬. "Issues and Challenges: A Preliminary Study on the Construction of Community-based Integrated Care Service System in Taiwan." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ad4642.
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碩士東吳大學
社會工作學系
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The "Long-term Care Ten-Year Plan" --the most important long-term care policy in Taiwan-- which was established in 2007, has come to an end and since 2016, the "Long-term Care Ten Years Plan 2.0" has been put into operation, which fundamental reformation has been made by building a community-based integrated care service system through resources, services and departments integration, in order to provide universal, convenient, and high-quality of care services. In November 2016, the first phase of the integration plan (hereafter ABC program) was initiated with a total participation of 9 Cities. The purpose of this preliminary study is to understand the current promotion of community-based integrated care service system in Taiwan and to reveal the dilemma faced by executive units in operating and developing the ABC program. Hence, 6 samples were selected from 9 A-tier units that have passed the first phase pilot scheme through purposive sampling and in-depth interview is used as the methodology of the study. This study focuses on the background and motive, missions and difficulties, operation and cooperation, and human resources of those frontline executive units. It is discovered that: (1) missions and functions of the ABC plan have to be reviewed; (2) the function of A-tier units and care centers is ambiguous and professional positioning is remained unknown; (3) the construction of resources is inadequate for integration; (4) difficulties in the establishment and transformation of C-tier units; (5) the integration of information is not in place; (6) hardly to obtain human resources. The "Long-term Care Ten-Year Plan 2.0" has been highly looked forward to since the new Government came in. This study suggests that: (1) the contents of the program should be clearly defined; (2) unbinding ABC to A, B and C. (3) B-tier units should focus on the provision of services and the threshold of C-tier units should be lowered; (4) remain flexibility in accordance with local conditions. In short, policy stability is crucial to the successful implementation of the Plan.
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Mthembu, Sindisiwe Zamandosi. "The analysis of knowledge construction in community based service-learning programmes for basic nursing education at two selected nursing schools in South Africa." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4747.
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Community based service-learning is one of the fastest growing reforms in higher education, especially in the field of health care. The increased interest in this phenomenon is based on the demands by government and society that higher education institutions should be more responsive to the needs of the community. Literature, however, reflects that service learning lacks a sound theoretical base to guide teaching and learning due to limited research in this area. This study was, therefore, aimed at exploring the phenomenon knowledge construction in basic nursing programmes in selected South African nursing schools with the intention to generate a middle range theory that may be used to guide the process of knowledge construction in community-based service-learning programmes. This study adopted a qualitative approach and a grounded theory research design
by Strauss and Corbin. Two university-based schools of nursing were purposively selected to participate in the study. There were a total number of 16 participants. The collection of data was intensified by the use of multiple sources of data (participant observation, documents analysis and in-depth structured interviews). The data analysis process entailed three phases; open, axial and selective coding. The results of the study revealed that the phenomenon “knowledge construction” is conceptualised as having specific core characteristics, which include the use of authentic health-related problems, academic coaching through scaffolding,
academic discourse-dialogue and communities of learners. The findings showed that there are a number of antecedent conditions and contextual circumstances contributing to how knowledge is constructed in a community based service learning programme. The process of knowledge construction emerged as cyclical in nature, with students, facilitators and community members having specific roles to play in the process. A number of intervening variables were identified that had an influence on the expected outcomes on knowledge construction in community based
service learning programmes. These findings led to the generation of a
conceptual model. Knowledge construction according to this model takes place in an environment which is characterised by interactive learning, collaborative learning, actively learning and inquiry-based learning through continuous reflective learning processes. The main concepts in this conceptual model include concrete learning experiences, continuous reflection, problem posing, problem analysis, knowledge deconstruction and knowledge generation, knowledge verification, knowledge generation, testing of generated knowledge and evaluation of generated knowledge. The sub-concepts include learning through senses, an initial situation, health-related triggers, social interaction, reflection-in action,
reflection-on action, hypotheses generation, conceptualisation of learning
experiences, information validation and community interventions.
Recommendations were categorised into education and training of academic staff, application of the model and further research with regard to quality assurance in CBSL programmes as well as the use of other research designs for similar studies.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Wolff, Susan J. "Sustaining systems of relationships : the essence of the physical learning environment that supports and enhances collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/32263.
