‘We seem to be moving in circles’. How facilitative action research generates transferable and workable breakthroughs in policy networks that are stuck

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2021) ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Martien Kuitenbrouwer
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Complex Care ◽  
Transformative Action ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Limited Scope

Action Research can make an important contribution in bringing transformative action to contemporary complex societal problems. Critique upon its limited scope opens the discussion about transferability of outcomes. This paper discusses how facilitative action research enabled transferable and workable breakthroughs to policy practitioners feeling stuck in designed governance networks around complex care and safety problems in the Netherlands. Experiments with facilitated, collaborative conversations of relational inquiry with policy practitioners were conducted in practices in three different cities. Evidence from the three practices suggests that for breakthroughs to be transferable and workable, they need to be able to support a process of reliving and re-experiencing. Reliving and re-experiencing was enhanced when the researcher added a level of abstraction to the conversation by using systems-thinking inspired visuals. This way, policy practitioners were able to grasp the complexity of their situation as well as to see the unintended consequences of their actions. Subsequent naming of the visuals enhanced both the appropriation of the abstracted situation as well as facilitating the broader communication of the experience beyond the group of practitioners involved. Finally, by actively bridging the different practices in three different cities, the researcher was able to connect experiences and so enhance the feeling of reliving and re-experiencing beyond the individual practices. This way, a broader base of knowledge and experience about the problematique, and possible breakthroughs in the complexity of collaboration in designed policy networks, was created.

Creating guidelines for disaster planning

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Anita Vriend
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Disaster Planning ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Library Collections

Because art institutions in The Netherlands all too often do not include library collections in their emergency response programs, ARLIS/NL decided to prepare guidelines for disaster planning in art libraries. These guidelines, now on the website of ARLIS/NL, serve as a tool in the process of disaster planning and can be customised to the individual situation of each library. This article describes the setting up of the project and its results.

scholarly journals Teacher education

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-150
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

05–334Angelides, Panayiotis, Maria Evangelou & James Leigh (Intercollege, Cyprus), Implementing a collaborative model of action research for teacher development. Educational Action Research (Oxford, UK), 13.2 (2005), 275–290.05–335Brock, Cynthia, Lori Helman & Chitlada Patchen (U of Nevada, USA), Learning to conduct teacher research: exploring the development of mediated understandings. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Abingdon, UK) 11.1 (2005), 73–94.05–336Burdelski, Matthew (California U, USA; [email protected]), Close- and open-ended narratives of personal experience: weekly meetings among a supervisor and teaching assistants of a ‘Japanese language education practicum’. Linguistics and Education (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 15.1–2 (2004), 3–32.05–337Dooly, Melinda (U of Barcelona, Spain), How aware are they? Research into teachers' attitudes about linguistic diversity. Language Awareness (Clevedon, UK) 14.2/3 (2005), 97–112.05–338Ezer, Hanna (Levinsky College of Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel; [email protected]) & Tamar Sivan, ‘Good’ academic writing in Hebrew: the perceptions of pre-service teachers and their instructors. Assessing Writing (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 10.2 (2005), 117–133.05–339Hayes, David (U of Birmingham, UK), Exploring the lives of non-native speaking English educators in Sri Lanka. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Abingdon, UK) 11.2 (2005), 169–194.05–340Korthagen, Fred (Utrecht U, the Netherlands) & Angelo Vasalos, Levels in reflection: core reflection as a means to enhance professional growth. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Abingdon, UK) 11.1 (2005), 47–71.05–341Lynch, Brian (Portland State U, USA; [email protected]) & Peter Shaw, Portfolios, power, and ethics. TESOL Quarterly (Alexandria, VA, USA) 39.2, 263–298.05–342Roulston, Kathryn, Roy Legette, Monica DeLoach & Celeste Buckhalter Pittman (U of Georgia, USA), What is ‘research’ for teacher-researchers?Educational Action Research (Oxford, UK) 13.2 (2005), 169–190.05–343Santagata, Rossella (California U, USA; [email protected]), ‘Are you joking or are you sleeping?’: cultural beliefs and practices in Italian and U.S. teachers' mistake-handling strategies. Linguistics and Education (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 15.1–2 (2004), 141–164.05–344Waters, Alan (Lancaster U, UK; [email protected]), Ma. Luz. C. Vilcheseo, Managing innovation in language education: a course for ELT change agents. RELC Journal (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA) 36.2 (2005), 117–136.

