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Holmes, Peter F. "Counselor self-reflection /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9953866.
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Kwok, Kwan Yuk Sandy. "Self-assembled reflection gratings." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608163.
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Vice, Samantha. "Self-reflection and the worthwhile life." Thesis, University of Reading, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270847.
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Sadi, Sajid H. (Sajid Hassan). "ReflectOns : mental prostheses for self-reflection." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79306.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, February 2013."September 2012." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Since the time of the first philosophers, logic and observed human behavior have stood somewhat in contradiction. More recently, scientist have started to delve into decision making to understand why the way we act differs from rational choice, and indeed from our own desires. We believe that it is possible to use just-in-time feedback drawn from machine-observable behavior to help align behavior with personal goals. This dissertation presents mental prosthetics, a model for distributed, embodied, design-embedded, just-in-time interfaces that augment the human judgment process. Drawing information from the activity of the user around them, mental prostheses analyze behavioral patterns in a way orthogonal to human cognition. Unlike persuasive interfaces, mental prostheses attempt to align choices with personal goals by cueing the user with just-in-time information. Lastly, these devices provide calm yet understandable feedback to draw the user's attention at the correct time to the information available to them. This dissertation provides several prototypes and design explorations as a means of sampling the various approaches to data collection, synthesis, and feedback. Focusing on self-reflection, these sample designs form a subclass of mental prostheses that we term reflectOns. We show through the studies carried out in the course of this dissertation that these systems are effective in changing behavior to be better aligned with user goals. Lastly, this dissertation provides a set of design guidelines that assist in the creation of new mental prostheses. While we discuss a variety of scenarios in this work, it is only the beginning of the exploration. The design guidelines provide insight into both the critical aspects of the design of such systems, as well as possible input and feedback methodologies. These guidelines, together with the reflectOns themselves, provide a basis for future work in this area.
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Wiezbicki-Stevens, Kathryn. "Metacognition developing self-knowledge through guided reflection /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/126/.
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Arseneault, Mary Lou. "Adult educators' experiences with critical self-reflection." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ38357.pdf.
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Christensen, Torben. "Interdisciplinarity and self-reflection in civic education." University of Southern Denmark, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-27405.
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Focus of interest in this article are the concepts of globalization and civic citizenship and the questions are; what is required to be a global citizen, and how to work with this in civic education. The concept of civic citizenship implies democracy. A citizen is an independent and (to some extent) educated decision maker and actor, not a mere subject loyal to the sovereign. So whenever speaking of a global citizen democracy is implied. But the world is not a democratic place as such. Most of it in fact is quite undemocratic. The question therefore is how it is possible to act as a citizen (as a democrat) in global space. The article argues that this will only be possibly if citizens are capable of dealing with complex societal problems and to understand their own role as citizens (democrats) in relation to these problems. The argument is firstly that problems and issues in global space are complex and can only be understood interdisciplinary. Therefore the ability to reflect problems interdisciplinary is crucial to the global citizen. The second argument is that the ability of self-reflection is necessary for citizens in their efforts to understand, maintain and develop their own (democratic) identity and (democratic) values and practices in relation to the complexity and unfamiliarity of the various non-democratic identities, values and practices in a global space. Therefore it is suggested that students in civic education need to develop competencies of reflection on interdisciplinarity and self-reflection-as-citizen as key tools for analyzing societal problems and to act democratically on them. And it is suggested that dealing with interdisciplinarity requires use of second order concepts and that self-reflection as citizens requires third order concepts
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Murdock, J. William. "Self-improvment through self-understanding : model-based reflection for agent adaptation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8225.
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Hansson, Aneer Sebastian, and Douglas Gidlöf. "Social Insecurity & Games : Games for self-reflection." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14650.
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This is a study of how games can be used to encourage self-reflection. The study uses Everyday-Social Anxiety to establish a base point from which to make a game. During the study a game was developed using the research found. The game uses mechanics in order to link the player to the games protagonist. This link is then used in an attempt to encourage the player to self-reflect. Known design methods are used as guidelines of how the study and game is made. These methods originate from both game design and design of informative systems (such as servers). Some psychology sources are used in order to gather an understanding of what Social Anxiety is and how it affects people, the focus however, lies on the subject of Media technology and game development. The study concludes with results and a discussion. In the discussion the entirety of the study is motivate and reflected over by the authors. The results are specifically presented in a conclusion, presenting what was done, and what the study led to.LIVET.exe
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McCardle, Lindsay. "The effects of self-modeling on self-regulation in skill acquisition: The self-reflection phase." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27709.
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Dowrick (1999) proposed the method of feedforward self-modeling in which a video is edited to show a higher level of performance than the learner's current ability. In this experiment, the feedforward self-modeling video showed a gymnast performing a combination of two floor skills which they were able to do separately but not yet in combination. Eight gymnasts (7 females, 1 male; M age = 9.9) participated in a pretest, nine intervention sessions and a post test. During the intervention sessions, the gymnasts received a feedforward self-modeling video for one skill combination and no intervention for a control skill combination. I investigated the possible influences of viewing the feedforward self-modeling video on the gymnasts' self-regulatory processes within the context of Zimmerman's (2000) model of self-regulation. There was a specific focus on the self-reflection phase. Thus, the use of self-evaluation criteria, the dimensions of causal attributions for both good and poor performances, self-satisfaction, and use of inferences were measured. Separate ANOVAs showed that feedforward self-modeling and control conditions did not differ for any of the dependent variables. A significant main effect was found for dimension for the Revised Causal Dimension Scale (McAuley, Duncan & Russell, 1992) for both good (F(3,21) = 14.249, p<.001, partial eta2 = .671) and poor performances (F(3,21) = 9.994, p<.001, partial eta2 = .588). Participants made attributions which were internal, unstable and controllable in both cases. Further research is encouraged with feedforward self-modeling interventions in order to determine their impact on self-regulated learning.
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Baldwin, Carol L. (Carol Louise). "Self-Complexity and Physiological Responses to Facial Self-Reflection: An Investigation into Women's Self-Image." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278327/.
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In this study, effects of facial self-reflection and complexity of self on physiological responses were investigated. Skin conductance levels were measured during baseline and neutral conditions, then under a self-focusing condition provided by mirror reflection of the face. Subjects completed measures of self-complexity, depressive affect, self-esteem, anxiety and body image satisfaction. Eye tracking data was collected during the mirror condition. Results showed a significant effect of mirror self-reflection on physiological reactivity as measured by differences between mirror and baseline mean responses. Pre-test depressive affect was correlated with low self-esteem but not with self-complexity. Self-complexity was negatively correlated with orientation to physical appearance and positively correlated with greater differences between baseline and mirror mean reactivity. Self-complexity and depressive affect did not significantly predict physiological reactivity, although a trend was found for the influence of each variable. Post-hoc analyses showed significant group differences for both self-complexity and depressive affect on physiological reactivity, although the influence of self-complexity was in the unexpected direction. Results of this study are consistent with general findings that negative self-esteem, anxiety and depression are strongly correlated. In addition, a strong correlation was found between negative self-esteem and dissociative symptoms. Exploratory analyses of eye tracking data found no significant relations among personality variables and percent of time looking at facial image, although some trends were found. Trends for a relation of self-complexity with time looking at facial image, negative evaluation of appearance in the mirror, and less focus on physical appearance suggest a component in the domain of self-complexity related to physical appearance. Clearly, self-complexity has a number of interrelated dimensions and remains a challenging area of study. In addition, the combination of eye tracking and physiological measurement is a relatively new area of study that shows promise for continued investigation.
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Donovan, Sarah Jane. "Improving Dynamic Decision Making Through Training and Self-Reflection." UNF Digital Commons, 2012. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/405.
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The modern business environment requires managers to make decisions in a dynamic and uncertain world. In the current study, experimenters investigated the effects of a brief training aimed at improving dynamic decision making (DDM) skills on individual performance in a virtual DDM task. During the training, experimenters explained the DDM process, stressed the importance of self-reflection in DDM, and provided 3 selfreflective questions to guide participants during the task. Additionally, experimenters explored whether participants low or high in self-reflection would perform better in the task and whether participants low or high in self-reflection would benefit more from the training. Participants were 68 graduate business students. They individually managed a computer-simulated chocolate production company called CHOCO FINE and answered surveys to assess self-reflection and demographics. Results showed that students trained in DDM made decisions leading to better management performance in CHOCO FINE compared to untrained students. Self-reflection scores also predicted performance in this virtual business, and participants low in self-reflection benefitted the most from training. Organizations could use DDM training to establish and promote a culture that values selfreflective decision making.
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de, Menezes Nicole Maria. "Me, Myself and I : Designing a space for students to self-reflect through self-portraiture." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-86925.
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The Project focused on self-reflection and insight, linking these processes to an artistic one – painting. As a way to respond to the research question: Does self-portraiture have the potential to guide us through self-reflection and insight? Workshops combining art and ways of thinking were designed and facilitated by the author, with the aim of improving the self-reflection and insight of students at LNU, based on theories of brain function and thinking. Using the workshop format, the author guided the participants through an experience of introspection through painting self-portraits. Areas of design included workshop, collaborative and critical design. A simple three-step design process was employed to create the Project, focusing on What, How and Why. Next steps included prototyping, designing the questionnaires which students completed, designing the art workshops, and advertising the workshops across campus. Results included nine respondents to questionnaires, four participants in the final workshop, and an array of findings regarding the self-reflection process and insight experienced by students through the design process. Although limitations were experienced, including a small number of participants, the results of combining self-portraiture and self-reflection and insight were mainly positive. It was concluded that this process could be proposed as a means to enhance self-reflection amongst students. Recommendations from the workshops included scaling up the process to include greater numbers of students and reaching an agreement with LNU to hold periodic self-portraiture workshops throughout the academic year, to enhance students’ self-reflection, insight and art skills. The author concluded that by holding workshops to paint self-portraits, along with exercises in self-reflection and insight, she had created a safe space for reflection. In future, students could be provided with guidance and support to use art as a platform for improving Self-reflection and insight, and at the same time enhance their art skills and potentially improve their well-being.
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Connelly, Louise. "Aspects of the self : an analysis of self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self within selected Buddhist blogs." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6279.
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At the heart of this dissertation is an examination of self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self within three Buddhist blogs: The Buddhist Blog, The American Buddhist and ThinkBuddha.org. Based upon this original research, my thesis contributes to ongoing discussions relating to the self online and to the emerging field of media, religion and culture. A number of other scholars have already investigated how the internet has provided a new platform in which to engage with online religious communities, participate in rituals and develop religious identity. Up to this point, however, the place of Buddhism online has been largely overlooked or limited to purely descriptive analysis. As I argue in chapter one, this thesis provides a more developed examination of Buddhism on the internet. In chapters two and three, I demonstrate how my analysis and definition of three aspects of the self, namely self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self, within selected Buddhist blogs (online diaries) provides an innovative contribution to the developing area of study related to new media and religion. In chapter four, I consider my four central research questions and the interdisciplinary approach used which draws from the fields of anthropology, visual cultural studies, media studies, as well as Buddhist studies. In chapter five I present the Buddhist interpretative framework used for the analysis of the experiential self. This focuses on the conceptual issues of the self in early Buddhism as well as the Buddhist Theravada Abhidhamma framework for the analysis of the self (anatta), the components of the self (khandhas) and the senses and sense spheres (ayatanas and dhatus). Through the three ethnographic case studies (chapters six, seven and eight) I demonstrate how the genre of life writing (blogs) is used as a medium for self reflection, self presentation and the experiential self, thus emphasising the experiential aspect of human existence online. In the conclusion (chapter nine), I consider the continuities and discontinuities between the three blogs, and in doing so I illustrate how the detailed examination of Buddhist blogs provides an insight into different aspects of popular culture, of Buddhism on the internet and how new media is being used in the twenty first century.
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Bampovits, Stefanos, and Amelie Löwe. "Do Software Code Smell Checkers Smell Themselves? : A Self Reflection." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-97558.
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Code smells are defined as poor implementation and coding practices, and as a result decrease the overall quality of a source code. A number of code smell detection tools are available to automatically detect poor implementation choices, i.e., code smells. The detection of code smells is essential in order to improve the quality of the source code. This report aims to evaluate the accuracy and quality of seven different open-source code smell detection tools, with the purpose of establishing their level of trustworthiness.To assess the trustworthiness of a tool, we utilize a controlled experiment in which several versions of each tool are scrutinized using the most recent version of the same tool. In particular, we wanted to verify to what extent the code smell detection tools that reveal code smells in other systems, contain smells themselves. We further study the evolution of code smells in the tools in terms of number, types of code smells and code smell density.
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Farber, Susan. "The Effect of Guided Self-Reflection on Teachers' Technology Use." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1289842357.
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Romano, Molly Elizabeth. "Teacher reflection on "bumpy moments" during teaching: A self-study." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278491.
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This study was an attempt to describe reflection in more detail than in the past, and it provides insight into how we might capture the details of this unseen reflection. I conducted a self-study of the "bumpy moments" in my teaching to address the following questions: (1) What do teachers think about when making a decision during a "bumpy moment"?; and (2) How does the teacher resolve the difficult task of making important decisions spontaneously? To arrive at answers to these questions, I tape recorded the on-going classroom events, and transcribed these moments into story form. Through an analysis of the many "bumpy moments" in my teaching, several important findings emerged about the nature of reflection and how reflection actually occurs in the classroom context. Results of this study have implications for future research, teacher education, and the practice of teaching.
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Beane, Arthur. "The supervision of student teachers: an emphasis on self-reflection." Thesis, Boston University, 2001. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32741.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
This study investigated a style of supervision of student teachers that emphasizes self-reflection as differentiated from supervision that focuses primarily on the logistical matters of teaching. An assumption about self-reflective supervision is that it leads to analytical and critical thinking about the "self" which is beneficial to the education of student teachers. Four special-education student teachers were each videotaped three times while teaching. While viewing themselves on videotape in the presence of the investigator, each participant talked about what they saw of themselves and their teaching. These discussions, audiotaped and transcribed, provided the primary source of data used in the study. The following conceptual categories emerged from an analysis of those data: a) influences on their decisions to teach, b) concepts of teaching, c) responses to being video taped, d) metaphors depicting their teaching, and e) insights. The videotaping and subsequent review and discussion provided participants with an opportunity to a) analyze and critique their language and actions; b) explore what life experiences informed their choices to teach; and c) learn what events and people shaped their concepts and styles of teaching. As a result of examining what the subjects said about their concepts of teaching, the researcher was able to expand Schon's (1983) concept of knowing-in-action into a concept and model that emerged from the analyses of the data, self-reflection before, in, and on action. A heuristic model for self-reflective supervision came forth from examining the data. The study enabled the investigator to learn about what it means to practice self-reflective supervision as part of the preparation of student teachers.
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Bouzanis, Christoforos. "For a social ontology with a self-reflective knowing subject : towards the articulation of the epistemic criterion of reflexivity." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8274.
