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Curry, Donna Miles Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Carol Holdcraft, Donna M. Curry May 2001

Curry, Donna Miles Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Carol Holdcraft, Donna M. Curry

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Carol Holdcraft interviewed Donna Miles Curry on May 9, 2001 about the founding of Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview Dr. Curry discusses her career and her decision to come to Wright State as a founding faculty member for the College of Nursing and Health.


Cognitive Apprenticeship In A Building Design Office, Craig A. Baird Jan 2001

Cognitive Apprenticeship In A Building Design Office, Craig A. Baird

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis presents a research study that investigated student learning in a mentor supported design office situation, using a cognitive apprenticeship learning approach that utilised authentic design project tusks. In this study, 29 final year Technical And Further Education (TAFE) building design students undertook authentic building design projects with expert building designers, who acted as mentors, in commercial design office situations. The mentors guided student learning by using a cognitive apprenticeship approach to learning, implemented with authentic design projects designed to replicate the everyday culture of practice activities typical of commercial design office operations. This study follows the progress of …