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  • Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

    Creator:
    Powell, William N.
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    Researching what I believe to be exclusionary practices in higher education against African Americans has compelled me to approach this subject, in part, historically. Although I realize that a historical chronology of any subject is often deceptive, as with any writer, I am tempted to interpret events to fit my...
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    major university in the United States has more than a token representation of Negroes on its faculty

  • A study of factors influencing the selection of vocational teacher education by undergraduate students at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Toby, Tony Udo
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    The purpose of this study was to ascertain the factors which influenced undergraduate students in the School of Education at Oregon State University to select vocational teacher education as their major. Data were collected from 315 vocational, practical arts, and non-vocational undergraduate teacher education majors who were enrolled in teacher...
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    area in each state. In response to this mandate, 37 states reported a need for 692 vocational

  • Development and validation of a scale to measure vocational educators' attitudes toward the handicapped

    Creator:
    Clauser, Craig
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    The problem of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that would measure vocational teacher trainees and practitioners' attitudes toward handicapped learners. The item pool consisted of 90 items which addressed three major dimensions of attitudes toward handicapped vocational students: handicapping conditions, characteristics of these conditions, and the...
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    students (Evans, 1977). The proportion of handicapped persons under the age of 21 in the United States is

  • A study of non-persisters within a cohort of vocational students at the University of Alaska Anchorage

    Creator:
    Vinson, Julia Flory
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    The purpose of this research was to explore non-persistence by vocational students in the College of Career and Vocational Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. A cohort of 156 students were identified and tracked from fall 1989 through spring 1992. In the first part of the study, using the...
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    . While reflective of a state which has the second youngest population in the United States (U.S

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

    Creator:
    Munyaka, Golden
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    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...
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    it possible for me to study in the United States. As an international student, I want to take this

  • Instructional methods for dietetic perceptors

    Creator:
    Overpeck, Nancy Lee
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    This study attempted to answer the following question: What instructional methods should dietetic preceptors use to help dietetic interns meet the performance requirements specified by the American Dietetic Association (ADA, 1991) for entry-level dietitians? A national sample of 170 dietetic preceptors was surveyed. Ninety provided usable information to examine both...
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    the United States and its territories are managed three ways: 1. Coordinated Programs (CP). A

  • An evaluation model for international short-term training programs in small-scale fisheries

    Creator:
    Martinson, Steven Eric
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    The purpose of this study was to propose a model for evaluating international short-term training programs in small-scale fisheries. The study focused on providing useful information to decision-makers of the program funding agency and the training program operator. The proposed evaluation model could also prove useful for other technically-oriented short-term...
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    submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master

  • Developing conventional and intelligent job aids : a case study

    Creator:
    Ruyle, Kim E.
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    Job aids are instruments used on the job to improve human performance by enhancing the knowledge and/or skills of performers. Conventional job aids are usually printed on paper; examples include checklists, recipes, and decision tables. Expert systems are computerized job aids which interact with novices to help solve problems normally...
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    conventional job aids by the United States military goes back at least as far as World War I when

  • The development, practice and education of kinlein associates

    Creator:
    Carpenter, Patricia A.
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    This study documented the history of the development and practice of the kinlein associate. Consumer dissatisfaction with health care, nursing unrest, and increased demand for long-term care-givers were the antecedents for a paradigm shift to "caring with" persons based upon the theory of esca developed by M. Lucille Kinlein. Interested...
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    and needs in the United States for people to live in residential care settings have increased

  • Instructional needs assessment for managing conflict between watershed resource users in Oregon : the OWIC case study

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    Saeed, Ikram
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    The purpose of the study was to explore a needs assessment method for suggesting target-based training interventions for managing conflict between the resource user/interest groups in Oregon's riparian zones. An instrument was developed and then validated by an expert panel. The questionnaire addressed three potential conflict management factors: multiple-use orientation,...
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    United States of America. My mentors, Dr. Agha Sajjad Haider and Dr. Roger Kraynick, helped and