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Willems, Patricia K. "Food activities in the guidance curriculum." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999willemsp.pdf.
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Rash, Mickey Ellen. "Veterinary technician assistant curriculum guideline." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1930.
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The purpose of this thesis was to develop a core curriculum to be presented to the state for consideration as the established curriculum guideline for veterinary technician assistants/veterinary assistant programs.
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Brenana, Stacy Lyn, and Deborah Gayle McTee. "School-to-career curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1803.
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The mission of this project is to develop a school-to-career curriculum that can be utilized by all middle school students. It is designed to help educate these students in the skills they will need to become successful in their future careers.
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Luk, Fong Yuk Yee Pattie, and n/a. "A Study of Guidance Curriculum in Hong Kong Primary Schools." University of Canberra. Professional Communication, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050530.092440.
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This thesis examines the question of what kind of guidance curriculum is
suitable for primary schools in Hong Kong. The call for the development of guidance
curriculum for primary school children in Hong Kong arises from the needs of
students: their need for enhancement of their self-concept, and has been translated
into guidance and educational policy documents, and structural and administrative
changes in schools which allow more time for the development of guidance in
primary schools.
Given that the educational context of Hong Kong is "East meets West," the
researcher posits that, in studying guidance in Hong Kong, both Eastern and Western
traditions in guidance must be taken into consideration. The researcher further argues
that a guidance curriculum that is suitable for the primary school children in Hong
Kong should start by looking at the particular experiences, expectations and tensions
that educators, guidance professionals, teachers, parents and children are facing in the
competing and changing contexts of the Hong Kong society. These expectations and
tensions are very much related to the colossal changes in Hong Kong and are
reflections of various degrees of overlaps between "East" and "West", as well as
"past" and "present".
The researcher has drawn on literature concerning globalization as
hybridization, the Chinese concept of yin-yang and the psychological processes at
work when Western modernization meet with indigenous Chinese culture, to explain
the dynamics of change in the Hong Kong context. This thesis develops a hybrid
framework for studying such changes. The framework consists of open-ended
questions designed by the researcher from the literature, an adaptation of Confucian's
cardinal relationships and Lawton's model for curriculum development
A qualitative case study method is used for this study. Data are drawn from the
author's own experience in a two-week teaching attachment in a primary school, and
interviews with guidance professionals, primary school principals, teachers and
students in three selected primary schools in Hong Kong. A qualitative study is
chosen so that the multiple realities of teaching guidance in schools can be understood
in their naturalistic settings. The boundary of the case is Hong Kong with its
implementation of Hong Kong versions of Radd's (1993) Grow with guidance system.
Three out of the eight Grow with guidance system pilot schools are studied. The
chosen schools differ in student composition, school type, and methods of
implementation of the guidance curriculum.
Data are obtained by individual interviews, the in-depth study of one case
study school by the researcher as participant observer, and content analysis of
guidance materials in the case study schools. Data by these three methods and from
different stakeholders are triangulated, as information obtained is checked against
each other. This study uses multiple forms of evidences and they persuade by reason.
Being a qualitative case study, its purpose is to illuminate but not to generalize. The
criteria for judging the success of this study depend on the richness and accuracy of
data, as well as the coherence, insight and instrumental utility in presenting and
reading the data.
The researcher argues for a hybrid guidance curriculum for the primary
schools in Hong Kong to suit the hybrid contexts in Hong Kong. Data obtained from
content analysis and the case study schools show that the philosophical, sociological
and psychological factors as well as the content, pedagogies, organization for teaching
and practical arrangements of the guidance curricula are hybrid in the Hong Kong
implementation of Radd's Grow with guidance system. The researcher concludes that
a useful guidance curriculum for Hong Kong primary schools must first listen to the
different voices of all stakeholders about the guidance curricula and their "self-other
relationships", for those voices reflect their tensions and reality. Much of their voices
are presented as stories following the Chinese storying traditions. Methods to help
children to deal with tensions and conflicts at personal, school, home and societal
levels include giving up self to follow others [chinese characters omitted, knowing self and others [chinese characters omitted], awareness of
and accommodation of differences [chinese characters omitted]context
analysis, communication using culturally and contextually appropriate ways and
emotional management.
This thesis contributes to knowledge by inventing the concept of "hybrid
guidance curriculum" to suit the hybrid context of Hong Kong. A new hybrid research
methodology is also developed in this thesis which enables the forming of new
categories of "self-other relationships" and new hybrid key concepts for the guidance
curriculum. As such, this study allows for the re-reading of new ideas and practices of
traditions in a modern hybrid society. Moreover, it also highlights the importance of
the development of a reflexive self in which one negotiates one's own positions and
one's relationships with others. In a special case, this study examines the fundamental
issue of adapting and integrating western traditions in a country with different culture
and contexts. Research frontiers, home school co-operation and implications to
teacher educators, practitioners and policy makers in the guidance fields are discussed.
Although this research is basically about Hong Kong, the findings may also be
relevant to other places in the world where modernization has taken place in the
indigenous culture.
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Kramschuster, Jenny. "Self-concept and the influence of cross-age mentoring relationships and the implications for developmental guidance curriculum." Online version, 2001. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2001/2001kramschusterj.pdf.
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Chipenyu, Wilbert. "The roles of district education officers in the implementation of the guidance and counselling curriculum in Zimbabwe." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/488.
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This study presents a description of the roles District Education Officers in the implementation of the Guidance and Counselling curriculum in Zimbabwe. The roles of the District Education Officers were researched through the literature study and empirical research. It was found that although their professional contribution is vital in successful implementation, there are other obstacles namely, financial constraints, very high workload, lack of government support and inferior appointment procedures for District Education Officers which tend to hamper them to fulfil their duties.
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Abdalla, David Charles. "A middle school 6-8 drafting curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1574.
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McLaughlin, Laurie Elaine. "Curriculum writing guide for Mt. San Jacinto College." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3020.
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Stopper, Michael John. "General studies and pastoral guidance as elements of curriculum enrichment in sixth form colleges : a cross-case study." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:10692.
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Sun, Zhongmiao. "The effects of design thinking on students' career self-efficacy in career guidance courses." Scholarly Commons, 2019. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3607.
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The present study focuses on integrating design thinking into career guidance courses to test whether students’ career self-efficacy is increased by comparing the experiment group (by using design thinking method) and the general group (by using traditional teacher-centered method). The basic theoretic framework is Bandura’s self-efficacy theory (Bandura, 1977). Students will achieve career self-efficacy after experiencing repeatedly success (Bandura, 1977) in the career activities through design thinking method. Then students will have more confidence to make more appropriate career choices in their employment environment.
This study used AMOS and path analysis to analyze a just-identified model. The model included five endogenous variables as well as six exogenous variables to control for age, sex and GPA. The data met all statistical assumptions of path modeling. In sum, all the five paths between design thinking and the other five endogenous variables were significant positive (p <.001), which indicates that using the design thinking method to teach students’ career courses can improve students’ goal selection, problem solving, occupational information, planning, and self-appraisal scores.
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Schumann, Brandy R. "Effects of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Curriculum-Based Small-Group Guidance on the Behaviors of Children Referred for Aggression in an Elementary School Setting." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4684/.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of child-centered play therapy and curriculum-based small-group guidance on the behaviors of aggressive children in an elementary school as determined by (a) the reduction of aggressive behaviors, (b) the decrease in internalizing problems, and (c) the decrease in externalizing problems of aggressive children. Two types of behavioral instruments, the Behavioral Assessment System for Children-Teacher Rating Scale/Parent Rating Scale and the Child Behavior Checklist-Caregiver/Teacher Report Form, were used to provide multiple measures of the same construct in this matched pretest-posttest comparison group experimental designed study. Qualitative data was also collected. The population studied was comprised of 37 volunteer children identified as aggressive in kindergarten through fourth grade, ages 5-12, who qualified for counseling services at a Title I public elementary school in North Texas . Children who were referred by teachers and parents, and met the required criteria, were matched in pairs on grade level and randomly assigned to one of the two real-world setting interventions; play therapy treatment group (n=20), which received 12-15 individual child-centered play therapy sessions, or the curriculum-based small-group guidance group (n=17), consisting of 12-19 lessons. Major strengths of the study included utilizing students referred for counseling due to behavioral difficulties (students demonstrating at-risk and clinically significant aggressive behaviors) and servicing them at school, a real-world setting. Another strength was the use of 30-minute play therapy and guidance sessions, which conform to typical school practice. Twelve hypotheses were tested using two-factor mixed repeated measures and eta squared. The data of this study tentatively support the effectiveness of both modalities in decreasing the aggressive behaviors, internalizing problems, and externalizing problems of aggressive children. The data seems to indicate that school-based child-centered play therapy is as effective at improving the behaviors of aggressive children as a nationally recognized guidance curriculum program. Qualitative data from the parents and teachers of the children demonstrated clinical significance, suggesting that school-based child-centered play therapy is more noticeably effective in reducing the aggressive behaviors of children. A control group is needed to determine conclusive results and discern possible effects of maturation.
