NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)2
Since 2006 (last 20 years)8
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tirosh, Dina; Tsamir, Pessia; Levenson, Esther – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
The issue of sustaining and scaling up professional development for mathematics teachers raises several fundamental issues for researchers. This commentary addresses various definitions for sustainability and scaling up and how these definitions may affect the design of programs as well as the design of research. We consider four of the papers in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Performance Factors, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Dupuy, Kendra; Bezu, Sosina; Knudsen, Are; Halvorsen, Sandra; Kwauk, Christina; Braga, Amanda; Kim, Helyn – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation requires learning different types of knowledge and skills in formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts. Since the advent of the Education for All initiative in 1990, the international community has recognized that in…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Informal Education, Adolescents, Females
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miranda, Paula; Isaias, Pedro; Costa, Carlos J.; Pifano, Sara – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: As e-Learning 3.0 evolves from a theoretical construct into an actual solution for online learning, it becomes crucial to accompany this progress by scrutinising the elements that are at the origin of its success. Background: This paper outlines a framework of e-Learning 3.0's critical success factors and its empirical validation.…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Success, Qualitative Research, Performance Factors
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nurius, Paula S.; Kemp, Susan P. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Contemporary research models are becoming increasingly transdisciplinary (TD), multilevel, community-connected, and bent on expediting the movement of research to impact. This requires not only fresh thinking about the science of social work but an educational architecture that fosters both cross-disciplinary understanding of complex underlying…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Student Research, Research Projects, Research Methodology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yousey-Elsener, Kimberly; Keith, Diana Richter; Ripkey, Staci Lynne – About Campus, 2010
Going green? For many, this phrase has a definitive ending, such as an "!" or a strong "." For the authors, the journey began with the questions: (1) What should students be "learning" about sustainability?; and (2) How do we know that they "are" learning? Their journey to understand the relationship between student learning and sustainability…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Sustainability, Knowledge Level, College Outcomes Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wood, Ann L.; Stanulis, Randi Nevins – New Educator, 2009
The purpose of this essay is to describe quality teacher induction that has evolved from "fourth-wave" (1997-2006) teacher induction program development and research. A definition of quality induction is proposed, and a set of induction goals and components are outlined. Understandings gained from fourth-wave programs are described, including ways…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Educational Quality, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stoecker, Randy; Willis, Catherine; Lersch, Art – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Those who work to develop and manage community-based leadership programs have long been concerned with how to sustain them--to keep them healthy and useful. But focusing on how to sustain programs requires exploring what sustainability means. This paper reports on interviews with 41 community-based leadership education program coordinators. In…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Community Leaders, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews
Abouserie, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Refaat – Online Submission, 2009
This study explored the state of bachelor's degree offered at top Library and Information Science schools in the United States in 2009. Schools selected were accredited on the Master's level and ranked as top five Library and Information Science schools by the American Library Association, ALA. The study embraced the comparative analysis…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Distance Education, Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Study