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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Kegan"”.
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Explorations in a meaning making system: Kerry as an entrepreneurial platform and the equine sector as a cluster
… separation is the means by which Kegan (1994, 2009) explains that transformation takes place and the Essays in this Portfolio aim to support and bring about such change. Exploration of aspects of ‘Kerry’ is the material selected to both challenge support change in the way of …
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Using Frequent, Unannounced, Focused, and Short Classroom Observations to Support Classroom Instruction
… The diagnostic framework of Wagner, Kegan, Lahey, Lemons, Garnier, Helsing, Howell, and Rasmussen’s (2006) systemic change plan was used. The process looked at current (As-Is) and future (To-Be) status of an organization and uses Wagner’s 4Cs—context, culture, conditions, and …
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Embedding Diversity Into The Curriculum: Facilitating Challenging Conversations
<p>Wagner, Kegan, Lahey, Lemons, Garnier, Helsing, and Rasmussen’s (2006) four C’s, consisting of competency, conditions, culture, and context, were used to think systemically when looking at the current (As-Is) and projected (To-Be) in the Galaxy School district. This paper focused on the need to …
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Addressing strategy and innovation in family business practice; a process of adaptive change
… using the Adult Mental Development theory of Kegan (1994, Kegan & Lahey, 2009). I document my experiences since returning to manage the family business and outline the developmental goals pursued in the remainder of the Portfolio. In Essay Two, I explore the themes underlying my developmental …
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The Concept of Learning and Education
… Explanation of Behaviour, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964: p. 143) has noted that stimulus - response (S - R) theory can be construed as "a mechanistic transposition of the traditional empiricists views of epistemology". In relation to the practice of education, behaviourists theories of …
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STUDYING THE IMPACT OF GRIT IN THE LEARNING OF YOUNG CHILDREN BY WAY OF IMPLEMENTING A STUDENT-TEACHER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN ELEMENTARY GRADES
… The change leadership model developed by Wagner, Kegan, Lahey, Lemons, Garnier, Helsing, and Ark (2006) was used to assess the culture, context, conditions, and competencies of a small, nonpublic Islamic school located in a suburban area. This study aimed to explore the factors that cultivate grit …
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Teacher Evaluation: The Change We Wish to See; Improving the Formal Observation Process to Improve Student Learning
… with a focus on student learning (Wagner & Kegan, 2006). Qualitative research methods were used to gain a deeper understanding of the teacher and administrator perceived value of the formal observation. Analyzing data from surveys and semi-structured interviews regarding the observation …
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The political and economic context of Keynes’s 1933 Finlay lecture: transforming a business practitioner’s ways of knowing
… development; the writings of Harvard’s Robert Kegan and Columbia University’s Jack Mezirow. The second part delves further into how meaning-making, the activity of how one organises and makes sense of the world and how meaning-making evolves to different levels of complexity. I explore how past …
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Assessing the effectiveness of renewable-specific policies on global renewable capacities
Many countries have enacted recent laws and regulations designed to stimulate production of electricity capacity from renewables within their borders. While early policy adopters were mostly developed countries, the number of developing countries adopting renewable-specific policies has expanded …
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Monotheism in the New Religious Movements of Japan: Historical and Taxonomical Challenges in Western Studies
The study of Japan's New Religious Movements (NRMs) has long been a preoccupation of Western scholars. However, significant disagreement and confusion has existed in the West over whether some of these movements, exemplified in this study by Kurozumikyō, Tenrikyō, and Konkōkyō, are monotheistic or …
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Examining the Role of Meaning-Making and Cultural Competence in How Teachers Understand and Approach their Work with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
… as it relates to their work with CLD students. Kegan (1982, 1994) provides a constructive developmental lens, which was used in this study, to understand how teachers construct meaning of their experiences. Another multidimensional construct of cultural competence based on the concept of …
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Exploring the Paradoxical Role and Experience of Fallback in Developmental Theory
… Garvey Berger, Susanne Cook-Greuter, Robert Kegan, David McCallum, Chuck Palus, and William Torbert. Several research questions guided this study, with the overall intention of exploring fallback as situated within current developmental theory and learning how these key thinkers understand …
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Advising to Promote Self-Authorship: Exploring Advising Strategies and Advisor Characteristics among New Student Affairs Professionals
Self-authorship, a theory developed by Robert Kegan (1982) and applied to college students by Marcia Baxter Magolda, is the ability to internally define one's own beliefs, identity, and relationships (Baxter Magolda, 2001). People who self-author have the ability to make career, academic, …
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Carbon Cycling Dynamics Inferred from Carbon Isotope Sourcing in a Mid-Latitude Karst-Influenced River
<p>As ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide alter the chemistry of the Earth’s atmosphere, understanding the global carbon cycle becomes increasingly important. A particularly important component is the riverine carbon cycle, as rivers are the primary conduits for dissolved inorganic carbon from …
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Personnel specialists in Scotland: a study of managerial work and knowledge use
… of Work and Employment. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
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A values based creative learning centred accounting pedagogy
… action research approach is complemented with Kegan’s (1982, 1994) theory of Adult Mental Development to deliver on the research goals, reported over three essays. Essay One ‘Reflection’ provides a Professional Development Review to track the development of my meaning making and to unearth the …
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Evaluating an Online Course’s Capacity to Promote Self-Authoring Consciousness: Assessing the Developmental Impact of a Scalable Intervention on Adults’ Stage of Ego Development
… Co-operation and Development), referenced Kegan’s ‘self- authoring order of mental complexity’ (also known as ‘self-authoring consciousness’) – as, overall, the capacity most needed “for a successful life and a well-functioning modern society”.</p> <p>And yet, research efforts have shown …
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Advances in Student Self-Authorship: A Program Evaluation of the Community Standards Model
… institutional educational objectives. Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental theory has been utilized in the creation of the Community Standards Model, a program designed for use in university residence halls. The purpose of the Model is to promote student development from Kegan's third …