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This thesis argues for the idea that there are deep interconnections between the notions of ontology and reflexivity. It starts from the idea that ontological claims are cognitionally prior to epistemological and methodological accounts. It is argued that ontology is of particular importance to social science because the boundary between the substantive and the ontological is less clear than in natural science. Furthermore, because social science is located within its object, society, it is argued that self-referential questions about the epistemic status of every social ontology emerge. In the face of these self-referential questions concerning ontological coherence, the ‘epistemic criterion of reflexivity’ is proposed in this thesis. Meeting this criterion is required to deal successfully with the self-referential problem emerging from the fact that the knowing subject is part of her object. I argue that it is only by conceptualizing agents as self-reflective knowing subjects that an ontology has a chance of satisfying the criterion of epistemic reflexivity which is proposed by this thesis. In Chapters 1 to 3, the works of Roy Bhaskar, Pierre Bourdieu, Jügen Habermas, Alvin Gouldner and Andrew Sayer, as well as of several social constructionists and ethnomethodologists are examined, considering their contribution to the notions of ontology and epistemic reflexivity. It is argued that proponents of both relativistic and deterministic social theories cannot satisfy the criterion of epistemic reflexivity because they cannot coherently account for their knowledge-claims using their own ontologies. I thus argue that it is not enough for a social theory to provide an account of self-reflection – for the wider ontology in which it is situated may itself deny the possibility of such a self-reflective activity. It is in this sense that I argue for the need for an improved conceptualization of self-reflection in which agents are conceptualized as having the capacity of self-objectivation within context. It is through having such a presupposition that ontologies can fulfill the epistemic criterion of reflexivity proposed. The need for such a conceptualization of self-reflection leads me to explore two relevant approaches in Chapters 4 and 5, those of Archer and Castoriadis. I begin by looking at Margaret Archer’s account of the ‘internal conversation’. However, Archer’s internal dialogue will be shown problematic in the sense that it results in various contradictory claims. The thesis then considers Cornelius Castoriadis’ notion of self-reflective imagination which partially meets the epistemic criterion of reflexivity proposed in this thesis.
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Godsland, Shelley. "Writing reflection, reflection on writing : Lacan's mirror stage and female self-construction in Helena Parente Cunha and Sylvia Molloy." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364206.
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Budd, Bob. "Solitude, attachment and self-reflection in adolescence : an exploration of relationships." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501112.
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Attachment has long been viewed as the fundamental mechanism underlying the way in which one relates to others. However little attention has been paid to the impact of attachment on spending time alone with the self. This would seem of particular importance to the adolescent population where spending time alone increases and is seen as part of the developmental process of individuation. It has been proposed that this increase in solitude coincides with advancing cognitive skills with which to make constructive-reflection. To explore the possible relationship between solitude (choosing to spend time alone), attachment, self-reflection and the ability to cope with emotional distress. Non-experimental, cross-sectional between subjects design. Using self-report measures, differences in level of preference for solitude were explored in relation to attachment styles, reflection, rumination and emotional self-efficacy.
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Slaney, Jaime D. "Leadership Practices That Support Marginalized Students: Cultural Awareness and Self-reflection." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108821.
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Thesis advisor: Lauri JohnsonThis qualitative case study, part of a larger group study about how leaders support marginalized student populations in a Massachusetts school district, explored how leaders develop and maintain cultural awareness and self-reflection for themselves and for their teachers. The study asked: 1) How, if at all, does the leader develop and maintain critical self-reflection to support marginalized populations? And 2) What leadership practices does the leader enact, if at all, to engage teachers in cultural awareness and self-reflection? Data was gathered and analyzed from 20 semi-structured interviews, including the superintendent, two assistant superintendents, director of bilingual education, two secondary level principals, two elementary level principals, and 12 teachers, and document reviews. Findings indicate that almost all of the leader participants exhibited cultural awareness and reflectiveness which was attributed to either feeling marginalized themselves, or through childhood and professional experiences. Leaders utilized a variety of leadership practices to maintain their awareness, engage in self-reflection, and create more equitable environments for marginalized students, but these practices were not consistent, embedded, or persistent. Implications of this study reveal that district and school leadership practices to enact cultural awareness and self-reflection of leaders and teachers are critical to effectively address inequities and to support marginalized students
Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2020
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education
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Locke, Kellie. "Unknown Encounters: Surrealist Thought Examined for Provoking Self-Reflection in Architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491313682122901.
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Alrawiai, Sumaiah Essa H. "Development of a patient-centred care self-reflection tool for dentists." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2018. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/development-of-a-patientcentred-care-selfreflection-tool-for-dentists(9178e4d3-75e6-45e2-b1ed-a3abcc000b6c).html.
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Background: Patient-centred care (PCC) has been linked to many positive outcomes in medicine. Dentists currently have no available tool for practicing this approach as part of a daily routine in a dental setting. The latest UK General Dental Council (GDC) standards for dental teams has amplified the need for such a tool (GDC, 2013). Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to develop and validate a tool for dentists in order to encourage them to practice PCC in dental settings. Methods: This research employs a mixed method research design. This thesis is divided into three studies. Study 1 includes semi-structured interviews that were conducted with 20 practicing dentists who had clinical teaching responsibilities at King’s College London. These interviews explored their views and opinions on PCC in general as well as on a published model of PCC and how applicable this model would be in a dental setting. Study 2 builds on study 1 findings by examining the ability of dental students to assess the communication skills of another dentist. This cross-sectional survey exposed students to a stage consultation via a YouTube video clip and then asked them to use the tool to evaluate the performance of the dentist in the clip. Study 3 entails validation of the newly developed PCC self-reflection tool by assessing its face, content, and criterion validity and test-retest reliability. To determine content validity, experienced dentists who were involved in education and practice evaluated the items based on relevance, clarity and representativeness of the construct as well as the ease of response. The criterion validity was determined in parallel with study 2 using a survey. For the test-retest reliability part, the modified tool was assessed twice within a 10-day period to rate a dental consultation clip by dental students (N=25). Results: The interview analysis highlighted five themes: understanding PCC, the role and influence of patients on the delivery of PCC, the role and influence of dentists on the delivery of PCC, the importance of context and dentists’ views on a hierarchy of PCC. Each of these themes included a number of sub-themes that covered the different issues identified via interview transcript analysis. The themes showed that dentists have a basic and simplistic understanding of the concept of PCC. Dentists identified a number of patient, dentist and contextrelated barriers that could hinder the adoption of PCC. Interviewees thought the hierarchy of PCC they discussed would be useful to aid understanding of PCC but more so for less experienced dentists and dental students. The analysis of the cross-sectional survey study revealed a broad understanding of the basic functions of the communication process, although students’ judgments of the quality of such communication was exaggerated. The development and validation of the tool, led to a final version of the tool containing six items. The tool showed good validity and reliability. Conclusion: A new, practical, PCC self-reflection tool was developed for dentists based on a review of the literature and interviews with dentists. The tool exhibits good content and criterion validity as well as acceptable test-retest reliability. Dentists may use this tool in dental settings to become more aware of PCC as a concept by focusing on two specific aspects: information provision and choice giving.
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Leguy, Jean, and José Àngel Sarmiento. "The Artistic Leader : A philosophical reflection." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-64560.
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Philosophy, art and leadership have been considered in previous studies, nevertheless rarely have all three been blended in one. The aim of this thesis resided in the attempt to build an unfixed conceptual net, having the ambition to shed light on the innermost parts of the leader; by collecting insights from philosophical notions, the figure of an artistic leader arises. The personal importance of this work was rooted in the hope of a leadership sourced in an inner reflection. Through qualitative research, we made use of concepts derived from Kant, Foucault, Nietzsche, Heidegger and several other thinkers, targeting the ontological, sensible, and reflecting centers of the figure of the artistic leader; which ultimately was completed by primary data retrieved from experts. At the heart of the thesis, namely the fourth strand, these thoughts are developed in two volumes. The first regards the emergence of the artistic leader, a concise ontology of this figure, the suggestion of the paramount importance played by self-reflection and the ‘care’ as found in a Foucauldian understanding, as well as the mechanisms of the mind of the leader. The eventual practices of the artistic leader are developed in the second volume, seen as expressive channels through which this figure could interact with the environment. The thesis - by its very nature - is open ended, as it is a suggestion of a figure drawing its relevance in the continual constructive thinking this work hopes to generate in the reader.
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Rutkauskaitė, Giedrė. "Vaižganto "Laiškai Klimams": laiškai, dienoraštis ar autobiografija?" Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070816_170829-12999.
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Šio darbo tema suformuluota probleminiu klausimu: Vaižganto „Laiškai Klimams“: laiškai, dienoraštis ar autobiografija? Darbo tyrimo objektu neatsitiktinai pasirinkti „Laiškai Klimams“, nes, autorės nuomone, laiškų tekstai geriau nei bet kuris grožinės literatūros kūrinys reprezentuoja Vaižganto asmenybę. Viena iš darbo rašymo priežasčių yra noras giliau ir visapusiškiau pažinti ir atskleisti Vaižganto, o tiksliau Juozo Tumo, asmenybę, akcentuojant jo žmogiškuosius bruožus. Antra, bene svarbiausia priežastis, tai noras parodyti, kad Vaižganto asmenybė verta dėmesio, kad ne veltui apie jį taip entuziastingai kalbėjo amžininkai, todėl negalima susitaikyti su tuo, kad Vaižgantas yra išbrauktas i�� mokyklinių programų, kad jo asmenybė ir kūryba pristatoma tik kaip pasirenkama tema. Atviras klausimas, kas yra Vaižganto „Laiškai Klimams“: laiškai, dienoraštis ar autobiografija, yra siejamoji darbo gija. Aišku viena, kad šių laiškų tekstai sunkiai įspraudžiami į žanrines ribas. Prasminis matmuo teikia jiems žanrinį neapibrėžtum��, dėl šios priežasties nustatyti laiško, dienoraščio ar autobiografijos ribas yra praktiškai neįmanoma. Dienoraštinis ir autobiografinis žiūros būdai leidžia atskleisti Vaižganto asmenybės modernumą. „Laiškų Klimams“ tekstai parankūs dar ir tuo, kad juose išryškėja plati rašytojo visuomeninė, kultūrinė, politinė veikla. Pagrindinis dėmesys laiškų tekstuose krypsta į komunikacinį momentą. Išryškėja bendravimo būtinybe persmelktas rašytojo gyvenimas.Theme of the present paper work is formulated in problematic question: „Letters to the family of Klimas“ written by Vaižgantas – letters, diary or autobiography? As subject of research not incidentally is chosen the piece „Letters to the family of Klimas“, as, in opinion of the author, texts of these letters better than any work of imaginative literature represent personality of Vaižgantas. One of the reasons of writing this paper work is desire to cognize and reveal personality of Vaižgantas, and to be precise, Juozas Tumas – Vaižgantas, more profoundly and comprehensively by emphasizing his human features. Second and maybe the main reason is a desire to show that personality of Vaižgantas is worthy of regard, and not in vain hope contemporaries talked about him so enthusiastically, therefore, the facts that Vaižgantas is excluded from the school programs and his personality as well as his oeuvre is presented only as optional theme can not be accepted. Open question what is the piece „Letters to the family of Klimas“: letters, diary ar autobiography, is a binding thread of the work. One thing that the texts of these letters are being hardly squeezed in the genre margins is clear. Notional dimension gives to them genre uncertainty, and because of such reason to determine margins of the letter, diary or autobiography is practically not possible. Diary and autobiographical viewing manners enable to reveal modernity of Vaižgantas personality. Texts of the „Letters to the family... [to full text]
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Malatji, Khashane Stephen. "the practice of self-reflection by primary school teachers in the Mankweng Circuit, Capricorn District." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1018.
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Thesis (M.Ed. (Curriculum Studies)) --University of Limpopo, 2013This dissertation investigated the the practice of self-reflection by primary school teachers in the Mankweng Circuit, Capricorn District. The aim of the research was to investigate the practice of self-reflection by primary school teachers, in order to suggest and encourage them to use reflective models that will help them improve their practice. The literature revealed that the use reflective models can help teachers to realize their mistakes and improve their practice. Furthermore, the literature revealed that if teachers are exposed to multiple reflective models, they will be able to choose the best model that is appropriate to their practice. The study also focused on the theory of Henderson‟s Ethical Model on Enquiry on Reflective Practice. The theory discusses what characterizes reflective practitioner. This theory explains that reflective teachers are experts who know their subject matter and are able to teach it well. This study was conducted in order to gain a greater insight and comprehensive understanding of the research problem, that is, Self-reflection is expected to all teachers but is seldom enforced. In policy documents, self-reflection is stipulated but there are no formalised templates that guide, monitor and evaluate how teachers reflect on their own practice. This may also result in teachers not reflecting on their work at all and not regarding self-reflection as part of the teaching process; and treat it as a separate issue. The methodology used in this study was qualitative approach. Phenomenological research design was adopted; and in terms of data collection tools, open-ended questionnaires and interviews were used. The findings of this study revealed that teachers in primary schools of Mankweng Circuit do not reflect on their practice because of the heavy work-load that they have. The study further revealed that teachers must be trained to use reflective models to improve their practice. Lastly, the study has recommended a new reflective model for a rural primary school context. The model is titled Big four reflective model: critical thinker; resource allocator, problem solver and practice developer. The model is recommended to be used in teaching in primary schools.
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Wozney, Lori M. "The art of self-reflection : adult learners' encounters with portfolio-based assessment." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ64000.pdf.
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Kleinberger, Rébecca (Rébecca Henrietta Marie Franca). "Singing about singing : using the voice as a tool for self-reflection." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95607.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [93]-106).
Our voice is an important part of our individuality. From the voice of others, we are able to understand a wealth of non-linguistic information, such as identity, social-cultural clues and emotional state. But the relationship we have with our own voice is less obvious. We don't hear it the same way others do, and our brain treats it differently from any other sound we hear. Yet its sonority is highly linked to our body and mind, and is deeply connected with how we are perceived by society and how we see ourselves. This thesis defends the idea that experiences and situations that make us hear, see and touch our voice differently have the potential to help us learn about ourselves in new and creative ways. We present a novel approach for designing self-reflective experiences based on the voice. After defining the theoretical basis, we present four design projects that inform the development of a framework for Self-Reflective Vocal Experiences. The main objective of this work is to provide a new lens for people to look at their voice, and to help people gain introspection and reflection upon their mental and physical state. Beyond this first goal, the methods presented here also have extended applications in the everyday use of technology, such as personalization of media content, gaming and computer-mediated communication. The framework and devices built for this thesis can also find a use in subclinical treatment of depression, tool design for the deaf community, and the design of human-computer interfaces for speech disorder treatment and prosody acquisition.
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Lebler, Don. "Getting smarter music : a role for reflection in self-directed music learning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16482/1/Don_Lebler_Thesis.pdf.
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Conservatoires all over the world are re-examining their educational roles and practices in a changing cultural and economic context, including re-evaluating their function as sites of relevant learning. This dissertation by publication contributes to this re-examination by investigating understandings of assessment, evaluative reflection, the relationship between know-how and knowledge, autonomous learning, community of practice and the student experience of these pedagogies in one Queensland conservatorium.
The study is presented in the form of a synopsis and five publications, with additional data that will form the basis of further post-doctoral publication. It is focused on non-traditional pedagogical processes operating within a bachelor of popular music program, processes that have been intuited by the academic teacher who is also the author of this dissertation. What these processes have in common is the philosophical rejection of teacher-led pedagogy and an insistence upon, and scaffolding of, self-directed student action and reflection. The aim of the dissertation, in keeping with the rationale for a professional doctorate, is to subject this approach to systematic theoretical and empirical scrutiny, and thereby to further refine and strengthen the practices in terms of their capacity to engage young people in self-directed approaches to quality music making.
John Biggs's presage/process/product learning model (1999) provides a structure for this systematic evaluation of the pedagogical work. The study understands the learning characteristics that students bring to the program, combined with the structures and pedagogical approaches in place in the program, to be the key presage elements; the learning activities (including assessment as learning) that occur within the program are the key process elements; the key products are the learning outcomes for the students and the ongoing development of the program and pedagogical approaches informed by reflection on empirical data including data collected as part of this research.
