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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"reform measures"”.
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The Differential Impact of Welfare Reform in Non-metropolitan and Metropolitan Areas of Virginia
… in the design and implementation of welfare reform measures. State welfare reforms were enacted in 1996 and federal reforms followed shortly after in 1996. Initial decreases in program caseloads and the movement of former recipients from unemployment to employment have led initial reform …
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The impact of the post-1993 economic reforms on Chinese state-owned enterprises:evidence from the electronics industry
… 1979, China has embarked on a series of economic reform programmes, leading its socialist economy away from a Soviet planning model towards a much greater reliance on the market. In the course of the last twenty years, the Chinese economy has enjoyed a phenomenally high economic growth rate. …
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The New Order Has Arrived: Dutch Morial, Reform, and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, 1980-1981
… American mayor, attempted to implement several reform measures on the Sewerage and Water Board which included reduced term limits, an affirmative action policy, and a Minority Business Enterprise "set-aside" program despite opposition from a faction of white elite board members. These reforms …
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Governance Changes in Four Urban School Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Preconditions for Adopting Reforms
… urban school districts are turning to drastic reform measures, oftentimes attempting one major reform after another. This paper will address the question of whether cities which have opted to significantly change their educational system share any common characteristics related to this …
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The effect of capital flows on the Kenyan economy
… a time when the government implemented economic reform measures to stabilize the economy and restore sustainable growth. More specifically, the study examines the impact of foreign capital flows remittances such as overseas workers remittance, official development aid, and external debt, on …
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Teacher Self-Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes about Reform Accountability Measures, and Teacher Burn-out
… rhetoric surrounding Indiana’s recent education reform policies and teacher accountability measures have indicated a possible increase in teacher burnout and potentially lower levels of teacher self-efficacy. This study examines the relationship between teacher self-efficacy, teacher burnout, and …
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Beyond Short-Termism: Effective Regulatory and Financial Industry Reform for Sustainable Long-Term Investment in Publicly Listed Companies
… and financial industry efforts meant to reform SMST in major capital markets after the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. I hypothesize that the extensive discussion of the SMST issue has generated substantial reforms. Based on an analysis of the implemented reforms, I reveal that the …
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EVERYONE IS DOING IT: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BEYOND RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
… or attempted to determine whether other police reforms accomplish the same goals. This thesis addresses whether CBP should adopt body-worn cameras. The author employed a comparative case study methodology to examine the impact of the technology within the context of other reform initiatives in …
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Teacher Receptivity to Change
… to change is a major cog in the process of reform. Behind this reluctance are negative attitudes of veteran teachers developed over time rendering them uncooperative and resentful. To identify the sources of these factors, this study analyzes high school teacher responses to interview …
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The New Order and Its Enemies: Opposition to Military Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1789 - 1807
… alternative perspective on the Ottoman military reform and its implications for the course of the imperial transformation. It hopes to contribute to the social history of Ottoman military reform through an investigation of the challenges the state faced as well as the motivations of political, …
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Educational drama in three Hong Kong secondary schools
In 2000, an education reform proposal was announced by the Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government to achieve education quality enhancement. Since then, pedagogic innovations related to educational drama have been initiated in schools and inquiries have been made on these pilot …
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The Case of the Disappearing/Appearing Slow Learner:An Interpretive Mystery
… successful. In this vein, broader educational reform measures that might be potentially helpful in helping make schools more inclusive for the students currently labelled slow learners were also examined. This thesis recommended the use of inclusive approaches in classrooms at the site-based …
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Interdisciplinary Research Methodology for Secondary Level Social Studies: A Teaching Unit Concerning the Holy Shroud of Turin
… effort to correct some of the existing problems, reform measures have been delineated by various commissions and educational authorities. The use of interdisciplinary curriculum, particularly in Social Studies, was among the suggestions for improving the quality of education. The purpose of this …
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Police culture and organisation
… requires instead a broader package of reform measures, with the restructuring of the system of police accountability as its centrepiece.
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Henry Agard Wallace and Latin America (1932-1946): The Limits of American Liberalism
… rhetoric, Henry A. Wallace was a liberal and his reform measures were limited.
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The impact of an immersive professional development program on K-8 inservice teachers' planning and implementation of reform based science lessons and self-efficacy for teaching science in the classroom
Although reform measures in science education have been promoted for over a decade, teachers' instruction in the K-8 science classroom remains unaligned with the principles of reformed teaching outlined in the national standards. K-8 teachers continue to rely on traditional teaching methods such as …
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A Case Study of Corruption and Public Accountability in Nigeria
… accountability in Nigeria, and 2) to offer some reform measures for the reduction of corruption in the public sector. It is hopeful that the public sector will become more efficient and effective if the recommendations delineated in this analysis are implemented. In order to accomplish the study …
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Media-making matters: exploring literacy with young learners as media crafting, critique and artistry.
… tensions, including current educational reform measures, perceived as hindering the development of dispersed digital media-making practices. Qualitative ethnographic methods were chosen for their capacity to engage with the complex tensions and textures of modern pedagogy. Photographic, …
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Science, Practice, and the Reform of American Medical Education
… occupations undergirded by science. The reform of medical education in America provided an occasion for the working out of this tension in medicine. In early nineteenth century American medicine the two sides of this divide were represented by followers of the Paris Clinical School and by …
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Intellectual property, innovation and trade: strategies for the actualisation of agenda 2063 of the African Union
… that hinder productivity and necessitate urgent reform measures. Recognising intellectual property, innovation, and trade as key enablers of development, the thesis links these elements to the realisation of the agriculture-related goals of Agenda 2063. It explores the legal and policy frameworks …
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