Assessing the Status of Historical Sources: An Exploratory Study of Eight US Elementary Students Reading Documents

2004 ◽  
pp. 13-31
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Status

Comparing Older Persons’ Human Rights: Exploratory Study of the International Older Persons’ Human Rights Index (IOPHRI)

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-634
Author(s):  
Israel Doron ◽  
Carole Cox ◽  
Benny Spanier
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
The Status ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Actual Relationship

Abstract Background and Objectives Over the last 2 decades, several international indices have been developed to describe the status of older persons. None, however, have examined their human rights. The International Older Persons’ Human Rights Index (IOPHRI) fills in this gap by analyzing the formal legislative foundation of human rights for older people. The objective of this exploratory study is to examine the IOPHRI while comparing the legislation in 6 countries. Research Design and Methods A comparative international exploratory study comparing the human rights legislation of 6 countries: United States, Chile, Ireland, South Africa, India, and Australia in 5 different human rights domains: constitutional, protection, familial and informal support, planning, and empowerment. Results The findings suggest that the actual relationship between formal human rights of older persons and the real world is complex: for example, while the IOPHRI index places South Africa in first place, it is far behind compared with all other participants in the Global AgeWatch Index (which measures objective elements such as life expectancy at 60, or poverty rates in old age). Discussion and Implications Measuring and indexing human rights of older persons reveal significant methodological issues. Beyond these methodological challenges, comparing the ranking of the IOPHRI to nonlegalistic indices raises significant questions about the relationship between formal human rights and the actual living experiences of older persons.

Pre-school Environmental Education in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chi Kin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
The Status ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Education In Hong Kong

AbstractThis paper reports on an investigation of the status of pre-school environmental education in Hong Kong through both a questionnaire survey and case studies. The study looked in particular at the environmental education activities organised, difficulties encountered in the implementation of environmental education and teachers' attitudes towards environmental education and teaching approaches. The findings indicated that pre-school environmental education tended to focus more on education about the environment than education in and for the environment. The results also revealed that the teachers' perceived barriers were mainly logistical, such as lack of time and resources, and educational in the sense that they felt that they lacked knowledge about environmental education. The implications for future development of environmental education are discussed.

scholarly journals In-ger-land, In-ger-land, In-ger-land! Exploring the impact of soccer on the sense of belonging of those seeking asylum in the UK

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 940-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Woodhouse ◽  
Dom Conricode
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Utilising research conducted in Sheffield (UK) with people seeking asylum, this article explores the ways in which soccer might be used to create a sense of belonging in the host country. It explores participant feelings about soccer and its potential to alleviate the pressures that the status of being an ‘asylum seeker’ brings. The ways in which soccer may play a role in the identity formation of those seeking asylum is considered in relation to both self-identity and the perceptions of others. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that the various ways of interacting with soccer can provide participants with a sense of control, identity and belonging.

scholarly journals Knowledge Building Analytics to Explore Crossing Disciplinary and Grade-Level Boundaries

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Khanlari ◽  
Gaoxia Zhu ◽  
Marlene Scardamalia
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Students ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
School Students ◽  
Community Knowledge ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Building Communities

Sustained creative work with ideas, work that leads beyond expectations, underpins knowledge creating organizations. Knowledge Building pedagogy, with its 12 principles and associated technology, Knowledge Forum, aims to provide necessary support for this goal. This exploratory study aims to assess the extent to which elementary-school students within Knowledge Building communities are able to exceed curriculum expectations. We defined “criss-crossing topics” as an indicator of exceeding expectations, and examined whether students are able to think and theorize in an interdisciplinary way and, in doing so, exceed curriculum expectations. We also examined how such criss-crossing topics may help advance the community knowledge. Results show that, when given agency, elementary students are able to extend knowledge boundaries, bringing greater range and explanatory coherence to their work, resulting in advancing community knowledge and idea improvement.

scholarly journals AN ATTEMPTS OF THE LEGAL CONSIDERATION OF RUSSIAN AUTHOCRACY’S INTERESTS DURING THE WORK ABOUT THE «RULES WICH MALOROSSIAN PEOPLE USING FOR COURT», 1743

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Russian People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Legal Legitimacy ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
State Body

