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Osorio, Maria Eugenia. "An assessment of leadership practice in high schools| Improving graduation rates." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10172672.

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<p> This research was based on a multi-case study design focused on the leadership practice of high school principals and assistant principals and their roles in improving graduation rates. The study sought to answer one overarching research questions: In schools that demonstrate an increase in graduation rates what leadership practices are evidenced in principals and assistant principals and teacher leaders. One sub-question addressed the tools and interventions that the leadership team practices in relation to improving graduation rates and the second sub-question addressed the accountabilit

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Bese, Terry Lane. "Effective online lectures| Improving practice through design and pedagogy." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10027826.

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<p> The purpose of this research project was to improve the practice of using online lectures at a small private university. Using action research methodology, the researcher worked with a group of five university instructors to refine the use of online lectures through design and pedagogical practice. Beginning with a template or guide based on the literature, the instructors developed online lectures connected with a student activity. Following the principles of the TPACK framework, instructors were urged to develop student activities that worked best for their specific content as well as th

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Poor, Ian Hunter. "Improving Online Music Communities of Practice Through the Mashup of Web 2.0 Technologies." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1303237379.

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Sturdy, Louise. "Student engagement as a concept for improving the educational practice of girls in pupil referral units." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/52270/.

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A literature search revealed that there is a dearth of research exploring the needs of girls in pupil referral units (PRUs). This research focuses on the concept of ‘student engagement’ as a framework for investigation of the needs of girls in PRUs. It utilises an exploratory approach. Student engagement is a malleable characteristic and is therefore an appropriate focus for interventions. A constructionist paradigm is used and data are subject to thematic analysis. A deeper latent level of analysis is used to interpret and draw inferences from the data. The findings identify a number of direc

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Co, Manuel C. "The impact of technology and innovation in improving quality of care : /." Access full-text from WCMC :, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1619066771&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=8424&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Xiong, Xiaolu. "Theory and Practice: Improving Retention Performance through Student Modeling and System Building." Digital WPI, 2017. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/139.

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The goal of Intelligent Tutoring systems (ITSs) is to engage the students in sustained reasoning activity and to interact with students based on a deep understanding of student behavior. In order to understand student behavior, ITSs rely on student modeling methods to observes student actions in the tutor and creates a quantitative representation of student knowledge, interests, affective states. Good student models are going to effectively help ITSs customize instructions, engage student's interest and then promote learning. Thus, the work of building ITSs and advancing student modeling shoul

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Tembe, Cristina Raul Cesar Augusto. "Exploring professional development interventions for improving the teaching practice of primary school teachers." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24096.

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Since the independence of Mozambique in 1975 teacher education and teacher continuing professional development (TCPD) have been a matter of concern for the Ministry of Education (MINED) and teachers. Both the MINED as employer and the teachers individually have permanently been looking for models and ways to upgrade their academic and professional qualifications levels. The constraints faced by Mozambique are similar to those faced by other sub-Saharan African countries since their independence due to the increased pressure for more attention to all levels of education, with particular emphasi

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Taylor, Joseph Michael. "Alignment of teachers' educational goals and habits of understanding, action, reflection, and improving practice with the Iowa State University Secondary Science Teacher Education Program." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.

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McDonald, Jason K. "Technology I, II, and III : criteria for understanding and improving the practice of instructional technology /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1610.pdf.

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Beining, Steven George. "Improving Assessment Practice at the Course and Programmatic-Levels in Community Colleges: Developing The Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1105.

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This project-based dissertation described, in detail, a seven-step research and development (R&D) process used to create, and bring to operational use, an educational tool that supported the academic use of the assessment loop: the Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop. The dissertation established the problem that this product solved, provided relevant research, including a literature review, and the process and methods that led to the development of this useful product. It described the purpose of this specific guidebook and for guidebooks in general. This project was

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Allen, Dianne. "Contributing to learning to change developing an action learning peer support group of professionals to investigate ways of improving their own professional practice /." Access electronically, 2004. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20050901.105532/index.html.

