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Item A design program for a "third wave" society housing development(Texas Tech University, 1986-05) Jennings, John PNoneItem Administrators' and teachers' perceptions of planned change(Texas Tech University, 1989-05) Baker, Kathleen A.The purpose of this study was to investigate how planned change was perceived by administrators and teachers in nine West Texas school districts. A comprehensive review of the literature was made and ten factors most cited as essential to change projects were selected. The ten factors were: clear district goals, community involvement, organizational structure, process of change, personnel readiness, change agent, staff development, adequate support materials, and district renewal. The ten factors were used to develop two, forty item Likert scale surveys for administrators and teachers on planned change and its application to the microcomputer. Surveys were mailed to administrators and teachers in selected West Texas school districts. Survey return rates were 73 percent for administrators and 64 percent for teachers. Survey reliability, as measured by the Cronbach coefficient alpha, was .90 for administrators and .76 for teachers. The administrator mean was 2.78 on the four-point Likert scale; the teacher mean was lower, 2.56.Item Change in foster care : the impact of relationships and environments on foster child functioning(2010-05) Stepura, Kelly Jane; Schwab, A. James; Davis, King; Hodges, Kay; Pomeroy, Elizabeth; McRoy, Ruth; Pomeroy, Elizabeth; Baumann, Donald J.The child welfare system has a responsibility to provide healthy environments for children who are removed from the care of their biological families. An important indicator of success in this endeavor is variations in child functioning following admission into foster care. Maltreated children are already at risk for difficulty adjusting to new environments and creating new relationships. This dissertation sought to explore the effect of change during foster care on child functioning. The effects of various types of change on children who were provided with treatment foster care services were evaluated using the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS®) as a measure of child functioning. Results indicated that placement change and foster sibling presence negatively impacted child functioning, but that caseworker contact, foster sibling removal, and caseworker change positively impacted child functioning. Policy and practice implications emphasize the positive impact of single-child foster care placements, reduced volatility within foster child environments and relationships, and increased caseworker contacts. Future research should examine factors that mediate the relationship between systemic volatility within the foster care system and child functioning.Item Do migrants remit democratic beliefs and behaviors? : a theory of migrant-led international diffusion(2009-12) Pérez-Armendáriz, Clarisa; Freeman, Gary P.; Weyland, Kurt GerhardHow do migrants from Mexico to the U.S., including those who return permanently to Mexico and those who engage in cross-border communication from the U.S., contribute to changes in the political attitudes and behavior of Mexicans living in Mexico? Individuals who return to Mexico after experiencing U.S. democracy directly are less likely to influence change among their non-migrant co-nationals than are migrants who remain in the U.S. This holds even though the former can share their experiences face-to-face, while the latter must transmit them from a distance and across the border. Non-migrants' propensity to learn foreign political practices and beliefs from migrants is conditioned by their ambivalent attitudes towards the U.S. These attitudes condition both migrants' willingness to share the forms of civic engagement they learned up north and non-migrants' receptivity. Non-migrants are more receptive to migrants who remain in the U.S. than to returnees because they have a higher esteem for them and because the long-distance ties that bind non-migrants to migrants abroad, as opposed to those back home, are stronger. Both types of migrants have an interest in sharing their new beliefs and behaviors with non-migrants; but while returnees struggle to accept adaptations of American-style practices to the Mexican context, this produces little inconvenience for migrants abroad. The anti-American attitudes returnees find in Mexico also dampen their efforts to introduce change. I employ statistical regressions, Qualitative Comparative Analysis and process tracing to evaluate two data sources: (1) a large-n database that draws from an original survey administered on a nationwide sample of Mexican citizens living in Mexico; and, (2) scores of interviews with migrants and the people in Mexico with whom they communicate. The statistical results indicate the outcomes that migrant-led international diffusion produces. The qualitative analysis explains the mechanisms that drive or constrain diffusion. The project applies theories of international diffusion to change occurring among individuals at the level of mass publics. It highlights the importance of intersubjective beliefs about the sources of foreign innovations--including both people and countries--in shaping diffusion processes.Item The evaluation of contemporary art with art historical and market criteria : the 3C Model(2011-12) Richter, Till Florian Alexander; Shiff, Richard; Magee, Stephen P.; Barnitz, Jacqueline E.; Rather, Susan W.; Mahajan, VijayFor the most recent contemporary art no art historical or price records exist that can testify of its value. However, the market for contemporary art is enormous and the art historical interest in it is equally important. If we can find out how to evaluate contemporary art, it will further the art historical understanding, the market transparence and the sales of contemporary art thus having an influence also on the creation of art (William Grampp). The art historical verdict and the market verdict are linked. This has been proven by a number of economists (Frey, Galenson, Grampp). The question is how they are linked. Basically, both art history and the market contribute to the creation of value in art. What is it that makes art valuable? What are the criteria used in art history and in the market to evaluate art? The focus is on European and US American art between 1970 and today. Evaluation, be it aesthetic or financial, is a process of decision making. Decisions are based on criteria that must be conscious at least after the decision is made (Clement Greenberg). In the art world, certain decision makers are more influential than others. Therefore the dissertation analyzes the most influential positions in art theory and in the art market and distills the essential criteria used. The dissertation seeks to advance the research on this fundamental question of the evaluation of art through a more comprehensive and interdisciplinary study than those previously undertaken. It presents a model that integrates the most important criteria from both sides and allows a more reliable evaluation of contemporary art. The 3C Model explains the ensemble of Quality-Value-Price through three criteria: Change, Connectivity and Context (Time, Space, People). The 3C Model can be used as a general basis in the discourse on value and quality. It is a structural method that can be applied to almost any art from any period. The model is exercised here using Gerhard Richter, François Morellet, Julian Schnabel, Jeff Koons, Sophie Calle and Pipilotti Rist as examples.Item Humility as catalyst of client change: a delphi study(Texas Tech University, 2009-05) Rowden, Trampas; Harris, Steven M.; Ivey, David C.; Durband, Dorothy B.; Smock, SaraThe focus of this study was to further conceptualize and improve upon current understanding of humility and its relationship to client change in relational therapies. Specifically, the principal investigator proposed a working definition of humility based on current conceptual development of this construct and then solicited professional consensus on the relevance of humility in client change efforts in relational therapies. To do this, the Delphi method was used to identify and sample a group of 13 mental health professionals who have extensive experience in research and practice focusing on humility, virtues, or client change. They completed a series of Delphi Questionnaires over time (three required, one optional) that focused on the proposed definition of humility and its relationship to client change efforts in relational therapies. Using median and interquartile range scores to analyze the data from the questionnaires, a final profile of 70 humility and client change items were identified. From this profile, six core principles of humility were further clarified: (1) humility requires non-forced intention, (2) humility reflects strength, (3) humility attends to self and other with honesty, dignity, and respect, (4) humility reflects willingness and openness, (5) humility reflects and invites responsibility, and (6) humility involves benevolence and sacrifice. Two prevailing implications of these findings were explored; starting points of research, training, and practice were also discussed. Given the above, this study now provides a foundation for future research regarding humility as a virtue of importance and impact in client change efforts.