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Muddiman, Esther; Lyttleton-Smith, Jen; Moles, Kate – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2019
The study of marginalia has not been widely discussed in social sciences research and occupies a marginal space in terms of methodological legitimacy. We highlight the value of paying attention to the ways in which participants "speak back" to the researcher. This paper draws on marginalia found in surveys written or drawn by young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Early Adolescents, Surveys
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Kupriyanov, B. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
The article attempts to introduce, describe, and theoretically justify the phenomenon of the children's prank as one of the natural features of childhood. According to the author, the children's prank deserves to be conceived of as a particular category due to the many descriptions of this phenomenon in children's literature. The author defines…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Social Influences, Humor, Fiction
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Huq, Afreen; Gilbert, David – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an alternate approach to entrepreneurship pedagogy development through an iterative journey of co-ownership between students, industry partners and academic course teams to enhance student satisfaction and learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Utilising design thinking, the pedagogy…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Design, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
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Meniado, Joel C. – English Language Teaching, 2016
Metacognitive reading strategies and reading motivation play a significant role in enhancing reading comprehension. In an attempt to prove the foregoing claim in a context where there is no strong culture for reading, this study tries to find out if there is indeed a relationship between and among metacognitive reading strategies, reading…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Problem Solving, Reading Motivation
Lawrence, A. S. Arul; Xavier, S. Amaladoss – Online Submission, 2013
Edward de Bono who invented the term "lateral thinking" in 1967 is the pioneer of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is concerned with the generation of new ideas. Liberation from old ideas and the stimulation of new ones are twin aspects of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is a creative skills from which all people can benefit…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills
Teitle, Jennifer, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2015
This issue of "Bank Street Occasional Papers" explores the value of time outside of school. Educators have given relatively little scholarly attention to young people's nonschool lives. Ignored or valorized, nonschool spaces show up in educational research only as a backdrop, implying that school learning is the yardstick by which to…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Family Environment, Asian Culture, Foreign Countries
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Jewell, Lisa M.; Morrison, Melanie A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency and types of negative behaviors directed toward gay men on university campuses and to understand heterosexual men's and women's motivations for engaging in antigay discrimination. Using a mixed methods approach, results from a quantitative survey (N = 286) indicated that students primarily…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Males, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students