Dyslexia in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda T. Abbott-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Student Voices ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Coping Methods ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
Emotional Level ◽  
Dyslexic Students

People can best help dyslexic students once they understand dyslexia's association with anxiety and effective coping strategies, both cognitively and emotionally. By highlighting the perspectives of dyslexic students, this book evidences the prevalence of anxiety in dyslexic communities. The shared experience from a range of dyslexic learners pinpoints best practice models and helps combat the isolation felt by many with learning difficulties. The author targets academic areas where students struggle, offering techniques to overcome these barriers. Such obstacles are not always due to cognitive factors but may be associated with negative experiences, leading to fear and uncertainty. Recounting these sticking points through student voices, rather than from a staff viewpoint, enables readers to find meaningful solutions to dyslexia-related problems. Through this dynamic methodology, the book shows researchers and practitioners how to understand dyslexic needs on an emotional level, while presenting dyslexic readers with practical coping methods.

scholarly journals Order, experience, and critique: The phenomenological method in political and legal theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Loidolt
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
Critical Phenomenology ◽  
Flexible Framework ◽  
The Public Sphere

AbstractThe paper investigates phenomenology’s possibilities to describe, reflect and critically analyse political and legal orders. It presents a “toolbox” of methodological reflections, tools and topics, by relating to the classics of the tradition and to the emerging movement of “critical phenomenology,” as well as by touching upon current issues such as experiences of rightlessness, experiences in the digital lifeworld, and experiences of the public sphere. It is argued that phenomenology provides us with a dynamic methodological framework that emphasizes correlational, co-constitutional, and interrelational structures, and thus pays attention to modes of givenness, the making and unmaking of “world,” and, thereby, the inter/subjective, affective, and bodily constitution of meaning. In the case of political and legal orders, questions of power, exclusion, and normativity are central issues. By looking at “best practice” models such as Hannah Arendt’s analyses, the paper points out an analytical tool and flexible framework of “spaces of meaning” that phenomenologists can use and modify as they go along. In the current debates on political and legal issues, the author sees the main task of phenomenology to reclaim experience as world-building and world-opening, also in a normative sense, and to demonstrate how structures and orders are lived while they condition and form spaces of meaning. If we want to understand, criticize, act, or change something, this subjective and intersubjective perspective will remain indispensable.

scholarly journals Addressing the medicines access challenge through balance, evidence, collaboration and transparency: key take-away lessons of the 4th PPRI Conference

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Vogler ◽  
Nina Zimmermann ◽  
Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar ◽  
Reinhard Busse ◽  
Jaime Espin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
The Future ◽  
Pricing And Reimbursement ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

AbstractThe 4th PPRI Conference, held in Vienna in October 2019, addressed issues related to equitable and affordable access to medicines. A multi-stakeholder audience from around the globe discussed solutions and best practice models for current challenges such as high-priced medicines, limitations of current pricing and reimbursement policies and tight budgets for health technologies. A multi-faceted approach (so-called balance, evidence, collaboration and transparency/BECT strategy) was also discussed. This includes an improved balance of different interests and policy areas, generation of relevant evidence, collaboration between countries and stakeholders, and transparency, and was considered as the most promising pathway for the future.

Implementing Best Practice Models of Return to Work

2020 ◽  
pp. 589-613
Author(s):  
Vicki L. Kristman ◽  
Cécile R. L. Boot ◽  
Kathy Sanderson ◽  
Kathryn E. Sinden ◽  
Kelly Williams-Whitt
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Models

scholarly journals A Concept for Club Information Systems (CIS) - An Example for Applied Sports Informatics

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-122
Author(s):  
Thomas Blobel ◽  
Martin Lames
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
General Concept ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Practice Models

AbstractIn professional sports clubs, the growing number of individual IT-systems increases the need for central information systems. Various solutions from different suppliers lead to a fragmented situation in sports. Therefore, a standardized and independent general concept for a club information systems (CIS) is necessary. Due to the different areas involved, an interdisciplinary approach is required, which can be provided by sports informatics. The purpose of this paper is the development of a general and sports informatics driven concept for a CIS, using methods and models of existing areas, especially business intelligence (BI). Software engineering provides general methods and models. Business intelligence addresses similar problems in industry. Therefore, existing best practice models are examined and adapted for sport. From sports science, especially training systems and information systems in sports are considered. Practical relevance is illustrated by an example of Liverpool FC. Based on these areas, the requirements for a CIS are derived, and an architectural concept with its different components is designed and explained. To better understand the practical challenges, a participatory observation was conducted during years of working in sports clubs. This paper provides a new sports informatics approach to the general design and architecture of a CIS using best practice models from BI. It illustrates the complexity of this interdisciplinary topic and the relevance of a sports informatics approach. This paper is meant as a conceptional starting point and shows the need for further work in this field.

Developing Social Media Policies

2015 ◽  
pp. 210-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Amanda Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
High Risk Patient ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Community Clinic ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Practice Models

Nonprofit organizations engaged in social media outreach face numerous risks. One way to minimize risk is to develop policies and procedures. Social media policies have gained popularity in recent years but little research has been conducted about their effectiveness. As a result, nonprofit organizations often develop social media policies without the guidance of best practice models. The Vista Community Clinic responded to this challenge by developing a Technology Outreach Committee. The committee, which includes employees from a variety of programs and departments, meets regularly to discuss strategies, identify challenges, and brainstorm solutions. As this case documents, a team learning approach allows the organization to incorporate diverse skillsets, manage the creative tension between a somewhat bureaucratic organization and a highly fluid social media environment, minimize risks in high risk patient/client outreach, and garner employee confidence in the policy.

