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Griffiths, Amanda – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
This paper considers teacher resilience from the viewpoint of a discipline concerned with the interactions between work design, management style and employee health and well-being: occupational health psychology. It will be suggested that there are strong parallels between interventions designed to promote resilience and those designed to reduce…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Occupational Safety and Health, Psychology, Intervention
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Kelly, Steven J.; Coughlin, Patrick C.; Novak, M. Mari – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Over the past decade, human performance technology (HPT) has become an important source of rigor and application in support of best practices in capacity development. HPT shares common principles with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development best practices. This article explores HPT's critical role as the methodology of choice…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Best Practices, Capacity Building, Institutional Role
Hook, Richard – Colleges Ontario, 2012
Accountability, "the extent to which one must answer to higher authority for one's actions" (Shafritz & Russell, 2000, p. 343), is a critical part of corporate and democratic life. In public institutions, sound accountability processes assure those in executive, governance, audit and "elected official" roles that public…
Descriptors: Accountability, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Literature Reviews
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Craver, Gerald A.; Burkett, Amy K. – Qualitative Report, 2012
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) perform an important role in the long-term care system because they provide the majority of paid care to nursing facility residents. Unfortunately, annual CNA turnover often exceeds 100 percent nationally. Many factors account for this, including stressful working conditions, low pay, and limited benefits. The…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Medical Services, Improvement Programs, Focus Groups
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Sinn, John W. – Journal of Technology Studies, 2007
Best practices for online courses are explored as precision teaching (PT) within the context of a case study analysis. The case study focuses on courses taught, 100 per cent online, as part of Quality Systems (QS) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). PT literature establishes main attributes desired as the basis for best practices. The…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Precision Teaching, Best Practices, Case Studies