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Biloveský, Vladimír; Laš, Matej – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
This paper introduces the teaching model for specialized translation introduced at Matej Bel University. On one hand, the model is based on the tradition of translation studies in Slovakia and former Czechoslovakia, but on the other hand it takes into consideration the skills needed for the translation of specialized texts in contemporary working…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Translation, Surveys, Graduates
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Czyz, Anna – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
This article presents the results of a research study on the system of early child development support with developmental disabilities and their families in Poland. The analysis covered areas such as proximity and accessibility of services, infrastructural conditions, preparation of personnel, and occurrence of systemic barriers. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
Garcia, Francisco A. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to discover how three person teams use game templates (trivia, role-play, or scavenger hunt) to socially construct knowledge. The researcher designed an experimental Internet-based database to facilitate teams creating each game. Teams consisted of teachers, students, hobbyist, and business owners who shared similar…
Descriptors: Games, Databases, Teamwork, Interaction
Schmitz, Kurt W. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Information Technology projects have migrated toward two dominant Project Management (PM) methodologies. Plan-driven practices provide organizational control through highly structured plans, schedules, and specifications that facilitate oversight by hierarchical bureaucracies. In contrast, agile practices emphasize empowered teams using flexible…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Program Administration, Models, Mixed Methods Research
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Meszaros, Peggy S.; Kimbrell, Monica R.; Swenson, Andrea – Journal of Extension, 2015
This article examines Extension professionals building community capacity in 10 counties across five Appalachian states in response to the talent crisis in the United States information technology (IT) workforce. The goal has been to transfer IT knowledge and create a supportive environment to foster interest in IT careers among underserved girls…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Capacity Building, Counties
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Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Stormyhr, Even – International Education Studies, 2012
The increasing diversity in students' enrolment in higher education in Norway offers an opportunity to use collaborative learning and teamwork as a learning vehicle to exploit the synergy in the community to have formal and informal "agoras". Theoretical and empirical observation of the value of team processes provides the framework to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, College Students, Peer Teaching
Jennings, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Professional learning communities (PLCs), with their attributes of shared values, high expectations, and collaboration, have the potential to change school culture. The 4 elementary schools in this study have been unable to sustain ongoing, effective teamwork, resulting in a failure to attain adequate progress, and in 2 schools, in the placement…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Communities of Practice, Scores, Teamwork
Frisby, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe, measure, compare, and contrast the perceptions of elementary teachers and principals regarding the degree to which the schools in which they are employed have implemented learning organizations conforming to Senge's (1990) 5 disciplines: mental models, personal mastery, shared vision, team…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Principals, Elementary School Teachers
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Watts, Carys; Wray, Katie; Kennedy, Ciara; Freeman, Paul; Trainer, Gareth – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
Enterprise education at Newcastle University, UK, is embedded in the fabric of the curriculum via the Newcastle University Graduate Skills Framework. An example of this is the "Business for the Bioscientist" module. The authors discuss this module with regard to good practice, enterprise development and the wider arena of graduate…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Higher Education
Sepanik, Susan; Corrin, William; Roy, David; Gray, Aracelis; Fernandez, Felix; Briggs, Ashley; Wang, Kathleen K. – MDRC, 2015
Too many students in high-poverty, urban communities drop out of high school, and too few graduate prepared for college and careers. Three national organizations--Talent Development Secondary, City Year, and Communities In Schools--have formed "Diplomas Now" in an effort to transform urban secondary schools so fewer students drop out and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Secondary Schools, Dropout Prevention, College Readiness
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Chen, Fang; Sager, James; Corbitt, Gail; Gardiner, Stanley C. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2008
Due to increasing industry demand for personnel who work effectively in virtual/distributed teams, MIS students should undergo training to improve their awareness of and competence in virtual teamwork. This paper proposes a model for virtual teamwork training and describes the implementation of the model in a class where students were located in…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Teamwork, Surveys, Information Technology
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Cousins, J. Bradley; Elliott, Catherine; Amo, Courtney; Bourgeois, Isabelle; Chouinard, Jill; Goh, Swee C.; Lahey, Robert – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2008
Despite increasing interest in the integration of evaluative inquiry into organizational functions and culture, the availability of empirical research addressing organizational capacity building to do and use evaluation is limited. This exploratory descriptive survey of internal evaluators in Canada asked about evaluation capacity building in the…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Surveys
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Dittman, Dawn R.; Hawkes, Mark; Deokar, Amit V.; Sarnikar, Surendra – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2010
The ability to collaborate in a virtual team is a necessary skill set for today's knowledge workers and students to be effective in their work. Past research indicates that knowledge workers and students need to establish a formal process to perform work, develop clear goals and objectives, and facilitate better communication among team members.…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Job Skills, Cooperation, Employees
Sherlock, Barbara J. – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ3), 2009
Based on Penn State's popular "Innovation Insights" series, this book brings together in one handy reference nearly a decade of tried and true insights into continuous quality improvements in higher education. Their five-step model for integrating planning, assessment, and improvement moves plans off the shelf and into the weekly and daily…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Focus Groups, Organizational Culture, Goal Orientation
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Shillington, Nancie M. – Middle School Journal, 1994
Middle-level instructional teams promote feelings of belonging and enhance student academic and social growth, teacher job satisfaction, mission clarity, and instructional program strength. A survey of Ohio middle-school teachers and principals disclosed four components promoting successful team development: including all participants in teamwork…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Models, Principals
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