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Fisher, Mercedes – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2003
Educational institutions have rushed to provide online courses; however, too often schools have discovered the difficulty in transferring effective teaching strategies in the classroom to an online environment. A unique aspect of quality online courses is how they rely heavily on effective collaboration to create a meaningful learning environment.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Development, Internet, Cooperation
Taymans, Juliana M.; Tindle, Kate P.; Freund, Maxine B.; Ortiz, Deanna M.; Harris, Lindsay A. – Online Submission, 2006
Accountability in many and varied forms is being required of teacher preparation programs. Weiner (2000) explores the dichotomy of the belief that meaningful learning needs to be situated versus policy that demands educational outcomes be standardized. This contradiction demands urgent analysis as we look for appropriate measures of accountability…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Urban Schools, Poverty
Ruthmann, Stephen Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2006
This study investigated the lived experiences of a group of students and their teacher as they negotiated learning and teaching during a sixth-grade exploratory music technology course taught in a music technology lab. Taking a qualitative and naturalistic approach, I sought to understand the challenges, issues, and successes experienced by the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Music, Learning Laboratories, Grade 6
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2006
All further education colleges in Scotland have arrangements that enable students to contribute to the improvement of the quality of their educational experience. These range from the informal contacts between staff and students to student membership of each college's board of management, which was provided for in legislation. Over the years…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Quality Assurance
Wehbi, Samantha – Disability & Society, 2006
This article reports on a study conducted in Lebanon by four non-governmental organizations, primarily on the topic of inclusion of people with disabilities in education, with a secondary focus on inclusion in employment. This article reports on some of the findings of the assessment process that was four months in duration and aimed, through…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Mukamusoni, Dariya – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
In 2001, a program of distance learning was started within Kigali Institute of Education in collaboration with the Rwanda's Ministry of Education. It is an in-service training program that aims to upgrade in-service secondary school teachers and alleviate the shortage of teachers both in terms of quality and number. This program runs parallel to a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers
Grace, Donna J.; Brandt, Mary E. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
In Hawaii, state agencies and foundations are poised to support readiness efforts to improve educational outcomes for children. Developing a shared understanding of the construct of readiness is key to these efforts. The purposes of this research were to (a) discover the perceptions and beliefs held by Hawaii parents, teachers and administrators…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, School Role, Comparative Analysis, School Readiness
Cook, Lysandra; Hennessey, Mary L.; Cook, Bryan G.; Rumrill, Phillip D. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
A focus group with nine university professionals from two large Midwestern universities was conducted to investigate their perceptions regarding the unexpected impact of increasing numbers of students with learning disabilities attending college. Participants consisted of six faculty members, two directors of Offices of Student Disability…
Descriptors: College Students, Special Needs Students, Mainstreaming, Inclusive Schools
Houtz, Lynne E.; Kosoko-Lasaki, Omofolasade – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2006
Creighton University, a private Jesuit institution in the Midwest, included a Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) to increase the pool of qualified underrepresented minority applicants by identifying students early and encouraging their progress through elementary and middle school, high school, college, and professional schools.…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Private Colleges, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
Kurubacak, Gulsun – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2006
This is an action research to investigate and argue the Turkish teachers' experiences on online communications to build a democratic and multicultural knowledge network. This study utilized both qualitative and quantitative data collected from different sources. This helped the author generate new perspectives and stimulate new directions in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Networks
Tissington, Laura D. – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2006
National teacher shortages have driven the market for alternative means of teacher certification. This study sought to understand what mentorship means to 27 beginning teachers in a university-district partnership Alternative Certification Program (ACP) in an effort to understand the participants' perceptions. The process included administering…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Phenomenology, Inquiry, Mentors
Basic Skills Agency, 2006
The Basic Skills Agency, funded by the DfES, has been developing the use of a financial context as a way of teaching literacy and numeracy to adults. SAFE, an initiative of Toynbee Hall's Adult Advice and Education team, is dedicated to providing practical services to promote financial capability and to increase financial inclusion. Joint work…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Educational Needs, Literacy, Educational Finance
Venegas, Kristan M. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2006
This article focuses on the Web-based resources available to low-income students as they build their perceptions, make their decisions, and engage in financial aid activities. Data are gathered from the results of six focus groups with low-income high school students attending urban high schools. Findings suggest that low-income students do have…
Descriptors: High School Students, Urban Schools, College Bound Students, College Applicants
Santoro, Ninetta; Allard, Andrea – Australian Educational Researcher, 2006
As teacher-educators, we designed and implemented a small study that mapped teacher-education students' understandings of their own identities and how they made sense of ethnicity and class differences among their secondary students while on teaching rounds. While we didn't set out to "teach" our research participants, it was during the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Data Analysis
Brown, Lori A.; Eastham, Nicholas P.; Ku, Heng-Yu – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
This study investigated the performance of 13 graduate students' collaborative efforts toward a group research project in an Instructional Analysis, Design, and Evaluation online course. Gaps between course expectations from the instructor and student collaborative performance were identified through the review of the team agreement, the use of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Intervention, Research Projects, Focus Groups