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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"multiple case-study research"”.
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A multiple case study research to determine and respond to management information needs using Total-Factor Productivity Measurement
This study (1) determines the information managers commonly need to make decisions and initiate actions to improve performance, based on selected case studies, (2) investigates and explains the features and issues involved with how the different versions of TFPM address these information needs, and …
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Principal Self-Efficacy Beliefs: What Factors Matter?
… verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal. This multiple case study research examined the factors that influenced self-efficacy beliefs of elementary school principals prior to facing a personally meaningful challenge. The overall research question was: What Factors Attend to the Domains of …
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A functional-interpretive approach to information systems security e competencies development in the higher education institution: a comparativ e case of four South African higher education institutions
The research reported in this thesis examines the approaches of four (4) HEIs in the Western Cape Province in South Africa to institutional development of IS security ecompetencies across their full staff compliments. It used a mixed research methodology and multiple case study research design in …
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Transforming education in an era of climate change. From economic growth to degrowth discourses and cases of eco-logical practices in education.
This research explores socio-ecological transitions in education that seek to problematise mainstream ‘growthmanship’, or, put simply, economic growth policy discourse in education. Building on a growing literature stemming mainly from ecological economists, as well as social and climate scientists …
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Life beyond the classroom: The transition to retirement by long-serving educators
<p>Using a qualitative, multiple case study research approach, the personal stories of eight K-12 educators who retired within the past six years were gathered and analyzed. The goal of the study was to understand how educators struggle, or do not struggle, with the life changing event of bringing …
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The value of facilitators for learners with special needs
… African context, significantly scarce amounts of research examine facilitation. This study aimed to extend this research by examining what potential value facilitators have in an inclusive school. The researcher aimed to achieve this by examining the perspectives of three essential individuals …
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Incubating equity: The drivers and supports that promote equity-minded assessment praxis at two Hispanic-Serving Institutions
… assessment model as a conceptual framework, this study uses a critical multiple case study research design to explore these questions. Interviews were conducted with 37 participants actively engaged in equity-minded assessment across two Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Findings are presented first …
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Becoming a human trafficker: qualitatively examining social learning theory and social opportunity structure among Bulgarian human traffickers
… and a lucrative sex industry. In Europe, research on human traffickers indicates that people choose to become a trafficker due to the juxtaposition of widespread poverty and poor economic opportunity with reliable, well paid employment in the illegitimate economy. Building on this, the …
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The Relationship between Competence-based and Reflective Learning Approaches to Education within the Diploma in Social Work
… tension if not outright incompatibility. Using a multiple case study research design, this thesis explores the relationship between the two approaches as perceived by students, practice assessors and programme personnel (tutors and partner agency representatives) from three separate DipSW …
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Counselling survivors of crime: the psychological impact on volunteers
The purpose of this study was to explore the negative and positive psychological impacts on victim support volunteers who counsel survivors of crime as part of the Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP). A qualitative, multiple case study research design was employed. Semi-structured interviews were …
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Minor parties and democratic governance in Ghana's fourth republic, 1992 - 2022
… of plurality-based two-party systems. This study therefore examined minor parties in Ghana’s emergent two-party system (1992-2022), with the aim of investigating their continued motivation for electoral competition; the constraints on their electoral success; and their contributions to …
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An exploration of early childhood educators’ and parents’ experiences during the period of school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
… Development Goals. There is limited qualitative research which has explored the lived experiences of ECE stakeholders during the extended period of school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in low-middle income countries. This study addresses this gap by analysing the challenges faced by …
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The use of the target language/second language and the use of the first language: four case studies of German and Spanish teachers in modern foreign language post-primary classrooms in the Republic of Ireland
… is also contested. There has been limited research into these aspects of classroom practice and in particular classroom-based research in post-primary schools. Modern foreign language teachers require research-informed guidelines to support them in their thinking and decision-making around …
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Maintaining technical currency among computer professionals: a multiple-case investigation of the role of formal and informal learning
… of good work from our existing workforce. A multiple-phase, multiple-case study research project was performed to develop an understanding of how technical currency is maintained, not as a discrete phenomenon, but within the setting of the work environment, considering project experiences, …
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Grading Teacher Education: Examining How Undergraduate Teacher Education Programs Are Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Enter Standards-Based Grading
This dissertation study delved into how three undergraduate teacher education programs were preparing pre-service teachers with the skills necessary to implement standards-based grading in PK–12 educational environments. As educational assessment has evolved toward systems that emphasize mastery, …
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Stakeholder view congruence on cross-border graduate double degree program implementation in Japan, Australia and the United States.
This comparative multiple case study research focuses on Japanese university efforts in establishing cross-border graduate double degree programs (GDDPs) with American and Australian partner institutions. Universities worldwide are increasingly responding to external and internal pressures to enter …
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“Teachers should have knowledge of different types of music”: a case study of culturally sustaining pedagogy in three high school choral programs
… 2021b). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to discover the ways, if any, in which three high school choral educators—with multiple musical-cultural proficiencies—enacted culturally sustaining pedagogy in the choral classroom and student perceptions of their teaching. To address the …
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Older People’s Adherence to Community-Based Group Exercise Programmes: A Multiple-Case Study
… to real-life CBGEP within a UK context. This study therefore sought to address this gap by understanding older people’s ongoing adherence to CBGEP with a view to gaining further insight about which factors contribute to enabling people to sustain their physical activity levels. A multiple case …
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A decomposition-based approach for manufacturing system design
… Decomposition (MSDD). This thesis reports on a multiple case-study research program that validates and modifies the MSDD. This research program led to the creation of a questionnaire that guides the systematic investigation and critical analysis of manufacturing systems. The reliability of this …
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Foundational Learning and Rehabilitation: An Investigation of the Remedial Strategies of Postsecondary Violin Instructors
… qualitative methodology with elements of multiple case study research design, 10 postsecondary violin instructors from across North America were interviewed to gain insight into personal rehabilitative approaches, influences, experiences, and assessment strategies that they implement with …
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