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Sankaran, Siva; Wedel, Thomas L. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2020
This teaching case addresses the design of a database that fulfills the complex requirements found at the Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan, an actual entity. With the goal of challenging students to think analytically and to apply information systems concepts and tools to real world situations, the case study was appropriately structured to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Databases, Films, Industry
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Chukwuere, Joshua Ebere – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Student voice in this digital age and across higher learning institutions is increasing exponentially with the function of social media. Student voice provides a vibrant communication pathway to extended curriculum programme students in higher education institutions. Social media ensures active participation of extended curriculum programme…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Media, Higher Education, Educational Experience
Griffith, David – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2017
Research confirms what common sense dictates: Students learn less when their teachers aren't there. According to multiple studies, a ten-day increase in teacher absence results in at least ten fewer days of learning for students. Clearly, some absences are unavoidable--teachers are only human. But compared to their counterparts in other industries…
Descriptors: Employee Absenteeism, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Teacher Attendance
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Chudgar, Amita – Comparative Education Review, 2015
This article investigates the association between studying with a contract teacher and a student's academic outcomes, using data from five Francophone African countries for two grade levels and two subjects. Based on this analysis, the evidence for or against this form of teacher hiring is inconclusive. The results indicate that these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Teacher Characteristics, Context Effect
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Deacon, Roger; Osman, Ruksana; Buchler, Michelle – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
This article reports on findings pertaining to scholarship in education policy drawn from a wider study on all education research in South Africa from 1995 to 2006. This study, which defined education research as broadly pertaining to teaching and/or learning, obtained extensive data from a wide range of sources, including universities, public…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Museums, Publishing Industry, Databases
Wong, Kenneth K.; Shen, Francis X. – National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2006
This paper provides a new outlook on the charter school policy environment, however, by re-examining more closely the layers of legal provisions in states' charter laws. Consistent with the first wave of charter school literature which found charter school politics to be complicated and often working at cross-purposes, the authors provide evidence…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Laws, Databases, Political Influences