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Direct linkMohamed Emam, Mahmoud – Support for Learning, 2016
Inclusive education (IE) and the special education services related to it are relatively new in Oman. Efforts to manage special/inclusive education face many challenges due to a number of culturally rooted factors. Further, empirical research on IE in Oman is scarce and there is a need to advance IE discourse based on empirically validated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Special Education, Program Administration
Miller, Barbara; Pasley, Joan – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2012
Knowledge derived from practice forms a significant portion of the knowledge base in the education field, yet is not accessible using existing empirical research methods. This paper describes a systematic, rigorous, grounded approach to collecting and analysing practice-based knowledge using the authors' research in teacher leadership as an…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research
Download full textChand, Rajni K. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
Listening skills research has tended to focus on strategy use in classrooms and on theory and practice of second language (L2) teachers. This study examined the teachers' and learners' perceptions of listening skills in non-classroom learning situations. Five (n = 5) study skills teachers and 19 former learners in a distance study skills course at…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Study Skills
Padak, Nancy; Padak, Gary – 1994
This paper, which is intended to assist adult literacy practitioners interested in conducting research about their programs, discusses the four stages of the action research process: identifying questions to guide the research, collecting information to answer the questions, analyzing the information collected, and sharing the results with others.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Data Analysis
Funnell, Robert, Ed. – 1996
This handbook, which was written by researchers with expertise in Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) system, provides background information about the following: approaches to research in vocational education and training (VET); the range of methods normally used in research and their the application to VET; and procedures for…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Cranton, Patricia – 2000
This book integrates what is known about how adults learn and the principles of instructional design into a practical, yet theoretically based guide for planning instruction. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the theoretical framework of instructional design in adult education (lifelong and experiential learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
