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Bruhn, Elisa – Online Submission, 2020
Digital media and information and communication technology (ICT) are being used more and more in international contexts at universities. In her English-language dissertation, Elisa Bruhn examines how this technological potential can be used strategically to expand internationalization. The data basis of the thesis is a content analysis of…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Online Courses, Information Technology
Clark, Ian – Improving Schools, 2014
The central and distinguishing thesis of social and cultural perspectives on outcome equity is that public school classrooms are culturally biased environments. Such environments disaffect children who arrive at school from the economic or cultural margin. The "formative learning environment" (FoLE) establishes and sustains legitimate…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Outcomes of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Schools
Archbald, Doug – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2008
Background: A growing literature is questioning the appropriateness of a research dissertation for practitioners in education doctoral programs. Although this literature persuasively critiques the prevailing theory-research orientation of most programs and theses, it goes little beyond exhorting change and describing extant alternatives in a few…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Education Courses, Education Majors
Simpson, Jennifer Lyn; Seibold, David R. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2008
In this essay we foreground the value of engaging meaningfully with practitioners in our work. We review research by scholars whose work cuts across topics and contexts to gain insight into the power and practice of human communication as it shapes the world in which we live-highlighting work that is at its best because of its co-creation with…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Scholarship, Organizational Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Shultz, Kenneth S.; Kottke, Janet L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Recommends the inclusion of a master's thesis in industrial and organizational psychology programs. Argues that the thesis serves several critical educational purposes and is relevant to applied psychology. Offers suggestions for increasing the relationship between the educational requirement and the professional tasks. (MJP)
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Practices
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Knutson, Roslyn L. – English Journal, 1980
Explains a four-stage formula that teachers at all levels may use to give students a flexible, practical, and relatively foolproof procedure for generating a literary thesis and its support. (RL)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Grade 9, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Hamatani, Eloise Pearson – 1997
In Japanese colleges and universities, native speaker teachers in English departments are sometimes called on to teach courses that furnish English majors with the necessary tools to write their graduation theses in English. This study was undertaken at one university to determine what constitutes a graduation thesis, what aspects of the thesis…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
Mauch, James E.; Birch, Jack W. – 1998
This guide for graduate students and their supervising university faculty provides practical advice for writing and supervising the thesis or dissertation. The guide is based on input from interviews with more than 100 supervising faculty members as well as other sources. Among changes in this edition are an increased emphasis on the honors…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Doctoral Dissertations, Faculty Advisers, Graduate Study
Mason, S. C.; And Others – Journal of Agronomic Education, 1987
Reports on a survey conducted to study attitudes toward agronomy graduate students conducting thesis research in developing countries. Compares perceptions of executive officers of international program offices and departments of agronomy, and major professors. (TW)
Descriptors: Agronomy, College Science, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Galanou, Ekaterini; Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios – International Journal of Training and Development, 2009
Contemporary management thinking embraces the organizational training theory that sustainable success rests, to a great extent, upon a systematic evaluation of training interventions. However, the evidence indicates that few organizations take adequate steps to assess and analyse the quality and outcomes of their training. The authors seek to…
Descriptors: Banking, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Management Development
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Arnold, Martha Thompson – Journal of Reading, 1981
Suggestions for teaching main idea, thesis, theme, topic sentence, and clincher as related concepts are provided. (MKM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Integrated Activities, Literature, Reading Comprehension
Wyatt-Brown, Anne M. – 1988
An approach to teaching academic writing to foreign graduate students at the University of Florida is described. The course combines general and technical writing assignments to sharpen students' critical thinking skills while improving their organizational techniques and editing strategies. Assignments are designed to help students discover the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, English for Academic Purposes
Minnich, Nancy P. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Provides a detailed description of a pilot project designed to develop critical thinking and writing skills in secondary school students. Activities involved in the process include online searching, writing abstracts and research papers, developing bibliographies, and using word processing equipment. Related article appeared in June 1986 issue of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, High School Students, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers
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Zuber-Skerritt, Ortrun; Knight, Nick – Higher Education, 1986
Some innovative solutions to two key graduate research problems, definition of the research problem and planning and writing the thesis first draft, are outlined. Workshops are recommended as an effective format for assisting students in developing research skills through practical guidance, group support, and discussion. (MSE)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Research Methodology
Dommer, Jan M.; McCaghy, M. Dawn – Online, 1982
Discusses interviewing techniques in two steps: determining user's knowledge of and expectations for computerized literature searching, including beginning the interview and dealing with misconceptions, and the search strategy. The figure provided illustrates four stages of a thesis proposal and the related literature search purposes as aids in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Higher Education