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Next Steps In The Journey Toward Self-Fulfillment Through Critical And Creative Thinking, Charles Rauscher

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

This work addresses the need for organizational change in the workplace. Too often businesses and companies ignore the advantages of critical and creative thinking. This project first explores some of my thinking patterns relative to designing a synthesis project. What are my interests and what effect do these have in determining a direction for this synthesis paper? Next, I discuss the concepts and ideas surrounding critical and creative thinking from both an individual and organization point of view. Theories and ideas are presented from key critical and creative thinking researchers. My introspection of what I deem to be important aspects …

Developing A Global Information Learning Policy At Catholic University Of Louvain, Belgium, Fabienne Moreau, Frederic Brodkom

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Louvain-la-Neuve is located in Belgium, 25 km South-East from Brussels. The university comprises a large international community: 21000 students and a staff of 3000 academics and scientists and more than 2000 collaborators. There are more than 200 research units.

The Catholic University of Louvain was founded in 1425 in Louvain (Leuven) in the Flemish part of Belgium. But in 1968, due to political and linguistic reasons, the university was divided into 2 separated universities: a Flemish one which remained in Leuven and a French one, which moved to the French speaking part of Belgium. A new town was then created …

A Researcher's Research Agenda For Scholarly Communication In Canada, William F. Birdsall, Kathleen Shearer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Despite millions of dollars being spent on research each year in Canada, little attention is paid to the dissemination of the results of research. There is a disconnect between Canadian public policies in this area; although a high priority is assigned to the generation of research, there is a lack of policies addressing its dissemination. Meanwhile, the environment in which research knowledge is being disseminated is undergoing a profound transformation because of several important drivers. In particular, these drivers include new technology, changing research patterns, new users, economics, and commercialization. The major objective of this study was to examine the …

Focussing On The Use Value -The Relevance Of Urban And Regional Design For Society, Ina Klaasen

Nordes Conference Series

‘Connected Cities’ is the theme of the recently published New Charter of Athens. Clarity is needed about the role urban and regional designers should play in bringing this connectivity about. Opinions about the relevance of urban and regional design for society differ, resulting in different design approaches. By looking at urban areas as systems it becomes clear that designers can either take the view that the physical urban system is an autonomous system; this results in transformation-oriented design. These designers see as their task the creation of experiential value based on a quantitative schedule of requirements – a view related …

Engaged Collaborative Ideation Supported Through Material Catalysation, Jan Capjon

Nordes Conference Series

Leaders, researchers, engineers, designers, users and investors have diverging norms, thought patterns, languages and foci for creativity [5]. In play with shared toys children manage to overcome basic differences and create shared visions. Could similar engagement support collaborating grownups in creating breakthrough products? Through studies of design behaviour, cognitive psychology, neurobiology and phenomenology I have in my doctoral thesis [6] concluded that if design actors are allowed to play with their ideas in shared reality, this can be achieved. The condition for efficiency of such a process is that ‘toy’ physicality can represent emerging ideas so quickly and cheaply that …

An Anthropological Move Towards Tangible Interaction Design, Mads Vedel Jensen

Nordes Conference Series

User interaction design has for many years been concerned with the skills required in operating computers and machines. For keyboard and mouse operated, screen-based user interfaces the main focus has been on the cognitive skills of humans. This article takes as a basic preamble that a shift from keyboards to tangible interaction design requires one to study the skills built through bodily movement. The emerging field of Anthropology of Movement can help in studying and understanding human movement. With inspiration from anthropology, philosophy and sociology, I have analyzed a short video sequence of a plant operator operating very tangible machinery. …

Domestication And Context: Studying Objectification In Print Media, Sara Routarinne

Nordes Conference Series

This article investigates into the domestication of communication technology through two cultural discourses, for one that of interior magazines and for two that of technology magazines. During domestication process technological items are objectified by ways in which they are brought to a physical environment and in ways in which they rearrange that environment (cf. Silverstone & al. 1992). The study is inspired by the domestication approach (Silverstone & Hirsch 1992, Silverstone 1994), while its methodological background is mainly based on critical discourse analysis (Fairclough 1995). The data consist of 55 magazine articles including 687 images. The findings indicate that the …

The Salient Features Of The Clock – A Functional Semiotic Design Analysis Of Relevance To Digital Design, Toke Riis Ebbesen

Nordes Conference Series

What is the basis for talking about digital design products? How can designers be more concise in their discourse on design. This article argues for the use of semiotics in practical design processes as well as within historical and interpretive research approaches. For this purpose the position of functional semiotics is explained in short terms and then further demonstrated in the analysis of a basic mechanical alarm clock. On this ground, the digital watch and digital design products in general are characterised and three possible avenues for the interpretation of the interactive possibilities of design products are discussed. Finally some …

Designs For Learning About Film Spectatorship, Andrew Morrison, Andrew Deacon, Jane Stadler

