What is Practice

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The actual performance of a particular idea, official agreement, a plan or activity. Learn more in: Global University Rankings in European Higher Education Policy and Practice: Institutional and National Responses From Slovenia and the Netherlands

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The result of the transformation made by an actor of a procedure for taking into account the specificity of a given context. This is a contextualization of a procedure. Learn more in: Context-Based Explanations for E-Collaboration

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Set of activities oriented towards achieving specific goals. Learn more in: Qualitative Research on Practice in Small Software Companies

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The how, what, and why of an instructor’s focus on facilitating student learning and developing curriculum for the classroom. Learn more in: Creating Community Through the Teaching of Multicultural Literature Online

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Activity, behavior, or action, which is usually or regularly done, often as a habit, tradition, or custom. It is realized to achieve a pre-specified goal. It is human activity, realized manually or technically supported. Learn more in: Business Autopoiesis Through Process Referencing

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To live according to the customs and teachings of a religion (see Merriam-Webster Online ). Learn more in: Texting and Christian Practice

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Practices are intended to capture the key essences of individual processes as specific items that can be assessed easily in a given institutional context. They specify the general concept defined by the process in detail so as to assist in the assessment of capability in that process. The practices are intended to be sufficiently generic that they can reflect the use of different pedagogies, technologies and organisational cultures. Each process is defined in this way by practices that address each of the five dimensions of the eMM. Learn more in: E-Learning Standards: Beyond Technical Standards to Guides for Professional Practice

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Herein, “practice” is “practical acting” or “a certain kind of acting: an active intentional consciousness of thoughtful human interaction”. In the “everyday life in classrooms, the thousand and one things that teachers do, say, or do-not-do, all have normative significance. Not only the ends or goals of education but also the means and methods used all have pedagogical value and consequences for learning”. In the case of this study, “the classroom” is configured online, and the human interactions are mediated by technology ( van Manen, 1995 , pp. 6-7). Learn more in: Arranging and Rearranging Practice in Digital Spaces: Professional Learning amongst Teacher Educators

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Language practice refers to the practice of working with languages. It means how language is presented and performed. Learn more in: English as a Lingua Franca: Approaches to Bridge the Gap Between Theory and Practice

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An activity, performance or exercise intended to become more proficient. Learn more in: The Adoption and Transformation of Capability Maturity Models in Government

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The doing involved in learning professional skills. Learn more in: Understanding Tacit Knowledge in Decision Making

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Practice is the application of a procedure (established by the head of the organization) by an actor that takes into account the situation and the context in which the procedure must be applied. Learn more in: Contextualization in Decision Making and Decision Support

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The process of carrying out actions, putting thoughts and knowledge into play to achieve a future goal. Learn more in: Innovation, Critical Pedagogy, and Appreciative Feedback: A Model for Practitioners

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Performing certain activities in order to become better at them, sometimes synonymous with training. Learn more in: An Extended Study on Training and Physical Exercise in Esports

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A certain code of conduct that takes the major trend in an organization Learn more in: E-Government Strategy in Turkey: A Case for m-Government?