This study evaluates the impacts of three well-established community arts programmes in Victoria, Australia, on the mental health and well-being outcomes of participants typically from disadvantaged backgrounds during 2006-07. It employs a theoretical framework that reconciles evidence-based practice in health and the phenomenological nature of community arts practice. Self-determination theory...

Educational institutions are that provide services to consumers in the form of services, results which not visible, such as manufacturing companies can produce products visible when delivered public. order keep abreast changing times, educational required innovate. This research was conducted at Polytechnic Harapan Bersama with a total 225 respondents. Statistical analysis test performed PLS Sm...

this study investigated the effect of applying the dynamic system theory (dst) and cognitive linguistics (cl) insights into grammar instruction on efl learners’ learning of english prepositions and learner autonomy. sixty iranian efl learners at the lower-intermediate level of language proficiency were randomly assigned to 1 experimental and 1 control group. the 2 groups filled out an autonomy ...

background and purpose: professional autonomy in nursing is defined as working in a self-determined environment and making decisions based on professional judgment. this study aimed to evaluate professional autonomy and its association with individual factors in nurses employed at teaching hospitals affiliated to kerman university of medical sciences in the southeast of iran in 2013. methods: t...

Professors create a positive learning environment for students through their interpersonal behaviour style in the classroom. High quality interactions are associated with number of student outcomes such as increased motivation, effort, learning, satisfaction, and higher ratings on formal evaluations teaching (SETs). This study tested Self-Determination Theory model university setting by measuri...

The Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) program produces clinically significant weight loss and improvements in glycemic control, blood pressure, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes (1,2), yet lifestyle interventions are time-intensive and less effective when delivered with lower intensity in primary care settings (2). Obesity guidelines endorse using technology to incre...