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Hörberg, Anna; Lindström, Veronica; Scheja, Max; Conte, Helen; Kalén, Susanne – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to explore challenging encounters experienced by registered nurses (RN) during their first year in the emergency medical service by using the social learning theory of communities of practice. During the first year in a new professional practice, a new RN experiences a transition during which the new professional identity…
Descriptors: Nurses, Medical Services, Socialization, Communities of Practice
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Wedawatta, Gayan – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Undergraduate programmes on construction management and other closely related built environment disciplines are currently taught and assessed on a modular basis. This is the case in the UK and in many other countries globally. However, it can be argued that professionally oriented programmes like these are better assessed on a non-modular basis,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Construction Management, Interviews, Learning Modules
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Ndhlovu, Sithembile; Varea, Valeria – Education 3-13, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine how the design and organisation of primary school playground spaces may result in the inclusion or exclusion of some groups of children. Two primary school playgrounds in rural New South Wales, Australia, were selected for this investigation. Data were collected through observations and unstructured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Playgrounds, Space Utilization
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Kristensen, Katrine Hahn; Karlsen, Jan Erik – Tertiary Education and Management, 2018
This article investigates strategies for internationalisation at technical universities in the Nordic countries. The study explores the institutional rationales for internationalisation, the stories told in the strategy documents, the importance of leaders, faculty, administration and students for implementation of the strategy, and barriers and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies, Technical Education
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Prendergast, Mark; Treacy, Paraic – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
Algebra has long been identified as an area of difficulty in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Evidence of this difficulty can be found in Irish secondary-level classrooms. Chief Examiner Reports have consistently identified algebra as an area of student weakness in State examinations. In light of poor student performance, and as part of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Algebra, Educational Change, Secondary School Curriculum
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Roncancio, A. M.; Ward, K. K.; Carmack, C. C.; Muñoz, B. T.; Cribbs, F. L. – Health Education Research, 2017
Rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series completion among adolescent Hispanic females in Texas in 2014 (~39%) lag behind the Healthy People 2020 goal (80%). This qualitative study identifies Hispanic mothers' salient behavioral, normative and control beliefs regarding having their adolescent daughters complete the vaccine series.…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Adolescents, Females, Mother Attitudes
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Miller-Young, Janice; Boman, Jennifer – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2017
This chapter presents the bottlenecks identified by seven faculty members from diverse disciplines and an inductive content analysis of their Decoding interviews. Representative quotations illustrate themes in the interviews and we consider the implications for both faculty development and pedagogical research.
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Barriers, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intellectual Disciplines
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Tasca, Melinda – Child Care in Practice, 2018
The intersection of mass incarceration and fatherhood is of particular interest to a growing number of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. In this study, the role of fathers in children's lives before and during imprisonment are investigated from the caregiver perspective. Reliance on caregivers' accounts offers valuable insight into the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Fathers, Parent Role
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Spires, Robert W. – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2016
Many social issues exist for marginalized youth in the New Territories of Hong Kong, despite Hong Kong's high standard of living. Increasingly, attention is being paid to social mobility of Hong Kong's younger generations. Youth in the New Territories face academic, economic, social and cultural barriers, in part due to tracking into low-ranked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Attitudes, Case Studies
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Gökmen, Ömer Faruk; Duman, Ibrahim; Akgün, Özcan Erkan – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers' views about the use of tablet computers distributed as a part of the FATIH (Movement for Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology) Project. In this study, the case study method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The participants were 20 teachers from various fields…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies
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Santos, Júlio Gonçalves dos; Silva, Rui da – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
This article examines Portuguese official aid (POA) in Guinea-Bissau, based on the experience of a bilateral educational aid Programme--PASEG (2000-2012). It explores the theory and praxis (understood as instructed action) of PASEG as a complex and transversal intervention in a context of fragility and political uncertainty. It discusses the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Technical Assistance
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MacLeod, Kate – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
This qualitative single case study explored (a) the underlying beliefs of the connected individuals involved in determining guardianship or alternatives to guardianship for a young adult with intellectual disability; (b) the attitudes, resources and skills needed for educators and families to develop transition plans that address alternatives to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Beliefs, Intellectual Disability, Young Adults
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Stamelos, Georgios; Karachontziti, Elena; Paivandi, Saeed – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
The Greek school textbook is at the core of this article and is treated as a matter of policy. In 2003, the Greek Government decided to include the publishing of school textbooks in the current Community support framework and as a result school textbook publishing goes beyond Greek priorities and gains European interest, which means that the whole…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Educational Policy, Content Analysis
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Saowaros, Thanoo; Puncreobutr, Vichian – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The main objectives of this study are to identify the reasons for the shortage of pilots; the necessity of producing Pilots and the obstacles and problems faced by ASEAN Community in producing pilots. The study is conducted by official documents, observations, in-depth interview from personnel who are working for Airports Authority of Thailand,…
Descriptors: Flight Training, Observation, Content Analysis, Position Papers
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Holmgren, R.; Haake, U.; Söderström, T. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
This article presents a summary analysis of a 5-year study on the implementation of a technology-supported distance firefighter training programme in Sweden, focused on the firefighter students' learning processes regarding challenges, contradictions and changes that occurred during the implementation period. With activity theory as the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Distance Education, Fire Protection, Technology Uses in Education
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