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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"development support"”.
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A study of the collaborative process of volunteers in a literacy intervention programme in support of vulnerable children in South Africa
The development of early literacy skills is critical for all children in South Africa. Children receive language and literacy development support in the home, school, and community environments. Vulnerable children, such as orphans, may receive this support from volunteers in their home …
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The Relationship Between Administrative Support And Burnout In Turnaround Schools
… at the relationship between administrative support and teacher burnout in two federally funded turnaround middle schools. Teacher burnout indicators include signs of lacking accomplishment, mental and physical fatigue, and depersonalization. Administrative support factors include positive …
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Collaborative leadership development
… training centralization and decentralization to support future leadership development? Using an action research engagement methodology, I conducted semistructured individual interviews and a facilitated group discussion to gather data. The study identified several underlying polarities that …
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A Case Study Evaluation of Quality Standards and Online Faculty Development
… institutions were at the appropriate stage of development, support, training and quality assurance measures for their sizes, online populations and for the length of time they have been involved in online learning. Findings revealed that both institutions had a quality assurance process in …
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A proposed model of perceived motivationally-relevant social agent influence during athlete development.
… of coaches, parents and peers during athlete development in sport. In doing so this thesis addressed existing limitations in research to date exploring social agent motivationally-relevant influences. The thesis employed a mixed-methods methodology, whereby the findings from all studies …
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The Cultural Dimension of Structural School Reforms: The Case of Schedule Changes
… the shift, and a lack of meaningful professional development support for implementation of the reform. These factors led to mistrust and teacher resistance. In light of these findings, this study provides recommendations to improve the decision-making processes in the context of school reform.</p>
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Semantic technologies:from niche to the mainstream of Web 3? A comprehensive framework for web Information modelling and semantic annotation
… influence. They promote collective intelligence, support interoperability, enhance sustainability and instigate innovation. Contribution: The research carried out and consequent publications follow the various paradigms of semantic technologies, assess each approach, evaluate its efficiency, …
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Methods to Improve Virtual Screening of Potential Drug Leads for Specific Pharmacodynamic and Toxicological Properties
As drug development is time consuming and costly, compounds that are likely to fail should be weeded out early through the use of assays and toxicity screens. Computational method is a favourable complementary technique. Nevertheless, it is not exploited to its full potential due to: models that …
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Valuing the Everyday: A Verbal Study in GTA Response to Pre-Designed Curriculum
… curriculum, a site of possible professional development support. After conducting four interviews with GTAs, the interview transcripts went through a multi-step in-vivo coding process which uncovered eight insightful verb categories to make sense of actions-as-response to pre-designed …
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Experiences Of Beginning Teachers In A Resident Teacher Program: A Phenomenological Study
… and focus, in the field of education, on development support for beginning teachers. Beginning teachers are very important to the success and future of education. Their success in the classroom is very critical. The Resident Teacher Program or a teacher residency is a comprehensive means …
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Evaluating the outcomes of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation's fellowship programme
Entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in economic development and job creation, particularly in South Africa, where youth unemployment remains a pressing issue. Entrepreneurship Education and Training (EET) interventions have proven effective in fostering entrepreneurial mindsets and competencies. …
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The experiences of primary school educators on the implementation of integrated quality management system in Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province
… IQMS is a collective concept of Whole School Development (WSD), namely, the Developmental Appraisal System (DAS), the Performance Measurement (PM) and Whole School Evaluation (WSE). However, the implementation of this agreement created challenges for some educators, especially in primary …
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Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming on the appointment process of senior management: A case study of the Office of the Premier in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… the study were shared with the Institutional Development Support Branch in the Office of the Premier for implementation by all sector departments in the Limpopo Provincial Administration.
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Exploring the Impact of Neighborhood on State-Building in sub-Saharan Africa
… services to its population, and promotes human development, support is found for the latter hypothesis. Yet when state-building is measured in terms of how well the state monopolizes the legitimate use of force or forges convergence between nations and the state, no statistically significant …
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Rural development and communication: a community media project in Uttar Pradesh (India)
… theoretical and practical – of the current rural development policies and of the media situation in India and Uttar Pradesh, my dissertation presents the findings of the pilot project entitled “Enhancing development support to rural masses through community media activity”, launched in 2005 by the …
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Implementation of Sustainable Construction Practices: A Socio-Psychological Micro-Level Analysis in an Emerging Economy
… drivers for over three decades, ranging from the development of sustainable construction (SC) knowledge-base, Sustainable Development (SD) frameworks, policy, regulatory and governance frameworks, professional development support, organisational support, research and development initiatives and …
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Teacher professional development in an online learning community : a case study in Indonesia
… requiring substantial amounts of professional development. In Indonesia, the government has continually developed a number of strategic education policies and implemented various pathways to improve the professionalism of teachers. Nonetheless, there are still a large number of teachers who …
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Environmental policy implementation networks : who are the movers and shakers?
… Powerful stakeholders, including partnership development support, are found to influence collaborative activity and maintain a strong focus on statutory goals: suggestions for establishing accountable stakeholders in a complex network are outlined. Understanding long-term trends offers greater …
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The contribution of Microfinace Institutions on the Economic Performance of SMEs in Tanzania. The case of Kisaccos-Kitunda and Jiendeleze Group-Ketumbeine
… needs, ownership of fixed assets and community development support have improved for both MFIs workers SMEs owners. In general MFIS loans despite of the negative impact at enterprise level appear to have positive contribution to the development of the borrowers. Regarding the availability of …
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Carbon offsets as a cost containment instrument : a case study of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
… meet multiple objectives; for example, the Clean Development Mechanism in the Kyoto Protocol encourages Annex I countries to promote low carbon sustainable projects in developing countries in exchange for carbon offsets. Alternatively, the costs under cap-and-trade policies are subjected to …
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