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Firestone, William; Perry, Jill Alexa; Leland, Andrew – Planning and Changing, 2020
The education doctorate provides advanced leadership preparation to educators in several English-speaking countries. We explore how four American education doctorate programs teach evidence use. Educational leaders are key brokers of research evidence but usually lack the necessary skills. We employed a multiple case study design. Data were…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Evidence, Research Utilization, Education Courses
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Sharma, Payal; Pandher, Jagwinder Singh – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to identify and classify various competences and competencies that educational leaders should essentially possess. Design/methodology/approach: The systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify various competences of educational leaders in the institutions. Later, an empirical research was conducted. The…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Technical Institutes, Instructional Leadership
Gamse, Beth C.; Espinosa, Lorelle L.; Roy, Radha – Abt Associates, 2013
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program represents a substantial investment by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the quality of graduate education, and ultimately, to increase the number of graduates better prepared to address the nation's 21st century scientific and technological needs. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
Gamse, Beth C.; Espinosa, Lorelle L.; Roy, Radha – Abt Associates, 2013
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program represents a substantial investment by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the quality of graduate education, and ultimately, to increase the number of graduates better prepared to address our nation's 21st century scientific and technological needs. The…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Berman, Judith E.; Pitman, Tim – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
Despite the expansion and professionalisation of university administration over the past 20 years there has been no scholarly study on the extent to which universities, which promote the value of generic skills from research degrees to prospective research students and their employers, capitalize on the research and transferable skills of PhD…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Research Skills, Doctoral Degrees, College Administration
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Hvenegaard, Glen; Link, Anne-Marie L.; Moore, Sean E.; Wesselius, Janet C. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
North American universities are encouraged to increase opportunities for undergraduate research experiences (UREs). To this end, many universities offer directed studies courses (DSCs) which are 1-2 semester long courses involving one-on-one instruction, with a focus on student-led independent research. Building on the understanding of dynamics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Shawer, Saad Fathy; Alkahtani, Saad Ali – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
This study assesses the influence of a two-year language program evaluation on program directors and faculty career development. The study makes use of mixed-paradigms (positivism and qualitative interpretive), mixed-strategies (survey research and qualitative evaluation), one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a post-hoc test of multiple…
Descriptors: Career Education, Program Evaluation, College Faculty, English (Second Language)