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Evaluation of Quality Policies on Education in Turkish Education System
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Atasoy, Ramazan; Cemaloglu, Necati – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
It's aimed to evaluate the quality policies for education in Turkish National Educational System according to the opinions of the directors of departments for policies who are in charge at Ministry of National Educational and the projection of these policies on quality of education in this study. The study is designed as a qualitative research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
Jewish Leaders' Access to IDEA Funds for Parentally Placed Private School Children: A Basic Qualitative Study
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Schmerling, Jennifer Braunstein – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative study was designed to gain insight on Jewish leaders' conceptualizations and access to IDEA funding for their parentally placed private school children when Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is not at issue. Additionally, this study explored the various ways Jewish leaders aid and advocate for these students. The current…
Descriptors: Jews, Educational Finance, Disabilities, Equal Education
An Exploration of the Use of Occupational Language in School-Based Occupational Therapy Documentation
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Benson, Jeryl D. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2015
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of occupation-based terminology in the documentation of school-based occupational therapists. A retrospective qualitative analysis of school-based documents using a priori codes was completed. Analysis included 33 Individual Educational Program (IEP) documents and 118 OT goals. Analyses showed that…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Language Usage, Documentation, Vocabulary
What Does It Mean to Be a Girl? Teachers' Representations of Gender in Supplementary Reading Materials for South African Schools
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Dentith, Audrey M.; Sailors, Misty; Sethusha, Mantsose – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Education reform, including methods to create greater gender equality, is an ongoing process in post-Apartheid South Africa. Using an African feminism theoretical framework and a critical content analysis approach, we examined the representation of female characters in a subset of supplementary reading titles created under an international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Equal Education, Gender Issues
Training School Psychologists to Identify Specific Learning Disabilities: A Content Analysis of Syllabi
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Barrett, Courtenay A.; Cottrell, Joseph M.; Newman, Daniel S.; Pierce, Benjamin G.; Anderson, Alisha – School Psychology Review, 2015
Approximately 2.4 million children receive special education services for specific learning disabilities (SLDs), and school psychologists are key contributors to the SLD eligibility decision-making process. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004) enabled local education agencies to use response to intervention (RTI) instead of the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement
Dr. Howard L. Simmons: An Intellectual Biography of the First Black Executive Director of the Middle States Regional Accrediting Body
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Mendoza, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2009
There is limited information on changes to accreditation standards and practices, especially related to diversity. The narrow focus of prior studies and the public's limited understanding of accreditation and its criteria have contributed to this gap in the literature. This qualitative study used intellectual biography as its framework to narrate…
Descriptors: Biographies, Accreditation (Institutions), Accountability, African Americans