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Direct linkHappo, Iiris; Maatta, Kaarina; Uusiautti, Satu – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
Well-educated staff consists of multidimensional experts, and this staff is one of the strengths of the Finnish day-care system. The aim of this article is to clarify the development of the expertise of those early childhood educators who have qualified as kindergarten teachers. The data consisted of the early educators' stories (n = 80) of their…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
Hodkinson, Phil; Macleod, Flora – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
This paper analyses the conceptual significance of different methods of researching learning. Based largely upon our own experiences, we briefly compare the use of mini-ethnography, life history, cross-sectional surveys and existing panel survey data. We argue that there are strong affinities between each of these methods and significantly…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Ethnography, Biographies, Constructivism (Learning)
Morgan, Philip J.; Hansen, Vibeke – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
The current study sought to explore the relationship between personal school physical education (PE) experiences and current PE teaching practices of classroom teachers. Questionnaires were completed by 189 teachers from 38 randomly selected schools. Additionally, semi-structured interviews of 31 classroom teachers were conducted. The results…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Biographies, Physical Education Teachers
Peer reviewedGronn, Peter; Ribbins, Peter – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1996
Traditional research methodologies (questionnaire surveys) ignore the role of institutional contexts in defining and structuring human agency. Biography and ethnography acknowledge context's importance in constructing leadership systems and treat followers' implicit theories more effectively. This article discusses the purposes, problems, and…
Descriptors: Biographies, Context Effect, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Enslin, P. A.; Button, A.; Chakane, M.; de Groot, M.; Dison, L. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
A Biographical Questionnaire (BQ) has been used in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand since the mid-80s, to identify potential to succeed at university among applicants who have not met the requirements for automatic admission. As the key instrument in a special admissions process, the BQ's history and assumptions are…
Descriptors: College Students, Measures (Individuals), Humanities, Questionnaires
