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Direct linkHudson, Brian; Gericke, Niklas; Olin-Scheller, Christina; Stolare, Martin – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
This paper outlines the development of a comparative research framework in subject didactics and applies this in the process of analysing the transformations from academic disciplines across different school subjects. The theoretical framework builds on the concepts of 'powerful knowledge' and 'transformation' and 'epistemic quality' within which…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Intellectual Disciplines, Knowledge Level, Transformative Learning
Download full textJ. Patrice McSherry – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2023
As Latin American countries moved from military dictatorship to civilian government in the 1980s, a burning issue was how to deal with the massive repression and grave human rights violations of the recent past. Should there be an effort to hold perpetrators accountable, or simply "turn the page?" This article documents and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Latin Americans, Civil Rights, Agency Cooperation
Martino, Andrew – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2021
This essay explores and expands the boundaries by which honors is defined and defines itself. By opening a path toward a more expansive and public perception of honors, the author argues for emphasis on the public good as a key element in honors discourse and the broader dissemination of its theories and practices. Drawing from characteristics of…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Higher Education, Social Problems, Political Issues
Stolz, Suzanne – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2021
This article is a response to the four articles presented in this issue. It considers the need for teacher educators to reimagine structures, practices, and priorities that have dominated the field of education and highlights the ways in which these authors can push our thinking. The work calls us to break down silos, promote interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Interdisciplinary Approach
Reys, Robert E.; Reys, Barbara J.; Shih, Jeffrey C. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
Some people pursuing a doctorate in mathematics education are interested in specializing in a specific area within mathematics education. In addition, people considering postdoctoral appointments often choose institutions that have niches or specializations aligned with their long-term career goals. These specialty areas are typically the result…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Mathematics Education, Postdoctoral Education, Specialization
Chilari, Vera; Gribincea, Corina – European Training Foundation, 2021
This report presents findings from an assessment of the implication of skills in Moldova's smart specialisation strategy. The ETF's role is to support Moldova as it endeavours to give vocational education and training systems a clear role in the implementation of its smart specialisation strategy. The report explores skills data at sub-sectoral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Specialization, Vocational Education, Job Skills
Alvarez-Gonzalez, Yasmina – History of Education Review, 2022
Purpose: This article focuses on the study of the shaping of pedagogy as a discipline in Spain prior to the Civil War. Its aim is to identify those elements that helped pedagogy become constituted as a distinct field of knowledge that could offer rigorous insight into the world of education. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Educational History, War
White, Jamison; Huang, Lifei – Journal of School Choice, 2022
We seek to build a framework with which researchers can track the trends in charter school specialization and parents can better understand their options. This report examines the entire charter school population operating in the 2018-19 school year and calculates the rate of specialization among charter schools based on key terms found on their…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Innovation, Models, Specialization
Atkin, JoAnn L.; Bowie, Anthony Alland; Cowley, Scott; Eckert, James A.; Ferrin, Bruce G.; Harrison, Robert L.; Lancendorfer, Karen M.; Luqmani, Mushtaq; Luqmani, Zahida; Leingpibul, Thaweephan; Mumuni, Alhassan G.; O'Reilly, Kelley; Quraeshi, Zahir A.; Samples, Robert G.; Veeck, Ann; Xie, Hu; Zondag, Marcellis M. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2022
Many business colleges offer specialized marketing majors in addition to the general marketing major. Given the extra resources needed to maintain multiple majors, in a time when higher education budgets are being strained, a need exists to understand how students make choices among these majors and what students perceive to be the advantages of…
Descriptors: Marketing, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Manoharan, Aroon P.; Gilmore, Briana; Rangarajan, Nandhini – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
This paper describes the pedagogical efforts of 67 NASPAA programs offering a specialization in global/comparative administration and policy. A web content analysis of course and concentration titles, course descriptions and syllabi of 67 programs with this specialization showed that across all programs, 52 unique concentrations were offered, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Public Administration Education, Public Affairs Education, Specialization
Olufsen, Magne; Karlsen, Solveig; Saeleset, Johannes; Thorvaldsen, Steinar – Education Inquiry, 2022
In recent decades, most Nordic countries have seen reforms in their teacher education programme, giving rise to an ongoing debate on these programmes' content, structure, and quality. As part of a recent reform of teacher education in Norway, new Master's-level programme have been introduced to educate teachers for grades 5-10, whereby pre-service…
Descriptors: Specialization, Student Teaching, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education
Hwang, NaYoung; Kisida, Brian – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
Although the majority of elementary school teachers cover all major subjects in self-contained classrooms, a growing number of teachers specialize in teaching fewer subjects to higher numbers of students. We use administrative data from Indiana to estimate the effect of teacher specialization on teacher and school effectiveness in elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Specialization, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality
Wendi I. Johnson; Amanda L. Skierkiewicz – Communique, 2025
School neuropsychology focuses on brain--behavior relationships and how these connections influence the learning process. This specialized field considers the individual and sociocultural factors that influence cognitive development, using targeted neuropsychological assessments to guide effective intervention. While grounded in pediatric clinical…
Descriptors: Neuropsychology, Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Higher Education
Yilin Hou; Philip Joyce; Kurt Thurmaier; Katherine Willoughby – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2024
The Inter-University Consortium for Doctoral Courses in Public Budgeting, Finance, and Financial Management is the first collaborative project for online doctoral courses in public affairs. This article provides an account of the consortium's initiation, establishment, and operation for the pilot round. The consortium fills a niche in doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Consortia, Institutional Cooperation
Tshering Tshering; Joshua Matthews; Rachael Adlington – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2024
Information and Communication Technology is a powerful tool for transforming education, and in developing, largely rural countries such as Bhutan, where its widespread access is relatively recent. Information and Communication Technology acceptance and use among teacher educators is crucial for effective contemporary teacher education. Acceptance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes