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The purpose of this study was to: (a) determine the design features of the
physical learning environment that support and enhance collaborative, project-based
learning at the community college level; and (b) to gain an understanding of
the rationale for the selection of the features. The characteristics of the physical
environment investigated in the study were scale, location, functionality,
relationships, and patterns. Aspects of the rationale or purpose for the selected
features included: (a) important factors for consideration, (b) sequence of
consideration among the factors, (c) relationship among the factors, (d) derivation
of the factors, (e) design process considerations, and (f) theories used to make the
recommendation.
The literature review indicated a need for changing learning expectations to
prepare learners for rapidly changing roles and responsibilities in work, family, and
community for the 21st century. Collaborative, project-based learning was
identified as a pedagogy that prepares learners for these new learning expectations
by conceiving, developing, and implementing projects relevant to the learners' and
the communities' needs. This active learning process teaches critical thinking,
problem solving, teamwork, negotiation skills, reaching consensus, using
technology, and taking responsibility for one's own learning.
Data were collected in three phases using a phenomenological approach to
gain an understanding of the two foci areas of the study. Methods for collecting
data included site visits, observations, text, interviews, and designs. Participants
included architects, educators, and learners.
The findings from the study included the initial identification of 44 design
features of the physical learning environment that support and enhance
collaborative, project-based learning at the community college level and the
determination of the rationale for the selection of the features. Analysis and
synthesis of the features resulted in 32 design features that were placed in the
following six categories: (a) learning group size, (b) functional spaces for learning
activities, (c) adjacencies, (d) furnishings, (e) psychological and physiological
support of the learners, and (f) structural aspects. The essence of designing physical
environments that support and encourage collaborative, project-based learning is
the interrelationship among the categories and features within the categories.Graduation date: 2002
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(13979730), John Strain. "A study of block grants for construction in three schools in Aceh, Indonesia." Thesis, 2010. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_study_of_block_grants_for_construction_in_three_schools_in_Aceh_Indonesia/21358401.
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This study examines the impact of conditionality on the outcomes of Australian Government block grants for construction at three schools in Aceh. The study examines the impact of conditions designed to increase transparency, building quality, and also conditions aimed at protecting the environment; namely the condition excluding the use of unsustainably harvested timber.
A case study methodology was used to examine how conditionally affected outcomes across ten indicators of project success. This involved conducting face to face interviews in Aceh, Indonesia, with school heads, block grant committee heads, parent teacher committee heads, government officials, and Australian development practitioners. This primary data was analysed in conjunction with secondary data to draw conclusions about the impact on conditionality of block grant programs in schools.
Several conclusions are made which have implications for aid programs and individual development practitioners which are implementing community based construction methodologies. Recommendations are generated from the research findings which will improve the delivery of block grants for construction in schools in Aceh in the future.
It is recommended that:
1. Onerous conditions can be applied to block grant programs in the future, where they benefit Australian interests. However, strong engagement of government stakeholders is critical to maintaining a good relationship.
2. More effort be made by AusAID to explain onerous conditions, such as the condition not to use any non-sustainably harvested timber.
3. AusAID assesses the advantages and disadvantages of policies, such as that against the use of unsustainably harvested timber, before such policies are implemented.
4. School communities be engaged in consultation over building materials before projects begin. AusAID should decide on building materials in consultation with school communities, taking into account local capacity to maintain the selected materials.
5. Where possible, schools should be provided with as much freedom as possible over the choice of building materials.
6. In cases where AusAID deems that freedom over the choice of building materials is not possible, AusAID should take control of the building design, and the supply of building materials.
7. AusAID engages school communities on the strategies for maintenance during the design stage of infrastructure projects.
8. School communities should be required to demonstrate a capacity and a willingness to maintain infrastructure before projects are approved.
9. AusAID obtains a commitment from the Indonesian government to maintain schools as a condition of future projects.
10.More school infrastructure projects should use block grants for community based approaches to construction.
11. Schools have full financial control of their infrastructure projects.
12.Strict financial reporting requirements be continued in block grant programs.
13. Future block grant programs include the requirement of joint accounts between the school heads and the president of the school committee.
14.The condition of displaying financial reports on the school noticeboard be abolished.
15.The practice of issuing staggered payments be continued.
16.Tranche payments should be linked to satisfactory financial reporting by the school committee.
