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Rogers, Marg; Boyd, Wendy – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
The Mosaic approach has been used as a form of participatory research for over two decades. It has been popular with researchers in the early childhood education and disability sectors because it encourages the participants to utilise a large range of communication tools, rather than relying on verbal and written data. Promoters of the Mosaic…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Children, Adults, Empowerment
Franck Salles; Aurélie Lacroix – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2024
Digital technologies have the potential to revolutionize education by enhancing quality, fairness, and efficiency. However, equitable access to these technologies remains a challenge. ILSAs (international large-scale assessments) have shown that the relationship between digital use and performance varies across countries and over time. To fully…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Tests
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Mohamed Emam, Mahmoud – Support for Learning, 2016
Inclusive education (IE) and the special education services related to it are relatively new in Oman. Efforts to manage special/inclusive education face many challenges due to a number of culturally rooted factors. Further, empirical research on IE in Oman is scarce and there is a need to advance IE discourse based on empirically validated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Special Education, Program Administration
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Bokhorst-Heng, Wendy D. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
Parental involvement comes in various forms and will differ as a child moves through primary and secondary school. Epstein's (2002) classic six-types model captures the potential scope of parental involvement: (1) basic obligations of parents as care-providers; (2) schools communicating with parents about school programs; (3) parent volunteering…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Foreign Countries
Baidak, Nathalie; Parveva, Teodora – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2008
This second edition of "Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe" contains 44 indicators in five chapters entitled "Context," "Organisation," "Participation," "Teachers" and "Teaching Processes." It has been produced in collaboration with Eurostat and belongs to the "Key…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Educational Research
Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Zapata, Juliana; Albiser, Etienne; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2013
This policy profile on education in Mexico is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectoral knowledge base, the series…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement
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Baines, Donna – Social Work, 2008
Since the introduction of the first neoliberal budgets in the mid-1980s, Canadian social service workers have had ample reason to resist changes in their work lives. Drawing on literature as well as on themes emerging from an intentionally diverse subset of data collected as part of a multiyear study, this article explores the resistance…
Descriptors: Children, Social Work, Caseworkers, Social Services
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Bimrose, Jenny; Barnes, Sally-Anne – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2007
Distinctive styles of client decision-making have emerged from case study research into the effectiveness of career guidance. This paper explores some findings from the third year of a longitudinal study currently underway in England, which relate to the ways clients approach transition points in their careers and make the decisions that move them…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Career Guidance
Aubel, Judi – 1995
This manual was designed for Catholic Relief Services staff who want to improve the health and nutrition component of maternal and child health programs. The methodology presented had already been used in two country programs in Africa, and the experiences in those program evaluations made this guide to participatory evaluation useful for other…
Descriptors: Child Health, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
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McCullum, Christine; Pelletier, David; Barr, Donald; Wilkins, Jennifer; Habicht, Jean-Pierre – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
A community food security movement has begun to address problems of hunger and food insecurity by utilizing a community-based approach. Although various models have been implemented, little empirical research has assessed how power operates within community-based food security initiatives. The purpose of this research was to determine how power…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Hunger, Models, Foreign Countries
Australian Education Council, Melbourne. – 1992
This report enlarges upon the tables and figures in the National Report on Schooling in Australia 1991 and provides a basis for the continuing cooperative development of educational statistics in Australia and better quality statistical information about Australian schooling. The following categories organize the series of figures and tables: (1)…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Foreign Countries
Mitton, Roger – 1982
The linking of research and action, basic methods of social research, and the uses of research in distance teaching are examined, with examples drawn from the Lesotho Distance Teaching Centre and other distance teaching programs. Ways in which research can be useful and early stages of research design and planning are discussed. An explanation of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Distance Education
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Sahin, Ismail; Shelley, Mack – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
In the current study, the Distance Education Student Satisfaction Model, estimated as a structural equation model, is proposed to understand better what predicts student satisfaction from online learning environments. In the present study, the following variables are employed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, Bagozzi, &…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Online Courses
Bezuidenhout, J. J. – 1986
The purpose of this research project was to compile and analyze data concerning the composition and geographic distribution of South Africa's population for the purpose of future educational planning to meet the needs of four population groups. This document contains statistics and conclusions on: (1) the role of population shifts and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
Hadley, Gregory S. – 1997
A discussion of a particular problem in an individual teacher's second language classroom leads to a definition of "action research", examines the issues to be addressed before undertaking it, and results in suggestions for designing and implementing the study. Action research is defined as a process designed to improve teaching and facilitate…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Data Collection
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