The article is devoted to the historical and legal study of the attempts to secure the legal interests of the Russian autocracy in the course of codification work on the drafting of the project "Rights judged by the Little Russian people" in 1743. The text of the monument itself and other historical sources as well as scientific literature are analyzed. topics. It is emphasized that already in the first half of XVIII century. the imperial government set itself the goal of achieving a rapprochement, and in the future, of unifying the legal system of the Hetmanate and Russia. It was for this purpose that a codification commission was created in its first composition in 1728. Decrees of the Government of the Russian Empire in 1728 and 1734 pp. she was granted the status of a state body, and her work was the nature of official systematization of the current legislation in the Hetmanate in the form of codification. It was found that the imperial government, through its representatives in Ukraine, as well as through its higher bodies, the College of Foreign Affairs and the Senate, closely followed the work of the Commission and often issued decrees to hasten the drafting of the Codex. Attention is drawn to the vivid attempts to secure the legal interests of the Russian autocracy in the course of work on the rights under which the Little Russian people are being judged, which, in particular, were found in the chapter "On the highest honor and power of the monarchy." It was here that the prerogatives of the "high-monarchic estate" were enshrined, which apparently constituted a borrowing from the legislation of Peter I and some other sources of law. It was emphasized that during the course of the codification work, which had been carried out for fifteen years and ended in 1743, the Russian autocracy had not been able to fully realize its purpose and impose a code on Ukraine, the norms of which would fully copy the relevant rules of imperial law. Contrary to the task, it still largely reflected the legal norms that existed in the current jurisprudence or in the social consciousness of the overwhelming majority of the elite of the Ukrainian population. In "Rights ..." the most clearly defined are those privileges, to which the Cossack elders and nobles have so eagerly sought legal legitimacy for several decades. That is why the draft code was not officially approved and was buried in the imperial archives.

Sicilian Theatres with Paraskenia Scene Buildings: An Updated Framework for their Chronological Integration

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 227-248
Author(s):  
Maria Panagiotonakou
Keyword(s):  
Asia Minor ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Magna Graecia ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Original Construction ◽  
Interpretative Framework ◽  
Comprehensive Coverage

Hellenistic theatre in Magna Graecia and Sicily differs in morphology from its contemporaries in Greece and Asia Minor. Since the beginning of the previous century, scholars have developed a discussion on a variety of issues in their attempt to better understand the architectural evolution of the Sicilian stone theatres, and in particular of their scene building. The most apparent and persistent problems lie in the uncertainty of dating and the morphology of each of the scene buildings. That is due to various difficulties that will be discussed further into this article. Over the last 100 years, this broad discussion has led to very different conclusions and interpretive proposals, especially regarding the dating of the original construction, the identification of the various building phases of these theatres, and the reconstruction proposals for their scene buildings. The issue of dating is related to the issue of the Romanization of Sicily and so far, it has been one of the most problematic chapters in the history of the island.1 Researchers evaluate differently both archaeological finds and historical sources, thus resulting in divergent interpretations of the significance of this period in the history of Sicily. With the results of the archaeological research of the last 30 years, the debate has been rekindled, causing a true polemic. At the epicenter of the enduring controversy are the four theatres with paraskenia scene buildings, namely the theatres of Tyndaris, Segesta, Solous and Iaitas. In this brief survey of the status quaestionis of the dating of these theatres, which makes no claims to comprehensive coverage, it is my intention to suggest that with the progress of archaeological research and the increase of scholarship on Hellenistic Sicily, we are offered arguments that can help us form a fresh interpretative framework for the chronological integration of these theatres and their architectural evolution.

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN POULTRY FARMING FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOOD MANAGEMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bineeta Satpathy
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
Feed Management ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Technological Interventions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Poultry Farming

This paper summarizes the results of a study conducted to assess the status of rural livelihood management during 2012-2013 in Central Odisha and the reasons for household adoption of interventions for poultry production and technology transfer approach specifying attributes of innovations sampling 240 respondents from 4 villages. Significant difference was observed in quality chicks (z=3.0), scientific housing (z =5.0) and feed management (z=2.5).The correlation coefficient between socioeconomic condition and adoption of l interventions in poultry farming reveals t=3.72 indicating highly significant in rainfed situations. Multichannel information (t=6.54), pro-poor approach (t=11.5), financing (t =10.4) have significant influence on poultry farmers.

scholarly journals Safety Climate in the Indian Manufacturing Industry - An Exploratory Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Narayanappa Thimmarayappa Vijalapura ◽  
Swamy Devappa Renuka ◽  
Pranesh Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Partial Least Squares Regression ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
The Status ◽  
Indian Manufacturing Sector

Research indicates safety climate is used to measure the safety of an organization. However, very few studies examine the status of safety climate in the manufacturing sector. This paper aims to explicate the status of safety climate in the Indian manufacturing sector. Four hundred fifty employees from 13 manufacturing industries in Karnataka were sampled. Perception data about the safety in their respective plants was collected using self-reporting questionnaires. The data was subjected to factor analysis, and Partial Least Squares regression was run to determine the nature of the relationships the constructs shared with Safety Climate.

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