Essays about: "professional agency"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 64 essays containing the words professional agency.

  1. 16. A hermeneutic study on the perception of responsibility within Banking

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Samanta Morais; [2022]
    Keywords : responsibility; banking; hermeneutics; subjectivity; storytelling; power relations;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how those relating to banking institutions engage with, and experience responsibility throughout their daily interaction with these institutional environments. The proposed thesis’ research question is What is responsibility in banking?. READ MORE

  3. 17. The expulsion of pregnant students in Uganda: Teacher perspectives on a contravention of 'Education for All’

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Amoni Kitooke; [2021-08-16]
    Keywords : schoolgirl pregnancy; student expulsion; education for all;

    Abstract : The denial of formal education to pregnant pre-tertiary school students contravenes universal access to quality education, yet the latter is a key aspiration of the 21st century. Only recently, in 2015, did Uganda draft guidelines on preventing and managing HIV/AIDS and pregnancy in school settings, with a COVID-19 related update in 2020. READ MORE

  4. 18. Applying Treynor-Black Model with AP7 Såfa in the Swedish Premium Pension System : To choose between active and passive portfolio management

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Albin Tyllgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Index Funds; Mutual Funds; Premium Pension System; Treynor-Black Model;

    Abstract : Background: Since 1998 Sweden has individual accounts as a part of both public and occupational schemes (Sundén 2006). Yearly, 2,5% of the pensionable income is set aside to the premium pension (The Swedish Pension Agency 2021) Individuals are able to choose how the premiums should be paid in the system and in what way the money should be invested, either by choosing from the fund market or by refraining from making an active choice and instead let the Swedish pension agency management their money in the passive alternative called AP7 Såfa. READ MORE

  5. 19. EFL teachers’ experiences with transitioning to online instruction : A study during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Marcus Abrahamsson; [2021]
    Keywords : EFL; online instruction; Semi-structured interviews; TPACK;

    Abstract : Teachers need to continuously develop their Information and Communication Technology (ICT) proficiency to keep up with the rapid development of technology, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made this more apparent. This study aims to understand how EFL-teachers exercise their teacher agency and adapt their teaching in an environment where ICT is the basis for their teaching. READ MORE

  6. 20. AI as Gatekeepers to the Job Market : A Critical Reading of; Performance, Bias, and Coded Gaze in Recruitment Chatbots

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Karin Victorin; [2021]
    Keywords : data feminism; digital discrimination; AI recruitment; chatbots; facial recognition; AFEA; hiring tools; feminist technoscience studies; intersectionality; coded gaze; hiring bots; social robots; performance; AI technology ethics; theatre and AI; Augusto Boal; posthumanism; Donna Haraway; Karen Barad;

    Abstract : The topic of this thesis is AI recruitment chatbots, digital discrimination, and data feminism (D´Ignazio and F.Klein 2020), where I aim to critically analyze issues of bias in these types of human-machine interaction technologies. READ MORE