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Ng, Foo Seong David; Nguyen, Thanh Dong; Wong, Koon Siak Benjamin; Choy, Kim Weng William – School Leadership & Management, 2015
This paper presents a review of the literature on principal instructional leadership in Singapore. The authors investigated the dimensions of instructional leadership in the practices of Singapore principals and highlighted the strategies these leaders adopt to enact their instructional roles. Singapore principals were found to play an active role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Educational Practices, Literature Reviews
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Friestad-Tate, Jill; Schubert, Carol; McCoy, Craig – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2014
The purpose of this descriptive paper was to explore and synthesize literature related to understanding modular learning and how it can be implemented effectively so faculty members embrace its use. An in-depth review of literature addressed topics including, Educational Theories supporting modular learning, the development of modular learning,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Learning Modules, Electronic Learning, Organizational Change
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Cooper, Jay; Mitchell, Donald, Jr.; Eckerle, Kayle; Martin, Kyle – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
This article explores existing literature on perceived skill deficiencies among entry-level student affairs practitioners. Through a review of recent literature, seven perceived skill deficiencies were identified, including budgeting and financial management, strategic planning, research and assessment, legal knowledge and standards, supervision,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Skill Analysis, Achievement Gap, Student Personnel Services
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Lindahl, Ronald A.; Beach, Robert H. – Planning and Changing, 2013
Although evaluation serves many purposes in education, there is virtually unanimous agreement that evaluation is a critical component of all school improvement processes. Hamilton et al. (2003) asserted that "assessment and evaluation should be built into reform programs from the outset" (p. 26). Kimball, Lander, and Thorn (2010)…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Utilization, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Change
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Sun, Jingping; Leithwood, Kenneth – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
This study reviews evidence about the overall influence of direction-setting leadership practices (DSLPs), 1 of 4 major categories of practices included in a widely known conception of effective leadership (e.g., Leithwood & Louis, 2011) and a focus of many other such conceptions, as well. This study also inquires about how direction-setting…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Evidence, Influences, Leadership Styles
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Selvi, Ali Fuad – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
Situated at the intersection of sociolinguistic and educational planes, English as a medium-of-instruction debate has always been at the crux of the intense debates, and offers a lens for a systematic investigation of the spread of English in Turkey. As Turkey is moving toward greater integration with the European Union and promoting its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Shanahan, Jenny Olin; Ackley-Holbrook, Elizabeth; Hall, Eric; Stewart, Kearsley; Walkington, Helen – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
This paper identifies salient practices of faculty mentors of undergraduate research (UR) as indicated in the extensive literature of the past two decades on UR. The well-established benefits for students involved in UR are dependent, first and foremost, on high-quality mentoring. Mentorship is a defining feature of UR. As more and different types…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Student Research
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Yorks, Lyle; Nicolaides, Aliki – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: The implications of complexity theory have become a recurring topic in the literatures of a wide range of scholarly and professional fields including adult education. This paper builds on literature calling attention to the educational need for pedagogically addressing the implications of the intensifying complexity in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Adult Development
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Yamat, Hamidah; Umar, Nur Farita Mustapa; Mahmood, Muhammad Ilyas – International Education Studies, 2014
Today's global economy and dependency on technology has led to educational reforms in Malaysia, which includes language policies; namely the Upholding the Malay Language, and Strengthening the English Language ("MBMMBI") policy. This policy underpins the project presented and discussed in this paper; on the development of a bilingual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Indonesian Languages, Language Maintenance
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Huber, Stephan Gerhard – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
This article investigates the use of multiple learning approaches and different modes and types of learning in the (continuous) professional development (PD) of school leaders, particularly the use of self-assessment and feedback. First, formats and multiple approaches to professional learning are described. Second, a possible approach to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Administrator Education
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Keengwe, Jared; Malapile, Sandy – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
This article is a literature review concerning the factors that play an important role in the development of educational technology plans in the educational system of developing countries (DCs). Largely, the technology plans are influenced by factors that emanates from within the country (internal) and those outside of their borders (external).…
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Literature Reviews, Performance Factors, Developing Nations
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Soler-Carbonell, Josep – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
The role of English as a global language and its consequences for the internationalization of higher education are matters that have increasingly drawn the attention of researchers from different fields of language and communication. In this paper, an overview of the situation in Estonia is presented. The Estonian context has not previously been…
Descriptors: Graduates, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, English (Second Language)
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Bluma, Dainuvite; Ivanova, Ilze – Journal of School Public Relations, 2013
Families in Latvia know what is best for their children, and they make a major contribution to their education. Consequently, it is important to build close partnerships between school and family. This article reviews extant research that provides insight into the nature of school-parent relations in Latvia as the nation stands at the crossroads…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent School Relationship, World History, Social Systems
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Hunt, Kathleen P.; Krakow, Melinda M. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2015
Lauded as a rewarding pedagogical approach, community-engagement can be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and difficult for instructors to manage for effective student learning outcomes. Collaborative teaching can allow instructors working in the same classroom to draw from each others' expertise and share resources. In this essay, we propose a…
Descriptors: Food, Food Standards, Teacher Collaboration, School Community Programs
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Uetake, Tetsuya – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: Large-scale collective action is necessary when managing agricultural natural resources such as biodiversity and water quality. This paper determines the key factors to the success of such action. Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper analyses four large-scale collective actions used to manage agri-environmental resources in Canada and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Success, Performance Factors, Natural Resources
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