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Between Signification and Illumination: Unfolding Understandings of an A/r/tographical Turn on Practicum
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Carter, Mindy R.; Irwin, Rita L. – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2014
School associates (SA's), or cooperating teachers (CT's), have arguably been one of the most powerful influences on the teacher candidate's (TC) pre-service experience. For this reason, most studies about the practicum have focused on this relationship. However, while observing one visual art student's practicum as her Faculty Advisor (FA) for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperating Teachers, Student Teachers, Visual Arts
Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education--Volume I. Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood Education
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Saracho, Olivia, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014
The "Handbook of Research Methods in Early Childhood Education" brings together in one source research techniques that researchers can use to collect data for studies that contribute to the knowledge in early childhood education. To conduct valid and reliable studies, researchers need to be knowledgeable about numerous research…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Qualitative Research
What Helps and Hinders Workers in Managing Change
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Butterfeld, Lee D.; Borgen, William A.; Amundson, Norman E.; Erlebach, Anne C. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2010
This research responds to calls for increased understanding of workers' experiences of their work and work contexts. Informed by positive psychology, this study focused on a seldom-studied subset of working individuals who self-identified as doing well with change affecting their work and on strategies that helped or hindered them in doing well,…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Interviews, Career Counseling, Research Methodology
Dealing with Opposition: Uncomfortable Moments in Research
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Costa, Estela; Kiss, Adel – European Educational Research Journal, 2011
The purpose of this article is to contribute to methodological discussions on elite interviewing. The point of departure is that elite interviewing constitutes/represents continuous challenges for researchers. This may be due to several reasons; one of these concerns the possible critical incidents that may occur in the course of the interview.…
Descriptors: Interviews, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Tools
Staff and Client Perspectives on the Journey Mapping Online Evaluation Tool in a Drug Court Program
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Crunkilton, Dhira D. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
The purpose of this study was to assess staff and client perspectives on the Internet-based Journey Mapping program evaluation tool. A drug court program was chosen for a case study research design. Six staff and 10 clients participated in interviews and observations, and also responded to a questionnaire. A staff survey provided additional data.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation Methods, Research Methodology
The Evaluation Consultant's Life Cycle: Theory, Practice, and Implications for Learning
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Barrington, Gail V. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
The purpose of the study reported in this chapter was to determine if senior evaluation consultants experienced stages of growth in their practice similar to the small business development stages described by Bruce and Scott, to identify the stimuli that led to those changes, to determine what the consultants learned from these incidents, and to…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Career Development, Program Evaluation, Evaluators