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The Process And Impact Of A Catholic School Amalgamation: A Mixed Method, Single Case Study, Stephen Gough

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This research provides an investigative analysis of the impact of a large-scale change process involving the amalgamation of two long-standing Catholic schools in a capital city of Australia. The study explores how a change process impacted staff, student and parent stakeholders within the initial year of a school amalgamation by examining Catholic school life and culture, student learning and wellbeing, the physical learning environment, and leadership and administration. The objective is to better understand the process and the impact of the change that took place during the amalgamation, in order to further inform the planning and leading of future Catholic …

أثر برنامج قائم على الوعي الفونولوجي في تنمية مهارة القراءة لدى طلبة الصف الثاني الأساسي – دراسة حالة, مها عطا جابر المدهون

Theses

هدفت دراسة الحالة هذه إلى قياس أثر برنامج قائم على الوعي الفونولوجي في تنمية مهارة القراءة لدى طلبة الصف الثاني الأساسي، و قد اشتملت العينة على ثمانية طلاب من طلبة الصف الثاني الأساسي المُسجلين في إحدى المدارس الخاصة التي تعتمد على المنهج الأمريكي في مدينة العين بدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، و قد تم اختبار العينة بطريقة مقصودة لتخدم هدف الدراسة، و قد استخدمت الباحثة المنهج المختلط لتحقيق هدف الدراسة و ذلك من خلال دمج الأدوات الكمية فتمثلت في تحليل الوثائق والفيديوهات و إجراء مقابلات مع أولياء أمور الطلبة المشاركين في البرامج، و قد اشتملت الدراسة على مرحلتين لجمع و تحليل …

Enhancing Science Education Through Engaging Visual Content, David Kavanagh

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In recent years a decline in the number of Irish students choosing to study science, at second level and on into third level, has become potentially harmful to the desired creation of a science-based knowledge economy. A primary contributing factor towards this decline is a lack of interest in the subject within the classroom, as was established by The Task Force on the Physical Sciences in 2002.

The primary aim of this Masters research is to investigate the role of visualisation in making the study of science more accessible and engaging to students to counter this decline. To this end …

An Assessment Of Distance Learning Delivery Methodologies And The Proposal Of An Open Distance Learning Delivery Model For A Third Level Course In Sports Development, Deirdre Kiely

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In the development of a distance learning curriculum the appropriate choice of media, in terms of both presentation of course materials, and of the approach to providing tutorial and other support, is a key question that needs to be addressed at the outset. However, very few studies provide guidelines for distance learning facilitators to help them in choosing these delivery methods. This study aimed to propose an Open Distance Learning (ODL) delivery model for a third level course in Sports Development and in doing so identifies a number of criteria which may be used by institutes when deciding on their …