Essays about: "goals"

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1. 1. Institutional or not? : Municipally-Owned Enterprises’ Quest forLegitimacy among Stakeholders andConflicting Goals

   University essay from Karlstads universitet; Karlstads universitet

   Author : Oscar Elfgren; Magdalena Persson; [2019]
   Keywords : Municipally-owned enterprises MOEs ; Institutional forces; Institutional responses; Legitimacy; Decoupling; Agency; State-owned enterprises SOEs ; Stakeholders; Conflicting goals; Publicly-owned enterprises POEs ;

   Abstract : Purpose: While research on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been lagging, even less can be found on municipally-owned enterprises (MOEs). The authors intend to use literature covering SOEs and apply them on MOEs in an analogue fashion. READ MORE

3. 2. Portfolio assessment in the writing classroom for young English Second Language learners.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle

   Author : Angela Arias Morel; Milanda Gültekin; [2019]
   Keywords : EFL; ESL; portfolio-assessment; self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-regulation; SLA; SRL; writing development; young learners; zone of proximal development;

   Abstract : English as a second language learning has been growing during the last years on a global level and the demands on both students and teachers have increased set by curriculum goals. Educators of today need to cater for development of knowledge and language for students with mixed abilities and assist them in developing metacognitive skills. READ MORE

4. 3. Gender Equality as ‘Political Indoctrination’ : A case study on Brazil’s turn towards conservative university policies

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Kristin Tunek; [2019]
   Keywords : Brazil; gender equality; ‘gender ideology’; Escola sem Partido; political indoctrination; high level of education; radical conservative congregations;

   Abstract : ‘Gender ideology’ is a term used by radical conservative congregations to contemn issues around gender, such as reproductive rights and gender studies, for it is seen as a conspiracy against traditional family values. Congregations that use the term also embrace other forms of anti-gender rhetoric as they aspire to influence decision-makers to adopt policies against gender matters, for instance same-sex marriages and transgender rights. READ MORE

5. 4. "We cannot keep everything forever" : Value of the material as a selection criterion for digitization at Swedish humanities special libraries

   University essay from

   Author : Tatiana Liljeström; [2019]
   Keywords : value; significance; criterion; selection; digitization; humanities; libraries; Swedish;

   Abstract : The study examines the role of different types of value of the material in selecting documents for digitization at Swedish humanities special libraries. The main goals of the study were to find out, which types of value are most and least important in the selection process at these libraries, to aid on the identification of general tendencies in attributing values to analogue material for digitization and to provide an overall depiction of significance of different value types for the digitization at the humanities special libraries in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 5. Will Beauty Save the World? A historical context study of the Miss Venezuela pageant as a conceivable contributor to communication for development.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle

   Author : Jassir de Windt; [2019]
   Keywords : celebrity beauty queens; beauty with a purpose; communication for development; cultural identity; national identity; popular culture; race and class; internationalisation; economic transnationalism; social norms of beauty; representation women; social change; Celebrity-Development nexus; Venezuela; historical context; qualitative research;

   Abstract : In recent years, old-hand development scholars, in the category of Dan Brockington, have expressed their concern over academia’s neglect of the significance of celebrities in the field. As has been the case of an outturn hereof, namely beauty pageants. READ MORE