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Jin, Meilan – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the online teaching experiences of preservice teachers during the pandemic. Due to COVID-19, preservice teachers were required to work with children and families remotely to gain practicum experiences. Three preservice teachers' work (family reflection papers, lesson reflection papers, video recordings of teaching,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Online Courses, Practicums, COVID-19
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Crockett, Caroline; Finelli, Cynthia; Powell, Harry C. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
This paper investigates what instructional factors influence conceptual understanding (CU) of signals and systems for senior undergraduate engineering students. Previous results show students in signals and systems courses typically gain little CU, though evidence-based instructional practices, such as active learning, can increase gains in CU.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Concept Formation, Undergraduate Students, College Seniors
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Salvador, Karen; Paetz, Allison M.; Tippetts, Matthew M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate processes that led practicing music educators in a graduate course to examine their beliefs and practices regarding inclusion, responsiveness, equity, and justice. Using Charmaz's constructivist approach to grounded theory, we interviewed 22 participants from MUS 8XX: Philosophy of Music Education.…
Descriptors: Music Education, Graduate Students, Grounded Theory, Educational Philosophy
Schlarb, Mary H. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This is a study of intercultural learning and teaching through study abroad programs at one four-year public higher education institution in the United States. The purpose of this study is to determine stakeholder views of factors influencing student learning in faculty-led study abroad programs. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Study Abroad, Self Concept
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Mahdiuon, Rouhollah; Masoumi, Davoud; Farasatkhah, Maghsoud – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2017
The article aims to explore the attributes of quality and quality improvement including the process and specific actions associated with these attributes--that contribute enhancing quality in Iranian Virtual Higher Education (VHE) institutions. A total of 16 interviews were conducted with experts and key actors in Iranian virtual higher education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Virtual Universities
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Wallen, Matthew; Kelly-Holmes, Helen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
This study endeavoured to awaken mainstream teachers' awareness of language, specifically related to teaching emergent bilingual children who are learning English as an additional language (EAL) in the Republic of Ireland. Because EAL learners spend the majority of the day in the mainstream classroom, mainstream teachers' language awareness may…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Metalinguistics
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Stewart, Mary K. – Composition Forum, 2018
Collaborative learning theory points to knowledge construction as an outcome of peer interaction, justifying widespread implementation of collaborative activities (like small group discussion) that scaffold toward individual writing projects. This article offers a qualitative investigation into the process of collaborating with peers and the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Freshman Composition, College Freshmen, Case Studies
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Rand, Jane – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
This paper reports research that responded to my experience of teacher trainees' perception of a polarity between knowledge and skill in English post-compulsory education and training (PCET). I developed a model of knowing designed to promote an alternative to this binary conceptualisation. The research set out to operationalise "Dimensions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers