170 research outputs found

    An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis exploring the experiences of language needs and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for secondary school teachers of English

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    Government policy and publications have reiterated the message that all teachers should be teachers of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and meet the varying and diverse needs of all learners within a mainstream classroom (HM Government 2022a; 2022b). Language needs, a feature of a communication and interaction difficulty, is one area of SEND. Within the secondary school context, these difficulties have received little research attention and focus. This research with secondary school teachers of English (N=5) utilised semi-structured interviews and vignettes which provide written case study descriptions of how language needs may present in the classroom (Starling et al., 2011; Ramsey, 2015). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to explore participantsā€™ experiences. IPA is a qualitative methodology in which the central tenets focus on phenomenology (experience), hermeneutics (interpretation) and idiography (individual, nomothetic data) (Smith et al., 2022). Four group experiential themes were identified which depicted participantsā€™ experiences of being a teacher and supporting language needs and SEND; Expertise; Interactions; Feeling Challenged; and Interpretation. How participants each related to these individual constructs varied and similarities (convergence) and differences (divergence) in their individual experiences were noted. The research provides a descriptive and interpretive account of the experiences of participants when teaching and supporting students with SEND and language needs. Situating these experiences within an ecological framework of the classroom, appreciates the contextualised experience of being a teacher and the interactions between students, other professionals, systems and structures and the emotive elements that accompanies this experience. Continued and renewed focus and awareness of the presentation of language needs in the secondary context remains pertinent as some teachers felt that they lacked expertise and confidence in this area. Educational Psychology as a profession may be unique in its contribution when supporting schools to consider holistic and ecological influences on the presentation of SEND and support the problem-solving capacity of the school workforce, particularly in an educational context where access to specialist services is hindered due to scarcity of resources

    Facilitating prosociality through technology: Design to promote digital volunteerism

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    Volunteerism covers many activities involving no financial rewards for volunteers but which contribute to the common good. There is existing work in designing technology for volunteerism in HumanComputer Interaction (HCI) and related disciplines that focuses on motivation to improve performance, but it does not account for volunteer wellbeing. Here, I investigate digital volunteerism in three case studies with a focus on volunteer motivation, engagement, and wellbeing. My research involved volunteers and others in the volunteering context to generate recommendations for a volunteer-centric design for digital volunteerism. The thesis has three aims: 1. To investigate motivational aspects critical for enhancing digital volunteersā€™ experiences 2. To identify digital platform attributes linked to volunteer wellbeing 3. To create guidelines for effectively supporting volunteer engagement in digital volunteering platforms In the first case study I investigate the design of a chat widget for volunteers working in an organisation with a view to develop a design that improves their workflow and wellbeing. The second case study investigates the needs, motivations, and wellbeing of volunteers who help medical students improve their medical communication skills. An initial mixed-methods study was followed by an experiment comparing two design strategies to improve volunteer relatedness; an important indicator of wellbeing. The third case study looks into volunteer needs, experiences, motivations, and wellbeing with a focus on volunteer identity and meaning-making on a science-based research platform. I then analyse my findings from these case studies using the lens of care ethics to derive critical insights for design. The key contributions of this thesis are design strategies and critical insights, and a volunteer-centric design framework to enhance the motivation, wellbeing and engagement of digital volunteers