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Palmer, Joy A. "Creativity, connoisseurship and change : the application of the connoisseurship model of qualitative evaluation to an investigation into the development of creativity in primary school children and to the process of improving educational practice." Thesis, Durham University, 1989. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6737/.

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The research described within this thesis aims to integrate two radically differing approaches to investigating classroom life and to bring them together within one investigation in such a way that they inform and compliment each other These two approaches are the traditional , experimental, deriving from a scientific basis and the qualitative illuminative deriving from an artistic basic. A model of qualities classroom evaluation criticism is employed within a traditional experimental research design. A second major aim is to document a substantial investigation into the development of creativ

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Conyers, Marcus. "Improving teaching practice through education, mind, and selected brain research." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2017. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q1497/improving-teaching-practice-through-education-mind-and-selected-brain-research.

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Around the world, there is an unprecedented opportunity for improving educational outcomes by aligning the practice of teaching with the emerging science of learning. However, a research-to-practice gap persists, and many students, particularly low-income and minority children and youth, are failing to reach their academic potential. The texts submitted with this document (Conyers & Wilson, 2015a, 2016; Wilson & Conyers, 2013b, 2013c) were written as a means of bridging this gap by applying two original frameworks developed through transdisciplinary, practice-based research over 15 years. The

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Yeschenko, Melanie Renee. "Improving Metacognitive Awareness and Authentic Teaching Practices through Scaffolding Goal Setting and Reflective Practices with ECD Majors at the Community College Level." Thesis, Duquesne University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10601236.

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<p> This research set out to enhance instruction for early education and child development majors in a community college setting in a manner that allows them to gain content knowledge while becoming more prepared to practice effective pedagogy in early learning classrooms. This study examined how metacognitive awareness changes throughout a semester with scaffolded goal setting and reflective practices. It investigated the types of goals students set for a specific learning task, as well as investigated their ability to apply reflective practice to their own learning and teaching practices. Th

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Middleton, Angela Christine. "Improving Early Mobilization in Acute Stroke Patients Through Best Practice Education." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6760.

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Nonadherence to best practice guidelines in early mobilization in acute stroke increases the time from admission to mobilization and may increase residual long-term stroke effects. Early mobilization following an acute stroke is known to decrease long-term and secondary disability. The purpose of this project was to decrease the time from admission to mobilization in the acute stroke patient population by improving knowledge of best-practice guidelines in early mobility using an educational intervention for advanced practice nurse practitioners, physicians, and registered nurses. The practice-

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Owen, John Edward. "Improving instrumental practice techniques through use of a motor schema theory of learning /." Connect to resource, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1262956431.

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Hudson, Tina M. "Critical Practices in Identifying Learning Disabilities in an RTI framework: Improving Consistency in Rural Districts." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4008.

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Results of two nationwide studies indicated inconsistency across states and their districts in relation to many critical elements of RTI. Given these results, a checklist will be proposed to improve consistency in RTI implementation and assessment practices to ultimately help rural school districts more accurately identify students with learning disabilities.

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Januário, Francisco Maria. "Investigating and improving assessment practices in Physics in secondary schools in Mozambique." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09252008-161339/.

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Bölenius, Karin. "Improving venous blood specimen collection practices : method development and evaluation of an educational intervention program." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-87015.

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Background: About 60%–80% of decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment are based on laboratory test results. Low adherence to venous blood specimen collection (VBSC) guidelines may lead to erroneous or delayed test results, causing patient harm and high healthcare costs. Educational intervention programs (EIPs) to update, improve and sustain VBSC practices are seldom evaluated. After testing a self-reported venous blood sampling questionnaire, the overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the impact of a large-scale EIP on healthcare personnel’s VBSC practices. Methods: The study settings w

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Eftekhari, Parastou Afshar. "Best Practices for Improving the Writing of 3rd and 4th Grade Students." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10601716.

