Essays about: "civic orientation"

Found 4 essays containing the words civic orientation.

  1. 1. ENGAGEMENT AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A DISTANCE CIVIC ORIENTATION COURSE Design of a Communication Space for Newly Arrived Immigrants

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Hilda Haqvinsson; [2021-12-14]
    Keywords : Distance Education; Newly Arrived Immigrants; Communication; Engagement; Sense of Community; Discussion Forum;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this research is to a), through collaboration with end users, develop a communication space in a distance civic orientation course, and thus b) investigate what aspects that may be important to include in this space in order to facilitate the learners’ sense of community and thus possibly their engagement in that course. Theory: For this capstone project, the Design Thinking method and its human-centred approach is used as a framework to continuously relate the progression of the project back to the users and their needs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Improving health literacy of newly arrived refugees : A qualitative assessment of the health-communication method Förstå Mig Rätt within the Swedish civic orientation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Helge Drebold; [2020]
    Keywords : Health literacy; health communication; health promotion; teach-back; integration; civic orientation; refugees;

    Abstract : Background: The growing number of migrants, and refugees in particular, can have complex impacts on healthcare systems as they face pressures of responding to new healthcare needs. Refugees report lower levels of self-assessed health and psychological well-being compared to host populations, but paradoxically, many refrains from seeking care although they perceive the need to. READ MORE

  4. 3. City Perception : A modification of the method of mental maps and its application to the centre of the city of Karlskrona

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Monia Helga Hannelore Gläske; [2011]
    Keywords : city perception; mental mapping; cognitive maps; social urban planning; sustainable development; civic activism;

    Abstract : The city is a complex reality that is composed of a physical environment, social action and political as well as cultural structures. This thesis is based on the assumption that urban space is produced in a continuous process in which all these dimensions mutually interact with each other. READ MORE

  5. 4. European Union's Relations with South Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina&the Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Process

    University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Seden Tezcan; [2005]
    Keywords : Social sciences; EU; South Eastern Europe; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Stabilisation and Association Process; implementation; democratization theories; transition approach; new institutionalism; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of the 1990s important changes took place, such as the collapse of Communism and the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Consequently, the European Union (EU) has faced a new agenda in SouthEastern Europe. The EU policies towards this region were not very well coordinated in the first half of the 1990s. READ MORE