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Pinder, Glen T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In today's world of accountability, the preparation of school leaders has never been more critical. Many states are now developing policies and processes that seek to enhance school leadership preparation programs. Enhancing school leadership preparation programs is particularly important in the area of instructional leadership because research…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Principals, Management Development, Leadership Training
Polidano, Cain; van de Ven, Justin; Voitchovsky, Sarah – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
Tailoring education policy to deliver the skills needed by modern labour markets is complicated by the rapid pace of technological change. These complications are amplified when the associated risks of technological redundancy and the lengthening working lifetimes are taken into account. At the heart of the challenge for policy-makers is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Skill Development, Educational Change
Forrester, Tiffany T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There has been limited research on the process through which school leaders can implement school policies that contribute to the development of academic resilience in low-performing Black male students to aid them in navigating their educational experience. The purpose of this intrinsic case study was to understand how school leaders navigate…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Low Achievement, African American Students, Males
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Edwards, Oliver W. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2018
Increasing numbers of children raised by grandparents are students in schools. Their substitute family structure and precursors to the emergence of this family structure have implications for the children's school performance. Research suggests teachers view these children as at risk for difficult school functioning. The aforementioned judgment is…
Descriptors: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Grandchildren, Family Structure, Stereotypes
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Lundberg, Carol A.; Kim, Young K.; Andrade, Luis M.; Bahner, Daniel T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
In this study we investigated the extent to which faculty interaction contributed to Latina/o student perceptions of their learning, using a sample of 10,071 Latina/o students who took the Community College Survey of Student Engagement. Findings were disaggregated for men and women, but results were quite similar between the 2 groups. Frequent…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement, Community Colleges
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Janssen, Tim; Treloar Padovano, Hayley; Merrill, Jennifer E.; Jackson, Kristina M. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Expectations about alcohol's effects and perceptions of peers' behaviors and beliefs related to alcohol use are each shown to strongly influence the timing of drinking onset during adolescence. The present study builds on prior work by examining the conjoint effects of within-person changes in these social-cognitive factors on age of adolescent…
Descriptors: Drinking, Behavior, Beliefs, Expectation
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Uysal, Sengul; Banoglu, Koksal – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
This study aims to analyse the relationship between students' mathematics achievement in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 and the instructional climate-related factors in the index of principals' perceptions (learning hindrance, teacher morale and teacher intention). As preliminary analysis procedure, the chi-squared…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Environment, Administrator Attitudes
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Buzzetto-Hollywood, Nicole A.; Alade, Ayodele Julius – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2018
Aim/Purpose: This paper presents the preliminary findings of a pilot survey that sought to examine the technology uses, backgrounds, needs, interests, career goals, and professional expectations of Generation Z students enrolled at a minority serving institution in the United States Mid-Atlantic region. Background: Students entering college today…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Technology Uses in Education, Student Characteristics, Student Needs
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Garibay, Juan C.; Vincent, Shirley – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2018
Students of color remain severely underrepresented in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, including environmental fields. Although there is a growing body of research on predictors of selecting a STEM major, generally, much less is know about factors, especially at the program level, that predict the…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Environmental Education
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Rojas, Leticia – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2018
This one-year qualitative study examined the ways in which five Chicana/o and Latina/o teachers committed to social justice perceived their roles in their college-going work with Latina/o students, as well as the challenges threatening their efforts with students. Building on Stanton-Salazar's (2011) concept of "empowerment social…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Educational Opportunities, College Bound Students, Qualitative Research
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Copping, Adrian – Education 3-13, 2018
This paper explores writing pedagogy in the primary classroom and connections between children thinking creatively and their achievement in writing. Initially 'continuing professional development' for teachers, I designed and facilitated a two-day writing workshop with a class of children around the theme of a Victorian murder mystery. This was…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Writing Achievement, Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops
Benn, Gabriel "Asheru" – Educational Leadership, 2018
A teacher's authority in a classroom is no longer assumed--it has to be earned. Without establishing a baseline of rapport and mutual respect, cultural misunderstandings between teachers and students can devolve into chaos. Gabriel Benn, hip-hop artist and former school teacher and administrator, shares real-life examples of how rapport can go…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Student Relationship, Cultural Differences, Musicians
Hill, Cynthia F. C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The science education literature documents the benefits of student engagement with scientific practices. Lab reports could be an opportunity for developing student reasoning, but often prioritize learning terminology and genre-specific writing. There is potential for instructors to give students feedback that helps them to engage with scientific…
Descriptors: Biology, Teaching Assistants, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
Rankin Gonzalez, Lesley – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Student success is a complex, multifactorial concept of concern to U.S. community colleges as a primary education provider for the nation's undergraduates. There is compelling research linking dual enrollment to student success outcomes; however, investigation is needed into why students choose dual enrollment and how it influences success at the…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College Readiness
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Pather, Nalini; Blyth, Phil; Chapman, Jamie A.; Dayal, Manisha R.; Flack, Natasha A.M.S.; Fogg, Quentin A.; Green, Rodney A.; Hulme, Anneliese K.; Johnson, Ian P.; Meyer, Amanda J.; Morley, John W.; Shortland, Peter J.; Štrkalj, Goran; Štrkalj, Mirjana; Valter, Krisztina; Webb, Alexandra L.; Woodley, Stephanie J.; Lazarus, Michelle D. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2020
Australian and New Zealand universities commenced a new academic year in February/March 2020 largely with "business as usual." The subsequent Covid-19 pandemic imposed unexpected disruptions to anatomical educational practice. Rapid change occurred due to government-imposed physical distancing regulations from March 2020 that…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Science Instruction, Educational Practices, Disease Incidence
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