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<p> Scores on a state comprehensive assessment test showed that writing skills of 4th grade students enrolled in a K-8 magnet school in the southeastern part of the United States were below target. The assistant principal of the K-8 magnet school explained that a review of 3-year longitudinal data revealed that the number of students who met proficiency for the 4th grade writing assessment decreased by 1% each year. The purpose of this case study was to gain an understanding from teachers about the best practices on how to improve students’ writing skills. Denzin and Lincoln’s cons

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Jerzembek, Gabrielle. "Improving health education practice in secondary school : a social ecological examination of personal and social education policy implementation processes and practice in Welsh secondary schools." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2014. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/69178/.

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The effectiveness of school-based health education in changing behaviour and health outcomes is limited. This in part can be attributed to the types of classroom exchanges taking place within health education lessons. There is an evident need to examine the potential link between pedagogy and health education. This study comprises a social ecological examination of the implementation of the Welsh Government’s Personal and Social Education (PSE) policy, which seeks to promote health behaviours alongside social and economic wellbeing. A socio-ecological (SE) perspective aims to understand the di

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Mahon, Charlotte. "Is motivational interviewing an effective intervention for improving the behaviour of targeted primary aged pupils?" Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37889/.

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Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a treatment approach which over the last 25 years has received increasing evidentiary support. In recent years efforts have been made to explore the effectiveness of MI in educational settings. Research has highlighted favourable outcomes in terms of increasing academic achievement (Strait, Smith, McQuillin, Swan and Malone, 2012, Terry, Strait, McQuillin and Smith, 2014),reducing levels of obesity (Flattum, Friend, Neumark-Sztainer and Story (2009) and improving teacher-student interactions (Wells, Jones and Jones, 2015) in secondary and higher education sett

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Skuse, George E. "The Talk Skills project : improving dialogic interaction in the Korean adult foreign language classroom." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/108211/.

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The purpose of this study was to develop the Talk Skills pedagogic intervention, implemented in the Korean adult L2 learning context, which aims to raise awareness of effective L2 talk and teach oral communicative strategies that help students to achieve it. The study is underpinned by theories that foreground the importance of language use in L2 classrooms, focusing, most importantly, on the relationship between interaction and second language acquisition, and sociocultural theory for language learning. Review of the literature showed that students had the best opportunities for language lear

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Martin, Ian. "The role of program evaluations in improving and sustaining state-supported school counseling programs a cross case analysis of best practices /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/104/.

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Heydarian, Seyed Hossein. "Towards a methodology for improving strategy-based translation training : explored through an English-Persian case study." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2017. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/109959/.

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This study initially aims to draw up a plan for the implementation of the concept of translation strategies in translation training. It presents a new method to improve translation competence in an educational context. Moreover, it is an attempt to determine how the application of different facets of the concept of competence can lead us to establish an effective plan for translation training courses in any environment. This will be sought for through the analysis of more significant strategies in terms of educational value and through a novel methodology. The scope of the concept of strategie

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Lane, Regina. "IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF TRAUMA-IMPACTED STUDENTS: IDENTIFYING EMERGING BEST PRACTICES FOR TEACHING LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS URBAN STUDENTS." Scholarly Commons, 2021. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3746.

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This qualitative action research concentrates on examining the best practices for teachers in trauma-informed practices by producing an implementation guide to train the trainer. The theoretical framework utilized to help inform the development of this research was Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory (1989) in relation to human development for identifying the emerging best practices with being trauma informed. The scope of this research focuses on low-socioeconomic status (SES) urban youth, so cultural sensitivity is naturally always a component of a complete train-the-trainer, trauma-i

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Aleahmad, Turadg. "Improving Students’ Study Practices Through the Principled Design of Research Probes." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2012. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/129.

