Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1960. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-162).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-51) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1973. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-83). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

The importance of teacher leadership has received intense interest as an area of educational research over the past three decades (Crowther, Kaagan, Ferguson & Hann, 2002; Harris, 2003; Lambert, 2002; Marks & Printy, 2003). Most of this research has focused on the qualifications, impacts, and development of teacher leadership (Smylie & Mayrowetz, 2009). This study aimed to broaden the scope of research to include science teachers’ interaction with leadership practices in the course of a leadership development program that includes both their own professional development (PD) and leadership of teacher-driven professional development (TDPD). The study considered professional vision and identity rather than focusing only on formal or informal leadership roles. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine experienced physics and chemistry high school teachers’ perceptions of their leadership roles and characteristics and their professional vision and identity as they participated in a leadership development training program and a math and science partnership program as facilitators of the science activities for K-12 teachers. The study was situated within the leadership training program (I-LEAD) five-year project, which was designed to recruit experienced secondary physics and chemistry teachers, called Master Teaching Fellows (MTFs), to understand the dynamics that support or limit the development of teacher leaders. The participants in this study consisted of up to three of these MTFs, who organized and implemented TDPD activities for K-12 teachers to improve these teachers’ science knowledge and teaching practices. The data was analyzed using multiple coding methods that generated themes from interviews with the MTFs and archival data from the I-LEAD leadership program. The results of the study claim that professional vision, professional identity, and teacher leadership roles and skills are inextricably interrelated. These dynamic components are refined, reshaped, and reformed by self-reflection, discussion, and feedback as provided through PD activities. This study further suggests that teacher leadership mechanism evolves over time through practicing different teacher leadership roles in the professional journey. Implications and practical suggestions for school administrators, PD developers, and policy makers as well as teacher leaders are discussed.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

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Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer as representações socialmente construídas pelos bibliotecários atuantes em bibliotecas universitárias a respeito da contribuição destes na formação do discente da graduação. A pesquisa aqui proposta teve abordagem qualitativa. Sua fundamentação teórica e metodológica apoiou-se na sociologia do conhecimento e nos preceitos do construcionismo social, assim como nas teorias das representações sociais e coletivas. A técnica utilizada no tratamento e análise dos discursos coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas foi o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo – DSC. O ambiente da pesquisa foi a Biblioteca Central da UFSC, localizada no Campus Universitário Trindade, em Florianópolis, no Estado de Santa Catarina. A escolha dessa instituição se deu pela conveniência da pesquisa, uma vez que a opinião dos bibliotecários sobre o tema ora abordado independe de unidade de federação ao qual se encontre o profissional, gênero ou qualquer outro fator. A partir dos discursos sintetizados no DSC, verificou-se que os conhecimentos adquiridos na graduação formam a base de sustentação do trabalho do bibliotecário e para que ele desenvolva seu trabalho cotidiano de forma mais eficiente, são necessários um acervo de conhecimentos gerais e conhecimento de línguas estrangeiras, sobretudo do inglês.O domínio da especificidade com a qual lida no dia-a-dia, os conhecimentos agregados ao longo da vida profissional e os conhecimentos adquiridos com a educação continuada formam o conjunto das competências profissionais mencionadas pelo discurso coletivo, enquanto que atenção, honestidade, autoconfiança e compreensão são mencionados como as principais competências pessoais. O computador, as bases de dados e a internet são as ferramentas e os recursos tecnológicos utilizados pelo coletivo entrevistado. Evidenciou-se ainda que tornar o usuário independente em suas pesquisas é um objetivo comum entre os bibliotecários entrevistados. / This study had as the objective to know the representation manifested social an the speech of the librarians professionals working in university libraries about your contribution at formation of the university student of graduation. The research held was qualitative types, having as theoretical and methodological fundamentation the knowledge sociology and the social constructive precepts, besides the social and collective representation theories. The analysis technique for the speechs tabulation, collected by interview, was the Collective Subject Speech (CSS). The research environment was the Central Library of the UFSC, to located in University Campus Trindade, in Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina State. The choice the is institution occorre in consideration suitability of research. The trough of speech synthesize on CSS, mode what the knowledge obtained in graduation form the support for work of librarian and for that he develop your work quotidian of form more efficient, are necessary a heap of knowledge of the languages foreigner, above all of the English. The domain of the work what drudgery in the day by day, the knowledge aggregates at the along of the professional life and the knowledge acquired with the continued education form the conjoined of the professionals competences speak by the speech collective, while what attention, honesty, self-confidence and understanding are mention how the principal personal competences. The computing, the data-bases and the internet are the workman’s tool and the technological recourse utilizable by the collective interview. Kept evident still what promote the autonomy of the student by your research is a objective common between the interview librarian.

Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer as representações socialmente construídas pelos bibliotecários atuantes em bibliotecas universitárias a respeito da contribuição destes na formação do discente da graduação. A pesquisa aqui proposta teve abordagem qualitativa. Sua fundamentação teórica e metodológica apoiou-se na sociologia do conhecimento e nos preceitos do construcionismo social, assim como nas teorias das representações sociais e coletivas. A técnica utilizada no tratamento e análise dos discursos coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas foi o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo – DSC. O ambiente da pesquisa foi a Biblioteca Central da UFSC, localizada no Campus Universitário Trindade, em Florianópolis, no Estado de Santa Catarina. A escolha dessa instituição se deu pela conveniência da pesquisa, uma vez que a opinião dos bibliotecários sobre o tema ora abordado independe de unidade de federação ao qual se encontre o profissional, gênero ou qualquer outro fator. A partir dos discursos sintetizados no DSC, verificou-se que os conhecimentos adquiridos na graduação formam a base de sustentação do trabalho do bibliotecário e para que ele desenvolva seu trabalho cotidiano de forma mais eficiente, são necessários um acervo de conhecimentos gerais e conhecimento de línguas estrangeiras, sobretudo do inglês.O domínio da especificidade com a qual lida no dia-a-dia, os conhecimentos agregados ao longo da vida profissional e os conhecimentos adquiridos com a educação continuada formam o conjunto das competências profissionais mencionadas pelo discurso coletivo, enquanto que atenção, honestidade, autoconfiança e compreensão são mencionados como as principais competências pessoais. O computador, as bases de dados e a internet são as ferramentas e os recursos tecnológicos utilizados pelo coletivo entrevistado. Evidenciou-se ainda que tornar o usuário independente em suas pesquisas é um objetivo comum entre os bibliotecários entrevistados. / This study had as the objective to know the representation manifested social an the speech of the librarians professionals working in university libraries about your contribution at formation of the university student of graduation. The research held was qualitative types, having as theoretical and methodological fundamentation the knowledge sociology and the social constructive precepts, besides the social and collective representation theories. The analysis technique for the speechs tabulation, collected by interview, was the Collective Subject Speech (CSS). The research environment was the Central Library of the UFSC, to located in University Campus Trindade, in Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina State. The choice the is institution occorre in consideration suitability of research. The trough of speech synthesize on CSS, mode what the knowledge obtained in graduation form the support for work of librarian and for that he develop your work quotidian of form more efficient, are necessary a heap of knowledge of the languages foreigner, above all of the English. The domain of the work what drudgery in the day by day, the knowledge aggregates at the along of the professional life and the knowledge acquired with the continued education form the conjoined of the professionals competences speak by the speech collective, while what attention, honesty, self-confidence and understanding are mention how the principal personal competences. The computing, the data-bases and the internet are the workman’s tool and the technological recourse utilizable by the collective interview. Kept evident still what promote the autonomy of the student by your research is a objective common between the interview librarian.

The purpose of the study is to explore the concepts of strategy content and strategy process as it relates to small professional services firms. A case study approach based on grounded theory utilised in-depth interviews to collect data from five small professional service firms. The study found that it is worthwhile to conceive of strategy content and process in relation to small professional services firms. An emerging theory is presented. The research was limited by its small scale and single method to collecting data. Future research could include a wider sample and testing of the emerging theory. The emerging theory provides a valid and reliable measure for improving actions and decisions of practitioners. The emerging theory is practitioner-oriented and contributes to an area of research that is understudied. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted