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    What are the indicators of a successful international school partnership : developing an operationalized theoretical standard

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    This research develops a standard against which international school partnerships can be evaluated and assesses its applicability using the outcomes from a school partnership programme. The development of the 'successful school partnerships standard' for international links utilises a large literature review that incorporates good practice guidance and research into international partnerships. The study provides the UK educational context for international school partnerships and identifies areas where such partnerships can deliver school improvement. These educational drivers for school partnerships are mapped onto the 'successful school partnerships standard' to determine whether it provides a valid framework for comparing policy and practice. The 'standard' is assessed through its application as a means of evaluating to what extent the European-funded Comenius school partnerships programme can be deemed successful. The study builds an evaluation framework based on the 'standard' to assess the quality of the outcomes and impact of Comenius school partnerships and to consider whether the European-focused school partnerships differ in any important aspect from other global partnership programmes. Mixed methods are used to assess the secondary data from the Comenius school partnership programme. Key findings from the study include: 1. The 'successful school partnerships standard' provides a useful framework for comparing school partnerships against the educational landscape 2. Comenius partnerships demonstrate a close alignment with the 'successful school partnerships standard' 3. Analysis of the Comenius data identifies the programme as an effective vehicle to support the delivery of two major education initiatives: 3.1 Developing a workforce with the necessary skills to live and work in a global economy: using the evaluation schedule the impact of Comenius school partnerships on learners is excellent 3.2 Providing professional development for teachers: 75% of the Comenius schools' 483 final reports in 2010 rated the partnership highly for its impact on staff development that increased: • leadership and management skills • pedagogical expertise • staff motivation • knowledge and understanding of other countries and cultures

    09141 Abstracts Collection -- Web Application Security

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    From 29th March to 3rd April 2009 the Dagstuhl Seminar 09141 Web Application Security was held in Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz Center for Informatics. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar are put together in this paper. Links to full papers (if available) are provided in the corresponding seminar summary document

    Morehead State University 1989 Alumni Directory

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    1989 Alumni Directory of Morehead State University.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/college_histories/1185/thumbnail.jp

    Assessing the potential of national strategies for electronic health records for population health monitoring and research

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    "Initiated in October 2004, this project builds upon two previous reports that portray a new landscape for health statistics: Shaping a Health Statistics Vision for the 21st Century: The Final Report, a joint report developed by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Data Council (Friedman, Hunter, Parrish 2002); and Information for Health: A Strategy for Building the National Health Information Infrastructure, a report released by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (2001)." - p. 1"The purpose of this report is to assess the potential of national strategies for electronic health records for population health monitoring and research. The emphasis in this report is upon those types of population health monitoring typically used to develop health statistics, such as population-based registries, population-based surveys, and administrative health data, rather than those types of population health monitoring used to detect health events and diseases for the purposes of immediate public health interventions. More specifically, this report has a fourfold purpose: first, to describe the current status of national strategies for electronic health records and their supporting national health information infrastructures in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand, especially as those national strategies relate to population health monitoring to produce health statistics and research employing health statistics; second, to summarize themes about the potential contributions, and barriers to those contributions, of national strategies for electronic health records for population health monitoring and research and barriers that emerged from key informant interviews with experts in the same four countries; third to summarize themes emerging from key informant interviews with U.S. experts; and fourth, to delineate major fundamental issues in the relationship between national strategies for electronic health records and population health and monitoring." -.p. 1-21. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Factors impacting on national strategies for electronic health records -- 4. Nation snapshots: Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand -- 5. Common themes in interviews with expert informants in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand -- 6. Common themes in interviews with expert informants in the U.S. -- 7. Fundamental issues in the relationship of national strategies for electronic health records to population health monitoring and research -- References -- Acronyms and glossary -- Tables -- Figures -- Appendix 1. Structured search criteria -- Appendix 2. Journals and newsletters reviewed -- Appendix 3.Typical interview guide (English expert) -- Appendix 4. Key informants"January 2006."Author: Daniel J. Friedman, Population and Public Health Information Services.Also available via the World Wide Web.Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-70)
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