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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"ABET"”.
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A comparative analysis of methods used in ABET facilitation
… in Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET). The democratic government in South Africa is at present focusing on learners at the adult basic education level to ensure that the needs of adults are met, and that basic demands evident in contemporary society are addressed. While the …
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ABET programmes at community learning centres in the Western Cape
… how Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) was implemented in the Western Cape and to find answers to the question of "what exactly is the nature of the relationship between adult education and training".
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The impact of adult basic education and training (ABET) on the life of the adult learner
… for inclusion in the sample. As a result four ABET centres were identified in accordance with the defined population. From each centre, learners were selected in order to produce statistically dependable results. A total of 54 ABET learners formed a sample for the study and this was considered …
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What has motivated previously disadvantaged workers to join ABET classes, and what barriers do they face in undertaking such learning?
… not joining Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) classes. Subsequent to 2003, the number of participants rose substantially. This thesis therefore poses the question: what has motivated previously demotivated workers to join ABET classes? Furthermore, what barriers do they face in …
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The relationship between an Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) literacy program and women's lives in Semi-urban context, in Cape Peninsula
The research employed a qualitative research paradigm. The ethnographic approach was used to conduct the research. Data collection was done though various ethnographic techniques, classroom observation, in-depth interviews and document analysis. The population was 85 women who participated in a …
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Investigating the tripartite aspects of transactional distance in a blended multimedia adult literacy programme
… an Adult Basic Education and Training Level One (ABET L1) multimedia, blended learning programme. While empirical research acknowledges that dialogue assumes an important role in mediating the communicative chasm between adult learner and facilitator, how this is mediated through a blended …
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Assessing Reliability of Expert Ratings Among Judges Responding to a Survey Instrument Developed to Study the Long Term Efficacy of the ABET Engineering Criteria, EC2000
<p>In today’s assessment processes, especially those evaluations that rely on humans to make subjective judgements, it is necessary to analyze the quality of their ratings. The psychometric issues associated with assessment provide the lens through which researchers interpret results and important …
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Enabling Performance Skills: Assessment in Engineering Education
… Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), undergraduates are expected to demonstrate proficiency in outcomes considered essential for graduating engineers. The case study was designed as a formative evaluation of freshman engineering students to assess the perceived effectiveness of …
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Engineering faculty views of teaching quality, accreditation, and institutional climate and how they influence teaching practices
… of quality teaching, their perspective on ABET accreditation processes, and the climate for teaching at their institution, resulting in a dissertation in a three-paper format.^<strong>“Engineering Faculty Perspectives on the Nature of Quality Teaching”</strong> examines definitions of …
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Project African Dawn : a study of second-chance learners' perceptions of how an equine skills apprenticeship programme has impacted on their identity, their workplace practices and their desire for further learning programmes
… desire for Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) language, literacy and numeracy or small business development courses. An ethnographic, interpretive, qualitative methodology was employed; a ten-point questionnaire guided the semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of apprentices. …
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Using Google Docs to Support Work Flow Management in Teams of Engineering Students
… to support their workflow management process. ABET criteria dictate that engineering students need to learn how to work together and practice effective ways of communication. Learning how to work well as a team is linked to the development of positive interdependence, which is at the core of …
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Exploring the Constitutive and Social Processes of Ethics in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Teams
… the governing bodies that oversee this field (ABET, 2013; NAE, 2012). Specifically, given the highly fluid and subjective nature of ethics and the complications of the team-based context, challenges arise about how to move beyond codes and standards that are intended to guide ethical conduct …
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The Specter of Liberal Benevolence: Power, Podcasts, and Perpetual Peace
… expansion, the foreign policy elite still abet the expansion of the American military apparatus. I argue that international liberalism is used to capture the hearts and minds of the professional-managerial class. Specifically, the framings of the democratic peace theory, multilateralism, …
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The ambiguities of empowerment: a deconstructive approach to the adult education work of Edward Roux in the 1930s and 1940s and its implications for present conceptions of learner materials for adult basic education and training (ABET)
This research is an attempt to understand the ambiguities of empowerment inherent in transactions between educators and adult learners studying at a basic level. Through analysing the case study of Edward Roux's text-based adult education intervention for Africans in South Africa in the 1940's, …
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Improving motivation and engagement in core engineering courses with student teams
… positive affective outcomes for students. Using ABET outcomes and Self Determination Theory (SDT) as the background for my studies, I investigated students' confidence, motivation, and sense of community after experiencing team design projects in two different engineering departments at a large …
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The composition of first-year engineering curricula and its relationships to matriculation models and institutional characteristics
… and introductory engineering courses of all ABET EAC-accredited programs. Furthermore, this study investigated the degree to which first-year engineering curricula and institutional characteristics varied by the matriculation policies of engineering programs. ^ To this end, this study …
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Teaching Ethics in the Information Systems Curriculum
… (AACSB, IS2002 Model Curriculum, and ABET) specifically related to ethics teaching. This case study is centered on a set of ethics instruction that was used to teach ethics to senior level Information Systems students, which included a discussion of professional codes of ethics, …
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An exploration and review of ethics instruction methods for undergraduate engineering students and an examination of the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department's current practices in teaching ethics
… are required to teach ethics based on the ABET mandated Student Outcomes. How programs choose to do this is highly variable, but curriculum typically falls into one of three categories: the case method, theory-based method, and professional codes method; despite their prevalence in …
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Battle of the Bains: Tactical Bathing in Two Expository Texts, One Film and a Novella
… film scholars Serena Anderlini-DOnofrio and Elisabetta Girelli have offered images of le bain turc in expository texts, art and media, and films as those which offer 'Turkish Dreams' of orientalist fantasy, this paper focuses on the space as a loci of performative strategies and tactical moves, …
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