Population Densities Allowed Around Dutch SEVESO Establishments

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. H. Laheij ◽  
B. J. M. Ale ◽  
J. G. Post
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Societal Risk ◽  
Dangerous Substances ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Uniform Population

Abstract In the Netherlands, the individual risk and societal risk are used in efforts to reduce the number of people exposed to the effect of an accident at an establishment with dangerous substances. To facilitate the societal risk planning policy an investigation was carried out for the Dutch SEVESO establishments to investigate the possibility of determining a generic uniform population density for the zone between the individual risk contours of 10−5 and 10−6 per year. The indicative limit for the societal risk at this density was not to be exceeded. Also there was to be enough space left for a significantly higher population density outside the individual risk contour of 10−6 per year. The RORISC methodology and the actual data for the 124 Dutch SEVESO establishments were used to determine the generic uniform population density. Based on the data available it can be concluded that the maximum allowed uniform population density in the zone between the individual risk contours of 10−5 and 10−6 per year is lower than one person per hectare. At this density there is no space left for a higher population density outside the individual risk contour of 10−6 per year. For uniform population densities the relative contribution to the societal risk has been found significant up to the individual risk contour of 10−7 per year.

“Systems”, Strengths, Weaknesses and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Frank Stowell
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

Systems and Cybernetics no longer occupies the position, in academic circles, it once did. There are many reasons why this is the case but a common reason given is the lack of research funding for the subject. The knock-on effect is that the subject has fewer 'champions' and as a consequence is less prominent then it once was. There are many factors that mitigate against research funding for the domain but the cumulative effect is that there are few (if any) new ideas generated now which in turn is having an impact upon the number of academics attracted to it. In this paper the author revisits the action research programme at the University of Lancaster. This project contributed valuable insights into organisational inquiry and the nature of Systems thinking for over 30 years. In this paper the author revisits the programme to discover if there are lessons to be learnt that may be adopted to help provide a means of re-establishing the profile of the domain.

scholarly journals Reasoned Action Frameworks

Communication ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Yzer ◽  
Brian Southwell
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Behavioral Performance ◽  
Reasoned Action Approach ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Individual

Reasoned action frameworks, which include the Theory of Reasoned Action and its extensions, the widely used Theory of Planned Behavior and the more recent Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction, describe that intention to perform a behavior follows reasonably (but not necessarily rationally) from specific beliefs that people hold about the behavior and that people act on their intentions when they have the required skills and when situational factors do not impede behavioral performance. Reasoned action research has two broad foci. A first seeks to advance theoretical understanding of human social behavior as based on expectancy beliefs about consequences of behavioral performance. A second applies reasoned action research to development or evaluation of interventions that seek to modify a specific behavior in a particular population. The relevance of the reasoned action approach for communication scholars lies in its direct applicability to a wide range of important communication questions, including the explanation of communication as a socially relevant behavior and intra-individual processes to explain how exposure to information leads to behavior change. Although reasoned action propositions embed belief-based processes in a multilevel system of influence, the individual is nonetheless the primary level of analysis. The range of citations included in this bibliography addresses the decades-long time frame during which scholars have explicitly employed core reasoned action concepts. Beyond the introductory works, the examples presented here are illustrative rather than exhaustive, by necessity, as few other behavioral theories have generated more citations in communication research.

scholarly journals European Integrated Care Horizon 2020: increase societal participation; reduce care demands and costs

