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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Higher Education Context"”.
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Student satisfaction and dissatisfaction - a study in the higher education context
… model of student satisfaction with their higher education (HE) experience. The five core papers that sequentially contributed to knowledge are presented within this application, together with their supporting papers. In particular, the investigations focussed on what were the main …
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Post-merger narratives in a higher education context: (re)constructing identity
When a small, specialist higher education institution merged with a large university, both parties declared an interest in protecting the identity of the smaller institution. This thesis is concerned with the discursive (re)construction of the post-merger identity of that institution. It is …
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An investigation into full cost accounting in a higher education context
… of Full Cost Accounting (‘FCA’) in a new sector (Higher Education). It<br/>does so following calls in the literature to develop further FCA as a worthwhile<br/>technique to correct prices and redress the asymmetry of information found in<br/>(un)sustainability reporting, towards something that …
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Faculty Identity Development Through Story: A Narrative Study in a Higher Education Context
Many higher education faculty members are not trained to teach during their graduate study; thus, faculty development programs (FDPs) can provide systematic opportunity for teaching training. While FDPs are prevalent in higher education today, many such programs focus on practical or pedagogical …
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The development of a scale to measure doctoral graduate attributes in the South African higher education context
Doctoral education is an area of strategic focus in South Africa. The recent review of doctoral education at South African higher education institutions, and subsequent discussions of the findings, have highlighted doctoral graduate attributes as an area needing substantial focus. This study aimed …
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English language learner autonomy in the Vietnamese higher education context: enabling factors and barriers arising from assessment practice
… has gained particular attention in Vietnamese higher education since a major education reform launched in 2005. Although a number of studies have been conducted to investigate the concept in the Vietnamese higher education context, most of them have focused on exploring teachers’ and students’ …
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An Empirical Study of Quality Management in the Libyan Higher Education Context: Al-Fateh University as a Case Study
Higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world and in the developing countries in particular e.g. Libyan HEIs are facing challenges that increase the pressure on them. Some of these challenges are related to the remarkable changes in population growth and fast changes in the development of …
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Image analysis for translating English multimodal texts into Greek : a multimodal semiotics approach to translation training in a Greek higher education context
This study explores the image analysis practices of undergraduate translation trainees in a Greek. university. The key research questions focused on the trainees' perception of the role of visual literacy in translation, the nature of their verbal and visual associations and activities effective …
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Second language writing self-efficacy and tolerance of ambiguity : an investigation of their interactions and developmental change in the Saudi higher education context
The aims of the current research are threefold. Firstly, to investigate the relationship between second language self-efficacy (SLSE) and second language tolerance of ambiguity (SLTA) among Saudi L2 learners at two levels of specificity; general and domain-specific. Secondly, to examine the change …
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The enablers and barriers to professional development for in-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Vietnamese higher education context
… as a foreign language (EFL) in Vietnamese higher education. This is due to the implementation from 2008 of Language Project 2020, aiming to help students use a foreign language independently after graduation. Project 2020 views PD as essential to improve the quality of foreign language …
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Being a ‘model’ student: the impact of affective influences on full-time undergraduate student behaviours and practices in the current Higher Education context in England
… constantly evolving actors within English Higher Education. Findings demonstrate how this framing enables a timely and nuanced perspective on the ways such influences shape the ‘model’ student and their negotiation of networks of power. Prior research investigated ‘becoming’ a student and …
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Identifying scaffold for high impact practices in the public higher education context through the lens of internship practitioners: A case study in a Midwestern Public University
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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An analysis of the contestation over the pedagogic device in an applied design curriculum in post apartheid South Africa
… operating in the field of fashion design education in the post-Apartheid South African higher education context. The investigation is realised through a case study analysis of the pedagogic practices and context of a registered private provider of higher education that is externally …
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Resistance to change in UK universities : a Habermasian perspective
… resistance management during change within the context of UK Higher Education Institutions. Resistance to change is an area that has received considerable attention, with many scholars attributing it as a significant reason why change initiatives fail. However, resistance is seldom studied in …
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Hope and academic performance in a higher education residence context
… university residence students in a South African Higher Education Residence setting. Using four scales including: (1) the Trait Hope Scale (2) the Environmental Hope Scale (3) the Australian modification of the Hope Scale; (4) and the Residence Environmental Hope Scale, the research aimed to …
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Factors that contribute towards students' successful participation and completion of the intercontinental Masters Programme (Adult Learning and Global Change) at one of the partner universities
… persistence in relation to online study within a higher education context, and also offers insights into what may costitute successful learning communities. In relation to literature, , the student perceptions obtained via the study largely affirm what 'successiful' can mean to a group of …
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Re-imagining pedagogy in higher education: facilitating epistemic access and student success
… decolonized curricula, and transformation within higher education institutions. Recent scholarship indicates that affective factors, such as emotion and the awareness and stimulation of engagement, assist students in establishing a sense of connection with each other and the higher education …
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Examining the Determinants of the Use of Mobile Technologies for Academic Purposes by Instructors and Students in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia
M-learning is defined as learning across multiple educational contexts using handheld devices such as smart-phones and tablets. The successful use of M-learning systems depends on how they are viewed by students and lecturers. This research aimed to identify the determinants of the use of mobile …
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Knowledge management and higher education: a UK case study using grounded theory
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in general, and universities in the UK in particular, are complex organisations, each characterised by a distinctive ethos, particular history, mission, size, and shape, being highly autonomous, yet bound together by the identical challenges of massification, …
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