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McVicker, Diana Lynn. "The development of curriculum for a high school course integrating drafting and mathematics." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1333.
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Alexander, Kathleen Rae. "Guidance curriculum of the American School Counselor Association school counseling standards implementing the forty developmental assets under the nine standards." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002alexanderk.pdf.
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LaChance, Elisa. "School counselors' perceptions of their knowledge, use, and benefits of adventure challenge activities as a component of school guidance curriculum." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003lachancee.pdf.
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Lamb, Darren Hayes. "Project based learning in an applied construction curriculum." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2188.
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This project addresses the integration of a career and technical (vocational) construction curriculum with academic curriculum. Career and technical (vocational) curriculum in the past has been developed to address specific content. This construction curriculum inegrates inherent academic aspects.
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McGlothlin, Jason M. "Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs: An Evaluation of the Perceived Benefit of Core Curriculum Standards to Professional Practice." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou990214698.
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Van, der Post Leda. "Creating a space for integrative education within the sciences." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012677.
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This thesis documents an action research project that was carried out within the Department of Computing Sciences at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), South Africa, from January 2010 to December 2011. The overall aim of the research was to foster an environment in which academics could explore ways to teach using an integrative approach to education. Previous research within the department had raised the concern that students were graduating without the type of high-level cognitive skills that were required in the workplace. While the students’ technical skills were perceived as being excellent, employers indicated that students would benefit from opportunities to develop or improve skills such as communication, teamwork, innovative thinking and time management. These skills include high-level cognitive skills, and are often referred to as “soft skills”. The academics participating in the research project came to believe that it was essential to develop teaching methods that would provide opportunities for students to develop these soft skills, in conjunction with the content and technical knowledge currently addressed in their courses. The research project followed the living theory approach to action research. A living theory action research project allows the researcher to investigate her own teaching, and develop a theory of practice. The theory of practice can be applied to the issues under investigation, to improve the situation or solve problems. At the same time, the theory of practice can contribute to the body of knowledge within the academic domain of the research. Action research is an iterative, cyclical process. There were four research cycles, each one semester in length, during the two years of the project. The project will continue, with a fifth research cycle, starting in January 2012. By the end of the fourth research cycle—Semester Two, 2011—there were eleven academics actively participating in the research group. The project had extended its influence to include academics from the Department of Mathematics at NMMU. The academics ranged from senior, long-serving professors to junior lecturing staff. The results of the research, or the researcher-practitioner’s living theory, explain the process by which an effective and enthusiastic community of practice, dedicated to improving the academics’ teaching and learning practice, was developed. The living theory is applicable to academics within a scientific discipline, desiring to explore and improve their education practice. My living theory explains the characteristics of the TLC (The Learning Community) space, and the action strategies for creating such a space. The explanation of the process of this project includes an analysis of the development process of the research group, typical characteristics of the environment or “space” of the group, and action strategies that other academics could use to create a similar community of practice.
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Ali, Mohammed Irshad. "A job search skills curriculum for individuals with visual disabilities in Fiji." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/796.
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Andersson, Eva-Marie, and Zekiye Kalyun. "vem är jag? Vad vill jag? studie om vägledning för barn i tidigare åldrar." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31465.
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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur tidig vägledning bedrivs i skolan. Våra frågeställningar handlar om vilken metod som används för tidigare vägledning i grundskolan, samt vilka resurser och vilken samverkan som krävs. Kan tidigare vägledning förebygga kompromisser och begränsningar för elever i grundskolan. För vår undersökning har vi använt oss av en kvalitativ metod, där vi har intervjuat sex studie- och yrkesvägledare från olika skolor. Forskningen har visat att barn mellan 9-13 år är redo att ta till sig abstrakta kunskaper. Det är sparsamt med tidigare forskning kring barns utveckling i de tidiga skolåren. I det material som vi har hittat i tidigare forskning har Supers model om barns karriärutveckling använts. Därför är det relevant att analysera det empiriska materialet med Supers teori och med Gottfredsons teori om begränsningar och kompromisser samt Parsons modell. Resultatet från undersökningen visar att informanterna arbetar med att vägleda eleverna till att öka sin självkännedom med tanken att de skall göra ett väl underbyggt val. I årskurs sex får eleverna göra ett collage om sig själv, där drömmar och framtid är obegränsade. Med denna arbetsmetod påbörjas processen med tidig vägledning hos eleverna.The purpose of this study is to examine how early guidance is conducted in the school. Our questions are about which kind of method is used in previous guidance in elementary school, and what resources and which kind of collaboration are required. Can previous guidance prevent compromises and limitations? For our investigation, we used a qualitative approach, where we have interviewed six guidance counselors from different schools. We also want to show that previous research provides support to begin the process of guiding for kids in the middle and high elementary school. Research has shown that children between 9-13 years are ready to take on abstract knowledge. It is sparse with previous research on child development in the early school years. In the material that we have found in previous research Supers model on children’s career development has been used.It is therefore relevant to analyze the empirical material with Super’s theory, with Gottfredson’s theory of limitations and compromises, and Parson’s model. And the result we found is that the children’s perspective widens at an earlier stage, so that they can more easily make aware decisions as far as possible to be reconciled with their dreams of future careers. The earlier children receive guidance, the sooner they can make good decisions, especially as we have seen and can show that the counselors are working with children’s self -awareness.
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Mello, Cleonice Alves de. "Diretriz curricular orientadora da educação básica de geografia do Paraná (2003 a 2013) e a prática docente: proposições, limites e descontinuidades." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2014. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/32.
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Previous issue date: 2014-02-25This research presents an investigation concerning the curricular orientation discipline of Geography in the State of Paraná , on the State Curriculum Guideline sare being used (or not) by the teachers of the state system of education in the areas cope of the municipality of Francisco Beltran . Among the objectives is to understand the fact as the process of preparing this guiding document occurred, which is appointed by the State as a result of a collective production. And to evaluate the applicability or lack thereof, of this curriculum framework in the practice of teachers belonging to state institutions located in the municipality of Francisco Beltran. In the grounds theoretical, we seek to understand the theory of the extended state Gramsci, based on Coutinho (1996) and Neves (2005). Pointed out the importance of the study on the state as an organization of political nature and power relations for understanding their logic as maintainer of public education and as a state educator. Regarding issue of Curriculum, based our contributions of YOUNG (2000), Forquin (1993), APPLE (1982), Lopes (2003), SACRISTÁN (2000), among other Brazilian authors, seeking to understand the function, as well as possible ideologies present therein. Historicisms briefly the process of preparation of DCEs in the state of Paraná analyzing government actions aimed the deployment and implementation of this curriculum targeting with its possibilities and limitations. The data systematization exults presented in the work of documentary research and interviews. Among the documents are analyzed curriculum documents of the discipline of Geography, focused for public schools in the state of Paraná network, such as DCE, Pedagogical Proposals Curriculum, Faculty Work Plans, as well as textbooks Geography used in schools covered in the survey. Also researched the records of SEED forwarded to schools and teachers on referral made to the development of DCEs and propose to involve teachers in the process. We performed analysis Proposals Pedagogical and Curricular Geography textbooks used by schools and state schools in the municipality of Francisco Beltran. We add to these, other information obtained through interviews with teachers of the discipline and the municipality in question regarding the use of this curriculum guidance. Thus resulting in a triangulation data from different sources , with which we made a parallel between these proposed documents and implemented by educators in the discipline of Geography , thereby targeting determine whether implementation of the DCE of Geography effected whether or not the praxis of educators of the area covered by the survey.
