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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Personal Practice"”.
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Visualizing health : imagery as data for changing personal practice
… diabetics and their theories about their health practices. Daily decisions, such as eating and exercise habits, have clear consequences for a diabetic's health, yet many of them fail to change their behavior patterns despite knowing facts about the disease. I assumed that they might change their …
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The Influence of Performance Level and Setting on Collegiate Athletes' Motivational Profiles
… (High, Middle, and Low) and settings (Team Practice, Competition, and Personal Practice). The athletes task and ego disposition, autonomy, and contextual motivation, were assessed using the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ), Sport Climate Questionnaire (SCQ), and Sport Motivational …
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Foreign language learning : an exploratory study on the external and internal influences affecting success.
… age, length of exposure, learning environment, personality, attitude, study habits, personal practice, and personal motivation have on individuals studying a foreign language. Participants provide feedback on their own experiences while learning a foreign language to ascertain which elements are …
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mit-cap-68-kruff for soprano, choir, strings & computer (2009/2011)
… these compositions locally, in terms of a personal practice, and also within the broader context of 20th/21st century musical composition.
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A Study to Identify the Components of Professional Learning Communities that Correlate with Teacher Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Morale
… supportive conditions-structural, and shared personal practice and their correlation with teacher efficacy, satisfaction, and morale. These six characteristics of learning communities were studied to ascertain the association of those characteristics or attributes with teacher measures. The …
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Floristry and fine art — a practical and conceptual investigation
… The research is based on both theory and personal practice. The most common theoretical concepts of both art and floristry were reviewed. Based on these theories a clearer definition of art appropriate to this research was developed and this is then elaborated further in discussion of the …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Perceptions Of Professional Learning Communities And Shared And Supportive Leadership
<p>This study is an exploration of leadership practices that develop and sustain a professional learning community (PLC). It explores teacher perceptions of these leadership practices. Findings include descriptions of teacher perceptions of leadership practices as they relate to shared and …
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An Investigation of Assistant Principals', Teachers', and Principals' Perceptions of Their Schools as Professional Learning Communities
… learning and its application, (d) shared personal practice, and (e) supportive conditions. Each of the schools selected for this study was in the 5th year of implementation of an intensive school improvement process aimed at enhancing, sustaining, and improving student learning. A …
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Releasing Our Technological Imaginations: A Translation of Maxine Greene's Aesthetic Educational Theory into the Language of Instructional Technology
… study is a journey--an attempt to translate personal experience and theory into a practical philosophical guide for teachers who desire to utilize the rich palette of technology in broad, meaningful ways. It begins with a reflection upon the impact that aesthetic educational theory has had on …
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"""Movin' Up That Third Grade Hill"": Discourses of Progress and Hybrid Language and Literacy Practices in a ""Mainstream"" Multilingual Classroom"
… pedagogical change are framed according to her personal language and literacy background---her ""literate life history""---as the daughter of Filipino immigrants. The findings show how two mainstream discourses of language and literacy---literacy as cognitive growth and the gospel of …
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Teaching About Disability and Special Education in a Secondary Social Studies Teacher Education Program: A Self-Study
… studies is limited regarding effective teaching practices for students with exceptional learning needs. Moreover, the research that does exist rarely aligns with the NCSS position statement addressing powerful teaching and learning as meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging, and …
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Ambivalent Images, Beloved Objects: Building Bridges between Picture Books and the Tangible World
… pedagogical benefits, including for the author's personal practice.</p> <p>This paper challenges practices of pictorial illusionism, arguing for the implicit superiority of nature over an artist's rendering, and endorsing an "archaeological" approach to art-making that elevates practices like …
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The transition experiences of students with disabilities who participated in a community college secondary transition program: a narrative inquiry
This study arose from personal practice and the narrator's awareness that, in current research, scant attention is given to hearing from young adults with disabilities who have successfully negotiated the transitions from high school, to community college, to employment. The method for this study …
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Exploring Shakespearean Influence On Executive Leadership In Finance: A Qualitative Narrative Inquiry
… The second major theme was: The Power to Inform Personal Practice, with the sub-themes of (1) “Suck Up All the Arts You Can,” (2) Shakespeare, the Cynic: “What Not to Do,” and (3) Grave Consequences. The study painted a picture of the rigorous emotional landscape of working as an executive in …
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Music as Embodied Action: Interfacing autonomous systems and rhythmical expression
… concerns a particular relationship between music practice, computer technology and the importance of rhythm as a vehicle of musical expression. The intention is to explore new technology to allow for computer-mediated improvisation of rhythmic forms that are derived from a consideration of West …
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Study of the Professional Learning Practices of Three Rural Elementary Title I Distinguished Schools in Georgia
… explored the current professional learning practices in place at three elementary schools within the same district to determine what school wide and individual professional learning practices have been implemented and if they have played a role in their success as Title I Distinguished …
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Art, Landscape and Material: Subject into Media
… one generation to the next, informs a body of personal creative work. This is a 50/50 co-dependent strand used to illustrate the practical and creative discourses between practitioner and landscape, involving the articulation of actual land materials, found objects and Plein-Air excursions to …
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The unwritten notes: Exploring extemporization strategies for classical pianists and their reciprocal impact on interpretive depth
… musician, improvisation – especially as a practice grounded in the language, syntax, and forms of WAM – was replaced by a focus on textual fidelity and interpretation. This research aims to address that loss by exploring practical pathways for the reintegration of improvisation into …
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Examining Teacher Knowledge: Building Bridges to Conquer Brick Walls through Double Entry Journals
… research will contribute not only to improving personal practice but also to what is known about teacher education and the preparation of teacher educators and teachers.
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Scrapbooking cultures in twentieth-century Britain
… Scrapbookers transformed their volumes into personal narratives, histories, surveys, and archives. I open my thesis by using cultural and commercial commentaries to reconstruct the broader cultural climate in which historical actors made their scrapbooks. I show how these commercial and …
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