Essays about: "International participants"

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  1. 1. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Daniel Magnil; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Vulnerability; Knowledge; Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  2. 2. 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. 3. Nutshell Paragraphs, Fact-Base or Propaganda: How Do Nutshell paragraphs in five news media reflect an international crisis?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/JMG - Inst f journalistik och masskomm

    Author : Javad Maleki; [2023-10-10]
    Keywords : The nut graph; the nutshell paragraph; the nut graf; fact; propaganda; agenda setting; comparative analysis; content analysis; international crisis; the Libyan crisis; NATO; journalism; journalist; editor; editorial manipulation; newspaper; TV; media; news media; Swedish news media; print news media; news writing; audience; Global Times; Dagens Nyheter; Rossiyskaya Gazeta; the Guardian; the New York Times;

    Abstract : Abstract Thesis: 15 hp Program and/or course: Master’s program in Investigative Journalism (MIJ), Master´s thesis in Investigative Journalism, JU2603 Level: Second Cycle Semester/year: St/2023 Supervisor: Mathias Färdigh Examiner: Annika Bergström Keyword: The nut graph, the nutshell paragraph, the nut graf, fact, propaganda, agenda setting, comparative analysis, content analysis, international crisis, the Libyan crisis, NATO, journalism, journalist, editor, editorial manipulation, newspaper, TV, media, news media, Swedish news media, print news media, news writing, audience, Global Times, Dagens Nyheter, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the Guardian, the New York Times. Purpose: The aim of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the contents of nut graphs written by five print news media outlets: Dagens Nyheter, Global Times, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, The Guardian, and The New York Times, regarding the Libyan crisis, in order to examine whether they set media agendas through the nut graph. READ MORE

  4. 4. A phenomenological study on Chinese parents's primary choice in Gothenburg, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Haijiao Chen; [2023-06-19]
    Keywords : school choice; parental reason; cross-culture; rational choice theory; theory of acculturation;

    Abstract : Aim: As big differences exist in the culture and school system in China and Sweden, it is hard for Chinese parents to choose primary schools for their children in Sweden. No research has investigated Chinese parents’ school choice in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 5. A Solidarity Model of Foreign Aid? : A case study of the Olof Palme International Center’s projects in South Africa

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Malin Stål; [2023]
    Keywords : Foreign aid; international solidarity; charity; non-governmental organisation; development aid; South Africa; Sweden; Olof Palme International Center; Utländskt bistånd; internationell solidaritet; välgörenhet; icke-statliga organisationer; bistånd; Sydafrika; Sverige; Olof Palmes internationella center;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis is a qualitative case study of whether the Olof Palme International Center’s (OPC) model of foreign aid, as a Swedish non-governmental organisation (NGO), is understood by leading figures of the three types of participants involved in the model; the OPC, Swedish member organisations, and, in this case, South African partner organisations, as taking either a solidarity- or charity-approach to foreign aid, in both theory and practise. The theories of Mutual Aid and International Solidarity are used to construct two opposing “solidarity” and “charity” models of foreign aid, against which the OPC model is compared. READ MORE