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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Theories of Practice"”.
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Improving feedback through unpacking, engaging with and challenging teachers’ theories of practice
Teacher professional learning and development has long been seen as an effective way to change teacher practice, and many theorists highlight the importance of engaging with teachers’ theories of practice during the process. A teacher’s theories of practice consist of the ideas, beliefs and …
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Renovation & Relocation : MIT Undergraduate Residences : How could MIT house students during the renovations of undergraduate residences in order to mitigate the negative impacts of displacement?
As MIT renovates many of its undergraduate dormitories, special attention must be paid to the fate of displaced students and communities. This thesis examines the context that necessitates renewal processes on college campuses and at MIT specifically. It connects the issue to existing displacement …
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Latin Oxford: dominance, power, and gender roles in dancing salsa
As a form of popular entertainment, salsa dancing is an active social and commercial recreation in many places around the world. It has become, in Anglo- European parts of the world, a highly-structured partner dance, involving several months of training to become skilled. It is a gendered partner …
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Authors of Our Own Lives? Individuals, Institutions and the Everyday Practice of Sociology.
Theories of practice suggest that social structure is reproduced and transformed through the everyday enactment of mundane practices. However, individuals' careers, institutions and policy interventions are typically marginalised within conceptual frameworks and empirical studies, of 'practice' and …
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An investigation of how English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) is shaped by policy, teachers and learners
From 2001, the position of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) changed from a practice of language learning and teaching on the periphery of education, to a position on the centre stage of Government social policy. The positioning of ESOL at centre stage of social policy coincided with …
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Transforming Gender and Sexuality in-between the Personal and the Professional: The Promise of Legal Change in (Un)Becoming Advocate (Avukat) in Turkey
Under the hopeful atmosphere of Turkey's accession to full membership to European Union, Turkey became oriented towards realizing extensive legal and constitutional amendments, as well as juridical reforms in restructuring the contemporary body of law and judicial institutions based on the promise …
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Helping Eagles Fly: A Living Theory Approach to Student and Young Adult Leadership Development
This thesis offers an explanatory account of my living theory of educational leadership in fostering and sustaining student and young adult leadership processes in educational and community settings. Grounded in my research to address my concern for the marginalisation and voicelessness of young …
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Transformational change in the NHS: using action research to improve the way change leadership skills are developed
This practice-based project explores the change leadership capabilities required in the English National Health Service (NHS) to undertake large scale change across complex environments. Due to a plurality of perspectives in the academic literature and limited empirical evidence about the …
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Ritualization - Hybridization - Fragmentation : The Mutability of Roman Vessels in Germania Magna AD 1–400
This PhD thesis deals with the transformation of imported vessels of Roman origin in Germania Magna during the Roman Iron Age, 1-400 AD. The concept of transformation in this context refers to the various ways these objects were interpreted, physically altered and consequently changed with regard …
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From government-led behaviour change to bottom-up understanding: the transition to low-carbon transport on motorcycles in Taipei, Taiwan.
… pollution sources in cities, the large number of petrol-powered motorcycles within cities have become a major target to be addressed. In addition to promoting public transport usage, the shift of petrol-powered motorcycles to electric ones has been one of the goals that the Taiwan government …