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Ethnographic Research in Education

Ethnographic research is a naturalistic, observational method that produces real descriptions of context and culture. It alternates between a narrow and a broad focus. Ethnographers study a wide range of subjects, including, individual behavior, environmental conditions, and shared, taken-for-granted patterns of belief. In ethnography, researchers engage systematically with those they are studying by participating in […]

Employee Incentive Programs: How the Reward System is Moving to the Corporate Level

At the age of 15, I held my first job. My only incentive for giving up my weekly time was money. After that, for eight years in the retail industry, the incentive of money was still held, much more so with the bills. and rents now to be paid. In addition, I always looked at […]

Formal Business Planning

The basic or formal planning process provides employees a clear path to the future goals of his or her organization. Planning is a systematic process of making decisions about goals that will be pursued in the future (Bateman, 2004). Planning goals is a decision process that includes important systematic steps needed to achieve that goal. […]

Behavior Modification of Classroom Rule by Use of a Token Economy Reward System

Controlling the behaviors of young children who spend long hours in the preschool setting may be a disheartening task for the typically uncertified and minimally educated teacher. Prior research has shown that the use of an individual contingency token system proves to be an effective method for increasing positive student behaviors (Shapiro & Goldberg, 1986). […]