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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"impact on practice"”.
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Departmental differences in attitudes to special educational needs and their impact on practice in the secondary school
With increasing inclusion, mainstream teachers need to be sympathetic towards meeting the needs of those with special educational needs. Little previous research has considered the complex relationships between attitudes and practice and how the subject taught impacts on this. Consequently a case …
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Speaking into the Abyss: An Exploratory Study of Academics’ Use of Educational Technology and its Impact on Practice.
This is a study of educational technology use in academic practice undertaken in an Irish Higher Education setting. Based on interviews with fifteen academics, the enquiry attempts to respond to Selwyn’s (2010) call for an increase in social scientific accounts of technology use which pay heed to …
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Postgraduate blended learning for NHS Educational Supervisors: A realist evaluation of impact on professional practice.
… socially situated influences that shape formal continuing professional development’s (CPD) impact on practice for consultant doctors and dentists holding the role of Educational Supervisor. It does so to better enable CPD curriculum designers, tutors, and students to critically examine these …
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‘Support and Sanctions’ A critical account of the professional ‘realities’ of homelessness
… there has been relatively little discussion regarding causal explanations emanating from policy makers and practitioners. This research sought to address this gap by examining the dual practice of support and sanctions introduced under the Labour Administration 1997 - 2007.Conducted within …
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The principal as learner: perceptions, beliefs and experiences of nineteen New Zealand principals
The research began with a personal question about how one learnt educational management. The research participants consisted of 19 principals who were selected on the basis of distribution between primary, secondary, male and female. Two questions guided the research. How did these principals …
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Continuing education for certified athletic trainers : participation and perceived impact on professional practice
Continuing education (CE) is intended to promote professional growth and development and enhance one's professional practice. The purpose of this investigation was to determine Certified Athletic Trainers' (ATs) preferred types/formats and related barriers regarding formal (i.e., approved for CE …
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Distance education for professional development : a case study
This thesis examines the relationship between distance education, adult learning and professional development for special education in the context of teachers' work with pupils with speech and language difficulties.<br></br><br></br> Responses from students and tutors in three cohorts of a distance …
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Children's nurses' pain management practices: theoretical knowledge, perceived importance and decision-making
Children continue to experience unrelieved moderate to severe pain post-operatively. Previous studies have suggested several factors to explain this. However, the impact of these factors on practice has not been explored. Nor have children's nurses clinical decision-making strategies been examined. …
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How do counselling psychologists in the UK construct their responsibilites to the wider world? : a Foucauldian discourse analysis
Counselling psychology’s Professional Practice Guidelines state that "counselling psychologists will consider at all times their responsibilities to the wider world". (Division of Counselling Psychology, 2005, p.7). It is suggested that the way in which counselling psychologists construct their …
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Perioperative Education on the Utilization of Dexmedetomidine for Surgical Patients
… (QI) project aimed to enhance anesthesia practitioners’knowledge of the application of dexmedetomidine (DEX), focusing on maximizing patient care during general anesthesia or procedural sedation. Background. The analgesic, sedative, and anxiolytic qualities of DEX, a selective alpha-2 adrenergic …
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Health Systems Integration: Competing or Shared Mental Models?
… services researchers and managers have focused on improving integration between organizations and levels of care. Yet, healthcare systems capable of delivering integrated care have not developed widely. This dissertation argues that structural and process strategies for integration need to be …
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Developing a Theoretical Framework for Change Management Through Critical Reflection: A Mental Health Perspective
Higher education currently finds itself in a new era, confronted with an array of challenges and constant change. Inspired by the PhD through portfolio route to complete my doctoral studies, this portfolio offered a means of critical reflection on the importance of managing change in the context of …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of therapists’ embodied experiences in the therapeutic process
This dissertation explores therapists’ embodied experiences in the therapeutic process using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). It examines how therapists make sense of these experiences and whether they inform their practice. Although interest in embodiment within psychology and …
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Psychiatric diagnosis : learning from people who have been labeled and the practitioners who work with them
… problems with validity and utility’; ‘reaction to diagnosis: devastation and hope’; ‘personal experience: impact on self’; and ‘interpersonal experience: relationships and identity’. Findings are discussed in terms of the impact of diagnosis on self and identity and suggest that there are …
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Liberating qualitative research findings from the dusty shelf of academia: developing a translational methodology illustrated by a case study of the experience of living with dementia.
… dusty shelf of academia: developing a translational methodology illustrated by a case study of the experience of living with dementia. The exponential growth of qualitative health and social care reports in recent years has generated a dialogue about the utility of qualitative research findings. …
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A CREATIVE AND PRACTICE BASED INVESTIGATION INTO THE POSSIBILITIES FOR CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AND PAINTING, WHICH IS INFORMED BY PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCES OF THE NATURAL WORLD
… and the accompanying text are the result of a practice-based enquiry into the possibilities for drawing and painting which is informed by perceptual experiences of the natural world. An action-research method was adopted as the appropriate method of research because it is process orientated and …
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A Movement Against and Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Impact of Transgressive Teaching on the Student Affairs Practices of White, Heterosexual Men
… can have a substantive and transformative impact on the experiences of students in primary, secondary, and higher education classrooms. Transgressive teaching is exemplified by the engaged pedagogy outlined by bell hooks in the seminal work Teaching to Transgress, in which teachers seek to …
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Building bridges: Introducing concepts from neuroscience and attachment theory to person-centred practitioners
This project focuses on the bringing together of two very different professional perspectives in the field of psychotherapy, that of the Person-Centred approach and that of Affective Neuroscience and Attachment Theory. The project tackles the challenge of interfacing different knowledge areas that …
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How do staff in a post-16 college co-construct Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs in their setting? A Discourse Analysis.
In the past three years, the Educational Psychologist (EP) profession has undergone significant developments as a result of the revised Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice (Department for Education, 2014). Two specific changes outlined in the SEND Code of Practice …
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