“Good attendance at university is an out-dated ideal”: the views of staff and students. By Dr Ann Walker This paper reports on the second stage of an attendance monitoring project in which academic staff and students identified as good, average and poor attendees contributed to focus group discussions. In total ten focus groups were held, with thematic analysis identifying the key themes of motivators for attending, motivators against attending, assessment considerations, attendance and marks
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in high school and the day I finally came out of my shell. I remember this day as if it was yesterday. I had just got back from a summer trip to Florida and was at the school for orientation. After I took care of my schedule, I decided to see who was hanging around. Outside was my friend Reannan and her friend Travis who invited me over to visit for a few. I went over to visit for a few minutes before I had to be home to finish getting ready for school. That is when Travis asked, “Do you want to
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descriptions, and Caribbean patois to convey a truthfulness and a universality through her storytelling. Before she decided that writing was indeed her calling, Goodison’s creative spirit had been drawn to painting, and she studied at the Jamaica School of Art and the school at the Art Student’s League in New York. (In fact, her artwork graces the covers of some of her books.) She also worked for a brief time in advertising. In the end, she surrendered to her literary voice. Goodison published her first collection
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creating, accessing and applying evidence about what works in their practice. The ‘gold-standard’ of evidence in this context is taken to be multiple replications of small scale, randomised controlled trials of feasible interventions in real-life settings. The aims, form and progress of these initiatives will be reported, and a number of questions will be raised: What do we mean by ‘Evidence-Based Education’? How can it best be promoted? What kinds of research can teachers do? How good can
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unaided work and a result of my own investigations, except where indicated in the acknowledgements, the text and the references. It is being submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts: Leading Innovation and Change at York St. John University, United Kingdom. An Investigation into Attitudes to Workplace Creativity and the Role of Innovation StylesTM as a Model to Enhance and Encourage Creative Thinking in Groups at NCP. Abstract In recent years, organisational
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illiterate (when only less than 9% of white Americans were illiterate). But that was because only about 9% of the African American went to school, while 50% of white American children attended school. After this key point in history, the numbers improve and things get a little better but not much. In 1896, the Plessey v, Ferguson (Plessey was a man who could easily pass for white but was jailed for sitting in a white only train car when he took matters into his own hands to challenge the separate
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parents Valentia and Dmitri who moved to Australia in 1997 when he was only one from their hometown of Belarus, located to the west of Russia. His father Dmitri Markov, holds many pole-vaulting accolades, but none more impressive than claiming the title as world champion in 2001. Dmitri chose to move to Australia to pursue an athletics sponsorship at the South Australian Sports Institute, but to also seek a better life for his one-year-old son and family. Oleg was brought up in a household with a strong
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Define networking 3) Explain different types of networks 4) Examine why it’s important to network 5) Discuss different strategies of networking. Introduction: Today, people network by joining clubs, going to lunch with friends, attending conferences, joining industry associations, and going to alumni dinners and reunions; others network with church members, school buddies, and community organizations. But what do these activities help them achieve in return for their time and effort? Are
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to be. This story starts out with an older man wandering around the grounds of the circus after the show was over. Everyone came to the conclusion that he had been separated from his nursing home group that had attended the circus earlier that day. The man claims to have been a part of one of the most infamous circus groups ever known. He sits down and begins to tell his story. His story starts out with Jacob finding out that his parents were killed in a car accident. This left him with no money
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1 Introduction: What Is Economics? Chapter Summary Economics is about making choices when options are limited. Options in an economy are limited because the factors of production are limited. We can use economic analysis to understand the consequences of our choices as individuals, organizations, and society as a whole. Here are the main points of the chapter: • Most of modern economics is based on positive analysis, which answers the question “What is?” or “What will be?” Economists contribute
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