scholarly journals Policy learning and sustainable urban transitions: Mobilising Berlin’s cycling renaissance

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 2739-2762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Sheldrick ◽  
James Evans ◽  
Gabriele Schliwa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Transition Management ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Policy Model ◽  
Urban Transition ◽  
Policy Mobilities ◽  
To Receive

Cities are increasingly seeking to learn from experiences elsewhere when planning programmes of sustainable transition management, and the contingencies of policy-learning arrangements in this field are beginning to receive greater attention. This paper applies insights from the field of policy mobilities to the burgeoning field of transition management to critically explore a proposed ‘learning relationship’ between Berlin (Germany) and Manchester (UK) around cycling policy. Drawing on qualitative data, the paper casts doubt over the existing consensus attributing recent growth in bicycle use in Berlin to concerted governmental interventions. A multi-actor analysis suggests that contextual factors caused the growth in cycling and that policy has been largely reactive. The emergence and circulation of the Berlin cycling renaissance as a policy model is then traced through policy documents and interviews with actors in Manchester, UK, to understand why and how it has become a model for action elsewhere. It is concluded that Berlin’s cycling renaissance has been simplified and mobilised to demonstrate the requisite ambition and proficiency to secure competitive funds for sustainable urban transport. The paper develops an original study of the role policy knowledge and learning play in sustainable urban transition management, and argues that attending to the dynamics of policy learning can enhance our understanding of its successes and failures.

Consent and information giving in radiotherapy

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Gillian Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Consent Forms ◽  
Policy Model ◽  
Information Giving ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Radiotherapy Department ◽  
Consent To Treatment ◽  
To Receive

AbstractThis paper explores some of the issues around implementing a consent policy within the radiotherapy department. Consent can be defined as a patient’s agreement for a health care professional to provide care. The NHS Plan1 highlighted the need for quality care centred around the patient and for changes in the way patients are asked to give their consent to treatment. This led to the Department of Health (DoH) publishing a Good Practice in Consent Implementation Guide (2001)2 for use within all NHS Trusts from 1 April 2002, which aimed to provide consistency across the NHS and provides a policy model and generic consent forms.The policy recommends that the health professional carrying out the procedure is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the patient is genuinely consenting to what is being done, as it is they who would be held responsible in law should a case be made by a patient against a health professional. In radiotherapy, it is the Clinical Oncologist who obtains consent as they are responsible for prescribing courses of treatment; however, it is the Radiographer’s role to deliver this treatment. This paper discusses some of the issues around implementing a consent policy in terms of who can give and confirm consent, and what are the requirements for training if the patient is to receive the appropriate information before making the decision to consent to treatment.

scholarly journals Global Financial Crisis and Philanthropy: Malaysian Case

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Lay Hui Nga
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Method Approach

This paper investigates the issue of the global financial crisis and its impacts on philanthropy and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malaysia. CSOs are popularly known as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Malaysia. Financial crisis has caused NGOs in many countries to receive less funding. This situation may threaten and discourage voluntary works. Undoubtedly, these beneficial contributions from the NGOs are needful services to the society. This paper examines the impact of financial crisis through the lens of NGOs and philanthropy activities in Malaysia. It utilises primary and secondary data, employs a mixed method approach, and uses quantitative and qualitative data. While there are many influencing factors in this development, this paper presents several significant aspects in the Malaysian context, including the style and nature of giving, culture, religion, and political pressure. This study attempts to seek potential solutions, pathways and possible approaches beneficial to NGOs and philanthropy activities for their sustainability in facing the financial crisis and its consequences. Experiences and lessons learnt in Malaysia may well be useful and applicable to some extent in other countries.

A Case Study Analysis of the Youth Guarantee Scheme Implementation in Italy (Lombardy Region)

Young ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-501
Author(s):  
Maria Tsekoura
Keyword(s):  
Self Determination ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Lombardy Region ◽  
Policy Model ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
Point Of Departure

Using the implementation of the Youth Guarantee (YG) in the Italian context (Lombardy) as its point of departure, this article exemplifies the introduction of the YG scheme in national realities. Through review of relevant policy documents, the article identifies a contradiction between the policy model implied through the YG that builds upon a concept of active citizenship and an employment context that in reality offers limited structural opportunities for the enactment of these principles during processes of youth transition. This article will argue that initiatives for youth employment that are de-contextualized and lack a clear vision of youth lives can reinforce the existing order and power imbalances as they offer limited support for young people to develop a sense of success, self-determination and agency in terms of employability.

scholarly journals Pelatihan Keterampilan Menolak dan Asertivitas pada Remaja Selama Pandemi COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Rika Kristina ◽  
Luh Surini Savitri
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Inventory Data ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Assertiveness Training ◽  
To Receive

