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Synergy of Systems Theory and Symbolic Interactionism: A Passageway for Non-Indigenous Researchers That Facilitates Better Understanding Indigenous Worldviews and Knowledges
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Ali, Tahir; Buergelt, Petra T.; Maypilama, Elaine Lawurrpa; Paton, Douglas; Smith, James A.; Jehan, Noor – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
Historically, non-Indigenous researchers have contributed to colonisation by research based on Western positivistic philosophical frameworks. This approach led to disembodying knowledge from Indigenous people's histories, worldviews, and cultural and social practices, thus perpetuating a deficit-based discourse which situates the responsibility of…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Indigenous Knowledge, Researchers, Foreign Countries
Organizing Educational Institutions Networking Cooperation through Distance Learning Technologies within Regional Education System
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Boronenko, Tatyana; Kaisina, Anna; Fedotova, Vera – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The article considers topical issues of a new form of interaction of educational organizations within a regional education system--networking cooperation by means of distance learning technologies. The purpose of the research is to develop a networking cooperation model of educational organizations through distance learning technologies and its…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interaction, Social Networks, Educational Cooperation
Unfolding the Knowledge and Power Dynamics of the "Farmers-Rural Extensionists" Interface in North-Eastern Argentina
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Landini, Fernando – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2016
Purpose: In this paper, the knowledge dynamics of the farmer-rural extensionist' interface were explored from extensionists' perspective with the aim of understanding the matchmaking processes between supply and demand of extension services at the micro-level. Design/methodology/approach: Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Extension, Semi Structured Interviews, Extension Agents
Systems Intelligence Inventory
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Törmänen, Juha; Hämäläinen, Raimo P.; Saarinen, Esa – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: Systems intelligence (SI) (Saarinen and Hämäläinen, 2004) is a construct defined as a person's ability to act intelligently within complex systems involving interaction and feedback. SI relates to our ability to act in systems and reason about systems to adaptively carry out productive actions within and with respect to systems such as…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires, Sample Size
The Individual and Environment.
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Elkin, Bruce – Journal of Experiential Education, 1982
Urges an adventure filled, experientially based systems approach to environmental education. Says cannot afford linear, piecemeal approaches to either the processes of life or the processes of living, that the challenge is to see the whole system and to learn to act in ways that maintain that wholeness. (Author)
Descriptors: Activism, Adventure Education, Behavior Change, Competence
ACE VET Linkages: Provider, Student and Industry Views.
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Saunders, John – 2001
In recent years, Australia's system of adult and community education (ACE) has broadened to include vocational learning as well as the hobby, enrichment, and personal development traditionally provided by ACE in the past. A study examined the views of ACE providers, ACE students, and industry organizations regarding ACE vocational education and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students