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Ramlal, Adesh; Jones, Don; Kingston, Kathleen – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2020
In the education system in Trinidad and Tobago, only 60% of students are achieving mastery in literacy and numeracy as documented by national tests. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore principals' experiences leading strategic planning designed to increase achievement in literacy and numeracy in eight high-performing primary…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Elementary Schools, Principals, Strategic Planning
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Alkrdem, Mofareh – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2020
The dynamics of school as a single source of knowledge have changed, which eliminate the organizational obstacles that hinder its learning process and endeavor towards the construction of a leadership competence. The ability of an organization to construct and support the professional learning communities depends on its ability to improve and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Barriers, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Role
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Okilwa, Nathern S. A.; Duarte, Bryan – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
The work of sustaining academic success in the midst of increasing accountability mandates, dwindling resource allocations, and increasing student diversity can be daunting. However, research related to successful school leadership identifies four core practices; setting direction, developing people, redesigning the organization, and managing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, High School Students, High Schools
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Mickelsson, Martin – Environmental Education Research, 2020
This article aims to contribute to the knowledge of how the 'scaling' of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) activities is conceptualized in practice through transactional learning encounters. In the context of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD, I discuss the re-actualisation of experiences as part of these encounters. The…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Environmental Education
Squire, Juliet; LiBetti, Ashley; Goldberg, Rebecca Gifford – Bellwether Education Partners, 2020
Last fall, researchers at Bellwether Education Partners began research on how standard authorizing practices could discourage or disadvantage charter schools with nontraditional models, such as dual language immersion, Montessori, and competency-based education models. Throughout the course of their research, the authors spoke to dozens of school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Nontraditional Education, Accountability, Models
Misko, Josie; Wibrow, Bridget – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2020
A companion to "Traditional Trade Apprenticeships: Training Activity, Employer Incentives and International Practice," this report collates qualitative material from in-depth interviews and focus groups with employers, trainers, apprentices and relevant government officials describing what is effective, what is not, and what needs…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Program Effectiveness, On the Job Training, Building Trades
Soricone, Lisa – Jobs for the Future, 2020
Our nation needs a baseline understanding of the current landscape of high school skilled trades education--and a road map of what could or should happen next--to build on the promise that trades education offers to meet both individual and societal needs. To understand the state of skilled trades education in America's high schools, Jobs for the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Vocational Education, Skilled Occupations, Building Trades
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Voronina, Marianna V.; Tretyakova, Zlata O.; Krivonozhkina, Ekaterina G.; Buslaev, Stanislav I.; Sidorenko, Grigory G. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
The relevance and feasibility of this study are determined by the absence of serious, scientific research, as well as teaching materials, when it comes to the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in teaching students and future teachers Descriptive Geometry, Engineering and Computer Graphics (DGECG). The purpose of the study is to examine the current…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Geometry, Engineering Education, Computer Graphics
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Collins, Daniel P.; Bruce, Jacklyn; McKee, Katherine – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Using literature as the catalyst for change is grounded in Freirean pedagogy. In the case of the Oaks Leadership Scholars, leadership educators are crafting an environment for building transformative leadership skills using texts calling for the enactment of justice and equity as a starting point for capacity building and self-reflection. Students…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Social Justice, Leadership Training, Agricultural Education
Rigau, Briana L.; Dooling-Litfin, Jodi; Scully, Elizabeth; Killian, Catherine; Fisher, Gail; McManus, Beth; Khetani, Mary A. – ZERO TO THREE, 2019
This article outlines a quality improvement (QI) initiative to build organizational capacity for engagement in research and evidence-based practice in early intervention (EI). The authors describe the implementation of online learning modules, a writing group simulation, and the launch of a writing group fellowship with service coordinators and…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Early Intervention, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice
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Johnson, Matthew; Danvers, Emily; Hinton-Smith, Tamsin; Atkinson, Kate; Bowden, Gareth; Foster, John; Garner, Kristina; Garrud, Paul; Greaves, Sarah; Harris, Patricia; Hejmadi, Momna; Hill, David; Hughes, Gwen; Jackson, Louise; O'Sullivan, Angela; ÓTuama, Séamus; Perez Brown, Pilar; Philipson, Pete; Ravenscroft, Simon; Rhys, Mirain; Ritchie, Tom; Talbot, Jon; Walker, David; Watson, Jon; Williams, Myfanwy; Williams, Sharon – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2019
How should academic staff engage in outreach with communities outside of the university? The need of academics to answer this question has intensified in the UK given the changing priorities of academic job roles, shaped by increasing institutional concern for widening participation, graduate employability and research impact in an era of…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Faculty, School Community Relationship, Barriers
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Brix, Jacob – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose how a bottom-up creation of an ambidextrous organization can be enabled. By integrating research on "contextual ambidexterity" and "individual and organizational capacity building", an "innovation capacity building" framework is conceptualized that suggests how balance…
Descriptors: Innovation, Capacity Building, Transformational Leadership, Workplace Learning
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Perry, Emily; Bevins, Stuart – Professional Development in Education, 2019
In low- and middle-income countries, cascade models of teacher professional development are often used as routes to educational reform. In these models, external agents deliver professional development, which is then disseminated by in-country facilitators. However, little is known about how to support facilitators of professional development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Faculty Development, Developing Nations
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Garbacz, S. Andrew – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
Schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) is a systems-level approach to promote appropriate behavior, increase academic achievement, and improve school climate. The PBIS infrastructure engages families as partners in school systems and extends evidence-based positive behavior support to the home. The article discusses a…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Academic Achievement
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Zhang, Cheng; Chen, Bing – Higher Education Studies, 2019
It is important for students in the built environment related disciplines to acquire subject-based knowledge and skills from reflecting on their experience. In return, the learning-by-doing approach has been widely adopted in the academic cluster of built environment. To further strengthen this, this paper proposes a Virtual Reality (VR) based…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Building Design, Cooperative Learning, Physical Environment
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