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Integrating indigenous knowledge into the community development process : the Zimbabwean experience

Creator:: Munyaka, Golden
Abstract:: This study is a critical ethnography of my professional career as an educator born and raised in the Shona culture in Zimbabwe. In this metaphysical study I reconstruct a worldview that I consider to be representative of Shona customs and beliefs. Doing this project has challenged my own ethnic identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: " at the Berlin Conference. The epistemology of community development gave me a unique opportunity

Experimental analysis of task prioritization training for a group of university flight technology students

Creator:: Hoover, Amy L.
Abstract:: Task prioritization performance was evaluated for pilots who participated in a concurrent task management (CTM) training course and pilots who did not. CTM is the process by which pilots selectively attend to high priority tasks and shed non-priority tasks. Twenty seven pilots enrolled in a university flight technology program were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: performance was evaluated for pilots who participated in a concurrent task management (CTM) training course

The first year of teaching secondary agricultural education : a national study

Creator:: Warnick, Brian K.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions of the first year experience of teaching secondary agriculture and to explore the relationships between these perceptions, the characteristics of beginning agriculture teachers, and the types of support provided to beginning teachers. An additional focus of the study was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) ............................................................................................... 69 20. Perceived experiences with time management and compensation during the first year (N 208

Partnerships at the center of Advanced Learning : a regional educational reform initiative

Creator:: Dunlap, Joseph H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study is to investigate and gain understanding of the factors contributing to development of the Center for Advanced Learning (CAL), a regional collaborative educational reform project and the partnerships that emerged from that process. The development process and partnerships are examined from a systems thinking...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; 3) providing school-to-work pathways for students; 4) instituting quality management practices such

Community college faculty-to-faculty influence

Creator:: Marks, Brenda Inglis
Abstract:: As community colleges have responded to shifts in funding structures, demands from an aging population, the emergence of for-profit competitors, the development of globalization, and the increasing use of technology, the role of faculty has evolved and new leadership opportunities have emerged. This study examines informal faculty leadership at a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: extensive distance learning opportunities and the state's only vineyard management and winemaking programs

A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

Creator:: Hendrix, George A.
Abstract:: The focus of this study is a search for the voice of African American community college trustees as they work to impact the changes community colleges must make over the next quarter century. It examined the lived experiences and perceptions that selected African American community college trustees have of their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: where I drafted and interpreted the subtleties of management policies and as a small business owner

Voices of leadership : experiences of people of color in a community leadership development program

Creator:: Hiyane-Brown, Katherine H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe and record the experiences of people of color in a community leadership development program. Selected people of color were asked to describe their experiences as participants in the American Leadership program in Tacoma-Pierce County in the State of Washington. The American Leadership...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Innovating change in the faculty model : a study of voices and influences in defining faculty role at Cascadia Community College

Creator:: Buck, Sharon Thompson
Abstract:: The founders of Cascadia Community College changed faculty role and duties as they designed a new college. The college founders chose which themes of learning reform would be enacted by faculty in this new setting. They determined what elements of traditional roles continued to be important and what new expectations...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: expanded purpose under the management of a private, 4-year college (Rio Grande Community College, 2002

Retention of adult second language learners : Hispanic learners in Washington State community and technical colleges

Creator:: Jones, Gary E.
Abstract:: This study was designed to investigate a phenomenon, retention of Hispanic adult second language learners in Washington State's community colleges, from a qualitative paradigm and phenomenological approach. The focus of this study was to capture eight foreign-born Hispanic ESL non-continuators' voices and experiences, in their native language of Spanish, who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Integrating indigenous knowledge into the community development process : the Zimbabwean experience

Experimental analysis of task prioritization training for a group of university flight technology students

The first year of teaching secondary agricultural education : a national study

Partnerships at the center of Advanced Learning : a regional educational reform initiative

Community college faculty-to-faculty influence

A voice : lived experiences of selected African American community college trustees

Voices of leadership : experiences of people of color in a community leadership development program

Innovating change in the faculty model : a study of voices and influences in defining faculty role at Cascadia Community College

Retention of adult second language learners : Hispanic learners in Washington State community and technical colleges

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