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Smith, Douglas A.; Coleman, Dawn – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
This intrinsic case study explored organizational readiness to implement a campus-wide technology initiative. Specifically, this research examined a rural community college's implementation of an "iPad campus" initiative in which all students, faculty, and staff were required to adopt iPad technology. We apply a heuristic for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Machimana, Eugene Gabriel; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng; Ebersöhn, Liesel – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2018
The purpose of this study is to inform global citizenship practice as a higher education agenda by comparing the retrospective experiences of a range of community engagement partners and including often silent voices of non-researcher partners. Higher education-community engagement aims to contribute to social justice as it constructs and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
Rider-Bertrand, Joey H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
At the start of the 21st century, STEM education was a new priority in many schools as the focus shifted from separate disciplines to integrative STEM education. Unfortunately, there was limited research to offer guidance to practitioners (Brown, 2012; Honey, Pearson & Schweingruber, 2014). This qualitative, multiple case study explored the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Curriculum Development, STEM Education
James, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Stereotype discrimination affects female athletes' athletic experiences. Studies have been conducted of former collegiate female athletes' perceptions of the lesbian stereotype found that they were discriminated against because of their sport participation. These limit the recalling of thoughts and experience from the female athletes' playing…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Females, Gender Discrimination
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Aktan, Sümer – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of a multigrade class teacher on the nature of social studies lesson, the structure of the social studies curriculum, and the teaching process of social studies lesson. The study was structured in line with a holistic single case design which is contained in the tradition of qualitative research.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Curriculum, Case Studies, Qualitative Research
Kelley, Rhonda D. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
School personnel are concerned that reading gaps of grade 3 and grade 4 students have persisted in 4 rural elementary schools in the southern United States despite the use of ability grouping to improve student reading proficiency scores. Between the 2014-2016 school years, less than 50% of students in grades 3 and grade 4 scored at the proficient…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools
Babb, Salena; Gormley, Jessica; McNaughton, David; Light, Janice – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2019
Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often require support both for learning new skills and for communication. This study used a multiple baseline across activities design to evaluate the effect of videos with integrated visual scene displays (video VSDs), presented using a tablet-based app, on the percentage of steps completed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Video Technology
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Smit, Brigitte – Qualitative Research in Education, 2017
This article attends to rural school leadership in two South African schools through the lens of the concepts of relational leadership and emotional labour. The inquiry draws on five years of guided conversations and observations that speak to leadership experiences of hope and anticipation as well as despair and disillusionment. I worked with one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Leadership, Principals
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Krumm, Bernita L.; Curry, Katherine – School Community Journal, 2017
Utilizing the conceptual framework of cross-boundary leadership, researchers conducted this qualitative case study to gain a better understanding of district-level leaders' actions and attitudes that led to meaningful, sustainable partnerships between the school, families, and community. Administrators in two urban, two suburban, and two rural…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Models, Qualitative Research
LeBreton, Angela Drysdale – ProQuest LLC, 2018
With the current trend in education toward instructing all students inclusively in the general education setting it is necessary to determine whether general and special educators are adequately equipped to provide instruction, which takes place inclusively, for students with the disability classification Emotional Behavior Disorder. An…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, General Education, Inclusion
Fulton, Monica M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This single-case qualitative study explored the eighth and ninth grade teachers' perceptions of their experiences from participating in the district's technology professional development program and its influence on the district's journey to pedagogical transformation. The participants responded to a questionnaire, were observed, and interviewed…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Case Studies
Lamey, Jack Harley, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this case study was to understand non-mastery for students in the mBolden Academic Model at Piedmont City Middle School (PCMS). The following research questions guided this study: How does the mBolden Academic Model influence student success at Piedmont City Middle School? Furthermore, this study has answered the following…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Rural Schools, Case Studies, Models
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Hardy, Ian; Edwards-Groves, Christine – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This paper reveals the significant historical traces which informed the learning practices of teachers at one particular school site in a rural and regional educational district in Australia. Drawing upon recent theorising into professional practice, the paper argues that teacher learning practices are intrinsically "ecologically"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Professional Development, School Districts
Castillo, Irma C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Underrepresentation of women in the position of school superintendent is an ongoing dilemma impacting social constructs, as well as public education. The few Hispanic females that lead schools tend to be employed in rural schools. The dearth of female Hispanic school superintendents questions the factors impacting such a trend. This study explored…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Women Administrators, Gender Discrimination, Family Work Relationship
Gabel, Jamie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the induction program differences offered to beginning teachers in rural versus suburban school settings and to identify which induction supports beginning teachers considered most important in achieving classroom success. The six participants included an administrator, mentor, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Program Design, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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