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Heslop, Jo; Tamez, Lucia Quintero; Parkes, Jenny – Institute of Education - London, 2021
While violence against children (VAC) has been a long-established global concern, more recently attention has been drawn to how violence occurs in and around schools (VACS) and the role of education in preventing and responding to violence. Whilst awareness about VACS is growing, more robust data are needed to inform policy and practice. Concerns…
Descriptors: Violence, Children, School Violence, Bullying
Custer, Samantha; King, Elizabeth M.; Atinc, Tamar Manuelyan; Read, Lindsay; Sethi, Tanya – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
Governments, organizations, and companies are generating copious amounts of data and analysis to support education decision-making around the world. While continued investments in data creation and management are necessary, the ultimate value of information is not in its "production," but its "use." Herein lies one of the…
Descriptors: Surveys, Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Al-Azawei, Ahmed; Parslow, Patrick; Lundqvist, Karsten – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Although the implementation of e-learning initiatives has reached advanced stages in developed countries, it is still in its infancy in many developing nations and the Middle East in particular. Recently, few public universities in Iraq have initiated limited attempts to use e-learning alongside traditional classrooms. However, different obstacles…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Opportunities, Electronic Learning, Program Implementation
Nwafukwa, Peter O.; Aja-Okorie, Uzoma; Oben, Sarah Egwu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study examined distance education as a tool for human resource development for junior secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria and it adopted a descriptive survey as the design. The population of the study consists of 2,410 secondary school teachers. Stratified simple random sampling technique was used to select 690 respondents. The…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Labor Force Development, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries
Cresswell, John; Schwantner, Ursula; Waters, Charlotte – OECD Publishing, 2015
This report reviews the major international and regional large-scale educational assessments, including international surveys, school-based surveys and household-based surveys. The report compares and contrasts the cognitive and contextual data collection instruments and implementation methods used by the different assessments in order to identify…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Educational Assessment, Data Collection, Comparative Analysis
Nwatu, Gideon U. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
One of the objectives of any government is the establishment of an effective solution to significantly control crime. Identity fraud in Nigeria has generated global attention and negative publicity toward its citizens. The research problem addressed in this study was the lack of understanding of the dynamics that influenced the adoption and…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Publicity, Identification, Questionnaires
Lokkesmoe, Karen Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This qualitative, grounded theory study focuses on global leadership and global leadership development strategies from the perspective of people from three developing countries, Brazil, India, and Nigeria. The study explores conceptualizations of global leadership, the skills required to lead effectively in global contexts, and recommended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Data Analysis, Leadership
Mitton, Roger – 1982
The linking of research and action, basic methods of social research, and the uses of research in distance teaching are examined, with examples drawn from the Lesotho Distance Teaching Centre and other distance teaching programs. Ways in which research can be useful and early stages of research design and planning are discussed. An explanation of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Distance Education

Wesley, Cecile – Information Development, 1985
Describes and illustrates the main characteristics and methods of data collection and analysis used in compiling the National Register of Current Research, a major element of the Unesco pilot project initiated in the Sudan for the creation of an information service on research in progress. Eight sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Developing Nations, Flow Charts, Information Networks

Bertrand, Jane T.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1989
An overview of the evaluation issues associated with contraceptive social marketing programs is provided. Methodologies covered include survey techniques, cost-effectiveness analyses, retail audits of sales data, time series analysis, nested logit analysis, and discriminant analysis. (TJH)
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Contraception, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Uwameiye, Raymond; Omofonmwan, Godwin O. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the objectives of roadside mechanic apprenticeship programs in mid-western Nigeria. Seven statements of objectives were derived for the study, and respondents were required to score each of the seven statements between "1" and "7" in their order of importance and representative of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Educational Objectives
Rodriguez, Orlando – 1974
Data on the problem of the loss of professional manpower by developing countries to develop countries is reported and analyzed from a survey of over 1,300 foreign students in over 30 U. S. colleges and universities. The ideological and scholarly debate generated by the brain drain and approaches to the study of professional migration are reviewed,…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Critical Path Method, Data Analysis, Developed Nations
Dixon, Raymond; Meier, Ronald L.; Brown, Danny C.; Custer, Rodney L. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2005
This study addressed a major concern expressed by the Director of Academies of The Human Employment and Resource Training (HEART) Trust/National Training Agency (NTA) Jamaica. Its purpose was to identify the entrepreneurial competency gaps that may exist between the desired behavior of training instructors and the behavior that presently exists…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Entrepreneurship
Hall, Susan J. – 1978
The document presents findings from a study of K-12 educational programs dealing with Africa and Africans. Data were based on a survey of educators, librarians, students, and curriculum materials in California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Objectives of the study were to assess why interest in African studies was…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Cognitive Measurement