The individual perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
Ilan Peled
Keyword(s):  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

scholarly journals The Mental health between epigenetics and individual beliefs

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Marin Dramnescu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Cellular Mechanisms ◽  
Cellular Behavior ◽  
Professional Environment ◽  
Integrative Concept ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

Mental health is an integrative concept that is not limited to dysfunctions or accentuations of psychic processes or mechanisms of thought. The research effort focused on the idea that mental health is a functional optimum found at the intersection of cellular behavior, the physical environment, the external environment, with all its subtypes, the environment in which the individual manifests itself and the subjective, psychological environment, dominated mainly by unconscious behavioral routines, beliefs, values, and ultimately individual perspective on life. Mental health represents and manifests itself as an emerging process resulting from the correlated functioning of the biological, physiological, and in particular cellular mechanisms, the various, random and / or permanent influences and stimuli of the physical, social and professional environment and the superior motivational structures of the type of beliefs and individual perspective on life. Epigenetics is a contemporary discipline derived from genetics that includes the environmental context as an important part of heredity. Currently, this discipline strongly influences a variety of areas, including medicine, psychiatry and psychology.

Performing Theatre and Democracy

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Leila Henriques
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Performance Ethnography ◽  
Theatre History ◽  
Political Narrative ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

This collection of performances that is linked to this chapter was created as part of the MA exchange project between NTNU and DFL (Drama for Life). Students used performance ethnography as a method for generating performance material in answer to the challenge of building democracy through theatre. South Africa has a rich theatre history that has always engaged with the South African political narrative. Through developing an understanding of the many theatre-making processes that created this unique history, as well as through exploring other contemporary South African performances, students created and tracked their own research methodology so that they were able to hold up a mirror to the world around them. While each performance captured the individual perspective of the performer, they also engaged directly and indirectly with broader South African realities. The course consisted of four components, each shaped by the individual’s journey into their own research methodology. These were: generating material, interpreting the material, rehearsing the material and performing the material. This submission consists of a framing statement written by the lecturer as well as a collection of ten performances that include a short framing statement from each performer. Permission was obtained from all the students to showcase their work apart from one student who has submitted it under a pseudonym. Out of this exploration and through a practical laboratory, students created an embodied experience that addressed the notion of democracy. The value of the work was to gain a fresh embodied perspective of democracy in South Africa. It spoke to our unique South African theatre-making legacy, but also challenged and disrupted our understanding of what democracy is and how it might be performed.

Adjudicating International Trade Cases in the World Trade Organization

2020 ◽  
pp. 330-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Hughes
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
Limited Experience ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

The presence of women on WTO panels and the Appellate Body makes a difference from the perspective of institutional legitimacy. However, given the limited experience with women adjudicators on the WTO bench and the fact that WTO dispute reports are not signed individually but by all three adjudicators, it is impossible to prove whether women have made a difference by bringing a unique perspective to WTO adjudication. Nevertheless, it is possible to suppose that they would do so for two reasons. First, WTO Members believe that the individual perspective of an adjudicator can inform her or his decision-making, at least in the case of developing country adjudicators. Second, trade policy makers have come to realize that trade policies can affect women and men differently, and hence that developing trade policies requires a gender-based analysis. With this in mind, it is suggested that there is a gender-based approach to WTO adjudication.

From Fundamental Principles to individual action: Making the Principles come alive to promote a culture of non-violence and peace

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (897-898) ◽  
pp. 263-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrien Beeckman
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Personal Connection ◽  
Humanitarian Values ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
Individual Perspective

AbstractThis paper focuses on the individual perspective, as opposed to the institutional or operational one, towards the Fundamental Principles and their underpinning humanitarian values. It demonstrates the added value of this perspective, which goes beyond addressing challenges regarding the Fundamental Principles' understanding and application. By making the Principles and values come alive in peoples' behaviour, the individual perspective also enables Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers to inspire a change of mindset and behaviour towards a culture of non-violence and peace. Two tools created to this purpose, as well as their impact, are presented: (i) the Seven Skills for Seven Principles (747) framework, which unpacks the high-level Principles into more concrete and tangible components, values and intra- and interpersonal skills; and (ii) the Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change (YABC) initiative, which, using a non-cognitive learning approach, fosters a personal connection towards the Principles and increases participants' ability to role-model them.

