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A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
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The lived experience of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteers: a serious leisure perspective [PDF]
Leisure Studies, 2014 Along with other sporting mega-events, the Olympic Games, in all its versions, makes extensive use of volunteers. The 70,000 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic volunteers, for example, played a vital role in the delivery of the event. Stebbins’ theoretical perspective of serious leisure includes consideration of volunteering and there are calls for its
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Relevance of positive psychology in the veterinary profession: A narrative review
Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Veterinary professionals encounter myriad stressors that challenge their wellbeing and mental health. Positive psychology provides an evidence‐based approach to improving mental health by emphasising individual strengths, effective coping mechanisms, and the promotion of overall wellbeing.
Aiman Khattak +5 more
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Journal of Research in Education Sciences本研究以資源保存理論為基礎，旨在探討心理資本對中高齡者活躍老化之影響機制，並進一步驗證幸福感的中介效果，以及社會支持的調節式中介效果。研究以新北地區參與「動健康肌耐力」課程的中高齡者為對象，透過問卷調查法進行資料蒐集，共回收有效樣本212份，其中，年齡以45至55歲者占比最高（58.5%）。資料分析方法包含階層迴歸分析與調節式中介模型檢驗。研究結果顯示：一、心理資本對幸福感具顯著正向影響；二、幸福感對活躍老化具顯著正向影響；三、心理資本可透過幸福感的中介作用，間接促進中高齡者的活躍老化；四 ...
蕭岳誌 Yueh-Chih Hsiao +1 more
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Turning to art as a positive way of living with cancer: A qualitative study of personal motives and contextual influences [PDF]
, 2007 Why do some women turn to creative art-making after a diagnosis of cancer? Eleven women provided qualitative accounts that were analyzed following guidelines for interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
Brandtstädter J +8 more
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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Retirement villages: An alternative form of housing on an ageing landscape [PDF]
, 2006 Retirement villages are a relatively new form of housing to appear on the ageing landscape. The demand for this style of living by a small, but increasing, proportion of the older population suggests these places provide a viable alternative lifestyle to
Grant, Bevan C.
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What's the big idea? A critical exploration of the concept of social capital and its incorporation into leisure policy discourse [PDF]
, 2005 Starting from the overwhelming welcome that Putnam's (2000) treatise on social capital has received in government circles, we consider its relative merits for examining and understanding the role for leisure in policy strategies. To perform this critique
Blackshaw, T, Long, J
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‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
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Labour Market Flexibility in Estonia: What More Can Be Done? [PDF]
, 2009 In mid-2008, high employment and low unemployment rates characterised the Estonian labour market in comparison with the average of the EU15 countries. While aggregate outcomes improved during 2000 07, large inequalities persisted across regions, ethnic ...
Brixiova, Zuzana
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