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Woods, Cheylon Karrina – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2018
Classrooms and museums have long provided the perfect environment for students to engage information on multiple levels. Some of the information is in the form of worksheets, textbooks, and interpretive panels others in the form of societal conceptions derived from their surroundings. Museums are supposed to be equitable spaces where facts can be…
Descriptors: Museums, Blacks, Information Dissemination, Minority Groups
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Gorokhov, Alexander M.; Zaikov, Konstantin S.; Kondratov, Nikolai A.; Kuprikov, Michail Yu.; Kuprikov, Nikita M.; Tamickij, Alexander M. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
Strategic documents on Russia's development define a transition to a knowledge economy and balanced spatial development, based on innovation and highly skilled human resources. At the present stage of the world economy development, various forms of ties in the scientific, educational, cultural and production spheres that form the scientific and…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Economy, Innovation
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Ford, Michael R.; Ihrke, Douglas M. – Journal of School Choice, 2018
In this article we seek to understand the impacts of a third party governance reform implemented by the nonprofit organization, Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE), on school-level performance in Milwaukee's maure school choice environment. Specifically, we compare the performance of PAVE and non-PAVE schools on Wisconsin state tests,…
Descriptors: Governance, School Choice, Educational Vouchers, Nonprofit Organizations
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Carlson, Wendy; Witschey, Hannah – Teaching of Psychology, 2018
This study examined whether combining classroom curriculum with direct experience with people with disabilities (PWDs) can influence change in undergraduate students' attitudes toward PWDs. Undergraduate students (N = 68) enrolled in a psychology course completed the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale at the beginning and end of the semester.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Nonprofit Organizations
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Filstad, Cathrine; Simeonova, Boyka; Visser, Max – Learning Organization, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the crossing of knowledge and power boundaries within a bureaucratic organization by using enterprise social media (ESM). (Carlile's 2002) boundary crossing framework is used to guide this research. Design/methodology/approach: This is a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Administrative Organization, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
Cohen, Rebecca Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The varied academic needs of students with learning disabilities throughout the U.S. and in Southern California, specifically, have driven demand for private learning centers. For the purposes of this study, a learning center refers to a private business that teaches primary and secondary school students with learning disabilities outside of the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Living Learning Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Strategies
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Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; González-Gonzalez, Felipe; Flores, Francisco; Cardona-T., Jose-Gerardo; González, Irma; Espino, Piero; Olaguez, Eugenia; Rendon, Hector; Chavoya, Jorge; Valdes-Perea, Alba-Liliana; Álvarez, María-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquín; Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises; Rodríguez-Ramírez, Sergio-Esteban; Álvarez-Gómez, Miguel; Cabral-Araiza, Jesús; Anguiano, Carlos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2018
A reform always implies an adjustment, a transformation, or a change. But one always hopes that a reform is for the better, and that it will benefit those who will be affected by the reform. Educational reforms have been seen in this way, since the world changes and we change with it. In this line of thought, we can dare to think that when an…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Poverty, Quality of Life, Social Differences
Wright, Jerry Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to examine teachers' perceived autonomy in two different school settings. The theory that guided this study was Bandura's social-cognitive theory, specifically focusing on the three aspects of human agency. The research question was used to investigate the similarities and differences of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Professional Autonomy, Administrative Organization, Teacher Attitudes
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2018
Missouri career education is preparing young people and adults for the job market and/or further education. It combines academics and job-specific skill training to assist in narrowing the skills gap. This fact sheet shows how Missouri's career education programs are preparing students for the future. [For the 2016-17 Fact Sheet, see ED590196.]
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education, Student Organizations, Secondary Education
Moon, Jodi – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2018
This research brief is Part I of a four-part series that studies the implementation and impact of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) decision to decentralize in the 1990s. This first part describes how decentralization was enacted in HISD. It examines the implementation of decentralization at HISD. The process that HISD originally…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Change, Educational Administration, School Districts
D'Acierno, Maria Rosaria – Online Submission, 2018
This study, based on the observation of children (3-5 year olds) following a program of specific physical exercises guided by music, wants to evaluate the effect of movement on body, mind and cognition. It will promote activities and experience in order to 1) build up a healthy body and a healthy mind; 2) prevent obesity as well as type 2…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Health, Cognitive Development, Young Children
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2020
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 18th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held virtually in June 2020. The 18th BCES Conference theme is "Educational Reforms Worldwide." This year's book includes 38 papers written by 73 authors from 19 countries. The volume starts…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational History
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Rodriguez-Oramas, Alfonso; Morla-Folch, Teresa; Vieites Casado, Maria; Ruiz-Eugenio, Laura – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2022
Research shows that family involvement in learning activities at school improves students' academic performance and social cohesion. This study analyses the impact of involving families through interactive groups, dialogic literary gatherings and tutored library in a Mexican primary school in a highly underprivileged urban area, within the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Learning Activities, Social Integration
Bettney, Esther – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The promotion of language ideologies, policies and pedagogies that treat languages as separate and hierarchical has become a central concern for critical education scholars. In this case study, I explore how school actors at Colegio Colombiano (CC), an international school in Colombia, engaged with critical approaches to bi/multilingual education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gupta, Asha – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2022
India has the second largest higher education system in terms of institutions worldwide, despite having only 26.3% Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER), including vocational education. It aspires to achieve a target of 50% GER by 2035. It means it would require a larger number of higher education institutions (HEIs), public and private, in addition to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, For Profit Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Institutional Characteristics
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