Sentences with phrase «in focus group discussion»

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AEDE, Liberia • South Africa 2007 — Present Deputy Executive Director Manage project approval documentation and project studies completed by staff an outside consultants and partner in focus group discussion for SMEs development studies regarding climate change resilience and gender mainstream workshops for complex $ 2.25 MM agricultural project in Liberia West Africa for 2,000 farmers focused on commercial value chain for SMEs.

The women and girls who participated in the focus group discussion hailing from various IDPs2 camps in Mogadishu said they live under fear due to abuses by armed groups members especially when going to the bush to collect firewood with some of them being raped or assaulted to extent that some have opted to sending their male children or relatives to the bush to collect firewood.

The grey areas indicate underlying domains (PK, CK, TK, PCK) that we inferred from the data but were not reflected in the focus group discussions.

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He co-founded a group called BetterTO to organize discussions on issues facing the city — the first, held in March, focused on housing.

He was able to keep the discussion largely on the topics he likes to focus on, and he made a number of points that will resonate with progressives, not a small voting group in New York.

They're found by using keywords in the search section on social sites as well as in groups and discussion areas in your area of interest or focus.

Our personalised agenda of private investment meetings, structured networking and interactive discussion groups and keynote speeches provides an exclusive opportunity for attendees to focus on the best global opportunities in an immersive two day event.

In a statement, the healthcare services company focused on providing stem cell services, noted that it has been in discussion with its financial advisers with a view to a fundraising, in the absence of which the group is at risk of not being able to continue trading as a going concerIn a statement, the healthcare services company focused on providing stem cell services, noted that it has been in discussion with its financial advisers with a view to a fundraising, in the absence of which the group is at risk of not being able to continue trading as a going concerin discussion with its financial advisers with a view to a fundraising, in the absence of which the group is at risk of not being able to continue trading as a going concerin the absence of which the group is at risk of not being able to continue trading as a going concern.

Sara Sutton Fell led a competency workshop on «Mobilizing Your Remote Workforce» as well as a discussion group on Digital Changes in Society focused on Employment to an international group of leaders from corporate, nonprofit, NGO, and educational organizations.

After finishing its discussion of a passage from the Hebrew Bible, the group began focusing on a passage from Matthew's Gospel in which Jesus instructs his questioners to «render unto Caesar what is Caesar's.»

As the constructive image suggests, my first focus of method lies in small group discussion.

The questions about religion and public life, those calling for «public» discussion, no longer focus on the verifiability of religious speech but concern quite other issues: methods of understanding and describing the religious realities, old and new, that we see appearing around us; useful criteria for assessing these religions and for defining and comprehending this new set of powers in our public life; and ways of protecting vital religious groups from the excesses of the public reaction to them, and protecting the public from the excesses of powerful religious groups — hardly questions a secular culture had thought it would have to take seriously!

In addition, I trained three of these five to serve as leaders of what I called peer - led discussion groups (focus groups organized and led by teens for which I was not present) and then directed three more focus groups with parents of teens.

Learning to learn has become the primary focus of my classroom work, and this focus is expressed in such methods as dividing large classes into rotating discussion groups; assigning shorter, more frequent written work that can be rewritten; structuring group oral examination experiences; and stressing the application of what is learned to other disciplines and life situations.

This philosophy should be emphasized at these points and others during growth groups: in the publicity inviting participation — for example, «This retreat will have a double purpose, to provide opportunities for us to enrich our own marriages and to discover our capacities to strengthen and encourage each other»; during the establishing of the group contract, near the beginning, when the discussion focuses on the nature of marriage growth; during the evaluation — for example, «How did we support and encourage each other's growth?»

Each guest will participate in group and one - to - one discussions focused on strengthening food writing skills and exploring individual food writing goals.

Qualitative findings from interviews and focus group discussions with labour ward staff imply that providers do not necessarily know women's preferences, and are hesitant in allowing women to be mobile because of concern over their safety and the restrictive ward environment.

«Message bank» development was based on literature review and in - depth interviews / focus group discussion with pregnant women, new mothers and healthcare providers.

The particular harm is that underlying «trend factors» built in to projections on year - to - year spending changes become a self - fulfilling base from which the discussion on the budget begins... for example, a change from $ 9 billion to $ 12 billion in actual proposed spending on a program area doesn't become the focus, if the «projected out - year» for that program had its expected growth going to $ 13.5 billion — instead of anaylyzing why there is 33 percent growth in that program, the interest groups and journalists cover that as a «cut» of $ 1.5 billion.

Grey - Owens told Gay City News at that time that transgender advocates were already in discussions about forming a trans - focused advocacy group — with the ability to make political donations — to ensure that GENDA and other issues of specific concern to their community would be prioritized by Democratic legislators in Albany.

Researchers conducted 3,269 household surveys, more than 100 focus group discussions and open interviews about the economic, social and cultural losses incurred by a changing climate in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Micronesia, Mozambique and Nepal.

The initiative included independent focus and discussion groups organized by the committee and the Duke Administrative Women's Network to identify the causes for gender disparities in the workplace.

In focus groups, he found that many patients still weren't entirely clear on the implications of certain financial arrangements after hours of discussion, and he worries that even simple statements might not be understood or taken into account properly when patients are deciding whether or not to participate in a clinical triaIn focus groups, he found that many patients still weren't entirely clear on the implications of certain financial arrangements after hours of discussion, and he worries that even simple statements might not be understood or taken into account properly when patients are deciding whether or not to participate in a clinical triain a clinical trial.

They used in - depth interviews and conducted focus group discussions to arrive at their results.

The researchers used focus groups comprising homeowners who answered questions and participated in discussions.

The influence of lobby groups on the current public and political discussion does not bode well that we can prevent or substantially decrease their influence in the near future, when they may call to focus on geoengineering instead of emission reduction strategies (rather than focus on both, but in reverse order).

Maren Monsen, Director of the Stanford Program in Bioethics in Film, will present a screening of her documentary film «Rare», which focuses on a rare genetic disorder, and discussion of the importance of patient advocacy groups and clinical trials process in the United States.

The conference will feature leading experts on a range of topics including the latest in dementia science and care, presentations by people with dementia and their care partners, discussions on prevention, diagnosis, engaging minority groups and a unique focus on how technology and innovation is shaping the future.

The following expert advisors provide one stream of input in the process, alongside the thousands of voices inside and outside of yoga who will offer their viewpoints through surveys, focus groups, online discussion forums, and other channels.

Through asana and pranayama, self - reflection, subtle body alignment, meditation, and group discussions on acceptance, presence, and allowing, you expose and clear expressions of dense emotions and focus your energy in a love - based approach to life that offers greater clarity of mind.

Short written essays or small - group discussion exercises that focus on heroic literary characters are an excellent way, particularly for younger students, to reflect on resilience and the role it plays in life success.

Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge of «propaganda» through a discussion - based starter task; - Using an interactive, out - of - seat, group activity to build understanding of the features of propaganda; - Reading chapters 7 and 8 with a particular focus on the character of Squealer, and demonstrating their understanding through a related activity sheet; - Developing their understanding of Squealer's actions, and finding textual evidence to back this up, through a scaffolded, retrieval activity; - Using their imaginative and creative skills, in addition to their knowledge of Squealer and propaganda posters, to construct their own propaganda poster for Animal Farm; - Peer assessing their partners» learning attempts.

Hehir focused on a group that might not typically be expected to be considered in a discussion of catastrophe or communities of color: the disabled.

Last month's annual convention of the American Vocational Association featured plenary sessions focusing on the wording of regulations governing federally funded programs, but discussions in several small - group sessions pointed toward the wholesale changes in programs that the Congress envisioned when it rewrote the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act.

He supplements this analysis with insights from focus group discussions with rural Hispanic students in Idaho to better understand why these students are falling behind their peers on the path to college and career.

Opinion that the program had strong leadership which helped its successful implementation; Focus on meeting social, emotional, physical, and intellectual needs through the program; Details of the program, including its grouping of students from various age groups and use of hands - on experiences; Discussion of the impact the program had in various areas, such as students» self - esteem and attitudes about school and learning.

More than 2,200 students shared their experiences in an online survey or during focus group discussions.

In her pre-observation focus meeting, she asks each of her three observers to sit with a group and record students» dialogue during small - group discussions.

Throughout the evening, we had additional small - group discussions, caucus - style voting, and ultimately decided that E4E - Chicago would focus on Teacher Evaluation as our main policy topic in 2015 - 2016.

To this end, we launched a city - wide survey this month, and are facilitating focus groups discussions, of Oakland teachers in order to lift up teachers» voices across our city and spark a conversation about teacher engagement and retention in our city.

We began by conducting interviews and focus group discussions, guided in part by the work of the Public Agenda Foundation (Johnson and Immerwahl 1994).

In order to accomplish this, these schools conducted a variety of activities, including student focus groups, in - class discussions, and student involvement in staff traininIn order to accomplish this, these schools conducted a variety of activities, including student focus groups, in - class discussions, and student involvement in staff traininin - class discussions, and student involvement in staff traininin staff training.

When developing our policy recommendations, we conducted interviews, held focus groups, surveyed colleagues, and participated in a panel discussion with parent leaders in the district.

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.

The school uses a «personalized learning» model in which each student spends a portion of the day (often half a day or more) learning online, and a portion of the day in «workshops» with in - person teachers focused on higher - order thinking skills, high - priority or challenging topics, small - group discussions, and projects.

Recently AYPF has provided several contributions to the Ready for Success Blog, including posts discussing the data sharing system in Metro Nashville Public Schools, as well as a recent discussion group focusing on career academies.

In turn, that brings us to perhaps the most powerful lesson to emerge from our focus group discussions: While we learned much about the strengths and ideals that black teachers tend to bring to their work, we were struck mainly by the urgent need to support those teachers professionally and help them build long, productive, and satisfying careers in the public schoolIn turn, that brings us to perhaps the most powerful lesson to emerge from our focus group discussions: While we learned much about the strengths and ideals that black teachers tend to bring to their work, we were struck mainly by the urgent need to support those teachers professionally and help them build long, productive, and satisfying careers in the public schoolin the public schools.

Here, we present the main themes and ideas to emerge from these discussions (and in forthcoming work we will share what we heard in focus groups with Hispanic teachers).

The IFL staff then focused the discussion on the application of accountable talk in mathematics instruction, eventually breaking the group into subgroups to code examples of this talk in transcripts of teaching sessions.

We're seeing a focus on learning and group discussions among teachers, as well as more collaboration between teachers and administrators, and it's important to keep everybody working together and all oars in the water.»