Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2005. / Principal faculty advisor: Robert Wilson, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. Includes bibliographical references.

A homemaker is an individual who is employed by a homemaking agency for the purpose of providing in-home service to specific clients. These client services involve housekeeping and/or personal care assistance. Until now little research has been done in the area of homemaking as an occupation. Therefore, this study is intended to provide research background for present and future work concerning the homemakers in the areas of their role change, theory, and practice. Using the data base obtained from supervisor case notes of homemaker clients in the years 1976 and 1980, this study attempted to look at the role changes that occurred and the discrepancy that existed between the practice of homemakers in an agency and the practice its homemakers were taught within the classroom. The sample data was derived from one hundred client files each from 1976 and from 1980. The individual files were randomly selected from the files of a large metropolitan homemaker agency within the province of British Columbia. The corresponding curriculum that was used in this study is the Homemaker Program of the Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C., as taught in 1980. Methodology for this research included statistical analyses of the client file data and use of the Provus Discrepancy Evaluation Model, in which the actual practice of the homemaker and the formal curriculum of homemaker training were compared. Findings of the research are that the client of 1980 appeared to be older, was representative of a numerically smaller household, and depended on others for referral to the homemaker agency. Cross-tabulations of the years (1976 and 1980) with a variety of health and demographic indicators display statistically significant increase in 1980 of clients who had psychological and medical-surgical problems. However, child-care related problems for these clients decreased significantly in 1980. The category of homemaker practice, meaning the duties that the homemaker was indicated as having been required to perform in the client's home, also showed areas of significant statistical change. Cross-tabulations of these years indicate that personal care and housekeeping practice had increased significantly by 1980. Homemaker practice related to assistance with child care in the home decreased in 1980. A discrepancy analysis between the practice of the homemaker in the client's home and their corresponding curriculum of the homemaker training program indicated congruency for eight of the eleven practice categories. The areas of discrepancy were: 1) replace Home Care nurse (temporarily); 2) assist with the administration of medications; and 3) monitor state of health. The homemaker organization is a service oriented group in which rapid role changes are occurring, accompanied by the evidence of some apparent discrepancies between curricular theory and. actual practice. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

There was no compulsory school attendance legislation in Florida before 1915 although the state Superintendent had recommended the adoption of such legislation as early as 1895. The legislation adopted in 1915 was a makeshift act with no adequate provisions for enforcement. It did not operate successfully except in a few scattered localities. In 1991, public sentiment demanded a statewide compulsory school attendance law. The 1919 law, as amended in 1923, remained substantially unchanged until the present school code was adopted in 1993. / "June, 1953." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: W. Edwards, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 33).

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Home visiting services have become an important and common component of early intervention for children with developmental delays. Currently, this group of children is the most frequent target of home visiting programs throughout the nation, although research evaluating the effectiveness of these programs is less pervasive. For this reason, a comprehensive analysis of studies within the home visiting literature that specifically focused on children with developmental delays and their families has been conducted. This effort has been accomplished through the process of meta-analysis. In addition to the computation of standardized mean difference effect sizes, emphasis was also placed on identifying the salient sample, intervention, and outcome characteristics of this group of studies. Results are discussed in terms of ecological validity or how well the findings of the study generalize to the world of practice, policy, additional research, and training in the field of home visiting. Overall, much of what we are observing in the research is applicable to current practice, specifically in regard to the home visiting procedure. However, discrepancies between research and practice have been found in regard to the target of the intervention and the training of the home visitor.

It is direct response on a pure reaction that a leader took a learning and visiting. And it means that all of the spirit and style deep in his mine will explosion at any time and any where. Even though account a character later, will be described included a real; aconcept and the other spirit also be exploded and you will find some philosophy of management that you never found before if you carefully. The leader visited to the site of manufacturing that different from around the table in the office and will contact and feel all of the men; products; facilities; the environment and every thing around the site directly. The feeling is really, the reaction is true and the response normally representing the spirit of the leader. The spirit including something will feed back to the men, whom interact with the leader. You will found that a success leader all ways have some character form the feed backs. On the observation we have found some conclusions as follow: 1. A success leader has the modest and studious characters. 2. A success leader has the conscientious and never stop till find out the cause curiously characters. 3. A success leader will sight on the future and carry out the strategies for the futures. 4. A success leader will seek the truth from the facts and take streamlining. 5. A success leader will try to get all of the information and disseminate the useful news in time. 6. A success leader is a disseminator of experience and never limited in the organization or the countries.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 225-243). Also available online through Digital Dissertations.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 178-190). Also available online through Digital Dissertations.