17.The practice of including a financial reporting format in the block grant agreement should also be continued.
18.The practice of transferring funds directly to the school committee be continued.
19. Schools should be required to produce evidence of land ownership as a prerequisite of the approval process.
20.The requirement of a detailed technical and financial proposal be continued in the future.
21.The condition ,requiring school committees to use separate committees for ordering and purchasing materials, should be abolished.
22. More schools be provided with the opportunity to estimate the timeframe of the implementation of their own infrastructure through block grants.
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Hsu, Chin-tzu, and 許芹滋. "Study on constructing mechanism of a web-based learning community." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30059822660795805651.
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碩士明道大學
資訊工程學系碩士班
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Constructing mechanism of a web-based learning community is different from course to a method of teaching, for example constructing self-assess on the course of computer network, and constructing the final report on the course of the introduction to a database. In the final report constructing, students follow the learning records to make gradual progress, wish students can to express reflexivity for they self, give they to think over and to heave the final report achievements. Relation the learning progress in the web-based learning community and the term of results, use the decision tree to assay. In the final, thought the way of survey, to understand the students use web-based learning community whether they have reflexivity. Summary, the report conclusions: (1) the relation of the learning progress can effect the term of results. (2) The decision rules are different from course to course, and the property of the learning behavior is correlation the term of results. (3) Use the different results scope to assay, the decision rules were be different, but the effect result are same. (4) Students have reflexivity can to promote the final report results. (5) Constructing mechanism of a web-based learning community should constructing final report step by step, can promote the term of results.Through the report methods to constructing mechanism of a web-based learning community, can observe learning behavior and auxiliary learning.
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Hesien, Yu-ming, and 謝育明. "Constructing Model of Knowledge Sharing Intention among the Network-Based Learning Community." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98632172715450162268.
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碩士國立臺南大學
教育學系科技發展與傳播碩士班
97
The purpose of this study was to put forward a concrete module to represent the crucial factors that affect the intention to share knowledge among the network-based learning community. Framework of this study was based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), and affiliated with the results summarizing from relevant literature. Five independent variables, “performance expectancy”, “effort expectancy”, “outcome expectations”, “attainment value”, and “community reward”, and one dependent variable ”behavioral Intention” were used in the framework.“Influencing factors of knowledge sharing intention among the network-based learning community” questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect the data from the skyscrapers community. In total, 754 valid samples were collected. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to identify the hypothesis and research framework of this study. The procedure of SEM combined “reliability and validity analysis”, “confirmatory factor analysis”, “ goodness-of-fit assessment”, “path moderator” etc. Results indicated as follows: 1. Knowledge sharing intention of member was positively associated with his performance expectancy, and their relationship was moderated by “gender” and “experience of using community”. 2. Knowledge sharing intention of member wasn''t associated with his effort expectancy, and their relationship wasn''t moderated by “gender” and “experience of using community”. 3. Knowledge sharing intention of member wasn''t associated with his outcome expectancy, but their relationship was moderated by “gender”. 4. Knowledge sharing intention of member was positively associated with his attainment value, and their relationship was moderated by “gender” and “experience of using community”. 5. Knowledge sharing intention of member was positively associated with community reward, and their relationship was moderated by “gender” and “experience of using community”. According to the findings of this study, researcher put forward specific proposals for the managers among the network-based learning community and follow-up study eventually.
