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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Sense of responsibility"”.
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Transactions between adolescents' sense of responsibility and disclosure to parents in the United States and China: implications for academic adjustment
… examined the transactions between children’s sense of responsibility to parents and disclosure to them during early adolescence in the United States and China, with attention to the role of such transactions in children’s academic adjustment. Four times over the seventh and eighth grades, 825 …
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School Reform: Leadership through Shared Decision-Making
… history and schools have gone through cycles of change. This study, however, focuses on the last ten years of reform, often referred to as the restructuring movement. Shared decision making is one of the fundamental changes promoted by this current reform effort. Restructuring the …
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National Board Certification and School Leadership in Louisiana
The challenges of school accountability call for new models of school leadership. Teacher leaders are needed to create, implement, and sustain reform efforts. This study investigated whether a specific model of professional development, National Board Certification (NBC), can create sustained …
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Family ties and care for aged parents at home
A qualitative study of 15 families caring for an elderly parent in a noninstitutional setting was conducted for the purpose of discovering how families perceive and carry out their responsibilities to their older relatives. Forty-three persons representing up to three generations per family were …
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The hybrid working model and productivity: Perspectives of South African Knowledge workers
… study explored the experiences and perceptions of the Hybrid Working Model (HWM) and its effect on productivity for South African knowledge workers. Through the experiences of twelve knowledge workers from different industries, including some who manage teams, the research explored the positive …
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The notion of Guardianship within the oeuvre of W. G. Sebald
This thesis investigates the concept of guardianship, a new notion belonging to the academic discipline of Memory Studies, and its relation to the work of German academic and writer W. G. Sebald (1944-2001). Guardianship is concerned with how memory is interpreted across space and time and how this …
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Changes in nature connection: A study of the effects on the participants of taking part in an antique seed, natural farming, and seed balls workshop
This dissertation examines the impact of workshops about antique seeds, natural farming, and seed balls as agents of change for individuals’ connections to nature. The research investigates whether these workshops, using a combination of theoretical and practical teaching methods, can enhance …
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An enquiry into Nicolai Hartmann's appreciation of Nietzsche's axiology
… but one ultimate choice: either a return to self-responsibility or the annihilation of life, in which, because of his now proverbial technical ascendancy and its train of spiritual impoverishment, he can indeed neglect to relearn the ability of exercising a wilful choice only at the risk of …
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Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa
… schooling environment in which learners take responsibility for their behaviour and promote self-discipline. To establish positive discipline. However, according to research, the current disciplinary process has failed to teach learners about responsibility and self-discipline. This paper. …
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A history of South Island whaling : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma of Parks and Recreation
… and above all, be a readable account. The choice of a topic will ultimately reflect the interests and views held by the author. My past association with cetacea, - the whales and dolphins, has been limited to a purely recreational relationship however a growing interest in the oceans and man's …
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"We've Got Something More to Prove Here": Racial-Ethnic and Social Class Identities and the Challenges Facing Latina/o College Students
<p>Latinas/os are one of the fastest growing minority groups in the United States. In fact, the United States Census Bureau projects that by the year 2050, the numbers of Hispanics will more than double, increasing from the current figure of 50.5 million to 102.6 million. Despite such rapid …
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Experiencing Citizenship in a Globalizing World: The Impact of Off-Campus Programs
<p>College serves as a critical time in the lives of young adults in the formulation of their identification with citizenship, of their sense of belonging or affiliation. In an era of increasing globalization, this psychological dimension of citizenship requires further research and elaboration. …
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Narratives of Latina Teacher Candidates on Subtractive Schooling Experiences and Their Language Identity
<p>The subtractive nature of bilingual education in the United States has long impacted the language identities of Latinx students. Despite being raised in multilingual environments, many are schooled in systems that devalue their home languages and prioritize English-only instruction. This study …
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The cultural and social milieu of Westmoreland Davis
… the Virginia Military Institute, the University of Virginia and the Columbia University. After graduation in 1886 with a degree in law from Coluabia, Davis remained in New York and experienced a meteoric rise to prominence and wealth. In 1887, he joined the Tuxedo Corporation of Tuxedo Park, New …
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Three Essays Analyzing the Impact of Community and Neighborhood Factors on Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Uganda
The overall aim of the proposed dissertation is to enhance understanding of the impact of the community and neighborhood in preventing violence against women, and how women who have been displaced from their communities may be at increased risk of violence. This three-paper dissertation utilized …
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The Role of Motivation on Employees work Performance in Public Organization: A Case of National Development Corporation
The study was conducted to assess role of motivation on employee work performance in Public organization based on the National Development Corporation as a case study. The study covered aspects of motivation, and work performance and relationship between motivation and employee performance in NDC. …
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The Effectiveness of Strategic Planning Implementation in Higher Learning Institutions: a Case of Tumaini University Dar Es Salaam College (TUDARCO)
… descriptive research study was done with the aim of assessing the effectiveness of strategic planning implementation in higher learning institutions and to provide desirable recommendations for effective implementation. The research study was carried out with the case study of Tumaini University …
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Perceptual change through transnational experience : American exchange students and HIV/AIDS
This thesis considers the power of United States popular media to construct both conceptions of "Africa" and knowledge of HN / AIDS among exchange students in Cape Town, South Africa. Arguing that the reification of myths about Africa influenced respondents' arrival stories and initial experiences, …
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The periphery as the centre: trajectories of responsibility and community support in contemporary Maputo, Mozambique
… use their power to provide Aid or other forms of external assistance such as private philanthropy, assistance of Non-Governmental Organisations, and other private financing to underdeveloped, or developing, nations to achieve global economic and political stability. Development scholars …
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Architecture for Qalqilya
… reality. That is the truth about the city of Qalqilya: a place surrounded by a wall that has become the victim of a conflict without a solution. This conflict, in which architecture was strategically and seamlessly used to create the political as well as the physical landscape, no longer …
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