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Sharma, Priti; Lampley, James; Good, Donald – Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education, 2015
The purpose of this research study was to explore the topic of organizational communication in higher education and examine staff members' perceptions about their level of communication and job satisfaction in their workplaces. This study was also designed to test the relationship between communication satisfaction and job satisfaction by…
Descriptors: Organizational Communication, Job Satisfaction, Employee Attitudes, Gender Differences
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Cook, Karen F. – Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 2015
Although the tenets of modern servant leadership originated by Greenleaf (1970) have long been applied to service enterprise, no known research has applied the principles to the self-perception of AmeriCorps volunteers who commit to one year of service. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to determine whether volunteers who commit to one…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Self Concept, Mixed Methods Research, Volunteers
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Lefebvre, Pascal; Bolduc, Jonathan; Pirkenne, Christel – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2015
Nursery rhymes provide a unique learning context for preschoolers in regard to their emergent literacy and musical development. According to Vygotsky's social constructivist theory (1978), in order for learning to occur, children must face challenges, and adults must provide support to guide them toward mastery of new skills. The current pilot…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes, Nursery Rhymes
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Nitchot, Athitaya; Gilbert, Lester – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Web resources allow a learner to have more opportunities for study at any time and any place. It is still difficult, however, for learners to choose the right study materials to match their desired learning. A competence-based system for recommending study materials from the Web (COSREW) is proposed, based on the learner's competences. COSREW…
Descriptors: Internet, Instructional Materials, Competence, Electronic Learning
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Kassem, Awatef Hassan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Background: Nursing students who experienced bullying behaviors feel anger and missing their concentration, their capability to achieve a desired outcome. Also self-efficacy, often referred to as self-confidence, is essential to nursing students' ability and performance in the clinical setting. Aim: Study aimed to examine relation between bullying…
Descriptors: Bullying, Self Efficacy, Student Behavior, Nursing Students
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Hoffman, Edward; Acosta-Orozco, Catalina; Compton, William C. – College Student Journal, 2015
The present study utilized metaphor analysis to examine the core values of Colombian medical students. The entire 9th semester medical class of 60 students was invited to respond to a structured questionnaire. It asked participants to state their preferred life-metaphor, whether they had always preferred this metaphor since childhood or…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries
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Daniel, Aminchi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study was designed to determine the extent to which poverty, gender stereotype, socio-cultural belief and lack of awareness influence low level of women participation in literacy programme in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Survey designed was adopted for the study and a sample consisting of three hundred (300) women who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Sex Stereotypes, Gender Differences
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Moye, Gbemi Peter – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The research study identified the prevalence of indiscipline among secondary school students. It examined the effects of indiscipline among students and identified principal's attitude to indiscipline in secondary schools in Ondo State. Descriptive research design was employed. Questionnaire was administered on 500 Senior Secondary Students to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Discipline Problems, Principals
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Makwinya, Noel M.; Hofman, Roelande H. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Self-concept and utility-values are thought to influence differences in choices, participation and performance in schools-careers between students of different genders and ages. This study was investigating existence of gender differences in such constructs regarding science. Further, the study investigated whether development of such constructs…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Parent Influence, Self Concept, Sciences
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Hyso, Kozeta; Alimema, Zamira – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
New developments in the years of democracy in Albania enabled the English out of business in the first plan as the need for businessmen and students studying for business. Albania is rapidly changing with the aim of being part of the process of development and globalization. The higher education in Albania is facing challenges posed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Business, Intercultural Communication
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Tufa, Gemechu Beker – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The intent of this study is to assess the challenges and Opportunity of Basketball development of in Some Selected Regions Ethiopia. The research made Addis Ababa, Oromia, Gambella and South Nation Nationality and People Regional States as the sites of this study. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches particularly a descriptive survey were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Chapman, Janine; Campbell, Marianne; Wilson, Carlene – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Objective: To test the impact of a minimal, online planning intervention on physical activity in Australian office workers. Method: Employees were randomized to an implementation intention intervention (n = 124) or health information control group (n = 130). Measures of physical activity, past behavior, and motivation were taken at baseline and 6…
Descriptors: Exercise, Intervention, Physical Activity Level, Employees
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Rautiainen, Riitta; Räty, Hannu; Kasanen, Kati – Educational Studies, 2015
This study set out to examine parents' and teachers' perceptions of children's educational resilience. As expected, the parents attributed greater levels of educational resilience to their children than did the teachers. However, both the parents and teachers assessed the sixth graders' educational resilience as higher than that of the third…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Ogbe, Joseph O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study was meant to analyze Parents and Teachers perception of the use of corporal punishment in primary schools in Edo/Delta state. The purpose was to find time out parents and teachers opinion on the need for continuity or to discontinue the use of corporal punishment among primary school pupils. The method was a descriptive study with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Menazel, Basil H. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study aimed to identify upper primary level History teachers' attitudes toward the use of school field trips as an educational aid throughout schools in the Irbid First Education Directorate, through exploring the importance of school field trips in the creation of an interactive atmosphere and to encourage school administration attitudes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Trips, Elementary School Teachers, History Instruction
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