Clinical Pathways and the Human Factor

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaughan Michell ◽  
Jasmine Tehrani
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Clinical Pathways ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
And Control ◽  
Formal Procedures ◽  
Specific Health

A key approach to improving patient safety is to seek to modify both formal and informal behaviours in response to the extensive reporting of error causes in the literature. This response is primarily in two parts; a) actions to minimise the risk of error or b) actions to control against error. For a) very valuable work has also been undertaken in running human factors courses to demonstrate and try to change poor behaviour via best practice models. In the case of b) much work has been done on increasing control regimes such as checklists and also formal rules in formal procedures. However, these actions tend to be specific to specific health units, are often piecemeal and are not integrated to complement each other. Little work has been done to integrate these formal and informal/social behaviour into clinical pathways or health activities. This chapter reviews current thinking and develops a methodology and proposal for identification and control of human error in clinical pathways based on the research of the two authors.

Emerging Edtech

2011 ◽  
pp. 1880-1891
Author(s):  
Ching-Huei Chen ◽  
Manetta Calinger ◽  
Bruce C. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Emergent Technologies ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
How People Learn ◽  
Enhanced Learning

Design principles are universal and may be translated onto the newest trends and emergent technologies. In this research study, the authors combined the perspectives provided by two sources to create a set of recommended design principles for technology-enhanced learning environments. One source was the How People Learn framework (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2000). The second source was a series of interviews conducted with pacesetters in the field of educational technologies. With the knowledge gained from these two sources, the authors created our own set of design principles. These principles may be used to guide evaluation, instructional design efforts, or best practice models for exemplary use of educational technologies in the classroom.

IT-Assurance with CobiT

2011 ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Martin Fröhlich ◽  
Wolfgang Johannsen ◽  
Karsten Wilop
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
It Governance ◽  
It Management ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Support Methods ◽  
Technology Processes

Strategic IT management is increasingly concerned with requirements from regulatory bodies. This conformance part of IT management complements the classic performance side. Ideally both are integrated into IT Governance of an enterprise or organization. With the need to prove compliance with a wide diversity of laws and rules for IT systems (technology, processes, rules) the demand for proven support methods grows. Specifically best practice models are beginning to gain awareness and acceptance for IT Audits and for the less formal IT Assurance projects. The Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (CobiT) reference model is increasingly being discussed as a framework of choice for IT Audits and IT Assurance. This chapter introduces requirements for IT Audits and IT Assurance projects and discuss the boundaries of applying the CobiT IT Assurance Guide in such environments.

scholarly journals Islam Hadhari’s Principles and Reward Management Practices: A Conceptual Study in Malaysian Private Organizations

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Wan Shakizah Noor Wan Mohd Noor ◽  
Zulkiflee Daud ◽  
Mohd Faizal Mohd Isa
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Muslim Country ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
Reward Programs ◽  
Conceptual Study

ABSTRACT Many best practice models exist that describe successful approaches to reward management which influence by the cultural, legal, organizational and administrative challenges in Islamic world. Thus, the decision in setting and designing reward programs in raising productivity through human effort has always been controversial. Studies that were undertaken in numerous countries have shown varying degrees of success of such practices. Even though there is a substantial amount of foreign literature on this subject, there is a paucity of information concerning the extent of such application in Malaysia. As Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country, Islam, through national culture influences organizations. This paper is an attempt to provide further insights into the theory and practice of reward management in the local context as Malaysia is implementing Islam Hadhari’s principles in the country. The study adopts a qualitative approach. A tentative research model is developed first, based on an extensive literature review. The qualitative field study then is carried out to explore the perceptions of reward management in the Malaysian private organizations from the Islamic perspective.  Twelve Malaysian private organizations of various sizes are studied via interviews with key personnel. The paper will also contribute theoretically and practically by providing direction and suggestions in designing and implementing the reward programs for the private organizations in the Malaysian environment. KEYWORDS:                        Reward management, Islam Hadhari, Culture

scholarly journals Using the RE-AIM framework to identify and describe nutritional feeding styles and intervention model best practices for primary caregivers in Africa: A narrative review

2020 ◽  
pp. 026010602097705
Author(s):  
Melissa Brown ◽  
Nicolette V Roman
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Feeding Programs ◽  
Practice Models ◽  
African Context ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

Background: Current research shows that across the world people are eating poorly. This is leading to increased incidences of nutrition-related health problems. Aim: This paper aims to provide a synthesis of research on the nutritional feeding programs and nutritional models used by primary caregivers in Africa, in order to identify best practice models, programs, and processes from the field of nutritional and feeding intervention development. Methods: The research used a narrative review methodology. The Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework was used to disseminate results to allow for cross-comparison of core components inherent in health promotion interventions. We chose the RE-AIM framework as it facilitates the development, delivery, and evaluation of health interventions. Results: After screening a total of 8220 articles, four studies were deemed relevant for the purposes of this review. The selected studies were the only ones that discussed nutrition interventions or programs with a very clear aim and purpose, even though they did not include any information on implementation, review or evaluation of these interventions/program. No studies focusing on the African context were deemed relevant as none of them focused on best practice models for nutrition education interventions or programs. Conclusions: Of a review of over 8220 articles, four studies were found that discuss nutritional feeding programs and nutritional models used by primary caregivers. Of these four, only one focused on enablers, barriers, and resources, all of which are essential for engaging in health behavior change. And only one focused on sustainability of the interventions.

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