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Barkhuizen, Gary – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2009
This article reports on one aspect of a larger study which aimed to explore the context-specific experiences of English teachers at tertiary institutions in China (Wette & Barkhuizen, 2007). Data were collected during a professional development program run in the summer of 2006. The program aimed to cover recent trends in the field of second…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Writing Research, Research Projects, Research Methodology
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Deans, Jan; Brown, Robert – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
The established place of the arts within early childhood education is rarely questioned. Nevertheless, social, cultural and political shifts in values, beliefs and practices impact on approaches to the arts, as early childhood practitioners grapple with increasingly complex views on how children learn and what factors impact on their learning.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Art Education, Case Studies, Educational Change
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Morrison, Keith – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2006
This paper explores the sensitivities of conducting educational research in small states and territories, where the very act of conducting research, aside from its purposes or focuses, is itself a sensitive matter. The paper takes a "critical case study" of Macau and examines cultural, educational, political, micro-political,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Asian Culture, Case Studies
Billig, Shelley H., Ed.; Furco, Andrew, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers on researching service learning through a multidisciplinary lens. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Shelley H. Billig, Andrew Furco); "Stretching to Meet the Challenge: Improving the Quality of Research to Improve the Quality of Service-Learning" (Janet Eyler);…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Behavior Change