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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Schlossberg"”.
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From an adult viewpoint: the transition from non-student to student status
… the Transition Framework developed by Nancy K. Schlossberg. Schlossberg identified three major components of the transition process: the transition, the individual, and the environment. The purpose of this study was to determine the adequacy of the Schlossberg Transition Framework in explaining …
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A qualitative case study assessing student transition from McKinney High School to college.
… students' backgrounds and perceptions as well as Schlossberg's Transition theory to explore students' experiences with the college transition process. Although the transition to college is an anticipated transition (Schlossberg, 1981), it is difficult to comprehend how one will deal with the …
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Military veterans in higher education: application of adult development theories to selected Rowan University undergraduate veterans
… after serving in a military setting, by using Schlossberg's transition theory and mattering study, and Mezirow's theory of transformative learning. Of particular interest was how veterans described their experiences, as well as what transitional issues they faced, and what the university might …
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Social Engagement Gaps Between Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) F-1 Visa International Students and American Students in US Universities
… the marginality and mattering theory (MMT) (Schlossberg, 1989) as a theoretical framework. The social constructivism paradigm was utilized to explain how international students construct their knowledge and perceptions of social engagement with American peers, and how their relative social …
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The Transition Experience Of U.S. Veterans From Military Life To Higher Education
… The application of social constructivism to Schlossberg’s Adult Transition Theory and Schlossberg’s 4 S Model (Amineh & Davatgari, 2015; Goodman, Schlossberg, & Anderson, 2006), for the theoretical framework, with an online survey and interviews (Creswell, 2015) as the methods of data …
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Transition and the international taught postgraduate nursing student: qualitative evidence from Middle Eastern students in a UK university
… students. <br/><br/>The research is grounded in Schlossberg’s transition theory (Schlossberg et al., 1995) and particularly focuses on its key features: Situation, Self, Support and Strategies. A two phased qualitative approach was employed. The first drew on semi-structured interviews with …
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Social Support during the Academic Transition of International Students in Ph.D. Programs
… & Steger, 2002) and the transition theory of Schlossberg, Waters and Goodman (1995). Participant narratives revealed that international students in Ph.D. programs gravitated toward co-nationals because of their common language and culture. Other international students served as an important …
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Building an Educated Workforce: Brain Drain and Senior State Merit Scholarship Recipients Studying Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics
… The findings were analyzed through the lens of Schlossberg's theory of students in transition (Goodman, Schlossberg, & Anderson, 2006) and answer the following questions: </p> <p> Research Question 1: Do senior state merit scholarship recipients studying math, science, engineering, and …
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Art and ephemerality: The cultural work of American poetry broadsides since 1960
… terms of a portfolio by writer and artist Edwin Schlossberg and a broadside of a Diane Wakoski poem printed by Walter Hamady.
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The Lopez Effect Remixed: The Significance of Mattering Through a Hip-Hop Lens in Education and Beyond
… of mattering (Rosenberg & McCullough, 1981; Schlossberg, 1989; Love, 2018) in traditional and non-traditional spaces through a Hip-hop lens. When mattering is applied to marginalized groups, it centers them to a certain extent. In my dissertation, I examine how Dr. Nadia Lopez, the former …
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Σκιαγραφώντας προφίλ διαχείρισης επαγγελματικών μεταβάσεων βάσει των τύπων προσωπικότητας RIASEC
… στο πλαίσιο της θεωρίας μεταβάσεων της Schlossberg και ειδικότερα του συστήματος των τεσσάρων πόρων (κατάσταση, εαυτός, υποστήριξη, στρατηγικές). Θεωρητικά, η εργασία εντάσσεται στις σύγχρονες, δυναμικές προσεγγίσεις της σταδιοδρομίας που αναγνωρίζουν τη μη γραμμικότητα των …
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The Role of College Unions in Developing Students' Sense of Community: A Narrative Inquiry of Physical and Organizational Environments
… community members (Cheng, 2004; Harris, 2007a; Schlossberg, 1989). The college union is one of the most influential settings in developing SoC (Barrett, 2014; Janisz, 2014; Maxwell, 2016; Smyth, 2016) and improving student persistence (Tierno, 2013). However, scholars and educators lack …
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Nuovi orientamenti di carriera e qualità del lavoro. Un contributo di ricerca
… e dei fenomeni psicosociali ad esse correlate (Schlossberg, Waters & Goodman, 1995). Vengono affrontati temi attuali quali quelli della Globalizzazione riflessiva (Beck, 1999), della complessità e delle Flessibilità (Sennett, 1998) e se ne mette in luce le interrelazioni con il fenomeno delle …
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The Transition Experiences of Middle Eastern Graduate Students in the U.S.
… a comprehensive transition model incorporating Schlossberg et al.'s 4S Transition Model (1995) with the main ideas from Chickering's Vectors of Adult Development (1969), Furnham and Bochner's Social Skills and Culture Learning Model (1986), Tinto's Theory of Doctoral Persistence (1987), and …
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Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Pinyon -Juniper Woodlands
From 1999 to 2004 the southwestern U.S. experienced a severe drought, leading to a bark-beetle outbreak that killed pinyon pines over several million ha of pinyon juniper woodlands. On 15 study sites in Arizona and Utah, I found no evidence that any bird species had declined in response to pine …
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A model for smart growth housing development along Boston's commuter rail system
Massachusetts and the Boston metro area benefit from a diverse and thriving economy. However, the metro area's cost of living, and housing prices in particular, are among the highest in the nation. Housing supply will not keep pace with forecasted demand over the next several decades, which will …
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The effects of planned career transitions on the job satisfaction of temporary workers
… work as a result of a transition as defined by Schlossberg (1984); specifically, in regards to adjusting to role change salience as postulated by Super (1990). Temporary workers were planful in the transition which resulted in experiencing job satisfaction in many facets as described by Hoppock …
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ACTION RESEARCH: PREPARING MALTESE FOOTBALL PLAYERS FOR MIGRATORY BASED TRANSITIONS
… frameworks, models and contemporary literature (Schlossberg, 1981; Stambulova 2003; Wylleman & Lavalle, 2004; Morris, Tod & Oliver, 2015; Morris, Tod & Eubank, 2016; Richardson, Littlewood & Gilbourne, 2005; Richardson, Littlewood, Nesti & Benstead, 2012), the research adopted an action research …
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RETURNING TO SCHOOL, RETURNING TO LIFE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF DISPLACED WORKERS
… how topics and ideas could be contextualized by Schlossberg’s 4S Model of Transitions (Anderson et al., 2012). Triangulation of the data occurred through the comparative analysis of the nine interviews, as well as interviews with the state’s workforce development office. Findings: I found that …
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Veteran-Students in Transition at a Midwestern University
… responses within the framework provided by Schlossberg’s Transition Theory. I found that the influences that most strongly impacted the participants’ transitions were assets and deficits that were financial, physical, emotional, psychological, and, most significantly, social in nature.