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Lake, Jeremy Paul. "Evaluating a Graduate Professional Development Program for Informal Science Educators." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6722.
Full textAteskan, Armagan. "Online Professional Development Program For Science Teachers: A Case Study." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609557/index.pdf.
Full textperceptions about the online teacher professional development (oTPD) program. The research study included two consecutive steps. The first step was related to the design of the oTPD program. With the help of related literature, examples of oTPD programs and expert opinions, an oTPD program was designed. In the second step, ten of the alumni of Bilkent University Graduate School of Education Biology Teacher Education Program participated in a ten week oTPD program. The program consisted of instructional activities such as reading case studies, self reflection, forum discussions, watching videos of a sample lesson, hands-on activity and WebQuest. The study was mainly a qualitative study. The case was a professional development program for in-service science teachers that was offered online via learning management systems (LMS). The data were collected through pre- and post- interviews, online questionnaire, observations and documentation that include weekly assignments, forum discussions, e-mail correspondence, weekly e-journals, detailed notes of phone calls and the researcher&rsquo
s journal. The data were analyzed according to qualitative data analysis techniques with the assistance of Weft QDA software. Data gathered from the participants demonstrated that they were not satisfied with professional development programs that they got before this oTPD program because of the problems about content, process and organization connected with them. They preferred oTPD program, because of its flexibility and versatility, sharing information among colleagues from different parts of the country, and self-paced learning. Some obstacles were also identified, such as technical problems, not having face-to-face sessions and the timing of the program.
Park, Sun Jung Park S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Data science strategies for real estate development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129099.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-45).
Big data and the increasing usage of data science is changing the way the real estate industry is functioning. From pricing estimates and valuation to marketing and leasing, the power of predictive analytics is improving the business processes and presenting new ways of operating. The field of affordable housing development, however, has often lacked investment and seen delays in adopting new technology and data science. With the growing need for housing, every city needs combined efforts from both public and private sectors, as well as a stronger knowledge base of the demands and experiences of people needing these spaces. Data science can provide insights into the needs for affordable housing and enhance efficiencies in development to help get those homes built, leased, or even sold in a new way. This research provides a tool-kit for modern-day real estate professionals in identifying appropriate data to make better-informed decisions in the real estate development process. From public city data to privately gathered data, there is a vast amount of information and numerous sources available in the industry. This research aims to compile a database of data sources, analyze the development process to understand the key metrics for stakeholders to enable decisions and map those sources to each phase or questions that need to be answered to make an optimal development decision. This research reviews the developer's perspective of data science and provides a direction that can be used to orient themselves during the initial phase to incorporate a data-driven strategy into their affordable multi-family housing.
by Sun Jung Park.
S.M. in Real Estate Development
S.M.inRealEstateDevelopment Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate
Yuan, Shigui. "THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEB BASED CO2SYS PROGRAM." The University of Montana, 2006. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12082006-155225/.
Full textVadaparty, Sirisha Lakshmi. "Semantic tableaux program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2953.
Full textKiehl, Melissa Lynn. "An examination of science teachers' learning in a laboratory-based professional development program." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8109.
Full textThesis research directed by: Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Sheldon, Daniel K. (Daniel Kenneth) 1974. "Computer assisted group decision making for education program development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80120.
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by Daniel K. Sheldon.
S.B.and M.Eng.
Barrett, Kirk. "A program development system using an attribute grammar." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9821.
Full textChiang, Yen-Hsi. "Advising module: Graduate application system for the Computer Science Graduate Program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2725.
Full textLewthwaite, Brian. "The development, validation and application of a primary school science curriculum implementation questionnaire." Thesis, Curtin University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/432.
Full textThair, Micheal J. "The responsiveness of an Australian science teacher professional development program to the needs of local and developing country science educators." Thesis, Curtin University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1595.
Full textLuke, Joseph Abraham. "Continuously Collecting Software Development Event Data As Students Program." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52976.
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BHAT, Kanthila M. "Development of Effective Training Program for the Specialists of Developing Countries in Wood Science." 名古屋大学農学国際教育協力研究センター, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/8921.
