Sentences with phrase «example of action research»

This study is a great example of action research in the early childhood setting.

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Yes, we have examples of world - class innovation in Canada, from Research in Motion, Bombardier, SNC Lavalin and our banking system, but we need more - more examples and more action.

The Family Rights Group two year action - research project «Fathers Matter» which has been exploring the involvement of fathers in social care settings has now produced a number of exciting outputs, including two major reports, two conferences and a web - based discussion board for professionals, which includes examples of highly promising practice.

To choose a couple of examples, our Carbon Action 2050 initiative aims to help individuals and companies to devise and implement schemes to reduce their energy use, and we have conducted extensive and original research into corruption within the industry, and have made our findings available to the Serious Fraud Office, the Anti-Corruption Forum (which we are a member of) and Transparency International.

Some research, for example, shows that patterns of brain activity can predict our choices or actions before we become consciously aware of having made a decision, and it may be hard to reconcile this evidence with the notion of free will.

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

This is an example of prompt action by the biotechnology and scientific communities to prevent further research on a plant variety showing indications of unusual reactions.

There are too many to mention here, but examples include free twilight CPD programmes to all staff within an alliance; placement schemes for senior leaders to gain experience of working in other schools and contexts; a mentoring programme for newly - employed heads; developing innovative programmes for School Direct trainees; SLEs offering one - day diagnostics as well as longer deployments focused on increasing attainment and progress in specific subjects; and the establishment of cross-alliance research groups meeting regularly to develop action research.

The second is a set of videos on 11 topics (one example: language learning) that give viewers the ability to watch key research concepts in action.

This video gives an example of the magic that can happen, in this case, at a board - wide event focused on action research.

Schools can assess school climate in a variety of ways — for example, using focus groups; observational methods; interviews; town hall discussions; study circles; participatory action research; and student, staff, and family surveys.

In Singapore, for example, teachers have 20 hours per week scheduled to work with colleagues, including time for «action research,» through which teachers identify and solve shared problems through discussion and classroom experimentation.20 Research suggests that professional learning in many high - performing countries tends to yield positive results when it is part of a larger school effort, rather than a patchwork of isolated activities not connected to school - level research,» through which teachers identify and solve shared problems through discussion and classroom experimentation.20 Research suggests that professional learning in many high - performing countries tends to yield positive results when it is part of a larger school effort, rather than a patchwork of isolated activities not connected to school - level Research suggests that professional learning in many high - performing countries tends to yield positive results when it is part of a larger school effort, rather than a patchwork of isolated activities not connected to school - level goals.21

Hazel has kindly shared some examples of the work she has been trialling through an Action Research approach with her Year 4 class and now is ready to roll out across the school.

It would be great if you could conduct primary research and investigate the opinion of those people who were directly affected by the affirmative action (minority students and teachers, for example).

Only now, for example — after years of struggling with this issue — does FWS propose to «implement monitoring and conduct further research as needed to determine abundance and distribution of free - roaming cats throughout the Refuge, document effectiveness of management actions taken or not taken on cat populations, and determine the impacts on the ecosystems and native species to aid in the adaptive management process.»

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(See our Action Center for examples of how people are using our research.)

If such actions took place in any other field, for example pharmaceutical research and the testing of new medicines, the scientists would not only be branded unethical but would most likely be stripped of their positions by an oil or tobacco company and went on to «prove» that their products were harmless would be ridiculed and ignored.

For example, although there has been much talk of relying on «evidence - based research» as a guide to action, in reality, decisions are often made on the basis of other information, or views, or influences.

ILLEGALsigns.ca is to my way of thinking a wonderful example of the marriage of law, community action and technology — and, it would appear, no small amount of research, both street - level and legal.

The identification of high levels of needs in communities, for example, necessitates action to address the findings of this research.

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