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Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
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Bonello, Marjorie; Wright, Jon; Morris, Jane; Sadlo, Gaynor – Studies in Continuing Education, 2018
Interprofessional education (IPE) is perceived to be one strategy to reduce professional compartmentalisation and improve collaborative practices. The unequal power relations existing between the various professions who need to collaborate for IPE remains largely unexamined and it is only in recent years that sociological theories have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Çevik Kiliç, Deniz Beste – International Education Studies, 2018
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the burnout levels of music teachers and their personalities. The research consisted of 278 music teachers who were selected from various places throughout Turkey via subjective, convenience sampling method. For data collection, the "Personal Information Form", "Adjective…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Music Teachers, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals)
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Wallace, Ann; Panteli, Niki – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
In this paper, we discuss the importance of relevance in the provision of eLearning for the pursuit of higher education (HE). In particular, we argue how the extant literature focuses on quality and security in the design of eLearning platforms, but pays scant attention to how relevant the platform and the programme contents are to the needs of…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Adult Students
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Wilson, Marguerite Anne Fillion; Scarbrough, Burke – Critical Studies in Education, 2018
This article brings together ethnographies of two privileged educational settings in the United States--a private school in California's Central Valley following the progressivist Sudbury model, and an affluent New England boarding school's summer enrichment program. Each of these institutions serves as an alternative to and/or extension of…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Private Schools, Boarding Schools, Summer Programs
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Hadar, Linor L.; Hotam, Yotam; Kizel, Arie – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2018
This paper provides insights into the pedagogy in practice of non-mainstream education through a qualitative case study of an alternative school in the context of the Israeli school system. The school's alternative agenda is based on being isolated from mainstream education. We explore the negotiations between the school's pedagogy and mainstream…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Nontraditional Education, Teaching Methods, Standards
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de Verdier, Kim; Fernell, Elisabeth; Ek, Ulla – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The prevalence of autism in children with blindness is much higher than in the general population. There are many challenges regarding the school situation for children with this complex dual disability. This study explored challenges and successful strategies in school for a sample of six Swedish children with blindness and autism, with and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Blindness
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Arar, Khalid – Journal of Educational Administration, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on gender and social justice (SJ) among pioneer female principals and superintendents in the Arab education system in Israel. The research questions were: what motivated these women to act for SJ? Are there common personal characteristics and educational values which characterize these women? What…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Principals, Superintendents, Arabs
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Farias, Cláudio; Mesquita, Isabel; Hastie, Peter A.; O'Donovan, Toni – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide an integrated analysis of a teacher's peer-teaching mediation strategies, the student-coaches' instruction, and the students' gameplay development across 3 consecutive seasons of sport education. Method: Twenty-six 7th-grade students participated in 3 consecutive sport education seasons of invasion…
Descriptors: Action Research, Peer Teaching, Athletics, Games
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Augsberger, Astraea; Collins, Mary Elizabeth; Gecker, Whitney; Dougher, Meaghan – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2018
Youth engagement in municipal government has the potential to benefit both youth and the community. Yet, some forms of youth civic engagement may be related to social class and race resulting in benefits to select youth and communities, thus perpetuating a longer term trajectory of privilege or marginalization. Informed by theories of social…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Social Class, Race, Social Capital
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Demir, Mehmet – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
This study was designed to investigate the student teachers perceptions about and benefits and challenges of using Facebook as an online peer assessment tool for the student teachers' works. The study group included 24 student teachers in science education department of a state university located in the southeast region of Turkey. A case study…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Social Media, Computer Uses in Education, Case Studies
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Griffiths, Mark A.; Armour, Kathleen M.; Cushion, Christopher J. – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
This paper reports data from the evaluation of a coach education programme provided by a major national governing body of sport (NGB) in the UK. The programme was designed for youth sport coaches based on research evidence that suggests that CPD is most effective in supporting practitioner learning when it is interactive, collaborative and located…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Focus Groups, Semi Structured Interviews, Faculty Development
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Beery, Thomas; Jørgensen, Kari Anne – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Given concerns for a severely diminished childhood experience of nature, coupled with alarm for a rapidly diminishing global biodiversity, this article considers the potential for childhood nature experience to be an important part of biodiversity understanding. Findings from two studies are integrated and presented as windows into childhood…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Biodiversity, Natural Resources, Semi Structured Interviews
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Fuller, Carol – Gender and Education, 2018
This article explores perceptions of the role of education as a potential medium of transformation and a vehicle to challenge and renegotiate symbolic and cultural notions of gender identity. Drawing on data collected at two time points over 10 years, it considers four young women from working-class backgrounds in England who aspired to and then…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Sexual Identity, Working Class, Females
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Forrester, Sommer H. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the complexities of instrumental music teacher knowledge as they relate to the intersection between instrumental music teaching and conducting, and to explore how participants describe and perceive these intersections. The key research question guiding this study was, How do high school instrumental music…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Case Studies, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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