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Christian Beighton – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2021
This case discusses how scenario-based interviews can be used to develop research into policy and practice. Based on data collected from U.K. further education management settings, it shows how and why scenario-based interviews were used. It also explains how the data collected were then used to illustrate and analyze the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Vignettes, Policy Formation
Wayne Barry; Christian Beighton – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2021
This research took place in a U.K. higher education institution. It was concerned with the professional learning of academic staff and examined what enables and encumbers work-based professional learning. A two-stage photovoice methodology was chosen because it presented two advantages. First, it was the best way of including participants in the…
Descriptors: Photography, Participatory Research, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Donnie Adams; King Lok Tan – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2023
This research focused on the context of educational leadership, which sought to explore the possibilities of leadership opportunities for students with disabilities in a Malaysian secondary school. We utilized a phenomenological case study approach. We were keen on exploring this niche area as often leadership opportunities for students with…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Case Studies, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Jennifer Shearman – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
This case study describes a Q methodology study which captured and analyzed the viewpoints of 45 UK teachers online. The teachers might liken their participation in the study to a "card sort" activity: their relative placement of statement cards revealed their opinions of mastery in mathematics. Factor analysis of the completed sorts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Surveys, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Mukaddes Zikra Tanriverdi Gokceli – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
This case study shares the lessons learned from the data collection phase of my research project, specifically the use of online interviews with stimulus material. My research explores secondary school teachers' perceptions of and experiences with moral education in the United Kingdom and uses current government policies regarding the moral…
Descriptors: Interviews, Online Systems, Stimuli, Secondary School Teachers
Ayeshah Syed; David Yoong; Nor Mohd Nazari – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
In some studies, participants are assigned ethnographic or communicative tasks, such as field-work observation, life-story interviews, and photography. These studies usually involve in-person interaction, both for the participants doing the task and for the researchers in engaging with participants throughout the research process. Our study was…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Dentistry, Graduate Students, Empathy
Gurney, Laura, Ed.; Wang, Yi, Ed.; Barnard, Roger, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
The book provides a grounded, narrative exploration of contemporary qualitative PhD research in the fields of language education and applied linguistics. The chapters are authored by current and former PhD candidates studying in New Zealand, with commentaries from international experts in the field. The book contains ten chapters in addition to…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Research, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Instruction
Catherine Glaister – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study is based on research begun for an MA dissertation in Human Resource Management and subsequently developed. It follows the government's decision that from September 2012, UK universities would be able to increase their tuition fees from a maximum of £3000 to £9000 per year. The project aimed to investigate the impact of this on…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Student Attitudes, Tuition, Academic Aspiration
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McGregor, Debra, Ed.; Anderson, Dayle, Ed. – Contributions from Science Education Research, 2023
This book presents a wide range of international perspectives that explore the different ways the diverse forms of drama supports learning in science. It illustrates how learning science by adopting and adapting theatrical techniques can offer more inclusive ways for students to relate to scientific ideas and concepts. The theatrical processes by…
Descriptors: Science Education, Drama, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods
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Altinay, Fahriye, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2020
This book has three sections on the role of technology in education. The first section covers the merits of online learning and environment. The second section of the book gives insight on new technologies in learning and teaching. The third section of the book underlines the importance of new tendencies for the technology in education. There is a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Sabine Gerhartz-Reiter – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
In the research project which formed part of my PhD study, I dealt with the topic of inequity in education. My main interest was to find out how (formal) educational careers can be fostered even if the starting position within the system is one which makes a successful educational career very difficult. Despite the fact that in the Austrian…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Research Projects, Research Design, Data Collection
Kagan, Sharon Lynn, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2019
Learn how exemplary countries are advancing the development of their youngest citizens. Drawing on a groundbreaking study by Sharon Lynn Kagan and her colleagues, "The Early Advantage 2" extracts the essential elements from six high-performing systems to determine what must be considered when creating and implementing programs and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Finance
Suzanne O'Keeffe – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case study sheds light on lessons learned from the perspective of a PhD candidate. Focusing on male primary teachers, this study explores how issues of masculinities are navigated and negotiated on a daily basis. Although limited research of masculinities has been conducted in educational contexts and settings in Ireland, previous studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Data Collection, Interviews
OECD Publishing, 2018
The costs of persistent misalignment between the supply and demand for skills are substantial, ranging from lost wages for workers to lower productivity for firms and countries. Addressing skills imbalances has become a pressing priority as OECD governments reflect on the implications of technological progress, digitalisation, demographic change…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Skill Development, Alignment (Education)
Angel Mok – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
We make sense of experiences of our own and others through different forms of stories -- movies, TV dramas, documentaries, books, songs, as well as stories that are told and re-told within our families and cultures. Our experiences are fragmented and happen in different places over the course of our lives. By putting stories together in a plot, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Background, Cultural Maintenance, Asian Culture
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