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The Centrality Of Cultural Considerations In Facilitating Training For Adults, Corinne Brion
The Centrality Of Cultural Considerations In Facilitating Training For Adults, Corinne Brion
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Teaching and learning are social and cultural activities. Across cultures people have different ways of communicating, interacting, and learning. Consequently, learning may not occur without understanding the role national cultures play on organizing and facilitating training events. This study is part of a larger study that took place over a period of six years, from 2013 to 2019, in West Africa. Using Hofstede et al., (2010) Six Cultural Dimensions model as a conceptual framework, this paper sought to examine the extent to which factors of national culture influences the facilitation of professional learning among school principals in two West African …
Lifetime Recollections [Aiea#18], Alexander N. Charters
Lifetime Recollections [Aiea#18], Alexander N. Charters
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Veterans Upward Bound: A Federally Funded Trio Program, "Preparing Veterans For College At Umass, Boston Since 1973", Linda Mitchell
Veterans Upward Bound: A Federally Funded Trio Program, "Preparing Veterans For College At Umass, Boston Since 1973", Linda Mitchell
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The Veterans Upward Bound Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston provides a unique opportunity for men and women veterans of all ages to acquire the academic skills required for entry into higher education and/or to acquire the equivalent of a high school diploma. This is federally funded TRIO program.
Oral History Interview With John Yip Soon Kwong: Conceptualising Smu, Soon Kwong John Yip
Oral History Interview With John Yip Soon Kwong: Conceptualising Smu, Soon Kwong John Yip
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The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, future needs of university education in Singapore, business education, third university, Singapore Institute of Management, achievements.
Biography:
Executive Director and CEO, Singapore Institute of Management, 1997–2003
Director of Education, MOE, 1987–1996
Dr John Yip Soon Kwong played a major role in developing the concept for Singapore’s third university, Singapore Management University. With his first-hand knowledge of international universities as well as his knowledge of Singapore’s education system, he was part of the early effort to define the scope of Singapore’s third university and to identify an overseas university partner for this new institution. …