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Mampaey, Jelle – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
In the higher education literature, there seems to be a growing consensus that contemporary higher education institutions (HEIs) are trapped in conformity. From a new institutional perspective, higher education scholars argue that HEIs tend to comply with widely endorsed institutionalized values (e.g. academic excellence) and this widespread…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Colleges, Social Behavior
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Hladchenko, Myroslava; Westerheijden, Don F.; de Boer, Harry F. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Drawing on the model of managerial responses to multiple organisational identities (integration, aggregation, compartmentalisation, deletion and multivocality), this article explores managerial responses in Ukrainian research universities whilst means-ends decoupling takes place at the state level. The latter term implies that practices of state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Interviews, Administrator Attitudes
Slassi, Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The following comparative case studies explored the applicability of servant leadership within the US military and how such leadership style contributes to commitment and retention of civil service employees. The research took place in a US Army post in Germany and in a US Air Force Base in Florida. Retaining civilian employees and raising their…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
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Uyar, Melis Yesilpinar; Karakus, Fatma – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study aims to determine in-service training needs of novice and professionally experienced social studies teachers regarding the planning, implementation and assessment processes of project tasks. The study was carried out using comparative case study from qualitative research patterns as base. Eight social studies teachers who were…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Needs, Comparative Analysis
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Graue, M. Elizabeth; Ryan, Sharon; Nocera, Amato; Northey, Kaitlin; Wilinski, Bethany – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2017
We might call this decade the era of early childhood. In the US, federal and state governments invest in the creation of public pre-kindergarten (preK) programs and create standards that articulate goals for practice and benchmarks that can be used to evaluate success. How have these trends provided a context for the evolution of preK curriculum?…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standards, Accountability, Preschool Education
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Maheshwari, Shweta; Vohra, Veena – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2018
Implementing change effectively is critically significant given the changing organisational environment and high failure rate of change implementation. Training and development practices enable employee skill development facilitating effective change implementation. However, there is lack of studies describing role played by these practices in…
Descriptors: Training, Employees, Program Implementation, Employee Attitudes
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Johnson, M. Amanda – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Currently, there is a shortage of research on how Ecuadorian universities are coping with the contemporary reforms of higher education under the government of Correa. In 2010, "La Ley Orgánica de Educación Superior" (higher education law) defined the development, transparency and quality assurance of existing and new higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Faculty Recruitment
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Fàbregues, Sergi; Paré, Marie-Hélène; Meneses, Julio – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study is to describe and compare how researchers in the education, nursing, psychology, and sociology disciplines operationalize and conceptualize the quality of mixed methods research (MMR). An international sample of 44 MMR researchers representing these four disciplines were interviewed. The study…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mixed Methods Research, Comparative Analysis, Nursing
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Heinrich, Eva – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Using a case-study approach, the structures, interactions and cultures in four teaching groups at a New Zealand university are explored. The aim of the research is to better understand the potential of teaching groups for assisting academic development. To contextualize this work, the case-study outcomes are compared to research on microcultures.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Teacher Collaboration, Subcultures
Gustavo M. Loor – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled K-12 schools and districts across the United States to quickly pivot to distance learning. This disruption to traditional in-person instruction required shifts in district leadership and teacher pedagogy. Previous research has shown that teachers must be provided with learning and supportive environments that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Instructional Leadership, Technology Integration
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Jones, Sara K. – Music Education Research, 2018
The purpose of this comparative case study was to examine the motivation for participation in traditional and non-traditional vocal ensembles by students who are not pursuing a career in music and the perceived benefits of this participation. Participants were selected from a traditional mixed choral ensemble and a student-run a cappella ensemble.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Music Education, Singing
Beninghove, Linda Scanlon – ProQuest LLC, 2016
As academic libraries evolve to affirm their place as key partners in research, teaching, and learning in university communities, the process of innovation is one of great importance in the intentional design of library services, resources, and staffing. This dissertation was a qualitative, exploratory research study in which the conceptual…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Case Studies
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Hordósy, Rita – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
This paper analyses how three European countries produce and use data within a specific educational policy field, that of school leaving and graduation. It compares how stakeholders in England, Finland and the Netherlands know what happens to the leavers from schools and universities. Through gathering evidence about the methodological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Information Systems, Data
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Özdas, Faysal – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
Teaching-learning process has a great important medium where pre-service teachers develop experiences and competences. Pre-service teachers are introduced to this process in a professional sense through the school experience course in teacher training. In this process, it is crucial to identify the encountered difficulties and matters. For this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Learning Processes
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Carmona Marques, P. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
This paper reports the results of a study of engineering students' approaches to an open-ended design problem. To carry out this, sketches and interviews were collected from 9 freshmen (first year) and 10 doctoral engineering students, when they designed solutions for orange squeezers. Sketches and interviews were analysed and mapped with a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, College Freshmen, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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