Esta pesquisa apresenta uma investigação referente à orientação curricular da disciplina de Geografia no Estado do Paraná, sobre como as Diretrizes Curriculares Estaduais estão sendo utilizadas (ou não) pelos professores da rede estadual de educação, da área de abrangência do município de Francisco Beltrão. Entre os objetivos está o fato de compreender como ocorreu o processo de elaboração desse documento norteador, o qual é apontado pelo Estado como sendo resultado de uma produção coletiva. Bem como, analisar a aplicabilidade, ou ausência dela, desse referencial curricular na prática dos professores pertencentes às instituições estaduais localizadas no município de Francisco Beltrão. Na fundamentação teórica, buscamos entender a teoria do Estado ampliado de Gramsci, com base em COUTINHO (1996) e NEVES (2005). Apontamos a necessidade do estudo sobre o Estado, enquanto organização de natureza política e relações de poder para o entendimento de sua lógica, enquanto mantenedor da educação pública e enquanto Estado educador. Quanto à questão do Currículo, fundamentamo-nos nas contribuições de YOUNG (2000), FORQUIN (1993), APPLE (1982), LOPES (2003), SACRISTÁN (2000), entre outros autores brasileiros, buscando entender a função, assim como as possíveis ideologias presentes nos mesmos. Historicizamos brevemente o processo de elaboração das DCEs no Estado do Paraná analisando as ações governamentais que objetivavam a implantação e a implementação desse direcionamento curricular com suas possibilidades e limitações. A sistematização dos dados apresentados no trabalho resulta de pesquisa documental e de entrevistas. Entre os documentos analisados estão os documentos curriculares da disciplina de Geografia, voltados para as escolas públicas da rede estadual do Paraná, como a DCE, Propostas Pedagógicas Curriculares, Planos de Trabalhos Docentes, bem como, os livros didáticos de Geografia utilizados nas escolas de abrangência da pesquisa. Pesquisamos também os registros da SEED encaminhados para as escolas e professores sobre as orientações feitas para a elaboração das DCEs, com proposta de envolver os docentes nesse processo. Realizamos análise de Propostas Pedagógicas Curriculares e livros didáticos de Geografia utilizados pelas escolas e colégios estaduais do município de Francisco Beltrão. Juntamos a estas, outras informações obtidas através de entrevistas com professores da disciplina e do município em questão, quanto ao uso desse direcionamento curricular. Resultando, assim, em uma triangulação de dados de diferentes fontes, com os quais fizemos um paralelo entre o proposto nesses documentos e o posto em prática pelos educadores da disciplina de Geografia, visando assim averiguar se a implementação da DCE de Geografia se efetivou ou não na práxis dos educadores da área de abrangência da pesquisa.
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Buchwald, Leigh John. "Curriculum for enterprise networking specialist at Citrus College." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3019.
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The purpose of the project was to develop a single-semester curriculum for Citrus College. The curriculum was directed at adults returning from the workplace to update their skills, and college students that are enrolled in the information technology (IT), or computer science (CS) tracks.
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Bradley, Nicole L. "The conceptualization of self-care and integration of self-care education in the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and related educational programs accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling curriculum| A multiple case study." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618918.
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The purpose of this research was to explore how CACREP accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs conceptualize self-care and integrate self-care education into counseling curriculum. Counselor educators in CACREP accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs served as representatives to their programs and were invited to share how their counseling programs conceptualize self-care and integrate self-care education into the curriculum. In addition, the counselor educators identified a faculty member teaching a course in which the CACREP standard is met. This faculty member completed a questionnaire regarding their experiences teaching the course. The questions guiding the research were:
1. How do Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs accredited by CACREP conceptualize self-care?
2. How is self-care education integrated into counseling curriculum?
Participants included three counselor educators teaching in a Clinical Mental Health Counseling program accredited under the 2009 CACREP standards and two faculty members teaching a course in which the CACREP standard was met.
In response to the first question of how self-care is conceptualized in the program, two common themes emerged between the three individual cases: ambiguity of self-care conceptualization and an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. In response to question two which explored how the programs are integrating self-care education into the curriculum, two common themes emerged between the three cases: specific course integration and infusion throughout the program, and faculty involvement and demonstration of importance. The results and interpretations are explained; contributions to the current literature, implications, and limitations are discussed; and recommendations for future research are provided.
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Barton-Cox, Florence Faye. "The Effects of a Career Education Program on the Career Choices of Fifth-grade Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4978/.
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The career development of students, demonstrated by students' career interest, is important for a more effective career education program. This study focused on the career choices of fifth grade students through the use of a career interest inventory before and after the use of a career education program. The design was experimental, and the purpose was to determine if there were differences in the career interest of fifth grade students who participated in a career education program compared with the career interest of fifth grade students who did not participate in a career education program. The COPS-PIC Picture Inventory of Careers (COPS-PIC) was used as a pretest and posttest for fifth grade students to determine baseline career interests. The COPS-PIC career inventory results were incorporated into the career education program and served as a career planning guide for incorporating students' input into career choices and exploration of those choices for a better understanding of the process of finding out who they want to be and what type of careers exists. The experimental group was provided instruction and career exploration opportunities for 4 weeks. The control group was not provided career education instruction and career exploration opportunities. This study suggests that fifth grade students who participated in a career education program were able to make more concentrated career choices at higher levels of interest after participating in the career education program. Additional studies that include the use of career interest inventories and a career education program are needed before extensive generalizations can be made.
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Williams, E. Marion, and n/a. "An evaluation of the worth of a partial withdrawal enrichment program for gifted children based on Maker's curriculum principles." University of Canberra. Education, 1986. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061110.133018.
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As a means of addressing observed inadequacies in school
curricula, the Catholic Special Education and Guidance Service, Brisbane Catholic Education Office in 1980 established a partial
withdrawal centre for counsellor-selected gifted children.
The Learning Enrichment Centre (L.E.C.) aimed to -
1) meet the needs of enrolled gifted students by -
a) providing appropriate learning experiences; and
b) providing an administrative arrangement (partial withdrawal)
which afforded them the opportunity to interact
with like minds;
2) meet the needs of the system by -
a) developing and evaluating units of work for gifted
students;
b) conducting workshops, seminars and in-service days for
teachers.
In 1984 the L.E.C. curriculum was designed and implemented in
accordance with Maker's model of curriculum modification for gifted
students (Maker, 1982). This model outlines a set of principles which
Maker claims, recognize the characteristics and needs of gifted
students and guide the development of a qualitatively different
curriculum. In making decisions about design and implementation of
Maker's curriculum modifications, factors related to the setting, the
teachers and the students were considered.
The overall purpose of the Study was to assist teachers in making
rational decisions about future L.E.C. provision. In particular the
Study was to collect information on the worth of the program - its
relative strengths and weaknesses - and the influence on the curriculum
of the administrative arrangement.
The program was evaluated by ascertaining levels of satisfaction
typically expressed by the students.
Of secondary concern was whether the organisational arrangement
of partial withdrawal had inhibited or enhanced the program's
intentions. It was acknowledged that unfavourable attitudes of
parents, classroom teachers or peers could conceivably alter students'
receptivity of the program.
In Term 4, two parallel questionnaires, one addressing the
L.E.C., the other the regular classroom, were administered to the
students. By comparing responses on matching items, levels of
satisfaction with the L.E.C. curriculum were determined. Selected
items on the L.E.C. instrument were further to reveal how students
felt about the administrative provision and whether classroom teachers
and peers were perceived to be supportive.
Subsequent to program completion, a questionnaire was mailed to
parents bo ascertain their support for the program by asking them how
their child's emotional behaviour had changed as a result of LEC
attendance. Also they were to indicate whether they preferred that
enrichment occur in the regular classroom or partial withdrawal
setting.