    PERENCANAAN SISTEM GERAK QUADCOPTER SEBAGAI ALAT PEMANTAU KAWASAN LINGKUNGAN BENCANA UNTUK FIELD TRIAGE KORBAN BENCANA

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    Seiring perkembangan teknologi yang semakin maju, robot merupakan teknologi yang dikembangkan untuk membantu manusia dalam melakukan pekerjaan tertentu, misalnya pekerjaan yang membutuhkan ketelitian tinggi, berisiko tinggi. Salah satu teknologi robot yang sedang dikembangkan oleh beberapa negara adalah robot terbang baik yang berbentuk pesawat maupun helikopter dengan berbagai jenis. Dalam Proses pengerjaan tugas akhir ini penulis menggunakan metode untuk pengumpulan data yaitu study literatur, metode observasi, metode wawancara dari hasil analisa dan pembahasan dalam penelitian ini maka dirancang robot terbang jenis helikopter dengan empat motor dan empat baling-baling yang disebut quadcopter. Quadcopter dirancang menggunakan ESC (Electronic Speed Controller) : Alat yang digunakan sebagai pengatur kecepatan drone. FC (Flight controller ) : Adalah pengontrol dari drone untuk bisa bergerak sesuai dengan perintah. Pengendalian robot menggunakan remote control (RC), serta dipasang kamera action untuk memantau kondisi lingkungan, sehingga diharapkan mampu memberikan solusi untuk mempercepat pencarian korban bencana alam dari Hasil analisa dan pembahassan proses perencanaan tugas akhir ini maka kontruksi quadcopter sebagai alat pemantau kawasan lingkungan bencana untuk field triage korban bencan

    Rassismusforschung I: Theoretische und interdisziplinƤre Perspektiven

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    Rassismus ist RealitƤt - auch in der pluralen Gesellschaft Deutschlands. Doch was braucht es, um Rassismus zu erfassen, zu erforschen und politische sowie zivilgesellschaftliche Antworten auf ihn zu finden? Die BeitrƤger*innen liefern einen interdisziplinƤren Ɯberblick zu grundlegenden Perspektiven, Theorien und ForschungsansƤtzen fĆ¼r eine zeitgemƤƟe Rassismusforschung. Die im Rahmen des Nationalen Diskriminierungs- und Rassismusmonitors (NaDiRa) entstandenen Analysen bieten unverzichtbare und einzigartige Erkenntnisse zu Ursachen, AusmaƟ und Folgen des Rassismus in Deutschland

    Object Tracking Based on Satellite Videos: A Literature Review

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    Video satellites have recently become an attractive method of Earth observation, providing consecutive images of the Earthā€™s surface for continuous monitoring of specific events. The development of on-board optical and communication systems has enabled the various applications of satellite image sequences. However, satellite video-based target tracking is a challenging research topic in remote sensing due to its relatively low spatial and temporal resolution. Thus, this survey systematically investigates current satellite video-based tracking approaches and benchmark datasets, focusing on five typical tracking applications: traffic target tracking, ship tracking, typhoon tracking, fire tracking, and ice motion tracking. The essential aspects of each tracking target are summarized, such as the tracking architecture, the fundamental characteristics, primary motivations, and contributions. Furthermore, popular visual tracking benchmarks and their respective properties are discussed. Finally, a revised multi-level dataset based on WPAFB videos is generated and quantitatively evaluated for future development in the satellite video-based tracking area. In addition, 54.3% of the tracklets with lower Difficulty Score (DS) are selected and renamed as the Easy group, while 27.2% and 18.5% of the tracklets are grouped into the Medium-DS group and the Hard-DS group, respectively

    Zbornik I. skupa hrvatske ranokrŔćanske arheologije (HRRANA)

