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Building a Smarter University: Big Data, Innovation, and Analytics. Critical Issues in Higher Education
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Lane, Jason E., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2014
The Big Data movement and the renewed focus on data analytics are transforming everything from healthcare delivery systems to the way cities deliver services to residents. Now is the time to examine how this Big Data could help build smarter universities. While much of the cutting-edge research that is being done with Big Data is happening at…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Higher Education
The Man behind the Mask: A Principal's Search for a Moral Leadership Purpose
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Lane, James F., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this autoethnographic narrative inquiry was for the researcher to describe and explain how he discovered, constructed, and refined his sense of moral purpose as a principal during his seven-year tenure at Orange Pines Middle School. He inductively analyzed and reflected primarily on self-authored texts tied to critical professional…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Moral Values, Ethnography, Personal Narratives
Empowering Design-Based Implementation Research: The Need for Infrastructure
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Sabelli, Nora; Dede, Chris – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2013
This chapter discusses frameworks and conceptual lenses that help orient design-based implementation research (DBIR) work to the types of infrastructure required for success, while contributing to theories about the processes of educational improvement. Such infrastructures can be conceived as a framework: a set of interconnected elements that…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Instructional Design, Educational Research, Educational Improvement
Creating Meaningful Inquiry in Inclusive Classrooms: Practitioners' Stories of Research
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Jones, Phyllis, Ed.; Whitehurst, Teresa, Ed.; Egerton, Jo, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
In recent years, the concept of teachers as researchers in both special and mainstream school settings has become part of our everyday language. Whilst many educational practitioners will see the need for research within their setting, many may not be familiar with the technical elements they believe are required. "Creating Meaningful Inquiry in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Alternative Assessment, Theory Practice Relationship, Teacher Researchers
Children's Lost Voices: Ethical Issues in Relation to Undertaking Collaborative, Practice-Based Projects Involving Schools and the Wider Community
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Jones, Marion; Stanley, Grant – Educational Action Research, 2008
The growing emphasis on teachers as "reflective" and "expert practitioners" has led to a noticeable increase in action research involving a wide range of educational practitioners as well as professionals from the academic community. In the light of the complex demands frequently faced by action researchers, this article…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Researchers, Ethics, Professional Development
Researchers' Attitudes toward Teacher Informants: Some Ethical Implications for Research and Evaluation.
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Sabar, Naama – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1998
How researchers view the teacher informants with whom they work on studies of educational improvement was examined by placing the researchers themselves in the roles of informants. Responses of approximately 40 researchers show differing attitudes, but the teacher informant was not generally considered a true research partner. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Educational Research