The study demonstrates the significance of recognising and valuing presage and process elements that enable students to perform from the basis of their intuitive know how while being recorded, and then apply their knowledge-based critical reflection skills to an appraisal of their own work and the work of their peers while hearing the recording played back. While not displacing the teacher as mentor and critical friend, this moves responsibility for learning to the student as a self-monitoring, strategic decision-maker about the nature and quality of their learning products. The program requirement that students write meaningfully about the process appears to encourage the embracing of both conscious and unconscious ways of knowing and doing.
As a documentation of this type of teaching, the study presents an argument for a broader incorporation of student-led pedagogy into higher education in general and
conservatoria in particular. It concludes that aspects of education that enhance students' abilities to learn, including self- and peer assessment, self-directed learning, reflective practice, and both independent and collaborative work that incorporates program-wide learning, are likely to enhance integrated creative practice. This project has made it possible to disseminate a scholarly engagement with such processes through publication in academic and professional contexts.
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Lebler, Don. "Getting smarter music : a role for reflection in self-directed music learning." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16482/.
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Conservatoires all over the world are re-examining their educational roles and practices in a changing cultural and economic context, including re-evaluating their function as sites of relevant learning. This dissertation by publication contributes to this re-examination by investigating understandings of assessment, evaluative reflection, the relationship between know-how and knowledge, autonomous learning, community of practice and the student experience of these pedagogies in one Queensland conservatorium.
The study is presented in the form of a synopsis and five publications, with additional data that will form the basis of further post-doctoral publication. It is focused on non-traditional pedagogical processes operating within a bachelor of popular music program, processes that have been intuited by the academic teacher who is also the author of this dissertation. What these processes have in common is the philosophical rejection of teacher-led pedagogy and an insistence upon, and scaffolding of, self-directed student action and reflection. The aim of the dissertation, in keeping with the rationale for a professional doctorate, is to subject this approach to systematic theoretical and empirical scrutiny, and thereby to further refine and strengthen the practices in terms of their capacity to engage young people in self-directed approaches to quality music making.
John Biggs's presage/process/product learning model (1999) provides a structure for this systematic evaluation of the pedagogical work. The study understands the learning characteristics that students bring to the program, combined with the structures and pedagogical approaches in place in the program, to be the key presage elements; the learning activities (including assessment as learning) that occur within the program are the key process elements; the key products are the learning outcomes for the students and the ongoing development of the program and pedagogical approaches informed by reflection on empirical data including data collected as part of this research.
The study demonstrates the significance of recognising and valuing presage and process elements that enable students to perform from the basis of their intuitive know how while being recorded, and then apply their knowledge-based critical reflection skills to an appraisal of their own work and the work of their peers while hearing the recording played back. While not displacing the teacher as mentor and critical friend, this moves responsibility for learning to the student as a self-monitoring, strategic decision-maker about the nature and quality of their learning products. The program requirement that students write meaningfully about the process appears to encourage the embracing of both conscious and unconscious ways of knowing and doing.
As a documentation of this type of teaching, the study presents an argument for a broader incorporation of student-led pedagogy into higher education in general and
conservatoria in particular. It concludes that aspects of education that enhance students' abilities to learn, including self- and peer assessment, self-directed learning, reflective practice, and both independent and collaborative work that incorporates program-wide learning, are likely to enhance integrated creative practice. This project has made it possible to disseminate a scholarly engagement with such processes through publication in academic and professional contexts.
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Owens, Tyler Eugene. "Neural correlates of self-reflection in fMRI: Brain activation differences between males and females." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2217.
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Many studies in affective neuroimaging have addressed the question of how the "self" is represented in brain activation. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is implicated in many of these studies and an essential component self-representation in the brain. In this study we looked at differences between men and women in the mPFC in terms of how they assessed comparisons of the body image. Participants viewed images of thin and overweight bodies and were asked to consider how they would feel if someone were to compare them to the image. Brain activations were measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Results indicate that men did not react significantly differently to thin or overweight images while women showed increased mPFC activation when considering comparison to the overweight images. These findings provide some insight into the differences between men and women in terms of self-evaluation and body image.
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Åkesdotter, Cecilia. "Does Writing Down Positive Self Talk – Self Reflection Affect Reaction Time? : A laboratory experiment with young Swedish athletes." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-2199.
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Syfte Syftet med studien är att undersöka om positivt Self-talk (ST) och självreflektion (SR) i form av att skriva i en träningsdagbok kan påverka reaktionstiden hos unga idrottare. Sker det förändringar i reaktionstid mellan första och andra gången testet genomförs? Är det en skillnad i hur stora förändringar som sker i reaktionstid när positivt self-talk gruppen och självreflektionsgruppen jämförs med en kontrollgrupp? Hur upplevde idrottarna uppgiften att skriva träningsdagbok? Metod Studien är ett randomiserat laboratorieexperiment och skillnader i reaktionstid kan enbart ses på gruppnivå. Deltagarna (n=29) bestod av både manliga och kvinnliga 16 åriga idrottare som randomiserades i två experimentgrupper och en kontrollgrupp. Kvinnor och män var jämt fördelade mellan grupperna. Först genomfördes två olika reaktionstest (Simple RT och 4choice RT) med hjälp av ett datorprogram för alla deltagare. Experimentgrupp 1 (EG 1) genomförde en intervention där de under en vecka fick skriva ned sitt eget positiva ST i samband med träning. Experimentgrupp 2 (EG2) två skrev under en vecka ner vad de kunde förbättra med sin träning och vilka konsekvenser dessa förändringar kunde leda till. Kontrollgruppen (CG) fick utöver sin träning skriva ner sitt TV-tittande som en placebo. Efter interventionen genomfördes ett eftertest av reaktionstid och en enkät delades ut där deltagarna fick svara på hur de upplevde dagboken och om de trodde den kunde ha effekt på deras prestation. Resultat Inom grupperna var det enbart EG 2 (de som tillämpade självreflektion) som hade en statistiskt signifikant förbättring av reaktionstid mellan det första och det andra testtillfället. Detta gällde både för Simple RT (p=0.028) och Choice RT (p=0.018). CG och EG 1 hade små förbättringar i RT mellan det första och andra testtillfället men inga som var statistiskt signifikanta. Gällande jämförelser mellan grupper fanns inga statistiskt säkerställda skillnader i förbättring mellan CG och EG 1. I EG 2 fanns ingen skillnad i förbättrad RT jämfört med CG i simple RT dock återfanns en statistiskt säkerställd skillnad i Choice RT där EG 2 hade en större förbättring jämfört med CG (p=0,003). Gällande hur grupperna upplevde interventionen med träningsdagböcker var resultaten relativt lika i de olika grupperna. Generellt upplevde grupperna att dagboken kunde ha en liten effekt på prestation samt att dagboksskrivandet i sig inte var så givande. Intressant var att de som skrev ner vad de såg på TV upplevde att detta kunde påverka deras prestation lika mycket som de som skrev ner positivt ST eller SR. Slutsats I självreflektionsgruppen hade en statistiskt signifikant förbättring skett både inom gruppen och jämfört med en kontrollgrupp. Inga signifikanta skillnader återfanns i positivt ST gruppen. Resultaten tolkas utifrån teorier som Self-determination, information processning och förmågan att fokusera uppmärksamheten. Styrkor och svagheter behandlas och slutsatsen är att fler upprepade studier behövs för att stärka och förstå sambandet mellan positivt ST och SR kopplat till reaktionstid. Ska denna typ av dagbok föras in i en klubb eller ett lag bör designen göras om så att den blir mer omtyckt av idrottarna.Aim The aim of this study is to evaluate if positive Self-talk (ST) or Self-Reflection (SR) by writing in a training diary can affect Reaction Time (RT) in young Swedish Athletes. Does reaction time change between the pre-test and the post-tests? Is there a difference in reaction time changes between groups when the positive ST group and the SR group are compared to the control group? How did the athletes experience the intervention? Experiment design This study is a randomized laboratory experiment. It is a between subjects design and therefore differences will only be seen on a group level. The participants N=29 were male and female 16 year old athletes. They were randomized in to two experiment groups (EG 1, EG 2) and a control group (CG), males and females were evenly distributed between groups. First two different (RT) tests were conducted with a computer program for all participants (Simple RT and 4Choice RT). After this an intervention of positive ST (EG1) or SR (EG2) was conducted with the use of training diaries for one week. The CG wrote down their habits of watching TV and this was used as a placebo. A re-test of RT was conducted after the completion of the intervention. After this an inquiry was handed to the participants to address their thoughts about using the diary and if they believed it could affect their performance. Results EG2 was the only group that provided a statistically significant decrease in RT time compared to the pre-test in both simple RT (p=0.028) and choice (p=0.018). No statistical significant differences in RT were found in EG1 or in the CG when comparing pre-and post tests of both simple and choice RT. Comparing between groups showed no statistical significant difference in improved RT between the CG and EG 1 in simple RT or in 4choice RT. A statistical significant difference in improved RT was found between CG and EG2 in choice RT (p=0.003) where the EG 2 had a statistical significant improvement in RT compared to the CG. Comparing simple RT no statistical significant differences was found between EG2 and CG. The three groups experienced using the diary in a similar way. In general they found the diary intervention somewhat giving and believed that the diary could have a little affect on performance. Interesting to notice is that the participators that wrote down their TV habits believed this could have the same impact on performance as the participators writing down positive ST or SR. Conclusions A connection was found between strategies of SR an RT. These results are analyzed regarding the theoretical framework provided by Self-determination theory, information processing and focus of attention. Strength and weakness is discussed and the conclusion is that more and reproduced studies are needed to determine the connection between interventions positive ST, SR and RT. If a training diary would be used in a team or a club some modifications should be done to make them more meaningful for the athletes.
