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Direct linkPiotrowski, Chris; Lathrop, Peter J. – Education, 2012
The literature provides limited, constructive, consensus-based information to correctional officials and administrators on the efficacy of prison-based programs. This study reports an analysis of 8 review government documents, that surveyed the research literature from 1980-2008, on the topic of educational rehabilitation programs available to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Content Analysis, Rehabilitation Programs, Institutionalized Persons
Huang, Grace Hui-Chen – Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to describe parents' experiences in sending their children to non-regulated family day care. Noticeably absent were studies about non-regulated family day care culture as well as parental experiences. Phenomenology, the study of human experiences, was the methodology used to identify the meaning behind parents' search…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, Child Care, Followup Studies
Firmin, Michael W.; MacKay, Brenda B.; Firmin, Ruth L. – Education, 2007
We conducted a qualitative research study involving 13 undergraduate students who completed their student-teaching in overseas contexts. Participants completed two waves of interviews immediately after returning to campus from their multicultural experiences. Three intrinsic factors were found to have the greatest impact on students' overseas…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Undergraduate Students, Qualitative Research, Cultural Differences
Thornton, Bill; Hill, George; Usinger, Janet – Education, 2006
The implementation of the No Child Left Behind accountability process has allowed schools to fail to report academic progress for significant groups of students. This study examined the impact of No Child Left Behind on accountability for special education students in small rural schools within a state. The study used both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Special Education, Rural Schools, Accountability
