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Children's Services In Denmark : A Contextual Analysis And Critique, Teresa A. Harms Jan 1997

Children's Services In Denmark : A Contextual Analysis And Critique, Teresa A. Harms

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The late 1990’s in Australia have seen major stresses in State and Federal systems of early years provision and have highlighted the need to develop an integrated approach to early years policy and provision to meet better the changing needs of Australian families. As an experienced Australian practitioner in the early years, the researcher decided to explore another country’s approach to early childhood provision and to contextualise her Australian experience from a fresh perspective. In Kandel’s (1933, 1955) terms, this is a classic area study rather than one which seeks to merely to compare and contrast.

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Teachers Of Mathematics Teach Mathematics Differently : A Case Study Of Two Teachers, Jennie Bickmore-Brand Jan 1997

Teachers Of Mathematics Teach Mathematics Differently : A Case Study Of Two Teachers, Jennie Bickmore-Brand

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis investigates the different approaches adopted by two teachers for teaching mathematical content at the upper primary level of education. Questions have been raised by researchers about the impact teachers' philosophical background may have on their perception of how mathematics should be taught. Similarly questions have been asked about the role of content in mathematics education in relation to the process of education. The two teachers held different beliefs about what they were doing when they were teaching mathematics and why they were teaching that way. Their methodological emphases were different; one could be described as being more learner-centred …

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Student Violence And School Practice : Experiences Of A Lower Secondary Male Student Using The Methodology Of Participant Observation, Denese Shepherdson Jan 1997

Student Violence And School Practice : Experiences Of A Lower Secondary Male Student Using The Methodology Of Participant Observation, Denese Shepherdson

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

School experiences are said to be a preparation for life. The experience of violence perpetrated against a male student over a period of years has resulted in wide reaching implications for him, his family, the perpetrators, his peer group and school staff. This case study examines the experiences of a provocative victim and his bullies.

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The Leadership Roles Of The Child Care Centre Supervisor In Singapore, Winnie Tan Jan 1997

The Leadership Roles Of The Child Care Centre Supervisor In Singapore, Winnie Tan

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of this study was; (a) to describe the current situation of child care provision in Singapore; (b) to define the meaning of leadership and the responsibilities involved in effective leadership in a child care setting; and (c) to investigate and describe the leadership roles that child care centre supervisors need to perform in the day to day running of their centres from the perspective of the child care supervisors. A total of 15 supervisors from the private sector were interviewed in-depth. They were asked to describe all facets of their leadership roles in their centres. The results of …

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Through A Glass Darkly, Seeking The Common Ground: The Value Of Derrida's Two Interpretations Of Interpretation For Reading Literature In Religious Education, Helen E. Collins Jan 1997

Through A Glass Darkly, Seeking The Common Ground: The Value Of Derrida's Two Interpretations Of Interpretation For Reading Literature In Religious Education, Helen E. Collins

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis investigates and demonstrates the value of using Derrida's "two interpretations of interpretation" (the Rousseauistic and the Nietzschean) to enrich the reading of literature in Religious Education with reference to I.e Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea. Religious Education has responded in recent decades to developments in pedagogy, theology, and various other disciplines such as psychology and sociology. However, religious educators do not seem to have considered the question of the impact of modern literary theory on Religious Education. Such theories have influenced the way in which literature is read and studied in the English classroom. Such developments should be …

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The Influence Of Student Perceptions About School Experience On Non-University Bound Students' Motivation To Succeed, Caroline Mansfield Jan 1997

The Influence Of Student Perceptions About School Experience On Non-University Bound Students' Motivation To Succeed, Caroline Mansfield

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

In Australiari high schools today there. are increasingly greater numbers of students completing a final two years of post-compulsory secondary schooling Without the intention of progressing to a university tertiary education. Educators acknowledge that the comparative lack of motivation displayed by these students poses problems within the classroom and the educational system and most are concerned about how best to cater for the distinct and unique needs of this group of students. This thesis investigates the influence of student perceptions about school experience on Year 12 non-university bound students' motivation to succeed. The study focuses on the perceptions students hold …

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Critical Competencies For Effective Teaching : Perceptions Of Home Economics Teachers, Esthery D. Kunkwenzu Jan 1997

Critical Competencies For Effective Teaching : Perceptions Of Home Economics Teachers, Esthery D. Kunkwenzu