To confirm the students' impressions of classroom teacher support
and interest, parents were requested to comment on their understanding
of it.
Student responses indicated that they found their LEC experiences
to be particularly interesting and enjoyable, and the LEC teachers to
be kind, helpful, friendly and fair. These perceptions differed
significantly from their perceptions of school. Elements of the Maker
model which were consistently most valued by the group were the
Process modifications, 'Freedom of Choice' and 'Higher Levels of
Thinking'.
Parents proved to be supportive of the LEC program.
Although some would have preferred classroom enrichment
to partial withdrawal, they felt that schools could not
currently provide it.
It was the students' viewpoint that interactions
with peers and classroom teachers were not adversely affected
by their LEC participation. Classroom teachers were seen
to be generally supportive and interested - a perception
incidentally not shared by parents and LEC teachers.
Perceived positive attitudes towards their LEC involvement
most likely enhanced student satisfaction with the program.
The evaluation unequivocally indicated that the
LEC program based on Maker's model appealed to the students.
Though withdrawal from class possibly contributed to program
satisfaction, the level of satisfaction was very high
and could not be attributed solely to hidden curriculum
efects (the organisational arrangement).
The Study concluded that use of the Maker model
as a guide for developing LEC curricula should continue
but that parent and classroom teacher attitudes towards
the administrative arrangement should be regularly monitored
as they appeared to have the potential to enhance or
reduce students' receptivity of the program.
As a result of Study, various procedures for the
conduct of future evaluations were recommended.
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Hong, Hee Jung. "A psycho-educational curriculum for sport career transition practitioners : development and evaluation." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25589.
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The aim of this thesis is to extend sport career transition knowledge by developing and evaluating a psycho-educational curriculum for sport career transition practitioners. Study 1 provides an extensive overview of organisational intervention programmes for sport career transition, as well as of training and development programmes for sport career transition practitioners from 19 countries worldwide. The purpose of Study 1 was to examine the following five features of sport career transition organisational intervention programmes and training and development programmes for sport career transition practitioners: 1) At the government level, which organisation is responsible for the delivery of sport career transition organisational intervention programmes? 2) What is the typical strategy of sport career transition organisational intervention programmes? 3) Which activities and events are included in sport career transition organisational intervention programmes? 4) Who is responsible for the delivery of sport career transition organisational intervention programmes? and 5) Do sporting organisations have training and development programmes for sport career transition practitioners? Findings from Study 1 were used to inform Study 2 and to supplement the literature review. According to the literature, training and development programmes for sport career transition practitioners remain scarce, while the number of sport career transition organisational intervention programmes is gradually increasing. The purpose of Study 2 was to develop and evaluate a novel psycho-educational curriculum for sport career transition practitioners. There were three stages of development and evaluation: (1) content development, (2) curriculum design and (3) curriculum evaluation. To achieve the goal of Study 2, a focus group and a two-round Delphi method were implemented. The final version of the psycho-educational curriculum is presented in Chapter 5. The purpose of Study 3 was to test a key aspect of the psycho-educational curriculum developed in Study 2 concerning 38 competences of sport career transition practitioners. A curriculum package consisting in the key parts from the overall curriculum was developed for Study 3. The findings revealed that the curriculum package positively affected the confidence of the study participants in 38 competences concerning sport career transition. This demonstrates that the curriculum is effective for the development of sport career transition practitioners, as the study participants exhibited greater confidence on all four factorsDual Career Transition Management, Skill Transfer, Social Support, and Career Planningwhen completing the curriculum package. The discussion in Chapter 7 focuses on both the theoretical and practical implications of the research, limitations and future research directions. In conclusion, the findings presented here deepen the knowledge of sport career transition in the areas of organisational intervention programmes for high performance athletes and training and development programmes for sport career transition practitioners. In addition, a novel psycho-educational curriculum for sport career transition practitioners is developed and evaluated.
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Hewner, Michael. "Student conceptions about the field of computer science." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45890.
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Computer Science is a complex field, and even experts do not always agree how the field should be defined. Though a moderate amount is known about how precollege students think about the field of CS, less is known about how CS majors' conceptions of the field develop during the undergraduate curriculum. Given the difficulty of understanding CS, how do students make educational decisions like what electives or specializations to pursue?
This work presents a theory of student conceptions of CS, based on 37 interviews with students and student advisers and analyzed with a grounded theory approach. Students tend to have one of three main views about CS: CS as an academic discipline focused on the mathematical study of algorithms, CS as mostly about programming but also incorporating supporting subfields, and CS as a broad discipline with many different (programming and non-programming) subfields. I have also developed and piloted a survey instrument to determine how prevalent each kind of conception is in the undergraduate population.
I also present a theory of student educational decisions in CS. Students do not usually have specific educational goals in CS and instead take an exploratory approach to their classes. Particularly enjoyable or unenjoyable classes cause them to narrow their educational focus. As a result, students do not reason very deeply about the CS content of their classes when they make educational decisions.
This work makes three main contributions: the theory of student conceptions, the theory of student educational decisions, and the preliminary survey instrument for evaluating student conceptions. This work has applications in CS curriculum design as well as for future research in the CS education community.
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Besener, Paul Robert. "Self-concept as a measure of success in the military environment." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001429.
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This piece of research is an attempt to evaluate the relationship between military 'success' and the psychological preparedness of recruits in terms of their self-concepts and locus of control orientations. The new recruit is forced to adapt to the military environment which will, in turn, attempt to change him into an effective soldier. It was noticed by the researcher, who was involved in military training at the time, that a number of recruits, even some with seemingly limited potential, coped well, while others who seemed to have the ability failed to cope adequately. Recruits completed questionnaires which provided the researcher with biographical data and background information. In addition, the Bledsoe Self-Concept Scale and the Nowicki and Strickland Locus of Control Scale were used in order to determine their self-concepts and locus of control orientations respectively, prior to the beginning of national service. Detailed unstructured interviews were also conducted with a sample of military personnel, to provide another basis for gathering data and for clarifying some of the issues involved. Briefly, the chief conclusion of this researcher is that a significant majority of 'successful' recruits in the military environment have a positive self-concept and an internal locus of control. On the basis of the above finding, it is suggested that there is a need to guide pupils about certain aspects of military life before they begin their National Service. There would seem to be a need for this guidance to be incorporated into the school curriculum, together with such practical aspects as cadets, shooting, etc. There is a shortage of this kind of research on the military situation in South Africa, and it is suggested that numerous issues in this field need to be researched for the benefit of future conscripts and the military alike.
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Brinkle, Ray Franklin. "Automotive electrical/electronics unit plans for Fontana High School." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1880.
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Hallqvist, Sofia, and Maria Nyström. "Vägen till väl underbyggda val - om studie- och yrkesvägledning som tar sin början i de tidiga skolåren." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-78668.
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Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva betydelsen av studie- och yrkesvägledande aktiviteter med barn i åldrarna sju till tolv år. Kvalitativa intervjuer genomfördes med sex examinerade studie- och yrkesvägledare som bedriver studie- och yrkesvägledningsverksamhet med barn i grundskolans år 1-6 eller fungerar som stöd till pedagoger som arbetar med studie- och yrkesorienterande verksamhet med barn i dessa åldrar. Resultatet visade att intervjupersonerna anser att arbetet måste påbörjas tidigt, helst redan i grundskolans första år, för att målen så som de skrivs fram i de nationella styrdokumenten ska kunna uppnås. De förutsättningar intervjupersonerna menade krävs för att tidig vägledning ska kunna bedrivas är av såväl strukturell som av individuell art. Slutsatsen som drogs var att studie- och yrkesvägledande aktiviteter som påbörjas i grundskolans tidigare år och som följer elevernas kognitiva utveckling kan medverka till att eleverna ökar sina förutsättningar att göra väl underbyggda val i framtiden.The main purpose of this study was to describe the importance of educational and vocational guidance activities for children, seven to twelve years old. Qualitative interviews were conducted with six guidance counselors engaged in this type of activities or counselors that provides support to educators working with these matters. The result showed that the respondents believe that the work must be started early preferably already the first year in primary school to achieve the objectives of the national steering documents. The conditions interviewees felt necessary for the early guidance to be conducted are both individual and structural, such as economical factors. Conclusion drawn was that educational and vocational guidance activities that start in primary school and follows students' cognitive development can help the students increase their ability to make informed choices in the future.
