Search for dissertations about: "action research"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1057 swedish dissertations containing the words action research.
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1. Sustaining the Usefulness of eHealth Research Software Lessons Learned in Action Design Research
University dissertation from Uppsala : Department of Informatics and MediaAbstract : Research software is vital to advancement in the sciences, engineering, humanities, and all other fields. Scientific research is dependent on the quality of and accessibility to research software. READ MORE
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2. Bringing System Dynamics into Action Research
University dissertation from ; Chalmers tekniska högskola; GothenburgAbstract : System Dynamics simulation is a computer-aided approach to policy analysis and design, often carried out by external experts in simulation. System Dynamics is particularly useful in complicated and complex situations, such as healthcare. However, research has shown that few models in healthcare are implemented. READ MORE
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3. Enhancing intercultural communication in teaching chinese as a foreign language : An action research study
University dissertation from Hong Kong : The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityAbstract : Over the past few decades, the rapid development of information communication technology, internationalization and globalization worldwide have required a shift in the focus of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) towards competence in intercultural communication in which the role of culture in the acquisition of CFL and in the pragmatic use of the language is emphasized and promoted. However, most of the current research in this academic area remains only on a theoretical level. READ MORE
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4. Mind in Action: Action Representation and the Perception of Biological Motion
University dissertation from Hong Kong : The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityAbstract : The ability to understand and communicate about the actions of others is a fundamental aspect of our daily activity. How can we talk about what others are doing? What qualities do different actions have such that they cause us to see them as being different or similar? What is the connection between what we see and the development of concepts and words or expressions for the things that we see? To what extent can two different people see and talk about the same things? Is there a common basis for our perception, and is there then a common basis for the concepts we form and the way in which the concepts become lexicalized in language? The broad purpose of this thesis is to relate aspects of perception, categorization and language to action recognition and conceptualization. READ MORE
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5. AGORA Research - Designed Interventions in Interorganizational Settings
University dissertation from Hong Kong : The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityAbstract : The thesis is about a research approach in the intersection of action research, artificial science, and innovation systems. The thesis is based on two projects, one from intraorganizational context (EURobust) and the other from interorganizational settings (Open Arenas). READ MORE
