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Wark, Stuart; Hussain, Rafat; Müller, Arne; Ryan, Peta; Parmenter, Trevor – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Increasing life expectancy for people with intellectual disability is resulting in greater need for end-of-life care services. However, limited knowledge is available regarding what barriers to accessing end-of-life care support are evident, particularly comparatively across rural and metropolitan locations. Methods: Focus group…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Intellectual Disability, Health Services, Barriers
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Korumaz, Mithat – South African Journal of Education, 2016
School principals fulfil unique and crucial roles, drawing on their respective experience to react to an increasing number of challenges. They must carry out their roles as school leaders within a context highly charged with emotion. The loneliness of principals at schools urgently requires investigation. Limited details can be found in current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Elementary Schools, Professional Isolation
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Yadav, Aman; Gretter, Sarah; Hambrusch, Susanne; Sands, Phil – Computer Science Education, 2017
The increased push for teaching computer science (CS) in schools in the United States requires training a large number of new K-12 teachers. The current efforts to increase the number of CS teachers have predominantly focused on training teachers from other content areas. In order to support these beginning CS teachers, we need to better…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Competencies
Jones, Tavis Alicia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to address the career paths, challenges, and barriers of African American women college or university presidents. In addition, the expectation was to identify the "perceptions" of barriers to acquire the position of president. Using a phenomenological paradigm of inquiry, in-depth semi-structured personal…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, African Americans, Females, Women Administrators
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Feig, Anthony D. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
This study provides a narrative analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by scholars in the field of geoscience education (GED). A set of interviews was conducted with five GED professionals in 2010. Participants discussed challenges and opportunities in GED both for individual practitioners and as a discipline. Select participants were…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Education, Scientists, College Faculty
Dininno, Margaret A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Business leaders, United States citizens, and American politicians continue to seek school reform as a means for providing the United States with a workforce consisting of employees who possess 21st century skills. The development of teacher transformational leadership and the use of distributed leadership practices are needed to create public…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Participative Decision Making