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Stamelos, George; Kavasakalis, Aggelos – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2013
This paper aims to investigate the production (or not) of policy-oriented learning during the establishment and implementation of a specific policy program in the policy sub-system of the Greek university as well as the interpretation of the existence (or not) of policy-oriented learning. The theoretical tools were drawn mainly from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Educational Change
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Mendoza Diaz, Noemi V.; Cox, Monica F.; Adams, Stephanie G. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
This mixed-methods pilot study extends researchers' understandings about elementary teachers' (K-6) perceptions of design, engineering and technology. In the first phase of the study, a reliable and valid survey was given to thirty-five participants in a teacher professional development academy sponsored by the Institute for P-12 Engineering…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Elementary School Teachers, Mixed Methods Research, Pilot Projects
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Holme, Jennifer Jellison – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: Over the past several decades, a significant number of states have either adopted or increased high school exit examination requirements. Although these policies are intended to generate improvement in schools, little is known about how high schools are responding to exit testing pressures. Purpose: This study examined how five…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements, Low Achievement, High Schools
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Dickson, Martina – Improving Schools, 2013
Government schools in Abu Dhabi, as part of wide-scale educational reforms undertaken in the whole of the United Arab Emirates, have undergone massive school improvement developments over the past seven years. Over the course of these years, the reality of student life for those in government schools has been widely altered. This research explores…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Public Schools, Educational Change, Secondary School Students
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Gomez, Soledad Andres; Gaymard, Sandrine – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: The problem of school violence has been studied in the last decades from different perspectives, especially focused on bullying conflicts. Whole school approaches have been recommended by many experts in the field. The aim of the present study is to assess climate changes in two secondary schools that implement a peer support…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Change, Secondary Schools, Pretests Posttests
Muñiz, Deborah L. – Houston Independent School District, 2014
Houston Real Men Read is chaired by Texas Senator Rodney Ellis and spearheaded by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board Trustee Paula M. Harris. Houston Real Men Read is a mentoring program in which men from the Houston community committed one hour, once a month, to read to second, fifth, and seventh-grade students. The program…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, School Community Programs, Grade 2
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Russian Education and Society, 2012
A roundtable was held in April 2010, by correspondence and with participants in attendance; it was organized by the editorial board of "Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniia" jointly with the faculty of sociology of the Russian State University of the Humanities [RGGU]. The focus of the proceedings was a discussion (taking account of…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Educational Research, Educational Sociology, Focus Groups
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Walker, Julie – Knowledge Quest, 2012
In 2005, a record breaking 26 named tropical storms including 13 hurricanes ravaged the Gulf Coast of the United States. In response to the devastation of hundreds of schools, the Laura Bush Foundation swiftly created The Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative to help school libraries become fully functional and to offer the needed print…
Descriptors: Caring, School Libraries, Interviews, Library Administration
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Collins, Todd A.; Knotts, H. Gibbs; Schiff, Jen – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2012
We know little about the amount of career preparation offered to students in political science departments. This lack of information is particularly troubling given the state of the current job market and the growth of applied degree programs on university campuses. To address this issue, this article presents the results of a December 2010 survey…
Descriptors: Career Development, Evidence, Department Heads, College Programs
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Culver, Steven M.; Puri, Ishwar K.; Spinelli, Giancarlo; DePauw, Karen P. K.; Dooley, John E. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2012
Dual-degree programs are intended to prepare graduates to work in a global job market by providing more extensive international experiences, thus enhancing their employability. These programs typically take longer to complete and cost more, yet there is little documentation regarding their effectiveness. This study was designed to examine…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, International Programs, Engineering Education, Graduate Study
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Bazler, Judith Ann; Van Sickle, Meta; Graybill, Letitia; Simonis, Doris; Sorenson, Nancy; Bronstein, Erica – Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment, 2014
This paper reflects upon a discussion via wiki, face-to-face, and telephone concerning the processes involved in the national accreditation of teacher education programs in science. Specifically, five professors and administrators from public and private institutions, across the nation were involved in the discussion. Our collective reflections…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Education, Accreditation (Institutions), National Standards
Zvavahera, Promise – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2014
The study sought to explore the impact of the commitment and political will exhibited by the Government of Zimbabwe through the Presidential Scholarship Scheme in promoting regionalisation of higher education. The methodology employed document analysis, interviews and questionnaires to gather data from the stakeholders. The officials responsible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Scholarship
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Saah, Albert Amoah; Mensah, Joseph Adia – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
Community based learning and outreach is a strategy through which academic institutions worldwide including University of Ghana have successfully stayed relevant to less privileged communities; they exist in bringing benefits of education to their (less privileged communities) doorstep. Learner's participation has been an objective that any adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Community Education, Females
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Westling, David L.; Kelley, Kelly R.; Cain, Brittany; Prohn, Seb – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
A survey was administered to assess attitudes of students living on a college campus that offered an inclusive postsecondary education program for individuals with intellectual disability. Responses were received from 572 students. The survey assessed attitudes toward the postsecondary education program, the program's participants, inclusion, and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Attitudes, Inclusion, Mental Retardation
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Binkley, Russell; Scales, Roya; Unruh, Lori; Holt, Janice; Nichols, Janet – School-University Partnerships, 2013
This qualitative study involved five beginning teachers who had theopportunity to participate in an online mentoring program provided through auniversity/school partnership. These teachers were selected from a group of 65 teachers who had participated in the online mentoring program. In this program of two time periods lasting two months each,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Best Practices, Performance Factors, Online Courses
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