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Decuypere, Mathias – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
Open Education (OE), a generic term for a collection of practices that seek to broaden the access to education through digital means, has gained increasing traction and popularity over the last years and from various corners, both globally and in European circles. Rather than taking the technologies OE makes use of at face value, this article…
Descriptors: Open Education, Access to Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Delfino, Armando P. – Asian Journal of University Education, 2019
This research determined the extent of student engagement at Partido State University and analyzed the factors affecting student engagement. Moreover, it investigated the correlation between student engagement and academic performance. The study used descriptive-correlational method. A teacher made questionnaire was used to gather data. The…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Public Colleges, Foreign Countries
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Furness, Emily; Li, Ian W.; Patterson, Lisa; Brennan-Jones, Christopher G.; Eikelboom, Robert H.; Cross, Donna; Fisher, Colleen – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: Children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) face a wide array of issues that can impact their mental health and well-being. This study aimed to explore the role of schools and classroom teachers in supporting the mental health and well-being of DHH children. Method: A qualitative study comprising telephone and semistructured…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Teacher Role, Deafness
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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Goodman, W. Benjamin – Future of Children, 2019
How do we screen all families in a population at a single time point, identify family-specific risks, and connect each family with evidence-based community resources that can help them overcome those risks--an approach known as targeted universalism? In this article, Kenneth A. Dodge and W. Benjamin Goodman describe Family Connects, a program…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Family Programs, Birth, Home Visits
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Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina – Learning, Media and Technology, 2019
This study examines the practice of adaptation and translation (localisation) of Open Educational Resources (OER). It employs a sociocultural perspective to focus on the experiences of practitioners (localisers) who undertook the localisation of a suite of 125 OER created as part of a teacher professional development programme in India. This…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Faculty Development, Curriculum Development, Translation
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Burns, Matthew K.; Young, Helen – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Skills is a web-based assessment system published by Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA). The test publishers purport that MAP Skills provides information about essential K-8 building blocks in Language Usage, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, and Vocabulary to quickly assess student progress toward…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Language Skills, Mathematics Skills, Reading Comprehension
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Riley, Jacqueline; Isbell, Laura – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine how faculty in the department of Curriculum and Instruction at one university perceived the usefulness of a website which contained ELL (English language learner) teaching resources (e.g., videos, lesson plans, handouts) created by graduate students. The website was created as part of a graduate level…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Graduate Students, Second Language Learning
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Dooris, Mark; Farrier, Alan; Powell, Susan; Holt, Maxine – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on an evaluation of the UK Healthy Universities Network (UKHUN), which explored engagement of network members; identified what members value about the network; examined facilitators and barriers to engagement; and informed the network's future development. Design/methodology/approach: The study was a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Systems Approach, Networks, Universities
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Vicens, Quentin; Coumoul, Xavier; Souciet, Jean-Luc – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
In order to help promote instructional change at French-speaking universities in Europe, we initiated a series of 1-day events centered on learning innovations. Since 2015, these events have been taking place every 6 months at the Université Paris Descartes, with the moral support of three learned scientific societies, the French Academy of…
Descriptors: French, College Faculty, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Mills, Jack I.; Thomas, Aaron; Galindo, Ed; Hartline, Beverly Karplus; Dhingra, Amit – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
There is a pressing need for American Indian and Native Alaskan professionals who have the preparation necessary to address the quality of life and natural resource issues in Native communities. We assert that universities should adopt proactive strategies that build pathways for Natives to obtain advanced degrees.
Descriptors: STEM Education, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Professional Personnel
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Tomé, Eduardo; Tracz-Krupa, Katarzyna – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to define the impact of the investment in training in education by the European Social Fund (ESF) in four Eastern countries, namely, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Hungary. Those countries have some political, cultural, social and economic similarities and share some common ground in the human resource…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
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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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McNaughtan, Jon; García, Hugo A.; Garza, Tiberio; Harwood, Yvonne R. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2019
The rising cost of higher education has driven researchers and practitioners alike to identify areas of waste and search for practices associated with increasing efficiency. One area commonly targeted is human resources, where the dominant narrative focuses on the role of downsizing as a way to decrease cost. In contrast to workforce reduction,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, College Faculty, Human Resources, College Administration
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Akuma, Fru Vitalis; Callaghan, Ronel – Research in Science Education, 2019
Inquiry-based science education has been incorporated in science curricula internationally. In this regard, however, many teachers encounter challenges. The challenges have been characterised into those linked to the personal characteristics of these teachers (intrinsic challenges) and others associated with contextual factors (extrinsic…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Barriers
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Trivedi, Shikha; Mthombeni, Fungai M. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2019
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a theoretical paradigm that advocates educational success for the highest proportion of students possible. Many countries have embraced this philosophy as a way of providing an environment that addresses learner's diverse needs. Historically, learners with certain special needs have been denied full…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Academic Achievement
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