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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRGINIA TECHâS FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Banks, Claretha Hughes - 2002

Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute (FDI) was developed to address issues related to the computer technology revolution; training and education of faculty; faculty professional development; and the university adjusting to change. The purpose of this study was to identify and compare...

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Trade and Industrial Education: A Climate For Reform

Rowland, Bryan K. - 1997

The purpose of this study was to assessthe climate for the adoption of aproposed reform model for secondarytrade and industrial (T&I) education inVirginia. Vocational administrators andT&I instructors beliefs about the extentto which the adoption of the proposedmodel would precipitate...

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Perceptions of the Relative Importance of Conditions that Facilitate Implementation

Brown, Jeffrey A. - 2008

Implementation is a phase included in nearly all instructional development models, yet literature on instructional design and technology reveals little about implementationâs nature and the special conditions that must be considered as users go beyond adoption (Ely, 1999). Ely (1990b; 1999) contends...

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AN ASSESSMENT OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY TEACHING â€“ A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED STUDENT GROUPS AT STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY IN KENYA

Wadawi, Joe Kibuye - 2013

Cooperative Learning has been defined as a relationship in a group of students that requires positive interdependence, individual accountability, interpersonal skills, face-to-face promotive interaction, and processing. Several techniques have been used to implement to advance learning amongst...

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To review how a school's vision creates its brand identity

Baber, Jon - 2008

A consequence of the 2005 Government White Paper on Education was the apparent continuation of the marketisation of education in England. As a result, it would appear that the need for schools to be able to market themselves within this culture was becoming more and more important. One of the...

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Personas in the Design Process: A tool for understanding others

Williams, Karen Lindsay - 2006

Personas, fictional user profiles based on research data, have gained popularity in the design field over recent years. These profiles include names, personalities, behaviors, and goals that are representative of a unique group of individuals. This paper examines the creation and utilization of...

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Fixing the system? The experience of service users of the quasi-market in disability services in Australia

Spall, Pamela; McDonald, Catherine; Zetlin, Diane - 2005

A qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 31 people with disabilities and 32 carers in the state of Queensland, Australia, found that their experience of supportive service delivery had not improved despite reforms of the service delivery system driven by a version of the...

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Towards strategic intent: Perceptions of disability service provision amongst hotel accommodation managers

Darcy, Simon; Pegg, Shane - 2011

ascertain the perceptions of managers in the accommodation sector towards disability service provision with a view to … people with a disability to communicate their needs to the hotel; perceptions of accessible rooms by the general public; and … included: legislative responsibility, policy and building codes; disability as a market segment; staff awareness/training; and …

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Are workers with a disability less productive or less understood? An empirical investigation from an entrepreneurial business planning perspective

Hindle, Kevin; Noble, Jock; Phillips, Brian - 1999

group between workers with a disability and workers without a disability. On five measures of productivity, no significant … differences were discernible but on a sixth measure, length of employment, it was found that disability workers remained in … employment significantly longer. These results strongly refute the ‘intuitive wisdom’ that workers with a disability are less …

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Identity and ownership : Since I came to work at dal I don?t have a disability

Marks, Genee - 2006

receive federal or state disability funding, and about half as many support staff. Rather than being seen as an agency …

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