What next?

The Eastman Dental Hospital Education Centre team discuss life after graduating with a dental hygiene or dental therapy degree

EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP IN INSTITUTIONAL FOSTER CARE – RESEARCH REPORT

The article is devoted to the functioning of adolescent pupils of the “House of Return” in Białystok. Its aim is to show the experience of growing up in an orphanage from the pupils’ perspective. The first part of the text presents theoretical assumptions regarding the experience of growing up, organization of foster care in Poland, growing up in its institutional form and the process of deinstitutionalization. The second part of the article presents methodological assumptions of the research and the results regarding growing up in institutional foster care. Qualitative research using the method of individual cases was carried out in May 2021 with the charges of the “House of Return” in Białystok. The concept of qualitative data analysis by Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman was used to analyze the empirical material. In the light of the research, the charges function properly in the care and education centre for children and young people, the experience of growing up in an orphanage is not a trauma for them, but they have difficulties with establishing close relationships, they lack a significant adult, and are also not very self-reliant.

From Print to Proposal: Exploring the Urban and Cultural Possibilities of Hataitai

<p>I am interested in the synergy between art and architecture. Art is typically graphic and architecture is typically spatial. This research investigates how an exploration of both graphic and spatial techniques might inform architecture. I explore this synergy between graphic and spatial within the context of Hataitai, Wellington. This suburb has the opportunity to grow, physically and socially. This research proposes a Continuing Education Centre that promotes a new cultural hub. This proposal responds to the suburb’s car-dependent nature and aims to enhance Hataitai’s cultural resilience What graphic and spatial opportunities does architecture offer to improve pedestrian infrastructure and enhance cultural resilience? I use the design proposal as a vehicle to investigate how art-led experimentation could influence the architectural language and design. I use printmaking as a creative starting point to explore the possibilities of art-led experimentation. From the prints, I investigate the ambiguity of depth and flatness, I then develop experimentation through physical modelling, hand drawing and digital modelling. The resulting design expands a weakly-defined pedestrian network and enriches the cultural fabric through an architectural language that explores both spatial and graphic overlaps.</p>

From Print to Proposal: Exploring the Urban and Cultural Possibilities of Hataitai

<p>I am interested in the synergy between art and architecture. Art is typically graphic and architecture is typically spatial. This research investigates how an exploration of both graphic and spatial techniques might inform architecture. I explore this synergy between graphic and spatial within the context of Hataitai, Wellington. This suburb has the opportunity to grow, physically and socially. This research proposes a Continuing Education Centre that promotes a new cultural hub. This proposal responds to the suburb’s car-dependent nature and aims to enhance Hataitai’s cultural resilience What graphic and spatial opportunities does architecture offer to improve pedestrian infrastructure and enhance cultural resilience? I use the design proposal as a vehicle to investigate how art-led experimentation could influence the architectural language and design. I use printmaking as a creative starting point to explore the possibilities of art-led experimentation. From the prints, I investigate the ambiguity of depth and flatness, I then develop experimentation through physical modelling, hand drawing and digital modelling. The resulting design expands a weakly-defined pedestrian network and enriches the cultural fabric through an architectural language that explores both spatial and graphic overlaps.</p>

The role of using technology within music therapy sessions with pre-school children who have physical disabilities at a conductive education centre in New Zealand

<p>The objective of this thesis was to explore the role of using technology within music therapy sessions for children who have physical disabilities. This research used secondary secondary analysis of clinical data to find the role of technology within mu clinical practice. Data included clinical notes, and my own reflective journal from February to September in 2018. I used thematic analysis to uncover themes from my data. Five themes were found that indicate that technology can positively contribute to music therapy sessions. In particular, the research has identified that technologies can be used to support cognitive development, communication efforts, emotional reactions, motor skills, and sensory stimulation for children. The research will contribute to current debates around the role of technology in music therapy sessions to further support children with physical disabilities.</p>

The role of using technology within music therapy sessions with pre-school children who have physical disabilities at a conductive education centre in New Zealand

