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Sue Ann Sharma; Wendy C. Kasten; Lynn A. Smolen – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
In 2014, we, the above authors and others on our research team, embarked on Phase II of an examination of how teacher educators were implementing diversity concerns in literacy teacher education courses and programs. The electronic survey data used in Phase I did not allow us to adequately address our research questions: What are the beliefs and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Focus Groups, Literacy, Teacher Educators
Emmeline Taylor – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
In 2003, I embarked upon a PhD that aimed to explore the societal impacts of closed-circuit television. England was fast emerging as the closed-circuit television capital of the world following an aggressive, state-funded roll out of closed-circuit television systems. Surprisingly, there wasn't a huge amount of empirical research being conducted…
Descriptors: Television, School Security, Foreign Countries, Video Technology
Phil Tietjen; Priya Sharma – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
An increasing number of educational researchers have begun to study informal learning networks that have been enabled by online social network sites and tools, including Facebook and Twitter. Part of the impetus driving this interest is to better understand the nature of the self-directed learning behaviors and knowledge-building dynamics that…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Electronic Learning, Independent Study, Informal Education
Steven Naylor – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study uses discourse analysis to address contemporary practices in secondary school art education and in particular the intersection between what might be called formal and informal practices in students' artwork. The case study draws upon recent developments in theory around digital technology in education and informal learning to…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Art Education, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Sue Jackson – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study describes a research project conducted with girls aged 11-13 years about their everyday engagement with 'tween' popular culture. The study originated in the context of widespread claims being made in popular culture texts and various institutional reports that girls are being sexualised by 'sexualised' media representations.…
Descriptors: Females, Life Style, Preadolescents, Popular Culture