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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Instrumental case study"”.
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Bullying prevention and intervention in education through the visual arts: an instrumental case study
… part of any program.</p> <p>The purpose of this instrumental case study is to understand, explore, and provide insight into the interventions used in conventional districts where art education is not used as well as those districts that do employ the visual arts as interventions for bullies, …
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One and done : an instrumental case study of administrative turnover in a private Christian school.
In this instrumental case study, I investigated the factors leading to school administrators' high attrition rates at a small private Christian school in central California. Across the United States, only 35% of public school K–12 administrators had been at their school for more than two years as …
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Empathy in the social & musical interactions of a community youth chorus: an instrumental case-study
… be a fertile ground for empathy. This instrumental case study aims to observe how empathy might be present in the social and musical interactions of an extracurricular community youth choral ensemble. This ensemble acts as a critical bounded system which has qualities that could lend …
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Unto Perfect Manhood: An Instrumental Case Study of Leadership Formation in an African American Boys High School
<p>This qualitative study investigates the influence of single-sex education on leadership formation at an all boys, urban Catholic high school where a majority of the students come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The researcher has found an association between graduation from a single-sex school …
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Exploring a theory and ethic of hospitality through an instrumental case study of a middle school band room
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The Influence of the Operating Environment on Voluntary Collaboration Between Health, Social Care, and Housing: An Instrumental Case Study
… Care in Wales, 2018).<br/><br/>The aim of this study was to explore and gain an understanding of how factors in the operating environment act to encourage or discourage voluntary collaboration in practice, between health, social care, and housing. Using the redevelopment of a 55+ sheltered …
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An instrumental case study analysis of faculty perceptions and experiences with service-learning and its integration into the scholarship of teaching and learning
The purpose of this study was to explore how faculty at a research university utilizes the service-learning pedagogy to advance their scholarship of teaching and learning. There is limited research on faculty perceptions of utilizing the service-learning pedagogy as a way to integrate the faculty …
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A seat at the table : an instrumental case study on the personal and professional strategies of resistance Black women professionals adapt while employed at a predominantly White institution.
… practices for themselves and the community. This instrumental case study gave insight into the strategies of personal resistance four Black women professionals adapted while employed at a private PWI in the southeast region of the United States. Semi-structured interview findings along with …
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Improving outcomes for multiply marginalized learners : a single instrumental case study on urban special educators' implementation of dis/ability critical race theory and the five dimensions of multicultural education.
… US Chamber of Commerce, 2020). In this single instrumental case study, I examined four urban special educators' implementation of dis/ability critical race theory (DisCrit; Annamma et al., 2013) and the five dimensions of multicultural education (MCE; Banks, 1993a) frameworks in their …
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A qualitative instrumental case study investigating the interrelatedness of adult learning theory, targeted professional development, and the creation of professional learning communities during the implementation of an elementary school improvement model
… implementing new programs. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the interconnectedness of adult learning theory, targeted professional development, and the creation of professional learning communities (PLCs) during the implementation of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years …
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Avoiding Cultural Calamities: Exploring The Influence Of Culture In Intercultural PLCs At An International School
<p>This qualitative instrumental case study explored the influence of national culture within the context of professional learning communities (PLCs) at an international school. This study utilized Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory as the theoretical framework and drew from DuFour and Eaker’s …
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Negotiating Modernity: Early Childhood Education *Policy Development in Turkey in the Context of Seeking European Union Membership---a Case Study of the General Directorate of Preschool Education
As an instrumental case study, this study's focus is the General Directorate of Preschool Education in Ankara. The data were collected through multiple methods including interviews, document analysis, and observations in the actual context of the office. The use of multiple methods aided …
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Perceptions of Blended Learning: A Case Study on Student Experiences in an Advanced Placement Macroeconomics Course
<p>The purpose of this study was to use a case study design to examine the impact of a blended learning instructional model on students in an Advanced Placement (AP) Macroeconomics course. Using an instrumental case study design, the researcher investigated blended learning and students’ …
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Heritage tourism as secular pilgrimage
… is a form of secular pilgrimage ends with an instrumental case study of The Pointe-du-Moulin Historical Park. The spatial and interpretive strategies of the park are discussed as a social drama, using Kenneth Burke's Pentad as an analytical tool.
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Disproportionate Representation: One School's Solution
… the voices of many stakeholders, the following study sought to examine the relationship between the prereferral process to special education and the perceptions, beliefs, and expectations of stakeholders involved in the decision making process. An instrumental case study was conducted at a …
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Using High-fidelity Medical Simulation to Assess Critical Thinking in Medical Students
… of caring for the critically ill patient. This instrumental case study tests medical simulation as a method of assessing critical thinking, which incorporates all six competency domains, by looking at the assessment environment, summative patient experience, and participant's reflection on the …
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Teacher activist perceptions: should teacher education programs do more to encourage activism?
This study explored whether teacher activists’ perceptions of teacher preparation programs suggest a need to address more than just content and pedagogy. In other words, are teacher preparation programs ignoring critical social components that help new teachers navigate and succeed as professionals …
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Identifying Factors Associated With Local Use of Large -Scale Evaluations: A Case Study
… The main goal of conducting this developmental instrumental case study was to consider how large-scale evaluations can be rooted in the concerns, interests, and problems of the program's local practitioners. Data collection in this developmental instrumental case study of a large-scale …
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