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Making Sense of External Partnerships: Principals' Experiences of School-University Collaborations
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Susanne Sahlin – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine principals' sense-making of a school-university collaboration taking an institutional perspective on organizational change. The study's context involves three schools in a collaboration focusing on leadership and school improvement with one university. Design/methodology/approach: The study draws on…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Talking Science in Multilingual Contexts in South Africa: Possibilities and Challenges for Engagement in Learners Home Languages in High School Classrooms
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Msimanga, Audrey; Lelliott, Anthony – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This paper discusses the nature of learner engagement with science content during small group discussions in which learners use their home languages. We observed that learners reverted to their home languages in small group discussions, yet very little is known about the dynamics of learner engagement when they use their home languages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Native Language
Two Dimensions of Student Ownership of Learning during Small-Group Work in Physics
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Enghag, Margareta; Niedderer, Hans – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2008
The theoretical framework "student ownership of learning" is developed both theoretically and with qualitative research. The metaphor "ownership" is related to the process towards meaning making and understanding and is seen as relevant especially to improve physics instruction. The dimension "group ownership of learning" refers to the groups'…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Qualitative Research, Ownership, Figurative Language
The Effects of Group Composition on Group Interactive Processes and Pupil Understanding.
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Bennett, Neville; Cass, Allyson – British Educational Research Journal, 1989
Focuses upon group processes in order to assess the relationships among group composition, interactive processes, and pupil understanding when a cooperative decision-making task is attempted. Reports the nature of discussion in three broad group types and the relationship of this dialogue to pupil understanding. Suggests other related issues for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehension, Cooperative Learning, Group Behavior
Intelligence and Personal Influence in Groups: Four Nonlinear Models.
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Simonton, Dean Keith – Psychological Review, 1985
Four models are developed to provide a conceptual basis for a curvilinear relation between intelligence and an individual's influence over group members. The models deal with influence and percentile placement in intelligence, comprehension by potential followers, vulnerability to rival intellects, and correlation between mean group IQ and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Creativity
Understanding Chinese Students' Use of Language Learning Strategies from Cultural and Educational Perspectives
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Rao, Zhenhui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study investigated Chinese students' use of language learning strategies, and then interpreted the data from cultural and educational perspectives. Using a Strategy Inventory for Language Learning, the researcher discovered some common features shared by Chinese students in their use of learning strategies. An in-depth analysis of the results…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
A Handbook for Teachers of Three, Four, and Five Year Old Migrant Children.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Migratory Child Div. – 1975
Located in 26 counties, the Florida Migratory Child Compensatory Program enrolls preschool children ages three, four, and five. Since many of these children travel with their parents from county to county, a need for a consistent curriculum emphasis developed. Therefore, using the National Migrant Goals, the Florida Migrant Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives