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van Tol, Jason – Australian Universities' Review, 2017
This study investigated university student activism from both a theoretical and applied perspective. The aims were to explore some of the elements that might enable or constrain student activism and to facilitate the students' opportunity to act on an issue of their choice. The three elements of self-efficacy, group work, and time were reviewed in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Activism, Student Participation, Barriers
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Allen, Junior Lloyd; Huggins-Hoyt, Kimberly Y.; Holosko, Michael J.; Briggs, Harold E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study explored the scholarship experiences of top-ranked African American faculty in schools of social work. Method: Qualitative interviews were conducted with N = 10 top-ranked African American faculty identified as achieving considerable productivity and impact of scholarship. Findings: Four major themes were identified, each of…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Teachers, Social Work, Barriers
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Devineau, Sophie; Couvry, Camille; Féliu, François; Renard, Anaïs – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
By 2017, French higher education had undergone a dramatic restructuration following the Bologna process twenty years earlier which impact all the European universities (Rüegg, 2010), and the implementation of the French LRU in 2007 (Stavrou, 2017). Some studies examined this new model's effect on university academics through international or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Women Faculty, Females, Family Work Relationship
Haywood, Paula – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Collaborating teachers need common planning time to plan instruction to teach students with diverse needs in their classroom. Teachers usually have limited common planning time or no time. It therefore became incumbent upon collaborating teachers to be mindful of how productively they use the limited planning time. This qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Case Studies, Educational Planning
Tate, Tonya R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The current qualitative study explored the transition to college of youth aging out of foster care and their adaptation in the first year of college. The aim of this study was to determine the nature and quality of former foster youths' college transition experience and factors influencing their adaptation in the first year. Participants included…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Student Adjustment, Social Adjustment, College Freshmen
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Harjali – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the teachers' perception toward the implementation of cooperative learning in the classroom. The research applied a qualitative phenomenological design that used a purposeful sample of six teachers at Junior High School Classrooms in Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia. Data collected via in-depth interviews, participant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Serry, Tanya; Oates, Jennifer; Ennals, Priscilla; Venville, Annie; Williams, Anne; Fossey, Ellie; Steel, Gillian – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2018
This study explored the experiences of university students who identified as always having had reading difficulties. Thirty-three participants, all from one Australian university, were surveyed and 10 were also interviewed. Findings revealed that many shared academic challenges related to studying, along with a belief that their difficulties were…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Surveys, Interviews, Barriers
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Kay, Robin; Carruthers, Loralea – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2017
In the past five years, there has been considerable interest in the decision-making process of school board officials in the field of education. However, a paucity of research exists on how these leaders use online resources to inform decision-making. Through an online survey and face-to-face interviews, this study examined the use of online…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Trustees, Information Utilization, Internet
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Al-Taneiji, Shaikah; Ibrahim, Ali – International Education Studies, 2017
This study investigates teachers' perceptions of their leadership practices in United Arab Emirates schools and the contextual and personal factors which support or deter them from becoming teacher leaders. The study used a mixed research design. First, a self-administered questionnaire was completed by 937 teachers in one big city in the UAE.…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Barriers, Second Language Learning, Leadership Styles
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Sadeghi, Karim; Abutorabi, Parviz – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
Understanding teachers' conceptions of research is fundamental to creating opportunities for teachers to be research-engaged and to take a more leading role in policy and curriculum development. This study investigated the views of Iranian English language teachers towards research by examining their conceptions of what research is, how often they…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Ulriksen, Lars; Madsen, Lene Møller; Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
To understand student drop-out from university, research must explore students' first-year experiences and the challenges they encounter. This article analyses the first-year experiences of non-traditional students in Danish science and engineering university programmes. Focusing on identity theory and the framework of integration processes…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen
Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Yan, Juchao – Educational Technology, 2015
In this regular feature of "Educational Technology," Michael F. Shaughnessy and Juchao Yan present their interview with Robert Talbert, Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Their interview centered around thirteen questions that professor Talbert provided enlightening responds…
Descriptors: Interviews, Educational Technology, Instructional Leadership, Technology Uses in Education
Kisseih, Gordon A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Purpose, Scope, and Method of Study: The purpose of this grounded theory study was to understand the experiences of learners in a distance teacher-education program administered by a national university in Ghana. Participants were 21 working adults whose program combined independent study with attending classes at regional centers. Interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Distance Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Stevenson, Michael; Hedberg, John G.; O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann; Howe, Cathie – Professional Development in Education, 2016
In contemporary school settings, leaders seeking to support professional development are faced with many challenges. These challenges call for educators who can undertake professional learning that is continuous and adaptive to change. As a term, continuous professional development (CPD) reflects many different forms of professional development in…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Leadership Role, School Support, Mixed Methods Research
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Morales, Erik E. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2017
This case study documents a university and secondary school partnership designed to improve classroom management and student time on task at an urban charter high school. The initiative utilized the expertise and knowledge of college of education faculty to identify and ameliorate the high school's observed barriers to students' time on task, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Urban Schools
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