Full textBurgoon, Jacob Noal. "The Development of Elementary and Middle School Teacher Science Knowledge Instruments for the Evaluation of a Professional Development Program." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1209135789.
Full textPongchan, Chandayot Fitch Thomas C. "The development of a model doctoral program in science education for Thailand based on the study of programs in the United States." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1989. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8918607.
Full textTitle from title page screen, viewed September 29, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Thomas C. Fitch (chair), Robert L. Fisher, Larry D. Kennedy, Doris R. Brodeur, Robert S. Nelson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-149) and abstract. Also available in print.
Thair, Micheal J. "The responsiveness of an Australian science teacher professional development program to the needs of local and developing country science educators." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education Centre, 1999. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=10398.
Full textparticipants from Australian and Indonesian who have completed a science education postgraduate program in Western Australia at the Science and Mathematics Education Centre (SMEC) located at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. These two groups were chosen because between 1988 and 1995 they were the predominant nationalities participating in SMEC programs. The research methodology and use of quantitative and qualitative research instruments was in keeping with the holistic conceptual framework adopted for the study and follows recent trends in teacher professional development research which have seen a broadening of research methodologies. The instruments used included a postal questionnaire, classroom observation schedule and structured interviews.The research findings indicated that the Indonesians have different needs to their Australian counterparts in terms of their professional, personal and social development. These differences included the Indonesians' strong beliefs in and use of didactic and formal teaching methodologies, limitations in Indonesian classrooms on the introduction of new teaching activities, a more centralised and formal education system in Indonesia in contrast to the increasing autonomy seen in Australia, and a more flexible teacher professional development approach in Australia focussing on personal development, as opposed to the curriculum and assessment focus seen in Indonesia. In addition, there are vast differences between the Indonesian and Australian education systems and these differences were seen to reinforce many of the different beliefs and practices between the Indonesian and Australian participants.The study suggests that the Australian participants are able to implement teaching approaches and theoretical frameworks included in their postgraduate studies at SMEC; however, the conclusions highlight the ++
limitations of expecting that this can occur for developing country participants. In examining approaches in overcoming these limitations, it was concluded that a range of minor interventions or modifications to program design and content would be insufficient and a number of key indicators were identified that point to the responsiveness of programs for developing country participants. These indicators included the need for host institutions to be fully conversant with the classrooms and social contexts of developing country participants, constructivist pedagogical approaches to program design, planning and implementation, and the necessary flexibility to maintain academic rigour in postgraduate science education programs while incorporating unfamiliar education notions and frameworks from developing countries.
Cripe, M. Kathleen Leslie. "A study of teachers' self-efficacy and outcome expectancy for science teaching throughout a science inquiry-based professional development program." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1238273649.
Full text"May, 2009." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 11/29/2009) Advisor, Katharine D. Owens; Committee members, Catharine C. Knight, Xin Liang, Francis S. Broadway, William J. Donovan; Department Chair, Bridgie A. Ford; Dean of the College, Cynthia F. Capers; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.
McCartney, William P. "Simplifying Embedded System Development through Whole-Program Compilers." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1305319887.
Full textAckerman, Charlotte Christene. "Providing mechanical support for program development in a weakest precondition calculus." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79317.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Formal methods aim to apply the rigour of mathematical logic to the problem ofguaranteeing that the behaviour of (critical) software conforms to predetermined requirements. The application of formal methods during program construction centers around a formal specification of the required behaviour of the program. A development attempt is successful if the resulting program can be formally proven to conform to its specification. For any substantial program, this entails a great deal of effort. Thus, some research efforts have been directed at providing mechanical support for the application of formal methods to software development. E.W. Dijkstra's calculus of weakest precondition predicate transformers [39,38] represents one of the first attempts to use program correctness requirements to guide program development in a formal manner.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Formele metodes poog om die strengheid van wiskundige logika te gebruik om te waarborg dat die gedrag van (kritiese) programmatuur voldoen aan gegewe vereistes. Die toepassing van formele metodes tydens programontwikkeling sentreer rondom a formele spesifikasie van die verlangde programgedrag. 'n Ontwikkelingspoging is suksesvol as daar formee1 bewys kan word dat die resulterende program aan sy spesifikasie voldoen. Vir enige substansiële program, verteenwoordig dit ‘n aansienlike hoeveelheid werk. Verskeie navorsinspoging is gerig op die daarstelling van meganiese ondersteuning vir die gebruik van formele metodes tydens ontwikkeling van sagteware. E. W. Dijkstra se calculus van swakste voorkondisie (“weakest precondition”) predikaattransformators [39,38] is een van die eerste pogings om vereistes vir programkorrektheid op ‘n formele en konstruktiewe wyse tydens programontwikkeling te gebruik.
