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Textbook Tasks for Social Change: Instantiation of Development Debates and Interposition of Pedagogical Interventions in Media Literacy Education

and a political climate that is highly polarized due to intense social and economic contradictions. Both of these global and national events (i.e., unsettling pandemic and dysfunctional elections) along ... chapters dealing with textual, visual, audio, motion, and multimedia information, for instance, will forego the opportunity of making critico-political sense of the technological and technical dimensions of

People and Process: Successful Change Management Initiatives

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said πάντα ῥεῖ (Panta rhei, for everything flows, in contemporary English), and people have expanded upon this philosophy to mean the only constant in life is ... facilitate innovation to improve other performance determinants (Sue-Chan et al., 2011) . This is important as a means to an end when the environment is unstable during technology changes, political and

Civilian Oversight of Police Through the Lens of Polarities of Democracy

if the police chief, officers (0.11%), political leaders (0.40%), and community stakeholders (0.37%) mutually understood the rationale and creation of a civilian oversight agency in their jurisdiction ... community understands the importance of civilian police oversight because we have been under a Consent Decree for the last 10 years. They do understand we don’t have the political influence that wants it to

Mass Transit Policy: Responding to COVID-19

outcome of public health, technological, economic, and political considerations. This paper provides an initial attempt to identify and discuss these four considerations as most relevant to the development ... transit needs, including public health, technological, economic, and political considerations. This paper’s goal is to provide an initial attempt to identify and discuss these four considerations as being

Road Maintenance Challenges: The Greatest Obstacle to Sustainable Development in South Sudan

projects in the hands of a few individuals with political interests because, when they become too politically controlled, they fail to perform the function. The country will fail to get value for money ... participate in road maintenance, thereby eliminating the monopoly of projects by a few individuals with political interests. The lack of independent legal instruments to support road maintenance measures poses

Artful Reading, Spontaneous Design: Integrating Philosophy, English, and Art in a Creativity Cluster

philosophy of art in a Creativity Cluster offers an excellent opportunity for great teaching and learning experiences. Yet, how can faculty address the multiple challenges faced by inexperienced student ... Albrecht 0 1 0 LaGuardia Community College/City University of New York , USA 1 Vera Albrecht is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at LaGuardia Community College , City University of New York , CUNY , USA

Pathologists’ first opinions on barriers and facilitators of computational pathology adoption in oncological pathology: an international study

sending feedback on CPath clinical performance to the supplier. Social, political and legal factors – Healthcare regulation Considering legal factors, the uncertainty about the liability position of ... change; and Social, political and legal factors. We did not use the Patient factors domain since pathologists are not in direct contact with patients. Toward the end of the interviews, participants had the

Political Engagement in Higher Education Curricula

Political Engagement in Higher Education Curricula Submitted to the Teaching category of JOSC Abstract As more demands are made for universities and colleges to commit to public service, curricula in ... in higher education may need to include the development of knowledge of and skills for political engagement. In an interview study, students, faculty members, and alumni at Walden University reflected

Social Change and The Greek Welfare State Crisis (2010-2020)

Journal of Social Change Social Change and the Greek Welfare State Crisis (2010-2020) Nikos Kourachanis 0 Recommended Citation 0 Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences , Athens ... economic situation. This gave the financial markets an opportunity to attack the Greek state. Consequently, the European Union’s (EU’s) dominant political forces used debt as a tool of control (Fouskas

Joining “Us”; Creating and Maintaining a Discipline-based Learning Community

The article describes the development of a disciplinary living/learning community in political science; the authors, two faculty members, started the community in the fall of 2012. The faculty ... Introduction In the Fall of 2012, the faculty in the Political Science program at Florida Southern College launched the ?Politics and Law? Living Learning/Community (LLC). This LLC, featuring paired courses and

Conceptual Framework for a Curriculum in Social Change

domain (scholarship, systemic thinking, and reflection), four in the skills domain (application, advocacy, collaboration, and political engagement), and three in the affective domain (ethics, commitment ... full time in various political action campaigns in New York, New York, when he had the opportunity to enroll in university courses. In an unpublished article he wrote at the time, ?Macro: Social Change

Book Review: Social Changes in a Global World by Ulrike Schuerkens

. The author examines how social transformations and changes are connected to issues of power and political influence; how transformations and changes have been influenced by concepts of modernity ... , they will find plenty of material for reflection. The author looks at how social transformations and changes are connected to issues of power and political influence; how transformations and changes have

Climate-Induced Relocation and Social Change in Keta, Ghana

for the merger of philosophy and social science to best explore what is wrong with current social reality, identify the actors to change it, and provide both clear norms for criticism and achievable ... -saving process. Nicholson (2014) argued that climate change is a growing concern and a prominent political and economic issue that has forced policymakers to focus on developing both mitigative and

Epidemiology and Criminology: Managing Youth Firearm Homicide Violence in Urban

on political reasons and not grounded in specific legal barriers. It was suggested that in addition to cultural barriers between the disciplines, there is a dearth of trained researchers with the skill ... addressed in order for there to be a flow of information or free flow of information and where the people that need help can get the help they need.” LE-005: “Well I think a lot of it from a political

Determining Pathways and Connections Between Access to Water and High School Noncompletion Rates for Communities Along the U.S.–Mexico Border

of the colonias. Further analysis of the pathway led to a model that describes these conditions in terms of built, cultural, human, and political capitals using the capital community framework (Emery ... that emerged from the discussion into four categories: built capital, human capital, political capital, and cultural capital to define the capital investments affected by access to water. These capitals

Action Research: A Culturally Specific Case Study on Organizational Capacity-Building to Battle Addiction in the Oneida Native-American Community

the seven-generation philosophy in decision making. Historical decision making for the Oneida included a clan system, an ancient practice that provides an opportunity for consensus. Verbal Chronicles ... . Weaknesses. Code of conduct, staff expectations, marketing, and services. Opportunities. Community, funding sources, sharing information and beliefs. Threats. Internal, external, and political. Semi

Exploring Diversity Management in Transnational Corporations Through the Lens of Migration and Expatriation

countries and neglected the reverse movement. It has also paid more attention to the socioeconomic backgrounds of the movers; the political, economic, and social conditions in their home countries; their ... elements of migration represents the assimilationist and modernist political construct of the nation-state and citizenship. This model of migration has been challenged as the lives of immigrants in the

The Rising of Systemic Racism and Redlining in the United States of America

a well-institutionalized pattern of discrimination that cuts across major political, economic, and social organizations in society.” Affordable housing became the catalyst for public policy to ... and Detroit, MI.” The problem of systemic racism and redlining has been exacerbated by today’s political environment. The 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump and his administration has

Assessment of the Prevalence of Multidimensional Poverty in Nigeria: Evidence From Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos State

) . Social exclusion is multidimensional and incorporates a range of issues, such as poor public relationships, lack of access to employment, and the absence of a political voice (Khan et al., 2015) . Social ... political participation. Akinyetun further reiterates that the level of widespread unemployment, limited opportunities, and barriers to education remain a bane to social inclusion in Nigeria. Uzochukwu et al

Juggling and the Art of the Integrative Assignment

article. The original integrative assignment for their Philosophy of Religion and Introduction to Film learning community, Sacred Space/Sacred Time/Silver Screen, is included, along with the newly tweaked