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Lo, Pang Van; Welch, Neil – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2019
This is a result of a pilot study undertaken to explore the key influences shaping the schooling and education of Thai ethnic students living in rural mountain villages in one of the poorest and least educated regions of Vietnam. This study used a qualitative multiple case study approach and gathered information using multiple semi-structured…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Well Being, Self Concept, Teacher Student Relationship
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McNamara, Alison – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
This study aims to provide an account of phase three of the doctoral process where both students and teachers' views contribute to the design and development of a gesture-based game in Ireland at post-primary level. The research showed the school's policies influenced the supportive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure,…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Educational Games, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Leibrandt, Sarah Ohle – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation investigates how low-resource high schools support (or not) high achieving, low-income students depending on how they enact college readiness agendas. My study was motivated by the lack of empirical research in two areas--how college readiness policies are being actualized for high achieving, low-income students and how these…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Social Capital, College Readiness, Educational Policy
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Ismail, Nurzali – International Education Studies, 2015
Beyond policy, this paper investigates the actual practice related to the integration of new media in schools. Despite continuous government effort to integrate new media in schools, the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning in the classroom remains limited. This study suggests that, apart from the issue related to the state of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, School Policy
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McCambly, Heather N.; Haley, Karen J. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
The dual pressures of the national college completion agenda and diminished public investment in higher education have led to a growing reliance on performance-based policies. Using a policy implementation framework, this qualitative study examines the implementation of a performance-based budgeting model at a broad-access urban research…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Budgeting, Budgets, Program Implementation
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Finnessy, Patrick – Teaching Education, 2016
This study was concerned with an examination of the heteropatriarchy as it was performed by six self-identified heterosexual male English teachers and two high school administrators in the United States and Canada. These educators explained their efforts regarding their own thinking about identity and curriculum and their attempts to teach a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Teacher Attitudes, Sexual Orientation
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Thornton, Zoë Mercedes; Friedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Performance-based funding (PBF) models intend to increase efficiency and productivity of the institution, thereby influencing organizational change. This change may be structural, programmatic, or procedural, and it may affect institutional practice and/or policy. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the organizational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Policy, Rural Schools, Small Schools
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Pellegrino, Jeffrey Louis; Snyder, Charity; Crutchfield, Nikki; Curtis, Cesquinn M.; Pringle, Eboni – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2015
To engage students and meet institutional goals, higher education leaders need to leverage the institutional knowledge of their staff and their professional competencies. Evidence based decision-making provides a stepping-stone to strategic staffing practices. Strategically developing and retaining staff members moves the conversation from…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Meta Analysis, Case Studies, Empowerment
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Long, Lye Chan; Barnett, Kerry; Rogers, Karen B. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
An exploratory qualitative case study of 10 government secondary schools (Grades 7-12) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, was conducted to investigate the extent to which the revised NSW gifted and talented policy (2004) has contributed to gifted program quality and scope. Findings from the qualitative analysis of in-depth interview data with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Case Studies, Qualitative Research
Mazer, Vickie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Online education is growing in response to demands of increased access, quality, and affordability. However, implementation and expansion are often challenged by faculty resistance, due in large part to perceived lack of quality and administrative support. This case study sought to determine how the presence or absence of quality elements, as…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies
Tucker, Stanley – Pastoral Care in Education, 2013
How to best support pupils who are considered to be in danger of temporary or permanent exclusion from secondary school is an issue that is currently exercising policy makers, school managers and teachers in the UK. Using primary research data gained from interviews with secondary pupils, school managers and behaviour support staff in a group of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
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Mathur, Sarup R.; Corley, Kathleen M. – International Education Studies, 2014
This article argues for the need to discuss the topic of ethics in the classroom and presents five frameworks of ethics that have been applied to education. A case analysis used in workshops with educators in the field of Special Education is described, and the benefits of sharing narratives are discussed. The authors offer suggestions, grounded…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Case Studies, Workshops
Chave, Josh – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Gender neutral housing is an innovative new policy being developed in colleges around the country. One reason to create these policies is an attempt to meet the unique needs and challenges of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. As the number of gender neutral housing policies in the United States continues to rise, research has been…
Descriptors: College Housing, School Policy, Gender Issues, Case Studies
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Shawa, Lester B.; Mgomezulu, Victor Y. – Africa Education Review, 2016
Utilising critical theory, we explored the causes of the conflict that arose between academic staff on fixed-term renewable contracts and university administrators at Mzuzu University in Malawi in order to draw lessons. We collected data using semi-structured, in-depth interviews and document analysis. Ten university employees were purposively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Administration, Administrators
Parnther, Ceceilia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Academic ethics and integrity are necessary elements of a quality education. The need for academic integrity education on campuses has been well documented (Bertram Gallant, 2008, 2016; Bertram Gallant & Drinan, 2006; Liebler, 2009; McCabe, Butterfield, & Trevino, 2004). Academic integrity is a cornerstone of the learning process (Bretag…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Integrity, Ethics, Ethical Instruction
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