Leading together, learning together: music education and music therapy students' perceptions of a shared practicum

The health benefits of musical engagement extend across the lifespan, with research documenting developmental and quality of life outcomes in senior adulthood. Whilst the psychological functions of music include three broad domains: cognitive, emotional and social, the social factors of music consumption have been, for the most part, ignored. This project is predicated on the understanding that students "construct" their own knowledge through engagement with others. It also reflects the belief that it is possible to link the world of learning with a world of action through a reflective process with small cooperative learning groups.This article reports on a collaborative creativity leadership project implemented by music therapy and music education students. In particular, it explores the perceptions of the students as they employed a teaching/therapeutic intervention with ageing participants from a local private retirement village. The project involved lyric rewriting and singing performance. Drawing on the students' reflective journals and interview transcripts, four themes emerged relating to students' perceptions of the learning experience. These themes were: learning about facilitating, learning about self, learning about the musical process, and learning about the context/ageing. Each of these themes is explored before conclusions about the process of leading a creative collaboration are drawn. The implications of this analysis extend beyond the context of a retirement village, and into various educational and therapeutic contexts where creative collaboration is facilitated

Nurses' perceptions of aids and obstacles to the provision of optimal end of life care in ICU

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The opportunity for implementing Islamic project financing to the Indonesian infrastructure development

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the opportunity of Islamic project financing implementation for public infrastructure development in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach – This paper, firstly, reviewed existing literature on Islamic finance to explore the applicability of Islamic financing in infrastructure development. This is followed by reviewing Indonesia's government policies and regulations in infrastructure industry and Islamic financing. Findings – Government policies and regulations support the implementation of Islamic project financing in infrastructure. However, the current regulations do not cover Islamic project financing scheme and instruments for infrastructure project. Therefore, there is a need to improve those policies and regulations to bridge the gap of infrastructure business and Islamic financing. Research limitations/implications – The result reported comprises the preliminary study of Islamic project financing framework development for Indonesia infrastructure projects. Practical implication – Islamic financing in Indonesia infrastructure projects development has not been optimally implemented. Therefore this paper serves as a catalyst to explore alternative financial scheme such as Islamic financing for infrastructure development. Originality/value – This paper highlights possibilities and obstacles in applying Islamic scheme to infrastructure project financing. This provides a framework to analyse the steps to implement Islamic financing successfully in infrastructure development

A "Power and Influence" political archetype: the dynamics of public support

Systems archetypes are effective in communicating complex behaviour with relatively simple structures, across a wide range of topics. The “power dynamics” between different power holders are critically important in decision making when it comes to formulating and implementing policies. This topic was explored at a four‐day Australasian systems workshop run in New Zealand. A synthesis approach was combined with analytical procedures from system dynamics (SD). Building on Rahn's “Fear and Greed” political archetype, a conceptual “Power and Influence” political archetype was developed. This political archetype shows the impact of public support. It is used to analyse a crowdfunding story in New Zealand. A small SD concept model was subsequently constructed to test this story and evaluate alternative public support scenarios. A library of political archetypes and concept models would be an asset for the field of SD and provide a means of synthesising insights from case studies and social theory

Power and influence: developing a political archetype at an Australasian systems workshop

Systems archetypes are effective in communicating complex behaviour with relatively simple structures across a wide range of topics. The “power dynamics” between divergent points of view is critically important in decision-making when it comes to formulation and implementation of policies. This topic was explored at a four-day Australasian systems workshop run in New Zealand. A synthesis approach was combined with using rigorous analytical procedures from system dynamics. Building n Rahn’s “Fear and Greed” political archetype, a conceptual “Power and Influence” political archetype was developed, structurally similar to Wolstenholme’s “underachievement” archetype based on Senge’s systems archetypes. This political archetype was used to analyse a crowdfunding story in New Zealand. Insights include how the “Power and Influence” political archetype can be used to help understand switching behaviour related to power dynamics over time

Let's travel: voices from the millennial female Muslim travellers

The main aim of this study was to examine the content of the travel blogs of millennial female Muslim travellers and understand the meanings and directives in such writing. The theoretical framework of critical media discourse analysis was used to frame the study, while Leximancer and content analysis were used to analyse data. Key results extended beyond specifying the need for halal food and included supporting female travel, and specifying quite specific Muslim-friendly requirements. Further, the desire to reduce negative stereotypes of Islam was identified and advocacy that Muslim women seize travel opportunities was highlighted