Davis, Brian. "Investigating the Experience: A Case Study of a Science Professional Development Program Based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Model." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/msit_diss/33.
Full textWilliams, Mark Edmund. "Teacher change during a professional development program for implementation of the Science Writing Heuristic approach." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
Find full textEvans, Rosemary Sian. "The effect of the Kids’ Science State Professional Development Program on the promotion of scientific literacy." Thesis, Curtin University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54.
Full textPope, Nicolas William. "Supporting the migration from construal to program : rethinking software development." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/46969/.
Full textBatra, Shaurya. "A case for developing life science real estate in New York City." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108897.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-72).
New York City, arguably the world's financial capital and the world's biggest real estate market, and home to some of the finest medical and academic research centers houses a little over a million square feet of life science focused real estate. Despite tremendous academic research potential and financial wherewithal, the life science industry of the city is comparatively much smaller to other New York City industries. In addition, it is much smaller in comparison to life science industry in other parts of the country. This thesis investigates the New York City market as a possible location for developing life science focused real estate assets. As a first step, the research will focus on identifying and analyzing the key demand indicators to establishing the demand for life science focused real estate. Next, the thesis will focus on lab space as a real estate product to understand its main components and value drivers. Upon understanding the market and the product, the research will put forward possible strategies for developing lab buildings in the city. Further, in support of the development strategies the research will look to prove the financial feasibility of developing that life science real estate in the city. This would involve financial analysis and contrasting returns from life science assets against office assets. Lastly, through real options framework the study will go on to demonstrate the benefits of applying flexibility to real assets, while financially valuing this flexibility using the Monte Carlo analysis.
by Shaurya Batra.
S.M. in Real Estate Development
Alsubhi, Alaa. "Saudi Science Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education’s Professional Development Program." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1595162069501287.
Full textFang, Li-Chuan. "Improvement and deployment of the web-based database management system for computer science graduate program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2988.
Full textLewthwaite, Brian. "The development, validation and application of a primary school science curriculum implementation questionnaire." Curtin University of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education Centre, 2001. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=13071.
Full textstrong overlap amongst the intrinsic factors influencing science delivery, a further, shorter five scale, 35-item instrument was developed. The seven-scale SCIQ was further applied at the case study school. Quantitative data collected from the application of the instrument confirmed that several psychosocial and physical aspects of Intermediate School identified in the case study are influencing science program delivery. Implications of this study and the practical applications of the Science Curriculum Implementation Questionnaire are also presented in the context of primary science delivery both within New Zealand and internationally.
Wu, Jichuan. "Web-based e-mail client for computer science." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2462.
Full textMcNutt, Ross Theodore. "Reduced DoD product development time : the role of the schedule development process." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58866.