Nordes Conference Series

Learning about narrative and spectatorship in film studies lends itself to active forms of learning. This article reports on the participatory development between film studies and learning design of an activity called Director's Cut. A class of 250 undergraduate students created their own film sequence applying their understandings of genre, screenwriting and editing in order to manipulate how film spectators relate to screen characters. The model of expansive learning provides a frame for understanding an emergent, developmental design and learning process. Adaptive design is included so as to refer to the incorporation of prior knowledge from related projects as well …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, May 29, 2005, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2005

No abstract provided.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 26, 2005

Pnl Applied To Economics, Barbara Diaz, Tomohiro Takagi, Sema E. Alptekin

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

This work is a continuation of Zadeh’s research on Precisiated Natural language. Precisiated Natural Language (PNL) provides a system for computation and deduction of propositions expressed in a natural language. The importance of PNL for economics is discussed. The improved process of PNL is presented using a real world example from economics.

Descriptive Trademarks And The First Amendment, Lisa P. Ramsey

University of San Diego Law and Economics Research Paper Series

The protection of exclusive rights in descriptive trademarks is an unconstitutional restriction of speech under the First Amendment. Trademark laws that prohibit a competitor from using trademarked descriptive words to sell a product fail to satisfy the Central Hudson test for evaluating the constitutionality of commercial speech regulations. The use of a descriptive term to accurately describe a product is not misleading expression regardless of whether another business claims trademark rights in that term. Although the government has a substantial interest in protecting the ability of consumers to identify and distinguish among the products of a business and its competitors, …

Volume Cxxii, Number 24, May 23, 2005, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Digital Democracy And Its Application To The International Arena – From “Deliberation” To “Decision”, Alexander Siedschlag

Publications

Apart from the discussion about computer-mediated change in community and domestic political affairs, there is a pending debate on general effects of internet- or “net”-based communication on international politics. The reference to international politics rather than international relations is a consciously chosen one – for this paper focuses on net effects on collective decision-making rather than international-society processes. IP/IR driven research on internet-induced political change does not very much link itself to the state of knowledge in internet-and-politics research. Rather, it commonly departs from sub-discipline specific concepts such as neorealist power analysis or post-international turbulence analysis (cf. Allison 2002).

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, May 22, 2005, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2005

No abstract provided.

2004-2005 Young Musicians Competition - Strings, David Andai, Alexia Ashton, Alexandra Dreyfuss, Paishiun Nelson, Preston Luce, Wyantt Meng, Milena Pajaro, Kathryn Sparks, Jimmy Wong, Renee Henley

Other Competitions

Coordinator

• Sergiu Schwartz, Lynn University Conservatory of Music

Accompanist

• Tao Lin, Lynn University Conservatory of Music

Judges

• Jody Atwood, cello - American String Teachers Association, Florida Chapter
• Shigeru Ishikawa, double-bass - Lynn University Conservatory of Music
• Marcia Littley de Arias, violin - Artist-in-Residence, Florida International University and Amernet String Quartet

Student Perceptions Of The Defining Aspects Of A Mathematics Methods Course That Aided In The Development Of A Conceptual Understanding Of Mathematics, Patricia Edmiston

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to ascertain pre-service teachers' perceptions of the defining aspects of a mathematics methods course that aided in the development of a conceptual understanding of mathematics. These perceptions emerge from the narratives of four pre-service teachers in a mid-size metropolitan university in the southeastern part of the United States. Grounded in the theory of constructivism this study focuses on the educational experiences of pre-service teachers, as reported by pre-service teachers, creating a portrait of their journey. These pre-service teachers' learning experiences were based on national standards with a constructivist instructional approach and included field experience …

The Courier, Volume 38, Issue 25, May 20, 2005, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Unearthing Green Energy–The College Recently Received A Grant For $87,250 To Pursue Geothermal Energy

A Textbook Case Of Good Service (Library)

Conversion Across The Board–Administrators Brace For The Challenges Of Conversion By Making Changes In Advance (Quarters To Semesters)

AID-ing In The Tragedy

Learning About Language

Murder Below The Border

Sibling Rivalry That Stops At Nothing (“The Lonesome West”)

Chaps Finish With Same Result–Women's Tennis Finishes As The Runner-Ups At NJCAA Nationals For The Second Straight Year

People:

Kristina Zaremba

Sunil Chand

Part-Time University Faculty Members: The Relationship Between Environment And Satisfaction, Kyle Scafide

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the environment and the satisfaction of certain part-time university faculty members. A web-based, confidential questionnaire was made available to voluntary participants. The data collection occurred during the Fall semester of 2004. The survey provided data from 10 Louisiana universities in the top four Carnegies categories of Doctoral Extensive, Doctoral Intensive, and Masters I and II universities. Though a total of 610 faculty members participated in this study, the final sample included 542 participants. The research questions of this study focused on job status (part-time or full-time) and academic discipline …

