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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"educational biography"”.
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Twice Forty Years Of Learning: An Educational Biography of Robert Reid Howison (1820-1906)
… purposes of this study were to develop an educational biography on the life of Robert Reid Howison, a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer, minister, historian, and author, and to examine Howison's efforts as an educator. Chapter One presents an approach to the study, guiding questions, and …
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The forensic Burke: A for(u)mative member of the parlor
… I begin by mapping the contours of Burke’s educational biography. Next, I analyze and reconstruct Burke’s forensics education by focusing on the forensic organizations of Peabody High School, Burke’s literary society experiences at Ohio State University and Columbia University, and the …
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A Legacy of Lifelong Learning: Leadership, Lessons, Love, and Laughter in the Life of Elizabeth Gammon Pendleton.
… has been a vast transformation of workplace and educational systems. Thus, new meanings for educational practices and learning are evolving. Medical and social literature has suggested that learning throughout the lifetime is the key to successful living. The literature proposed that all types of …
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The Limits of Good Intentions: A Historical Analysis of Pioneering Progressive Educators In Upstate South Carolina (1910-1920)
… from this stagnate state. Through "snapshots" of educational biography, this study chronicles three pioneer Progressive educators who, from 1910-1920, worked through individual initiatives to educate mill workers in the Upstate of South Carolina. Emma Julia Selden (1880-1927) opened the first …
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Using attachment theory as a lens to understand the role of an adult educator.
… and new knowledge. In addition, the concept of educational biography and narrative is explored as a means of altering or transforming an individual’s internal working models and facilitating the creation of new knowledge. A qualitative approach was used in the study. Three participants work in …
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First-generation Graduates and Issues of Employability
… therefore, was to explore if and how the educational biography of first-generation students impacted their transition into graduate level positions in the corporate sector. Research Methodology The study was guided by three research questions: how first-generation graduates described the …
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Learning for a Lifetime: Motivations for Lifelong Learning in the Life of Evelyn McQueen Cook.
… Her life is presented in the context of an educational narrative and analyzed within the contextual and theoretical framework of lifelong learning. Data were collected through a series of interviews with the subject. Interviews were recorded and tapes of the interviews were transcribed. …
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A Fighter To The End: The Remarkable Life and Career Of Laura Jane Harper
This study is an investigation of Dr. Laura Jane Harper's tenure, achievements, and contributions to Virginia Tech from 1949-1980. Throughout Virginia Tech's history, examples of leadership, scholarship, and service have been recorded about students, faculty, and administrators; however, female …