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Beverage Management: A Curriculum Needs Assessment For Undergraduate Hospitality Education, Lisa Marie Assante
Beverage Management: A Curriculum Needs Assessment For Undergraduate Hospitality Education, Lisa Marie Assante
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study assessed the need for beverage management curricula and the competencies entry level beverage managers must possess. Data were generated by two survey instruments: (1) a personal interview, and (2) a mail survey. The interview utilized a snowball sample of 35 hospitality educators and industry experts. The sample selection for the mail survey included 244 domestic hotel properties and 366 domestic restaurant properties. Study results indicate a need for a beverage management major. Competencies identified as important (training, communication, cost control, and leadership skills), along with other responses, will form the basis of beverage management curriculum at University of …
Instrument Development And Validation For Use In A Health Education Program, Joanna Lynn Blockey
Instrument Development And Validation For Use In A Health Education Program, Joanna Lynn Blockey
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study was conducted to establish the validity and reliability of a dependent measure instrument developed specifically for health education programs geared to expectant mothers and their significant others who smoke; This study's instrument was distributed to 201 randomly chosen college students participating in health education, general education, educational psychology, and communication studies classes at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Results from this study found that the instrument has merit. The confirmatory factor analysis, which proved the instrument's reliability, isolated three different areas of study: beliefs about smoking in general; the effects of smoking on pre- and post-natal babies; …
Implementation Of Least Restrictive Environment (Lre) In Nevada Rural Schools According To The Rachel H Standard, Laurie Magee Flanders
Implementation Of Least Restrictive Environment (Lre) In Nevada Rural Schools According To The Rachel H Standard, Laurie Magee Flanders
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Public Law 94-142, the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (1975); Public Law 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (1990); and Public Law 105-17, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 require that all disabled students be placed in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) in their educational settings; In 1994 the Ninth Circuit Court established the Rachel H. Standard, which provides a guide for school districts in determining the Least Restrictive Environment for their disabled students. All school districts within the authority of the Ninth Circuit must comply with the standard set forth in Sacramento City Unified …
Family And Service Coordinator Agreements In The Development And Implementation Of The Individualized Family Service Plan (Ifsp), Byoung-In Lee
Family And Service Coordinator Agreements In The Development And Implementation Of The Individualized Family Service Plan (Ifsp), Byoung-In Lee
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Part C of Public Law 105-17 (originally Part H of Public Laws 99-457, 101-476, and 102-119), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997, strengthened incentives to states to provide services for infants and toddlers, from birth to age three, who have disabilities or are at-risk for developmental delays. The law and its regulations require that the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) is a written plan for services to be developed and implemented for the child and family. Inclusion of family members as full participants in the design and implementation of services is emphasized; This study was designed to …
Critical Multiculturalism In The Classroom: From Theory To Practice, Denise Michelle Dalaimo
Critical Multiculturalism In The Classroom: From Theory To Practice, Denise Michelle Dalaimo
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Since Paulo Freire's (1970) revolutionary work Pedagogy of the Oppressed, "radical" (critical/feminist/multicultural) educators have endeavored to change the face of education by altering traditional power relations and by including the work and experiences of previously under- or unrepresented groups. Research to date in the field of radical pedagogy has been largely focused on and performed in the small and intimate classroom. Many of the approaches and techniques proposed by radical educators---though effective in smaller classes---are difficult to implement in the larger, more impersonal classroom which is becoming more and more prevalent in contemporary higher education. This research has been largely …
Special Education Students: Which Ones Are Prepared To Receive A High School Diploma?, Rhoton Titus Hudson
Special Education Students: Which Ones Are Prepared To Receive A High School Diploma?, Rhoton Titus Hudson
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study sought to determine whether statistically significant differences between students with disabilities who pass and those who fail the Nevada High School Proficiency Examination are accounted for by demographic variables alone, or if they can also be attributed to educational variables. To establish the basis for this study, legislation such as IDEA and Goals 2000 was examined, recent literature was reviewed, and court cases involving testing students with disabilities on standardized and minimum competency tests were studied; The study follows 965 students with disabilities who were in the eleventh grade during the 1998--99 school year through five administrations of …