Essays about: "implicit processes"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words implicit processes.

  1. 16. Lighting a fire of change? : characterizing the learning process in a German non-formal education for sustainability network and examining the outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Christiane Andrea Mössner; [2016]
    Keywords : education for sustainability; non-formal; sustainability science; learning process; agent of change; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) wird als vielversprechender Ansatz zur Lösung von Nachhaltigkeitsfragen angesehen. Resultate sind nicht zufriedenstellend aufgrund des Fokus der Wissensvermittlung im formalen Bildungssektor. Gründe hierfür sind der Einfluss wirtschaftlicher und politischer Interessen auf den formalen Sektor. READ MORE

  3. 17. Feedback as a Tool for Writing Progression Researching upper secondary EFL students’ writing progress and perceptions of written feedback in a social cognitive perspective University

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Åsa Lindqvist; [2015-09-30]
    Keywords : implicit theories; social cognitive theory; mindsets; feedback;

    Abstract : This study takes its stance in the social cognitive theory investigating the writing progression made by students at upper secondary level in a nine week study. It comprises two groups, one experimental group given an introduction distinguishing the implicit theories (mindsets) we tend to hold, and one control group. READ MORE

  4. 18. MPUNTUO: A KEYWORD APPROACH: EXPLORING INDIGENOUS DISCOURSES ON DEVELOPMENT IN AKROFUOM, GHANA

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Benita Abenaa Nyarko Uttenthal; [2015]
    Keywords : Mpuntuo; development; extended case study; keyword approach; participation; representation; agency;

    Abstract : In Mpuntuo: A Keyword Approach, Malmö University Communication for Development Master’s Degree candidate, Benita Uttenthal presents research exploring indigenous knowledge of the term development using an extended case study method of the critical case of the Ghanaian Ashanti community of Akrofuom, from which her family originates. Inspired by Raymond Williams’ classic work, Keywords, which was uniquely applied in Andrew Kipnis’ Suzhi: A Keyword Approach, Uttenthal embarks on a keyword study of the Ashanti term Mpuntuo, which is commonly translated in English as Development. READ MORE

  5. 19. Doubts About Rater Objectivity: An Investigation of Possible Ways to De-Bias Implicitly Biased Rankings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Julia Sjödahl; [2015]
    Keywords : Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to present the kinds of error that implicit bias can cause when we are to judge and rank which available candidate is the most suited for e. g. a job vacancy, and to investigate whether we can de-bias ranking lists in recruiting processes given that we suspect that implicit bias has influenced the ranking. READ MORE

  6. 20. Human and animal in ‘the Open’: an exploration of image and worlding in the poetry of Marianne Moore and João Cabral de Melo Neto

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Enaie Maire Azambuja; [2015]
    Keywords : Marianne Moore; early poems; João Cabral de Melo Neto; The Dog without Feathers; Jacob von Uexküll; Umwelt; Brett Buchanan; Onto-Ethologies; Martin Heidegger; Giorgio Agamben; Fable; Allegory.;

    Abstract : This thesis firstly aims at discussing the early works of American poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) through the bio-philosophical perspectives developed since the investigations of Estonian Jacob von Uexküll (1864-1944). The study elucidates Uexküll’s research on the web-like forms of life that is the Umwelt of animals and Moore’s creation of poetic environments. READ MORE