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Direct linkRobinson, Lily Beatrice – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Guided tours, field trips, and other non-formal learning experiences occur in a variety of settings such as museums, parks, civic buildings, and architectural landmarks for the purpose of educating the public. This study yielded four main findings. (1) Program educational goals were visitor awareness, positive affective experience, and advocacy.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Objectives, Learning Experience, Advocacy
Biscotti, Dina Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Autonomy is a social product. Although some might view autonomy as the absence of social interference in individual action, it is in fact produced through social institutions. It enables social actors to act; it is the justification for the allocation of enormous public resources into institutions classified as "public" or "nonprofit;" it can lead…
Descriptors: Expertise, Research Universities, Industry, Intellectual Property
Webb, Horace P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Doing and learning science are social activities that require certain language, activities, and values. Both constitute what Gee (2005) calls Discourses. The language of learning science varies with the learning context (Lemke, 2001,1990). "Science for All Americans" (AAAS, 1990) and "Inquiry and the National Science Education…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Mentors, Federal Legislation, Discourse Analysis
Vander Hooven, James L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study presents the experiences of success of 11 women who have completed an associate degree while parenting children. Women parenting children are a population at especially high risk of non-completion. In much of the research, however, women parenting children are only mentioned peripherally as a subpopulation of nontraditional students;…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Community Colleges, Females, Focus Groups
Menon, Siddhartha Shankar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Broadband holds a critical position in the progress of economic and social indicators by connecting consumers, businesses and governments. South Korea has consistently been the global leader in broadband deployment since 1999. In the last ten years the Korean government has pursued several strategies for its broadband policy. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Social Indicators, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Lin, Hsien Hong – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this investigation was to build the blueprint of Taiwanese public higher education's fundraising. This study applied three surveys (NSH, NSC, and NSF) to three populations' samples (public universities, corporations, and foundations in Taiwan) as well as qualitative interviews toward these three populations in order to explore…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Higher Education, Investigations, Universities
