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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Engaged scholarship"”.
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St. Catherine of Siena: Vocation as Engaged Scholarship
… "How is St. Catherine of Siena an exemplar of engaged communication scholarship?" This project covers five essential facets of communicative inquiry into a deeper understanding of St. Catherine of Siena and her embodiment of engaged communication scholarship. The five areas trace her life from …
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Engaged scholarship at land-grant institutions: Factors affecting faculty participation
… partners to address important societal issues, engaged scholarship has become an important movement in higher education. This research examines the perceptions of tenured and tenure-eligible faculty members at land-grant institutions and describes how disciplinary differences influence faculty …
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In pursuit of continuity : engaged scholarship for personal and institutional transformation
… of new planning knowledge. The placement of scholarship grounded in service and practice along the margins of planning curriculum has led many in the academy, particularly those on planning faculties, to question both its disciplinary and professional basis. Approved by Congress in 1993, the …
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Engaged Scholarship in Partnership with a Local Hospice: A Qualitative Case Study in a Radiation Therapy Classroom
… students respond to the implementation of an engaged scholarship partnership with the local hospice in relation to educational gains, experiential learning, transformational learning, and professional growth? This question is supported by the following sub-questions: What does the …
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Understanding the Factors Associated with Engaged Scholarship: A Case Study of Sociologists in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
… in ways that simultaneously enhance academic scholarship and socioeconomic development. For this reason, this study examined the significance of university policies on community engagement and the practice of public sociology. Specifically, the influence of epistemological dispositions and …
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The role of engaged scholarship and co-production to address urban challenges: a case study of the Cape Town Knowledge Transfer Programme
… study considers the value of facilitating an engaged interaction between academics and practitioners in order to co-produce knowledge that can be more relevant and useful for addressing sustainable urban planning challenges. A process of qualitative research by means of interviews with …
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Engaged scholarship at the South African College of Music of the University of Cape Town: An exploratory study of the perceptions and practices of full-time music academic staff
Debates concerning the concept of 'engaged scholarship’ (ES) in terms of university-society connectivity have become part of the discourse within the shifting South African higher education landscape after 1994. Given the legacy of historical inequalities continuing to permeate all spheres of South …
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Exploring how South African business incubators assist entrepreneurs in accessing venture capital
… an exploratory qualitative study and employs an engaged scholarship approach and entrepreneurial ecosystem theory. Primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews, supplemented by a questionnaire with three key stakeholders: BIs, VCs, and entrepreneurs. Thematic analysis was used to …
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New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) : a hostage to conditionality?
… within the tradition of practical, politically engaged scholarship. Several relevant sub-issues are generated in the paper's primary deliberations: Nepad and conditionality are defined and principles and nature thereof explored; ""democracy"" is located in African politics, its history and …
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Exploring the Impact of Personality Awareness and Personality-based Influencing Preferences on the Perceived Influence Capacity of New Leaders in Higher Education Community-engaged Practice
… development needs of new administrators engaged in community-engaged scholarship (CES) within higher education institutions. As these individuals transition from entrepreneurial, autonomous roles to formal administrative positions, they often lack essential competencies in areas such as …
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Mind the Skills Gap: A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Technology-mediated Learning in People-centric Production Systems
… mixed methods study. In doing so, engaged scholarship paradigms are followed under a pragmatist research philosophy. In five complementary sub-studies, this thesis investigates the phenomenon of technology-mediated learning integration in industry. The five studies comprise an …
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Multiple Perspectives on Academic Service-Learning Partnerships at the American University in Cairo: A Mixed Method Study
… engagement and building support mechanisms for engaged scholarship are among the critical steps required by public policy-makers in Egypt to promote service-learning in Egyptian higher education. Institutionalizing service-learning partnerships at AUC and enhancing the visibility of these …
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Manufacturing Excellent Engineers
… programme, enabled a multi-stage study using an Engaged Scholarship methodology. The first-stage was an exploratory study that investigated the initial development of SIP skills, using simulated experiences, in a taught HE based module. Skills development was found to be a complex multi-component …
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The Life Cycle Management and Intellectual Capital factors that influence sustainability integration in organisational processes
… research studies were conducted, influenced by engaged scholarship. During Case A, the LCM elements were used in practice to influence the project whilst the LCM factors were observed in practice. Case A demonstrated the complexity of sustainability-related information integration in …
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Knowledge exchange at York St John: Building capacity in a small university.
… have sought to encourage academics to become engaged in the economic, social and cultural issues of society and to address problems in such a way as to demonstrate a knowledge contribution from the academy. Universities, as knowledge intensive organizations respond by changing their …
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Augmented Workforce Canvas: Towards a Tool for Integrating Operator Assistance Systems in Industry
… and interpretation. Following pragmatism and engaged scholarship, this study applies procedural action research. Due to the contextual richness of OAS research, a mixed method research approach was selected, involving: (a) a systematic review of 2,928 papers; (b) 67 semi-structured expert …
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Knowledge Sharing among NHS Estates and Facilities Management Teams: Insights across Managerial Levels and Organisational Contexts
… managerial levels. Following a pragmatist and Engaged Scholarship approach, the study uses the Design Research Methodology (DRM) to build upon existing theories while fostering new actionable insights. Due to the complexity of human behaviour involved in KS processes, a mixed-methods approach …