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According to the Packard Commission, "Unreasonably long acquisition cycles -- ten to fifteen years for major weapon systems is a central problem from which most other acquisition Problems stem." Since the commission issued its report in 1986, the time required to develop new military systems has only grown. This research and its recommendations are intended to identify and eliminate the causes of those long development times for military systems. This report addresses a key factor in determining the development time for military projects: the project's initial schedule. Part 1 outlines the current situation, previous efforts to reduce development time, and experiences with cutting development time in the commercial sector. It also documents the military product development process. Part 2 identifies a key area--the schedule development process, and its impact on development time--for in-depth research. Through understanding what is driving the initial project schedule and the impact of the initial project schedule on the eventual development time, the author identifies key drivers of development time. Part 3 presents the results of three surveys and analyzes the processes used to develop a project's initial schedule, the process used to develop a contracted schedule, and the impact of these schedules on actual development time. Part 4 presents observations, draws conclusions, and makes specific recommendations for remedial action. The key barriers to reducing development time for military systems are the lack of importance placed on project schedules; the lack of effective schedule-based information and tools; the lack of schedule-based incentives; and the overriding impact of the funding-based limitations on defense projects. The steps necessary to establish a focus on reducing development time are: 1) recognizing the impact of development time, 2) providing the necessary information for decision makers, 3) providing proper incentives at each organizational level, and finally providing a structure to effectively managce the set of all development projects to ensure that each project can be funded based on its development related requirements. Implementing the recommendations and focusing on reducing development time will force other changes in the acquisition process. The focus on reducing the time to develop and field systems will drive the acquisition system to better meet the needs of our warfighters, more rapidly, and at lower cost. Better, Faster, and Cheaper. Even more importantly, shortening development times is critical to develop and produce with limited resources, the right weapons at the right time to deter or to defeat any potential enemy at any time with the minimum cost to our warfighters.
by Ross McNutt.
Ph.D.
Walters, Yolinda. "The effects of a perceptual-motor development program on children with Developmental Coordination Disorder." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1302.
Full textVu, Dung Tien. "The web-based database management system for the computer science graduate program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2557.
Full textEasterly, Anita. "Does the Program of Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences in Medical Sciences atThe University of Toledo Enhance Training for Medical School? A Quantitative Study ofPre-Clinical Medical Students’ Academic Preparation and Perceptions." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1575384107073827.
Full textPage, Stephen Bennett. "The politics of rural development administration : Mexico and the World Bank in the PIDER Program." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44259.
Full textBall, Lois A. "Member Perceptions of Informal Science Institutions Graduate Certificate Program: Case Study of a Community of Practice." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3967.
Full textSievers, Eric. "Sustainable development and comprehensive capital : The post-Soviet decline of Central Asia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8670.
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The general post-Soviet decline of the states of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) mirrors specific declines in the robustness of these states' stocks of financial, physical, natural, human, organizational, and social capital assets. This loss of various kinds of capital assets over the past decade reduces the current potential and capacity of the region to implement reforms for sustainable development. While Central Asia entered the 20th century as a comparatively marginal and underdeveloped area of the world, during the Soviet period it amassed appreciable stocks of capital, especially human, physical, and social capital. The emergence of a vibrant scientific community in Central Asia during the middle of the century marked one of the most rapid expansions of scientific prestige, talent, and institutions in the developing world. With the disassembly of the Soviet Union, development and reform projects within Central Asia and funded by foreign donors have failed to achieve their development and reform goals. Within the environmental sphere, the post-Soviet period, despite a massive investment in environmental aid to the region from the West and Japan, has yielded few environmental benefits and seen the worsening of several environmental conditions, captured in the desiccation of the Aral Sea and the collapse of Caspian Sea fisheries.
(cont.) Paralleling this trend, democracy and rule of law have not taken strong root in Central Asia; rather authoritarianism and corruption are the norm in national governments. While processes of globalization (especially the free movement of human and financial capital) suggest that Central Asia could not have avoided decline in the 1990s, the severity of declines could have been mitigated by a more robust Western appreciation of the unique endowments of the Soviet era in human (the scientific community) and organizational (Perestroika public dialogues on rule of law, civil society, and democracy) capital.
by Eric Wilhelm Sievers.
Ph.D.
Svensson, Adam. "Reducing outdated and inconsistent code comments during software development : The comment validator program." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Informationssystem, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-264235.
Full textDistin, Kimberly Anne VanHorn. "Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57086.
Full textChan, Anita Say. "The promiscuity of freedom : development and governance in the age of neoliberal networks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45804.
