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Harring, Niklas; Jagers, Sverker C. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Pressing problems of environmental degradation are typically argued to require coordination, primarily through state intervention. Social scientists are struggling to understand how attitudes toward such state interventions are formed, and several drivers have been suggested, including education. People with university degrees are assumed to have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Norms, Beliefs, Longitudinal Studies
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Manatos, Maria J.; Rosa, Maria J.; Sarrico, Cláudia S. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2015
This research seeks to explore academics' perceptions of the importance and degree of implementation of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) for internal quality assurance. It uses empirical evidence from Portugal, gathered via a questionnaire given to all university academics. Results show…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Colleges, Quality Assurance
Ford, Matthew C. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Principals play a key role in the improvement of student learning. School leaders have been shown to have a noticeable impact on the learning outcomes of students, even though this impact is often complicated and indirect (Hallinger, Bickman & Davis 1996). Principals that focus on improving the teaching and learning in classrooms are known as…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Self Efficacy, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Tawalbeh, Tha'er Issa; AlAsmari, AbdulRahman Awad – Higher Education Studies, 2015
The present paper aims to examine the instructors' perceptions of learner-centered instruction and possible barriers to implementing this instructional method in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at the university level in the Saudi Arabian context. To do this, four questions were posed. The first question investigates instructors'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Centered Curriculum
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Candan, Sevcan; Erten, Sinan – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2015
In this study, the effectiveness of Eco-Friendly Person Activity Package developed in order to raise environmental awareness in pre-service teachers and enable them to be an example of an eco-friendly teacher for their future students, and the responses about Eco-Friendly Person Activity Package were investigated. The study was conducted on 75…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Opinions, Environmental Education
Bryant, Carmen Belcher – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this quantitative study was to analyze the perceptions of Tennessee principals about the implementation of the Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) and the impact of TEAM on teachers' instructional practice and professional growth. Participants in this study were PK-12 public school principals from 12 districts in the First…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Acceleration (Education), Models