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A key challenge of the learning sciences is moving research results into practice. Educators on the front lines perceive little value in the outputs of education research and demand more “usable knowledge”. This work explores the potential instead of usable artifacts to translate knowledge into practice, adding scientists as stakeholders in an interaction design process. The contributions are two effective systems, the scientific and contextual principles in their design, and a research model for scientific research through interaction design. College student study practices are the domain cho

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Hagemeier, Nicholas E. "Cents Making: Improving Student Pharmacists’ Personal Finance Skills and Behaviors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1425.

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II. Electing to Change the Profession: Educating to Influence Change Interested in influencing change? Instructors are often creative in the selection of topics, educational methodologies and technology about how to influence change. This session will focus on creative approaches or subjects that educate about how to influence change in schools and in practice. Facilitators at each roundtable will describe how they try to influence change and the lessons learned from their experiences. Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss how to use students to change practitioners and practice.2. Develop ideas for

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Manditereza, Blandina. "Improving quality of pedagogical practices in English as a language of learning instruction." Thesis, Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/211.

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Thesis (M. Tech. (Education)) -- Central University of Technology, Free state, 2013<br>This study investigates current pedagogical practices in teaching in English as a language of learning and instruction. The study seeks to examine whether current teachers are in need of re-training or whether they possess relevant content pedagogical knowledge to use English as a medium of instruction. At present, the Governing Bodies of schools have the authority to choose the language of learning and instruction according to the provisions of the Constitution.The language chosen as the medium is critical

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BARTLETT, AMBER. "EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF STUDENTS WITH MODERATE-TO-SEVERE DISABILITIES." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/725.

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Communication deficits are often evident in students with moderate-to-severe developmental disabilities. For these students, basic communication needs, like asking to use the restroom, requesting food or expressing discomfort are a challenge. Frustration caused by communication deficits can lead the student to express interfering behaviors, which may interrupt student learning. This paper identifies and describes evidence-based practices (EBPs) used to increase functional communication skills for students with moderate-to-severe developmental disabilities. This review focuses on functional

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Brito, Quirino de. "Improving classroom practices from the inside out a case study of teacher agency in school reform in Belo Horizonte, Brazil /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1973701201&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Mphinyane, Andani. "Learning pathways for improving rehabilitation practices in the mining industry : two cases of coal mining and borrow pits." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013271.

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This research investigates cases of learning pathways for improving rehabilitation practices for key occupations in the mining industry. The study is set up as a partnership research programme between Rhodes University Environmental Learning Research Centre in South Africa, and the South African Qualification Authority, focussing on workplace learning and sustainability practices. This research programme seeks to understand the implications of the move to a knowledge society, with its emphasis on knowledge building over time, particularly in and for the environmental sector. The research was c

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Crawford, Shonna R. "Imagining and improvising with theory and practice| A narrative inquiry with first grade students during reading workshop." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10182604.

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Boye-Doe, Sylvia B. "Improving Fall Prevention Strategies in an Acute-Care Setting." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3337.

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Falls with or without injuries among the elderly have become a public health concern, with falls among adults age 65 years and older increasing every year. Nurses play a role in ensuring patient safety by following fall prevention guidelines. The purpose of this evidence-based study was to implement the RE-AIM evaluation tool to determine the impact of the Safe Five program on staff compliance with the program; patients' awareness of the need for falls prevention; and falls among older adults, ages 65 years and older, admitted to an acute care nursing unit. The literature supports implementing

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Clark, Christopher. "Improving Instruction through Teacher Evaluation: Principal and Teacher Perceptions of Leadership Practices and Policy Tools within the Evaluation Process." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609065/.

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In recent decades, changes to federal and state accountability policy and related teacher evaluation systems occurred in the United States with minimal input from two of the largest groups of stakeholders impacted: principals and teachers. For this case study, I explored principals' and teachers' perceptions of their experiences with the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS), specifically the role of leadership practices and use of the evaluation rubric as a policy tool within an evaluation process. The study took place at one elementary school. Teachers perceived the evaluati

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Bughio, Faraz Ali. "Improving English language teaching in large classes at university level in Pakistan." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2013. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45170/.

