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Ilbery, Brian; Maye, Damian; Kneafsey, Moya; Jenkins, Tim; Walkley, Catherine – Journal of Rural Studies, 2004
Endemic problems in EU "lagging rural regions" (LRRs) are well documented and various support mechanisms have long been in place to help overcome structural difficulties. Nevertheless, new rural development architectures are now being sought and some scholars have posited that LRRs may benefit from the "quality (re)turn" in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food, Rural Areas, Diseases
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Slagter van Tryon, Patricia J.; Bishop, M. J. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2006
Despite the continued growth of Web-based courses, and the great promise of anytime, any place learning, it appears that Web-based instruction fails to produce the sense of "social connectedness" often highly valued in face-to-face instruction. The purpose of this study was to identify problems instructors face that impede social connectedness…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Web Based Instruction, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication
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Van den Bergh, Veerle; Mortelmans, Dimitri; Spooren, Pieter; Van Petegem, Peter; Gijbels, David; Vanthournout, Gert – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2006
Because of an increasing quality concern for higher education, additional attention is being paid to new educational principles with a more student- and competence-centred vision. Project-based education is one of the learning environments congruent with these principles. Ideally, the students in this learning environment are assessed by suitable…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Principles, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
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De Vos, Edward; Spivak, Howard; Hatmaker-Flanigan, Elizabeth; Sege, Robert D. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: Anticipatory guidance is a cornerstone of modern pediatric practice. In recognition of its importance for child well being, injury prevention counseling is a standard element of that guidance. Over the last 20 years, there has been growing recognition that intentional injury or violence is one of the leading causes of morbidity and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Violence, Public Health, Pediatrics
Thorner, Robert N.; Rudzinski, Karen – 1981
Professional requirements for physicians specializing in allergy were estimated to assist policymakers in developing guidelines for graduate medical education. In estimating service requirements for allergy, an allergy Delphi panel reviewed reference and incidence-prevalence and utilization data for 21 conditions that affect the ambulatory care…
Descriptors: Allergy, Delphi Technique, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Rudzinski, Karen; Thorner, Robert N. – 1981
Professional requirements for physicians specializing in pediatrics were estimated to assist policymakers in developing guidelines for graduate medical education. In estimating service requirements for pediatrics, the pediatrics Delphi panel reviewed reference and incidence-prevalence and utilization data for 230 conditions that affect the…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics, Graduate Medical Education
Tracy, Octavious; Birchette-Pierce, Cheryl – 1981
Professional requirements for physicians specializing in cardiology were estimated to assist policymakers in developing guidelines for graduate medical education. The determination of physician requirements was based on an adjusted needs rather than a demand or utilization model. For each illness, manpower requirements were modified by the…
Descriptors: Cardiology, Delphi Technique, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
DeBolt, Gary P. – 1989
This study attempted to elicit and organize the experience of 164 teachers who had served as mentors of novice teachers in the third year of the New York State Mentor Teacher-Internship Program. The three basic aspects of the mentoring experience investigated were: (1) the characteristics of individual mentors; (2) the activities of mentoring; and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Delphi Technique, Interpersonal Relationship
Sistrunk, Walter E. – 1986
A series of supervisory behavior studies that began at Mississippi State University in 1980 are summarized. The studies were instigated because of interest in effective supervision and dissatisfaction with an indepth literature search of supervision literature. The theories disclosed were fragmentary, contradictory, and impractical for use by…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Motivation
Shere, Daniel T.; Cannings, Terence R. – 1986
Two Delphi studies were conducted by the Ethics and Equity Committee of the International Council for Computers in Education (ICCE) to obtain the opinions of experts on areas that should be covered by ethical guides for the use of computers in education and for software development, and to develop a model code of ethics for each of these areas.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Delphi Technique, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Shea, Lawrence J. – 1981
The study examined predictions concerning the future of special education as voiced by special education administrators, special education teachers, and members of advocacy organizations for the handicapped. A Delphi survey composed of four rounds was used to elicit responses from participants and to obtain a consensus of opinion within each…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Delphi Technique, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Operach, Paul M. – 1988
The practicum had as its goals increased awareness of alternative speech and language service models in a public school setting, increased usage of the alternative models, and consensus among speech and language therapists regarding direct and indirect service models. The project design used the Delphi method (four rounds) with 16 speech and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Delivery Systems, Delphi Technique, Elementary Education
Kramer, Patricia Jane; Betz, Loren E. – 1987
There are thousands of different inservice education programs. The purposes of this study were to identify the elements of effective teacher inservice education; to measure to what degree these elements actually exist in inservice education programs reported by Texas teachers; and to develop a strategy for effective teacher inservice. A modified…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
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MacInnis, William A.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1987
The effect of stressors can impair effective intellectual functioning in dental students and act as a deterrent to learning. A study to determine the similarities and differences in the dissatisfiers of the dental school experience for current students, recent graduates and dental faculty is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Dental Schools, Dental Students, Dentistry
Triplett, Beth – Campus Activities Programming, 1988
Despite the time, risk, frustration and frequent failures, it is the element of creativity that allows the program board to be the innovators on campus. To promote a true creative spirit, programmers need to raise students' consciousness and foster continual development, not just hold one brainstorming session. (MLW)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, College Students, Creative Thinking, Creativity
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