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Dimitrova, Raya. "Making it personal in critical games to affect reflection and have a two-way dialogue." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23645.
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This thesis project explores the capacity of digital critical games when it comes to conveying socially relevant messages and making the player reflect on the real life outside of the game, with a specific interest in self-reflection. Starting with critical analyses of the vast field of existing online socially critical games, this research exploration continues with an empirical evaluation of selected few samples of such games by recruiting people to playtest them, followed by interviews. Identifying design qualities and openings based on the findings, a prototype is then implemented and iterated based on playtesting with more participants, again followed by interviews. The sought out novel aspects of online critical games, that are explored via the prototype, are: 1. Making the critical game experience personal by incorporating real life information from the player’s own life. Seeking in this way to ensure the flow outside of the magic circle and into the real life, this also aimed at supporting a stronger impact of the message conveyed by communicating it on the player’s “own ground”, i.e. in the terms of their own real life and personal feelings.2. Allowing a space for the player to express disagreeing with the message coming from the game and giving them the possibility to enrich it collectively by sharing through the game what their own view on the matter is. This was an attempt for exploration in the direction of supporting a two-way dialogue between the game designer and the player in the sense of giving the player a voice and a stronger agency both in the game and in the message conveyed.So these two: 1. self reflection via making it personal and 2. self expression via allowing space for a two-way dialogue, were the two main topics incorporated in the artifact that came out of this research. Consequently the contribution of this thesis are the reflections from trying to incorporate such critical game’s qualities and the analyses of it, along with all the other factors that came out from the earlier investigation and evaluation of similar games concerning what exactly makes people reflect on real life and think outside of the magic circle while playing a critical game.
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Rensburg, Cheryl Dawn. "A self-reflection of my interactions, communication and relationship structures in the classroom." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012587.
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Good communication and maintaining effective relationships within a school community are essential for achieving high academic standards. The aim of effective communication between teachers and learners is to elicit and ensure behaviour that will enhance the learning process. It is therefore important that teachers relate to learners in a sensitive manner when they communicate their knowledge (Bingham and Sidorkin 2004, 5). Sotto (2007, 96) further contends that teachers‟ communication styles reveal their core attitude towards learning and that the success of their teaching will be partially determined by how effectively they communicate. Many schools are experiencing disciplinary problems, low teacher and learner expectations, a breakdown of the social order, and a high incidence of academic failure. Bingham and Sidorkin (2004, 5) explain the above-mentioned problems as symptoms of a breakdown in communication between educators and learners. Once relationships in a school have been jeopardised, it becomes increasingly difficult to achieve high academic standards. It is therefore essential that educators create meaningful interactions in an environment in which all individuals can develop to their full potential. The National Education Policy Act No. 27 of 1996 (Education Labour Relations Council 2003, A- 4) advocates the enhancement of quality education and innovation through systematic research and development. The principles contained therein are directed towards enabling the education system to contribute to the full development of each learner, respecting each learner‟s right to freedom of thought, opinion and expression within a culture of respect for teaching and learning. The establishment and strengthening of relationships in a school will contribute to improved academic achievement.
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Greene, Thomas. "Critical reflection and self-evaluation : meaning and implications for students and new teachers." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428360.
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Buckley, Joanne Marie Kirkbride. "Lyric as self-reflection : the role of the slow movement in Beethoven's works." Thesis, Durham University, 2012. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3613/.
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The slow movement has often been overlooked by writers on the Classical style, who typically gloss over its formal and expressive intricacies in favour of sonata form analyses of first movements and finales. But closer study reveals that the slow movement may be due greater prominence – that it may even be ‘richer than the entire rest of the [multi-movement] form’. The present study seeks to redress the balance and to correct the perception that the slow movement is simply a ‘simplification’ or ‘deformation’ of sonata form types. Lyrical forms, I argue, present their own unique set of characteristics, which demand to be judged on their own terms. Tracing the development of the slow movement through the Classical style also reveals the growing importance of the slow movement to nineteenth century composers, and suggests that Beethoven’s works represent a turning point in the characterisation of the genre. Detailed comparative analyses of Beethoven’s slow movements, alongside those by Haydn, Mozart and C.P.E. Bach, present a compelling picture of the slow movement as centrepiece, rather than parenthesis. As Dahlhaus suggests, this creates a reversal of priorities and causes us to re-evaluate our perception of Classical form: ‘The lyricism that is confined to an enclave in the classical sonata became the predominant structural principle, causing a crisis for the idea of thematic process.’
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Lee, Zi-ying. "The reflection and self-assessment of student interpreters through logbooks : a case study." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/3033.
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The aims of the current study are threefold. The first aim is to investigate how writing reflective journals may facilitate student interpreters’ learning process in becoming more reflective and in assessing their own interpreting performance. The second aim is to investigate the relationship between self-assessment and reflection. The third aim is to explore how different scaffolding tools may have influenced the development of students’ reflective thinking and their approach to self-assessment. Initially, educational theories, theoretical constructs on reflection and learner self-assessment were reviewed to examine the concepts of reflection and self-assessment in the context of interpreter training. Empirical studies on the functions of reflective journals and on self-assessment, particularly those carried out in the field of interpreting were explored to help the researcher design the theoretical framework. As a case study, logbooks were collected from students taking introductory interpreting courses in a translator and interpreter training institute in a British university. The main method adopted for the analysis of the logbooks collected was thematic analysis. The themes which emerged from the data enabled the researcher to explain how writing reflective journals can shape student interpreters’ learning process and how scaffolding tools used in the study influence students’ self-assessment and reflection. The study found that the student interpreters in this case study focused more on self-assessment of their interpretation performance in their logbooks. However, this study also found evidence showing that writing logbooks have indeed helped students to become more reflective. The scaffolding tools provided, according to the result of this case study, appear to have significant influence to help some participants to move beyond reflecting on individual learning experience and to think about the learning experience from a long-term perspective.
