Sentences with phrase «action research challenges»

Action research challenges leaders to look at what you have, ask what it is telling you and devise a course of action.

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She also coaches Challenge Success school teams in their visions and action plans for change, and supports research and student engagement strategies.

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The Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Research Unit, Ministry of Finance, Dr. Millicent deGraft - Johnson who spoke on the governments short to medium - term development programme said it was aimed at providing opportunities for growth and job creation through the private sector, and had developed concrete reform actions to tackle key challenges to private investment such as ensuring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability, improving the ease of doing business and enhancing access to affordable and long - term financing and de-risking instruments.

The goals of EPSCoR are to engage across different fields of study to address environmental and energy challenges and to educate on the benefits of the research; develop new ways of thinking and action through targeting education programs, focusing on long - term sustainability; build competitive research teams, and integrate new initiatives into our institutions.

To increase opportunities for research, education and training that strengthen scientific capacities in developing countries to understand, communicate and motivate action on critical global environmental change challenges.

Brunsell discusses themes from five different action - research projects in blended classrooms, illustrating some of the benefits of and challenges to blending online social learning opportunities with traditional face - to - face discussion.

As I went onto the Internet to find out the latest research on global warming, I came upon a call for help: Gore had set up a nonprofit organization, the Climate Project, to spread awareness and challenge citizens and governments to take action to combat global warming.

Dr Warren's thesis, A Non-Authoritarian Approach To Secondary School Pedagogy: A Critical Action Research Project, informs the methodology and addresses the challenge of assisting educators engage a classroom and improve their performance to the benefit of their own careers and student experience and attainment.

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

I would argue through extensive classroom based action research I've personally undertaken, pitching learning to the top makes it easier for me to scaffold up and distill content down, thus meeting the diverse learning needs of my students posing a higher level of challenge.

«This means recognizing the unique challenges facing rural districts and confronting them head on with actions aligned with the research.»

Our practice With the ARCS Framework for Sustainable School Improvement at the heart of its work, Communities for Learning invests in research that inspires schools to set challenging goals as they aspire to be the very best that they can be; enables them to ask difficult questions as they probe self - identified strengths, issues and needs; supports them with experiences and tools that develop both individual and organizational expertise; empowers them to innovate and take the actions necessary to achieve their vision.

Minigrants of $ 2,000 fund action research in the partner schools to support best practice and address local challenges.

We will go beyond a traditional retrospective synthesis of the findings from existing research to a prospective envisionment of the challenges the future holds and the critical role that research must play in setting a productive course of action.

This election season has created the opportunity to challenge our own mental models and marry 21st century skills with critical pedagogy, allowing students to express themselves through writing, fact finding, action research, analyzing the authenticity of text, communicating with elected officials, and engaging in debate from both their own and others» perspectives.

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Green Ambassadors: a required class in which students learn to take action to solve an environmental challenge, and Senior Thesis: a graduation requirement and the last course in the college prep course sequence, in which students research a social or environmental injustice and then take action to solve it!

Research for Action is working with diverse stakeholders in Pittsburgh, PA to explore current successes and challenges related to the implementation of the city's mixed - delivery system for early childhood education programs through ongoing partnership between...

All candidates are divided into regional Inquiry Groups, which meet regularly and continually communicate on - line to discuss readings, problem - based activities and day - to - day challenges, and to support each other with peer reviews and feedback related to action research, job embedded, and school - based projects.

Longitudinal studies in ECEC: challenges of translating research into policy action.

Working with adults as partners, students must identify challenges, research the issues, identify and create strategies, facilitate action, and infuse reflection throughout activities.

Rich Richels, an economist at the Electric Power Research Institute who focuses on climate and energy, said the real challenge is turning this or any other plan for China and the United States into prompt action on the ground.

Powered by the EcoChallenge platform, and featuring over 80 actions across seven Drawdown Solution categories, participants in this special challenge will experience Drawdown's meticulous research like never before.

As the discussion showed, there is already plenty of information available on blue carbon stocks — the challenge now is to put the research into action as policy.

A research initiative that mapped decisions by town managers in Maine to sources of climate information, engineering design, mandated requirements, and calendars identified the complex, multi-jurisdictional challenges of widespread adaptation for even such seemingly simple actions as using larger culverts to carry water from major storms.116 To help towns adapt culverts to expected climate change over their lifetimes, the Sustainability Solutions Initiative is creating decision tools to map culvert locations, schedule maintenance, estimate needed culvert size, and analyze replacement needs and costs.

Millions of dollars spent on scientific research comes to the same conclusions our elders warned us of years ago — that «Combatting climate change is an urgent common challenge for the international community and requires immediate global action».

Several of these institutions are also participating in the Climate Leadership Network, a larger group of colleges and universities that have made a commitment to «take action on climate and prepare students through research and education to solve the challenges of the 21st century.»

This process allows the coach and client to cohesively identify the correct situational challenge through targeted research, self - leadership introspection, resolving barriers that create negative conflict, and identifying the proper actions that leads to meeting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time - bound (S.M.A.R.T.) Goals.

Retail Sales Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Oversee customer service and sales staff ensuring efficient, effective, and profitable operations Design and implement staff development programs to enhance sales and customer service skills Train employees in corporate branding and company policies and procedures Consistently meet or exceed sales goals through networking, in person sales, trade shows, and other tactics Develop and implement company marketing, public relations, and promotional strategies Identify company operational challenges and overcome obstacles through strong managerial skills Represent company brand with poise, integrity, and positivity Develop a rapport with customers and orient them to various products and services Encourage high customer retention by maintaining friendly, supportive contact with existing clients Study internal literature to become an expert on products and services Interact with support staff and company resources effectively to create the best consumer experience Conduct research on prospective leads and existing clients to assist in developing sales strategies Craft effective sales presentations and proposals, tailoring them to clients based on their specific needs and styles Collaborate with junior level sales people to develop action plans to govern their performance Maintain comprehensive records detailing pricings, sales, activities reports, and other pertinent data Strictly adhere to budgets and schedules Oversee multimillion dollar inventory and product replenishment Manage company financial records providing detailed, accurate account of transactions and financial health Provide additional operational support including communications, data entry, and other tasks as needed