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Stapleton, Kelly. "Elementary Teachers' Expectations and Perceptions of School Counselors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/184.
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This qualitative study explored the expectations and perceptions elementary teachers have of school counselors. Participants were current or past students in an elementary education graduate program at a southeastern university. The participants responded to an open-ended online survey that consisted of questions that focused on the demographics of their schools and the expectations and perceptions they had of the school counselor’s roles and responsibilities pertaining to both academic achievement and student behavior. Although responses varied, the data suggests that there was substantial concern regarding the time and availability of the school counselor, implications of the use of counselors as school standardized testing administrators, and respondents’ desires for school counselors to focus on the severe emotional and behavioral needs of students.
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Beese, Elizabeth Brott. "A vision of the curriculum as student self-creation: A philosophy and a system to manage, record, and guide the process." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1345336992.
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Garza, Yvonne. "Effects of Culturally Responsive Child-centered Play Therapy Compared to Curriculum-based Small Group Counseling with Elementary-age Hispanic Children Experiencing Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems: a Preliminary Study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4707/.
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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of culturally responsive child-centered play therapy when compared to a curriculum-based small group counseling intervention as a school-based intervention for Hispanic children experiencing behavioral problems that place them at risk for academic failure. Specifically, this study measured the effects of the experimental play therapy treatment, compared to Kids' Connection, on reducing Externalizing and Internalizing behavior problems of elementary school-age Hispanic children. Twenty-nine volunteer Hispanic children were randomized to the experimental group (n=15) or the comparison group (n=14). Subjects participated in a weekly 30 minute intervention for a period of 15 weeks. Pre- and posttest data were collected from parent and teachers using the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC). A two factor mixed repeated measures analysis of variance was computed for each hypothesis, to determine the statistical and practical significance of the difference in the pretest to posttest behavior scores of children in the two groups. According to parents' reports, the children receiving play therapy showed statistically significant decreases in externalizing behaviors problems, specifically conduct problems, and moderate improvements in their internalizing behavior problems, specifically anxiety. Teacher BASC results showed no statistical significance and negligible-to- small practical significance between the two groups at posttest as a result of treatment; however, problems with integrity of data collection of teacher BASCs were noted. This study determined that, according to parents' reports, culturally responsive child-centered play therapy is an effective intervention for school-aged, Hispanic children referred for behavioral problems that have been shown to place them at risk for both academic failure and future, more serious mental health problems. Additionally, culturally responsive considerations regarding counseling Hispanic children and families were explored. This was a progressive research study that, according to a review of the literature, is the first of its kind to focus on the effects of culturally responsive child-centered play therapy treatment with Hispanic, Spanish-speaking children.
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Faleiros, Nayara de Paula. "Educação para a carreira no cotidiano da escola pública: Proposta de modelo interventivo para a grade curricular." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47134/tde-05032015-155659/.
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A Educação para a Carreira foi um movimento surgido nos Estados Unidos na década de 1970, que propunha uma reforma na educação americana, desde o ensino elementar, fundamentada na ideia de que a educação escolar deveria ser socialmente útil, desenvolvendo no indivíduo habilidades que pudessem ser aproveitadas futuramente, quando ingressasse no mundo do trabalho. Embora essa concepção estivesse presente no pensamento educacional americano desde os primórdios da formação do Estado, sua retomada pelo movimento da Educação para Carreira num momento de declínio econômico, em que as indústrias buscavam novas estratégias de enfrentamento, abrindo espaço para a emergência do toyotismo, favoreceu a obtenção do apoio ostensivo de um grande número de associações civis e profissionais, além dos próprios educadores. A Educação para a Carreira se expandiu para outros países que viviam uma situação semelhante, sendo que, no Brasil, permanece sendo uma prática pouco conhecida, uma vez que há, no campo da orientação profissional, uma preponderância no uso da abordagem clínica nos atendimentos, mesmo aqueles desenvolvidos no contexto escolar. Há muitos estudos realizados em escolas que indicam o quão a orientação profissional favorece os jovens que se encontram em momento de escolha. Entretanto, paradoxalmente, a orientação profissional permanece ocupando um lugar marginal dentro deste contexto. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi buscar conhecer a realidade concreta de uma escola pública técnica do Estado de São Paulo, procurando compreender as possibilidades e a viabilidade de uma proposta de Educação para a Carreira, em formato de disciplina integrada à grade curricular dos alunos, tornar-se uma prática sistematizada no cotidiano da mesma, no intuito de superar essa posição marginal. Para tanto, a pesquisa desenvolveu-se em duas etapas. Na primeira, a partir da abordagem etnográfica, foi realizado um mapeamento do contexto escolar e suas sobredeterminações, no sentido de melhor compreendê-lo. Na segunda parte, tratou-se da construção, da implementação e da avaliação da prática interventiva em educação para a carreira no formato de uma disciplina integrante da grade curricular da escola. Frente aos resultados obtidos, é possível afirmar que esta pesquisa teve relevância não só porque proporcionou aos alunos um espaço de reflexão sobre seus estudos e projetos profissionais futuros, mas, principalmente, porque demonstrou que este espaço pode ser instituído na escola, fazendo parte do projeto políticopedagógico da mesma, ainda que não haja políticas públicas específicas na área que tragam essa obrigatoriedade. Foi possível constatar que o arcabouço legal proporcionado pela LDBEN de 1996, que permite à escola diversificar parte de seu currículo, somado a uma postura mais ativa do orientador profissional junto à mesma, pode promover, ali, a existência de um espaço de reflexão sistematizado para o jovem se preparar adequadamente para a transição escola-trabalhoThe Career Education was a movement that emerged in United States in the 1970s which proposed a reform in American education, from elementary school, based on the idea that schooling should be socially useful, developing the individual skills that could be used in the future, when they would enter in the labor market. Although this idea had presented in American educational thoughts since the beginning of states formation, its resurgence by Career Education at a time of economic decline when industries were seeking to new strategies to continue in the market, opening a space to the emergence of Toyotism, brought a great support of a large number of civil and professional associations and educators themselves. The Career Education expanded to other countries that lived a similar situation. In Brazil, the Career Education remains a practice poorly known because there is a preponderance of clinical approach in the career guidance practice, even those developed in the schools. There are many researches in schools that indicate how career guidance helps young people who are in the moment of choice. However, paradoxically, the career guidance remains occupying a marginal place in this context. The aim of this study was try to know the reality of a technical public school in São Paulo, trying to understand the possibilities and feasibility of a career education proposal, as curriculum subject, to turn it into a systematic practice in the daily one of the school with the objective to overcome this marginal position. Therefore, this research was conducted in two stages. At first, from the ethnographic approach, we were mapped the school context and over determinations in order to understand it. In the second part, we built, implemented and evaluated the intervention practice as a curriculum subject. As results we can say that this research had relevance because it gave to students a space for reflection about their studies and future professional projects and because it demonstrated that this space can be set up in the school as part of their political-pedagogical project, although there is no specific public policies in the area that bring this obligation. It also was possible to see that the legal framework provided by LDBEN of 1996, which allows the school to diversify part of their curriculum, coupled with a more active attitude of the counselor, can promote a systematic reflection space for the young people be properly prepared for a school-work transition
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Davis, Traci Danielle. "Field of Dreams: Exploring African American Male Students' Career Aspirations and Their Relationship to School Engagement." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1304299566.
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Hanzon, Natalie, and Sita Solin. "Hur är det att arbeta som studie- och yrkesvägledare i småstad och i storstad? : En kvalitativ studie om likheter och olikheter i yrkesutövandet." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad utbildningsvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173984.
