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Showing 1 to 20 of 218 for “"Belief Systems"”.
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Exploring the Belief Systems of Senior Managers: Antecedents of Managerial Discretion
Upper-echelons theory has been an extremely active stream of research for over two-decades and, as a counterbalance to the population ecology perspective, has provided evidence to support the position that managers influence firm outcomes. Upper-echelons theory posits that, as managers are …
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Efficient algorithms for distributed learning, optimization and belief systems over networks
… of data generated by inherently distributed systems such as social media, sensor networks, and cloud-based databases has brought considerable attention to distributed data processing techniques on several fronts of applied and theoretical machine learning, robotics, resource allocation, among …
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Resolving Apparent Inconsistencies in the Belief Systems of High School Geometry Teachers
… research seeks to identify and understand the beliefs of 10 high school geometry teachers that help resolve apparent inconsistencies between their espoused and enacted beliefs. Data was collected using an initial interview, classroom observations, and a follow-up interview to gather evidence of …
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The Policy Arguer: A computational model of United States foreign policy belief systems, 1949-1960
… of input information depends on the prior beliefs of decision makers, but, for a variety of reasons, these systems of prior beliefs defy ""standard"" empirical and modeling techniques. Computational modeling, including expert system technology, provides an alternative methodology that …
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Nuclear Belief Systems and Individual Policy-Makers: Duncan Sandys, Unmanned Weaponry, and the Impossibility of Defence
… of policy-making should be seen as a nuclear belief system unique to the individual, and therefore critical in understanding how British policy-makers approached the Cold War at the highest levels of government.
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Attitudes to nuclear defence. An investigation of processes of change in elite and non-elite belief systems.
… and security. On the one side lie all the old beliefs and assumptions about nuclear defence and security that have been common parlance for the last forty years and more. On the other side lies a unique opportunity to develop a new relationship of increased mutual trust between East and West …
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Belief systems and patient care: An examination of the relationship between nurse religiosity and end-of-life care
… are based on years of nursing experience and belief systems. Finally, it shows the need for ongoing research that investigates aspects of nursing and end-of-life care.
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Person-oriented and process-oriented teachers : an investigation of the links between ESOL teachers' personal belief systems and approaches to teaching
… in research into language teaching, teacher beliefs and classroom interaction, in order to investigate the question: Do teachers of ESOL have an identifiable and coherent system of beliefs about teaching and learning that may account for different approaches to teaching? A qualitative …
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PERCEPTION MATTERS: A CASE STUDY EXPLORING HOW BELIEF SYSTEMS AFFECT FAMILY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVES IN A TITLE I SCHOOL
<p>Family-school partnerships have been shown to have positive effects on students’ overall performance in school. However, in many instances schools have not used partnerships effectively to support literacy learning, particularly for Black families. Teacher bias, negative perceptions, and lack of …
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An Examination of Teacher Belief Systems on the Implications of Their Evaluation Instrument through the Use of District and State Developed Models
… adopted and locally adopted teacher evaluation systems in schools. This offers a chronological framework as to how a tenured and locally developed system operates as opposed to the new state generated instrument. Research questions of interest in this investigation were: (a) Does teacher …
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“BELIEF IN MAGIC IS OLDER THAN WRITING”: AN EXAMINATION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC AND LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS OF AFRICAN-BASED BELIEF SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1928-1988.
This thesis maps representations of African-based belief systems in the United States during two pivotal moments in the twentieth century – the Harlem Renaissance and the post-Civil Rights/Black Power era. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and engaging with literary studies, history, and …
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Divination processes : an examination of the incorporated belief systems of several Nguni diviners and the subsequent effects on the symbolism, form, structure and style of the music associated with their ritual practices
… out in the context of their world view and systems of beliefs, as documented in current anthropological literature and in the words of my informants. I also attempt to examine innovations arising from cross-culturalisation, which find expression in such ritual action.
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Connecting the Dots: A Study of an Innovative Principal Preparation Program's Impact on the Mental Models and On-The-Job Behaviors of Aspiring School Leaders
… on leadership and instruction into their own belief systems and (b) link these belief systems to their on-the-job behavior. This study examined how one innovative program, resulting from a university/school district collaboration, impacted the belief systems of the aspiring principals who …
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Directed teaching and constructivist teaching and technology
… have had to rethink and reevaluate their beliefs and ideas about the ways in which they instruct students and how students learn.</p> <p>Most educators have encouraged and promoted the use of computers in the classroom to assist them in providing students with an efficient and up-to-date …
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Study of collective efficacy in award winning schools in Illinois serving racially diverse elementary students
… efficacy in those schools, and the underlying belief systems and tacit assumptions that may inform that efficacy. The first phase of a mixed methods design was used to determine the level of collective efficacy present in eight diverse elementary schools. Through a series of interviews in the …
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Here be dragons: exploring the hinterland of science
… of pseudoscience and other ‘irrational’ belief systems. These epistemological considerations are then integrated with cognitive and psychological findings on irrationality, in order to construct a broader framework for the generation and dissemination of belief systems (epidemiology of …
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Beliefs about gender roles and issues held by undergraduate students in selected Christian higher educational institutions
… primarily the egalitarian and complementarian belief systems embraced within the Christian community. It includes both the theological distinctions in the belief systems as well as the resultant outworking or practice of those beliefs, primarily within the home and church. The findings will …
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Teachers’ Targets for Reading Instruction and what these Suggest
Teacher's belief systems and philosophies are formulated through professional development, reading current theory and daily interaction with children and materials. Researchers agree that teachers need an understanding of their belief systems in order to match these beliefs with effective …
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Black Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia.
… an exploration of existing informal health care beliefs and practices of blacks in Southern Appalachia and how they compare with the majority white population. How regional black folk belief systems compare to those documented in other parts of the country is also examined. Thirty-five blacks …
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The Confrontation of White Supremacy: A Consciousness Raising Group Experience
… to discussions about and challenges to their belief systems concerning racial issues and the racial climate of their school. These women were part of a multi-session consciousness raising focus group experience. The theoretical framework for this study was black feminist theory. Black feminist …
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