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Home economics is a multi-faceted, inter-disciplinary, integrated field of study drawing from a multitude of disciplines including sociology, psychology, anthropology, chemistry, physics, architecture and the arts (Henry, 1995). As a school subject, home economics in Malawi is taught at primary school, secondary school as well as at university level. This study explores home economics teachers' perceptions of competencies critical for teaching the subject. Data was collected from secondary school home economics teachers in Malawi. The study is a qualitative investigation of how experienced teachers describe effective teaching of the integrated home economics syllabus, and what they perceive as critical competencies …

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Maritime Resource Exploitation In Southwest Australia Prior To 1901, Paul R. Weaver Jan 1997

Maritime Resource Exploitation In Southwest Australia Prior To 1901, Paul R. Weaver

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This ethnohistorical study identifies maritime resources of southwest Australia which were subject to human exploitation prior to 1901 and provides an overview of how, when and why this took. place by integrating historical, archaeological, ethnographic, and natural-science information. The resources included for discussion arc whales, seals, seabirds, guano, oysters and pearls, and fish. An argument is developed that the socio-spatial relationship which existed between peoples and marine• estuarine species in the region was determined by the physiography and climate. This relationship has always been imperfect, if not chaotic because of the unpredictability of the resources through long and short term …

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What Is The Intimate Experience Of Couples Following The Woman's Cancer-Related Breast Surgery?, Lynne Amor Jan 1997

What Is The Intimate Experience Of Couples Following The Woman's Cancer-Related Breast Surgery?, Lynne Amor

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe and interpret the experience of couples following the woman's surgery for breast cancer, in order to gain an in depth understanding of how this mutilating surgery affects their everyday lives. Breast cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer in Australian women, and in most industrialised nations. Women in Australia have a one in fourteen lifetime risk of developing the disease. Little is known concerning what meanings this surgery brings to the intimacy experienced between partners. It is important to seek knowledge of the phenomenon of intimacy, how the couples understand …

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An Ephemeral Pause : Negotiating Literal And Abstract Notions Of Biography And Narration Through The Forms Of Name, Place, And Medium Utilized By Samuel Beckett In Ohio Impromptu And Various Writings Of Simon Peter Buehrer, Simon P. Buehrer Jan 1997

An Ephemeral Pause : Negotiating Literal And Abstract Notions Of Biography And Narration Through The Forms Of Name, Place, And Medium Utilized By Samuel Beckett In Ohio Impromptu And Various Writings Of Simon Peter Buehrer, Simon P. Buehrer

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Chameleons Don't Need Mirrors, Ronald K. Frannea Jan 1997

Chameleons Don't Need Mirrors, Ronald K. Frannea

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Power Of Prayer And Healing, Marlene S. Buchner Jan 1997

The Power Of Prayer And Healing, Marlene S. Buchner

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Cultural Identity Of Native American Students At The University Of North Dakota, Ella M. Bruce Jan 1997

Cultural Identity Of Native American Students At The University Of North Dakota, Ella M. Bruce

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Preliminary Dementia Screening In A Sample From The Elderly Of The Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Brian J. Bercier Jan 1997

Preliminary Dementia Screening In A Sample From The Elderly Of The Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Brian J. Bercier

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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A Neural Network Based Inference Engine Generator For Comprehension And Translation Of English And Spanish Commands To Unix "E-Mail" And "Vi" Editor., Mohammad Reza Moozoun Jan 1997

A Neural Network Based Inference Engine Generator For Comprehension And Translation Of English And Spanish Commands To Unix "E-Mail" And "Vi" Editor., Mohammad Reza Moozoun

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Since the advent of computers, scientists have tried to use the human languages for communication with computers. This pursuit has led several scientists, such as Chomsky to establish that there must be a specific part of the brain adapted to language learning and processing genetically, namely the "language organ". Humans are able to understand and produce sentences that they may have never heard. This leads to the understanding that language must follow some strict rules of processing which is referred to as "grammar of a language". The Artificial Neural Networks (NN) inspired by the neural networks of biological systems have …

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Post-Soviet Transitions In Policy And Management Of Zapovedniki And Lespromkhozi In Central Siberia., David Miller Ostergren Jan 1997

Post-Soviet Transitions In Policy And Management Of Zapovedniki And Lespromkhozi In Central Siberia., David Miller Ostergren

