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  • Innovativeness and acceptance of retirement housing of faculty pre-retirees at selected Thai universities

    Creator:
    Buasri, Virajada
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    Changing demographics and lifestyles in Thailand are eroding traditional patterns of family support for the elderly. Caring for the elderly within the family structure is no longer assured. However, the concept of living in retirement housing is unfamiliar to most senior Thai citizens. The purpose of this study was to...
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    lifestyles in Thailand are eroding traditional patterns of family support for the elderly. Caring for the

  • Competencies of informational speaking as perceived by selected American and Thai speech professors

    Creator:
    Kulthongkham, Sukkarnya
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    This study explored the applicability of a small portion of Western communication theory and practice to an Eastern culture. It compared the opinions or professional judgments of five Thai speech instructors who had obtained their doctorates in American universities with those of five American speech instructors who hold doctorates in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    culture of Thailand. C Copyright by Sukkarnya Kulthongkham December 18, 1987 All Rights Reserved

  • Gender role attitudes among Thai college students : traditional or egalitarian?

    Creator:
    Surinya, Tippavan
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    The purpose of this investigation is to explore gender role attitudes among Thai college students and to determine whether differences in gender role attitudes among Thai college students are related to the sex of students, college major and family structure. To investigate this problem a Gender Role Attitude Inventory is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    participants include 300 junior/undergraduate college students at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand

  • A qualitative study of the professional growth of mid-career community college faculty

    Creator:
    Crawford, Charles J. M.
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    The purpose of this study is to explore experiences of professional growth for mid-career community college faculty. The research question that guided the study is: How do community college faculty members experience professional growth at mid- career? The research design included an interpretive social science methodology and phenomenological method. Nine...
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    June 4, 2012 Title: A Qualitative Study of the Professional Growth of Mid-Career Community College

  • Tenure-track faculty : motivations, expectations, and experiences

    Creator:
    Pearson, Heather S.
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    This study explored the motivations, expectations, and experiences of tenure-track faculty members at a public research institution. Through semi-structured interviews with twelve participants, the study utilized a constructivist paradigm to qualitative research to address the individual experiences of faculty members entering the professoriate and pursuing tenure. With this methodology and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for the degree of Master of Science in College Student Services Administration presented April 28

  • The Professional Identity of Community College Faculty Members

    Creator:
    Mohrbacher, Robert C.
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    Background: Previous studies suggested that the professional identity of community college faculty is less than clearly articulated. Lack of clarity with regard to professional identity may have impacts in a number of areas, including recruitment, professional development, and the overall reputation of community colleges. Purpose: To examine how community college...
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    community college teacher or faculty member is described—especially by the general public, but to some

  • “I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

    Creator:
    Anderson, Anna
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    This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
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    pedagogic methods in teacher training, Taylor (2007) also suggests that promoting empathy in college

  • California Community College Faculty Perceptions of Their Work within a Postmodern Market Economy

    Creator:
    Oliveira, Kristine Yvonne
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    The diversity of attitudes held by California community college faculty about Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) was studied. In twelve semi-structured interviews, faculty informants explained how their work has changed as a result of increased standardization and accountability measures, how they value those changes, and how they expect the profession to...
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    California Community College Faculty Perceptions of Their

  • Reflections on change : a community-college faculty perspective

    Creator:
    Zmetana, Katherine
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    This phenomenological research study focused on educational change as perceived by 16 Liberal Arts faculty members at a Pacific Northwest community college. Research data were collected through in-depth dialogic interviews and a follow-up dialogue session with six participants. The principal guiding research questions comprised the following: 1) What is the...
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    Dissertation
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    College Facult Perspective. Abstract approved: George H. Copa This phenomenological research study

  • Critical factors affecting the meaningful assessment of student learning outcomes : A Delphi study of the opinions of community college personnel

    Creator:
    Somerville, Jerry A.
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    The two-fold purpose of this study was to identify critically important factors that affect the meaningful assessment of student learning outcomes and study why they were critically important. A three-round Delphi process was used in both a pilot project and in a full study to solicit the opinions of individuals...
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    Learning Outcomes: A Delphi Study of the Opinions of Community College Personnel Abstract approved