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Turner, Robert Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In this dissertation, I present a strategy to develop indigenous teams of leaders at the International Bible Institute (IBI) in Cambodia. The study was prompted by the need for learners at IBI Cambodia to work as a team. In part I, I recount the history of educational development in Cambodia and research instructional design (ID) models to create…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biblical Literature, Religious Education, Semi Structured Interviews
Brandon, Joani Somppi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines teacher training in Orff Schulwerk in the United States and how the training system currently in practice was initially developed. Since the first Orff Schulwerk teacher training, conducted by Gunild Keetman at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria in 1953, teachers have been seeking ways to adapt the Schulwerk approach to…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Music Teachers
Francis, B. Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Technology-based education is learning primarily based in constructivist styled pedagogies. It is neither good nor bad; its value is inherent to the user and environment where it is placed. While some churches place a high value on the benefits gleaned from its use, others abhor it in religious education. Why churches incorporate or reject…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Technology Uses in Education, Theological Education, Religious Education
Casale, Carolyn Frances – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Ethiopia is a developing country that has invested extensively in expanding its educational opportunities. In this expansion, there has been a drastic restructuring of its system of preparing teachers and teacher educators. Often, improving teacher quality is dependent on professional development that diversifies pedagogy (active learning). This…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
Schwirzke, Kelly Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
California educators and policymakers have limited availability of data related to online and blended learning. Through the use of an electronic survey, incorporating closed- and open-ended questions, the study examined the nature, extent, and barriers of online and blended learning in California public schools from the perspective of the district…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning
Duong, Hanh Thi Hong – ProQuest LLC, 2009
An old saying about learning that has been passed down from generation to generation in Vietnam states, "The success of learning is determined by intelligence but the passing of an examination is determined by luck." Whether this idea is simply to comfort those who fail or not, it sheds light on the Vietnamese psyche on learning as well…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Universities, Doctoral Dissertations