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Cathal de Paor – Studies in Continuing Education, 2024
An effective system of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) requires assessment processes that are appropriate for the nature of the experiential learning being assessed. Otherwise, potential candidates may be discouraged from engaging in RPL applications and therefore not benefit from the lifelong learning opportunities available. It has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Military Personnel, Experiential Learning
Boss, Ginny J.; Dunn, Merrily S. – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2021
The purpose of this study was to provide more insight into the skills and support systems needed to encourage scholarship among student affairs practitioners. We used topical life history to examine the scholarly lives of eight student affairs practitioners. To guide our examination, we used the questions posed by Jablonski et al. (2006) as our…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Scholarship, Theory Practice Relationship
Alicia J. Lozano; Monica L. Ahrens; Genevieve R. Lyons; Jennie Z. Ma; Sarah J. Ratcliffe; Alexandra L. Hanlon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
Background: The field of collaborative biostatistics plays a critical role in translating scientific discoveries into practical applications by providing sound statistical analysis, ensuring data integrity, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science and decision-making in healthcare. The role of a collaborative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Education, Statistics Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Dietz, Michele Terrilee – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In higher education, numerous experiential learning programs are offered to enhance students' learning, including international travel programs, immersion programs, internship programs, and service-learning programs. Although students participating in these programs are each higher education institution's number one stakeholders, rarely are they…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Service Learning, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Teixeira, Samantha; Lombe, Margaret; Figuereo, Victor; Chu, Yoosun; Wang, Kaipeng; Bartholomew, Melissa W.; Rosales, Robert; Perez-Aponte, Jaime; McRoy, Ruth; Rambo, Deborah Kincade; Mayes, Larry – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Community-partnered research presents unique opportunities for personal and professional development among social work practitioners, researchers, and students. It is a vehicle for promoting social work values, generating and sharing knowledge, and connecting research to practice. Findings from these types of partnerships can be instructive for…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Professional Development, Social Work, Counselor Training
Belford, Nish; Tudball, Libby; Kewalramani, Sarika – Cogent Education, 2020
Research-informed immersive professional learning in schools is another avenue for pre-service teachers (PSTs) to develop their understanding and reflection about theories, methods, and practices of teaching and learning. From a collaborative research project that aimed at developing the intercultural capabilities of Prep level students in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Professional Development
Abramo, Joseph Michael; Campbell, Mark Robin – Arts Education Policy Review, 2016
This article develops criteria for the selection, professional development, and assessment of cooperating teachers through four "notions." These notions suggest that cooperating teachers might (1) possess knowledge of educational theory and practice; (2) understand the importance of context in education; (3) understand narrative's role…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Teacher Selection, Cooperating Teachers, Student Teachers
Mercer, Debbie K.; Myers, Scott – Educational Considerations, 2013
This article discusses leaders who make a difference, especially in school districts where a single superintendent impacts the lives of so many children, teachers, staff, and community members every day. There is a need to mentor the ongoing professional learning and development of key leaders. The authors report on a process in Kansas, USA, which…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Leadership Training, Leadership Effectiveness, Superintendents
Fisher, Teresa R.; Many, Joyce E. – School-University Partnerships, 2014
This qualitative inquiry explores perceptions and experiences of three urban educators who had been involved in PDS initiatives both from the school perspective as classroom teachers and mentors to interns and from the university perspective as urban teacher-educators. These ''boundary spanners'' provided insight into and appreciation for the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teacher Educators, Qualitative Research, Inquiry
Youens, Bernadette; Smethem, Lindsey; Sullivan, Stefanie – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
This paper explores the potential of video capture to generate a collaborative space for teacher preparation; a space in which traditional hierarchies and boundaries between actors (student teacher, school mentor and university tutor) and knowledge (academic, professional and practical) are disrupted. The study, based in a teacher education…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Video Technology, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning
Hussein, Jeylan Wolyie – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
The study is a phenomenological case study into the lived experience of teacher candidates and associate teachers in Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to gain a phenomenological sensitivity to the "lived" experience of the participants and through that to identify key structural and conceptual impediments to meaningful professional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Practicums, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education
Shantal, Kakon Montua Ajua; Halttunen, Leena; Pekka, Kanervio – Journal of Leadership Education, 2014
Quality educational leadership preparation has positive influences on practices of graduates. In the Finnish decentralized education system, little is yet known about the sources of principals' practices. This research explores the sources of principals' self-assessed leadership practices in Central Finland and identifies areas for more emphasis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Leadership Training, Administrator Education
Vernon-Dotson, Lisa J.; Floyd, Loury O. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2012
Universities and schools are struggling with the critical issues surrounding teacher quality, student learning, and the gap between research and practice. This study employed a collective case-study design to explore the impact of leadership teams and school-university partnerships on teacher leadership, professional development, and overall…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Focus Groups, Teacher Role, College School Cooperation
Chan, Anne W. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2008
This article present results from a qualitative study that examined mentor practices with four ethnic minority proteges interested in applying to doctoral programs in psychology. Some of the mentor practices identified were expected and consistent with the research literature. Other findings were unanticipated but significant. In particular,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Doctoral Programs, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups
Galassi, John P.; Griffin, Dana; Akos, Patrick – Professional School Counseling, 2008
Articles in this special issue illustrate how Strengths-Based School Counseling complements the ASCA National Model[R] by strengthening the foundation of comprehensive school counseling programs, emphasizing promotion-oriented delivery, reinforcing the accountability and evidence base, engaging in developmental advocacy, and highlighting the…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Leadership, School Counselors, Academic Achievement