A qualitative empirical study of how higher education actors in Azerbaijan conceptualise excellence teaching and they promote it at different levels. The findings provide an original insight into the concept is understood Azerbaijan. Intriguingly, there no definition nor equivalent Azerbaijani language, let alone existing policy on framing its standards. Furthermore, both socio-economic cultura...

Policy and legislative frameworks in South Africa mandate inclusive education that, given the contextual realities of classrooms, requires teachers to be responsive diversity. There is, however, an identified gap between policy ideals enactment that is exacerbated by a lack conceptual clarity regarding nature practice still viewed many as being limited considerations special needs rather than b...

Throughout the short history of interactive digital music, there have been frequent calls for a new language of interaction that incorporates and acknowledges the unique capabilities of the computational medium. In this paper we suggest that a conceptualisation of possible modes of performance–time interaction can only be sensibly approached in light of the ways that computers alter the social–...

In this paper we discuss how information extraction can be integrated in a dialogue system, with the focus on ontologies as domain knowledge sources. The requirements of domain ontologies are analysed in light of the tasks performed in the two areas, and implications for the design and construction of domain ontologies are presented. One of the most important features of a domain ontology to be...

New terminology and new jargon often conceal the fact that what is being described is not new. This is the case with 'harm-minimisation'. It is only in the last few years that the general term 'harm-minimisation' has been used but in fact agencies have been promoting practices which could be described in this way for some considerable time. For example, in Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinics ...

This paper investigates an approach to human-computer interaction – actability theory – that emphasises human-via-computer-to-human interaction. This social action approach to HCI is confronted with affordance theory by Gibson; an ecological theory of perception. The notion of affordance is compared and related to actability. Different IT usage situations described in actability theory are crit...

The under-representation of women entering into information and communication technology (ICT) programmes is a long-standing problem. While ICT continues to be increasingly accepted and integrated into everyday life, gender stereotypes prevail in ICT turning female students away from ICT as an occupation. Based on existing literature on factors influencing girls’ career choices and on an empiri...

There has been concern in the literature about the adequacy of the traditional model of marketing planning, which focuses on what decisions should be made and not on how to make them. The aim of this article is a new conceptualisation that proposes key management processes about how marketing planning decisions are made in a dynamic context. The motives for this conceptualisation are to contrib...

This paper aims to offer an accessible, flexible, and homogenised approach career counselling development via the conceptualisation of a new metaphor in response evolving careers labour markets. The research question asks: How can Weather as Career Metaphor (WCM) accessible tool for counsellors use with their clients across lifespans? theoretical framework draws together sustainable theory cons...