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Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka och jämföra studie- och yrkesvägledares sätt att arbeta i småstadsskolor respektive storstadsskolor. Studien genomfördes i tre högstadieskolor i Stockholm läns förort och respektive tre högstadieskolor och en F-9 skola i liten stad och by Dalarnas län. Forskningsfrågor: Vi vill få svar på våra forskningsfrågor – hur arbetar studie- och yrkesvägledare med vägledning i småstad respektive storstad för att säkerhetsställa att verksamheten följer de nationella styrdokumenten som finns och vad är det som skiljer respondenternas arbetssätt. Metod: Som metod har vi valt en kvalitativ skriftlig enkät och innehållsanalys av kommunernas arbetsplaner. Genom att låta fyra studie- och yrkesvägledare besvara en enkät har vi fått en tydligare bild om hur det kan se ut i verkligheten. Resultat: Resultatet visar att det finns mer likheter än olikheter i studie- och yrkesvägledarnas arbetssätt och indikerade på vikten och behovet av djupare förståelse för vägledningsuppdraget i och för SYV:s roll i att uppnå den eftersträvade kvalité och likvärdighet. Slutsats: Med tanke på studiens storlek drar vi inga generaliserande slutsatser. Utifrån enkätstudien och den empirin vi fick från respondenterna kan vi dra slutsats att det är inte så markant skillnad om studie- och yrkesvägledare arbetar i småstad eller i storstad. Det som egentligen spelar roll är synen på uppdraget i sig och förståelsen från alla involverade parter i både storstads- och småstadsskolor.Method: As a method, we have chosen a qualitative written questionnaire and content analysis of the municipal work plans. By having four study and career counselors answer a questionnaire, we have got a clearer picture of what it might look like in reality. Results: The results show that there are more similarities than differences in the study and career counselor’s working methods and indicated the importance and need for deeper understanding of the study and career counseling assignment and for their role in achieving the desired quality and equivalence. Conclusion: Given the size of the study, we do not make any generalizing conclusions. Based on the survey study and the empiricism we received from the respondents, we can conclude that it is not so significant difference if study and career counselors work in small towns or in big cities. What really matters is the vision of the mission itself and the understanding of all parties involved in both metropolitan and small-town schools.
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Hickey, Deitra Jamra. "Assessing the Opinions of Ohio School Board Members about HIV/AIDS Policy and Curriculum: Developing an Approach to Raise Awareness of HIV/AIDS Related Educational Issues." Connect to full text in OhioLINK ETD Center, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1245269846.
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Dissertation (Ed.D.)--University of Toledo, 2009.Typescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Administration and Supervision." Bibliography: leaves 92-99.
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Hijstee, Pernilla. "Vara eller icke vara : Studie- och yrkesvägledningsverksamhet, ur ett elev och professionsperspektiv." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-58608.
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Studie- och yrkesvägledningenhar de senaste åren varit utsatt för politisk debatt. Många experter, forskare och politiker har uttalat kritik kring verksamheten, framförallt för att granskningar visat att engagemanget kring området varit bristfälligt på skolorna. Utredningar har gjorts, projektarbeten har satts igång och rekommendationer har getts ut, allt för att öka måluppfyllelsen enligt områdets styrdokument. Syftet med studien är att granska problematiken från skolans eget perspektiv, genom att dokumentera röster från skolans insida. Elever, lärare och studie- och yrkesvägledare har genom enkäter fått uttala sig om sina personliga erfarenheter, uppfattningar och preferenser angående verksamhetsområdet. Resultatet visar på att studie- och yrkesväglednings verksamheten anses som viktig av skolans elever och personal. Den visar emellertid också på att samsynen av verksamheten är dålig mellan de olika grupperna, där lärarna står längst bort från styrdokumentens intentioner. Resultaten visar dessutom att delar av skolans omvärldsorientering, angående kultur och föreningsliv, inte riktigt uppfattas som studie- och yrkesvägledande aktiviteter.Study and vocational guidancehas in recent years been subject to political debate. Many experts, researchers and politicians have expressed criticism about the guidance, mainly because studies have shown that the engagement of the area has been inadequate at schools. Investigations have been made, projects have been undertaken and recommendations were released, all to increase the compliance rate, according to the area's governing documents. The purpose if this study is to examine the problem from the school´s own perspective, by documenting the voices from those inside the school. Students, teachers and guidance counselors have through questionnaires been able to express their own personal view of experiences, perceptions and preferences regarding counseling activities at school. The result shows that guidance and counseling activities are deemed as important by the school's students and staff. The result also, however, shows that the convergence of educational and vocational guidance is poor between the different groups at school, whereteachers are furthest away from the policy documents intentions. Furthermore they also show that parts of the school's social orientation, regarding culture and clubs, are not really perceived as educational and vocational guidance activities.
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Westerberg, Gunilla. "Pedagogisk ledare eller curlingrektor? : Arbetslagens förväntade behov av ledning och rektors roll." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för kommunikation och information, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-4454.
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Klaasen, Danoven. "’n Poging om my klaskamerpraktyk in beroepsvoorligting by 'n landelike VOO-skool te verbeter : 'n aksienavorsingsbenadering." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80011.
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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.Bibliography
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this mini-thesis I share the action research that I undertook at the school where I teach. This research was an attempt to improve my practice in career guidance, a sub-division of Life Orientation. The need for a study of this nature was developed out of my experiences with matriculants who appear to be confused about their future careers they intent pursuing. It appeared that they lacked the capacity to do self-planning and did not really comprehend how to plan their future careers. In reflection on career guidance, in general, and my own teaching practice in particular, I came to the conclusion that there is a real problem in terms of the effectiveness of career guidance and that I, in my technicist attitude towards policies of the education department, perhaps unconsciously, became part of the maintenance of a fruitless practice. Although I dutifully carry out the curriculum according to the required education policies, there remain an uncertainty and a concern regarding the practicality surrounding career guidance and more so when it comes to disadvantaged students from rural areas. This compelled me to do some introspection about the way I was teaching and involving the learners in my career guidance classes. This introspection lead me to the realisation that the instrumentalist and technicist way of teaching (‘talk and chalk’ method of teaching) and my endeavour to finish my content and assessment tasks within a certain prescribed timeframe, were at odds with creative career guidance teaching. My classroom practice was trapped in the old methods, and I was caught up in the old traditional ways while teaching a 21st-century learner. In an effort to address the above-mentioned issues of concern, I address the following critical questions, namely: - How can career guidance be used as a tool to improve the life skills of learners from a poor rural school? - How can I improve my classroom practice? In Chapter one I explore my background and provide reasons why I got involved in this project. In my literature review, I suggest that the principles of the National Curriculum Statement Grades R–12 (2012) and the outcomes that the learners have to achieve have certain implications for classroom practice. This is in line with Cuseo’s (1996) view that basic education is guaranteed by not only giving form to the structure of the curriculum, but also to what happens between learners and teachers in the classroom. A detailed description of the two action research projects that were undertaken with Grade eleven learners at my school is given in Chapters four and five. In the final chapter of this thesis, I reflect on the research engaged in the classroom and I also reflect on the future of teachers as researchers. I believe that any attempt to improve the education and conditions of our rural and disadvantaged schools would go a long way in addressing the inequities prevalent in our society.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie mini-tesis deel ek die aksienavorsing wat ek by die skool waar ek onderrig, onderneem het. Hierdie navorsing was ʼn poging om my praktyk in beroepsvoorligting, ʼn onderafdeling van Lewensoriëntering, te verbeter. Die noodsaaklikheid van ʼn studie van hierdie aard het voortgespruit uit my ervaringe met matrikulante wat totaal verward voorkom oor hul toekoms en ʼn kommerwekkende gebrek aan kapasiteit toon om selfbeplanning te doen en nie regtig weet hoe om hul toekoms te beplan nie. Tydens refleksie oor beroepsvoorligting in die algemeen en my eie onderrigpraktyk in die besonder het ek tot die slotsom gekom dat daar ’n wesenlike probleem ten opsigte van die effektiwiteit van beroepsvoorligting bestaan en dat ek, deur my tegnisistiese ingesteldheid teenoor beleide van die onderwysdepartement, dalk onbewustelik deel geword het van die instandhouding van ’n vrugtelose praktyk. Alhoewel ek pligsgetrou die kurrikulum en gepaardgaande onderwysbeleide uitvoer, stem hierdie onsekerheid en onbekwaamheid van ons leerders my tot kommer. Dit het my genoodsaak om terug te staan en my eie praktyk in heroorweging te neem en te bevraagteken. Hierdie introspeksie het my gelei tot die bewuswording dat my instrumentele en tegnisistiese ingesteldheid ook in my klaskamerpraktyk gemanifesteer word deurdat ek, in my strewe om inhoud en assesseringstake binne ʼn voorgestelde tydsraamwerk te voltooi, in my klaskamerpraktyk na die ‘talk’ en ‘chalk’-metode geneig het. My onderrigpraktyk was dus van ʼn ou, tradisionele aard en het nie tred gehou met die moderne eeu waarin ons onsself bevind nie. In ʼn poging om bogenoemde aspekte aan te spreek, bespreek ek die volgende kritiese vrae: - Hoe kan beroepsvoorligting gebruik word as ʼn hulpmiddel om die lewensvaardighede van leerders van ʼn arm landelike skool te verbeter? - Hoe kan ek my praktyk in die klaskamer verbeter? Ek suggesteer ook in my literatuuroorsig dat die beginsels waarop die Nasionale Kurrikulumverklaring grade R–12 (2012) rus en die uitkomstes wat deur die leerders bereik moet word ʼn sekere klaskamerpraktyk impliseer. Hierdie aanname is in ooreenstemming met Cuseo (1996) se siening dat algemene onderwys verseker word deur nie net aan die struktuur van die kurrikulum vorm te gee nie, maar deur ook aan wat tussen leerders en onderwysers in die klaskamer gebeur, vorm te gee. ʼn Gedetailleerde beskrywing van my twee aksienavorsingsprojekte, wat ek met graad elf-leerders by my skool onderneem het, word in hoofstukke vier en vyf gegee. In die laaste hoofstuk van hierdie tesis reflekteer ek oor my navorsing in die klaskamer en die toekoms vir die onderwyser-navorser. Ek glo dat enige poging om die onderwys en toestande van ons landelike en minder-bevoorregte skole te verbeter ‘n lang pad sal gaan om die ongelykhede wat teenwoordig is in ons gemeenskappe aan te spreek. In Hoofstuk een verskaf ek inligting met betrekking tot my agtergrond en gee ook redes waarom ek by hierdie projek betrokke geraak het. In my literatuuroorsig fokus ek op aspekte wat direk en indirek aan die onderwerp van hierdie aksienavorsingstesis gekoppel word.
