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Vocational Identity and Career Construction in Education. Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL)
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Fidan, Tuncer, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Over the years, careers have transformed to be flexible and changing rather than stable, life-long commitments to an organization. As such, making work meaningful, controlling the work environment, and taking the opportunity to get required training for the next job are as important as the financial advantages. Educators' careers cannot be…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Change, Career Choice, Professional Identity
Should you Delegate? Or Invite Participation?
Knoop, Robert – Education Canada, 1985
Offers administrators 15 guidelines for effective delegation, descriptions of 6 participatory decision making methods, and 5 procedures for problem solving. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of delegation and participation. (LFL)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, Comparative Analysis, Participative Decision Making
Reliability and Validity of the Pilot National Board Dental Examination.
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Kramer, Gene A.; DeMarais, David R. – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
This study found that the restructured National Board Dental Examination Part II is a reliable test assessing a full range of cognitive behaviors, and a unidimensional test of comprehensive general dentistry, suggesting better testing of knowledge and problem-solving skills than on the traditional examination. Performance on the pilot and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dentistry, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Solving the Tax-Sheltered Annuity (403b) Headache.
Connor, Dennis G. – School Business Affairs, 1984
A clearinghouse specializing in providing tax-sheltered annuity services for school employees eliminates any question of school district liability for investment performance. (MLF)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Semantic Structures and Diagnostic Thinking of Experts and Novices.
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Bordage, Georges; Lemieux, Madeleine – Academic Medicine, 1991
The diagnostic discourse of medical students and physicians in thinking-aloud protocols on paper cases was analyzed for evidence of semantic structure. Results show that structural semantics can be used to distinguish various levels of mental processing among novices as well as between novices and professionals. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
An Investigation of Teacher Intents and Classroom Outcomes in the Use of Information-Handling Packages.
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Underwood, Jean – Computers and Education, 1988
Describes a study that compared the expressed objectives of teachers using computer-based information handling packages in the classroom against recorded classroom outcomes. The areas of skill and knowledge acquisition, learning strategies, sociopsychological issues, and life skills are discussed. (9 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
School Governance in an Era of Retrenchment. [Final Report].
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Boyd, William Lowe – 1982
A longitudinal, comparative case study examines the impact of enrollment decline on and the response to it by 15 suburban school districts in 2 metropolitan areas. Data were collected during 1978-81 through interviews, observation of public meetings, documentary and statistical sources, and case histories developed for each district from 1964-81.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Budgeting, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis