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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"challenges and successes"”.
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Challenges and successes of gender focal point persons in the context of gender responsive budgeting initiatives in Namibia
… directed all government offices, ministries and agencies (OMAs) to comply with the Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) initiative, in 2014. The implementation of the GRB initiative requires all OMAs to have Gender Focal Point Persons (GFPPs) in all government institutions, specifically …
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The study of a long term sign language intervention programme for hearing caregivers of deaf children : the challenges and successes of community-based rehabilitation and evaluation
The present study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a long-term sign language intervention programme for the hearing caregivers of deaf children living within a socio-economically disadvantaged community. The programme was implemented by a deaf signing adult from the same community as the …
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Older Adults Learning Online Technologies: A Qualitative Case Study of the Experience and the Process
… how to use online technology to communicate and gather information. This study was designed to better understand the process and the experience of older adults as they learn to use online technology with computers. The questions guiding the inquiry were: • What is the experience that older …
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My Journey: To becoming an effective teacher
… throughout one year. I examine my effectiveness and ability to meet my student’s needs. This ethnography is in four sections. It outlines why I became a teacher while exploring the community in which my students lived. It also details the first impressions of a new school site. I focus on three …
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Inquire Within: The Connection between Teacher Training in Inquiry Learning Methodology and Classroom Practice.
… examination of classroom documentation, and examination of the Broderick and Hong Cycle of Inquiry (© revised 2007) planning forms. Qualitative coding and narratives describe each teacher's data taken at 3 intervals in the study and describe changes, challenges, and successes in teacher …
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Leveling the Playing Field: Curriculum Studies and Fast Pitch Softball
… challenge our cultural assumptions about gender and sexuality. Athletics has been viewed as a male domain, with its emphasis on strength, agility, competition, intellect, and aggression. To play sports, women are pressured to maintain and emphasize their femininity without appearing overly …
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AI Adventure Camp: developing critical thinking and ethical artificial intelligence literacy through design fiction and digital constructionism
… aspect of our lives. From GPS to Siri and Amazon Echoes, our data is collected, stored, and analyzed throughout the day. Despite the ubiquity of AI, most STEM curricula omit the social and ethical dimensions of interacting with AI and instead focus on developing digital skills, such as …
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Teacher Perceptions on Changing Instructional Practices in Mathematics with the Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
… the U.S. begin to implement Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM), teachers must shift their instructional practices from a traditional emphasis on procedures and algorithms to a conceptually based model in which students engage more meaningfully with mathematical concepts. The …
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Left Out: Challenges Faced by Students with Learning Disabilities in Post-secondary Education at Ontarian Institutions
By identifying the perceived challenges and successes of students with LDs, the study aimed to understand how these students make sense of their challenges in post-secondary education at Ontarian institutions. Considering the epistemology of constructivism, the study utilized qualitative …
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Acculturation of Armenian immigrants
… States. Armenian immigrants face a number of challenges when first arriving to the United States and adjusting to American culture. The challenges stem from relational areas such as communication, family interaction, and social interaction. In order to explore the challenges and successes …
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The sophomore slope: understanding the impact of the pre-college institute on academic self-efficacy in sophomore students
The purpose of this study was to understand what impact the six-week summer Pre-College Institute (PCI) had on the development of academic self-efficacy in the lives of sophomore students enrolled at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ during the 2013-2014 academic year who had participated in the …
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The Deaf Experience in a Hearing Medical World
… purpose of this narrative study was to understand personal experiences of a Deaf individual when communicating with healthcare professionals, to describe personal feelings regarding challenges and successes experienced during healthcare interactions, and express the need for culturally …
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Common Core Canon vs Literary Canon: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Teachers Can Do About It
The Common Core Canon is both a blessing and a curse to teachers across the nation, who are adapting to the new curriculum that the Common Core has brought to the forefront. These teachers are dealing with multiple moving pieces that are not easy to cope with, including novels that do not fit the …
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Navigating The Landscape Of Online Higher Education: Faculty Challenges, Opportunities, And Strategies For Student Engagement
… (Hollister et al., 2022; Richards, 2023), yet challenges like lack of confidence, difficulty understanding students, and managing workload often hinder prioritization (Kellen & Kumar, 2021). This qualitative phenomenological study explored eight university instructors' and faculty members' …
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A Phenomenographic Study to Explore the Perceptions and Experiences of Diversity Directors in Council of Educational Standards and Accountability Member Schools
… population, supporting students of color, and how they can measure progress toward these goals. Despite this current lack of research, there has been a significant increase in the number of full-time Diversity Director positions in faith-based independent Christian schools. Diversity …
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DOES IT COMPUTE?: A STUDY OF THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
… research focuses on the lasting impressions and influences. This qualitative study used two focus groups to gather the memories of eleven teachers who became trainers in a high quality and voluntary professional development program ten years prior to the study. The program focused on helping …
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Progress Is Progress: A Collective Narrative Inquiry Exploring the Experiences of Social Justice Educators in a Private, PK–Eighth Grade School
… United States has been impacted by a tumultuous and divisive sociopolitical context. After echoes of progress in 2020, education witnessed retrenchments and rollbacks with an influx of anticritical raced theory measures, book bans, and an uptick of parental control initiatives in schools across …
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Experiences of African-American teenage mothers in pursuit of higher education
… study was to explore the educational histories and experiences of former teen mothers who have completed a post-secondary degree and to understand their challenges and successes. This study effectively served this population by expanding the diverse experience of teen mothers and their ability …
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Regression testing of an evolving quantum platform
… has shown great potential to solve new problems and has seen rapid development. To meet the demands of this rapid development, software engineering researchers have been studying methods to address the unique challenges presented by the probabilistic nature of quantum computing in its software …
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An Exploration of Culturally Responsive Leadership in Canadian Overseas Schools in China
In an era of increasing diversity and globalization, overseas internationalized schools offering Western (including Canadian) curriculum have proliferated to unprecedented levels. However, with this growth, comes the added complication of negotiating not only transplanted curricula, but multiple …
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