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McMahon, Kelly A. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Federal school accountability policies like No Child Left Behind were based on a logic that measuring school performance and making the results public through tools like school report cards would incentivize educators to create strategies for improving school quality. Yet, most schools needed more than incentives to be able to design improvement…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Henning, John E.; Rice, Linda J.; Dani, Danielle E.; Weade, Ginger; McKeny, Timothy – Teacher Development, 2017
The purpose of the study was to examine the differences among significant changes in the practice of individual teachers. Seventeen US teachers were interviewed about the most successful change in their teaching career. The differences in teacher change were based primarily on the source and impact of the change. The sources of change were divided…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Styles, Faculty Development, Educational Practices
Sampaio, Marta; Leite, Carlinda – Improving Schools, 2017
This article presents a study that aimed to understand the contributions of self-evaluation (SE) processes towards the development of curricular and social justice and educational improvement. The study focuses on data collected from the schools' external evaluation (SEE) process and from the TEIP programme (Educational Territories of Priority…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Self Evaluation (Groups), Social Justice, Intervention
Pais, Fátima; Pedro, Luís; Santos, Carlos – Digital Education Review, 2016
SAPO Campus (SC) is a web 2.0 service platform, whose aim is to promote collaboration, communication and sharing practices in institutional settings, specifically in educational contexts. Since 2012, a group of schools has promoted the institutional adoption of SC. Taking into account the fact that this is an intentional process as institutions…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Integration, Change Strategies, Institutional Advancement
Johns, Caroline – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed method study was a practitioner inquiry into the teacher evaluation system that was enacted as a result of Pennsylvania House Bill 1901 (Act 82 of 2012). The study was an effort to gain an in-depth understanding of (a) factors that led to the passage of the Act 82 teacher evaluation policy, (b) what the policy was intended to do, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Mixed Methods Research, Educational Legislation
Demir, Selçuk Besir; Dogan, Soner; Atasoy, Turgay – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficiency of the seminar periods intended for contributing to the professional development of social studies teachers based on their own perspectives. This study adopts a qualitative approach and is carried out in the form of a case study. Among the purposeful sampling methods, the criteria sample…
Descriptors: Seminars, Social Studies, Faculty Development, Qualitative Research
Trust, Torrey; Horrocks, Brian – Professional Development in Education, 2017
Well-designed face-to-face and virtual communities of practice provide opportunities for teachers to learn, grow as professionals and make changes to their practice with the support of peers. However, as more K-12 teachers become Connected Educators and act as conduits between online spaces and communities in their schools, the boundaries between…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Elementary Secondary Education, Qualitative Research
Alemdag, Ecenaz; Erdem, Mukaddes – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2017
In this collaborative research, we designed an e-mentoring program for novice teachers and explored online interactions between mentors and mentees, participant satisfaction, and the perceived benefits of the program for mentees and mentors. Our study included 14 mentees, 14 mentors, and 6 teacher educators. Data were gathered through online…
Descriptors: Program Design, Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Incidence
Sartory, Katharina; Jungermann, Anja-Kristin; Järvinen, Hanna – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2017
External support by a local coordinating agency facilitates the work of school-to-school networks. This study provides an innovative theoretical framework to analyse how support provided by local education offices for school-to-school networks is perceived by the participating teachers. Based on a quantitative survey and qualitative interview data…
Descriptors: Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Surveys, Interviews
Freidhoff, Joseph R.; Borup, Jered; Stimson, Rebecca J.; DeBruler, Kristen – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2015
Emerging research suggests that on-site mentors can play an important role in supporting K-12 online learners, yet in practice there is wide variability in what mentoring looks like from program to program. Recently, states like Michigan have expanded online course access programs, accelerating the need for better on-ground support models for…
Descriptors: Mentors, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses, Public Schools
McCabe, Helen – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of autism intervention in China, including history, progress, and current challenges. This qualitative research study included interviews with experienced professionals and observation at autism intervention organizations. Analysis of this empirical data led to three themes regarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Intervention, Teacher Education
Gardner, Emily A. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2015
This qualitative study explores the abstinence-only sex education experiences of a small group of young adults in the southeastern USA. Most participants felt that their abstinence-only sex education had mixed value and low overall impact in their lives. Perceptions about abstinence, virginity, and marriage varied significantly from those stressed…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Sex Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
Bond, Caroline; Hebron, Judith – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2016
The majority of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder are educated in mainstream schools. The diverse needs of this group of pupils has led to a continuum of provision being promoted in the UK and other countries, and developed at a local level. This continuum includes mainstream schools with resource provision which can offer…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mainstreaming, Participant Satisfaction, Followup Studies
Brady, Maggie; Koshy, Valsa – Gifted Education International, 2014
The landscape of gifted and talented education in England has changed in the past decade when the UK government launched an education programme for "gifted and talented" pupils as part of its Excellence in Cities policy initiative. The policy was initially intended to raise educational achievement of higher ability pupils in secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gifted, Special Education, Educational Policy
Jen, Enyi; Gentry, Marcia; Moon, Sidney M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate how high-ability students experienced their participation in an affective curriculum through small-group discussions in a diverse, university-based, summer enrichment program for talented youth. The investigation included two closely related studies. The first study included 77 high-ability students…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Student Participation, Small Group Instruction, Group Discussion