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Mann, Anthony; Huddleston, Prue – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2017
The focus of this article is the youth labour market and how changes within it have (negatively) affected the economic prospects of young Britons. It suggests ways in which schools and colleges can respond to such change in order to optimise the life chances of their students. The paper reviews the perspectives of two important groups of people…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Youth Employment, Youth Opportunities, Economic Impact
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Czerniewicz, Laura; Deacon, Andrew; Glover, Michael; Walji, Sukaina – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
MOOCs have been seen as holding promise for advancing Open Education. While the pedagogical design of the first MOOCs grew out of the Open Education Movement, the current trend has MOOCs exhibiting fewer of the original openness goals than anticipated. The aim of this study is to examine the practices and attitudes of MOOC educators at an African…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Drinnon, Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research examined the ways and means administration used to disseminate information concerning the consolidation of two technical colleges in the State of Georgia, USA. These means of information dissemination included press releases by the consolidating colleges and the Technical College System of Georgia (the system which the consolidating…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Consolidated Schools, Information Dissemination, Qualitative Research
Froehlich-Mueller, Kerry – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore male student persistence at Central Technical College (CTC), a small public, two-year technical college in Wisconsin. Across the United States, there had been a surge in college enrollments during the recent recession. Interestingly, college enrollment and persistence of females has grown…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Case Studies, Males, Two Year College Students
Butland, Mark James – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Colleges facing pressures to increase student outcomes while reducing costs have shown an increasing interest in competency-based education (CBE) models. Regional accreditors created a joint policy on CBE evaluation. Two years later, through this grounded theory study, I sought to understand from experts the nature of this policy, its impact, and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Accreditation (Institutions), Focus Groups, Guidelines
Tkachyk, Leon Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2017
High teacher turnover has become a serious problem globally, in many international schools, and is a growing concern in segments of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS). This persistent problem has a detrimental effect on student learning and upsets the culture of school communities. Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory served as the…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries, International Schools, Academic Achievement
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Stone, Melissa L.; Kent, Kevin M.; Roscoe, Rod D.; Corley, Kathleen M.; Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
This chapter explores three broad principles of user-centered design methodologies: participatory design, iteration, and usability considerations. The authors highlight the importance of considering teachers as a prominent type of ITS end user, by describing the barriers teachers face as users and their role in educational technology design. To…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Design, Usability, Barriers
Ewald, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
As a result of recent mandates of the Next Generation Science Standards, assessments are a "system of meaning" amidst a paradigm shift toward three-dimensional assessments. This study is motivated by two research questions: 1) how do high school science teachers describe their processes of decision-making in the development and use of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, Science Teachers, Qualitative Research
Jackson, Jacquelyn Faith – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation was designed to provide an increased understanding of what is involved in providing whole child education. The researcher of this dissertation evaluated teacher awareness, changes in instructional behaviors, and the impact on culture as a result of an elementary afterschool program. All teachers were instructed to focus on their…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Foster, Stephen Darryl – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This case study examined the impact of Quaver's Marvelous World of Music on an elementary school music program. Quaver's Marvelous World of Music is a software music curriculum designed to be used in Grades K-8. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact on the students' musical self-efficacy, interactive engagement, enjoyment of music…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Music, Music Education, Elementary School Students
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Golding, Natalie S.; Rose, John – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: The aim of this study is to explore support workers' attitudes and knowledge towards individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) to see whether a new attitude scale needs to be developed. Method: Support workers from a charitable organization located in the West Midlands in the United Kingdom participated in one of four focus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supported Employment, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Focus Groups
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Draeger, John; del Prado Hill, Pixita; Mahler, Ronnie – Innovative Higher Education, 2015
In this article we describe models of academic rigor from the student point of view. Drawing on a campus-wide survey, focus groups, and interviews with students, we found that students explained academic rigor in terms of workload, grading standards, level of difficulty, level of interest, and perceived relevance to future goals. These findings…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Difficulty Level, Academic Standards
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Jones, J.; Carter, B.; Wilkerson, R.; Kramer, C. – Health Education Research, 2019
This study assessed attitudes toward HIV and awareness of previous HIV prevention campaigns among young black men in the United States of America (USA). The study also ascertained the appropriateness of HIV testing messages for young black men and explored the use of social networking sites to deliver HIV testing messages for social media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Males
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Daniels, Catherine H.; Chalker-Scott, Linda; Martini, Nicole – Journal of Extension, 2016
The Garden Team at Washington State University is a transdisciplinary, geographically dispersed group of faculty and staff. As with many such teams, member retention requires effort, as busy individuals may not see the overall benefits of active team membership. Ripple effect mapping is a strategy that can illustrate the tangible and often…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teamwork, Concept Mapping, Group Dynamics
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Loreman, Tim; McGhie-Richmond, Donna; Kolopayvea, Alla; Tarenchenko, Oksana; Mazin, Dymtro; Crocker, Cheryl; Petryshyn, Roman – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
This article examines the experiences of Canadian and Ukrainian educators who collaborated on a 5-year Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funded project to develop local capacity to implement inclusive education for children with disabilities in Ukraine. Ukrainian and Canadian educators and project coordinators engage in reflective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Inclusion, Disabilities
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