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Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2022
This study explored the reading interests, and preferences of educated Arabs such as students, faculty and professionals, the types and number of books they read before, during and after the Pandemic (between 2012 and 2022). Data were collected from Twitter threads, hashtags and surveys and responses to the question "What are you currently…
Descriptors: Reading Interests, Arabs, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Murphy, Madonna M. – Online Submission, 2015
This paper examines Plato's Philosophy of Education asking what he would say about the current Common Core initiative which is to better help students to become college and career ready. Plato would be in favor of the common core in as much as the standards are tied to specific skills needed in various career jobs as he was a proponent of…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Academic Standards, State Standards, Greek Civilization
Naidu, Sham – Online Submission, 2012
"Performativity," it is argued, is a new mode of state regulation which makes it possible to govern in an "advanced liberal" way. It requires individual [teachers] to organize themselves as a response to targets, indicators and evaluations. To set aside personal beliefs and commitments and live an existence of calculation. The…
Descriptors: State Regulation, Teachers, Evaluation, Beliefs
Witte, Theo; Sâmihaian, Florentina – Online Submission, 2013
This study is a comparative analysis of literary curricula in six European countries and is part of the project LiFT-2, funded by Comenius' Life Long Learning Programme of the European Commission. The result of this project, that involved almost 4,500 teachers, is a European literary framework for secondary education which can be described as a…
Descriptors: Literature Appreciation, Teaching Methods, Curriculum, Guidelines
Nikodym, Jacqueline Z.; Tejeda, Armando R.; Moffett, David W. – Online Submission, 2015
A new leadership model is needed in all organizations. In response, The Affect-Centered Transformational Leadership Model came about. The new model resulted from a doctoral student's participation in a leadership course, and continued dialogue with its professor. Ultimately, the new model reached the stage of needing to be operationalized. A…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Models, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Schools
Sigette, Tyson – Online Submission, 2009
This paper addresses many theories of learning and human development which are very similar with regards as to how they suggest learning occurs. The differences in most of the theories exist in how they treat the development of the learner compared to methods of teaching. Most of the major learning theories taught to educators today are based on…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Multiple Intelligences, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
Stephens, Lauren M.; Dieppa, Melissa; LeBlanc, Patrice – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to provide information about the social difficulties of students with Autism. A review of Erikson's Theory supports why developing social skills is important. No Child Left Behind evidence-based practices are suggested to assist these students. A literature review was conducted on these topics using key words to…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Federal Legislation, Behavioral Science Research, Metacognition
Glatfelter, Andrew Gary – Online Submission, 2006
Over the course of their kindergarten through twelfth grade education, children in American public schools will spend the equivalent of one school year under the guidance of a substitute teacher. Yet in most districts, substitutes are given the keys to the classroom without a day's training. While requirements vary by state, some may hold advanced…
Descriptors: Workshops, Research Design, Professional Development, Data Collection