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This study brings together science and technology studies, political anthropology, and Latin American studies, by studying the practices and political reasoning of neoliberal networks in Peru. It analyses the extension of such networks by studying the relationships and subjectivities cultivated under two contemporary state-led projects: an initiative promoting intellectual property rights among traditional artisans as tools for rural development, and a national effort to encourage the uptake of free/libre and open source software based resources. Promising to modernize government and prepare citizens for the global, information-based economy, these projects frame their reforms as new, contemporary models for economic development. This work demonstrate how key to the success of such projects is the remaking of rural and urban citizens into "free" and modern individuals who are able to independently self- realize using the tools and logics of information networks. It argues that such plans rely on the ability to bring diverse actors - including state planners, transnational corporations, traditional artisans, rural communities, urban technology experts, and transnational activists -- into strategic alliance, or what can become coded as relations of promiscuity. What brings these partnerships together and seduces such disparate actors into alliance isn't so much the promise of increased technology access. It is instead the promise of "freedom" and the opportunity for diversely situated subjects to realize themselves as "modern individuals."
by Anita Say Chan.
Ph.D.in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS
Lundström, Johanna. "Professional development for inquiry-based science education in a low stake high support environment : The French ASTEP-program." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för matematikämnets och naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-146203.
Full textIm, Hyun Gyung. "In sync over distance : flexible coordination through communication in geographically distributed software development work." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40393.
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In this dissertation, I examine how the members of a distributed software development team (LC) operating entirely virtually for four and half years developed useful social practices to collaborate across time and space. Based on various communication data from LC, I analyze the communicative structuring of distributed work in members' daily practices. I show that "temporal flexibility," often mentioned as key advantage of virtual organizing, is socially accomplished through "boundary management," as members negotiate different temporal boundaries and learn and adapt to others' temporal patterns. Second, I identify dynamic coordination practices in LC that interweave multiple modes of communication and coordination in evolving work contexts, and demonstrate how these coordination practices facilitate temporal flexibility in LC. Finally, I analyze how members used the asynchronous communication medium of email to coordinate their tasks, using the notion of genre and genre system.
(cont.) My analysis suggests that communicating, coordinating, and temporal structuring are not distinctive activities, but are closely bound up with each other in a local practice; time, communication, and coordination are dynamically reconfigured over time, reflecting evolving work, social relations, and local contexts. Key Words: distribute teams, virtual teams, virtual organizing, technology-mediated communication, temporal flexibility, coordinating, communicating, temporal structuring, social practices, communicative structuring, genre and genre system, reconfiguration of time, communication, and coordination.
by Hyun Gyung Im.
Ph.D.in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS
Davis, Brian L. "Investigating the experience a case study of a science professional development program based on Kolb's experiential learning model /." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-02242008-014259/.
Full textTitle from file title page. Lisa Martin-Hansen, committee chair; Geeta Verma, Christine Thomas, Mike Dias, committee members. Electronic text (122 p. ; ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed August 22, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-210).
Hayes, John. "An Evaluation of Teton Science School's Journeys Place-Based Education Program as Effective Envrionmental Education Teacher Training." DigitalCommons@USU, 2001. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/237.
Full textWeissenbacher, Georg. "Program analysis with interpolants." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6987de8b-92c2-4309-b762-f0b0b9a165e6.
Full textKumar, Richa Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The Yellow Revolution in Malwa : alternative arenas of struggle and the cultural politics of development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47825.
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This dissertation engages with two analytical frameworks to explore questions of social transformation and structures of power in rural society in India. The first is a specific critique of various types of development discourse and development projects that have been elaborated by national and international elites during the last forty years, focusing on the dry land Malwa region in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This includes a project to introduce soyabean cultivation to the region in the 1970s, which has been post-facto labeled as a yellow revolution, and a discourse which argues that providing market information through new information and communication technologies is empowering farmers. I argue that these projects and discourse have mostly steered away from engaging with the structures of power framing rural society, and thus, have failed to bring about much change in the condition of rural people in central India. The second analytical framework is a recovery and foregrounding of alternate arenas of struggle that rural people in the Malwa region have been participating in. The platform of democratic politics is one such avenue that marginalized groups have used to make demands upon the state to provide them with support and allows them to hold the state accountable for the same. Participating in cultural projects that question and subvert the forms of caste and gender based exclusion that frame the lives of people is another such arena which provides women and adivasis (tribals) with a language of empowerment. This research argues that for the language and practice of development to have more relevance to the lives of the poor and for it to engage with the deeper aspirations in their lives, the role of these political and cultural projects as vital platforms for rural people to exercise agency and bring about change, must be recognized.
by Richa Kumar.