Structural Versus Individual Perspectives on the Dynamics of Group Performance: Theoretical Exploration and Empirical Investigation

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiang Lin ◽  
Haibin Yang ◽  
Bindu Arya ◽  
Zhi Huang ◽  
Dan Li
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Dynamic Setting ◽  
Performance Predictions ◽  
Project Groups ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Group Structures ◽  
Individual Perspective ◽  
Do So ◽  
Structural Perspective

This study contrasts the structural perspective with the individual perspective in explaining group performance in a dynamic setting. The authors argue that these perspectives are not mutually exclusive but have different predictive powers at different group stages. Results from 45 project groups show (a) group structures provide stronger performance predictions at the later stage, whereas individual-based attributes do so at the earlier stage, and (b) different group structures and individual-based attributes provide distinctive insights at respective stages. This indicates the need to explore the potential bridge between the two perspectives in advancing group studies.

scholarly journals Life Writing in the Netherlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. R19-R26
Author(s):  
Marijke Huisman
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Life Writing ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

Review of Hans Renders & Binne de Haan ed., Theoretical discussions of biography. Approaches from history, microhistory and life writing (Edwin Mellen Press; Lewiston 2013) and Binne de Haan, Van kroon tot bastaard. Biografie en het individuele perspectief in de geschiedschrijving [From prince to pauper. Biography and the individual perspective in historiography] (Groningen University Press; Groningen 2015) This article was submitted to the European Journal of Life Writing on 20 August 2015 and published on 22 November 2015.

The Individual Perspective

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Summers ◽  
Rob T. Guerette
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Environmental Criminology ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Individual Activity ◽  
Journey To Crime ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

This chapter considers how offenders and victims make use of space and how variations in their patterns of movement influence the occurrence of crime. It examines examples of individual offender decision-making, such as how past experience informs future decisions (both legitimate and illegal), and how individual activity patterns can influence the broader social processes that take place within the environment. It begins with an exploration of the fundamental theoretical frameworks upon which environmental criminology is based. It then discusses how these frameworks inform various aspects of our endeavor to understand crime, the particular benefits of each theoretical approach, and how they complement and contrast with one another. Particular emphasis is placed on how potential offenders, victims, and others use space, and how this impacts upon crime patterns. This is followed by discussions of specific areas related to offender mobility, namely the journey to crime and displacement.

ENGLISH TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND AWARENESS-KEEPING UP WITH THE CURRENT CHANGES IN TEACHING

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 767-773
Author(s):  
Igballe Miftari
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
State University ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Teacher Survey ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
Individual Perspective

The field of English teaching is one which thousands of teachers worldwide have pursued as a life profession. The issues of expertise and professionalism, however, vary in the aspect to which we understand the obligations that are tied to the chosen profession. Most frequently, the misconception related to the issue of “preparedness” in teaching is that of gaining superficial knowledge i.e. a BA diploma in teaching English, a practical experience in a school or two, a diploma project on a topic which is conducted during the studies etc. and by this, the mission “being accomplished.” The false belief that is formed is that no further training or advanced development is further needed. However, in order to keep up with current changes in teaching, teachers must always pursue further practical development, termed as the individual perspective. This paper aims to identify the most crucial aspects of teacher development and also stresses the importance of teacher trainings in the process. It also implies that the individual perspective is achieved with the help and support of the Ministry of Education together with higher institutions. The case study was conducted with private and state university professors. A teacher survey consisting of 12 statements was used as an instrument in the study (see Appendix). Statements were divided into two main categories: the individual perspective and the institutional perspective and were ranked on a scale from 1-5 (least-most important).Research questions were: “Are teachers aware of the importance of individual perspective development in their career?” “What are the areas which need further development?” and “How can teachers initiate institutional support?”The findings and conclusions serve as implications for a wider general perspective in Macedonia and in the region.

Recognising Influences on Attitudes to Knowledge Sharing in a Research Establishment

2016 ◽  
pp. 1038-1058
Author(s):  
Penny Hart
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Organization ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Organizational Subcultures ◽  
Knowledge Capability ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Perspective

Knowledge sharing in organizations is influenced by several interconnecting factors, but there is little written on the individual perspective of those involved in sharing. An interpretivist, action research methodology was used to help members of a research organization determine what knowledge means for them and the knowledge sharing issues they face. Their shared Appreciations were that although they believed “knowledge-as-practice” was an essential aspect of their work, it was undervalued by the organization's clients and fund-holders, causing difficulties for the maintenance of knowledge capability, and influencing organizational subcultures. These included a “you should know” subculture and a risk-averse subculture, where staff perceive that there is a tendency to assign blame rather than to accept and learn from errors. An officially mandated culture of knowledge sharing is subverted by these subcultures, affecting individuals' motivation to share their tacit knowledge, their self-efficacy and consequent sharing behaviours.

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