Once Ever: A Narrative Short, Yu Chen

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis book describes the development and production of Once Ever, a short narrative film. The writing, pre-production, shooting, and editing of the film is reviewed. Script drafts and a final budget are included in the appendices. Once Ever concerns a young Chinese immigrant couple who deal with the changes in their new life in the United States. When the girl gets a chance to step out of the Chinese community, she discovers her goal in the new environment. The boy tries to recover their relationship. However she chooses to leave when she realizes the barrier between them is the …

Design, Development And Evaluation Of Chinese Radical And Character Tutorial By Hypermedia, Su-Ling Hsueh

Theses and Dissertations

This project report describes the instructional design, development and evaluation of the Chinese Radical and Character Tutorial (CRCT) project. The web-based CRCT project integrated hypermedia resources (audio, video, graphics, animation and hyperlinks) to teach undergraduate and graduate students basic Chinese radical and character recognition and writing. One-to-one test, expert review and small-group test were utilized in the formative evaluation. Statistical significance was found in the small-group test, which suggests that supplemental hypermedia material can effectively facilitate student learning of Chinese reading and writing outside of the classroom. Moreover, the qualitative data indicated that students enjoyed using CRCT's drills, feedback features …

The Discursive Production Of Subjectivity In Television News: Reflecting The Other On The Obese Child's Body, Elise Chatelain

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In this paper, I expand on poststructuralist and feminist theories of the body, gender, and subjectivity through an analysis of media discourse on childhood obesity. Through textual and narrative analyses of news segments on childhood obesity, I demonstrate that the obese child's body, as an abnormal body, is represented as a text of the 'abnormal' conditions in which that body is produced. Thus, the single-mother family structure and/or nonwhite and working class families -- families saturated with the excessive, out-of-control subjectivity of the Other-- are visible on the excessive, out-ofcontrol body of the obese child. I will argue that the …

Fifth Graders' Interpretations When Reading Literary Works From Two Different Asian Cultures, Tadayuki Suzuki

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Although each Asian culture is unique, many Americans tend to generalize and see "Asian" as one vaguely defined culture. This study explored the use of multicultural literature in assisting elementary school students to become aware of and then develop true understanding of what makes two Asian groups different. This case study assessed whether fifth graders in a public elementary school in the Southeast raised their awareness of similarities and differences between two Asian cultures after reading Journey to Topaz (1971), written by Yoshiko Uchida, and Dragon's Gate (1993), written by Laurence Yep. The use of multicultural literature has become common …

Evaluating Deliberative Democracy: Comparing Habermas' Discourse Ethic And Evaluations Of Consensus Process In Residential Cooperatives, Katheryn Sutter

Dissertations and Theses

How do deliberators reason together on what is best? Planners, policy analysts and community developers should know how to recognize the validity of participatory deliberations claimed to give groups voice in policy decisions. Policy analyses have lost power in the face of postmodern critiques of objectivity. Practical policy analyses require more than objective validity for they express results of what Jürgen Habermas refers to as normative rationality. This study followed John Forester's recommended research agenda for rigorous empirical analyses of policy process deliberations using Jürgen Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action. Three successful residential communities were identified with organizational and institutional …

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 19, 2005, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Multi-Agent Workload Control And Flexible Job Shop Scheduling, Zuobao Wu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the make-to-order (MTO) industry, offering competitive due dates and on-time delivery for customer orders is important to the survival of MTO companies. Workload control is a production planning and control approach designed to meet the need of the MTO companies. In this dissertation, a multi-agent workload control methodology that simultaneously deals with due date setting, job release and scheduling is proposed to discourage job early or tardy completions. The earliness and tardiness objectives are consistent with the just-in-time production philosophy which has attracted significant attention in both industry and academic community. This methodology consists of the order entry agent, …

2005 - Too Soon For Daisies Program, Neiu Theatre Department

Theatre Production Programs

Too Soon for Daisies program

Law And Human Nature: The Social-Adaptive Function Of The Normative Behavior, Atahualpa Fernandez

ExpressO

The objective of this article is to offer a critical (re)interpretation of genesis and evolution, object and purpose, as well as useful qualified methods for interpreting, justifying and applying modern practical law, all with the intention of putting philosophic thought and contemporary formal theory of reason at the service of hermeutics and juridical argumentation. Law is no more—no less—than an social-adaptive strategy, evermore complex, but always noticeably deficient, used to articulate argumentatively—in fact, not always with justice—through the virtue of prudence, elementary relational social ties through which men construct approved styles of interaction and social structure, i.e., to organize and …

The Social Construction Of Dream Sharing: Disclosure Between Intimate Partners, Michelle Scaman

Communication

Psychology thus far has been the leading discipline in the study of dreams and supposes dreams are intrapersonal. Through the theoretical lens of Social Construction of Reality and the framework of self-disclosure, this study focuses on how intimate couples share dreams as a communicative process. Social Construction of Reality is the creation, maintenance, and transformation of reality through social interaction (Deetz, 1982). Crotty (1998) states that social construction involves 'knowledge' and 'meaningful reality' that is based on 'human practices, being constructed in and of interaction between human beings and their world' (p. 42). This social construction of 'meaningful reality' provides …