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Goren, Heela; Yemini, Miri; Maxwell, Claire; Blumenfeld-Lieberthal, Efrat – Review of Research in Education, 2020
This chapter presents an innovative, cross-disciplinary methodological approach to systematically reviewing and comparing large bodies of literature using big data, Natural Language Processing, network analysis, and supplementary qualitative analysis. The approach is demonstrated through an analysis of the literature surrounding four common…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Scholarship, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology
Nigel Martin Healey – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
This case study reflects on the lessons learned during a 15-month "insider research" project on the management of international branch campuses. The research project was a qualitative investigation into the "lived experience" of senior managers running international branch campuses of UK universities. The UK universities…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Multicampus Colleges
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Alsharari, Nizar Mohammad – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of internationalization of higher education (HE) in the United Arab Emirates by examining the development of its HE system, and analyzing the components and results of internationalization. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopts a qualitative research methodology to analyze…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Liu, Po-Hung – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The current main research trend in mathematics education is publishing studies by Western scholars pertaining to educational issues of the world in general. but Asia is mostly overlooked. Since international comparisons show Asian students outperform others in mathematics, the imbalance should receive more attention. To gain insight into this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Surveys, Comparative Analysis
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Alfattal, Eyad – Journal of International Students, 2016
This study concerns the theory and practice of international marketing in higher education with the purpose of exploring a conceptual model for understanding international students' needs in the context of a four-year college in the United States. A transcendental phenomenological design was employed to investigate the essence of international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education, Student Needs
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Morrison, Emily – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2015
While literature on research methods abounds, little attention has been given to understanding how qualitative researchers and their approaches to research (i.e., the researcher's stance) shape what we know about global service-learning (GSL) and how we come to know what we know about GSL. Researchers often uncritically adopt a particular research…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Service Learning, Global Approach, Research Methodology
Joanna Smith; Michael Thier; Heather McClure – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
Conducting international research presents unique possibilities for peril. Without understanding local context, culture, and norms, data-collection efforts may produce little usable data. This case study reports lessons learned about the importance of involving broad stakeholder groups in the design phase of a study. To inform the design of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Data Collection, Cultural Context
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Baldassar, Loretta; McKenzie, Lara – Teaching Sociology, 2016
Study-abroad and international-student programs are commonly understood to transform their participants into "global citizens" possessing "cross-cultural competencies." Similar benefits are anticipated from "internationalization at home"--defined as any on-campus, internationally related activity--whereby…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Qualitative Research, Research Projects
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Barton, Georgina M.; Hartwig, Kay A.; Cain, Melissa – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
This paper explores the practicum experience of international students studying in a teacher education course. Much research has investigated the experience of international students during their degree experience but there is limited research that has addressed the practicum; a key component of teacher education. The research that does exist…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Practicums, Interviews, Student Experience
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Feniger, Yariv; Israeli, Mirit; Yehuda, Smadar – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
The use of standardised tests as a central tool in education policy has in recent decades become a common feature of many national education systems. In 2002 the Israeli Ministry of Education introduced new mandatory state tests for primary and middle schools. The article describes the adoption of these low-stakes tests and assesses their impact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Primary Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Qin, Lin – European Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Taking the establishment of structured doctoral programmes in Germany as an example, this paper focuses on how knowledge production in certain academic fields reshapes their doctoral education in a widely changing policy context. Based on case studies of eight graduate schools in three research fields, namely economics, life sciences, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies
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Nayak, Anoop; Williamson, Howard; Bjork, Mikela; Restler, Victoria; Anyon, Jean – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
This article presents a review of "Lost youth in the global city: class, culture and the urban imaginary," by Jo-Anne Dillabough and Jacqueline Kennelly. In many ways the "juke-box boys" would today form a stratum of the "lost youth" that Jo-Anne Dillabough and Jacqueline Kennelly discuss in their thoughtful account…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Subcultures, Research Methodology, Adolescents
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Zubair Haider, Syed; Dilshad, Muhammad – Higher Education for the Future, 2015
In the present era, education has emerged as a countrywide mission in developed and developing countries. Countries are utilizing their energies to deal with the transformations forthcoming in higher education. The research under investigation, reviews the global developments in the area of higher education (HE) all over the world and surveys the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Qualitative Research, Cross Cultural Studies
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Christopher, Joe – Tertiary Education and Management, 2012
This study aims to develop a conceptual model of the wider influencing forces impacting the governance paradigms of public universities. It draws on the multi-theoretical governance concept and seeks to identify these forces through the lens of chief audit executives using a qualitative research approach. The interview data supported by published…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Student Attitudes, Comparative Education, Qualitative Research
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Tobin, Joseph – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2014
Most qualitative studies in international education take place in a single site in a single nation. When studies are of more than one country, they most often use more quantitative than qualitative approaches. Beatrice and John Whiting conducted the most systematic of comparative cross-cultural studies of child rearing in their "Six…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Ethnography, Video Technology, International Education
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