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Jang, Sou Hyun – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to understand healthcare utilization behavior among Korean international students in the U.S. Participants and methods: Seventeen Korean international students in New York City participated in in-depth personal interviews. Results: The participants passively utilized U.S. healthcare by minimizing, avoiding, or delaying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Health Care, Foreign Students, Semi Structured Interviews
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Akyürek, Erkan; Afacan, Özlem – Higher Education Studies, 2018
This study was conducted to determine the problems faced by graduate students when conducting scientific research and to make suggestions for solving these problems. The research model was a case study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants in the study with questions about the problems encountered during scientific research…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Problems, Case Studies, Student Attitudes
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Walters, Sue; Heilbronn, Ruth; Daly, Caroline – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Ethics education exists in most professions internationally, yet is less prevalent in teacher education. This article reports on research exploring how ethics education is provided in university courses of initial teacher education (ITE) in England that was conducted as the second phase of an international survey study which considered the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education
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Heikkilä, Mia – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The focus of this study has been to examine a number of municipalities that work to recruit more men to work in preschools. The aim of the study has been to identify ways of working conducted by municipalities aiming to recruit more men to work in preschools. The study includes seven municipalities, all included in one network specifically aiming…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Males
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Martins, Maria Helena; Borges, Maria Leonor; Gonçalves, Teresa – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
In this article, we present data concerning the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education (HE) at a Portuguese university. This research is part of a wider project designed to understand the trajectories and experiences of students with disabilities at the University of Algarve. This exploratory study raises questions about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusion, Higher Education
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Lawless, Ann – Australian Universities' Review, 2017
General/professional staff are activists in Australian universities. Their activism has seldom been researched in scholarly approaches in higher education studies nor in activism studies. General/professional staff occupy a unique place in the labour force of higher education, and may work in a wide range of professions and trades. A case study of…
Descriptors: Activism, Case Studies, Professional Personnel, Foreign Countries
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Nguyen, Quy; Klopper, Christopher; Smith, Calvin – Open Review of Educational Research, 2016
The importance of academics undertaking research and publishing their research results is emphasised by universities. Engagement in research is recognised as an effective means to increase a university's profile. This study applied a qualitative approach to explore affordances, barriers, and motivations towards the engagement in research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affordances, Barriers, Motivation
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Özgür, Sami; Ürek, Handan; Kösal, Kübra – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
University students constitute an important cohort for the supplement of voluntary blood donation considering their age and dynamism. With this study, it is aimed to find out Turkish university students' positive and negative opinions towards blood donation in addition to interpreting their motivators and barriers to this issue. For this reason, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Donors
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Matthews, Miranda – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2018
Dynamics of policy making for education are invested with intersubjective tensions, as different stakeholders seek to meet their changing needs in the shifting ground of neoliberalism. Recent literature emphasising the need for boundary-work seeks to bridge the tensions in order to broker resolutions. I argue that perspectives on boundary-work…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Power Structure
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Yazar, Taha; Lala, Ozlem – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Purpose: Public Education Centers are important educational institutions where the knowledge and skills that the adults need are gained. The purpose of this research is to determine the problems encountered in Public Education Centers. Research Methods: A qualitative research method has been used in this research. The working group of the study is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education
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Aherne, Cian; Coughlan, Barry – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Aquatics is an under-researched but possibly appropriate form of activity for people with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (SPIDs). Aim: The current pilot study investigates the suitability of an aquatics programme for service users with SPIDs. Method: Four service users with SPID completed an 8-12-session aquatics…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Aquatic Sports, Physical Activities, Caregivers
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Sandhu, Prabhleen; Ibrahim, Jeyda; Chinn, Deborah – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Despite growing interest in the experiences and social barriers experienced by people with intellectual disabilities from ethnic minorities, the specific challenges associated with migration from abroad faced by these individuals and their families have been overlooked. This research focuses on narratives told by Turkish-speaking…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Minority Groups, Turkish, Immigrants
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Hamilton, Jahnese; Ingham, Barry; McKinnon, Iain; Parr, Jeremy R.; Tam, Louise Yuen-Chong; Le Couteur, Ann – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism are often excluded from participating in health and healthcare research. Understanding study information, which is an important aspect of demonstrating capacity to give informed consent, can be a particular challenge. This study surveyed clinical researchers to discover: (i) their…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Cognitive Ability, Informed Consent
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Sawiuk, Rebecca; Taylor, William. G.; Groom, Ryan – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Within the context of sports coaching and coach education, formalised mentoring relationships are often depicted as a mentor--mentee dyad. Thus, mentoring within sports coaching is typically conceptualised as a one-dimensional relationship, where the mentor is seen as the powerful member of the dyad, with greater age and/or experience…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Mentors, Athletics, Physical Education
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Cowley, Paul; Hyams-Ssekasi, Denis – Journal of International Students, 2018
This study explores the initial higher education experiences of first-year international students in the United Kingdom. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were carried out with 20 new international students undertaking a business degree at a U.K. university. The students described the key motivating factors for studying abroad and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Motivation, Student Adjustment
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