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Direct linkM. Mahruf C. Shohel, Editor; Alex Mortby, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
Scholars and educators worldwide are grappling with the challenge of translating innovative research findings into tangible improvements within their classrooms. The chasm between theory and practice hinders the progress of education and leaves a wealth of untapped potential. The need for a process or approach to bridge these elements is urgent.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Evidence Based Practice, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education
Wiltshire, Monica – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Understanding the HighScope Approach" is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the HighScope Approach. It will enable the reader to analyse the essential elements of the HighScope Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice. Exploring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum, Educational Principles
Download full textFettes, Trisha – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
Citizenship education is an important part of the development of young adults, enabling them to learn about their rights and responsibilities, and to understand how society works and decisions are made. Like citizenship, action research is about having a positive effect on the quality of people's lives. It is about seeking improvement both for the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Individual Development, Young Adults, Action Research
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Leutwyler, Bruno, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
This volume contains papers submitted to the 10th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, held in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 12-15 June 2012. The overall goal of the 10th BCES conference is to facilitate discussion of different perspectives on international education providing a forum for scientific debate and constructive…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Conference Papers, International Education
Casey, Theresa – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2005
Inclusive play embraces dimensions of richness, diversity, appreciation of difference and is both simple and complex too. By aiming for inclusive play educators are simply aiming for the best play experiences to all children. Play opportunities ought to be full of possibilities with which the children can engage and questions that they can pose…
Descriptors: Play, Disabilities, Action Research, Inclusive Schools
Jones, Jeff – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004
This book has been written at a time when the direct impact of leadership on the success of schools is increasingly widely accepted. Team leadership has always been important in schools, whether at the level of the department, the curriculum area, the key stage, the phase, or in relation to pastoral and leadership teams. This role has assumed…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Teamwork, Motivation, Foreign Countries
Smith, Brenda, Ed.; Brown, Sally, Ed. – 1995
This collection of 18 essays are based on sessions and keynote speeches at the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Conference held at Dyffrwn House, Cardiff (Wales) in November 1993. They represent the reworked and distilled thoughts of the presenters after they had had the experience of leading a workshop on a related topic. The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, College Faculty, College Instruction
Brew, Angela, Ed. – 1995
This collection of readings is intended to provide a source book on best practices in staff development in higher education within a British context. The 13 papers are grouped into three parts: part 1 presents the educational development tradition which has focused on development of staff as teachers; part 2 considers development of staff in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Department Heads, Distance Education
Nightingale, Peggy; O'Neil, Mike – 1994
This volume on quality learning in higher education discusses issues of good practice particularly action learning and Total Quality Management (TQM)-type strategies and illustrates them with seven case studies in Australia and the United Kingdom. Chapter 1 discusses issues and problems in defining quality in higher education. Chapter 2 looks at…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment
Ashcroft, Kate; Bigger, Stephen; Coates, David – 1996
This book examines issues in studying equal opportunity in colleges and universities, especially those in the United Kingdom, and methods for conducting research into equal opportunity issues. It is intended to provide a framework of ideas and starting points for research. Most of the techniques suggested are forms of participant research on a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Affirmative Action, College Admission
Preece, Julia, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 12 papers exploring the problem of strengthening the notion of the United Kingdom as a learning society by making the country's higher education system more responsive to the various social groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in all areas of the nation's formal, postcompulsory education system. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Bell, Chris, Ed.; Bowden, Mandy, Ed.; Trott, Andrew, Ed. – 1997
Thirty-four papers explore flexible learning and its applications in higher education in the United Kingdom. The papers are: "Flexible Learning: Your Flexible Friend! Keynote Address" (Ellington); "Flexible Learning or Learning to be Flexible?" (Chalkley); "Virtually There: Flexible Learning in the New Millennium"…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Tikkanen, Tarja; Lahn, Leif Christian; Withnall, Alexandra; Ward, Peter; Lyng, Kolbein – 2002
WORKTOW was a multidisciplinary action research project carried out in 27 small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Kingdom, Finland, and Norway. The main focus was on the learning of workers aged 45 and older. In-depth case studies were conducted in all three countries involving a range of learning interventions. Results showed age was not…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences
