Thesis (Ph. D.(Education Management and Policy Studies))-University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1975. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Elizabeth Maloney. Dissertation Committee: Mary Ramshorn. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-116).

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This research was designed to investigate whether there are any significant relationships between the individual's educational and professional backgrounds and the 1985 Florida Master Teacher Program. This study included information collected on 2,245 (72%) respondents out of 3,390 teachers who were selected as meritorious in Florida's 1985 program. Two instruments were used in data collection. One was the set of Frame Factor Data which was obtained from the Merit Teachers' Summative Observation forms. The Frame Factor Data included: method of classroom presentation, number of students in the observed classes, number of students in upper and lower academic quartiles, number of students in lower socioeconomic quartile, number of students with a learning disability, the grade level of the class, and the teachers' total number of years of teaching experience. The second instrument was a questionnaire developed to obtain demographic data from merit teachers. This questionnaire which was sent to all merit teachers, and it solicited the following information: the respondent's degree, the individual teaching certificate, professional association membership, enrollment in a college course related to their professional duties, date of birth, total years of teaching experience in Florida, and total years of experience at the same school, grade level, and subject area. The data obtained were analyzed using two procedures: (1) difference of proportions (two-tailed test) on those responses which could be answered by a simple "yes" or "no" response, and (2) chi-square goodness of fit on all multiple response items. The 0.05 level of significance was used with both statistical procedures. Significant items included the number of teachers who: graduated from a Florida teacher education program, were certified in more than one field or area, taught in a single field or area, were members of professional teachers' association, and had teaching experience only in Florida. Other significant items included: number of students in the class, total number of years of teaching experience, number of years teaching the same grade of subject area, the grade level of the students, and number of students in the upper quartile academically, and the teacher's classroom presentation method.

"This study undertakes to determine the relation existing between a group of factors and the professional tenure of graduates of the North Texas State Teachers College during a period of years extending from 1919 to 1931."--1.

Invandringen i Sverige är stor och medför kompetens som organisationer borde ta tillvara på. För att kunna ta tillvara på kompetensen som kommer med de nyanlända krävs en effektiv och lyckad integration. Syftet med undersökningen är att öka förståelsen för hur social integration går till samt vilka faktorer som påverkar den. Det finns tidigare forskning angående ämnet integration, där studiernas fokus främst ligger på individnivå. Studien är nödvändig för att öka förståelsen av integration på organisationsnivå. Studien är unik då den fokuserar på en integration mellan individer från olika kulturgemenskaper i Sverige. Forskningsansatsen är induktiv med deduktiva tendenser, med en kvalitativ flerfallstudie där undersökningen genomförts inom två organisationer där multikulturell integration pågår. Integrationen har undersökts genom 11 intervjuer, där empirsikt material har samlats in. Analysen av det empiriska materialet har gjorts med hjälp av utvalda teorier som har lett fram till följande slutsatser. En integration är en process i två steg. Det första steget innebär praktiska problem både när det kommer till organisation- och samhällsnivå. Det andra steget är något mer komplext då det innefattar personliga känslor angående delaktighet och samhörighet. Det är individens känsla som mäter hur nära klimax integrationen är vilket medför att graden av integration är svår att mäta. Då graden är svår att mäta medför det svårigheter att veta om full integration går att uppnå. Det finns många faktorer som påverkar integrationsprocessen bland annat: kommunikation, ömsesidighet, nationell eller internationell kultur i organisationen och ledaren. Ledaren i en organisation har ansvar att hjälpa den nyanlända. Vid kunskap om hur integrationsprocessen går till har ledare större möjlighet att agera rätt för effektiv och lyckad integration. En lyckad integration är viktig för multikulturella organisationer för att nyttja kompetens, verka ändamålsenligt och tillfredsställa den växande mångkulturella marknaden. / Immigration in Sweden is ongoing, therefore the relevance of this study is illustrated by Sweden’s modern political environment. Efficient, effective integration of immigrants involves applying an immigrant’s useful skills for the benefit of organizations and the community. The purpose of our study is to increase the understanding of how effective social integration works and also identifying important factors that influence the process. The study is unique in its focus on the social integration of Sweden’s growing immigrant population at the organizational level. The research approach is inductive with deductive tendencies. The integration process is a qualitative multiple case study that has been analyzed through 11 interviews within two organizations. Empirical data gathered in these interviews added to preexisting theories have led us to the following conclusions. Integration is a two-step process. The first involves practical problems both within the community and within the organization. The second step is more complex and includes individual feelings about the degree of participation and belonging. In the second step it’s difficult to measure the degree of integrational level . The complexity of the measurement makes it hard to know if full integration is possible to achieve. Some of the factors that affect integration process are: communication, reciprocity, national or international culture of the organization and the leader. A leader of an organization has a responsibility to help immigrants. With the knowledge about how the integration process works leaders have a bigger opportunity to act in a way that helps the process to become successful. Successful integration is essential for multi-cultural organizations to utilize the skills available to operate efficiently and satisfy the needs of a multicultural labor market.

This project contributes to the research and development studies towards successful commissioning of the SuperKEKB electron-positron collider. This accelerator and storage rings complex aims at delivering the high-luminosity collisions of beams of electrons and positrons needed for the Belle II experiment. Such beams produce parasitic radiation—called “machine-induced backgrounds”, or simply “beam backgrounds” — that have detrimental effects on the experimental apparatus performance and durability. The Beast II effort is dedicated to measuring the beam backgrounds, and aims at testing the predictive power of the background models that were used in various phases of the Belle II design. A second objective is to ensure that the environment is safe for the detector prior to installing it around the beam lines. A major component of beam backgrounds consists of electromagnetic radiation. This study focusses on measuring this radiation at the location of the Belle II electromagnetic calorimeter. The measurements were achieved by placing scintillator crystals at positions representative of the Belle II calorimeter crystals that are the closest to the beam lines, and comparing the data with predictions for different operating parameters of the accelerator. Different phenomena related to machine backgrounds were observed: vacuum scrubbing, the electron-cloud effect, injection-related noise, beam-gas scattering and Touschek losses. Studies on the positron ring showed average background levels 13.5 +/- 3.5 times larger than simulation, whereas that ratio reached O(100-1000) for the electron ring. In the latter, the large uncertainty on the pressure measurements and the gas constituents limit the predictive power of the measurements. Radiation shields were also designed, fabricated, delivered and installed in the detector to protect the electromagnetic calorimeter from radiation coming from the beam lines. / Graduate

Review of Ancestry & Ethnicity in America, 2013 : A Comparative Guide to over 200 Ethnic Backgrounds 2nd Ed. Grey House. 2012. 2v, 1592379974, $295.00