Ph.D.in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS
Rabelo, Laudemira Silva. "Sustainability Science: an assessment of Postgraduate Programs of Brazil." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2014. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=11893.
Full textO Desenvolvimento SustentÃvel surge como uma alternativa ao atual modelo de desenvolvimento, mas para ser efetivo precisa adentrar nos diversos setores da sociedade, sobretudo nas InstituiÃÃes de Ensino Superior (IES). Para isto, as Universidades devem inserir teorias e prÃticas da sustentabilidade que possam compreender as variÃveis que influenciam a transiÃÃo à sustentabilidade, dentre elas o avanÃo cientÃfico que reduza as incertezas e uma melhor comunicaÃÃo de anÃlises cientÃficas para a sociedade. No Brasil a ciÃncia nÃo à desvinculada das InstituiÃÃes de Ensino Superior (IES), pelo contrÃrio, sÃo por meio de seus Programas de PÃs-GraduaÃÃo que geram e difundem conhecimentos, alÃm de qualificarem recursos humanos de alta qualidade. A CiÃncia da Sustentabilidade solicita uma visÃo holÃstica para encontrar soluÃÃes aos problemas existentes, multiplicidade de mÃtodos, interdisciplinaridade, estÃmulo ao processo participativo na tomada de decisÃo e sua aplicabilidade do local para o global, formando-se assim profissionais conectados com uma realidade multifacetada que influencia a transiÃÃo à sustentabilidade. Neste caminhar a Universidade, ao longo dos anos, tem inovado, quanto a essa necessidade, ao inserir Programas de PÃs-GraduaÃÃo voltados ao estudo do desenvolvimento sustentÃvel, em uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, contribuindo assim para a consolidaÃÃo da CiÃncia da Sustentabilidade no Brasil. Essa pesquisa partiu do pressuposto que esses avanÃos da CiÃncia da Sustentabilidade nos Programas de PÃs-GraduaÃÃo brasileiros sÃo melhor visualizados, inclusive de forma comparativa, quando se utiliza um conjunto de Ãndices e indicadores. Para tal, foi proposta uma sequÃncia de indicadores e Ãndices que revelasse a contribuiÃÃo dos Programas de PÃs-GraduaÃÃes brasileiros pioneiros em interdisciplinaridade no avanÃo da CiÃncia da Sustentabilidade. Foram analisados doze Programas de PÃs-GraduaÃÃo, por meio de um conjunto de nove dimensÃes e quarenta e dois indicadores a comporem o Ãndice CiÃncia da Sustentabilidade (ICS). O conjunto de indicadores e Ãndices cumpriu com o seu papel: refletiu os avanÃos e limites obtidos pelos Programas referentes à CiÃncia da Sustentabilidade, tornando-se uma ferramenta importante aos gestores. Dois foram os principais resultados encontrados. O primeiro apresentou a necessidade de reestruturaÃÃo dos designs dos Programas, principalmente com a inserÃÃo de maior ligaÃÃo entre Ãrea de concentraÃÃo, linhas de pesquisas e competÃncias formadas. O segundo revelou a importÃncia desses Programas melhor trabalharem suas informaÃÃes comunicadas necessitando haver uma uniformidade e valorizaÃÃo de seus principais produtos â teses e dissertaÃÃes. Sugere-se uma melhor parceria entre os grupos de pesquisas desses doze Programas analisados, afinal por ser a Universidade tambÃm parte interessada nesse processo, bem como formadora de grande parte dos tomadores de decisÃes, possui uma parcela significativa de responsabilidade na transiÃÃo à sustentabilidade.