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roelof Ettema ◽  
Goran Gumze ◽  
Katja Heikkinen ◽  
Kirsty Marshall
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Integrated Care ◽  
Care Pathway ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Complex Care ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Societal Participation ◽  
Integrated Care Pathway ◽  
Care Demands

BackgroundCare recipients in care and welfare are increasingly presenting themselves with complex needs (Huber et al., 2016). An answer to this is the integrated organization of care and welfare in a way that personalized care is the measure (Topol, 2016). The reality, however, is that care and welfare are still mainly offered in a standardized, specialized and fragmented way. This imbalance between the need for care and the supply of care not only leads to under-treatment and over-treatment and thus to less (experienced) quality, but also entails the risk of mis-treatment, which means that patient safety is at stake (Berwick, 2005). It also leads to a reduction in the functioning of citizens and unnecessary healthcare cost (Olsson et al, 2009).Integrated CareIntegrated care is the by fellow human beings experienced smooth process of effective help, care and service provided by various disciplines in the zero line, the first line, the second line and the third line in healthcare and welfare, as close as possible (Ettema et al, 2018; Goodwin et al, 2015). Integrated care starts with an extensive assessment with the care recipient. Then the required care and services in the zero line, the first line, the second line and / or the third line are coordinated between different care providers. The care is then delivered to the person (fellow human) at home or as close as possible (Bruce and Parry, 2015; Evers and Paulus, 2015; Lewis, 2015; Spicer, 2015; Cringles, 2002).AimSupport societal participation, quality of live and reduce care demand and costs in people with complex care demands, through integration of healthcare and welfare servicesMethods (overview)1. Create best healthcare and welfare practices in Slovenia,  Poland, Austria, Norway, UK, Finland, The Netherlands: three integrated best care practices per involved country 2. Get insight in working mechanisms of favourable outcomes (by studying the contexts, mechanisms and outcomes) to enable personalised integrated care for meeting the complex care demand of people focussed on societal participation in all integrated care best practices.3. Disclose program design features and requirements regarding finance, governance, accountability and management for European policymakers, national policy makers, regional policymakers, national umbrella organisations for healthcare and welfare, funding organisations, and managers of healthcare and welfare organisations.4. Identify needs of healthcare and welfare deliverers for creating and supporting dynamic partnerships for integrating these care services for meeting complex care demands in a personalised way for the client.5. Studying desired behaviours of healthcare and welfare professionals, managers of healthcare and welfare organisations, members of involved funding organisations and national umbrella organisations for healthcare and welfare, regional policymakers, national policy makers and European policymakersInvolved partiesAlma Mater Europaea Maribor Slovenia, Jagiellonian University Krakow Poland, University Graz Austria, Kristiania University Oslo Norway, Salford University Manchester UK, University of Applied Sciences Turku Finland, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht The Netherlands (secretary), Rotterdam Stroke Service The Netherlands, Vilans National Centre of Expertise for Long-term Care The Netherlands, NIVEL Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, International Foundation of Integrated Care IFIC.References1. Berwick DM. The John Eisenberg Lecture: Health Services Research as a Citizen in Improvement. Health Serv Res. 2005 Apr; 40(2): 317–336.2. Bruce D, Parry B. Integrated care: a Scottish perspective. London J Prim Care (Abingdon). 2015; 7(3): 44–48.3. Cringles MC. Developing an integrated care pathway to manage cancer pain across primary, secondary and tertiary care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2002 May 8;247279.4. Ettema RGA, Eastwood JG, Schrijvers G. Towards Evidence Based Integrated Care. International journal of integrated care 2018;18(s2):293. DOI: 10.5334/ijic.s22935. Evers SM, Paulus AT. Health economics and integrated care: a growing and challenging relationship. Int J Integr Care. 2015 Jun 17;15:e024.6. Goodwin N, Dixon A, Anderson G, Wodchis W. Providing integrated care for older people with complex needs: lessons from seven international case studies. King’s Fund London; 2014.7. Huber M, van Vliet M, Giezenberg M, Winkens B, Heerkens Y, Dagnelie PC, Knottnerus JA. Towards a 'patient-centred' operationalisation of the new dynamic concept of health: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 12;6(1):e010091. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-0100918. Lewis M. Integrated care in Wales: a summary position. London J Prim Care (Abingdon). 2015; 7(3): 49–54.9. Olsson EL, Hansson E, Ekman I, Karlsson J. A cost-effectiveness study of a patient-centred integrated care pathway. 2009 65;1626–1635.10. Spicer J. Integrated care in the UK: variations on a theme? London J Prim Care (Abingdon). 2015; 7(3): 41–43.11. Topol E. (2016) The Patient Will See You Now. The Future of Medicine Is in Your Hands. New York: Basic Books.

