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Jess, Mike; Atencio, Matthew; Carse, Nicola – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
While complexity thinking features increasingly in the education and physical education literature, there remains a paucity of research presenting evidence of the influence that complexity principles have on learning. We further advocate that more work with complexity thinking is required to investigate how teacher educators engage with key…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Focus Groups, Physical Education Teachers
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O'Neal, Colleen; Atapattu, Ranga; Jegathesan, Anasuya; Clement, Jennifer; Ong, Edward; Ganesan, Asha – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2018
Access to Malaysian government schools is prohibited for refugee children, and hidden refugee schools only reach a minority of Burmese students in Malaysia. This study used a participatory culture-specific consultation (PCSC) approach to examine the perspectives of Burmese refugee teachers on Burmese refugee student socioemotional issues and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Bodvin, Kathleen; Verschueren, Karine; De Haene, Lucia; Struyf, Elke – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2018
As low socioeconomic status (SES) and ethnic minority students often experience barriers during their school career, increased levels of referral of these students to extramural support services in education (ESS) can be expected. Yet, research indicates that disadvantaged students are often underrepresented in different types of ESS. The purpose…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Disadvantaged, Focus Groups, Parent Attitudes
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Felix, Alan; Condy, Janet; Chigona, Agnes – Africa Education Review, 2018
The purpose of this research was to explore how two rural primary teachers used technology to enhance their pedagogical and content knowledge of Geography in their everyday teaching and learning. Hence the theory of Koehler and Mishra's Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framed this research. Although the Intermediate Phase…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Okonji, P. E.; Okiki, O.C.; Idowu, I. A.; Alo, B. I. – Research Management Review, 2018
While most universities in the developed world, by tradition, have research offices to handle research management, structures for the efficient coordination and strong governance of research are nascent within many Sub-Saharan African universities. In this paper we look at the organizational structures, policies and functions of research offices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Governance, Developing Nations
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Emira, Mahmoud; Brewster, Stephanie; Duncan, Neil; Clifford, Angela – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
This article is based on the findings of an externally funded, mixed-methods research project conducted at one English university. This small-scale project aimed to examine leadership, barriers to becoming a leader and the support needed to overcome them, from the perspectives of disabled staff. An online questionnaire was sent to all 66 members…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Mixed Methods Research, Leadership Qualities
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Weninger, Csilla – Research Papers in Education, 2018
Creating authentic learning opportunities in schools has been an important mission for educators and educational researchers, where 'authentic' is generally understood to mean connecting school education to students' current and future identities, experiences and expertise. This article aims to problematise the taken-for-granted notion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Media Literacy, Literacy Education
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Feuerstein, Julie L.; Olswang, Lesley B.; Greenslade, Kathryn J.; Dowden, Patricia; Pinder, Gay Lloyd; Madden, Jodi – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: This research explores practitioners' perspectives during the implementation of triadic gaze intervention (TGI), an evidence-based protocol for assessing and planning treatment targeting gaze as an early signal of intentional communication for young children with physical disabilities. Method: Using qualitative methods, 7 practitioners…
Descriptors: Young Children, Physical Disabilities, Eye Movements, Interpersonal Communication
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Karaca, Aysel; Akkus, Dilek; Sener, Dilek Konuk – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018
Peer educators (PEs) have a significant role in providing education on various health issues like smoking, alcohol, and other substance use. This study aimed to determine the experiences and opinions of PEs regarding a peer education program. Using the qualitative research method, data were collected from the study sample, which consisted of 23…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Semi Structured Interviews, Focus Groups, Qualitative Research
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Kehoe, Michelle; Bourke-Taylor, Helen; Broderick, David – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2018
Students attending schools today not only learn about formal academic subjects, they also learn social and emotional skills. Whole-school restorative practices (RP) is an approach which can be used to address student misbehaviour when it occurs, and as a holistic method to increase social and emotional learning in students. The aim of this study…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Interviews
Miller, Lawrence R., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The benefits of involvement in work-integrated learning programs, also known as cooperative education have been touted since inception in 1899. Unfortunately, little research has been published related to the factors that impact enrollment within these programs. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that have influenced the…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Cooperative Education, Community Colleges, Measures (Individuals)
Calcavecchi, Lincoln Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Organizational leaders know that training improves worker performance, but training is often initiated without considering employees' work task requirements. This instrumental case study was conducted to understand the perceptions of employees who completed a skills training program and those of supervisors. The conceptual framework was andragogy,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employees, Supervisors, Case Studies
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Trespalacios, Jesús H.; Perkins, Ross A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Individual strategies to increase response rate and survey completion have been extensively researched. Recently, efforts have been made to investigate a combination of interventions to yield better response rates for web-based surveys. This study examined the effects of four different survey invitation conditions on response rate. From a large…
Descriptors: Response Rates (Questionnaires), Online Surveys, Focus Groups, College Students
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Healea, C. Daryl; Hale, Patrick J. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2016
Recruiting a diverse staff of resident assistants at an institution of American higher education involves both challenges and opportunities. This study employed the theoretical framework of multicultural organizational development to explore how diversity was cultivated in a resident assistant staff and why that staff exhibited a particular form…
Descriptors: College Students, Resident Advisers, Recruitment, Student Employment
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Buchanan, Lisa Brown; Hilburn, Jeremy – Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
In this mixed methods study, we examined the responses of 82 preservice teachers to the acclaimed documentary "Which Way Home", a film that profiles unaccompanied adolescents who hitchhiked the train system of Central America and Mexico en route to the United States. Using pre- and post-surveys (n = 82) and focus group interviews (n =…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Preservice Teachers, Immigration, Adolescents
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