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Ming-Fang, Wu, and 吳明芳. "A Preliminary Study on Constructing Knowledge Community Management Implementation Model (KCMIM) based on Taiwan Knowledge Window Framework." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58819938388821534822.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
工業工程學研究所
92
The twenty-first century is so-called an era of knowledge economy. Knowledge has taken the place of labor and capital, and becomes the major production determinant in human society. Tangible assets are not enough to judge companies’ real value, but knowledge assets gradually become the new competition criteria in business market that is for sure. Knowledge management is a necessary tool of maintaining competitive advantages for individuals and companies. The increase of knowledge value relied on the knowledge sharing and reusing. However, humans are mostly the unpredictable factor. For this reason, knowledge community is the best solution to accumulate intellectual capital in organizations. On these grounds, this research integrates the concept of Taiwan Knowledge Windows (TKW) and knowledge community to generalize a general model, Knowledge Community Management Implementation Model (KCMIM), for Taiwan’s giant and big companies. Basically, this model divided into four stages, which are “Plan and Preparation Stage”, “System Deployment Stage”, “Community Nurturing Stage” and “Evaluation and Maintenance Stage”. The purpose of the model aimed at converting tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge, so as to accumulate organization memory. Besides, this research also tried to scheme out a framework of knowledge-sharing platform, which indeed facilitated the storage, classification, dissemination, and inspiration of organizational knowledge. In order to demonstrate this point, this research chooses some domestic company cases, and illustrates the implementing process and steps. Then make a conclusion. The main contributions of this research are summarized as follows, 1.Background analysis: Probing into the impact of knowledge economy, this research demonstrates three points of view (industry, government, and academy) to analyze current environment, and further emphasizes the necessity of implementing knowledge management for enterprises nowadays. 2.Model construction: Integrates the concept of Taiwan Knowledge Windows and knowledge community to construct a general model: Knowledge Community Management Implementation Model (KCMIM). 3.Case studies: By means of several domestic case studies, this research attempts to test and verify the model and then made some conclusions and suggestions.
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Ku, Gordon Chih-Ming, and 古志銘. "Constructing a Comprehensive Model of Sense of Place in the Community-Based Tourism Context: A Photo Elicitation Approach." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/c3dcuc.
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博士國立東華大學
觀光暨休閒遊憩學系
107
Sense of place is an important concept in the community-based tourism (CBT) context because it assists managers to deal with tourism-related impacts upon communities; however, in the existing of tourism literature, there has been a neglected in comprehending sense of place from various’ stakeholders’ perspectives. Accordingly, this study attempted to explore the components and antecedents of sense of place from three key stakeholders’ viewpoints (i.e., residents, domestic tourists, and Mainland Chinese tourists), and to construct a comprehensive model of sense of place in the CBT context. Fu Yuan Community (FYC) is a well-known Hakka community for its successful CBT development in Rui Sui Township, which is located in southern Hualien County, Taiwan. Every year there are over 45,000 visitors that are attracted by its rich cultures, festivals and natural resources. Given its success in CBT, FYC was selected as the study site for exploring the antecedents and components of sense of place from different stakeholder groups in this study. A qualitative research design was adopted in this study, which consisted of a two-step data collection method: photo elicitation and follow-up interviews. In the first step, the photo voice approach of the photo elicitation method was adopted. Participants were invited to take 10-15 photos of the FYC that were meaningful to them. In the second step, semi-structured interviews were used to understand how the participants interpreted and articulated the meanings of the “place” captured in their photos. Purposive and snowball sampling methods were adopted to select the participants from three stakeholder groups in the community: residents, domestic tourists, and Mainland Chinese tourists. A total of fifty-eight participants, which consisted of twelve residents, eight Fu Yuan Community Development Association members (FYCDA members), twenty-one domestic tourists, and seventeen Mainland Chinese tourists, were recruited. A total of 737 photos were collected and 696 pages of transcribed interview texts were gathered from residents (277 photos; 336 pages of text), domestic tourists (256 photos; 195 pages of text), and Mainland Chinese tourists (204 photos; 165 pages of text), respectively. To analyze the collected data, three types of coding processes were adopted, namely, open, axial, and selective coding. Based on the findings, five critical components of sense of place in the CBT context were identified: (1) place attachment, (2) place dependence, (3) place identity, (4) place commitment, and (5) place melancholy. Furthermore, seven antecedents of sense of place were recognized: (1) personal memories, (2) requirements, (3) self-consciousness, (4) conversion, (5) vision, (6) social and environmental interaction, and (7) involvement. The connections among the components of sense of place were identified in the CBT context, which divided the components into two main categories: emotion components (place attachment, dependence, and identity) and CBT components (place commitment and melancholy). Emotion components of sense of place in the CBT context were the major emotions towards the community. CBT components were developed by participants’ main emotions to the community that specifically revealed in the CBT context. Additionally, according to the connections between the antecedents and the components, the antecedents can be divided into two categories: independent antecedents (personal memory, requirement, and self-consciousness) and complex antecedents (conversion, vision, social and environmental interaction, and commitment and involvement). The independent antecedents directly caused one of the emotion components of sense of place in the CBT context. The complex antecedents aroused multiple components of sense of place in the CBT context, which included the emotion and CBT components. The different sense of place among the residents/FYCDA members and tourists were based on their dissimilar living environments, personal requirements, interactions, and behaviors. The perceptions of people-place relationship in the CBT context varied between the domestic and Mainland Chinese tourists, by political structure as well as land use policy. Based on the antecedents and components, sense of place is a complex psychosocial structure. In particular, place commitment and melancholy were identified as vital behaviors for sustainable CBT development. Accordingly, the individuals’ sense of place can be used to design marketing strategies and tourism programs, review strengths and weaknesses regarding CBT development, and balance goals regarding environmental protection and tourism development.
