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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Life-long learning"”.
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An exploratory investigation of the approaches to learning of accounting students studying toward a professionally accredited post-graduate programme at the University of Cape Town
… emphasis by professional bodies on fostering life-long learning has resulted in interest in student approaches to learning. The aim of this paper is to provide a preliminary investigation into the approaches to learning of accounting students in the context of a South African university by …
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An Integrative Literature Review of Self-Directed Learning in Higher Education
As a prerequisite for all adult learners in life-long learning, self-directed learning has been constantly discussed since the early 1960s. However, in what manner research operationalizes the concepts and what similarities occur across the empirical studies and theoretical studies are still …
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At-Risk Indicators: The Impact on School Success.
… strong educational foundation that will lead to life-long learning and a bright future. However, several factors may play a role in hindering a successful outcome. Addressing the at-risk indicators of excessive absences, discipline referrals, socioeconomic status, disability status, early grade …
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Exploring female graduate students' multifaceted and intersecting roles and identities in a complex educational milieu /
… (a) intricate understandings of key terms; (b) life-long learning and transformative pathways; (c) gender issues; (d) challenges, tensions, and possibilities; as well as (e) personal, professional, and educational implications. The findings underscored the possibility for both a singular static …
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Attributes of Successful School Improvement Teams: Participants' Perspective
… positive to the team, being a team player, life-long learning, clearly defined roles on the team/ground rules, and longevity working together. Important, yet secondary, attributes were identified as: approachability, strong communication skills, and having a vision of the future.
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English nurse education and National Health Service reform 1985-1997
… quantitative workforce supply issues through to life-long learning barriers in the NHS. International comparative studies provide explanatory insights and the impact of the work is demonstrated through numerous citations among other forms of recognition.
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Developing multi-representational problem solving skills in large, mixed-ability physics classes
… skills coupled with poor attitudes towards learning physics. Their secondary education experience of physics has left them with little fondness or appreciation for the subject, which they perceive as a purely formula-driven, mathematical discipline with little or no connection to either …
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Emotional intelligence and work engagement of leaders in a financial services organisation undergoing change
… world of work, which is characterised by life-long learning, risk taking, speed and change, networking and measuring outputs (Wentzel & Geldenhuis, 2005). Organisations are by nature, dynamic entities that continuously undergo transformation in response to both internal and external …
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Looking Forward, Looking Back, Looking Inward: Lessons from Vital Women Leaders in Old Age
… in order to become leaders in their old age. Life stories were obtained through personal interviews. Data from the interviews is presented in both narrative analysis, presented as individual chronological narratives, and analysis of narrative, a cross-case analysis, from which the following …
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Reflective practice and continuing professional development among qualified clinical psychologists
… action, reflective practice as CPD, and CPD and life-long learning. Seven second interviews were conducted for member-validation, and a final focus group was convened for triangulation and validation of the thematic analysis. The findings are related to the existing literature, and to learning …
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Ambiguity in Leadership: Perceptions of the Instructional Leadership Role of the Assistant Principal
… support high-quality teaching and optimal learning? In this research I combined participant observation, document review, and a questionnaire and an activity log disseminated through Qualtrics Software to Battle River School Division’s (BRSD’s) participating principals and assistant …
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Perceptions of Skill Development in a Living-Learning First-Year Experience Program
… of students and faculty involved in a living-learning first-year experience program at a small, liberal arts institution about developing skills for life-long learning including critical thinking, written communication, and reflection and engagement across disciplines. The researcher conducted …
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The conscience of capital: philanthropy at the Chautauqua Institution
… aesthetic, spiritual, and emotional “way of life.” Of central importance is an understanding of how and why donors give and how the Institution shapes and is shaped by its contributors. The Institution promotes an ideology of multi-tiered life-long-learning, credibility, and need; donors …
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Current and future trends in object detection
The task of finding objects belonging to classes of interest in images has long been a focus of Computer Vision research. The ability to localize objects is useful in many applications: from self-driving cars, where it allows the car to detect pedestrians, bicyclists, road signs, and other …
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Live, virtual, and constructive environments for performance support
… curriculum and delivery systems that support "life-long-learning" requirements. This dissertation addresses an essential component of performance systems, namely the ability to deliver the knowledge needed to guide a problem solver to a solution state, thereby enhancing worker capabilities. …
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Fostering children's expressive language skills through Aistear: The Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (2009)
… on their language skills. Play and play-based learning approaches have been linked synonymously with fostering many aspects of a child’s development, yet contemporary issues on Play highlight an uncertainty on its role within formal education. Aistear is a play-based framework employed in Irish …
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A look at community-based art education through multiple lenses: the potentials of empowerment and advocacy through the arts
… may provide in terms of opportunities for art learning to students who may not have such opportunities within schools and facilitating community building through programming and a place for community members to gather and engage in creative activities of mutual interest. Using social capital as …
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A felnőttek tanulás-módszertani fejlődése tanulási életútjuk során
… minket hozzá, hogy aktív részesei legyünk a Life Long Learning fogalomnak.
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Professional horizons
… put together an event on the theme of ‘through-life career planning and management’ for service personnel from the rank of Corporal and above. A pilot event was run in February 2018; from the feedback it was clear that this needed to be adjusted as the pitch was not clear enough on its …
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