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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"obstacles to change"”.
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Managing stormwater in Watertown, MA : overcoming obstacles to change
… increases with urbanization, the impacts of stormwater runoff on local water systems and aquatic life are more and more deleterious. Stormwater runoff carries pollutants into nearby water bodies, alters stream banks, reduces stream base flows and bypasses infiltration processes that both clean …
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The campaign for the tenant right to purchase in Greater Boston
In this client-based thesis project, I sought to pass a law in Massachusetts, and in the process, to generate knowledge about how regular people can engender progressive policy change. I worked with State Representative Denise Provost, local elected officials, and affordable housing practitioners …
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Teacher Change and a Direct Instruction Reading Approach : A Multiple-Case Study
… design this study documented the process of change experienced by four elementary teachers as they learned a direct instruction reading approach. The literature reveals that teacher implementation is affected by psychological state, school climate, and conceptual level; however, the goal of …
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The attrition of change
… considered `moving' schools. Such schools strive to anticipate and change with the times. Within a relatively short time, however, a significant number of new schools evolve, indeed regress, into conventional schools. This loss of initial momentum and innovative direction experienced by many newly …
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Urban Change, Sexual Politics and Women’s Activism in Spain, 1958 to 1982
From 1950 to 1985, the period spanning the latter years of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship and the subsequent democratic transition, informal, grassroots groups of women joined together to demand resources, reproductive justice and legislative change in Spain. These collectives helped transform the …
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Enhancing environmental practices in Khoja faith communities – a collaborative inquiry
… a fascinating exploration and research journey into an intensive collaborative inquiry with six Khoja Shia Muslim faith communities based in England to improve and enhance environmental practices in the faith communities. The knowledge landscape within which this project is located is a wide and …