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Vax, Sigal. "Constructing a typology of strategies to enhance organizational readiness for the implementation of evidence-based practices in community mental health." Thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/42576.
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Organizational readiness for implementation (ORI) is a critical barrier to successfully implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) that support the recovery of people with severe mental illnesses (SMI). Despite the importance of ORI, to date, no approach for enhancing readiness across an organization has been developed. The two studies conducted as part of this dissertation aimed to identify, organize, and confirm potential strategies to support ORI enhancement in community mental health (CMH) services. Study findings may inform the development of practices to increase ORI, and thus optimize implementation of evidence-based practices in the CMH services.
The first study aimed to develop a typology of pre-implementation strategies focused on ORI enhancement. A panel of implementation experts participated in a modified Delphi process to classify pre-implementation strategies into stages of organizational readiness. The experts selected strategies from a well-accepted compilation of 73 implementation strategies, developed as part of the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) project. The Transtheoretical Model of behavioral change guided the experts in choosing strategies relevant during pre-implementation and classifying them into three readiness stages: Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, and Preparation. The experts identified 48 of the ERIC strategies as relevant to pre-implementation readiness enhancement and agreed on their classification into the three ORI stages. Several strategies were identified as relevant to more than one stage.
The purpose of the second study was to confirm and expand the expert-based typology based on empirical data relevant to the implementation of mental health evidence-based practices. The study employed qualitative methods to learn about the experiences of various CMH stakeholders who participated in a recent implementation project. Participants’ feedback about the use of different ORI strategies was compared with the expert-based typology to identify consistencies and discrepancies. Two-thirds of the strategies and their ORI stage designation suggested by the experts were congruent with the second study participants' experiences. Participants also assigned several strategies to different stages than those indicated by the experts and mentioned additional strategies not included in the expert-based typology. The second study highlighted the applicability of the expert-based typology to the CMH field and offered suggestions for potential expansions.
Together, these two studies provide an essential step towards conceptualizing and operationalizing the construct of ORI and the strategies for enhancing it in the CMH context. The high congruence between experts and implementers suggests the applicability of the Transtheoretical model for organizing the strategies associated with each stage. This dissertation provides a promising foundation for the future development of a systematic approach to ORI enhancement at various levels of readiness for a practice change. Direct targeting of ORI enhancement could increase the uptake of EBPs and ensure that more people with SMI benefit from state-of-the-art interventions supporting their recovery.2023-05-14T00:00:00Z
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Huang, Shu-Chuan, and 黃淑娟. "A Probe into the Feasibility of Constructing a Model of “Three Generations in the Same Community” Congregate Housing-A model based on Tokyo “Shinonome Canal Court CODAN”." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47324964643877416475.
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碩士崑山科技大學
環境設計研究所
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With Baby Boomers and members of Generation X retiring from workforce successively, Taiwan will become an “aged” society by 2018, and a “hyper-aged” society by 2026. Facing such an immense and rapid structural change in the country’s population, housing and caring for senior citizens has become one of the crucial issues for the aged society to tackle.In recent years, the new concept of “Three generations in the same community” has become an ideal alternative between seniors and their descendants. This living style can build up a “family support system” to keep the advantages of generations taking care of each other and reduce the conflicts which might occur when three generations live under the same roof. In other words, it allows each generation to keep their independency and autonomy. The present study adopts the method of literature review, case analysis, parent-child questionnaires, and a probe into the model of “Tokyo Shinonome Canal Court CODAN” to examine the feasibility of constructing a model of “Three Generations in the same community” congregate housing for Baby Boomers with autonomous living ability in Taiwan. The case in the present study provides a reference guide for developing a corresponding congregate housing in our society when facing an aged society in the future.