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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Practice context."”.
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A case study of emerging practice in speech-language therapy in a community practice context
… As such, there is a need to reconceptualise SLT practices toward a social justice focus. The study used clinical education as the entry point of exploration into how emerging professional practices (EPPs) may be developed. Aims/Objectives: The study aimed to describe and analyse a case study of …
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Evaluator characteristics and programme evaluability decisions: an exploratory study of evaluation practice in South Africa, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America
… for cross-country comparisons of evaluation practice, this simulation study investigated (a) evaluators' perspectives on what determines a programme's evaluability, (b) what criteria evaluators prioritise when assessing a programme's evaluability, and (c) the degree to which practice context …
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Development and validation of a taxonomy to guide practitioners in the use of video feedback.
… case studies, implemented in an action research context. A related pair of taxonomies were developed from the literature, and validated both in practice and by experts. These were designed to aid both best practice for academic staff involved in setting up systems to produce and distribute video …
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Benchmarking public relations practice in the Namibian public service with the principles of the excellence theory
… have expressed concern about public relations practice in government ministries, arguing that citizens are disadvantaged and the full spectrum of the advantages effective communication confers are lost at the national and transnational level (Kapitako, 2013; Mutambo, 2014; Namibia News Digest, …
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An Investigation of How Accountability Systems Influence the Design and Development of Student Centered Learning Environments
… investigation itself occurred within a specific practice context: an urban charter school serving elementary-aged children. The efforts to design and develop SCLEs in the school focused on the use of improvement inquiry by groups of stakeholders organized into a developing human ecology in …
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Understanding Adult Foster Care Through Provider Experiences
… informed by literature on AFC, the disabilities context of AFC, and Child Foster Care (CFC). The theoretical framework guiding the study included theories of care and relational reciprocity; power, difference, and hierarchy; and intersectionality. I conducted semi-structured, guided interviews …
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A role for reconsolidation in the testing effect
… this malleability results in a “generalized” contextual trace that includes elements of the original study episode and of the circumstances of testing. If the final criterion test is performed in a different context, then this more generalized context engenders a higher probability of …
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The Ethically Required Level of Mental Capacity Needed for Consent to Participate in Clinical Research on the Terminally Ill
… are flawed, that the medical research context ought to require more stringent competency requirements than the medical practice context for the terminally ill, and that a Subject Rights Advocate (SRA), unaffiliated with the research study, should be employed to bolster/enhance and …
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Reformation and Revelry: The Practices and Politics of Dancing in Early Modern England, c.1550-c.1640
… morally neutral, as a physical, embodied practice, context determined whether each occurrence was deemed acceptable or immoral. Yet, judging and interpreting these contexts, and thus delineating the boundaries between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour, was contested and …
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Actions speak louder than words : duality and professional boundaries in social work practice.
… but this guidance does not address practice settings in which duality is the norm rather than the exception. Research dedicated to exploring how social workers actually experience non-sexual dual/multiple relationships is lacking. This dissertation examines how ethical professional …
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An Exploration of Audiologists' Readiness to Adopt Connected Hearing Healthcare for Remote Hearing Aid Fitting
… hearing aid fitting services into clinical practice. Results: Reported readiness levels around the implementation of Connected Audiology displayed across the 8 CARE dimensions are as follows. High readiness levels are reported for the following dimensions: practice context, social capital, …
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Embodied coaching practices: Exploring coaching, communication and a complexrealist case based research approach
… and there is a history of body-oriented practices in psychotherapy. This exploratory, interpretive comparative case study investigates embodiment in coaching by analysing the work of three coaches working in the work/career domain and how their own physicality and that of their clients …
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An examination of how tutor-practitioners conceptualise and enact practice-based-knowing in a small Higher Education Fashion School : a social practice theory approach
This thesis examines how practice-based-knowing (PBK) is conceptualised and enacted by eighteen part-time tutor-practitioners teaching on Fashion Design, Fashion Styling and Fashion Business undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a small Higher Education Fashion School (HEFS). It adopts a …
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Advising States: The Government Lawyer in International Law
… examines what advising the state entails in the context of international law, through a close analysis of the role of the government legal adviser. It responds to the prevalent representations of the advisory function offered by Anglo-American practitioners, with modes of knowledge production …
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Students’ negotiation of practice education in occupational therapy: a case study
… students. The transition from classroom to the practice-based component of occupational therapy education is particularly challenging, and yet, very little research has been conducted on students’ learning in this area. This study explores learning processes in practice education as experienced …
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Practice based competency development: a study of resource geologists and the JORC code system
… to facilitate a relevant description of the practicebased competency development. To properly understand the the practice of resource geologists operating in a sub-sector within the JORC Code system, the research needed to explore and consolidate diverse theories such as theories on social …
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An investigation of stalking in intimate partner violence cases in Aotearoa New Zealand
… The second study was a qualitative analysis of practice-based definitions of partner stalking, based on interviews with 14 specialist IPV practitioners. Rather than providing a summary definition of partner stalking, practitioners defined partner stalking as a list of behaviours. There was also …
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The Role Taijiquan in Supporting Adaptive Development in Adulthood
… to construct a biopsychosocial mind-body practices model that seeks to explain and predict the role of key aspects (curriculum, practice, context) in Taiji-related development. The above frameworks are further substantiated through a comparative analysis of health status between Taijiquan …
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Postgraduate blended learning for NHS Educational Supervisors: A realist evaluation of impact on professional practice.
… professional development’s (CPD) impact on practice for consultant doctors and dentists holding the role of Educational Supervisor. It does so to better enable CPD curriculum designers, tutors, and students to critically examine these influences on their practice. Since 2015, in the UK, …
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Architecture Live Projects acquiring and applying missing practice-ready skills
… students to gain specific professional practice-ready skills and capabilities currently perceived to be lacking within the existing school curriculum - (1) collaborative interaction within and between inter-disciplinary teams, (2) participatory engagement with clients & civic concerns …