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Ukwuoma, Uju C. – Research in Pedagogy, 2016
This research report uses elements of autoethnography and mixed research to share the efforts of an academic to engage his students during classroom instruction. Participants included 28 science students from a regionally accredited university in Southern Africa, who were taking many sections of a research course. The researcher rearranged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Harfitt, Gary James – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study focuses on how two teachers working in reduced-size secondary classes of the same grade adapted their pedagogy as a result of a brokered dialogue between myself as researcher and 43 grade 10 students from the teachers' classes. Research was carried out over the course of one academic year. First, students' perspectives on studying in a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Class Size
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Feiler, Anthony – London Review of Education, 2013
The involvement of special schools and centres in curriculum policy initiatives has been remarkably limited both in the UK and internationally, and research investigating students' perspectives on the curriculum and teaching and learning in such centres is practically non-existent. The views of students on curriculum and pedagogy attending three…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Student Attitudes, Special Needs Students, Educational Practices
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Gorard, Stephen; See, Beng Huat – British Educational Research Journal, 2011
This paper considers enjoyment of formal education for young people aged 14 to 16, largely from their own perspective, based on the view of around 3000 students in England. The data include documentary analysis, official statistics, interviews and surveys with staff and students. Enjoyment of school tends to be promoted by factors such as…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Attitudes, Small Classes, Foreign Countries
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Deeley, Susan J. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that combines academic coursework with voluntary service in the community. There is a dearth of critical analysis of the effects of service-learning. To address this issue, this practitioner research aimed to explore and understand its effects. An inductive approach, using qualitative and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Experiential Learning, Comparative Analysis
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Robinson, Vicki; Blaine, Thomas; Pace, Nicholas J. – Rural Educator, 2004
Students, faculty, administration, and community members of three Iowa rural school districts were interviewed to identify educational issues in their communities. The results of the Iowa investigation are compared with the results of the Claremont Graduate School investigation published in "Voices from the inside: A report on schooling from…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, School Districts, Teacher Student Relationship