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Modzelewski, Helena. "Self-reflection and Education of the Emotions for Democracy. Interview to Martha Nussbaum." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113093.
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The education of the emotions is a valuable tool not always taken into account in the development of the democratic, egalitarian background essential to empower citizens. Perhaps the difficulty lies in the fact that, firstly, it is necessary to probe the possibilities of educability of emotions. Martha Nussbaum is one of the contemporary philosophers who have devoted much of their work to the study of emotions, and from her theory, conclusions can be drawn about the question of their educability. Her theory of emotions can be situated within a set of theories that understand emotions as cognitive, which turns literature into a useful tool for their education. However, the author does not put forward an explicit methodology for such development from narrative. To this end, in this interview Nussbaum is asked about the concept of self-conscious reflection as a feasible proposal to enable the education of emotions, as well as about whether a list of democratic emotions” can be built from her theory. Also, in this context, Nussbaum responds and elaborates on these themes.La educación de las emociones es un valioso instrumento no siempre tomado en cuenta para el desarrollo de un trasfondo valorativo igualitario y democrático indispensable para la autonomía de los ciudadanos. Tal vez la dificultad radique en que, en primer lugar, es necesario sondear las posibilidades de la educabilidad de las emociones. Martha Nussbaum es una de las filósofas contemporáneas que han dedicado gran parte de su obra al estudio de las emociones, y de su teoría pueden derivarse conclusiones acerca de la pregunta de su educabilidad. Su teoría de las emociones se circunscribe dentro de un conjunto de teorías que consideran a las emociones como cognitivas, y eso convierte a la literatura en una útil herramienta para su educación. Sin embargo, la autora no explicita una metodología que permita dicho desarrollo desde las narraciones. A estos efectos, en esta entrevista se le propone el concepto de autorreflexión como posibilitador de ello, a la vez que se busca reconstruir a partir de su teoría un listado de emociones democráticas”. Asimismo, en este contexto, Nussbaum responde y profundiza acerca de estas temáticas.
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Dos, Santos C. Miguel S. F. "Poetics of the interface : creating works of art that engage in self-reflection." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2011. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20323/.
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This thesis addresses the value of employing noise in the formulation of interfaces that engage in self-reflection. The articulation of the interfaces' formalist devices (message and noise) can generate paradoxical patterns that when enacted by the observer promote experiences of alterity in the formation of the work of art. This project is transdisciplinary and parasitic (following Michel Serres) in the sense that it is located in the relation of the artistic practice and the other sources; it resembles a foreigner (following Julia Kristeva) whose presence disrupts and invites its host to greet its own foreigner, and moves like a snake (following Aby Warburg) with maximum mobility and minimum target to disclose contradictions and formulate hypotheses. The first chapter, 'Focusing Attention', covers a wide range of disciplines in order to find points of convergence with the artistic practice and proposes a theorisation of the interface - an object or situation where a subject or system meet and interact, which is defined by its elements (message, noise and interference). Attention is proposed as a selective and active process that allows for an embodied subject to engage with ontological contradictions, without representing them, and to evolve in reciprocity with the world. Chapter two, 'Scripting Journeys', addresses the work of Bruce Nauman in light of the previous considerations (interface and attention) while proposing a methodological practice that focuses on a notion of travelling to a place in-between. Nauman's practice is proposed as topographic explorations primarily concerned with the 'mechanics of attention', which are formulated in the production of interfaces (as scripts for new journeys to places in-between) to be engaged by an observer. Chapter three, 'On the Go', addresses the production of new works of art as a formulation of the methodology identified in Nauman's practice. The chapter covers the production process and its underlying concerns when travelling to places proposed as in-between. The proposed notion of the interface is addressed in a direct relation with the new works of art to further understand the value of employing noise in the formation of experiences of alterity. This chapter should be considered in relation to the works of art previously exhibited, which are documented in the thesis and proposed as formulations of knowledge and not as representations of knowledge. This project will conclude by proposing three contributions to knowledge, which should be understood as hypotheses: first, the proposition of the notion of interface and its formalist devices (message, noise and interference), secondly, the re-interpretation of Bruce Nauman's practice, and thirdly, a new body of work articulating the interface's formalist devices across different mediums, which can be attended to by other artists when considering any concept of the interface.
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Plaza, Raymond Vidal. "The Importance of Reflection within the Academic Assignments of Study Abroad Programs." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72270.
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Today, almost 305,000 U.S. college students are taking advantage of study abroad opportunities throughout the world. While study abroad experiences have has been increasing in number and scope, there continue to be questions about the importance and value of study abroad on the students' growth and development. This study highlights a summer study abroad program at Virginia Tech from 2008 – 2012.
Reflection and transformative learning serve as the primary theoretical frameworks for this study. The work of Dewey (1933), Mezirow (1991, 1997), Moon (2004), Whitney and Clayton (2011) and others help to provide additional insight into better understanding reflection and transformative learning.
The methodological framework is a qualitative case study focusing on the student participants from summer 2012 and examines the role of reflection in the academic components of the program and whether or not reflection helped to further enhance the influence and impact of the experience on the students.
I collected data from photo journals, weekly reflection papers and their final exam paper, all of which comprised the academic requirements for this credit-bearing course. The participants consisted of seven female identified students and four male identified students, representing the following academic disciplines: Human Development, Geography, Political Science, Journalism, Studio Art and International Studies.
Through content analysis (Mayan, 2009; Merriam, 1998), I discovered the themes of self-awareness and visibility and presence. These two themes provide a deeper understanding about how the study abroad experience has a distinct influence on the students, as can be evidenced through their academic work. While the two themes help to further reinforce the importance of reflective practice, the study also reveals that reflection can be problematic as well.Ph. D.
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Green, Andrew Norman. "Aligning resources with business need : re-evaluation through engaging managers in guided self-reflection." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2007. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20162/.
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This research addresses whether guiding managers to consider the link between their use of resources and the achievement of their corporate objectives can enable them to conceive of their business differently. The question arises from the Facilities Management (FM) narrative on the identification of resources and the pursuit of their alignment with the changing needs of the business for its support environment. This narrative comprises the two end-members of a spectrum: The dominant, structuralist perspective which sees facility managers constructing the support environment to align with the needs of the business to resolve FM issues; and the contextualist perspective which sees the need to engage business managers in re-evaluating their issues in the context of their support environment. The need to engage managers through the context of the business is demonstrated through an interpretation of a review of three dominant theories of the firm. An approach that engages managers is then determined through framing the philosophical research paradigm of an FM Contextualist, through self-reflection and literature review. The resultant research method is labelled Guided Self-reflection (GSR) and allows the study of the perceptions and narratives of managers regarding their business, the 'resources' supporting it, and any benefits of seeking to align one with the other. The GSR approach is piloted with selected Local Government Authority Members and Officers using the Audit Commission's Comprehensive Performance Assessment as a convenient context. The research concludes that GSR did engage these senior managers who did then start to think differently about their business. This research makes a significant contribution to business and professional knowledge and practice as a source of reference concerning the GSR approach: a technique that aims to increase management awareness of the potential for achieving business performance benefits by seeking an appropriate alignment of the support environment with the needs of the business.
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Graening, Shelly. "The Impact of Simulation Experiences on Nursing Student’s Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26678.
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Previous research has shown that high fidelity simulation experiences impact the satisfaction and self-confidence of nursing students. The purpose of the study was to examine the student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning of students in the pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing track and the associate to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) track at North Dakota State University. The data was obtained from two different courses in two different semesters of study. The surveys used in the descriptive, comparative study included a tool to collect demographic data and the Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Tool. The data revealed that nursing students were satisfied and self-confident in their learning during simulation experiences. The results will assist nurse educators to recognize the importance of providing nursing students opportunities to care for complex, high-risk patients in a low-stakes setting. Nurse educators can then assist in bridging the gap between classroom and clinical practice.