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 changed the government bureaucracy and dismantled the centrally controlled economic system. Directors of zapovedniki (strict nature preserves) and lespromkhozi (forest industry dependent communities) are experiencing a challenge to their ability to manage, protect and/or study the lands under their supervision. This study investigates how changes in the social-political system have affected the forests and protected areas in Central Siberia, and how managers have adapted to the current political and social climate. This investigation used case study methodology and three sources of empirical data; open-ended interviews, documentation from archival and secondary sources, and personal …

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First-Movement Cadenzas For Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concertos K. 466, 467, 482, 491, 503 And 537., Tean-Hwa P'Ng Jan 1997

First-Movement Cadenzas For Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concertos K. 466, 467, 482, 491, 503 And 537., Tean-Hwa P'Ng

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

All of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's solo piano concertos require a cadenza to be inserted ad libitum toward the end of the first movement. We have original first-movement cadenzas by Mozart for all of his concertos except K. 466, 467, 482, 491, 503, and 537. For these six, there are two viable solutions to the cadenza problem: the performer can either provide his own cadenza or select a cadenza written by someone else. It is the premise of this study that the cadenza should be stylistically consistent with the parent concerto movement. Therefore, its purpose is to develop a model for …

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Postsecondary Persistence Of Ged Students., Maria C. Rose Jan 1997

Postsecondary Persistence Of Ged Students., Maria C. Rose

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

More nontraditional students are attending college, and many of these students are enrolled with GED certification. The validity using GED certification as postsecondary admission criteria has been questioned. Participants included 251 students enrolled with GED certification as admission criteria to a small Mid-Atlantic college in the Spring 1997 semester. The influence of ACT, GED, literacy scores, learning and study skills, and the number of successfully completed developmental classes on grade point averages was researched. Students were interviewed to gain insight into students' perceptions of factors contributing to persistence in college. ACT scores were found to be good predictors of grade …

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Interview: Cindi Katz. Creating Safe Space And The Materiality Of The Margins, Cindi Katz Jan 1997

Interview: Cindi Katz. Creating Safe Space And The Materiality Of The Margins, Cindi Katz

Publications and Research

Cindi Katz, associate professor and chair of the environmental psychology program at the Graduate School of the City University of New York, visited the University of Kentucky in February of 1996 to deliver the keynote address at the 5 1/2 Annual Geography Graduate Student Conference. In her address, entitled "Power, Space and Terror: Social Reproduction and the Public Environment," Professor Katz discussed how changes jn urban built environments, particularly the privatization of urban public space, negatively affected New York City children. Privatization, she argued, not only serves a 'child hating' mentality prevalent in our society, but fosters, among other things, …

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The Relationship Of Leadership Styles Of Selected West Virginia College Deans And Department Chairs To Job Satisfaction Of Departmental Faculty Members., Debra Simon Jan 1997

The Relationship Of Leadership Styles Of Selected West Virginia College Deans And Department Chairs To Job Satisfaction Of Departmental Faculty Members., Debra Simon

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study was conducted to determine if there was a relationship between the independent variable, leadership styles of deans or department chairs and the dependent variable, faculty job satisfaction. The population of the study included all instructional faculty at 11 public institutions of higher education in the state of West Virginia which grant baccalaureate degrees and beyond (N = 2,279). An appropriate random sample (n = 328) of the total number of instructional faculty was selected. The data collection instruments in this study include: The Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ), the Mohrman-Cooke-Mohrman Job Satisfaction Scale (MCMJSS) and a demographic survey. …

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Does Lack Of An Insurable Interest Preclude An Insurance Agent From Taking An Absolute Assignment Of His Client's Life Policy?, Johnny Parker Jan 1997

Does Lack Of An Insurable Interest Preclude An Insurance Agent From Taking An Absolute Assignment Of His Client's Life Policy?, Johnny Parker

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

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The Effects Of A Parental Life-Threatening Illness On Children's Adjustment., Christa M. Holland Jan 1997

The Effects Of A Parental Life-Threatening Illness On Children's Adjustment., Christa M. Holland

