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Institutionalizing sustainability in community colleges : the role of the college president

Creator:: Williams, Peter G.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to describe and improve understanding of the meaning of institutionalized sustainability and the role that a college president plays in institutionalizing sustainability on a community college campus. The following questions guided the research: (a) What does it mean to have sustainability “institutionalized” at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: environmental protection and economic development. This brief history of the environmental movement is

Environmental knowledge and beliefs among grade ten students in Australia

Creator:: Eyers, Vivian George, 1932-
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to survey aspects of environmental knowledge and beliefs among Grade 10 students in Australia, in the belief that such information would be useful for workers in the developing field of environmental education there. A survey instrument prepared and used for a similar purpose in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study was to survey aspects of environmental knowledge and beliefs among Grade 10 students in Australia

A socio-economic studies program for the twelfth grade

Creator:: Bauder, George Emil
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: dif'icicnoies of youth in the light ~f rresent social; economic, and political trends~ The basis of needs

The role of scientific thinking in environmental policy decisions

Creator:: Nelson, Jerry Kelvin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze the individual reasoning of 24 adults as they made decisions for two communities regarding municipal wastewater treatment. The two western Oregon communities were both responding to notices from governmental agencies of higher environmental standards for the purification of wastewater before it could...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ................... 1 7 Studies of Risk Perception and Environmental Values .......... 46 Studies of Social Issues and

Development of home economics education among the Tamils of Ceylon

Creator:: Savundranayagam, Mercia Violet Sybil Cloelia Indreni
Abstract:: This study attempted to analyze the educational problems of Tamil women, one of the communal groups in Ceylon, to trace in broad outline the development of their education from the earliest times to the present day, and to ascertain particularly the quality and importance of Home Economics Education in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cultural and economic demands of the age. The subject of Home Economics . Education was selected as a

A student model in economic education : factors influencing a student's learning of economics

Creator:: Udompijitkul, Tumrong
Abstract:: The major focus of this research was to examine the factors, both instructional factors and student factors, that influence student gains in economic knowledge in economic education. This study sampled twelfth grade students from randomly selected high schools in the Williamette Valley of Oregon. The stepwise regression analysis was used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Economics Courses Taken by Teacher (EET) and Economic Education 14 Length of Course (LC) and Economic

Managerial competencies for church administration as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and ministers

Creator:: Boersma, Stephen A.
Abstract:: The conceptual foundation of the study emerged from a concern regarding the application of managerial competencies in the local church. A review of the literature suggests that in spite of the increasing awareness for the need to make greater use of these skills, little consensus currently exists regarding their relative...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: statements of pastoral management competencies, was constructed through the use of a Delphi process and

Identification of realistic learning activities for attaining FHA/HERO goals in home economics classrooms

Creator:: Buckovic, Nancy Jo
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify learning activities that were both Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations goal-related and realistic for use in the home economics classroom. The hypothesis tested was: there is no significant difference between mean scores of individual learning activities related to FHA/HERO goals...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: were both Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Qecupations goal-related and realistic

Making sense : journals as tools for learning and representing student experience in a field-based doctoral program

Creator:: Smith, Sharon L.
Abstract:: Recent trends in higher education have led to the development of alternatives to traditional on-campus graduate degree programs. There is a concomitant need to understand student experience in field-based programs which support continuing education and career development for employed adults. The central purpose of this research was to explore the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: communicates something about how I perceive both journal writing and the analysis of journals. Journal

Paradigm shifts in training and development : naturalistic study of management change during organization transformation

Creator:: Olsen, Brigitta E.
Abstract:: The need for organizational transformation is a response to a larger paradigm shift occurring in science and society. It represents a shift from the mechanistic model to a systems, holistic model. The purpose of this study was to determine patterns and practices that limit training effectiveness when facilitating a major...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Paradigm Shifts in Training and Development: A Naturalistic Study of Management Cha ring

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Institutionalizing sustainability in community colleges : the role of the college president

Environmental knowledge and beliefs among grade ten students in Australia

A socio-economic studies program for the twelfth grade

The role of scientific thinking in environmental policy decisions

Development of home economics education among the Tamils of Ceylon

A student model in economic education : factors influencing a student's learning of economics

Managerial competencies for church administration as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and ministers

Identification of realistic learning activities for attaining FHA/HERO goals in home economics classrooms

Making sense : journals as tools for learning and representing student experience in a field-based doctoral program

Paradigm shifts in training and development : naturalistic study of management change during organization transformation

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