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Huerta, Deborah; McMillan, Victoria – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2004
Examines the philosophy behind development of two team-taught courses in scientific writing: one for first-year students, the second for advanced students preparing for graduate and professional careers in science. Using student self-evaluations, course evaluations, and anecdotal evidence, chronicles some strengths and weaknesses of our ten-year…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Information Literacy, Team Teaching, Reflection
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Leavy, Aisling – Irish Educational Studies, 2005
The homogeneity that once represented Irish society will soon be represented only in the annals of history. The influx of people of diverse nationalities, together with the increasing presence of children with physical and intellectual disabilities, and children coming from a range of non-traditional backgrounds will make our classrooms…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Racial Attitudes, Ethnic Diversity
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Wilmore, Elaine L.; Bratlien, Maynard J. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2005
The article presents a significant national research project conducted by the authors and sponsored by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. It analyzes the varying aspects of administrative internships in American universities today. Professors of Educational Administration from around the nation were surveyed on-line…
Descriptors: Mentors, Educational Administration, Internship Programs, Supervisors
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Chong, Stella – Teaching Education, 2005
This study aims to report how Hong Kong teachers handle a seemingly conventional, orderly schooling phenomenon--the teaching of the newly arrived children (NAC) migrated from mainland China. Semi-structured interviews with ten teachers from nine primary schools were conducted. The principal findings are that the teachers are not prepared for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
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Morgan, Christopher K.; Cox, Rod – Journal of Learning Design, 2006
Taking students out into the field to visit properties has been a foundation of agricultural education practice in Australian higher education. These excursions are invariably popular with students, but their enjoyment of these activities may be largely due to factors other than the achievement of learning outcomes. This paper reports on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Higher Education, College Students
Tucker, James Thomas – NALEO Educational Fund, 2006
Broad agreement exists in the society about the desirability of U.S. residents speaking English. Policymakers, community and civic leaders, and social scientists--and especially non-English speakers themselves--agree that knowledge of English is the gateway to full participation in U.S. society and its many rewards. Yet learning a language is…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adult Literacy
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Tanner, Emily; Welsh, Elaine; Lewis, Jane – Children & Society, 2006
In this article we argue, through a case study in a large, urban local authority in England, that local stakeholders in early years provision express a variety of perspectives on quality but are constrained by a national framework which promotes an "official" definition of quality. We offer a quality-defining model that captures the role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Barriers, Performance Factors
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Morrison, Keith – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2006
This paper explores the sensitivities of conducting educational research in small states and territories, where the very act of conducting research, aside from its purposes or focuses, is itself a sensitive matter. The paper takes a "critical case study" of Macau and examines cultural, educational, political, micro-political,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Asian Culture, Case Studies
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Power, Colin – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2006
Building a strategic direction for education ultimately rests on the extent, to which we resolve the key issue addressed by UNESCO's International Commission on Education for the 21st Century (the Delors Report): what kind of education is needed to create the kind of world, we want to emerge in the future? Certainly, globalisation brings with it…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
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Hendershot, Candace; Dake, Joseph A.; Price, James H.; Lartey, Grace K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
The aim of this study was to assess elementary school nurses' perceptions of student bullying, actions when they encounter bullies or victims, and perceived level of preparation for dealing with this problem. School nurses identified the most common barriers to dealing with bullying, which included bullying taking place where the nurse is not…
Descriptors: Bullying, School Nurses, Attitude Measures, Peer Relationship
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Turner, Jane; Mavin, Sharon; Minocha, Sonal – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: To critique individual learning experiences in organization, explore the role people play in inhibiting learning in organization and explore theories of individual learning as "theories in use", drawing on a metaphor of steps and dance. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a subjective qualitative approach engaging in…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Dance, Figurative Language, Data Analysis
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Kropp, Rhonda Y.; Sarnquist, Clea C.; Montgomery, Elizabeth T.; Ruiz, Juan D.; Maldonado, Yvonne A. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
Using a semi-structured survey and convenience sample of pregnant/recently delivered Hispanic (n = 453) and non-Hispanic (n = 904) women in four California counties, this study compared rates of timely prenatal care (PNC) initiation, HIV test counseling, test offering, and test acceptance in PNC between Hispanic and non-Hispanic women. Hispanic…
Descriptors: Prenatal Care, Females, Prevention, Counties
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Mohammed, Razia Fakir – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
This paper discusses a complex issue: why teacher education input and interventions have limited or no impact in the classrooms. It discusses some practical examples and issues and their implications for teachers' learning and motivation to develop teaching. Analysis of the findings suggests that as teachers re-entered the reality of the school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Practices
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Fox-Turnbull, Wendy – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2006
Students involved in holistic technological practice need to develop an understanding of technological practice outside the classroom and to participate in tasks set as close as practicable to actual technological practice. This paper investigates the context of assessment and its relationship to achievement and the importance of teacher knowledge…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2006
The study aimed to find out whether the complexity of an online course design would affect its frequency of usage, to identify technological and linguistic barriers to students' participation and interaction in those online courses and to report students' perceptions of their online learning experience. Female freshman students participating in…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Online Courses, Technology Uses in Education, College Freshmen
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