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Secondary School Choral Curriculum Based on the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance Project
This thesis is a two-part paper dealing with the concept of comprehensive musicianship for an elective high school choral course in a small Christian school. Part I surveys relevant literature, considers the background of comprehensive musicianship and research related to it, and defines the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship Project (WCMP). Part II applies the Wisconsin Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance model by outlining a curriculum for a choral music course in a small Christian secondary school
Towards transition management of European water resources
Global change fundamentally changes the nature of water-related problems. We will
illustrate this by showing how perceptions of the water-problems in the Netherlands
have shifted in the past four decades. The nature of water-related problems changed
from a technical problemâ to a so-called âpersistentâ problem, characterized by
plurality, uncertainty and complexity. Although integrated water resource
management (IWRM) has been advocated to cope with this type of problem, the
complexity of the transition process towards such a water management regime is
often underestimated. Therefore, transition management is needed in the water
sector. Transition management theory is presented and applied to the Dutch case.
Transition management strategies are suggested that would reinforce this transition.
Comparison between the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and
transition management indicates that the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) in
its current form is not sufficiently stimulating an innovation climate
âThat Which They Canât See:â A Retrieval of Jonathan Edwardsâ Homiletical Use of Imagination
The transition in Dutch water management
Over the past decades the Dutch people have been confronted with severe waterrelated
problems, which are the result of an unsustainable water system, arising from
human interventions in the physical infrastructure of the water system and the water
management style. The claims of housing, industry, infrastructure and agriculture
have resulted in increasing pressure on the water system. The continuous subsidence
of soil and climate change has put pressure on the land. Hence, the nature and
magnitude of water-related problems have changed. Longitudinal research of
relevant national policy documents reveals that the water management regime has
changed its water management style over the past thirty years from a technocratic
scientific style towards an integral and participatory style. We have investigated if the
historical development in Dutch Water management can be characterized as a
transition. Based on longitudinal research through an integrated systems analysis,
document research and expert interviews, we have reconstructed the historical
narrative by using the transition concepts of multi-level and multi-phase. This
research indicates that the shift in Dutch Water management can be characterized as
a transition. This transition is currently in the take-off stage and near the acceleration
stage. This is a crucial stage as long as the considerable differences between the
strategic macro-vision and the practical implementation at the micro-level remains.
As long as these levels are not compatible (modulation), the transition will not be
completed successfully. Transition management as multi-level governance model
should therefore be adopted to facilitate the modulation
Deliverable 3.1. Field trial framework for the use of knowledge concerning climate adaptation measures and their implementation
This field trial framework aims to ensure that the various field trials at the EVOKED case study sites are carried out, as much as possible, in a consistent manner such that they may be cross compared, and lessons may be drawn. We do so by describing a framework using the key aspects of EVOKED:
⢠Climate services: the service of providing climate information in such a way that it supports decision-making, as well as benefiting society. Examples of such services are projections, trends, economic analysis
⢠Living Lab approach: an action-oriented research approach with committed stakeholders who actively participate in a real-life test and experimentation environment (i.e. laboratory) to test hypothesis, in this case hypotheses concerning climate services as well as coming up with solutions for complex problems such as climate adaptation or risk and uncertainty assessments.
⢠Information: the creation of information from climate data so that it becomes meaningful, useful for stakeholders and end-users in making decisions.
A series of hypotheses are formulated for each of these key aspects to translate the theoretical concepts into a field trial framework. Thus the goal of the field trials is to find ways in which climate information meets the needs of the end-EU, Horizon Europe European Research Area for Climate Services JPI Climate The Research Council of Norway Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany) NWO FORMA
Transitiemanagement en duurzame ontwikkeling: co-evolutionaire sturing in het licht van complexiteit
This article presents a promising governance framework for 'persistent societal problems', based on the concept of transition management. This framework is based on the common notions from complexity theory and new forms of governance, that are folded into a new management paradigm. This management paradigm starts from complexity and uncertainty as drivers of societal innovation, not as obstacles that have to be fully controlled. Essential feature of transition management is the explicit coupling of content and process. The analysis (based on the presented analytical concepts) determines the transition management process: the management possibilities and instruments that are employed with regard to the presented management framework. The framework entails goals, activities, instruments and competences for the strategic, tactical and operational level. Which activities and actors are being involved depends on the phase of the transition
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