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Showing 1 to 20 of 152 for “"Education, Adult and Continuing"”.
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The Effects of a Performance-Oriented Music Appreciation Class on Beginning Adult Piano Study
… about music, especially in aural theory and listening comprehension, (2) the subjects exposed to the POMAC were very receptive to exploring other aspects of music, including composition, harmonization, and dictation of melody, (3) better knowledge and appreciation of music do not …
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Utilizing Different Instructional Formats in a Web-Based Distance Learning Program About Leisure Service Delivery
… about pay-for-performance systems in parks and recreation. The effects of two instructional strategies, discussion groups and multiple-formatted content, on participants' declarative knowledge and self-efficacy were examined. The moderating role of cognitive learning style, experience with …
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Three Essays on *Education and Human Capital
… on the degree of relevance of one's field of education to their occupation. Using information on fields of education and occupations of over 6,000 individuals, I find that people who matched their field of education to an occupation realize higher than average returns to schooling. …
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Hearing the Silenced: Stories From the Borders of Mathematics Education
… I examine persons' perceptions of mathematics and their mathematical participation. The study provided a space for highlighting the voices of those who have traditionally been silenced and relegated to the borders of mathematics education. Four women's re-membered mathematical experiences help …
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Training Evaluation Practices in Large Illinois Hospitals
… reluctance to participate, labor intensive, and problems tracking trainees. However, these problems did not prevent participants from conducting results-focused evaluations, whose findings were used instrumentally, conceptually and symbolically. Recommendations for further research include …
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High School Dropouts Returning: A Study of the Education System's Efforts to Encourage Their Return
… in school organization, curriculum content and implementation, teacher pre-service and in-service training.
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Female Volunteer Motives for Investing in Training as Identified by the Work Motivation Inventory
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Alternative Types of Learning in Clinical Specialty-Interest Areas of Family-Practice Medicine
… complex dilemma, which apparently makes learning and teaching relative to going into specialty-interest areas from family practice puzzling and potentially problematic. Due to the high level of risk in medical practice, resolving this dilemma becomes essential for reasonably handling the potential …
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Instructional Development: A Case Study of Program Planning for Active Learning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
… assessment to document the success of programs and interventions by the Division of Instructional Development to monitor the transfer of learning from programs to teaching practice.
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A Study of the Process by Which Professional Associations Plan the Technical Program for Their Annual Membership Conference
… organization's leaders in the planning process and the systems for development of the program. Both were reflections of the organizations' cultures.
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A Cooperative Extension Home -Based Business Program: A Case Study
… criteria associated with an exemplary program and compares that criteria to the actual program to determine whether or not the program fit the enumerated criteria. The study then looked at how the program achieved this success and what obstacles it encountered in its development and if and how …
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The Role of Human Resource Development Professionals in the Merger and Acquisition Process of Fortune 500 Companies
… mostly performed in the supportive, partner and strategic roles. The 'leader' role was the least mention. Suggestions for enhancing the role of HRD professionals in future M&As were linked to the management of change, training, and organizational culture. The study findings can be used to …
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Guidelines for Establishing Literacy Projects Utilizing Agencies in a University and a Rural Community
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The Relation Between Nutrition Knowledge and The Dietary Intake of Selected Women: A Basis for Adult Education Program Development
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Continuing Professional Learning Related to Conference Participation by Mathematics Educators (Program Development)
… study is based on respondents' approaches to continuing professional learning through conference participation. Findings are reported for a sample of 215 participants in a statewide professional conference of mathematics educators. The respondents were teachers of mathematics at elementary, …
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Planning Practices of Administrators in Continuing Higher Education
Continuing education administrators in colleges and universities have indicated a growing awareness of the need for effective planning. As the topic of planning has gained prominence, so have discussions of strategic planning. It is frequently presented to continuing higher education administrators …
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Facilitating and Limiting Factors in Job-Related Computer Use of Illinois Community College Personnel
… systems within the reach of virtually every educational agency. But while the computers have become readily attainable, the skills necessary to use them have not kept pace. This study attempts to clarify what individual and institutional factors facilitate or limit job-related computer usage …
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Securing Internal Support for Continuing Higher Education
Little information exists about the way continuing higher education administrators secure internal support for their units. Yet, in order to thrive the continuing education unit must serve the larger organization within which it exists as well as adult learners. This study examined the way deans …
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Psychological Determinants of Oral Surgeons' Intentions to Participate in Continuing Professional Education
… of the theory of reasoned action for research on continuing education (CE) participation by investigating oral surgeons' intentions to register for a continuing professional education program. Data were collected from a sample of 110 surgeons by mailed questionnaire. Data were analyzed by multiple …
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Efforts to Solve Real-Life Marketing Problems and Related Learning Activities
… efforts to solve real-life marketing problems and the problem solver's learning activities? The study contributes to theoreticans' and educators' understanding of the relationship between education and performance by: (a) revealing significant associations between learning activities and …
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