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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"knowledge in practice"”.
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The use and application of knowledge in practice : the lived experiences of social workers in adult services
… explore the lived experiences of social workers in adult social services in the United Kingdom, as they use and apply knowledge in practice. This is situated within the wider debate as to what might comprise the knowledge base for practice, how practitioners use knowledge and the issues they face …
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Teacher language awareness in a Swedish bilingual school for the deaf: Two portraits of grammar knowledge in practice
… the relationship between teachers' language knowledge and their grammar teaching practices within the context of a bilingual school for the deaf in Sweden, a country that has demonstrated success in educating deaf children bilingually in written Swedish and Sweden's signed language. The …
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A descriptive phenomenological study of independent midwives' utilisation of intuition as an authoritative form of knowledge in practice
Out of the diversity of possible ways of knowing in maternity and health care, there has emerged a hegemonic emphasis on knowledge that is based on scientific principles. Arguably, there is also a role for intuition in healthcare. Indeed, leading midwives, educationalists and researchers in related …
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Hybrids, mimics, colonies and collections : a cross-disciplinary art practice research process
This PhD submission primarily consists of my fine art practice as research published and disseminated in a range of exhibition sites and interventions. Full textual and visual documentation is accompanied bya critical, contextual commentary. This research and its manifestations not only test and …
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Investigating the Professional Knowledge of New Zealand Primary School Teachers when Teaching Mathematics for Numeracy
This research investigated the relationship between teachers’ espoused professional knowledge, professional knowledge in practice, and student learning, when teaching ‘mathematics for numeracy’ in the New Zealand primary school classroom. The focus was on teaching within the multiplicative and …
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Design, implementation and evaluation of a model for Service-learning in Pharmacy (SLIP) at a tertiary hospital
In recent years the focus of pharmacy practice has changed from being primarily 'drug-centred to' one which is 'patient-centred' (El-Awady et al., 2006, p. l ). Developments in pharmacy curricula worldwide are reflecting this change. Pharmacy courses no longer concentrate primarily on theoretical …
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A Mixed Methods Study of On-Farm Apprenticeship Learning in Virginia
The average age of principal farm operators rose from 50.3 years in 1978, to 57.1 years in 2007, as farmers retire and new farmers do not enter farming (NASS, 2013).With declining numbers of entrants into farming, agricultural educators and service providers must better understand strategies for …
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Vyresniųjų klasių mokinių verslumo ugdymo galimybės mokomosiose mokinių bendrovėse /
Enterprise skills are necessary every day and in every sphere of life: seeking a career, at work, establishing business and making important decisions in everyday life. Educational Junior Achievement establishments are a great opportunity for pupils to apply their theoretical economic and business …
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Prospective Teacher Educators' Knowledge Development Through the Creation of Multimedia Case Studies of Practice
<p>Despite the importance of teacher educators in influencing the quality of teacher education and by extension, the teacher quality, teacher educator preparation and professional development has received little attention from researchers and its pedagogical knowledge domain is often generalized …
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Comparing occupational adaptation-based and traditional educational programs for dementia care teams: An embedded mixed methods study
With growing demand for an effective dementia care workforce, attention is shifting from disseminating knowledge of proven care strategies to considering knowledge transfer frameworks that help interdisciplinary teams implement knowledge in practice. Occupational Adaptation (OA) is a theoretical …
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Comparing occupational adaptation-based and traditional educational programs for dementia care teams: An embedded mixed methods study
With growing demand for an effective dementia care workforce, attention is shifting from disseminating knowledge of proven care strategies to considering knowledge transfer frameworks that help interdisciplinary teams implement knowledge in practice. Occupational Adaptation (OA) is a theoretical …
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Mental Representation and the Construction of Conceptual Understanding in Electronics Education
Learning about abstract electronics concepts can be difficult due to the hidden nature of the phenomena of interest. Developing understanding about electronics is therefore challenging because voltage cannot be readily observed; only the outcomes of the behaviour of voltage can be observed. …
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A study of the factors influencing the laws and management of family business succession in Saudi Arabia
The main purpose of this study is to explore, the family business in the Saudi Arabian context and to identify the factors that underpin the succession of the business. Although family businesses have an important role in the economy, the majority of Saudi family firms appear to be failing to …
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IT-kvalitet i praxis: systemutvecklares kunskap om och syn på kvalitet
… work is about IT quality and systems developers' knowledge and view of it. IT quality is considered as the characteristics of a system or program that influence e.g. the experience of using it, the easiness to learn and understand it, how it could be customised according to new demands, and the …
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Integrating modalities in the support professions: How practitioners, accredited in both coaching and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), apply their expertise in their professional practice
… explores how fourteen dual-accredited neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and International Coaching Federation (ICF) coaches experience and navigate the integration of NLP expertise within an ICF-compliant coaching context. In my study, NLP operates heuristically to address the challenge of …
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Rethinking innovation in computational design : a theoretical framework for innovative strategies to enhance the efficiency of the ‘digital’ in architectural design
Between the potential for ‘digital’ in architectural design that is demonstrated in a minority of architectural practices, and its marginalisation in the remaining majority, there is a need to enhance the efficiency of ‘digital’ in architectural design. The vast array of digital technologies …