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Lee, Matthew H.; Cheng, Albert – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2021
The importance of K-12 school leadership for student learning, teacher recruitment and retention, and school culture is well documented by research. Furthermore, there are compelling reasons for examining the connection between faith and educational leadership practice, a connection which should yield distinctive practices in faith-based schools.…
Descriptors: Protestants, Religious Schools, Instructional Leadership, Kindergarten
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Birnie-Smith, Jessica – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2023
Variationist researchers are increasingly adopting intersectionality approaches to analyse identity-linked practice. However, the field of sociolinguistic variation is yet to embrace the full ramifications of intersectionality as an analytical framework. The current paper offers a new method for integrating intersectional approaches into…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Asians, Foreign Countries
Mohler, Susan Kaye – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the impressions of second grade children in evangelical Protestant Christian schools, how they perceived God, what they understood about their faith instruction, and what contributed to or detracted from their faith development. A secondary area of inquiry was with parents about their awareness…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Semi Structured Interviews, Online Surveys, Phenomenology
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Driessen, Geert; Agirdag, Orhan; Merry, Michael S. – Educational Review, 2016
Notwithstanding dramatically low levels of professed religiosity in Western Europe, the religious school sector continues to thrive. One explanation for this paradox is that nowadays parents choose religious schools primarily for their higher academic reputation. Empirical evidence for this presumed denominational advantage is mixed. We examine…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Religion, Religious Factors, Academic Achievement
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Hughes, Joanne – Research Papers in Education, 2014
One approach to tackling problems of division in society has been to promote collaboration and engagement between schools separated on ethno-religious lines. Based on some variant of contact theory, the received wisdom is that inter-group encounters can contribute to prejudice reduction and promote more harmonious relationships. Evidence to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Rural Schools, Urban Schools
Powers, Jillian R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed methods study was twofold. First, the study assessed whether Davis' (1989) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was useful in predicting instructional usage of the interactive whiteboard (IWB), as reported by K-8 teachers. Second, the study set out to understand what motivated those teachers to use the IWB for classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interactive Video, Bulletin Boards, Mixed Methods Research
Parmelee, G. W., Ed. – Canadian Subscription and Publishing Co., 1897
This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1897 through December 1897. Among the topics discussed in this volume are: dark days in schools, exhibits of school work, education from a publisher's standpoint, English composition, Central Board of Examiners, life of Froebel, grammar,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Elementary Education, Education
Parmelee, G. W., Ed. – Canadian Subscription and Publishing Co., 1899
This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1899 through December 1899. Among the topics covered in this volume are: Minutes of the Administrative Commission of the Pension Fund, beginning map work, Canada, correlation of studies, Convention of Protestant Teachers, English for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Protestants, English Instruction
Parmelee, G. W., Ed. – Canadian Subscription and Publishing Co., 1900
This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1900 through December 1900. Among the topics covered in this volume are: Annual Convention of Protestant Teachers, co-operation of parent and teacher, future of kindergarten, the neglected child, the rights of children, status of education at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Meetings, Protestants