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Sophie Rudolph; Eve Mayes; Tebeje Molla; Sophie Chiew; Natasha Abhayawickrama; Netta Maiava; Danielle Villafana; Rosie Welch; Ben Liu; Rachel Couper; Iris Duhn; Al Fricker; Archie Thomas; Menasik Dewanyang; Hayley McQuire; Sophie Hashimoto-Benfatto; Michelle Spisbah; Zach Smith; Tarneen Onus-Browne; Emma Rowe; Joel Windle; Fazal Rizvi – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
The question of how education research can be 'useful' is an enduring and challenging one. In recent years, this question has been approached by universities through a widespread 'impact' agenda. In this article, we explore the tensions between usefulness and impact and present six stories that reflect on research use with communities. These…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, School Community Relationship, Research Utilization
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Thurlow, Crispin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
In the way of commentary, I offer a brief, summative reflection on the complex, multifarious nature of people's semiotic engagements in and with space. Against the backdrop of three snapshot case studies, I suggest there are actually few neat boundaries to be drawn between the linguistic and non-linguistic, between the semiotic and the spatial,…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Case Studies, Creativity, German
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Forster, Daniella J.; McPherson, Amy; Douglas, Samuel – Global Studies of Childhood, 2019
In the following interview, Meira Levinson (Harvard Graduate School) discusses the field of educational ethics and how it can enhance justifiable youth activism to enact citizenship education and recover democracy. She introduces readers to her philosophical approach for developing normative case studies that aim to be inclusive of divergent views…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Decision Making, Ethics
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Thunder, Kateri; Berry, Robert Q., III. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2016
Mathematics education has benefited from qualitative methodological approaches over the past 40 years across diverse topics. Although the number, type, and quality of qualitative research studies in mathematics education has changed, little is known about how a collective body of qualitative research findings contributes to our understanding of a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Qualitative Research, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
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Mendenhall, Mary; Gomez, Sonia; Varni, Emily; Guven, Ozen – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2019
In this interview, Dr. Ozen Guven talks to Dr. Mary Mendenhall, Sonia Gomez, and Emily Varni about their research on teachers and teaching practices in contexts of forced displacement. Mendenhall, Gomez, and Varni recently authored "Teaching Amidst Conflict and Displacement: Persistent Challenges and Promising Practices for Refugee,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teaching Methods, Refugees
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Miller, Emily; Januszyk, Rita – Science and Children, 2014
To teachers of diverse classrooms, more rigorous standards in science may seem intimidating, as the past years of rigid accountability have failed to close the achievement gap. However, the "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") were written with all students in mind, with input and full review by a diversity and equity…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Science Instruction, Case Studies, Student Diversity
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Rossman, Allan; Nolan, Deborah – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
Deborah Nolan is Professor of Statistics and holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair in Undergraduate Education at the University of California-Berkeley, where she has also served as Associate Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. This interview…
Descriptors: Statistics, Interviews, Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Study
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Coles, Tim; Poland, Roger H. C.; Clifton, Julian – Journal of Biological Education, 2015
The global expansion and diversification of the travel market has opened up new opportunities to deliver educational programmes through tourism. Applying the principles and practices commonly associated with ecotourism enables students to gain lasting benefits through their active participation in conservation-oriented activities. In many cases,…
Descriptors: Tourism, Travel, Conservation (Environment), Correlation
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Morrison, Shelley – Child Care in Practice, 2016
Coyle and Pinkerton identify gaps in the care leaving system in Northern Ireland regarding social work training and meeting the challenges of transitioning from care. The primary focus of this article is to provide a perspective of care and leaving care which could contribute to social work education and practice in these areas. Framed within a…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Social Work, Caseworkers
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Palmer, Laura K. – Counseling Psychologist, 2013
Jackson and Scheel aptly elucidate the relevance of master's level counselor training programs for counseling psychology doctoral training programs, highlighting key antecedents of the current critical period in our relationship. Counseling psychology has an essential role in the professional lineage of counseling master's programs. Master's…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Counseling Psychology, Doctoral Programs, Counselor Training
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Educational Technology, 2014
Bror Saxberg is Chief Learning Officer for Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) and a leading global provider of educational services, offering post-secondary education, test preparation, professional training, and K-12 programs. Saxberg is responsible for the research and development of innovative learning…
Descriptors: Interviews, Educational Technology, Profiles, Educational Change
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Bastian, Kevin C.; Henry, Gary T.; Thompson, Charles L. – Education Finance and Policy, 2013
To address gaps in achievement between more- and less-affluent students, states and districts need to ensure that high-poverty students and schools have equitable access to educational resources. Traditionally, assessments of resource equity have focused on per-pupil expenditures and more proximal inputs, such as teacher credentials and class…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Poverty, School District Wealth, Fiscal Capacity
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Rowlands, Julie – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
While much research on quality assurance in higher education has centred on issues related to the impact on teaching and learning and academic staff, there is a significant gap in the area of quality assurance and academic governance. Within Australia the roles of university academic boards (also known as academic senates or faculty senates) have…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance
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Van Auken, Paul – Teaching Sociology, 2013
This teaching note describes my multiyear experience with interventions designed to enhance student engagement and learning through various teaching techniques, most notably active and collaborative learning through local case studies. While other aspects of this course had been successful, I was disappointed in the level of engagement--the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Intervention
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Mintrop, Rick – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of principals in light of public management reforms taking place in the German educational system and in reference to the empirical patterns uncovered by the papers contained in the Special Issue. Policy makers have created new expectations and new technologies that seem to suggest to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Public Administration, Educational Change
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