Thesis

  • What are the different types of literature review?

    It is important to think of knowledge in a given field as consisting of three layers. In composing a literature review, it is important to note that it is often this third layer of knowledge that is cited as “true” even though it often has only a loose relationship to the primary studies and secondary…

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  • Developmental research as improved intentional educational practice

    Lesson study (Lewis, 2009) and learning study (Marton, 2015) are qualitative progressive research approaches which differently link individual’s knowledge development with individual’s personal development in the education context. In developmental research, theory and practice develops and is manifested as improved intentional practice in the research lesson (Van den Akker, 1999). Developmental educational research is symbolizing…

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  • Reinvestigating the theory and practice gap in Participatory Educational Research

    (Brydon-Miller and Maguire, 2009, p. 79) Action research according to Elliott (1978) is an open concern with the everyday practical problems experienced by teachers unlike the “theoretical problems” defined by researchers within a discipline of knowledge. When teachers are engaged in solving a practical problem, they take part in a form of practical reasoning using…

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  • Idealism as an educational philosophy of math teachers in the UAE

    The study problem ’Mathematics Idealism,’ according to Ediger [2], could contribute to mathematics teachers and help in selecting “…objectives, learning opportunities, and evaluation procedures for pupils” [2] (p. 3). Since the foundations of study problems could be extracted from the scholastic interests of the researchers, preceding research studies, and literature, the problem of this study…

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  • A Review of Education Philosophies

    There is a dominance of a specific educational philosophy in any industrialized nation in the logic of governing and leading over its present and future dogmatic sociology [1]. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the educational philosophical implications of Idealism throughout schools in Al Ain city in the United Arab Emirates from…

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  • Why Black Women Teachers Leave and What Can Be Done About it

    Abstract This study uses the most recent national data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), 2011–2012 and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), 2012–2013 to investigate attrition trends among Black teachers, and Black female teachers in particular, to inform a qualitative analysis of proposed and adopted teacher retention policy interventions. This…

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  • Research Methodology

    Research Methodology

    3.1. Sample and Data Collection We obtained the financial data from annual reports of manufacturing firms listed on the Teheran Stock Exchange (TSX) during 2011–2019. Initially, our preliminary sample included all manufacturing firms. This is because the industrial sector has a significant role on Iranian economic growth and has an enormous capital structure that consists…

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  • Firm Size, Capital Structure and Profitability: Literature Review and Hypothesis Development

    2.1. Theoretical Framework Capital structure hypothesis initially started at the end of 1950s; the first theory was the irrelevance theory developed by [8], well known as the Modigliani–Miller (MM) theory. According to this concept, there is no ideal capital structure for companies [9,12]. After some revision, Modigliani and Miller proposed a trade-off model based on…

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  • Workshop: Laying Out the Innovation in Detail

    The workshop brings together the players involved in the device’s development and marketing; its purpose is to enable the players to lay out the innovation’s features in detail. The workshop sets in motion a reflective process regarding the product’s innovative nature and seeks to bring individual perspectives together in a shared vision. For some, innovativeness…

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  • The Procedure for Technological Development Through Responsible Social Uses (RSU)

    The RSU approach is characterized by its focus on the consequences a technological device will have on various social practices. Thus, it’s focused on uses rather than just the user experience, since the introduction into society of any innovation will have an impact on the various practices stakeholders will include it in. Take the example…

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  • Data extraction and analysis

    Data extraction In this phase of the study, we extracted data on the research design (e.g., sample, data collection and analysis) as well as characteristics and context of our 57 studies (i.e., year of publication, geographic location and school level). We also identified descriptions of research use in relation to RPP interventions. For instance, Askins and…

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  • Support for the Development of Technological Innovations

    Conclusion How can technological development, economic development, and the claims of society be reconciled? How should responsible innovation be promoted? Many approaches have been proposed in response to these questions. The RSU procedure has been developed with the perspective that technological and economic development should be promoted by taking responsible social uses into account. According…

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  • Issues of delivering quality customer service in a higher education environment

    Abstract Purpose This paper seeks to redress the lack of academic attention being given to the relationship between academia and industry in the competitive environment of international higher education‐related service delivery and use. It adopts a relational marketing approach to value creation in service interactions and explores the expectations and perceptions of employers and university…

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  • The Role of an RSU Approach in Responsible Innovation

    Social sciences and humanities’ researches are imbedded in different support procedures, which may vary methodologically and theoretically but they all aim at bringing scientific invention to market, in others words: at innovation. Each approach has assumptions about society and the way to account for the social impacts of innovation. The RSU approach is not different.…

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  • The Responsible Social Uses Procedure: Component Parts

    Narrative as a Jumping-off Point: from the Initial Idea to the Present Development Stage The aim of the first meeting with designers is to review the design process from its origins to the present stage of development. By asking designers to provide a narrative about the project, they are invited to give a meaning structure,…

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  • Topic: Discourse on Whistleblower Protection and COVID-19 (A Literature Review) “If you’re going to sin, sin against God, not the Bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the Bureaucracy won’t.” Admiral Hyman G. Rickover INTRODUCTION Leadership incompetence and apathy among members of a democratic society are the bane of good corporate governance. Moreover, autocracy and rigidity…

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