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Dickie, Carolyn – Qualitative Report, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to describe a qualitative approach to developing an understanding of the lived experiences of PhD students. Rather than relying on textbook reports and theories about studying a higher degree by research, by allowing the students' voices to be heard, explicit and conscious research can be used to generate appropriate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Qualitative Research
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Goussinsky, Ruhama; Reshef, Arie; Yanay-Ventura, Galit; Yassour-Borochowitz, Dalit – Qualitative Report, 2011
Qualitative research is an inherent part of the human services profession, since it emphasizes the great and multifaceted complexity characterizing human experience and the sociocultural context in which humans act. In the department of human services at Emek Yezreel College, Israel, we have developed a three-phase model to ensure a relatively…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
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Mukminin, Amirul; McMahon, Brenda J. – Qualitative Report, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of academic engagement of twelve Indonesian doctoral students attending an American graduate school during their first term and over time through demographic background surveys and semi-structured in-depth interviews. The research design was qualitative in the phenomenological approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Surveys, Phenomenology
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Celik, Servet – Qualitative Report, 2012
To answer an overwhelming demand for university faculty, Turkey's Ministry of National Education (MoNE) developed a scholarship program to sponsor graduate study abroad. After completion, program recipients are expected to serve in Turkey's universities. However, the cost of the program relative to the contributions of returning scholars has led…
Descriptors: Investment, Outcomes of Education, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
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Berrett, Bryan; Murphy, Jennifer; Sullivan, Jamie – Qualitative Report, 2012
There are numerous technology tools that educators utilize to support student learning. Often, technology is mandated from the top down with school administrators' responsible for overseeing the implementation. Innovative technological approaches to learning often meet resistance within schools. The pervasive culture in education is counteractive…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Program Implementation, Resistance to Change
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Brooks, Charles T.; Patterson, David A.; McKiernan, Patrick M. – Qualitative Report, 2012
The focus of this study was to qualitatively evaluate worker's attitudes about clinical supervision. It is believed that poor attitudes toward clinical supervision can create barriers during supervision sessions. Fifty-one participants within a social services organization completed an open-ended questionnaire regarding their clinical supervision…
Descriptors: Evidence, Negative Attitudes, Supervision, Social Services
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Bergman, Anni; Norlander, Torsten – Qualitative Report, 2005
The present qualitative study emanates from a phenomenological perspective and has the purpose of creating an understanding for what a so-called hay sack is as well as understanding the experiences of a hay sack. In this context a hay sack refers to a person with low physical activity. Eight hay sacks between 36-58 years of age were interviewed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Low Achievement, Phenomenology