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Eritrean teachers' perceptions of learner-centred interactive pedagogy

2021

In most sub-Saharan African countries, mainstreaming learner-centred interactive pedagogy (LCIP) is defined as a policy priority. Similarly, Eritrea has adopted the same policy to seek a solution to its educational challenges. Rather than rote mastery of course content, the LCIP approach prioritises learners in constructing knowledge through interaction, active participation and controlling the learning process. This paper explores secondary school teachers' perceptions of LCIP and their challenges in implementing this pedagogical approach. Constructivism and sociocultural learning theory are considered conceptual frameworks to highlight LCIP as an approach for teaching and learning. Qualit…

Process (engineering)toisen asteen koulutusQualitative propertyasenteetMainstreamingEritreaEducationConstructivism (philosophy of education)PedagogyComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONLearning theorylearner-centred interactive pedagogykäsitykset0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSociologySociocultural evolutionsecondary school teachers05 social sciences050301 educationInductive reasoningopettajatteachers' perceptionspedagogiikkaConceptual frameworkinteraktiivisuusopetusmenetelmät0503 education050104 developmental & child psychology

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Exploring the Relationship between Disease Awareness and Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2020

Background: Disease awareness is a challenge in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: The aim of this analysis was to explore the association between COPD optimal and suboptimal awareness, clinical parameters, and the following patient-reported outcomes: modified Medical Research Council (mMRC), Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (TSQM-9), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), Morisky Medication-Taking Adherence Scale (MMAS-4), and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ). Methods: This post hoc analysis of the SAT study included all enrolled …

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMaleHealth Knowledge Attitudes Practicemedicine.medical_specialtyChronic ObstructiveHealth BehaviorClinical InvestigationsPulmonary diseaseSocio-culturaleDiseaseSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioSeverity of Illness Indexchronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseTreatment satisfactionIllness perceptionsPulmonary DiseasePulmonary Disease Chronic ObstructiveDiagnostic Self EvaluationInternal medicineSurveys and QuestionnairesPost-hoc analysismedicineSettore MED/10HumansAdherence awareness chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient-reported outcomesIn patientawarenessPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresAgedCOPDPracticebusiness.industryHealth KnowledgeSelf-Managementmedicine.diseaseSymptom Flare UpAdherence; Awareness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Patient-reported outcomes; Aged; Female; Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice; Humans; Italy; Male; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Patient Satisfaction; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; Symptom Flare Up; Diagnostic Self Evaluation; Health Behavior; Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive; Self-Management; Treatment Adherence and ComplianceTreatment Adherence and ComplianceItalyPatient SatisfactionAdherencepatient-reported outcomesAttitudesCopd assessment testFemalebusiness

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Percepción social de la importancia, el impacto y los beneficios esperados de la celebración de los Juegos Mediterráneos de Tarragona en 2017

2021

The purpose of this study was to analyse the evolution between 2009 and 2010 of residents of Tarragona's perceptions of the importance, impact and expected benefits of hosting the 2017 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona. A questionnaire was administered to two random samples of residents of Tarragona one year apart. The results showed high percentages of people who felt that this sporting event is either quite important or very important from an economic, social and sporting perspective and that it also has a high local and regional impact, albeit not so much at a national or international level. The residents felt that hosting the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona would be quite a benefit to …

Residents' perceptionslcsh:BF1-990Mediterranean gamesJuegos MediterráneosJocs MediterranisEsdeveniment esportiuJogos Mediterrâneoslcsh:PsychologyEvento desportivoSporting eventsPercepció dels residentsSocial impactPercepción de los residentesImpacto socialPercepção dos residentesImpacte socialEvento deportivo

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Determining your own grade – Student perceptions on self-assessment in a large mathematics course

2018

International audience; In our poster, we report on students' perceptions on self-assessment in large undergraduate course context taught with the DISA model (Digital Self-Assessment) in which the final exam is replaced by self-assessment. The students found that practising self-assessment skills was valuable and encouraged them to study for themselves. At the same time, self-assessment was considered unfamiliar and therefore difficult. We argue that the DISA model encouraged students to take more responsibility on their own learning.

Self assessmentAssessment practices in university mathematics educationStudent perceptions[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[MATH.MATH-HO]Mathematics [math]/History and Overview [math.HO][SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/Education[MATH.MATH-HO] Mathematics [math]/History and Overview [math.HO]ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONOwnership of learningNovel approaches to teaching

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Academic Achievement and Delay: A Study with Italian Post-Graduate Students in Psychology

2021

Self-efficacyDelayMotivationMedical educationCourse perceptionsApproach to studyAcademic achievementAchievementEducationSettore M-PSI/06 - Psicologia del Lavoro e delle OrganizzazioniPrior school backgroundAchievement; delay; approach to study; prior school background; motivation; self-efficacy; course perceptions;Achievement; Approach to study; Course perceptions; Delay; Motivation; Prior school background; Self-efficacy;Post graduateSelf-efficacyPsychologyInternational Journal of Instruction

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The influence of illness severity on health satisfaction in patients with cardiovascular disease: The mediating role of illness perception and self-e…

2015

The importance of psychological factors in improving conditions of cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients is stressed by the guidelines for their prevention and rehabilitation, but little is known about the impact of illness severity on patients well-being, and on the psychosocial variables that may mediate this association. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of illness perception and self-efficacy beliefs on the relationship between illness severity and health satisfaction in 75 CVD patients undergoing rehabilitation (80% men; mean age = 65.44) at the St. Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. Illness severity was measured in terms of left ventricular ejec…

