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Mouralová, Magdalena; Paulus, Michal; Veselý, Arnošt – Teacher Development, 2017
The paper examines how teachers' attitudes towards tracking (separating pupils into groups with different curricula on the basis of their abilities and results) differ among various generations of teachers. Fundamental and quick changes in the educational system occurred in the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 as a unified…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Track System (Education), Ability Grouping
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Mudulia, Mabel Ambogo; Ayiro, Laban Peter; Kipsoi, Emmy – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Sustainable development goal number five of the 2030 agenda aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The Kamunge Commission report of 1988 recommends that schools and universities provide guidance to university applicants to enable them make rightful choices. The paper objectively looks at the forms (processes, programmes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Academic Achievement, Career Choice
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Abuya, Benta A.; Mutisya, Maurice; Ngware, Moses – Education 3-13, 2015
The objective of the paper is to re-examine the mother-child education achievement hypothesis, by re-examining the effect of mother's education, on math and literacy test scores of children in Kenya. Data come from the classroom Education Research Programme at the African Population and Health Research Centre which was collected between January…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Parent Influence
McCartney Matthews, Melissa Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Research literature relating to the use of humor as a teaching method or curricula specifically designed to include humor was reviewed to investigate the effects of humor on student learning in various environments from elementary schools to post-secondary classrooms. In this multi-method study, four instruments and a humor treatment were selected…
Descriptors: Humor, Teaching Methods, Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory
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Chidi, Christopher O.; Shadare, Oluseyi A. – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
This study investigated the influence of host community on industrial relations practices and policies using Agbara community and Power Holding Company of Nigeria PLC as a case. The study adopted both the qualitative and quantitative methods. A total of 120 samples were drawn from the population using the simple random sampling technique in which…
Descriptors: Testing, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries, Sampling