Essays about: "individual agency"

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1. 1. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Camelia Dragomir; [2023-10-31]
   Keywords : teacher agency; ecological theory; foreign language teaching; accountability; professional development;

   Abstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE

3. 2. Structural Hybridization and Dual Roles: A Case Study of Coexisting Logics in a Government Agency

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Johanna Axelsson; Sofie Karlsson; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Institutional Logics; Coexisting Logics; Structural Hybrid; Dual Roles; Government Agency; Compartmentalization; Shieling; Segmentation;

   Abstract : The area of coexisting institutional logics has been extensively discussed at the field and organizational level. However, there is currently a lack of research on the role of individual actors in creating and sustaining organizational hybrids, e.g. organizations operating under contradicting logics. READ MORE

4. 3. TRUST ONLINE: Visual Cues for Trustworthy News

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Marco Helin; Tim Zetterqvist; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : Trustworthiness; news articles; domain suffix; associated images; comment;

   Abstract : This study was born in the light of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency’s (MSB) release of a handbook on how to counter information influence activities, along with a growing distrust placed upon media outlets by the public. The purpose of this experiment was to test knowledge from earlier research in the e-commerce domain on what makes a website perceived as trustworthy but applied and tested on images of news articles. READ MORE

5. 4. Breaking the Cycle of Exclusion : Examining Effective Interventions for Second-Generation Immigrant Children in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Lucielle Disu; [2023]
   Keywords : social exclusion; second-generation; integration; Sweden; interventions;

   Abstract : Second-generation immigrant children in Sweden, especially those of non-European heritage, find themselves entangled in a web of social exclusion. Against the backdrop of escalating disparities between social strata, and a conspicuous failure in the integration of immigrants, the study explores this matter in depth. READ MORE

6. 5. Assistive Technology for Users with ADHD

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Patryk Banach; [2023]
   Keywords : ADHD; Interaction design; HCI; Design; UX; UI;

   Abstract : This project explores how assistive technology can be useful for users with ADHD when it comes to their usage of smartphones. The design explores the importance of role and interaction aesthetic in regards to designing assistive technology. READ MORE