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American Association of University Professors, 2023
This report concerns actions taken by the administration of Collin College to terminate the services of Professors Lora Burnett, Suzanne Jones, and Michael Phillips. The investigating committee found that the administration's actions involved "egregious violations" of all three faculty members' academic freedom to speak as citizens and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Tenure, College Faculty, Teacher Dismissal
Zapp, Mike; Helgetun, Jo B.; Powell, Justin J. W. – European Journal of Education, 2018
Educational research in Norway has experienced unprecedented structural expansion and cognitive shifts over the last two decades because of greater state investments and the strategic use of extensive and multi-year thematic programmes to fund research projects. Using a neo-institutionalist framework, we examine institutionalisation dynamics in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Institutional Characteristics, Organizational Change
Thunder, Kateri; Berry, Robert Q., III. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2016
Mathematics education has benefited from qualitative methodological approaches over the past 40 years across diverse topics. Although the number, type, and quality of qualitative research studies in mathematics education has changed, little is known about how a collective body of qualitative research findings contributes to our understanding of a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Qualitative Research, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2018
This brief provides education administrators and partners (providers, intermediaries, funders) with strategies and examples from seven school districts nationwide that have successfully funded, implemented, and sustained evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs. School administrators from these districts were interviewed and…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Administrator Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Ravitch, Diane; Marchant, Gregory J.; David, Kristine A. – Teacher Educator, 2014
Diane Ravitch has emerged as one of the most powerful forces for real education reform. She is a tireless crusader against the baseless claims that drive current educational policy and a clear-eyed visionary of what needs to be done. While at one time she left the educational community and then returned (both of which she addresses in this…
Descriptors: Interviews, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Change Agents
Bull, Glen; Spector, J. Michael; Persichitte, Kay; Meiers, Ellen – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2017
Joseph South, an educational researcher, technology consultant, and former director of the U.S. Office of Educational Technology participated in a research initiative on Educational Technology Efficacy Research organized by the Jefferson Education Accelerator, Digital Promise, and the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Usability, Interviews, Educational Research
Mah, Adeline Shi Hui; Yeo, Marie – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
Averil Coxhead is widely known for developing the Academic Word List, a list of 570 word families associated with great frequency in academic texts. This list has been particularly useful to teachers of English as a Second Language as well as independent learners in tertiary education. She has also developed a Science-based word list (Coxhead and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Word Lists, Word Frequency
Little, Hannah Byrd – Knowledge Quest, 2015
Why is it important to prove that school libraries add value to the school program? The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 20 percent of U.S. public schools lack a full or part-time certified librarian (NCES 2013). In California the ratio of certified school librarians to students is 1:7,374 (California Department of Education…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Practices, School Libraries, Library Role
Bradbury, Alice – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2012
There is an ongoing debate over the nature and necessity of teacher "professionalism", particularly in early childhood education. In England, this sector was a particular focus of the education policies of Labour governments in the 2000s, and this had a significant impact on early childhood teachers and classrooms. This article examines…
Descriptors: Evidence, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Pepper, Rachel E.; Chasteen, Stephanie V.; Pollock, Steven J.; Perkins, Katherine K. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
We discuss common difficulties in upper-division electricity and magnetism (E&M) in the areas of Gauss's law, vector calculus, and electric potential using both quantitative and qualitative evidence. We also show that many of these topical difficulties may be tied to student difficulties with mathematics. At the junior level, some students…
Descriptors: Evidence, Calculus, Pragmatics, Scientific Concepts
Kirch, Susan A.; Stetsenko, Anna – Science and Children, 2012
What do people mean when they say they "know" something in science? It usually means they did an investigation and expended considerable intellectual effort to build a useful explanatory model. It means they are confident about an explanation, believe others should trust what they say, and believe that their claim is testable. It means they can…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Education, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction
Pfeiffer, Steven; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Gifted Education International, 2015
The gifted remain an often misunderstood and underserved population. In this interview, Dr. Pfeiffer discusses these concerns and provides practitioners with timely information on who exactly the gifted are and the various ways in which they are unique. In this reflective conversation, Dr. Pfeiffer, a noted authority on gifted and talented…
Descriptors: Gifted, Evidence, Guidelines, Educational Practices
Ryan, Katherine; Gannon-Slater, Nora; Culbertson, Michael J. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
Findings derived from self-reported, structured survey questionnaires are commonly used in evaluation and applied research to inform policy-making and program decisions. Although there are a variety of issues related to the quality of survey evidence (e.g., sampling precision), the validity of response processes--how respondents process thoughts…
Descriptors: Evidence, Needs Assessment, National Surveys, Questionnaires
Fillpot, Elise – Social Studies, 2012
This article shares findings of how two third-grade children who have systematically studied history in grades K-3 analyzed historical sources on a topic about which they had no prior knowledge. In think-aloud interviews, the children analyzed written documents on the 1887 Dawes Severalty Act. One of the children, who tested on the third-grade…
Descriptors: Evidence, Historical Interpretation, Protocol Analysis, Prior Learning
Iarussi, Melanie M. – Journal of College Counseling, 2013
Professional counselors practicing in higher education settings aspire to meet the developmental needs of college students in addition to addressing their mental health and substance use concerns. Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based counseling approach that focuses on enhancing motivation and commitment to change. This article…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Counseling Techniques, College Students, School Counseling