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Elizabeth Severson-Irby; Hillary Parkhouse; Erin Drulis; Robyn Lyn – Educational Action Research, 2024
Working with ethnoracially diverse student groups is a reality in most K-12 classrooms. However, studies of the impacts of professional development for cultural responsiveness have tended to use a range of approaches such as action research, video reflections, and coaching, making it difficult to tease apart the effects of each one. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Professional Autonomy, Action Research, Faculty Development
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Tadesse, Endale Fantahun; Khalid, Sabika – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Integrating research into teaching at higher education institutions (HEIs) has become a current goal of Western countries due to the reliability of this approach in promoting lifelong student learning and improving the teaching quality in higher education. However, integrating research into teaching is not as easy as "pushing a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Higher Education
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Krog, Soezin; Nel, Norma – Africa Education Review, 2015
The wellbeing of young children is of national and international concern. Urgent action is therefore required to address issues of children's wellbeing, and failure to do so will have adverse consequences for children today and in generations to come. This paper addresses issues arising from recently published literature in the areas of Early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Education Service Centers, Outreach Programs
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2017
The State University System of Florida Board of Governor's Annual Accountability Report provides retrospective year-over-year and longer time periods of tracking for how the System is progressing toward its goals. This Annual Accountability Report provides information regarding the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Universities, Agricultural Education, State Universities
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Shera, Wes – Social Work Research, 2008
This article describes the research capacity building efforts of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto over the past 12 years. It identifies the role of strategic planning, the process of change, and the key practices, in terms of personnel, resources, research center development, and strategic community…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Change, Social Work, Universities
Dewal, O. S. – 1989
The objectives of the workshop were to discuss the need for staff development in African universities, explore various means to improve teaching and learning, prepare an outline to set up centers in universities to cater to the needs of staff development, and outline a basic approach for establishing a continental committee to coordinate and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development
Barnes, Jennifer; And Others – 1994
This collection of 13 papers offers an international perspective on future directions of staff development at colleges and universities, focusing on academic staff development, higher education teaching networks, and managerial and human resource development. Papers are: (1) "Higher Education Staff Development for the 21st Century: Directions…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Administration, College Instruction, Colleges