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Relationship of Illness Severity with Health and Life Satisfaction in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy Belie…

2012

Guidelines for cardiovascular rehabilitation from different countries underline the importance of psychological factors in the achievement of improved clinical conditions and quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Nevertheless, little research has been performed to identify the specific factors that greatly affect or foster patients' quality of life. The aim of the current study was to investigate the contribution of illness perceptions (IP) and self-efficacy beliefs (SE) on the impact exerted by illness severity on health and life satisfaction in patients with CVD undergoing a rehabilitation program. The study had a cross-sectional design and involved 116 patients (…

Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleHealth satisfactionSelf-efficacyRehabilitationmedicine.medical_treatmentLife satisfaction Health satisfaction Cardiovascular disease severity Self-efficacy beliefs Illness perceptionsPsychological interventionLife satisfactionSelf-efficacy beliefsDiseaseLife satisfaction; Health satisfaction; Cardiovascular disease severity; Self-efficacy beliefs; Illness perceptionsAffect (psychology)Quality of life (healthcare)medicineCardiovascular disease severityLife satisfactionPositive psychologyIllness perceptionsPsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Clinical psychologyJournal of Happiness Studies

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Scritti in onore di Pellegrino Capaldo

2014

La qualità dei servizi è stata riconosciuta come un rilevante aspetto caratterizzante la performance dell’azienda pubblica, analogamente alla capacità di operare secondo criteri di efficienza e nel rispetto dei vincoli di bilancio. Sebbene sia possibile riscontrare alcuni significativi casi di adozione di politiche di customer satisfaction nelle amministrazioni pubbliche italiane, a tutt’oggi il tema presenta significative criticità, specialmente in ordine agli aspetti metodologici e agli strumenti operativi che consentano di integrare dette politiche nel sistema di programmazione e controllo delle aziende che erogano tali servizi. Il presente lavoro adotta una diversa prospettiva di analis…

Settore SECS-P/07 - Economia AziendaleQuality in delivering public services has been recognised as a major issue challenging performance in the public sector as well as the ability to operate effectively and within budget constraints. Empirical findings shown by the literature demonstrate that concrete efforts have been produced towards the evaluation and improvement of satisfaction levels of citizens and other Public Administration’s ‘customers’. However still today this issue portrays many unresolved criticalities particularly concerning the methodological approaches and operative tools to adopt in order to integrate ‘customer satisfaction’ programs with the wider organisational control system in each public administration. This paper adopts a non-conventional view of the ‘customer satisfaction’ concept. This is currently meant as a matter of social reporting or even statistical analysis based on the users’ perceptions on the level of provided services by a given (front office) unit in the public sector. Here an inter-institutional perspective is adopted with a view to map the overall value chain leading to the final product delivered to citizens or the community. Inside this chain tracking the underlying administrative products delivered by back-office units to their ‘internal clients’ in the public administration is recommended as a fundamental step to understand how to improve performance in satisfying citizens’ needs. This should also require a proper link between the administrative units’ goals and performance measures to the desired efficiency and effectiveness of processes leading to the attainment of administrative products providing the basis of the final services delivered to the private sector. Based on first empirical findings from field analysis in the Italian context the paper aims to outline an approach which could assist both politicians and managers to better assess and improve performance according to a customer satisfaction perspective.

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Understanding the Experiences of Heavy Smokers after Exercise

2015

There is now strong evidence that exercise has an acute effect on the urge to smoke and the accompanying withdrawal symptoms. However, the perceptions by heavy smokers of exercise and its relationship to the urge to smoke have not been well documented. The aim of the present study is to understand the experiences of heavy smokers with regard to exercise and its effect on their urge to smoke. Five physically inactive, heavy smokers are asked to abstain from smoking the night before exercising on a cycle ergometer under two conditions (one at medium and one at vigorous intensity done a week apart). Semi-structured, in-depth interviews are conducted after the second exercise session. Thematic …

Smokemedicine.medical_specialtyPhysical activityurge to Smokemedia_common.quotation_subjectPhysical activityC600 Sports ScienceAcute effectCognitionQuit smokingperceptionsFeelingtupakointiPhysical therapymedicinevoimakkuusCycle ergometerThematic analysisPsychologymedia_commonHealth

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Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries

2021

While the role of social media in the spread of conspiracy theories has received much attention, a key deficit in previous research is the lack of distinction between different types of platforms. This study places the role of social media affordances in facilitating the spread of conspiracy beliefs at the center of its enquiry. We examine the relationship between platform use and conspiracy theory beliefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on the concept of technological affordances, we theorize that variation across key features make some platforms more fertile places for conspiracy beliefs than others. Using data from a crossnational dataset based on a two-wave online survey cond…

Sociology and Political ScienceCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)teorías conspirativasConspiracy theorysocial mediaaffordancesPandemia de COVID-19 2020-oferimentsCOVID-19 Pandemic 2020-10240 Department of Communication and Media Researchconspiracy theories3312 Sociology and Political SciencePandèmia de COVID-19 2020-Social mediateories conspirativesSociologypercepción erróneaAffordance070 News media journalism & publishingCOVIDCommunicationCOVID-19misperceptionsofrecimientosEpistemologyddc:19Mass communicationsKey (cryptography)percepció erròniaAffordances3315 Communication

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