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Heinemann, Gloria Hermanson. "The effects of the Lions-Quest "Skills for Adolescence" program on self-esteem development and academic achievement at the middle school level." Scholarly Commons, 1990. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3473.
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Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Lions-Quest "Skills for Adolescence" (L-QSA) Program on self-esteem enhancement and academic achievement for middle school students. Procedure. A total of 1177 students from two middle schools in a northern California district were involved in the study. A group of 384 students, who had participated in the L-QSA Program in their sixth grade year, were compared with 793 students who had not received L-QSA training. All students were pre- and posttested on the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI) and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS). In addition, a random sample of control and experimental subjects were delay tested on the CSEI. Independent variables included demographic data from school records and student self-report personological information. The five research questions addressed in the study were analyzed by means of a t-test of the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), or a two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Findings. There was no significant relationship between participation in the L-QSA program and the enhancement of self-esteem and academic achievement for most subjects. Limited English Proficient (LEP) students who participated in the L-QSA Program did show a significant relationship (p $<$.01) by decreased scores in the School-Academic area of self-esteem on the CSEI over time. In the delay testing, eighth grade L-QSA trained students showed a significant relationship (p $<$.05) by increased scores over time in the CSEI School-Academic subtest. Implications for further study. Replications of this study might be made varying length of training offered to students, the specific affective education program used in the training, and a larger portion of students who are participants in a labeled categorical education program such as students in Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), special education programs, and migrant minority students. Other self-esteem measures should also be used in addition to the CSEI to validate levels of self-esteem. Finally, a similar study might include the effects of increased parent participation and school staff in the affective education program.
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Branham, LaTonya M. "Interpretative Analysis of Adult Learners' Lived Experiences in a Uniquely Designed Higher Education Program." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1537092350752002.
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Pipal, Vauna La Reda. "Effects of an intervention program on the academic performance, school attendance, and school behavior of high school students." Scholarly Commons, 1991. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2830.
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This study investigated the effects of an intervention program on variables related to school performance in which ninth-grade high school students served as subjects. Variables that served as indicators of program effectiveness were (a) grade-point average (GPA); (b) proportions of students that attain 10th-grade status as measured by units of academic credit; (c) percent-correct scores on tests of academic skills in the areas of editing, mathematics, and reading; (d) rates of absence from classes; and (e) rates of referral for disciplinary action by teachers and administrators. Qualitative evidence of program effectiveness was secured through individual student interviews. The treatment consisted of an eight-week intervention program designed to assist all ninth-grade students in the transition from junior high school into high school. Program faculty presented six topics determined to be important to student success in high school. The treatment group consisted of 72 ninth-grade students who were matched with 72 control subjects on pretest measures of GPA and absence rate. Pretest measures of the dependent variables were taken from school records compiled during the first 10 weeks of the 9th-grade prior to student participation in the treatment program. Posttest measures of the dependent variables were taken from school records during the first full semester of the 9th-grade school year immediately following the treatment program and again during the first 12 weeks of the 10th-grade school year. Analyses of covariance demonstrated significant differences (p $<$.05) between the two groups for the first posttests of GPA and absence rates. Student interviews revealed that academic planning and improvement in study skills were the components of the treatment program that students considered most important to academic success. Results of this study provided empirical confirmation of the findings of previous research which indicated that high school intervention programs can positively affect GPA and attendance. The results also suggested that further gains in GPA and attendance might be promoted by increasing the length of the treatment program.
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Reibson, Mary Wood. "A survey of multicultural counselor training courses in selected California State University system programs." Scholarly Commons, 1990. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3272.
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The study examined the perceptions of counselor trainees and faculty for multicultural training courses. It developed curriculum information, compared program enphases in the training categories of awareness, skills and knowledge, and explored training importance and opportunity. Professional guidelines were reviewed to identify the training expected from courses which prepared counselors to work with clients from diverse populations. Survey forms were developed and administered to trainees and faculty. The resulting data were analyzed by descriptive methods, primarily of mean scores and ranked preferences. The Kruskal-Wallace and Mann-Whitney interpretations of group differences were used to identify statistically significant variations in group responses. The Macintosh programs, EXCEL and STATVIEW 512+ were used to manage the survey data. The ASK model classification system, derived from the relevant literature, was created to identify and compare training categories of awareness, skills and knowledge emphases in the courses visited. Selected findings: (1) Two major ideologies were evident; training based on a strong general knowledge curriculum and training based on awareness and cultural contact. (2) There appeared to be a steady, sequential, slow movement from knowledge-only training through awareness opportunities toward skill-oriented cultural experiences. (3) There was little demand for ethnically diverse instructors, (although 9 of 11 instructors who participated represented groups other then Anglo) and great demand for ethnically diverse presenters. (4) There was agreement about the importance and training opportunities currently provided (more then 50% of the responses), Indicating general satisfaction with current training. (5) A pattern of responses emerged that indicated those who received the least diverse training and had the least cultural contact perceived themselves to be the most adequately trained and indicated little awareness of cultural concerns. (6) Conversely, those with the most diverse training, the most cultural contact and who indicated the greatest cultural concern, wanted even more training. (7) The multicultural course was perceived to be a very important part of counselor training. (8) The skills development component of training was provided at a minimal level in the multicultural training course.
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Worrell, Merrily Ruth. "The perceptions of at risk students regarding their experiences in educational settings." Scholarly Commons, 2002. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2433.
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At-risk students in a secondary alternative school program were asked to complete an open, subjective questionnaire that explored their perceptions regarding both regular and alternative schools' attitudes toward, and response to, them as individuals. There also were questions about how these attitudes and responses made them feel about themselves and their school experience. Grounded theory-methodology was used to structure the study. Their feelings seemed to focus on basic human values and adult caring. Results support Maslow's theory that both physical and psychological needs fulfillment drive human decision and activity. Students indicated that when basic issues of safety and support were provided for in the school environment, they had more energy and concentration for growth and self-actualization through learning. Results of this qualitative study indicated that educators and support personnel should consider this area important to explore before reaching conclusions regarding how to communicate effectively with, or further restructure programs to serve at-risk students.