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This thesis describes a collaborative Action Research project that works to improve the quality of English language teaching (ELT) and learning in a public sector university in Pakistan. It demonstrates how teachers and students can take responsibility for engaging in active learning and teaching by developing their roles beyond traditional models of teaching and learning. The findings of the study are validated through critical thinking, the active critique of colleagues and students who participated in the study, reflection on critical aspects of data collection and by contextualising findin

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Lower, Tonia L. "Improving healthcare provider knowledge in acute and primary transgender health needs:The implementation of a clinical education program with urgent care and emergency room staff and providers." Otterbein University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1481300755682172.

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Falcone, John Paul. "Creative, Critical, and True: Training Students to Improvise Responsibly with Biblical Text: A Pragmatist, Spirit-led Model." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104536.

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Thesis advisor: Theresa A. O'Keefe<br>In this dissertation, I argue that Bible education is best understood as training students to improvise responsibly with Scripture. I explore this pedagogical model by reflecting on my experience as a Bible instructor at Cristo Rey New York High School, an inner city Catholic school. The goal of a Cristo Rey education is the integral liberation of students. In the language of liberation theology, to be "integrally liberated" is to survive and to thrive on all levels - material, cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual. Learning to improvise responsibly with S

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Flores, Mavil Marco Antonio. "The internal quality assurance as an instrument for the integration and improving of higher education: Analysis of best practices in the European Union and Latin America." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/129473.

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L'objectiu d'aquest treball és identificar els determinants que influeixen en la implementació i desenvolupament de sistemes d'assegurament de la qualitat en les institucions d'educació superior (IES) i comparar diferents regions amb canvis similars. En un escenari així, és necessari comprendre els processos que han portat a l'actual política educativa així com al canvi de visió que han experimentat al llarg del temps en la comunitat europea (CE). En aquest ordre d'idees, l'educació superior en particular i l'educació en general han passat a ocupar el centre de les preocupacions a la gran majo

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Nettleton, Robert John. "Improvising advanced practice in healthcare : an interpretive narrative enquiry into professionalism as an ethico-political accomplishment in the context of education for workforce development." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574510.

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The overall argument in this thesis is that the ethico-political aspiration to . professionalism eludes any particular instantiation but that narrative practices , of improvisation serve to realise such aspirations even while questioning the givens of received instantiations of professionalism and policy- led interventions. As such they are also serviceable as resources for research and professional education. The purpose of the research was to examine professionalism in the context of education for workforce development in the National Health Service (NHS) to develop the role of the Advanced

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Louw, Willem Petrus. "Turning resources into assets : improving the service delivery and relevance of a psychology training clinic through action research." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26018.

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This thesis traces the inception and evolution of a combined collaborative action research project and living theory action research project. Six academic staff members attempted to improve our practice of generating locally relevant research in a university psychology clinic. This process impacted not only on the lives of the participants, but facilitated the enactment of the three tasks of universities and so influenced the lives of the student and residential communities to whom we had a responsibility. This thesis explores two research questions that formed the first part of the study, nam

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Howse, Tashana. "A Case Study Exploring the Relationship between Culturally Responsive Teaching and a Mathematical Practice of the Common Core State Standards." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5948.

