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Deterding, Nicole M.; Waters, Mary C. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
Qualitative coding procedures emanating from grounded theory were limited by technologies of the 1960s: colored pens, scissors, and index cards. Today, electronic documents can be flexibly stored, retrieved, and cross-referenced using qualitative data analysis (QDA) software. We argue the oft-cited grounded theory framework poorly fits many…
Descriptors: Coding, Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory, Journal Articles
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Smith, Melissa E.; Pahwa, Rohini – Field Methods, 2021
This short take describes the process of enhancing social network interviews with qualitative inquiry to facilitate participant recall, contextualize participant--alter relationships, and increase cultural responsiveness with populations with cognitive impairments. The authors illustrate this process, including the use of a "qualitative…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Disadvantaged, Interviews, Recall (Psychology)
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Grenness, Tor – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
Student academic dishonesty is a pervasive problem for higher education institutions all over the world. The purpose of the present study is to take an interpretative, qualitative approach intended to understand student "thinking" and "reflections" when it comes to the perceived seriousness and prevalence of cheating. Peer…
Descriptors: Cheating, Student Attitudes, Business Administration Education, Higher Education
Chambers-Turner, Ruth C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Supplemental instruction (SI), a peer assisted learning model, improves course performance, retention, and graduation rates of post-secondary education students. Researchers have questioned if the success of SI is due to students becoming more aware of assessment demands or if SI also promotes construction of new knowledge. The purposes of this…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Grounded Theory
Kailiti, Hellen B. K. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
As more women increasingly assume leadership roles that were traditionally occupied by men, the possibility that the leadership strategies of men and women will differ continues to attract attention. In many developing countries, including Kenya, women are still underrepresented in leadership but there are a few women who have risen through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Stereotypes, Women Administrators, College Administration
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Ó Murchú, Finn; Conway, Paul – Education Research and Perspectives, 2017
Team teaching, where two teachers teach in the same classroom at the same time, while not a new concept, is increasingly being positioned and repositioned in research and policy literatures as central in advancing a range of valued educational goals. These goals include supporting inclusive learning for all students as well as supporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Teaching, Secondary School Teachers, Outcomes of Education
Hayes, David Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Despite decades of research into the racial construct known as "whiteness" (e.g., Roediger, 1991; Frankenberg, 1993; Leonardo, 2002), as well as on white privilege and racism within predominantly white institutions (PWIs) (e.g., Harper & Hurtado, 2007), little research exists exploring the work of white faculty who confront racism in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Whites, Racial Bias, Praxis
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Sawyer, R. Keith – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2018
This paper reports on an interview study with MFA students in two different full-time MFA degree programs in painting. The interviews were conducted as part of two ethnographic studies, each one academic year in length, of art and design schools at two U.S. universities. The goal was to explore the extended process whereby MFA student artists, in…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Fine Arts, Artists, Art Education
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Friesem, Elizaveta – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2018
Challenges of media and gender literacy classes include the danger of steering students towards "right" interpretations of media texts while simplifying the complex relationship between audiences and media texts. The current paper describes a case study that focused on two high school teachers who were motivated by their protectionist…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Gender Issues, Case Studies, High Schools
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Williams, Michael Steven; Burnett, Tiffany Jeanette Brown; Carroll, Talia Kay; Harris, Cameron J. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2018
This study utilizes a critical race theory framework to explore the ways race and gender influence Black doctoral students' socialization experiences. Themes about the varied roles and identities of important socialization agents emerged from the data. Managing expectations, engaging in help-seeking behavior, and developing fulfilling mentoring…
Descriptors: Mentors, Critical Theory, Race, Socialization
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Migliarini, Valentina – Intercultural Education, 2017
This paper intends to address the challenges that the Italian education system is facing in terms of policies and practices relating to dis/abled asylum-seeking and refugee children, in order to make sense of the politics of daily life inside schools and the network of social services for forced migrants, and to pay renewed attention to the notion…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Refugees, Foreign Countries, Critical Theory
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Boren, Amy E.; Morales, Sarahi – Journal of Leadership Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore how team members identify the social loafers on their teams and how they explain and manage social loafers' behavior. The participants (n = 49) in the study included members of student teams participating in a service project as a part of their coursework. We collected multiple sources of information:…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Student Behavior
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Pogodzinski, Ben – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the extent to which human resources (HR) decision making is influenced by the social context of school systems. More specifically, this study draws upon organizational theory focussed on the microfoundations of organizations as a lens identify key aspects of school HR decision making at the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Decision Making, Personnel Management, Social Environment
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Zenk, Leslie R.; Seashore Louis, Karen R. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: Institutional missions serve many purposes within universities, but most studies focus on how mission points to direction, guidelines, or priorities. However, organizational missions have been shown to have other functions such as instructing members about actions or behaviors that are acceptable. This paper therefore examines…
Descriptors: Leaders, Institutional Mission, Discourse Analysis, Qualitative Research
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Flynn, Naomi – Literacy, 2015
This article explores the use of Bourdieusian analysis for examining how policy and practice interact in the teaching of English and therefore in the development of children's language and literacy, in particular how. Bourdieusian analysis uncovers the ways in which teachers' practice has been influenced unconsciously by centralised shaping of the…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Educational Policy, Theory Practice Relationship, English Instruction
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