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Pearson, Margot; Evans, Terry; Macauley, Peter – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Exploring the nexus between doctoral education and research, and developments in how research is organised and funded is of significance as doctoral education is both part of the higher education system for teaching and learning, and part of the research enterprise. Doctoral candidates are both students and effectively early career researchers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Research Methodology, Delivery Systems
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Valois, Robert F.; Lewallen, Theresa C.; Slade, Sean; Tasco, Adriane N. – Health Education, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the formative evaluation results from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Healthy School Communities (HSC) pilot project. Design/methodology/approach: This study utilized 11 HSC pilot sites in the USA (eight sites) and Canada (three sites). The evaluation question was…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Best Practices, Program Implementation
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Wanzare, Zachariah – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article reports some findings of study regarding practices and procedures of internal instructional supervision in public secondary schools in Kenya. The findings are part of a large-scale project undertaken in Kenya to determine the perceptions of headteachers, teachers and senior government education officers regarding the practices of…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teacher Supervision, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
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Hill, Mary F. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2011
While there is clear evidence that using classroom assessment for learning can improve learning significantly, research has demonstrated that it is particularly challenging for secondary teachers to change their practices in an assessment for learning direction. Many factors have been suggested as inhibiting change in these schools. Some studies…
Descriptors: Barriers, Secondary Schools, Program Effectiveness, Performance Factors
Johnston, Elisabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which a preschool program followed the recommendations outlined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in their joint position statement "Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good…
Descriptors: Investigations, Mathematics Activities, Preschool Education, Young Children
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2006
The phenomenon of marketing in educational institutions has been critically examined by Vining, Topor (2001) and Sevier (1986, 1996). However, no studies have yet been undertaken to examine the marketing of language programs in public education. A timely study is needed to examine the promotion of a recent educational program: the Alberta…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Language Role, Foreign Countries, Public Education