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Carter, Jackie; Brown, Mark; Simpson, Kathryn – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In British social science degree programmes, methods courses have a bad press, and statistics courses in particular are not well-liked by most students. A nationally-coordinated, strategic investment in quantitative skills training, Q-Step, is an attempt to address the issues affecting the shortage of quantitatively trained humanities and social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Social Sciences, Social Science Research
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Matthew, Susan M.; Ellis, Robert A.; Taylor, Rosanne M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
New graduate veterinarians report differing experiences of the transition to practice. Some make a rapid transition to professional autonomy while others require prolonged and extensive support from their colleagues. Factors contributing to this variation are unclear. This study used phenomenography to analyse the conceptions of and approaches to…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Research Methodology, Academic Achievement, Graduates
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Cooper, Marlene G. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2006
Clinical practice and research are generally taught separately in Master of Social Work programs by faculty with distinct areas of expertise. This paper discusses the teaching of single-subject design research methodology by clinical faculty, in the clinical practice class. Examples from student papers demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Design, Social Work