Comparisons must also be made to other similar ethnographies, perhaps those based at other educational institutions or research carried out on students, say thirty years ago. ... It is impossible for the researcher to take an objective and neutral stance, instead they are forced like everyone else, to describe events as they see them and not as they really are. This is explained by Denscombe, (1998,p73): "How far can my description of the culture or event depict things from the point of view of those involved when I can only use my own way of seeing things, my own conceptual tools, to m...

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Much less, however, commercialization is carried out in the form of new businesses, whether start-up or spin-off. ... By nature, they are university research "early stage" and do not focus on the market. ... This is due to the fact that practically useful models are created over time, evolve in different environments and are complementary with regard to basic needs and practical ways and take advantage of the real opportunities that they offer to carry out. ... It should be taken into account in the event of a decision to carry out a similar survey in the Slovenian area. ... They manage the in...

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James Watt a sociological thinker of his time, states that this would be the day that they would often find themselves too drunk to be able to go to work, so they worked harder during the week, setting their own incentives, so they could have the day off. ... Natural soldiering was mans tendency to take things easy, and systematic soldiering was the "deliberate and organised restriction of the work-rate by employees." ... The employees believed that if they worked slower they could earn more on a piece rate system. ... Employers assumed that employees were meant to carry out their orders, an...

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It is mandatory for students to show how well they know their area of study and contribute to the general frontiers of such area of study. ... Methodology on the other hand is simply the way, procedure or system of carrying out the research. ... This then means that if developing countries want to move from the stage they are in to the next stage, they must put more efforts in research. ... The operational definition removes the concept from the feelings and intuitions of a particular individual and allows it to be tested by anyone who can carry out the measurable operations.... Parsimony: Par...

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Today, we take these discoveries for granted, as if they appeared by magic out of thin air. ... Nor, do they understand the principles and procedures of inquiry well enough to promote, both old and new ideas. Coupled with this apathy for all things scientific, is a lack of wonder about the natural world and all that it has to offer. 21st Century Math and Science Education in Preparation of a Workforce There is a drastic decline (15%) in the number of college graduates who receive degrees in engineering or the natural sciences (SCANS, 1991). ... These skills are transferable, in that they mi...

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They dealt with skills and concepts needed to support the educational uses of computers in schools (and to some extent in business and industry). During the 1970s, the use of computers for education was quite limited, and many programs attempted to be all things to all people. ... They include the specialized journals, Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, and Journal of Information Technology and Teacher Education, as well as the Technology and Teacher Education Annual, published by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education...

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