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Taylor, Jonathan E.; Sondermeyer, Elizabeth – Adult Learning, 2023
Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle wrote of four distinct causes at play in the world we know. Those causes, the material cause, the formal cause, the efficient cause, and the final cause, were meant to refer to ontological and, by extension, epistemological concerns, and were powerful enough to be seized upon and used in some form by those of very…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Causal Models, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
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Morgan, Haydn; Parker, Andrew – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
The principles of critical pedagogy proposed by Paolo Freire have been widely cited as presenting the necessary intellectual tools to underpin sport-based programmes that are targeted towards marginalised groups. Yet, despite the widespread advocacy for Freire's educational philosophy, to date there have been few attempts to present theoretical…
Descriptors: Athletics, Individual Development, Consciousness Raising, Community Involvement
James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2023
Historically, higher learning was based on the study of the Great Works of thought of the Western canon. These works span a broad range of time, from the Classical period, to early Christianity, and the Enlightenment, all the way to the 20th century. Presently, close study of Great Works is less common at most mainstream colleges and universities.…
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, History, Higher Education, Literature
Anthony Clairmont – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Educational researchers are often tasked with postulating and measuring unknown processes that account for observed outcomes. Logically, this requires inductive reasoning about which constructs are relevant to the situation we seek to understand, prior to attempts at measurement. Exploratory mixed methods designs, along with a few classic designs…
Descriptors: Measurement, Program Evaluation, Intervention, Disproportionate Representation
Bradley Carter – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Higher education in post-independence Africa remains trapped in foreign knowledge systems, despite decades of strong cries to replace them with Afrocentric systems. The purpose of this dissertation-in-practice was to evaluate the Africanization of an undergraduate program at a college in Southern Africa. Using the CIPP Model of evaluation, a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Theological Education, African Culture, Educational Policy
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Donna M. Mertens; Bagele Chilisa – International Journal for Transformative Research, 2024
The international development community made a commitment to transformative goals related to social, economic, and environmental justice that requires them to leave no one behind. We argue that the use of transformative and indigenous frameworks for evaluation provide guidance towards achieving those goals. We provide a rationale for inclusion of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Global Approach, Transformative Learning, Social Justice
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Halida Fatimah; Somariah Fitriani; Dwi Priyono – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
The main reason for the research significance is misconceptions arising in the field when implementing Sekolah Penggerak Program, which started in 2021. Thus, the objectives of this study are to describe programs for enhancing exceptional human resources, and to explore the Kurikulum Operasional Satuan Pendidikan (Education Unit Operational…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Mentors, Human Resources
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Westwell, Guy; Ingle, Julian – Teaching in Higher Education, 2020
This article describes a project titled Mapping Contemporary Cinema (MCC) that forms part of the final year undergraduate curriculum in a film studies programme at a UK Russell Group university. The project is a distinct and innovative synthesis of critical pedagogy with research-based learning and is here considered in the light of Gert Biesta's…
Descriptors: Films, Critical Theory, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Senent, Isabela Garcia; Kelley, Kendra; Abo-Zena, Mona M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
In many contexts, early educators are pressured to adopt narrow, skill-based curricular approaches and accompanying standards and measures of accountability. Alternatively, other educators infuse holistic learning and development through the play and guided inquiry of young children. For decades, passionate educators and caregivers have studied…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Learning Theories, Child Development, Accountability
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Cameron, Kristen; Boyles, Deron – Global Education Review, 2022
Contemporary Froebelian-inspired early childhood education in the United States is challenged by government regulation and accreditation requirements that have arisen alongside neoliberalism in education. Using Critical Policy Analysis and case study examples from a preschool in Atlanta, Georgia, this paper examines the influence of neoliberalism…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Quality, Neoliberalism, Teaching Methods
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Barwood, Donna; Spears, Lachlan T.; O'Hara, Eibhlish; Penney, Dawn – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: In Australia, Initial Teacher Education Institutions (ITEIs) provide undergraduate Health and Physical (HPE) programmes that meet a number of regulatory requirements, including those of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). In addition, ITEIs…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Health Education
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Musungu, Johnstone B.; Chang'ach, John K.; Simwa, Kefa L. – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2018
Since independence in 1963, the government of Kenya through the education ministry and its agencies has been advocating for the integrated and permeation approaches to values education (VE). This is premised on the assumption that these approaches are effectual. With reference to the secondary school Life Skills Education (LSE) programme, the…
Descriptors: Values Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Daily Living Skills
Bey, Genie; McDougall, Carrie; Schoedinger, Sarah – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Environmental Literacy Program (ELP) Community Resilience Education Theory of Change communicates the overarching philosophy guiding its grants program. It can also be used to inform project-level logic models, ensuring that a project's activities, outcomes, and goals are aligned with the…
Descriptors: Literacy, Environmental Education, Educational Philosophy, Grants
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Brentnall, Catherine; Rodríguez, Iván Diego; Culkin, Nigel – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
The purpose of this article is to explore the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education (EE) programmes through the lens of realist evaluation (RE). The interest of the authoring team--a practitioner-academic mix with professional experience including developing EE in primary and secondary schools--lies with EE competitions, a type of…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education
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Owens, Larry W.; Miller, J. Jay; Grise-Owens, Erlene – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
This article describes how to develop a comprehensive teaching philosophy from articulation through implementation to evaluation. Using literature and teaching-learning experiences, we discuss pragmatic steps for using a teaching philosophy to inform, engage, and evaluate teaching-learning. We promote an integrated teaching philosophy to ensure…
Descriptors: Social Work, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, College Instruction
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