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    Episkopalno srediÅ”te, tri slavne nekropole Salone i Eufrazijeva bazilika u Poreču su najpoznatiji ranokrŔćanski lokaliteti u Hrvatskoj. Oni, međutim, nisu i jedini ā€“ uz njih su pronađeni brojni drugi, ne manje važni, ranokrŔćanski objekti, crkve, nekropole i pokretni nalazi. O njihovom značaju govori i činjenica da je viÅ”e njih relevantno i u međunarodnom istraživanju određenih arheoloÅ”kih tema. K tomu, nakon gotovo stoljeća i pol arheoloÅ”kih iskopavanja, znanost uvijek iznova dolazi do novih otkrića. Takva poticajna situacija potaknula je znanstvenike sa Katedre za antičku provincijalnu i ranokrŔćansku arheologiju Odsjeka za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu na organizaciju prvog nacionalnog ranokrŔćanskog arheoloÅ”kog skupa. Slijedom toga je u Zagrebu od 15. do 17. ožujka 2018. održan prvi hrvatski skup ranokrŔćanske arheologije. Prvi cilj skupa, čiji akronim po početnim slovima naslova glasi HRRANA, je bio prezentiranje aktualnog stanja, i možebitno unaprjeđivanje, te važne znanstvene discipline. Objavom ovog zbornika radova nastoji se promovirati ne samo hrvatske ranokrŔćanske lokalitete, spomenike, arhitekturu, krajobraze, ikonografiju, epigrafiju i recentna arheoloÅ”ka istraživanja, nego i uputiti na različite istraživačke i metodoloÅ”ke probleme u istraživanju ranokrŔćanske arheologije u Hrvatskoj kroz rasprave, ispitivanja, znanstvena i praktična pitanja.Episkopalno srediÅ”te, tri slavne nekropole Salone i Eufrazijeva bazilika u Poreču su najpoznatiji ranokrŔćanski lokaliteti u Hrvatskoj. Oni, međutim, nisu i jedini ā€“ uz njih su pronađeni brojni drugi, ne manje važni, ranokrŔćanski objekti, crkve, nekropole i pokretni nalazi. O njihovom značaju govori i činjenica da je viÅ”e njih relevantno i u međunarodnom istraživanju određenih arheoloÅ”kih tema. K tomu, nakon gotovo stoljeća i pol arheoloÅ”kih iskopavanja, znanost uvijek iznova dolazi do novih otkrića. Takva poticajna situacija potaknula je znanstvenike sa Katedre za antičku provincijalnu i ranokrŔćansku arheologiju Odsjeka za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu na organizaciju prvog nacionalnog ranokrŔćanskog arheoloÅ”kog skupa. Slijedom toga je u Zagrebu od 15. do 17. ožujka 2018. održan prvi hrvatski skup ranokrŔćanske arheologije. Prvi cilj skupa, čiji akronim po početnim slovima naslova glasi HRRANA, je bio prezentiranje aktualnog stanja, i možebitno unaprjeđivanje, te važne znanstvene discipline. Objavom ovog zbornika radova nastoji se promovirati ne samo hrvatske ranokrŔćanske lokalitete, spomenike, arhitekturu, krajobraze, ikonografiju, epigrafiju i recentna arheoloÅ”ka istraživanja, nego i uputiti na različite istraživačke i metodoloÅ”ke probleme u istraživanju ranokrŔćanske arheologije u Hrvatskoj kroz rasprave, ispitivanja, znanstvena i praktična pitanja

    THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTSā€™ IMAGINATION AND THEIR WRITING SKILL IN NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE THIRD GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 WAY JEPARA LAMPUNG TIMUR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2021/2022

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    ABSTRACT THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTSā€™ IMAGINATION AND THEIR WRITING SKILL IN NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE THIRD GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 WAY JEPARA LAMPUNG TIMUR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2021/2022. By: Ayu Roza Maha Ragih This research is conducted based on the preliminary research that are many students difficult in writing narrative text. The students still confused in creating and developing stories in writing. The objective of the research was to know whether there was a correlation between studentsā€Ÿ imagination and their writing skill in narrative text at the first semester of the third grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Way Jepara in the academic year of 2021/2022. This was a correlation research. It was used to know the correlation between studentsā€Ÿ imagination and their writing skill in narrative text at the first semester of the third grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Way Jepara in the academic year of 2021/2022. The total sample in this research was 14 students. In collecting data, used 32 questionnaire for imagination and writing paragraph for narrative text test. After giving the test, the writer analyzed the data by using SPSS Statistic 17. After doing the hypothetical testing, the result demonstrated that there was positive correlation between studentsā€Ÿ imagination and their writing skill in narrative text. Based on the data analysis computed by using SPSS, it was obtained that Sig = 0.001 and Ī± = 0.05. It means that Ha is accepted because Sig Ė‚ Ī± = 0.05. Based on this research, it was suggested that to have a good in writing narrative text, students should have a good imagination when writing. Keywords: Correlation, imagination, writing narrative text
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