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Håkansson, Jan – School Leadership & Management, 2016
Preschool managers' responsibility for and leadership of systematic quality work has come to the fore in connection with changes made to the Swedish preschool curriculum. The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of preschool managers' leadership and management of the systematic quality work in Swedish preschools with reference…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Administrators, Preschool Curriculum
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Ineme, Kubiat M.; Ineme, Mfon E. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The Nigerian tertiary educational system has been ravaged by incessant strike action, which appears to defy all attempts to find solutions. This paper reports on a study that examines the impact of job satisfaction and burnout on attitudes towards strike actions among employees of a Nigerian university. A total of 576 employees participated in the…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Teacher Burnout, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
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Sponarski, Carly C.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Bath, Alistair J.; Loeffler, TA – Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
An experiential education program was designed to target risk perceptions and preventative measures that make people feel comfortable in human-coyote interactions. The research was conducted in a Canadian national park where a coyote caused a human fatality in 2009. Based on previous research, we explored the effects of an experience-based coyote…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Wildlife, Attitude Change
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Dhaqane, Mahad Khalif; Afrah, Nor Abdulle – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study examines the role of satisfaction on students' academic performance and investigates the relationship between satisfaction of students and academic performance and explores other factors that contribute academic performance. A correlation research was used. The study population was the third and the last year students of Benadir…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Satisfaction, Academic Achievement
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Delany, Clare; Kosta, Lauren; Ewen, Shaun; Nicholson, Patricia; Remedios, Louisa; Harms, Louise – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
With the globalisation of university education, national frameworks are commonly used to prescribe standardised learning outcomes and achieve accountability. However, these frameworks are generally not accompanied by guiding pedagogy to support academics in adjusting their teaching practices to achieve the set outcomes. This paper reports the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Zewude, Bereket Tessema; Ashine, Kidus Meskele – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
An attempt has been done on attitude towards sexual harassment which is critical issue nowadays in higher institutions. The result of the study could suggest for putting proper polices in place which is considered as vital in preventing sexual harassment as well as creating awareness about sexual harassment issue specially in higher institutions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Sexual Harassment, College Students, Questionnaires
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Torshilova, Elena M.; Polosukhina, Irina A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
During The aim of the multi-year study, conducted by the authors of present article, is to reveal the characteristics of social-cultural portrait of 9-16-year-old children, who grow up in the XXI century, along with the influence of modern children's vision of life on their perception of art. In order to solve the problem, the authors used the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Art, World Views, Questionnaires
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Tezci, Erdogan; Sezer, Fahri; Aktan, Sumer; Gurgan, Ugur – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Being a virtuous citizen, developing communication skills, and becoming a life-long learner are directly proportionate to the individuals' perspectives on life. Provided that an education system is able to positively change the individuals' perspectives on life, it may allow individuals to acquire terminal behaviors easier. This…
Descriptors: Life Style, Learning Strategies, Self Management, Correlation
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Suárez, José Manuel; Fernández, Ana Patricia; Zamora, Ángela – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2016
Introduction: The debate over the education of immigrant pupils relative to native Spanish students is currently a hot topic, but very little research has been undertaken in this area in Spain. The objective of this study was to detect certain possible differences in motivation and strategies between immigrant and Spanish pupils, and also between…
Descriptors: Immigration, Motivation, Secondary School Students, Student Motivation
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Quadri, Ganiyu Oluwaseyi; Adebayo Idowu, Oluwafemi – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2016
This study investigated social media use for information dissemination by librarians in federal university libraries in Southwest Nigeria. A descriptive survey method was adopted for the study, while the sample consisted of all 82 librarians in the selected universities. A questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection, while the data…
Descriptors: Social Media, Surveys, Information Dissemination, Librarians
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Anyi Einstein Moses E. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
A teacher who is stressed out, stresses out his student who in turn, behave differently (usually worse) and consequently produce more stress for the teacher. This study on Stress management and teachers' productivity was carried out in Momo Division North West Region of Cameroon. The aim was to find out the extent to which the teachers' acceptance…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Productivity, Foreign Countries, Anxiety
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Primi, Caterina; Donati, Maria Anna; Chiesi, Francesca – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
Among the wide range of factors related to the acquisition of statistical knowledge, competence in basic mathematics, including basic probability, has received much attention. In this study, a mediation model was estimated to derive the total, direct, and indirect effects of mathematical competence on statistics achievement taking into account…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Skills, Probability, Statistics
Purewal, Sukhdip K.; Bucci, Monica; Wang, Lisa Gutiérrez; Koita, Kadiatou; Marques, Sara Silvério; Oh, Debora; Harris, Nadine Burke – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful or traumatic events that place children at risk of negative health, mental health, and behavioral outcomes. The Center for Youth Wellness (CYW), working in partnership with the Bayview Child Health Center (BCHC), pioneered ACE screening for children and adolescents. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Trauma, Anxiety, At Risk Persons
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Kyriacou, Chris; Mylonakou-Keke, Iro; Stephens, Paul – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
This study explores the extent to which a social pedagogic perspective is evident in the views of bullying in schools held by a sample of university students in England, Greece and Norway studying in the area of the education, care and welfare of children. A total of 469 university students completed a questionnaire in which they were asked to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Social Influences, College Students
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Fika, Ibrahim Baba; Ibi, Mustapha Baba; Abdulrahman, Aishatu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study determines the relationship between staff utilization and staff commitment in Borno State Colleges of Education, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine: the level of staff utilization in Borno State Colleges of Education, the level of staff commitment in Borno State Colleges of Education and the relationship between staff…
Descriptors: Staff Utilization, Schools of Education, Work Ethic, Correlation
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