Essays about: "pandemic practice"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 85 essays containing the words pandemic practice.

  1. 11. Food preparedness and the protection of agricultural land among municipalities : A case study in Haninge and Heby municipalities

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Freja Handler; [2023]
    Keywords : Food preparedness; protection of agricultural land; resilience; municipalities; Livsmedelsberedskap; skydd av jordbruksmark; resiliens; kommuner;

    Abstract : Food provision in times of environmental and social crises has become a hot topic over recent years. The covid-19 pandemic and the Russian war on Ukraine have led to a re-evaluation of Swedish food preparedness. READ MORE

  2. 12. From Professional Engineers to University Lecturers : A Qualitative Inquiry about Motivations, Experiences, and Decision-Making Processes of Second Career-Changing Lecturers

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Luis Miguel Dos Santos; [2023]
    Keywords : Australia; COVID-19; engineer; engineering education; second career changing teacher; self-efficacy; social cognitive career and motivation theory; social cognitive theory;

    Abstract : Background and Research Questions: The purpose of this study is to investigate and understand the motivations, experiences, and decision-making processes of a group of professional engineers who decided to switch their career pathway from the engineering industry to education and teaching during their mid-age. Based on the Social Cognitive Career and Motivation Theory and Self-Efficacy Theory, the study was guided by a research question, why would professional engineers decide to switch their career pathway from the engineering industry to education and teaching during their mid-age, particularly in Australia? What are their motivations?  Methodology: In line with the general inductive approach, focus group activity, remarkable item sharing, and member-checking interviews were used to collect in-depth sharing and stories from six participants via the online platform during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  3. 13. Body-Safe Apocalypse : Sexual Materiality and Frameworks for Design During and Beyond Collapse

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Joshua (Ev) Carr; [2023]
    Keywords : collapse; sexual practices; materiality; design theory; philosophy of design; meta;

    Abstract : Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a relatively mild global disruption, our global society experienced large-scale shortages of high-tech materials, the increasing cost or absence of many commodities usually taken for granted, and the floundering of industries that facilitate our global industrial civilisation such as shipping and aviation. By comparison, catastrophic climate change stands to be far more devastating. READ MORE

  4. 14. Greek teacher's perception towards flipped classroom methodology. An analysis on teachers’ reflections

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Charikleia Vasilopoulou; [2022-11-28]
    Keywords : flipped classroom; student-centered learning; sustainability; teachers’ concerns; student engagement;

    Abstract : As of today, in greek state schools, traditional teaching, that sets the teacher as the focus of the classroom, has been the predominant method of instruction. However, the last years, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new conditions it created, resulted in numerous teachers experimenting with student-centered teaching methods, such as the flipped classroom. READ MORE

  5. 15. QUENCHING THE THIRST FOR INFORMATION WHEN THERE ARE NO GATEKEEPERS. A study examining trust in social media crisis information based on the source of the information.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

    Author : Ebenezer Odai Afortey; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : COVID-19; crisis communication; source credibility; trustworthiness; willingness; Authority heuristics; focus heuristics; agency cues; interactive cues; Affordances; Gatekeeping; Information source; social media.;

    Abstract : Social media is rapidly being used as a source of information, including crisis-related information. The current study investigates how the sources of information available on social media affect users' trust in certain information. The study adopts the covid-19 pandemic as an empirical crisis to investigate the trust. READ MORE