From Policy to Practice

The purpose of this research is to gain an understanding of factors that may account for the differences between adult literacy levels in Canada and Sweden as reported in the International Adult Literacy Survey. This qualitative research compares adult education in the two countries at three levels: planning, implementation and personal experience.

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The objectives of the study are:

• To ascertain the current state of practicum/clinical programs in a variety of professional education departments/faculties in Canada;
• To compare and contrast these programs with those described in related literature on professional practicum-experiences;

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  Future Directions in Clinical Practicum Experience

• This is a study which acknowledges the significant and leading role of grand-parents in the raising of the next generation of citizens.
• This is a study of the thriving North American grandparent in the context of 21st Century economies, values, familial variation, new environmental realities and diverse circumstances.
• This study intends to bring to description the philosophies-in-action, relationships and contexts, and “best practices” of grandparents

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  Leading and Thriving Grand-parent Project

This is a three year study of the deliberative challenges, transformation of roles and relationships, and innovative responses of senior educational leaders in the context of new economy. This study intends to bring to description the philosophy-in-action, the reflection-on-action, the entrepreneurial dispositions, the strategic competencies and the pragmatic acumen expressed by senior educational leaders in the K-12 and post-secondary sector as they effectively encounter, make sense of, and engage new environmental realities.

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Purpose of Research

The purpose of this project is to explore the empirically and conceptually explore the notion of servant leadership. We are hoping to gain the insights of over 500 selected practitioners and scholars with respect to the concept, construct or metaphor of servant leadership. An integral part of our project is the analysis of a survey which gives opportunity for experts in the field of leadership studies to inform and compliment our theoretical development of the notion of servant leadership and our work with extant literature on the subject. In other words, the goal of the larger study is to bring further critical and expositional analysis and clarity to the notion of servant leadership.