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Shahrokni, Seyed Abdollah – TESL-EJ, 2021
This ethnographic case study aims to examine second language socialization (SLS) in a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) called Stronghold Kingdoms (SK). To explore the affordances of this community for SLS, the social dynamics in a Faction community during 4 life-time periods, namely, war, post-war peace and life in exile, end of the world,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Computer Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rose, Richard; Shevlin, Michael – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2016
When developing case studies within a longitudinal study of special educational needs provision within the Republic of Ireland, the authors were conscious of the critiques of the use of this approach within educational research. The difficulties associated with generalisation, challenges of ensuring trustworthiness and the possibilities of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Special Education
O'Brien, Rita Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The U.S. is no longer one of the world leaders in mathematics. In the future, more graduates will be needed to fill more than a million mathematics-intensive positions. However, the number of post-secondary learners graduating with mathematics-intensive degrees has been declining since 1984. Therefore, there will not be enough graduates to fill…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Online Courses
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Ko, Bomna; Boswell, Boni – Physical Educator, 2013
Lack of expertise of general physical educators relative to teaching students with disabilities in inclusive general physical education (GPE) has been identified as a major challenge affecting the implementation of inclusion in the United States (Block & Obrusnikova, 2007). Several studies indicated that insufficient inclusion training (Hodge,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Inclusion, Disabilities
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Durden, Tonia R.; Truscott, Diane M. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2013
Three case studies present how preservice teachers use reflections while learning to teach. Interviews and document analysis reveal that critical reflections evidence greater understanding of culturally relevant pedagogy and offer a platform for critical consciousness. Using critical reflectivity to develop teachers' understandings of culturally…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reflective Teaching, Interviews, Preservice Teachers
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Rafferty, Patricia D. – Journal of Management Education, 2013
This article forms part of an exploration into how graduate students experience group work. A single case, embedded study was completed in 2011, which reveals insight and understanding into the manner in which part-time MBA students experience group work assignments and how these experiences contribute to their perception of positive group work…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Business Administration Education, Part Time Students
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Drill, Karen; Miller, Shazia; Behrstock-Sherratt, Ellen – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2013
Based on two studies conducted in the Chicago metropolitan area in 2009 and 2010, we found that teachers do, in fact, use research, although they tend to seek it out under very specific conditions and circumstances. Namely, teachers tend to look to research in response to an immediate, pressing concern such as how to best teach fractions to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Attitudes, Research Utilization, Educational Practices
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Kern, Anne L.; Roehrig, Gillian; Wattam, Donald K. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
Teaching is a highly personal endeavor shaped by "funds of knowledge" and beliefs about teaching, learning, and students. This case study examines how one Asian immigrant teacher's personal expectations and beliefs influenced his expectations of students and the teaching and instructional strategies he employed. His expectations of students'…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Ethnography, Global Approach
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Nicolaidou, Iolie; Kyza, Eleni A.; Terzian, Frederiki; Hadjichambis, Andreas; Kafouris, Dimitris – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Assessing the credibility of evidence in complex, socio-scientific problems is of paramount importance. However, there is little discussion in the science education literature on this topic and on how students can be supported in developing such skills. In this article, we describe an instructional design framework, which we call the Credibility…
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Instructional Design, Biotechnology
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Hansen, Klaus-Henning – European Educational Research Journal, 2008
In this article, the curriculum workshop (CW) is elaborated as an approach to professional learning, deliberation and inquiry. It offers a comprehensive framework for school-based deliberation and inquiry, is rooted in curriculum theory, promises a broad range of applications in teacher education and provides tools to assess the trustworthiness of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Partnerships in Education, Workshops, Credibility
Caner, Mustafa; Subasi, Gonca; Kara, Selma – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of the study was to examine whether teacher beliefs would play a role in their actual practices while teaching target language in early phases of primary education, principally, in kindergarten and first grades in a state school. As it is a very broad research area, the researchers exclusively analyzed teaching practices and teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Conrad, Dianne – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008
It is important for academic credibility that the process of prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) keeps learning and knowledge as its foundational tenets. Doing so ensures PLAR's recognition as a fertile ground for learners' cognitive and personal growth. In many postsecondary venues, PLAR is often misunderstood and confused with…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Prior Learning, Credibility
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Calkins, Susanna; Kelley, Matthew R. – College Teaching, 2007
Although most college faculty expect their students to analyze Internet and scholarly sources in a critical and responsible manner, recent research suggests that many undergraduates are unable to discriminate between credible and noncredible sources, in part because they lack the proper training and relevant experiences. The authors describe two…
Descriptors: Student Research, Citations (References), Case Studies, Internet