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Swarts, Gabriel P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative study addressed the formation of student identity (servant and civic) as well as how students formed community through experiencing difference in a service-learning classroom. An interpretive qualitative study of five high school students was conducted in a service-learning program at Willow Falls High School, a public high school…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Qualitative Research, Self Concept, High School Students
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Morales, Harold; Barnes, Mark – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2018
The Baltimore Mural Project (BMP) seeks to connect religious studies education to the growing literature on threshold concepts in order to address bottleneck areas in student learning. The project is designed for undergraduate service courses comprised of mostly non-majors: for example, world religions. Students in these courses often struggle to…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Social Justice, Photography, Qualitative Research
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Konca, Ahmet Sami; Tasdemir, Adem – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
This study describes a faculty technology mentoring project intended at providing support and mentoring a faculty member. The project took place in Ahi Evran University from February to June 2015. The mentor and mentee weekly met and explored new technologies which were suitable to the mentee's courses and discussed potential benefits and barriers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mentors, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Kiel, Ewald; Syring, Marcus; Weiss, Sabine – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
The large number of newly arrived individuals from other countries, particularly of young people, has had an enormous impact on the school system in Germany. The present study investigated requirements for successful intercultural school development. The study used investigative group discussions, where the groups were composed of teachers and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research
Smith, Karina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Latino/as are the fastest growing population in the United States and have the second lowest graduation rate among all demographics. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to gain a better understanding of the barriers affecting Latino/a success as well as exploring self-identified engagement strategies leading to Latino/a student first…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Graduation Rate, Case Studies, Agricultural Laborers
Lee, Jasmine; Green, Qiana – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2016
This research adds to the dearth of literature examining the experiences of Black students who study abroad. Additionally, this project extends the literature on the influence of diasporic travel on US Black undergraduate students. Because study abroad has positive benefits for student learning and development (Brux & Fry, 2010), targeted…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, African American Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience
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Mihai, Maryke A. – Africa Education Review, 2017
In April 2008, an interactive information communication technology (ICT) network was established in Mpumalanga, South Africa. the network involved the implementation of SMART board interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and collaboration between a leading school and several disadvantaged schools. the main purpose of the Mpumalanga IWB project was to reach…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Computer Networks, Information Technology, Interviews
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Kaster, Elizabeth C.; Rogers, Charles R.; Jeon, Kwon Chan; Rosen, Brittany – Health Educator, 2014
Introduction: For those with certain blood or bone cancers, bone marrow donation can mean the difference between life and death. The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) operates the largest bone marrow registry of potential donors; however, at times when potential matches are identified, many donors opt not to donate. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: College Students, Cancer, Recruitment, Donors
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Souleles, Nicos; Savva, Stefania; Watters, Hilary; Annesley, Angela; Bull, Ben – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
The increasingly widespread use of iPads in higher education (HE) brings to the forefront questions about the contribution of these computer tablets towards teaching and learning. However, there is a noticeable gap of research on the instructional potential of iPads in HE. This paper describes the first stage of a research project on the use of…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Investigations, Undergraduate Students, Art Education
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Mearns, Tessa L.; Coyle, Do; de Graaff, Rick – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2014
This paper describes a research project conducted in collaboration with 10 "pupil co-researchers" (PCRs) and their classes in a secondary school in the Netherlands. The main research tools employed were online and face-to-face group discussions, in which PCRs contributed as consultants, co-designers and assistants. The research proved a…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Program Descriptions, Secondary School Students, Student Participation
Henderson, Cecial Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Remediation has become one of the greatest barriers to student success and disproportionately affects the persistence and retention rates of African American community college students. Nearly 70% of the African American students at community colleges required remediation, which results in low persistence and graduation rates for these students.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Phenomenology, Two Year College Students, Student Placement
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Gross, Patricia A. – Educational Forum, 2012
This qualitative case study examined a state-run, foundation-funded initiative to introduce literacy coaching in a medium-sized urban high school district over a period of two years. Data analyses revealed the complex development and multiple understandings of the process of literacy coaching on the secondary level. The role of the coaches…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Barriers, Performance Factors, High Schools
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Arnold, Karen D.; Chewning, Alexandra; Castleman, Benjamin; Page, Lindsay – Journal of College Access, 2015
Summer melt occurs when students who have been accepted to college and intend to enroll fail to matriculate in college in the fall semester after high school. A high rate of summer melt contributes to the lower postsecondary attainment rates of low-income students, in particular. This article presents qualitative findings from two interventions…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Low Income, Summer Programs, Intervention
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Cartwright, Tina; Smith, Suzanne; Hallar, Brittan – Teacher Education and Practice, 2014
This qualitative study examines the transition of eight elementary preservice teachers into student teaching after participating in a science methods course that included a significant amount of teaching after-school science to elementary grade students. These eight participants had a chance to practice teaching inquiry-based science and to reform…
Descriptors: Barriers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Teaching Experience
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Olson, Bradley G.; Mata, Marvin; Koszalka, Tiffany A. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2013
Purpose: The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University in collaboration with the Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation Department in Syracuse University's School of Education recently undertook a curricular reform effort that included translation of the residency program's annual core didactic lecture series to an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Medical Education, Online Courses, Program Descriptions
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