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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Educational values"”.
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Educational values and practices of fundamentalist Mormons
… The purpose of this study is to explore the educational component of fundamentalist Mormonism. Their schools transmit the values and practices of plural communities to children. What are these values? How do schools transmit them? Do they prepare students for participation in a pluralistic …
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To what extent did making an inventory of my class library cause me to reflect on and change how I teach story-writing to Junior Infants so as to live more in line with my educational values?
This project was initiated following the identification of a dearth of books in the class-library with subject-matter, characters or contexts relating to the Junior Infant children.The dissertation considers how this gap, in terms of literary resources, led the teacher to alter and develop how she …
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The Value of Learning and Self-Improvement in Twentieth Century African-American Autobiography
"This study chronicled and examined the educational patterns of African-American professionals, entertainers, political leaders/activists and athletes born in the twentieth century in order to determine the familia, social and cultural contexts of African-American educational values and beliefs. …
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A study of factors that influence East Tennessee band directors in their decision to attend marching band competition
… (2) budgetary considerations; (3) general educational values; and (4) musical values. The purpose of this study was to -weigh the extent to which the factors identified by Rogers influence decisions of East Tennessee band directors to participate in marching band competitions.
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A values based creative learning centred accounting pedagogy
… The Action Research focused on aligning educational values of dialogue, openness and inclusion to practice, through developing and introducing a creative learning centred accounting pedagogy. The motivations in the research stemmed from a dissonance between identified espoused educational …
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Toward an Advanced System of Accountability for Improved Student Learning Outcomes: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Test-Based Accountability in Louisiana
… mixed-methods study was to discover the educational values most prioritized by Louisiana stakeholders and the extent to which current policymakers were willing to pilot an advanced system for test-based accountability, including tests of the higher levels of the cognitive domain as well …
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Protecting privacy: A case study on data collection and surveillance in educational environments
… to education, they may also have threats to educational values when they are not used properly. I present potential threats of data collection and surveillance to education and reveal what educational values are conversely affected by them. I also give information about the data techniques …
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An assessment of the value of a small nature reserve, with particular reference to the Palmiet Nature Reserve, Westville, Natal
… than 100 ha. The biological, recreational and educational values of small nature reserves in general are assessed and management for multiple-use activities is considered. A specific example, the 35 ha urban reserve, the Palmiet Nature Reserve in Westville, Natal, is evaluated in terms of the …
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Perceptions of seventh-day adventist church ministers toward seventh-day adventist schools
… (SDA) Church operates one of the largest private educational systems in the United States. However, throughout the past ten years, there has been a steady decrease in the enrollment of Seventh-Day Adventist schools, although church membership has increased. Previous research has shown that SDA …
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Committee of N : playful design in teacher education
… game where players deepen their learning about educational policy and the history of education in the U.S. by creating new kinds of schools based on design constraints implemented through random card draws. In the core game play, players are randomly assigned educational values (e.g. belief in …
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Can my use of Guided Inquiry Based Science Education enhance my pupils learning of and attitude towards Science?
… Education, enabling me to live closer to my educational values of inclusion and autonomy. I aimed to improve the children’s learning of scientific concepts while fostering positive attitudes towards Science using a child-centred inquiry approach to teaching and learning. Applying a self-study …
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Korean Students' Motivation to Pursue Higher Education in the United States
… students differ based on their perceptions of values for pursuing higher education? The focus of this study is on what Korean students value in their decision-making. Thus, their perceptions of educational values are presumably influenced by their societal and cultural context. In this study, …
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Think Globally, Act Locally: A Delphi Study of Educational Leadership through the Development of International Resources in the Local Community
… of surveys. The surveys served to identify (1) educational resource people who could bring constructive change communitywide, (2) program developments and school-community partnerships, (3) practical and philosophical goals for fusing international, national, community and academic educational …
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A Comparison of Physical Fitness Levels Attained Over a Two Year Period by Elementary School Children using Obstacle-Type Playground Equipment as Against Conventional Equipment
… in selecting playground equipment that the educational values are met.</p>
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For My Oklahomies: Educators’ Perspectives on Policy, Public Discourse, and Professional Wellbeing
… ideological forces that conflict with their educational values and constrain their professional autonomy, and what sustains their commitment to student-centered practice?</p> <p>Findings reveal that educators experience the cumulative weight of restrictive policies, media narratives, and …
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Structures of and values inherent in senior secondary student asessment in studio art in Britain and North America
… assessment are examined in order to reveal art educational values inherent in assessment practices. The problem is threefold: The subjective nature of studio art has rendered assessment difficult; problems have been associated with methods adopted for assessing studio art, and with determining …
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Chinese American Women, Identity and Education: A Qualitative Study
… is also subject to how they incorporated educational values and resources from their family and formal schooling into their own understandings of the social world they live in, how they negotiated their situatedness between their ethnic culture and the mainstream, and how they were …
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How can I support my pupils’ oral language skills through socio-dramatic play in 4-6 year olds?
… with my colleagues allowed me to understand the educational values that I claim to hold. Throughout this study I attempted to live up to these values in my practice as I documented and recorded my journey along the way. In this action research thesis I explored different approaches of how I can …
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An evaluation of a summer migrant education program
… questions to be addressed were: (a) What educational needs were reported for migrant students by school personnel and parents? (b) what was the cultural and psychological context of the school for migrant students? (c) How did the educational values of migrant parents and students relate …
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