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Graening, Shelly. "The Impact of Simulation Experiences on Nursing Student?s Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26678.
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Previous research has shown that high fidelity simulation experiences impact the satisfaction and self-confidence of nursing students. The purpose of the study was to examine the student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning of students in the pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing track and the associate to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) track at North Dakota State University. The data was obtained from two different courses in two different semesters of study. The surveys used in the descriptive, comparative study included a tool to collect demographic data and the Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning Tool. The data revealed that nursing students were satisfied and self-confident in their learning during simulation experiences. The results will assist nurse educators to recognize the importance of providing nursing students opportunities to care for complex, high-risk patients in a low-stakes setting. Nurse educators can then assist in bridging the gap between classroom and clinical practice.
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Jones, Danielle-Marie. "Breaking my silence as a 'trained' dancer in post-apartheid South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32275.
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This research is a personal reflection and a self-study of two performances that have taken place over the course of two years. My Medium Project titled, When Memories Break, set out to navigate ways of decolonising oppressive dominance and investigating the ramifications of indoctrination in dance. In 2017, during my Honours Degree in Dance Studies at the University of Cape Town, I created a poster-painting with a fellow #FeesMustFall artist-activist. This poster-painting, entitled, Amputation, was introduced at UCT School of Dance' Confluences 9: Deciphering decolonisation in Dance Pedagogy in the 21st Century in Cape Town, South Africa. Since then, Amputation has become a personal credo that I have carried with me in my Practice as Research field of study. In 2018, as part of my Minor Project, I not only highlighted my memories and experiences in Classical Ballet, but also included my memories of other informal1 dance influences. The purpose of this essay is therefore not to depict ballet as a current colonialist art form but rather to draw attention to what it represented during the years of colonialism, apartheid, and the aftermath of that. It is against this background that I explore the issues related to the relationship I have with my dance training to date. As a performer-researcher, I will use my living experience as a case study. This article provides a perspective from a performer-researcher's position using selfreflexivity as a research methodology. My conclusion supports the notion that self-reflection in the quest for decolonisation in dance by performer-researchers is important for the evolution of a more democratic society.
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Driessen, Erik W. "Educating the self-critical doctor using a portfolio to stimulate and assess medical students reflection /." [Maastricht] : Maastricht : [Maastricht University] ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2008. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=11496.
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Migdissova, Svetlana. "Self-identification processes and their reflection in the language of fourth-wave emigrants in Montreal." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79965.
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The thesis analyzes the speech behavior of Russian emigrants of the fourth wave during the period of their adaptation to the life in the "new" country. The research is based on text material collected in the Montreal Russian community in the period 1998--2003. In the course of processing the material the author used methods of comparative analysis and lexical and semantic analysis. The thesis deals with the linguistic forms in which the process of individual self-identification materializes when people leave their mother country to live in another. Special attention is paid to the terms used to describe the homeland, the "new" country and the emigre. Words and expressions found in the course of the research process are quoted, and their place and meaning in the modern Russian language both in the mother country and abroad are discussed. The research of the fourth-wave Russian emigrants' language showed certain peculiarities proving that emigrants use a metalanguage different from the language of the mother country. It also contains various loan words and words and expressions with displaced or changed meaning.
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Woodward, Laura. "Reflection in the screen| The perception and value of self-awareness within the IT professional." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1562341.
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Today's information technology (IT) professional must go beyond their technical ability and obtain new leadership skills. Simultaneously obtaining business acumen, developing successful IT-business relationships, communicating effectively, and still being technical makes being an IT professional more challenging than ever. It is the viewpoint of this researcher that self-awareness is the foundational level skill set needed to foster the insights needed to adopt and apply these skills to increase success in the IT professional. Previous research has examined the relationship of self-awareness and it's impact on leadership effectiveness and even explores correlations with emotional intelligence and IT organizations success. However, gaps remain in the literature to the specific correlations of the value and perception of self-awareness within the IT professional, and what specific role self-awareness plays in IT professionals' success. The purpose of this research was to understand and quantify how IT professionals perceive the meaning of the word self-awareness, and the connection between self-awareness and increased effectiveness. A comprehensive survey was conducted with 164 IT and business professionals of different levels, different size organizations and different industries to formalize quantitative answers to these questions. Follow-up interviews were also conducted to gain further clarification of survey results. The results reveal that self-awareness was viewed positively and critical to the success of the IT professional regardless of gender, role, educational level or years in the industry. The data also showed that if more investment in self-awareness training where to incur, the importance of that skill would increase, and the importance of technical skills would decrease; provided they had an external influence ("sponsor") that provided feedback to invest in such skills. They had to have their awareness raised, to raise their awareness, and this effort had to be intentional. Self-awareness had direct positive correlations to improved relationship management. Study limitations and implications to the organization development field are also discussed.
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Singh, Asha. "Coaching female leaders in a male-dominated environment : stress managment trhough self-awareness and reflection." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20756.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.Worldwide trends indicate that women are increasing their engagement in the labour market. The Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa (BWASA) 2010 census shows that there has been an increase in female labour participation (BWASA 2010). Although the levels are increasing, participation at management and executive levels requires attention. According to the Catalyst census conducted in the United States in 2010, 15,7% of all board level positions in the Fortune 500 companies were held by women (Xu, 2011). The BWASA 2011 census reports that 15,8% of directors and 21,6% of executive managers are women. Some of the key reasons cited for this poor inclusion rate are: the persistence of the glass ceiling barrier in many cases; differences in gender socialisation and language styles; gender stereotyping; the old boys’ club at the top level; ineffective operational and line experience; differences in male and female leadership styles; and the preference of some women for entrepreneurial opportunities over corporate careers (BWASA, 2011). Female leaders in male-dominated environments deal with specific occupational stressors, such as gender role stereotyping, and work-related sex discrimination (Long, Kahn & Schutz, 1992). Given the vastness of the subject of stress, the intention with this study was to narrow the scrutiny through the lens of role stress in order to provide insight into the impact of coaching on female leaders in a male-dominated environment. Seven women holding management positions in the male-dominated industry of earthmoving equipment were interviewed in this study. They were requested to share their personal experiences and perceptions about working in a male-dominated industry and the related stressors and challenges they face. The literature indicates that while progress has been made in terms of female growth and advancement in the workplace, there are still barriers; and organisations are required to review the organisational culture, strategy and structures to allow for the differing needs and leadership styles that women bring to the corporate environment (Cornish, 2007). Men cannot be held solely responsible for the lack of female advancement, as there is a level of ownership that women must take for personal growth, training, education and advancement. This study has found that there are unique challenges and stressors that act as barriers to female advancement. The findings also indicate that through leadership tools, such as coaching, women equip themselves with growing self-awareness and self-knowledge that may assist them in dealing with their stressors, and in implementing meaningful strategies, such as work/life balance, more effective management of their relationships, and understanding and knowing how to deal with gender stereotyping. This study was limited to seven participants in one organisation in South Africa. In future studies of this nature, researchers may wish to examine the effects of coaching in other industries and on a larger sample, and may wish to include the variable of race, which was not part of the scope of this study. The body of knowledge related to the long-term impact of coaching on self-awareness and related changes in behaviour would also be of interest.
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范淑儀. "Self-reflection and Self-awareness." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10542776158345061636.
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The purpose of this thesis is to emphasis the essence of self-reflection and self-awareness in Chinese culture. The author reviewed the article and research about self-reflection and self-awareness, and suggest the initial construct of self-reflection and self-awareness process. The author divides self-awareness into two dimensions: ''time'' -when the awareness happens; and ''cause'' -why the awareness occurs. Each dimension has several different levels. According to the qualitative data from the interview, the construct is essentially supported. After the construct was modified, the author develop the self-awareness scale to measure the self-awareness ability of college students. The empirical data shows that the reliability and the validity of the scale are acceptable.