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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"love of learning"”.
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The Love of Learning in the Industrialized Age: Useful Knowledge, Imagination, and the Education of the Nineteenth-Century British Working Classes
<p>In their first issue of the Penny Magazine, a weekly publication for the education of the working class, the early nineteenth century century Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge promises a selection of “useful and entertaining” information: 1). But from a glance at the …
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Competency-based versus task-based job descriptions: effects on applicant attraction
… research has failed to examine the effect of varying types of job description formats on applicants’ level of attraction to an organization. This study examined applicants’ attraction to organizations based on competency-based and task-based job descriptions. A total of 258 participants …
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Choice and Chance: Thoughts on My Journey
My love of learning, teaching, and providing creative spaces for people to connect informs my work and my life. For me, art is like life: messy, physical, and, if done with intent, beautiful. It is more about the process than the result; it is about recognizing that although we make choices, there …
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"Or I May Live...": Meaning-Making and Mortality
… examined the ways in which dialogical processing of the fact of one’s own impending death impacts meaning-making in day-to-day life. Taking a qualitative approach, the thesis builds from five in-depth interviews and follow-up surveys with students in higher education. In reviewing the role of …
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Strategies Used in Implementing the Multiple Eligibility Criteria Rule in Georgia Elementary Schools to increase Representation of Black American Students in Gifted Education
… elementary schools to increase representation of Black American students in gifted education. The framework for this qualitative research project used a Critical Race Theory (CRT) lens while employing ethnographic study methods. The instruments for this study incorporated interviews, focus …
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Motivating factors for the professional development of a cohort of professional doctorate students in education
… in higher education has lead to a choice of doctoral programs for lifelong learners. From the data derived from interviews with a cohort of students in a professional Doctorate in Education at a Victorian university, the current study identified the students’ perceptions of their own …
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Once upon a common good: where have the commissions gone?
Since before Confederation, Royal Commissions on Learning have taken place across Canada in response to a number of challenging issues in education. However, little is known about their current use. This doctoral dissertation examines the role, purpose, aims, and goals of the last two that have …
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Learning to Read in Zoomania - The Curriculum and Succssful Strategies Used in a First Grade Classroom
<p>This research study examines the teaching of literacy skills in a first grade classroom. The type of instruction children receive is important in the prevention of reading difficulties and “the child’s interest is crucial to the learning process” according to the National Research Council …
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Supporting Autistic Employees in Learning in the Workplace: A Qualitative Phenomenological Investigation in the Israeli High-tech Context
… factors support autistic employees in their learning in the workplace, with particular focus on the Israeli high-tech industry, through a qualitative, interview-based approach. Notably, in a neurotypically-dominant environment, autistic individuals are challenged in areas such as social …
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Toy or Tool: Student Perceptions of a Notebook Computer University
… equipment for a college education. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe and gain an understanding of the sense students make of learning at a notebook university campus. In this phenomenological research study, two classrooms, both “wired” for technology, were observed for …
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Beyond a deficit-based approach : public sector audit as a transformative mechanism for positive change
… promote improvements and collaborative learning between institutions and stakeholders. The studies obtained data from semi-structured interviews, survey questionnaires, and documents from 13 Supreme Audit Institutions in the period 2015-2017. The first study presents a unique competency …
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Student Expressions of Aesthetic Learning Experiences
<p>Aesthetic learning experiences are grounded in qualities influenced by the arts: perceptive, sensorial, imaginative, and creative. While the concept of aesthetic experience has been applied broadly within education, student expressions of such experiences have been neglected. This poses a …
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Large Language Model Tools for Project-based Learning
Project-Based Learning (PBL) has emerged as a prominent educational approach that im- merses students in meaningful, real-world tasks, fostering deep and lasting learning experiences. Unlike traditional instructional methods, PBL emphasizes a student-centered pedagogy, where learners actively …
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A Portraiture of Evelyn Thompson Lawrence
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the obstacles and motivators Evelyn Thompson Lawrence addressed in her thirst for lifelong learning and desire to share that learning through her life stories. The researcher also sought to understand how everyday events played a role in the outcome of …
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Fostering and Capturing Children’s Inner Motivation to Learn in the Early Primary Classroom in England
… inner motivation to learn is essential to deep learning, positive attitudes to school and wellbeing. Self-Determination Theory suggests that supporting children’s need for autonomy – that is to say the feeling that actions stem from internal sources rather than being imposed externally – is …