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Bottom-up Approach: the Effects of Performing Arts Fostering Program, Chang-jak-san-shil (상향식접근(bottom-up approach)이론을 이용한 창작산실육성지원사업의 효과연구)

  • Kim, InSul;Shin, Hyesun;Lee, Heungjae
    • Review of Culture and Economy
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.97-120
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to identify how performing artists in Korea, who are the target beneficiaries of the Arts Council Korea's Performing Arts Fostering Program, Chang-jak-san-shil(CJSS), would perceive and assess the current state of CJSS and its effects. To do so, this paper has adopted a bottom-up approach as a theoretical lens for policy evaluative analysis. This research engages with qualitative research design by conducting a series of in-depth interviews and FGIs with 28 participants in total. The interview participants consist of CJSS grantees(n=21) and peer-review panels(n=7) based on the intension to enhance objectivity and reliability of the study. Results of the data analysis suggest that the grant program still carries pressing needs to achieve a success as follows: providing post-program support, enhancing transparency of the panel appointment process and the peer review process, reflecting different nature of each arts discipline, and having more open communications with arts professionals. Based on these findings, this paper will provide and discuss about policy implications which can contribute to the performing arts domain at large.

Fertility Evaluation of Tobacco Field by Quantitative and Qualitative Characteristics of Soils (토양의 정량적 및 정성적 특성을 이용한 연초 경작지의 비옥도 평가)

  • 홍순달;김기인;이윤환;정훈채;김용연
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2000
  • Evaluation method of soil fertility by combination of soil color characteristics and survey data from soil map as well as chemical properties was investigated on total 35 field and pot experiments. Total 35 tobacco fields including 11 fields located at Cheonweon county in Chungnam Province, 9 fields located at Goesan county in Chungbuk Province, and 15 fields located at Youngcheon county in Kyongbuk Province were selected in 1984 to cover the wide range of distribution in landscape and soil attributes. Yields of tobacco grown on the plots of both the pot and field experiment which were not applied with any fertilizer were considered as basic fertility of the soil (BFS). The BFS was estimated by 32 independent variables including 15 chemical properties, 3 color characteristics, and 14 soil survey data from soil map. Twenty-four independent variables containing 16 quantitative variables selected from 24 quantitative variables by collinearity diagnostics and 8 qualitative variables, were classified and analyzed by multiple linear regression (MLR) of REG and GLM models of SAS. Tobacco yield of field experiment showed high variations by eight times in difference between minimum and maximum yield indicating the diverse soil fertility among the experimental fields. Evaluation for the BFS by the MLR including quantitative variables was still more confidential than that by a single index and that showed more improvement of coefficient of determination ($R^2$) in pot experiment than in field experiment. Evaluation for the BFS by MLR in field experiment was still improved by adding qualitative variables as well as quantitative variables. The variability in the BFS of field experiment was explained 43.2% by quantitative variables and 67.95% by adding both the quantitative and qualitative variables compared with 21.7% by simple regression with NO$_3$-N content in soil. The regression evaluation for the best evaluation of the BFS of field experiment by MLR included NO$_3$-N content, L value, and a value of soil color as quantitative variables and available soil depth and topography as qualitative variables. Consequently, it is assumed that this approach by the MLR including both the quantitative and qualitative variables was available as an evaluation model of soil fertility for tobacco field.

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UX Design Evaluation and its Approach to Mobile Applications for Smart Appliances (스마트 애플리케이션 UX 디자인 평가 접근 방법)

  • You, Si Cheon;Choi, Jinyoung;Sim, Mihee
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.70-79
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    • 2019
  • Implementing UX design that meets user expectations has become an important variable that determines the prominence of smart home appliances. This study addresses the UX design evaluation issues in mobile application development of smart home appliances. As an experimental research subject, the UX design evaluation contents were set up for the mobile application of , the demand of which is surging recently. The purpose of the research is to explore the significance of the UX design user evaluation method in smart home applications, and to suggest how to achieve the mixing of quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods. The main findings are as follows. First, we found that user evaluation can positively impact the direction of UX design. Secondly, we found that the mixing of 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' methods works complementarily to UX design evaluation. Research implications are as follows. The UX design evaluation process can be performed efficiently as long as we distinguish between the roles of quantitative evaluation and qualitative evaluation. For example, through qualitative evaluation such as 'Honeycomb model', can be identified in terms of 'exploratory', and through qualitative evaluation such as 'in-depth user interview', can be identified in terms of 'assessment' and 'validation'.

Exploring Teachers' Perceived Beliefs regarding Teaching Practice based on Lesson Study Context

  • Changsri, Narumon;Inprasitha, Maitree;Pattanajak, Auijit
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 2012
  • This study aimed to explore teachers' perceived beliefs regarding teaching practice in the context of three-year Professional Development Project (ProDev) implementing lesson study incorporating Open Approach. The data were collected through questionnaire distributing to the teachers in three schools. Qualitative data were collected through participatory observation on teaching practice and interviewing members of lesson study team. The findings revealed that teacher's perceived beliefs regarding teaching practice could be categorized into three categories according to 3 phases of lesson study as the followings: 1) Perceived beliefs related to collaboratively designing research lessons 2) Perceived beliefs related to collaboratively observing their friend teaching the research lesson 3) Perceived beliefs related to collaboratively doing post-discussion or reflection on the activities of the two phases.

A Study of Los Angeles Public School Design in Identifying Community Improvement

  • Reeder, Eric D.;Park, Suh-Jun;Kim, Youngsuk
    • Architectural research
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.171-178
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    • 2016
  • Architectural utility in Richard Neutra's early twentieth century modern school design was paramount in progressively shaping salience of academic institutions, in part to move beyond neoclassical traditions in style based design. The intention being to address school and community through modern architectural solutions. Expanding on Neutra's practice, the planning and design of new public schools in Los Angeles, are advocating the integration of institutional and public spaces. This research will document through qualitative analysis of institutional design within transitioning neighborhoods, a utilitarian approach that has become foundational for positive urban change. The focus of this research will reflect upon contemporary schools designed by DalyGenik Architecture, Coop Himmelblau and Michael Maltzen Architecture. Comparing with Neutra's early modernist approach, the selected case studies will address material and spatial applications having redefined functional relationships of interior space, architectural envelope and an interconnected public realm. A dynamic peripheral condition in new school design has emerged with the elimination of decorative adornment, clarifying utilitarian intentions of institutional service to and the rejuvenation of public realms and community spaces.

Rehabilitation for Homeless Adolescent Substance Abusers at a Halfway House in Korea

  • Hyun, Myungsun;Seo, Mia
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.33 no.8
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    • pp.1161-1170
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    • 2003
  • Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a rehabilitation program on hope and self-efficacy in a sample of homeless adolescent substance abusers at a halfway house in Seoul, Korea. Methods. Five residents of a halfway house were provided with a 16-week rehabilitation program based on a cognitive-behavioral approach. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, this study used a single-case experimental design with the variables - hope and self-efficacy - being measured at pre-, post-, and follow-up tests. Results. While three participants showed considerable positive changes in hope and self-efficacy after the program, two participants did not show any positive changes. Despite this lack of consistent patterns in the effectiveness of the rehabilitation program, there was a qualitative change in social status (such as academic and work status) for the participants at the follow-up test. Conclusion. A rehabilitation program based on a cognitive-behavioral approach may improve the hope and self-efficacy of homeless adolescent substance abusers at a halfway house and help them to reintegrate into society.

A Study on the Improvement of Information Services Based upon the Analysis of Information Behaviors (정보행위 분석을 통한 정보서비스 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Hyun-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.89-103
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    • 2010
  • Study on users which was done centering information approach, acquisition and interoperability between users and information systems need to be studied in the perspective of information behavior including information acquisition and sharing behavior in the changing information environment. In order to analyze users' information acquisition and sharing behavior's demands, motives and processes in libraries and internet environments, integrated approach of both qualitative and quantitative study were tried by applying Wilson's information behavior concept. Plans for the improvement of information services were suggested on the basis of integrative analysis.

Face Transform with Age-progressing based on Vector Representation (벡터표현 기반의 연령변화에 따른 얼굴 변환)

  • Lee, Hyun-jik;Kim, Yoon-Ho
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.39-44
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we addressed a face transform scheme with age-progressing based on vector representation. Proposed approach utilized a vector modeling as well as morphing so as to improve not only a reliability but also a consistency. For the more, some elements of texture change owing to the face shape are defined and some parameters with respect to the internal and external environments are also considered. To testify the proposed approach, estimation of similarity is performed with qualitative manner by using experimental output, and finally resulted in satisfactory for face shape transformation aged from sixty to fourteen.

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A Study of IT Environment Scenario through the Application of Cross Impact Analysis (교차영향분석의 작용을 통한 국내 IT 환경 시나리오에 대한 연구)

  • Kim Jin-han;Kim Sung-hong
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.129-147
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    • 2004
  • Scenario analysis for strategic planning, unlike most forecasting methods, provides a qualitative, contextual description of how the present will evolve into the future. It normally tries to identify a set of possible futures, each of whose occurrence is plausible but not assured. In this paper, we propose the use of Cross Impact Analysis(CIA) approach for scenario generation about the future of Korean IT environments. In this analysis, we classified IT environments into technical, social, legislative, and economic factor. And various variables and events were defined in each factor. From the survey collected from IT related experts, we acquire probability of occurrence and compatibility estimates of every possible pairs of events as input. Then 2 phase analysis is used in order to choice events with high probability of occurrence and generate scenario. Finally, after CIA using Monte Carlo simulation, a detail scenario for 2010 was developed. These scenario drawn from the CIA approach is a result considered by cross impacts of various events.

Implementing Balanced Scorecard with System Dynamics Approach

  • Yoon, Joseph Y. K.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.330-336
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    • 2000
  • This paper discusses the potential of system dynamics modelling to support balanced scorecard. The balanced scorecard is a conceptual framework for translating an organisation's strategy into a set of performance indicators. These performance indicators are distributed across the 'classic'model's four perspective: Customers, Internal Business Processes, Financial, and Learning and Growth. This balanced scorecard, whilst having significant strength, suffers from the limitation of all performance indicator systems, namely that the interrelationships between indicators are overlooked and there is no way of taking into account the impact of delayed feedback which flows from introduction of new policy and legislative changes. System Dynamics is a methodology for understanding complex problems where there is dynamic behaviour and where feedback impacts significantly on system outcomes. System dynamics provides a rigorous basis for qualitative testing of the effects of performance indicators in complex environments such as health or social security. This can be supplemented with quantitative system dynamics simulation tools that further test the validity of indicators and the business rules implicit in them. System dynamics modelling has an important role to play in extending feedback cycle in performance measurements to a full systems approach.

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