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Direct linkKenny, Aidan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2007
The aim of this article is to present the reader with an accessible and practical account of evaluation as a mode of inquiry within the broad domain of social science. The starting point is the presentation of a general outline of the main milestones relating to the emergence of evaluation as a mode of inquiry and some of the prominent advocates…
Descriptors: Colleges, Higher Education, Social Sciences, Evaluation Methods
Hiller, Claire; Johnson, Kym – English in Australia, 2007
This research is an examination of how gender is constructed through the pedagogical practices of the teacher in one secondary English/literacy classroom. It is evident from the classroom data that the teacher talks to the male students and the female students very differently and in this way constructs gender in different and inequitable ways.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction, Grade 9
Campbell, John P.; Oblinger, Diana G. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2007
The EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning (ACTL) has identified the key technology-related teaching and learning issues in higher education for 2007. The 10 important teaching and learning issues are: (1) Establishing and supporting a culture of evidence; (2) Demonstrating improvement of learning; (3) Translating learning…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Validity, Educational Improvement, Theory Practice Relationship
Grotberg, Edith Henderson – NHSA Dialog, 2007
Few researchers think in terms of their role in translating their findings into action in the field or in programs. The author recalls, when she was Director of Research and Evaluation for the Administration for Children Youth and Families, HHS, how much of the research was not being applied to what goes on or what was needed at the Head Start…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Personality Traits, Bullying, Disadvantaged Youth
Moss, Pamela A.; Piety, Philip J.; Gamson, David; Spillane, James P.; Miele, David B.; Knapp, Michael S.; Copland, Michael A.; Swinnerton, Juli A.; Ikemoto, Gina Schuyler; Marsh, Julie A.; Firestone, William A.; Gonzalez, Raymond A.; Resnick, Lauren; Besterfield-Sacre, Mary; Mehalik, Matthew; Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Halverson, Erica; Erickson, Frederick; Little, Judith Warren; Diamond, John B.; Cooper, Kristy; Hickey, Daniel T.; Anderson, Kate T.; Gitomer, Drew H.; Duschl, Richard A.; Carr, Peggy; Dogan, Enis; Tirre, William; Walton, Ebony; Thorn, Christopher; Meyer, Robert H.; Gamoran, Adam; Gee, James Paul; Phillips, Denis C. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2007
Much of the methodological literature currently influential in the education policy community has focused on research studies and assessments intended to support generalizable conclusions about "what works" or what students "know and can do." Until recently, far less attention has been paid to how educators actually interpret and use this…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Yearbooks, Decision Making
Bannink, Anne; van Dam, Jet – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2007
The powerful role of prior experiences and cultural schemata in guiding novice teachers' conceptions of how to teach is hardly contested. We report on a "reflective practicum" at the very beginning of a pre-service teacher education course that interconnects prior beliefs, reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action and that, in principle,…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Education Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Schemata (Cognition)
Download full textCherian, Finney – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
Using interviews, focus groups, and observations, I examined teacher candidates' experiences with their mentoring teachers over two student teaching periods. Using Feiman-Nemser and Rosaen's (1997) mentorship model of guiding teacher learning, I investigated the relational, conceptual, and contextual aspects of the student teaching experience.…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Mentors, Justice
Shapiro, Arthur S.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents a practice-based theory of administrative, supervisory, and organizational decision-making, which views the organizational decision-making process as a social enterprise. It also describes how to facilitate organizational change by promoting faculty involvement and shows how to increase the potential success of reform efforts.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction, Models
Soffree-Cady, Flore – 1987
To provide a writing pedagogy grounded in theory, a teaching method was developed which sequenced certain types of assignments. The classification of types and the organizational structure of the sequences were based on a teaching model that draws upon theories from various disciplines. Although the teaching activities are not new in themselves,…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College English, Higher Education, Models
Monroe, Suzanne S. – 1992
Anthropologist Margaret Mead focused much of her thinking, speaking, and writing on education and the impact of rapid change on educational theory and practice. The history of Mead's writings shows sensitivity to both tradition and change. A selection of 12 of Mead's publications provides insight into Mead's innovative and thought-provoking ideas.…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Larson, Charles U. – 1989
This book is designed to develop students' skills both as consumers and as producers of persuasion. The book explains, with examples from diverse media campaigns, strategies of persuasion constantly used in the mass media, in political rhetoric, and in advertising. The book covers material on persuasion theory, persuasion research, and persuasion…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication Research, Ethics, Higher Education
Rumbaugh, Sheila; Hsun-Fung Kao, Kitty – 1995
This ethnography explores the leadership qualities of a public school district media director, the person who "orchestrates" the use of technology. Using observation, interviews, and artifact analysis, the following questions were investigated: (1) What are the beliefs and values which underlie this media director's decisions?; (2) What are the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Department Heads
David, Tricia, Ed. – 1993
This collection of essays analyzes the history, philosophy, and politics of the forms of early childhood provision outside the home for young children in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In particular, the essays examine the extent to which that provision is considered educational and intended to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Noel, Jana R. – 1993
Constructivism is a perspective on learning that is initiated from the learner's perspective rather than by that of the teacher; understanding is constructed by the learner rather than placed upon the learner. If constructivism is fostered in teacher education, practical reasoning can encourage teacher development to its fullest. (The concept of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Lottes, Christine R. – 1995
This paper explores whether taking a course in health has an effect on college students' lives. Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania) redesigned a health class and taught it to all incoming freshmen during their first semester. Student journal entries, written at the end of each class, provided feedback to instructors; instructors read and responded…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Freshmen, Health Education, Health Promotion