scholarly journals Sociohydrologic Systems Thinking: An Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Operationalization and Modeling of Coupled Human-Water Systems

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Lally ◽  
Cory Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Written Responses ◽  
System Components ◽  
Student Models ◽  
Written Explanations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Course

One of the keys to science and environmental literacy is systems thinking. Learning how to think about the interactions between systems, the far-reaching effects of a system, and the dynamic nature of systems are all critical outcomes of science learning. However, students need support to develop systems thinking skills in undergraduate geoscience classrooms. While systems thinking-focused instruction has the potential to benefit student learning, gaps exist in our understanding of students’ use of systems thinking to operationalize and model SHS, as well as their metacognitive evaluation of systems thinking. To address this need, we have designed, implemented, refined, and studied an introductory-level, interdisciplinary course focused on coupled human-water, or sociohydrologic, systems. Data for this study comes from three consecutive iterations of the course and involves student models and explanations for a socio-hydrologic issue (n = 163). To analyze this data, we counted themed features of the drawn models and applied an operationalization rubric to the written responses. Analyses of the written explanations reveal statistically-significant differences between underlying categories of systems thinking (F(5, 768) = 401.6, p < 0.05). Students were best able to operationalize their systems thinking about problem identification (M = 2.22, SD = 0.73) as compared to unintended consequences (M = 1.43, SD = 1.11). Student-generated systems thinking models revealed statistically significant differences between system components, patterns, and mechanisms, F(2, 132) = 3.06, p < 0.05. Students focused most strongly on system components (M = 13.54, SD = 7.15) as compared to related processes or mechanisms. Qualitative data demonstrated three types of model limitation including scope/scale, temporal, and specific components/mechanisms/patterns excluded. These findings have implications for supporting systems thinking in undergraduate geoscience classrooms, as well as insight into links between these two skills.

scholarly journals Reserves in Sanatorium Insurance

1965 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Welten
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Sickness Insurance ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Risk Of Treatment

The object of the Netherlands Foundation for Sanatorium Insurance (“N.S.V.”) is to insure the risk of treatment in a sanatorium because of tuberculosis. For insured persons admitted to a sanatorium because of tuberculosis, the N.S.V. pays the insured sum for every day of treatment. At the moment nearly 80% of the population of the Netherlands is insured directly or indirectly in the N.S.V.There are three groups of insurances: obligatory insurance, voluntary collective insurances and voluntary individual insurances. The insurances in the first and second group are, strictly speaking, reinsurances of the risk of tuberculosis of a great number of institutions concerned with cost of sickness insurance. The risk of the insurance in these two groups is only administered and pooled by the N.S.V.This paper concerns the group of the individual insurances only, which group contains about 1.250.000 insured persons. The risk of this group is run by the N.S.V. itself. As the N.S.V. is a non-profit organisation, the premium level is held as low as possible.From statistical data, derived from the administration of the N.S.V., the “admission frequency” is calculated every year, being the quotient of the number of insured persons, admitted to a sanatorium in that year, and the total number of insured persons. This admission frequency a, which is now about is used as a basis for the calculation of the premium which will be in force during the next year.

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