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This collective case study explores the nature of the relationship between teachers' use of culturally responsive teaching (CRT) practices and students' engagement in constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others (SMP3). This study was informed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative related to developing mathematically proficient students through the use of student engagement practices consistent with the standards for mathematical practice. As a means to support teachers' facilitating specific student engagement practices, professional development was provided

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Cavalcanti, Bianor Scelza. "The "Equalizer" Administration: Managerial Strategies in the Public Sector." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26644.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to understand the managerial â actionâ of public administrators in the management of their organizations within the brazilian context. It seeks to understand the relationships between managers and formal management mechanisms by exploring the complementary nature of the effective managerial action in the face of structural deficiencies and flaws, considering the possibility of overcoming the structuralism-subjectivism dichotomy present in the construction of the Theory of Organizations. Initially, the study provides a review of the literature on organiz

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Enstrom, Janet E. "Improving educational practice through the implementation of quality principles." 1998. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/40888877.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1998.<br>Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-140).

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Creekmore, Willard Donald. "Improving Facilitation Through Levelising: Reflecting In and On Practice." 2011. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/1176.

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This study explored the experience of engaging in reflective practice through the framework of Levelising. Reflective practice has been of interest to professionals and educators of professionals for many years. However, Levelising is a recently introduced approach. Levelising categorizes the reflective process into four modes. These modes include an awareness of what is occurring (Level I), considering one’s actions (Level II), considering one’s conceptual frame (Level III), and considering the conceptual frames of others (Level IV). This study focuses on my personal experience of improv

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"Connecting through Mentoring: Improving Workplace Connections through Peer-to-Peer Interactions." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.51642.

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abstract: Pierce College at Joint Base Lewis – McChord (PCJBLM) is a community college extension campus that is challenged with complying with multiple policies while serving a transient student population amid budget constraints. Through multiple cycles of research, entry-level student services staff expressed concern about their professional development and their ability to contribute meaningfully to initiatives around student success. Student services staff were also concerned with their connection to colleagues and leaders within the unit. Research shows that leaders may need to be more fl

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Simonelli, Michael T. "Problem-Solving Pedagogy: A Foundation for Restructuring, Updating, and Improving Undergraduate Theory and Musicianship Curricula." 2014. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/114.

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The goal of this thesis is to provide the ideological and practical foundation for an improved approach to undergraduate theory and musicianship pedagogy. I will discuss the structure of conventional theory programs and explore problems inherent to traditional curriculum design. Problem-solving pedagogy, an approach rooted in creative composition and improvisation, will be presented as a complement to traditional theory pedagogy. Balancing problem-solving pedagogy with a more traditional pedagogical approach will provide a practical foundation for improving undergraduate theory and musicianshi

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Valle, Melisa. "Improving the Education of Hispanic English Language Learners: Examining Educational Resilience and Effective Instructional Practices." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-801.

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This dissertation includes empirical studies of educational achievement and resilience of Hispanic ELL. The dataset used is the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort and Birth Cohort. In the first study, we investigated whether there were differences of instructional practices between ELLs and non-ELLs and the type of classrooms they attended. A 2-way ANOVA indicated ELLs were being exposed more often to teacher-directed, whole-classroom instruction than non-ELLs. In respect to classroom types, the results from this study suggest that student-selected activities and amount of

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Zámečníková, Blanka. "Profesní kompetence učitelek MŠ Chodov k výtvarným činnostem." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-342052.

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Following my Bachelor's Project the goal of this Thesis is to examine more deeply the contradiction between the current theory and didactics of the Art Education and the educational reality of the pre-school education. The essence of this Thesis is an evaluation research concerning the current competence conditions of individual educationalists of the particular nursery. The data collection methods triangulation including observation, unstructured interview and photo documentation of art works allows to grasp the given issue of individual views integration. My proposals and recommendations in

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Bam, Belinda. "Self Evaluatation as a Method of Improving Teaching Practice at the University of the Witwatersrand." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1809.

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Student Number : 9201253K - MEd research report - School of Adult Education - Faculty of Education<br>This research report investigates the relationship between critical self-evaluation and improved teaching practice. A sample of nine lecturers at the University of the Witwatersrand were identified, and, by means of a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, participants were asked to disclose their attitudes towards performance evaluation as a practice at the University, and their personal views in relation to critical self reflection. Critical reflection involves an appraisal of

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