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Mental health professionals are increasingly examining psychosocial issues of individuals with medical illnesses. Research has demonstrated that when the medical patient is a parent, the entire family experiences the crisis and impact of the diagnosis and treatment. Despite these findings, few studies have examined the impact of a parental life-threatening illness on children. The psychological and behavioral adjustment of children with a parent receiving a bone marrow transplant (BMT) was compared to that of children in a matched community group. Forty child-parent dyads (20 BMT and 20 Community) completed three self-report measures at pre and post-BMT to assess children's behavior, …

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An Experimental And Numerical Study Of Residence Time And Mixing Characteristics Of A Full Flow Dilution Tunnel., Sunil Katragadda Jan 1997

An Experimental And Numerical Study Of Residence Time And Mixing Characteristics Of A Full Flow Dilution Tunnel., Sunil Katragadda

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

A stimulus-response technique was applied to a co-current flow with mixing orifice type full-flow dilution tunnel to determine its fluid residence time distribution and mixing characteristics. The technique involved the injection of a tracer at the inlet and the observation of the corresponding response at the sampling zone of the tunnel. Both propane gas and corn oil aerosol of approximately 0.5 {dollar}\\mu{dollar}m in diameter were used as the non-reacting tracers for the newly developed gas injection detection system (GIDS) and aerosol injection detection system (AIDS). Data were gathered from the tunnel operated under steady-state conditions and at three different volumetric …

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On Epistemology, Whiteness, And Sexual Politics: Personal Reflections On Standpoint And White Supremacist Discourse, Jessie Daniels Jan 1997

On Epistemology, Whiteness, And Sexual Politics: Personal Reflections On Standpoint And White Supremacist Discourse, Jessie Daniels

Publications and Research

The preface to White Lies in which the author explains her personal relationship to the work of scholarship in the book.

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The Relationship Between The Method Of Selection And Length Of Service Of Department Chairs And Degree Of Subordinate Faculty Support., P Michael Ditchen Jan 1997

The Relationship Between The Method Of Selection And Length Of Service Of Department Chairs And Degree Of Subordinate Faculty Support., P Michael Ditchen

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study was designed to examine the relationships between the method of selection and length of service of department chairs and degree of faculty support as measured by the Department Evaluation of Chairperson Activities for Development (Decad) instrument. The database contains rankings of all chairs (n = 1312) rated with the Decad from 1977-1991. The database contains departmental evaluations from over 120 institutions located throughout the United States and Canada. After all identifying characteristics were removed from this database, the database was analyzed using the Statistical Analysis (SAS) program to calculate departmental mean scores of perceived initiating structure and consideration …

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The Use Of Simplified English To Improve Task Comprehension For Non-Native English Speaking Aviation Maintenance Technician Students., Douglas Eckert Jan 1997

The Use Of Simplified English To Improve Task Comprehension For Non-Native English Speaking Aviation Maintenance Technician Students., Douglas Eckert

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The objective of this research was to determine if the use of Simplified English (SE) improved task comprehension of non-native English speaking aviation maintenance technician students in a non-English speaking environment. A background questionnaire, one test, and four controlled language instruments were administered to each subject. The test, Accuracy Level Test (ALT) by Ronald P. Carver, measured the Spanish subjects English reading ability by grade level. The four instruments were aviation maintenance task cards and tests developed by Boeing Aircraft which measured subject comprehension of maintenance procedures. The participants were 148 Mexican aviation maintenance technician students, mechanics, and instructors from …

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Climatic Fluctuations And Tropical Troglobitic Evolution, Pedro Gnaspini Jan 1997

Climatic Fluctuations And Tropical Troglobitic Evolution, Pedro Gnaspini

International Journal of Speleology

No abstract provided.

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Women In New York : A Translation Of Ethel Krauze's "Mujeres En Nueva York", Martha Patricia Orozco Rangel Jan 1997

Women In New York : A Translation Of Ethel Krauze's "Mujeres En Nueva York", Martha Patricia Orozco Rangel

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Relationship Between Central Auditory Perception And Spectral Alteration On Word Memory In Traumatic Brain Injury, Craig A. Peterson Jan 1997

The Relationship Between Central Auditory Perception And Spectral Alteration On Word Memory In Traumatic Brain Injury, Craig A. Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

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Jungian Dream Theories Applied To Judith Thompson's White Biting Dog, Vicki Lynn Pozzebon Jan 1997

Jungian Dream Theories Applied To Judith Thompson's White Biting Dog, Vicki Lynn Pozzebon

Theses and Dissertations

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