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Hasson, Henna; von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica; Holmstrom, Stefan; Karanika-Murray, Maria; Tafvelin, Susanne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate whether training of managers at workplaces can improve organizational learning. Managers play a crucial role in providing opportunities to employees for learning. Although scholars have called for intervention research on the effects of leadership development on organizational learning, no such research is…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Questionnaires, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Training
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Trahan, Ellen R.; North, Leslie A.; Gripshover, Margaret M.; Huss, Jeanine M. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the development narrative and usage of environmental sustainability tours available at universities and takes an in-depth look into the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Green Tour. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires and interviews were conducted with sustainability leaders involved in tours at their…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Universities, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Iborra Urios, Montserrat; Ramírez Rangel, Eliana; Badia Córcoles, Jordi Hug; Bringué Tomàs, Roger; Tejero Salvador, Javier – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017
This work is focused on the implementation, development, documentation, analysis, and assessment of the flipped classroom methodology, by means of the just-in-time teaching strategy, for a pilot group (1 out of 6) in the subject "Applied Computing" of both the Chemical and Materials Engineering Undergraduate Degrees of the University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning
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Mukaffa, Zumrotul – Dinamika Ilmu, 2017
This paper describes the development efforts of Islamic educational institution in order to maintain its existence in the midst of competition between educational institutions with various backgrounds of social religious organization communities that surround and underlie them. Yapita Primary School is a portrait of Islamic educational institution…
Descriptors: Islam, Islamic Culture, Religious Education, Elementary Schools
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Kobayashi, Junko; Viswat, Linda – Journal of International Students, 2015
This paper identifies and analyzes intercultural problems through surveys of homestay programs with Japanese students and American host mothers. Given that participants need to go beyond their cognitive knowledge to interact effectively with people from other cultures, a relational approach may be more effective than traditional intercultural…
Descriptors: International Education, Asians, North Americans, Mothers
Bohnet, Kimberly Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation describes the process of creating a guidebook that developmental education administrators can use to build their capacity as leaders, learners, and program planners. The guidebook is the product of a qualitative study designed to better understand how community college administrators who have program planning responsibilities for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, College Administration, Administrators
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Joseph, Tenibiaje Dele – European Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The study investigated the present position of literacy, information and communication technology (ICT) in prisons by examining the perception of inmates. The study adopted a descriptive survey using structured questionnaire and observation guides on a randomly and purposively drawn sample of 664 inmates out of a population of 47,628 inmates…
Descriptors: Literacy, Information Technology, Institutionalized Persons, Recidivism
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Cardno, Carol; Youngs, Howard – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
This article presents the perceptions of approximately 300 experienced New Zealand principals who participated in a pilot leadership development initiative funded by the Ministry of Education. The Experienced Principals Development Programme (EPDP) underwent a rigorous evaluation that included formative (mid-point) and summative (end-point)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
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Majid, Shaista; Razzak, Adeela – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2015
This study was conducted to designing a model of vocational training programs for disables. For this purpose desk review was carried out and the vocational training models/programs of Israel, U.K., Vietnam, Japan and Thailand were analyzed to form a conceptual framework of the model. Keeping in view the local conditions/requirements a model of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Models, Vocational Education
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Grimm, Anne; Mrosek, Thorsten; Martinsohn, Anna; Schulte, Andreas – Environmental Education Research, 2011
Although a large number of different organisations offer various forest education programmes within Germany, specific information (i.e., sectoral and programme content and provision at a state level) is lacking. This study used a survey of all 61 forest education organisations (43 respondents) in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Forestry, Foreign Countries, Surveys
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Quartiroli, Alessandro; Zizzi, Sam – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot a theory-based, computer-tailored feedback system for healthy behaviors for college students at a large, public university, aiming to enhance student wellness. A total of 1300 college students were contacted. Sixty-two students completed the eight week intervention. The participants were randomly…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Health Behavior, College Students, Intervention
Salamzadeh, Aidin; Azimi, Mohammad Ali; Kirby, David A – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this research is to investigate awareness, intentions/support, and the contextual elements among higher education students in the University of Tehran (UT) in order to find the gap(s) in social entrepreneurship education in Iran. The authors used Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour as the theoretical framework. The research…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Suarez, Linda Maria – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how the technology beliefs of New York State Career and Technical Education Board of Cooperative Education Services administrators influenced their leadership behaviors. The participants were from a purposive selection from five suburban and rural Boards of Cooperative Education Services in…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Educational Technology, Cooperative Education, Leadership
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Morawska, Alina; Sanders, Matthew R. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2009
There is a paucity of research focusing on the needs of gifted children and their families, in particular, there is a lack of empirically supported parenting strategies to help parents in parenting their gifted child. This article provides an overview of the literature on difficulties experienced by parents of gifted and talented children,…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship
Sierra Health Foundation, 2009
The primary goal of this study was to measure public perceptions, opinions and priorities as they pertain to youth issues in Sacramento for the purposes of further developing public and private youth programming and public policy in the Sacramento region. By presenting a "statistically reliable" profile of public opinion on youth issues,…
Descriptors: Profiles, Public Agencies, Public Opinion, Local Issues
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