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Kelly, Ryan R. – SRATE Journal, 2023
Teaching literacy leadership in either a traditional or online era requires that candidates make strategic decisions, build bridges among colleagues, and select from a palate of available literacy coaching models that fits their school context and identified goals. This article explores a theoretical framework guiding literacy leadership,…
Descriptors: Leadership, Literacy, Program Effectiveness, Electronic Learning
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Garth Stahl; Stig-Börje Asplund; Laura Scholes – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2024
Internationally, boys from working-class backgrounds are often the most likely to disengage from their formal education. Research on the educational experience of working-class boys has focused heavily on their identity barriers, often positioning these young men as either vulnerable or volatile in their formal education. Social theorists have…
Descriptors: Working Class, Self Concept, Masculinity, Males
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Oda Abunamous, Mohammed; Boudouaia, Azzeddine; Jebril, Majed; Diafi, Selma; Zreik, Mohamad – Cogent Education, 2022
This study examined the effect of e-learning compared to traditional education on student achievement and satisfaction, and to find out if COVID-19 is the first step for creating a society without a school, an online survey was conducted. The study sample consisted of 125 Palestinian bachelor's degree students from different universities in the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Conventional Instruction, Traditional Schools
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Manouchehri, Bahar; Burns, Edgar A. – Education and Urban Society, 2023
This article discusses how a bottom-up approach to learning can be positioned within a top-down educational structure. For the first time, Iran's educational system has witnessed a shift from a one-dimensional teacher-centered approach to the triangular student-facilitator-parent approach. While the majority of children's participative activities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Rights, Participative Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Alshebou, Suaad M. – International Education Studies, 2019
This research explores who participates in higher education (HE) in general and in the College of Basic Education (CBE) in particular from adult female learners' groups. This entails identifying the specific characteristics of these groups and understanding their learning experiences and obstacles they need to overcome. The study begins with an…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Conventional Instruction, College Students, Traditional Schools
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Gary Miron; Christopher Shank; Caryn Davidson – National Education Policy Center, 2018
This sixth NEPC Annual Report on Virtual Education provides a detailed overview and inventory of full-time virtual schools and blended learning, or hybrid, schools. Full-time virtual schools deliver all curriculum and instruction via the Internet and electronic communication, usually asynchronously with students at home and teachers at a remote…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Virtual Classrooms
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Rosenberg, Joshua M.; Terry, Colin A.; Bell, John; Hiltz, Virginia; Russo, Tracy E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Social media provides a promising platform for members of informal and formal educational communities to build community, collaborate, and support institutional goals such as student recruitment. Despite burgeoning research on the educational uses of social media, we are not aware of any to guide graduate program social media use. In order to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Graduate Study, Design Requirements, Organizational Objectives
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West, Chad; Cremata, Radio – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
Through the lens of hospitality, we explored the meanings that members constructed about their experiences within a blended formal/informal college music ensemble. The focus in this ensemble was not on competition and musical excellence but on independent musicianship and praxis. The bandleader had his roots in tradition but his heart in socially…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Musicians, College Students
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Cohen, Matthew; Schugurensky, Daniel; Wiek, Arnim – Curriculum and Teaching, 2015
Public participation in local decision-making processes has numerous purported benefits. Yet, realizing these benefits requires a citizenry that is able and willing to participate in meaningful ways. High schools are ideal venues for civic education but rarely teach local collective action, citizen engagement, and self-governance, focusing instead…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Budgeting, Biological Sciences, Case Studies
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Mack, Elizabeth; Augare, Helen; Cloud-Jones, Linda Different; David, Dominique; Gaddie, Helene Quiver; Honey, Rose E.; Kawagley, Angayuqaq O.; Plume-Weatherwax, Melissa Little; Fight, Lisa Lone; Meier, Gene; Pete, Tachini; Leaf, James Rattling; Returns From Scout, Elvin; Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Shibata, Hi'ilani; Valdez, Shelly; Wippert, Rachel – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
There are a growing number of informal science education (ISE) programs in Native communities that engage youth in science education and that are grounded in Native ways of knowing. There is also a growing body of research focusing on the relationship between culture, traditional knowledge, and science education. However, there is little research…
Descriptors: Expertise, American Indian Education, Science Education, Indigenous Populations
Schulte, Brigid – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Carpe Diem, a public charter school, is an entirely new type of school and one of only a handful of its kind in the U.S. They seek to combine the best of traditional, face-to-face instruction with the best cutting-edge online curriculum. The result is something education experts call a hybrid school. Instead of a traditional brick-and-mortar…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Traditional Schools
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Olson, Kirsten – Educational Horizons, 2012
Learners who have struggled along the way can provide many lessons for everyone and for schools that are supposed to help all students learn. Based on interviews with hundreds of "great learners," the author identifies seven characteristics that describe what sets great learners apart from other learners. These are: (1) Great learners see learning…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Problems, Barriers, Conventional Instruction
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Cole, Bruce – International Journal of Community Music, 2011
An increasing number of higher education institutions in the United Kingdom are offering an element of community music in their courses, partly in response to changing needs in student training. However, the ethos of community arts, with roots in political activism and welfare, can often sit uncomfortably in formal education. The need for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music, Activism, Foreign Countries
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Fitzpatrick, Maria D.; Grissmer, David; Hastedt, Sarah – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Knowing whether time spent in formal schooling increases student achievement, and by how much, is important for policymakers interested in determining efficient use of resources. Using the ECLS-K, we exploit quasi-randomness in the timing of assessment dates to examine this question. Conservative estimates suggest a year of school results in gains…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Traditional Schools, Academic Achievement, Kindergarten
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Sage, Sara M.; Adcock, Sondra Smith; Dixon, Andrea L. – Action in Teacher Education, 2012
The debate concerning who teachers are and what they are supposed to do continues with similar fervor as 100 years ago. In today's political climate, there is a resurgence in essentialism (a focus on traditional instruction and teacher-led curricula). As our nation's teachers face the demands of accountability standards imposed by recent…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Debate, Teacher Role, Educational Practices
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