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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Education not elsewhere classified"”.
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Changes to teacher assessment in mathematics at Key Stage 2: Examining the practice in a junior school
… in impementating the findings. The task has not been completed, in fact the exercise begun has now reached the stage of practical implementation which has yet to be measured in terms of both effectiveness as an assessment model and suitability for the needs of staff and pupils.
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The role, position and experience of female teachers within faith schools
… by women. Historically, leadership carried the notion of masculinity and the belief that men were born with certain leadership traits and therefore make better leaders than women. Nevertheless, current thinking contests this view and argues that leadership can be taught and learned and it is …
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Working Inside the Black Box: Refinement of Pre-Existing Skills
This thesis aimed to address and inform the gap in current sport psychology/coaching research, knowledge and practice related to the implementation of technical refinement in already learnt, well-established and self-paced skills. This was achieved through a series of studies conducted within golf. …
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Paternalistic, Parsimonious Pragmatists: The Wigan Board of Guardians and the Administration of the Poor Laws 1880-1900
… addresses the problem of the ‘casual poor’, another major national concern of the period. Analysis illustrates the detail of local practice and the nature of central-local relations between the guardians and the LGB. Chapter six examines the themes of dismissal of union officers and …
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How can Bourdieu’s ‘Habitus’ inform the development of a parental engagement intervention for secondary school parents?
… to promote low-income parental engagement in education following the primary to secondary transition. Focus groups (n=22) and interviews (n=50) with low-income parents demonstrated that parents’ values were aligned with the primary schools’, focused on protection of self-concept. Parents felt …
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Corpus-Based pedagogy and English language teaching: Insights from the classroom
This study set out to investigate a potentially greater role for corpora in the EFL classroom. The recent influence of corpora on textbooks and self-study materials is evident and welldocumented, yet instances of teachers and learners working with corpora in lessons remain comparatively scarce. …
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Professional education and training in the construction industry
This study discusses the current state of education and training in the construction industry and considers likely changes which may be initiated by the needs of the industry or by developments in Higher Education.
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Education of poor girls in north west England c1780 to 1860: A study of Warrington and Cheshire
… England in the early nineteenth century for the education of poor girls, using a comparative study of two towns, Warrington and Chester. The existing literature reviewed is quite extensive on the education of the poor generally but there is little that refers specifically to girls. Some of it was …
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The Experience of Unmarried Mothers in Barrow and the Furness Area 1960-1996
… highlights the strategies these women employed not only to raise their child alone, but also to gain a measure of independence. The importance of actually talking with women who have experience of bringing up a child alone is also highlighted. Although a larger sample of candidates may have …
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The developmental progression of cognitive-linguistic skills in emergent bilingual children
… additional language (EAL). Recent political and educational concerns have been the educational under-achievement of minority ethnic children and their underrepresentation in those identified as having specific learning difficulties. This thesis aims to further our understanding of factors …
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Definitions of quality: a study of quality systems and their relevance to academic libraries
The current quality movement can be traced back to the teachings of the so-called "Quality Gurus" in the period immediately following the Second World War. Although initially most successful in Japan, and credited with much of that country's industrial success, the theories and techniques put …
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Economic factors in engineering education in Great Britain: A review of existing literature and an indication of areas of research needs
… outlines the development of engineering education in Great Britain to provide a comprehensive insight into the present day pattern of education provision for engineers. The second chapter focusses on the debate between the Government Manpower Commission's views of a shortage of engineers …
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Introducing a quality system into an adult education college
… assurance system developed for use in further education colleges is to be piloted in a college of adult education. A summarised description or tne system is provided with more detail provided at Annex (A). Research objectives are described and a number of issues are discussed around the theme …
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The artist-as-educator: dialogue, community and the institutional site
… or projects delivered by artists within the educational function of the museum. The hybrid nature of the practice, situated as it is amongst several disciplines and their associated evaluative models, tends to be written about from one position or disciplinary ‘mind-set’. Texts written out of …
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Horse anatomy : ANSC 070 dissertation, Diploma in Farm Management
… bookstores. The trouble with this is that you cannot keep them at home as handy references, if borrowed from the library, and most horse books are quite expensive to buy. Also as in most fields of study there are as many self-proclaimed experts expounding material as there are the genuine article. …