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Christine Droba – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research study focused on the effects of departmentalization in the elementary school setting. Previous research on the topic of departmentalization in elementary school settings presented inconclusive results. The purpose of this study was to collect and analyze data from self-contained and departmentalized classrooms in fourth and fifth…
Descriptors: Departments, Elementary Schools, Course Content, Specialization
Bailey A. Brown; Amber R. Reed – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2023
The Georgia Department of Education has clearly defined standards for learning about Africa in the seventh grade. However, there exists great variation in how textbooks present this material and address these standards. Using a qualitative content analysis approach, we assess the presentation of Africa in three widely used Georgia social studies…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Content Analysis, Social Studies, Foreign Countries
LaPlante, Claudia Lisi – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed method study was to examine the relationships between teachers' academic department, years of experience, tenure status, and their knowledge of chronically absent students and the existing programs and interventions to support absent students in their schools. The study utilized a district of five junior-senior high…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, High School Students, Attendance Patterns, Teacher Attitudes
Janine Casella – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This action research study aims to identify and address equity gaps within a PK-8 New Jersey school by leading a professional learning community (PLC). The study will use action research methods to conduct an educational equity audit, which will inform the annual school plan and create a leadership action plan to stimulate organizational change.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Action Research, Audits (Verification), Educational Planning
Brandon M. Melendez – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Two studies investigated the effect of departmentalized instruction on ELA and math achievement among 5th grade students in a large, urban school district. In 84% of the findings from the two studies combined, students in departmentalized classrooms produced significantly higher scores in ELA and mathematics, relative to students in generalized…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students
Alison Wellington; Melissa Clark; Alyson Burnett; Susanne James-Burdumy; Libby Makowsky; Stacey Brockman; Dallas Dotter; Mariesa Herrmann; Hanley Chiang – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
This appendix is a companion to the report "Evaluation of Departmentalized Instruction in Elementary Schools: Exploring Implementation Experiences." The appendix provides additional information about the study, which sought to explore schools' implementation of departmentalized instruction, teachers' experiences with the strategy, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Departments, Educational Strategies, School Organization
Alison Wellington; Melissa Clark; Alyson Burnett; Susanne James-Burdumy; Libby Makowsky; Stacey Brockman; Dallas Dotter; Mariesa Herrmann; Hanley Chiang – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
Assigning upper elementary grade teachers to teach their strongest subjects to multiple classes ("departmentalizing"), rather than teaching all subjects to a single class, ("self-contained instruction") could mean more specialized instructional expertise in the classroom or focus for teacher planning time and professional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Departments, Educational Strategies, School Organization
Liang, Jia; Wang, Feiye – Journal of School Leadership, 2019
This qualitative research investigated the applicability of teacher leadership, a notion mostly grounded in the Western literatures, to the educational settings in China. The current research focused on the Chinese lead teachers, backbone teachers (BTs), their experiences, and perspectives of teacher leadership. As a program designed to increase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Principals
Gultom, Syawal; Baharuddin; Fibriasari, Hesti – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: Leadership styles and school performance in educational sector are correlated in the sense that to improve the quality of education, there is a great need to develop the professional capabilities of school leaders-- the headmaster, head teachers and department heads, who are responsible for managing school resources effectively and…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness, School Effectiveness, Performance Factors
Aytaç Onur Demirtas; Kerim Gundogdu – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2024
This embedded-single case study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the 8th-grade music curriculum through the lens of Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model. An initial survey involving 146 music teachers was conducted to determine the middle school grade-level music curriculum for evaluation. Subsequently, 15 music teachers, six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Music Education, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness
Tara Gossman – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Delve into the transformative journey of teachers and administrators from a rural school district as they bring "Principles to Actions" to life. Pawnee City Public Schools believes effective teaching affects student learning and implemented a successful district-wide plan to improve student learning through the eight Mathematics Teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Rural Areas, State Departments of Education
Hedger, Joseph – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2022
Nearly all states and the District of Columbia have policies requiring schools to address prevention of alcohol or drug use and abuse in high school health education curricula, according to National Association of State Boards of Education's (NASBE's) State Health Policy Database. But with the added concerns about the pandemic's impact on youth…
Descriptors: School Policy, Substance Abuse, Health Education, Narcotics
Olivey, Jacob – Teaching History, 2021
In this article, Jacob Olivey describes his department's efforts to both diversify their Key Stage 3 curriculum and secure greater curricular coherence. Building on a large body of research and practice, Olivey sought new forms of curricular coherence through the selection and sequencing of substantive content across the curriculum. He reflects on…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Departments, Course Content
Banville, Dominique; Marttinen, Risto; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Ferry, Matthew – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2021
The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of what impacts physical education teachers in their curriculum decision-making and how the activities chosen relate to what their students are interested in. Teachers (N = 76) and students (N = 258) from 12 purposely selected secondary schools located in a large school district in the United…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Decision Making, Physical Education Teachers
Malinga, Cynthia B.; Jita, Loyiso C. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
To date, little research has been conducted on subject leadership by primary and/or junior secondary school heads of department (HODs). Unlike their senior secondary school counterparts, South African science HODs have the more complex task of leading in the multidisciplinary context of natural sciences (NS1). Such leadership comes in addition to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Grade 8, Grade 9, Foreign Countries