Adolescents are prone to receive negative peer pressure. One of the main causes is the need of social acceptance. The aim of this study is to improve adolescents’ refusal skill and assertiveness to avoid negative peer pressure through experiential learning approach. Online training is carried out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes face-to-face activities need to be restricted. The subjects of this study are 5 female students from three different schools in Jakarta, who were selected using purposive sampling method with Peer Pressure Inventory. Data were collected quantitatively using two different questionnaires which measure refusal skill, and assertiveness separatedly, while qualitative data were collected through observation and role-play activity. Wilcoxon signed ranked test was used to analyze the quantitative data, while the qualitative data were analyzed descriptively. The results show the significant increase of assertiveness among participants after joining the training, but not with their refusal skills. This may be caused by the limited time of practicing the refusal skill in real context. Overall, online refusal skill and assertiveness training is likely to be given amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords: Adolescents, assertiveness, peer pressure, refusal skill Abstrak: Remaja rentan menerima dan terpengaruh oleh tekanan negatif dari teman sebaya. Salah satu penyebab utama adalah adanya kebutuhan untuk mendapat penerimaan dari lingkungan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah meningkatkan keterampilan menolak dan asertivitas remaja agar terhindar dari tekanan negatif teman sebaya. dengan pendekatan experiential learning. Pelatihan daring dilakukan karena adanya pandemi COVID-19 yang membuat seluruh kegiatan tatap muka perlu dihindari. Subjek dalam pelatihan ini adalah 5 remaja perempuan dari tiga sekolah di Jakarta, yang dipilih dengan metode purposive sampling menggunakan Peer Pressure Inventory. Data kuantitatif diperoleh melalui dua kuesioner berbeda untuk mengukur keterampilan menolak dan asertivitas secara terpisah. Data kualitatif diperoleh melalui observasi dan aktivitas role-play. Wilcoxon signed ranked test digunakan untuk menganalisis data kuantitatif, sedangkan data kualitatif dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil menunjukkan adanya peningkatan yang signifikan pada tingkat asertivitas partisipan, namun tidak dengan keterampilan menolaknya. Hal ini dapat dipengaruhi oleh keterbatasan kesempatan mempraktikkan keterampilan menolak dalam konteks yang sesungguhnya. Secara keseluruhan, pelatihan keterampilan menolak dan asertivitas secara daring sangat mungkin diberikan pada masa pandemi COVID-19.

scholarly journals Percepções de docentes e discentes sobre feedback em estágios práticos no curso de medicina

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Stagini ◽  
Lena Vânia Carneiro Peres
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Assessment Feedback ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
Quantitative Design ◽  
Giving Feedback ◽  
To Receive ◽  
De Medicina

Abstract: Introduction: In medical education, feedback is considered one of the main types of formative assessment. Feedback can be defined as the transmission of information by observing students in action aiming to provide improvement for the acquisition of medical skills that constitute medical professionalism. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess if there are difficulties in transmitting and receiving feedback by preceptors and students during the practical stages of medical training. Methods: This qualitative / quantitative design study involved all students who completed the internship from March 2018 to August 2019 (n = 50), as well as all preceptors responsible for the internships (n = 9) at Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul. Knowledge about feedback, according to the viewpoint of students and preceptors, was assessed using adapted questionnaires with categorical and open questions. Descriptive analyses were used for the quantitative data and the content technique for the qualitative data. Results: The preceptors report that the objectives of providing feedback are to point out improvement, critical reflection, and opportunity for adjustments. Meanwhile, students report: clarification of doubts, planning for improvements and knowledge of positive points. Half of the preceptors claim to provide very frequent feedback, but students would like to receive feedback more often. Students want feedback to be constructive and private. Half of the preceptors find it difficult to give negative feedback; however, 60% of the students report handling criticism well. Conclusion: The preceptors declare to have knowledge of and know about the objectives of giving feedback; however, they have difficulties communicating it, especially when it involves criticisms for the correction of behaviors and attitudes. The students accept criticism and would like feedback to be conveyed more often in the practical stages. It is necessary to improve the process of providing and receiving feedback.

COMMUNICATION MESSAGES FOR PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN HOMABAY COUNTY

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Jacinta Bwana ◽  
Jerry Agalo ◽  
Millicent Otieno
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
County Government ◽  
Tourism Promotion ◽  
The People ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Promotional Messages ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents an assessment of the relationship between communication messages and tourism promotion. Homabay county located in Kenya's western tourists circuit is rich in tourists' attractions, but continue to receive very little tourists as a result of limited publicity. Promotion of tourism is necessary to enable the sector generate revenue to the county and improve the livelihood of the people around the area. The objective of the study was therefore to assess existing communication messages for promotion of tourism in Homabay county. In Kenya many tourists continue to ock certain destinations that have been frequently visited over the years, such as the Coastal and Nairobi Circuits. The study therefore sought to nd out if the missing link in tourism promotion in Homabay county was communication messages. The study was guided by Media framing theory. The approach used was mixed and data was collected using questionnaires that were issued to tourists, interviews with Homabay county government ofcials and with employees of Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS). Custodians of the selected tourists' sites were also interviewed. Homabay county integrated development plan was also analyzed. A sample of 93 tourists took part, the entire population of the remaining categories of the respondents was used in the study, totaling to 100 participants. Qualitative data was analysed thematically using manual open coding and NVivo 11 software while quantitative data was analysed statistically using SPSS 23.0. The study established that the promotional messages contained cultural and historical information while highlighting the uniqueness of the sites. Framing of messages for tourism promotion in a persuasive and convincing manner evokes in the actual or potential tourists the desire to visit a tourist's destination.

Why suppliers struggle to deliver defect-free products to buyers: a buyer–supplier dyadic perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imranul Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
To Receive

PurposeThis study explores the challenges of garment suppliers in delivering defect-free products to their buyers and how buyers play a role in overcoming the challenges.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a qualitative research approach and a multiple case study method, quantitative and qualitative data were collected from the four garment suppliers and buyer's representatives. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques were applied to understand the challenges in delivering defect-free products.FindingsThe study findings show that garment suppliers' main challenges in delivering defect-free products are unsystematic quality control, informal root cause analysis, limited education and training facilities, dearth of a learning culture, limited quality control capability, lack of cross-functional team, inadequate modern technologies, workers' resistance to change and poor performance evaluation. Moreover, this study demonstrates how buyers can enhance their support to suppliers to receive defect-free products.Research limitations/implicationsWhereas the garment industry has more than four thousand suppliers, this study considers only four suppliers. Therefore, the generalisability of the study may be questioned. Furthermore, as this study considers only a single sewing line in each factory, future studies could incorporate more lines for a holistic understanding.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study could help the managers of supplier firms understand how to tackle the hurdles of defect-free garment production and give buyers a guideline about what role they need to play to receive defect-free garments from suppliers.Originality/valueFor the first time, this study presents how garment suppliers and their lead buyers play significant roles in satisfying end consumers' demand by overcoming the challenges of defect-free garment production.

The Politics of Scrutiny in Human Rights Monitoring: Evidence from Structural Topic Models of US State Department Human Rights Reports

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin E. Bagozzi ◽  
Daniel Berliner
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Topic Models ◽  
State Department ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Human Rights Regime ◽  
International Human ◽  
To Receive

Human rights monitoring reports play important roles both in the international human rights regime and in productions of human rights data. However, human rights reports are produced by organizations subject to formal and informal pressures that may influence the topics considered salient for attention and scrutiny. We study this potential using structural topic models (STMs), a method used for identifying the latent topical dimensions of texts and assessing the effects of covariates on these dimensions. We apply STMs to a corpus of 6298 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (1977–2012), identifying a plausible set of topics including killings and disappearances, freedoms of expression and movement, and labor rights, among others. We find that these topics vary markedly both over time and space. We also find that while US domestic politics play no systematic role in shaping topic prevalence, US allies tend to receivemoreattention to violations of physical integrity rights. These results challenge extant research, and illustrate the usefulness of STM methods for future study of foreign policy documents. Our findings also highlight the importance oftopical attention shiftsin documents that monitor and evaluate countries.

Am I perfect enough to be a true bilingual? Monolingual bias in the lay perception and self-perception of bi- and multilinguals

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-495
Author(s):  
Kamil Zubrzycki
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Original Study ◽  
L2 Proficiency ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
The Status

AbstractLittle is still known about the factors which make L2 speakers self-categorize as bilinguals and the ways in which bilinguals self-perceive and evaluate their language proficiency. This replicational study aims to contribute to a better understanding of this problem by analyzing linguistic and sociobiographical factors determining self-identification as a bilingual, as well as validating the findings of (Sia, Jennifer & Jean-Marc Dewaele. 2006. Are you bilingual?BISAL1. 1–19). While both studies show that self-assessed overall L2 proficiency and self-rated skill proficiencies (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) have an effect on self-classification as a bilingual, discrepancies were identified in sociobiographical variables, which means that further research is necessary in this area.The present study was also extended by obtaining qualitative data concerning participants’ definitions of bilingualism and reasons for self-categorizing as bilinguals or not. It was hypothesized that this type of information would shed new light on the results of the original study, which was confirmed by the analysis of the collected responses. The fractional view of bilingualism (Grosjean, François. 1985. The bilingual as a competent but specific speaker-hearer.Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development6. 467–477), stemming from the monolingual bias (Cook, Vivian. 1997. Monolingual bias in second language acquisition research.Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses34. 35–50), seems to be deeply ingrained in the lay perception of the phenomenon, making bilinguals underestimate and see their skills inaccurately. This indicates that the lay view, drawing extensively on the notion of ideal native speaker as the benchmark, and the current academic approach to bilingualism diverge considerably. It is argued that relevant steps ought to be taken to change the status quo.

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