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Leng, Phirom – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
This study examines the mutuality issue in international partnership programs between Cambodian universities and universities in France, the USA, Japan and South Korea. It adopts Galtung's and Held's four aspects of mutuality as its conceptual framework and follows a qualitative case study research design. The study finds that most partnership…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Case Studies
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Mead, Simon; Spencer, Kirsten; Kidman, Lynn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2016
Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with New Zealand coaches (N = 6), this study examined how video self-reflection (VSR) was perceived as a tool for learning within "on-going" coach development. This study also looked to determine the potential barriers experienced by coaches before engaging in VSR. Each participant was a…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Athletic Coaches, Reflection, Reflective Teaching
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Macia, Laura; Ruiz, Hector Camilo; Boyzo, Roberto; Documet, Patricia Isabel – Health Education Research, 2016
Little documentation exists about male community health workers ("promotores") networks. The experiences of "promotores" can provide input on how to attract, train, supervise and maintain male "promotores" in CHW programs. We present the experience and perspectives of "promotores" who participated in a male…
Descriptors: Males, Public Health, Networks, Qualitative Research
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Keles, Oguz; Tas, Isil; Aslan, Durmus – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The aim of this study was to identify the thoughts of pre-service teachers, who play an important role in the early preschool experience of children in mathematics, towards the concepts of mathematics and education of mathematics with the help of metaphors. The study group of the research consists of a total of 227 pre-service teachers at the…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Figurative Language, Mathematics Education
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Museus, Samuel D.; Shiroma, Kiana; Dizon, Jude Paul – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Low rates of college success continue to be a persisting problem in the United States, particularly among Southeast Asian Americans and other populations of color. The purpose of the current inquiry was to understand how cultural community connections influence the success of Southeast Asian American college students. Qualitative methods were…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Undergraduate Students, Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Uiboleht, Kaire; Karm, Mari; Postareff, Liisa – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Teaching approaches in higher education are at the general level well researched and have identified not only the two broad categories of content-focused and learning-focused approaches to teaching but also consonance and dissonance between the aspects of teaching. Consonance means that theoretically coherent teaching practices are employed, but…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Content Analysis, College Faculty
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Lantz, Melanie M.; Fix, Rebecca L.; Davis, Brittan L.; Harrison, Leighna N.; Oliver, Ashley; Crowell, Candice; Mitchell, Amanda M.; García, James J. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2016
College student activism has long been a staple of campus life, often driven by the sociopolitical issues of the time. In response to recent and continuous violent deaths of members of the Black community, rising instances of overt racism, and perceived silence among our institutes and professional groups, a multiinstitutional and diverse…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Social Justice, Activism, Racial Bias
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Guckert, Mary; Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Exceptionality, 2016
Although evidence-based practices are considered critical to student success, a research-to-practice gap exists. This qualitative study examined practicing special education teachers' perceptions of their use of evidence-based practices. Special education teachers were interviewed and their classroom practices examined. Major themes emerged and…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Hornak, Anne M.; Garza Mitchell, Regina L. – Community College Review, 2016
Objective: The objective of this article is to delve more deeply into the thought processes of the key decision makers at community colleges and understand how they make decisions. Specifically, this article focuses on the role of the community college president's personal values in decision making. Method: We conducted interviews with 13…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Community Colleges, College Presidents, Values
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Tett, Lyn – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
The impact of participation in adult literacy programmes on learners' identities is examined through an interrogation of their past and current experiences and the assessment of the effect of particular pedagogies. The findings show how learners' positive experiences in their programmes had caused them to re-evaluate their previous understandings…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Identification (Psychology), Student Experience, Adult Students
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Duh, Matjaž – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2016
In the contemporary process of teaching fine arts, children's own creative expression and art appreciation are used to encourage learners towards both perception and reception; consequently, the evaluation and internalization of works of art play an equally important role. In a qualitative empirical research study that takes the form of a case…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Preschool Children, Art Appreciation, Teaching Methods
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Ayiro, Laban P.; Sang, James K. – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2016
This study explores why nomadic children in the counties of Turkana and West Pokot are left behind in the primary education process despite free primary education (FPE), and considers the variables that contribute to high dropout rates, low enrollment, poor attendance, and unsatisfactory academic achievement with a view of bringing out possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Elementary Education, Access to Education
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Bates, Agnieszka – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2016
The last 20 years has witnessed the spread of corporatism in education on a global scale. In England, this trend is characterised by new structural and cultural approaches to education found in the "academies" programme and the adoption of private sector management styles. The corporate re-imagining of schools has also led to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Commercialization, Elementary Schools, Values Education
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Snead, Donald; Burris, Kathleen G. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand middle school teachers' perspectives on the role of homework. Approximately 118 middle school teachers volunteered to complete open-ended surveys describing their perceptions regarding the effectiveness of homework. Qualitative analysis revealed teachers identified several instructional and…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Homework, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation
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Qudah, Ahmad Hassan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The research aims to reveal the specific way to evaluate learning mathematics, so that we get the "measuring tool" for the achievement of learners in mathematics that reflect their level of understanding by score (mark), which we trust it with high degree. The behavior of the learner can be measured by a professional way to build the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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