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Direct linkCho, Hyunjung; Pemberton, Cynthia Lee; Ray, Beverly – Current Issues in Education, 2017
This study employed purposive sampling across 20 SE Idaho schools to explore PK-3 educators' perceptions regarding the value and importance of creativity education in the early childhood education setting (PK-3). A survey instrument and semi-structured interview protocol were developed for use. Surveys were distributed by mail and through on-site…
Descriptors: Creativity, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Rueter, Jessica A.; McWhorter, Rochell R.; Lamb, John H.; Dykes, Frank O. – Current Issues in Education, 2016
Chappell, Stephens, Kinnison, and Pettigrew (2009) conducted a study investigating educational diagnosticians knowledge of early reading development. Our study replicated the work of Chappell et al. through a mixed methods design that investigated educational diagnosticians' perceptions and knowledge of early reading development. Additionally, our…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Beginning Reading, Mixed Methods Research, Attitude Measures
Tadesse, Tefera; Gillies, Robyn M. – Current Issues in Education, 2015
This article presents a pilot study that examined instructional practices and student outcomes of two courses designed using cooperative learning (CL) pedagogies in Ethiopian university context. The participants included 58 undergraduates and two teachers. The quantitative results showed that four inter-correlated pedagogical factors: Cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Participation, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education
Greenfield, Renée A. – Current Issues in Education, 2016
This study followed a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. Phase I involved the collection of quantitative data to examine inservice teachers' (N = 69) attitudes about language and linguistic diversity as well as their teacher education coursework. All participants were graduates from the same teacher education program. Phase II included…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Markle, D. Thomas – Current Issues in Education, 2012
Currently, little is known about the influence classroom learning has on the spiritual beliefs of students. Despite this fact, decisions on educational policy, parental home schooling, and even whether to bring legal actions against school districts, often rest on the assumption that education can induce spiritual belief change. To begin the…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Educational Policy, Attitude Change, Beliefs
Meidl, Tynisha D. – Current Issues in Education, 2013
This qualitative study focused on how teachers in a small, urban elementary school in Pennsylvania negotiate their beliefs and instructional delivery the classroom. In the area of literacy instruction, there has been an increased reliance on Core-reading programs in elementary school. Classroom teachers, caught in the middle, are charged with the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Bond, Nathan – Current Issues in Education, 2013
This action research study examined the development of a professional learning community (PLC) among 20 preservice secondary teachers as they met regularly during a semester-long, field-based education course to share artifacts of learning from their professional portfolios. The PLC model described by Hord and Tobia (2012) served as a framework…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