Sustainable Development is an alternative to the c urrent model of development, but to be effective it must be inside in the several sectors of society, especially in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). However, for this, the universities have to internalize theories and practices of sustainability that can be able to understand the each one of the variables that influence in the process of transition to sustainability, among them: the scientific breakthrough that reduces uncertainties and a better communication of scientific analysis to society. In Brazi l, the science is not decoupled of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), on the contrary, are through their Graduate Programs that knowledge are generated and disseminated, besides this it's the place where human resources are qualified with quality. The Sustainability Science calls for a holistic point of view to find solutions to the existing problems, multiplicity of methods, interdisciplinarity, stimulating participatory process in decision making and its applicability of the local to the global, thus forming connected professionals witha a multifaceted reality that influences the transition to sustainability.The journey to University, over the years, has enabled innovations as this need to insert Postgraduate Programs geared to the study of sustainability in an interdisciplinary perspective contributing to consolidate the Sustainability Science in Brazil. This research assumed that these advances in Sustainability Science in the Brazilian Postgraduate Programs are best viewed, including a comparative way, when is used a set of indices and indicators. To fulfill this goal it was proposed a methodological sequence of indicators and indices that reveal the contribution of Brazilian Postgraduate Programs pioneers in the interdisciplinary to the advancement of Sustainability Science. Were analyzed twelve Postgraduate programs through a set of nine dimensions and forty-two indicators, resulting in the Index of Sustainability Science (ISS).The set of indicators and indices comply with its role: reflected the advances and limits obtained by programs related to Sustainability Science, becoming an important tool for managers. There were found two main results. The first showed the need for restructuring the designs of the programs, especially with the inclusion of a greater connection between concentration area, and formed lines of research skills.The second revealed the importance of these programs improve their communication and the need to have an uniformity of such information and especially an appreciation o f its main products: Thesis and Dissertations. It is suggested a better partnership between the research groups of these twelve programs analysed, after all is the the University a stakeholder in these proceedings, as well as trainer of a large part of the decision makers, so the University has a great responsibility in this transition to sustainability.
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Full textWylie, Sara Ann. "Corporate bodies and chemical bonds : an STS analysis of natural gas development in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69453.
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Natural gas extraction in the United States in the early 21st century has transformed social, physical, legal and biological landscapes. The technique of hydraulic fracturing, which entails the high-pressure injection into subsurface shale formations of synthetic chemical mixtures, has been viewed by the natural gas industry as a practice of great promise. But there is another side to the story. The first half of this dissertation explores an innovative scientific approach to studying the possible deleterious impacts on human health and the environment of the release of chemicals used in gas extraction. Via participant-observation within a small scientific advocacy organization, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), I follow the development of a database of chemicals used in natural gas extraction, a database that seeks to document not only what these chemicals are (many are proprietary), but also what sorts of bodily and ecological effects these substances may have. I analyze ethnographically how TEDX transformed an information vacuum around fracturing and generated fierce regional and national debates about the public health effects of this activity. The second portion of the dissertation expands TEDX's databasing methodology by reporting on a set of online user-generated databasing and mapping tools developed to interconnect communities encountering the corporate forces and chemical processes animating gas development. Shale gas extraction is an intensive technological practice and requires the delicate calibration of corporate, governmental, and legal apparatuses in order to proceed. The industry operates at county, state, and federal levels, and has in many instances been able to organize regulatory environments suited to rapid and lucrative gas extraction. In the midst of such multi-scalar deterritorializing forces, communities may have little legal or technical recourse if they think that they have been subject to chemical and corporate forces that undermine their financial, bodily, and social security. ExtrAct, a research group I co-founded and directed with artist and technologist Chris Csikszentmihalyi, sought to intervene in these processes by developing a suite of online mapping and databasing tools through which "gas patch" communities could share information, network, study and respond to industry activity across states. Using ExtrAct as an example this dissertation explores how social sciences and the academy at large can invest in developing research tools, methods, and programs designed for non-corporate ends, perhaps redressing in the process the informational and technical imbalances faced by communities dealing with large-scale multinational industries whose infrastructure and impacts are largely invisible to public scrutiny. The dissertation describes one potential method for such engaged scientific and social scientific research: an iterative, ethnographically informed process that I term "STS in Practice."
by Sara Ann Wylie.
Ph.D.in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS
Zaleski, Patrick J. "An assessment of the leadership education and development program at the United States Naval Academy." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FZaleski.pdf.
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Faitelson, David. "Program synthesis from domain specific object models." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0c5a992e-dad4-435c-a576-e3ed504bcdbd.
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