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Fernandes, Fabiana Perpétua Ferreira. "FORMAS DE ORGANIZAÇÃO DE ESTÁGIOS CURRICULARES EM CURSOS DE LICENCIATURA EM LETRAS." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2008. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/6855.
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Throughout this investigation we have tried to contribute to studies on the different ways of organizing and processing the Curricular Internships (CIs) in Teacher Training Courses, especially the CIs that were developed in Language and Literature (Letters) Courses. The focus of the study was the characterization of the orientation conductions that were used by professors from the Teacher Training Courses in Language and Literature (Letters) from the University Institutions (UI) of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, which were responsible for the CIs. In order to collect the necessary information together with these subjects we have made Individual Structured Interviews. There are 08 (eight) CI advisor professors from Teacher Training Courses in Language and Literature (Letters) that have been interviewed: 03 (three) professors from the National University of Santa Maria/UFSM, 03 (three) from the Franciscan College Center/UNIFRA and 02 (two) from the Methodist Complex of the South/FAMES. Furthermore, we have analyzed the courses Political-Pedagogical Projects (PPP) and the legal normatives that rule the Curricular Internships in Teacher Training Courses. Starting from the analysis of the collected data, we have learnt that the three Language and Literature (Letters) Courses do follow the orientations set up in the Resolutions CNE/CP 1/2002 and CNE/CP 2/2002 concerning the hour load designated to CI activities, even though the Elementary Schools (ES) in general do not join the evaluation process of the interns. Considering the Portuguese and English Teacher Training Course from UFSM, the ones who are responsible for the initial contact to the schools are the advisors, while in the Spanish Course these are the interns. At UNIFRA, there is a CI coordinator, who jointly to the course coordinator assumes this responsibility; at FAMES, the responsibility is shared by the CI coordinator and the advisors. The CI advisors and coordinators schedule meetings with the pedagogical coordination and the teachers who are responsible for the ES classroom groups in order to have guidance, limitation, restriction and conditions for the development of the internship activities. After the initial encounter, the advisors only return to make contact with the regent teachers during the visits to the interns. Taking the ES teachers participation in the progress and following of the CI activities into account, we come to face two very distinct realities: those who set free the classroom group to the interns to put their work into practice as they wish and the ones who follow through the planning and/or the development of the classes. Bearing in mind guidance methods, we have checked that all advisors have weekly meetings (from 15 minutes to 1 hour) with presentation and discussion of the planning, expositions and reflections upon the regency experiences and resolution of difficulties that have been brought up in the development of the CI. The evaluation of the interns is made only by the advisor professors considering the following aspects: activities developed in the ES, activities developed in the UI, final reports, projects and/or article handing-ins. This way, it is possible to conclude that the 03 (three) Teacher Training Courses in Language and Literature (Letters) from Santa Maria have shown both similarities and differences as to the guidance methods and processing of the CI, which have been carefully presented during this study.Mediante esta investigação, procuramos contribuir com os estudos sobre as diferentes formas de organização e desenvolvimento de Estágios Curriculares (EC) em Cursos de Licenciatura, em particular dos EC realizados em Cursos de Licenciatura em Letras. O estudo teve como foco a caracterização das formas de orientação utilizadas por docentes responsáveis pelo EC em Cursos de Licenciatura em Letras das Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) de Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Para coletar as informações necessárias a esse estudo, utilizamos junto a esses sujeitos Entrevistas Estruturadas Individuais. Foram entrevistados 08 (oito) docentes orientadores de EC em Cursos de Licenciatura em Letras: 03 (três) docentes da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria/UFSM, 03 (três) do Centro Universitário Franciscano/UNIFRA e 02 (dois) da Rede Metodista do Sul/Faculdade Metodista de Santa Maria/FAMES. Além disso, analisamos os Projetos Político-Pedagógicos (PPP) dos cursos e as normativas legais nacionais referentes aos Estágios Curriculares em Cursos de Formação de Professores. A partir da análise das informações coletadas, constatamos que esses três Cursos de Letras seguem as orientações dispostas nas Resoluções CNE/CP 1/2002 e CNE/CP 2/2002 quanto à carga horária destinada às atividades de EC, porém as Escolas de Educação Básica (EEB), em geral, não participam do processo de avaliação dos estagiários. No Curso de Letras Português e Inglês da UFSM, os responsáveis pelo contato inicial com as escolas são os orientadores e no Curso de Espanhol são os estagiários. Na UNIFRA, há um coordenador de EC que juntamente com o coordenador do curso assume essa responsabilidade; na FAMES a responsabilidade é dividida entre o coordenador de EC e os orientadores. Os orientadores e coordenadores de EC marcam reuniões com a coordenação pedagógica e com os professores responsáveis por turmas das EEB buscando receber orientações, limitações, restrições e condicionantes para o desenvolvimento das atividades de estágio. Após esse encontro inicial, os orientadores somente voltam a ter contato com os professores regentes durante as visitas aos estagiários. Em relação à participação dos professores das EEB no desenvolvimento e acompanhamento das atividades de EC, nos deparamos com duas realidades bem distintas: desde aqueles que liberam a turma para o estagiário desenvolver seu trabalho como quiser, até aqueles que acompanham os planejamentos e/ou o desenvolvimento das aulas. Quanto às formas de orientação, constatamos que todos os orientadores realizam encontros semanais (de 15 minutos a 1hora), com apresentação e discussão de planejamentos, relato e reflexão sobre experiências de regência e resolução de dificuldades surgidas no desenvolvimento do EC. A avaliação dos estagiários é realizada somente pelos docentes orientadores considerando os seguintes aspectos: atividades desenvolvidas nas EEB, atividades desenvolvidas nas IES, entrega dos relatórios finais, dos projetos e/ou dos artigos. Ao finalizar nosso estudo, concluímos que embora tenhamos normativas legais específicas para o desenvolvimento dos EC, essas não são de fácil cumprimento. As IES estudadas têm cumprido algumas delas (400 horas e início do EC a partir da 2ª metade dos cursos), mas falta estabelecer um contato maior, mais integrado com as EEB. Não basta o mero cumprimento das horas de EC nas escolas, mas sim, estar articulado com as demais atividades propostas nas EEB e trabalhar de forma conjunta, buscando estabelecer vínculos e mecanismos que auxiliem o processo de formação dos futuros professores.
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Chang, Amanda. "An analysis of vocational training in the field of technology at the community college level relative to meeting the needs of business and industry." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1030.
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Brown, Kenneth J. "The Impact of a Race-Based Intervention Program on One African American Male at a Predominately White Institution: An Autoethnographic Study." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1596715098658363.
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Scott-Toux, Deborah. "Constructivist model for career internships: Integrating contextual learning and critical thinking." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2014.
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Davis, Phyllis A. "Quality of Life of People with Disabilities: Stories of Successful Adults." Ashland University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1241386072.
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Yang, Mei-Li, and 楊美琍. "A Study of Guidance Program for New Curriculum in a Preschool." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g7ufhc.
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In the national early childhood education enhancement program, the “integration kindergartens and nursery schools” turns into influence on early childhood education in a great deal by its new modes and wide intensions. Facing the planning procedures of the integration kindergartens and nursery schools, the Ministry of Education has published a New Curriculum Guidelines for preschools. When teachers are involving in the changes of new system and rule, and fumbling about the highlight and intension of ability index, they are asked to be immediately in position to teach under the new curriculum. This results in serious blind spots in program design and activity arrangement, and would definitely influence children in learning effort. The purpose of study was to explore teachers changes and impact of the new curriculum guidelines and gather their results into useful reference in further improvement and development. The result showed that the new curriculum guidelines for preschools teachers receives some positive and negative responses from colleague surveys for an overall assessment. The results can be a useful reference to all preschools for carrying the new curriculum framework into early childhood education.