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Weber, Kristina J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was to investigate school librarians' self-efficacy in the multiple literacies. This study was conducted to develop an understanding of the role of librarians in the multiple literacies, and what they feel has an impact on their capacity to implement multiple literacies practices.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Multiple Literacies, Interviews, School Libraries
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Mu, Guanglun Michael – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
The identity-language link has been widely recognised. In Heritage Language research, the complex entanglement between Chinese ethnic identity and Chinese Heritage Language has gained increasing attention in recent decades. Both social psychological and poststructural schools have offered meaningful insights into this field, but have also received…
Descriptors: Chinese, Heritage Education, Self Concept, Asians
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Parks, Rodney; Walker, Erin; Smith, Carol – College and University, 2015
As troops return to the United States from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, many student veterans are expected to utilize their education benefits and enroll in higher education. A key element in their success in college will be the quality of academic advising they receive. Student veterans are much more likely than traditional students to drop…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Veterans Education, College Students, Nontraditional Students
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Philippou, Stavroula; Theodorou, Eleni – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
The accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union in 2004 was anticipated to be a "catalytic" factor in developments towards a solution of the Cyprus problem at the political level. Within education, it was also seen as an opportunity for addressing diversity in a historically ethnocentric educational system through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Greek, Discourse Analysis, Ethnocentrism
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Stride, Annette – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
This paper explores the physical education (PE) and physical activity experiences of a group of South Asian, Muslim girls, a group typically marginalised in PE and physical activity research. The study responds to ongoing calls for research to explore across different spaces in young people's lives. Specifically, I draw on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Muslims
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Bowe, Anica G.; Desjardins, Christopher D.; Covington Clarkson, Lesa M.; Lawrenz, Frances – Urban Education, 2017
This study utilized a mixed-methods approach to holistically examine single-sex and coeducational urban elementary mathematics classes through situated cognitive theory. Participants came from two urban low-income Midwestern elementary schools with a high representation of minority students (n = 77 sixth graders, n = 4 teachers, n = 2 principals).…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Mixed Methods Research, Single Sex Schools
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Phuong, Andrew Estrada; Nguyen, Judy; Marie, Dena – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2017
This study examines whether and how an adaptive equity-oriented pedagogy can address diverse college students' needs and preferred modes of learning. Using a mixed-methods approach, we evaluated this pedagogical intervention that synthesizes democratic, assessment-driven, strengths-based, multimodal, and game-based instructional strategies. This…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Teaching Methods, College Students, Student Needs
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Besnoy, Kevin D.; Maddin, Ellen; Eisenhardt, Sara; Steele, Emily – Journal of Catholic Education, 2015
The goals of developing a global perspective are consistent with the faith-based values of Catholicism. The primary goal is to prepare students academically, morally, and socially to participate in a globalized world that constantly faces new problems. A key component of this is the understanding that other people, who may appear on the surface to…
Descriptors: Friendship, Middle School Students, Catholic Schools, Moral Values
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Mendoza Diaz, Noemi V.; Cox, Monica F.; Adams, Stephanie G. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
This mixed-methods pilot study extends researchers' understandings about elementary teachers' (K-6) perceptions of design, engineering and technology. In the first phase of the study, a reliable and valid survey was given to thirty-five participants in a teacher professional development academy sponsored by the Institute for P-12 Engineering…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Elementary School Teachers, Mixed Methods Research, Pilot Projects
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Graham, Anthony – Negro Educational Review, 2013
This investigation examined the Praxis I perceptions of Black undergraduate Education majors seeking admission into the Teacher Education Program at a historically Black university. Participants were 52 students conveniently selected from an Introduction to Teacher Education course where preparation for the Praxis I is emphasized. Academic…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Student Attitudes, Education Majors, College Applicants
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Xu, Qiong; Yeung, Wei-Jun Jean – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
Intergenerational relationships and gender roles in China are in transition because of ideational and structural changes resulting from social movements and policies in the past half a century. Using a mixed-methods design, we examine Shanghai fathers' involvement in their adolescent daughters' lives. In contrast to traditional stereotypes,…
Descriptors: Social Change, Sex Role, Foreign Countries, Stereotypes
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Grossman, Jennifer M.; Porche, Michelle V. – Urban Education, 2014
This mixed-methods study examined urban adolescents' perceptions of gender and racial/ethnic barriers to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) success, and their meaning-making and coping regarding these experiences. The sample includes surveys from 1024 high school-aged students and interviews from 53 students. Logistic…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Gender Differences, Barriers, Racial Differences