Search results for "fiction"

Exploring Trans People's Narratives of Transition: Negotiation of Gendered Bodies in Physical Activity and Sport

2021

This paper explores how trans people who make transitions negotiate their gendered bodies in different moments of this process, and how their narrative storylines are emplotted in physical activity and (non)organized sports (PAS) participation. A qualitative semi-structured interview-based study was developed to analyze the stories of eight trans people (three trans women, two trans men, and three nonbinary persons) who participated in PAS before and during their gender disclosure. A thematic analysis was conducted to identify the patterns in the transition process and the structural analysis of the stories from the interviews. Three transition moments (the closet, opening up, and reassurin…

Students' academic and emotional adjustment during the transition from primary to secondary school

2019

The current study examined several indicators of students' academic and emotional adjustment during the transition from primary (i.e., grade 6) to secondary school (i.e., grades 7 and 9). Specifically, the study investigated how students' engagement, achievement, and burnout, as well as student-teacher conflict, evolve together over time. A total of 356 adolescents (57.3% boys) filled out questionnaires about their burnout and their behavioral and cognitive engagement. Students' achievement was measured using standardized test scores. Conflict in the teacher-student relationship was assessed using teacher ratings. Cross-lagged models revealed bi-directional associations between behavioral a…

Transition towards a tourist innovation model: The smart tourism destination

2020

Implantation of the smart city model in intermediate tourist towns on their transition to becoming smart destinations involves an inescapable commitment to their habitat and improving the quality of civic life and the economy of cities through more sustainable and technologically advanced elements. Based on this work, the aim is to achieve an overview of the current smart cities paradigm from the standpoint of territorial interest groups, by analysing a tourist town on the Mediterranean coast (Gandia, Valencia) to diagnose its current status. The ultimate aim is to answer the question of whether these intermediate tourist cities are in a position to align themselves with the necessary requi…

The Image of Spain as Tourist Destination Built Through Fictional Cinema

2008

Fictional cinema is one of the cultural agents that shapes the international image of each country. It colonizes spectators’ imagery, and it can influence their choice of tourist destinations. Spanish cinema’s international diffusion has allowed the exhibition of movies that spread and renew the image of Spain in different ways. In this respect, we propose a three-fold typology of films focusing our attention on their content and the ways in which they build the image of Spain: Icon Films, Pastiche Films, and Tourist Poster Films. These films may stimulate the increase of a cultural tourism very different from the traditional one that inspired many to come to Spain mainly looking for sunny …

‘The World Will Make Sense’: Time’s Arrow di Martin Amis e l’inversione temporale come metafora della logica rovesciata dell’olocausto

2004

Canard-cycle transition at a fast–fast passage through a jump point

2014

Abstract We consider transitory canard cycles that consist of a generic breaking mechanism, i.e. a Hopf or a jump breaking mechanism, in combination with a fast–fast passage through a jump point. Such cycle separates two types of canard cycles with a different shape. We obtain upper bounds on the number of periodic orbits that can appear near the canard cycle, and this under very general conditions.

Approaches to Transition Support for First Year Students in Higher Education

2012

The growing numbers and diversity of the student population challenge the study and learning environments in higher education institutions. In this chapter, students’ transition from secondary to higher education was examined by analyzing practices of support offered to first year students in order to promote retention, smooth progress, and success in their studies. We classified the practices supporting students starting their university education on the basis of the main contents of the programs, using four categories: (1) introduction and orientation, (2) enhancing a sense of belonging, (3) developing academic skills, and (4) pedagogical arrangements. These approaches to support were ana…

Entry Assessment of Student Learning Preconditions in Higher Education: Implications for the Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education in Germa…

2020

The acquisition of domain-specific knowledge and interdisciplinary skills such as critical thinking is increasingly gaining significance as key learning outcomes in higher education that are crucial for all professionals and engaged citizens and that enable lifelong learning. Despite this socio-political consensus, up until the last decade there have only been a few evidence-based insights into the competencies of higher education students. Therefore, the Germany-wide research program Modelling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education (KoKoHs) was established in 2011 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. In the 85 projects, theoretical-conceptual competence models and cor…

School Engagement and Burnout Among Students: Preparing for Work Life

2015

This chapter conceptualizes the process of school burnout, dropout and school engagement in the context of the school demands-resources model, analogous to the job demands-resources model applied in the work and health research area. Dropout from school could be viewed as one of the consequences of the burnout process. Applying the same conceptual models to both sides of the school-to-work transition brings these two areas of life closer to each other and facilitates research on this major transition. This chapter also reviews the longitudinal research on school engagement, burnout and dropout from educational careers and describes the consequences of different experiences of young people i…

Imatges del món i miralls literaris. L'escriptura metaficcional en l'obra de Carme Riera

2021

L'article proposa una anàlisi, com a eix vertebrador de la literatura de Carme Riera, dels elements que, a l'interior de la diègesi, giren l'atenció cap a la mateixa condició literària del text i cap als mecanismes de construcció i de funcionament que li són propis; és a dir, d'aquells elements que posen de manifest el caràcter ficcional de l’obra i mitjançant els quals s'hi planteja un pacte metaficcional. L'autoconsciència i l'autoreferencialitat del text metaficcional trenquen amb la il·lusió mimètica pròpia del pacte realista per a plantejar una reflexió sobre l'artifici dels sistemes de captació del real per part de la literatura, deixant al descobert els límits i els codis que regeixe…