<p>The objective of this thesis was to explore the role of using technology within music therapy sessions for children who have physical disabilities. This research used secondary secondary analysis of clinical data to find the role of technology within mu clinical practice. Data included clinical notes, and my own reflective journal from February to September in 2018. I used thematic analysis to uncover themes from my data. Five themes were found that indicate that technology can positively contribute to music therapy sessions. In particular, the research has identified that technologies can be used to support cognitive development, communication efforts, emotional reactions, motor skills, and sensory stimulation for children. The research will contribute to current debates around the role of technology in music therapy sessions to further support children with physical disabilities.</p>

Finding the right support

The Eastman Dental Hospital Education Centre team discuss the financial help available to aspiring dental hygiene and dental therapy students

The Effectiveness Strategy of Teaching and Learning Visual, Audio, Kinesthetic and Tactile (VAKT) in Reading and Memorizing Verses 1-3 of Surah al-Fatihah for Student with Autism

VAKT teaching and learning strategy is a strategy used to improve the achievement of students with autism in reading and memorizing the first of 3 verses in Surah al-Fatihah. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of VAKT teaching strategies in improving the achievement of students with learning difficulties in reading and memorizing verses 1-3 of Surah al-Fatihah. This quasi-experimental study was conducted on four students with autism at the Quran Education Centre. The study also used a checklist as a research instrument to obtain research data. Data collected over 6 weeks in pre -test and post -test will be recorded in a simple checklist. The results of this study show that there is an improvement in the achievement of two students with autism A and B in terms of reading verses 1-3 excellently without the help of teachers and can memorizing verses 1-3 through the assessment of verses and kalimah composers in black correctly without the help of verses and kalimah as a guide. Furthermore, two of students with autism showed different achievements, namely students C and D were able to read with the help of the teacher to mention the first of verses 1-3 of Surah al-Fatihah. While the achievement of memorizing student’s C and D can achieve the verses only where were student C can match coloured verses with example of verses and student D can compose verses 1-3 coloured sentences without example verses.

Road Safety Education Centre (RSEC) – evaluation of pilot classes and opinions of selected groups of road users on the issues of road safety and traffic education

In the years 2016-2018, the Road Safety Education Centre (CEBR) was established at Motor Transport Institute as part of its statutory activity, addressed to various age groups and road users. The article presents the concept of CEBR, the results of the evaluation of educational pilot classes conducted at Centre and the opinions of 50+ drivers on selected issues of road safety, as well as the opinions of children and parents on road safety education.

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE USAGE OF ELECTRONIC PLATFORM FOR CONSERVATION MARKETING AMONG EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRES (EEC) IN MALAYSIA

With limited funding, conservationists are far from able to assist all threatened species. Even though online marketing has been increasingly used by conservationists to raise funds and awareness on the need to reduce biodiversity loss, the major issue is reaching the target audience and influencing their behaviour, especially if the target audience is a profit-making entity. To date, a comprehensive theoretical investigation on online conservation marketing pertaining business expectation, preferences, experience and satisfaction is still in its infancy and remains unanswered. Therefore, to fulfil this gap, this qualitative study is executed, in which 19 in-depth interviews was adopted until data saturation is achieved. The participants are those who worked in relationship marketing field and have experienced online conservation marketing activities. The study explores and profiles the experiences and satisfaction of businesses based on their previous online conservation marketing and the expectation and preferences of businesses for future online conservation marketing. Based on the research findings, even before the first Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia, many businesses in the country were involved in at least one online conservation marketing strategy with an Environmental Education Centre (EEC) and many were satisfied with the EEC online marketing strategies and services. However, most businesses have less expectations and low preferences towards the future online conservation marketing by the EEC. This study assists conservation organisations in retaining the financial support from businesses and enhancing public conservation awareness through businesses. This study is aligned with Malaysia National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) no 4, under Entry Point Project 4 (EPP 4) and also NKEA no 6, under EPP 12.