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Re-Imaging and Re-Constructing Cross-Cultural Research through Critical Personal Narratives: An Examination into Fault Lines
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Quigley, Cassie F.; Beeman-Cadwallader, Nicole; Carter, Ingrid S. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2019
In this paper, the authors illustrate the impacts of their cross-cultural research in Africa, on their current work in science and STEM education. Through the examination of two research projects in cross-cultural settings in Africa, the authors explore the lasting impacts of this type of work. Specifically, through the use of Critical Personal…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Personal Narratives, STEM Education, Feminism
Teachers in Forced Displacement Contexts: Persistent Challenges and Promising Practices in Teacher Supply, Quality, and Well-Being
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Mendenhall, Mary; Gomez, Sonia; Varni, Emily; Guven, Ozen – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2019
In this interview, Dr. Ozen Guven talks to Dr. Mary Mendenhall, Sonia Gomez, and Emily Varni about their research on teachers and teaching practices in contexts of forced displacement. Mendenhall, Gomez, and Varni recently authored "Teaching Amidst Conflict and Displacement: Persistent Challenges and Promising Practices for Refugee,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teaching Methods, Refugees
Towards Improvement of Student Learning Outcomes: An Assessment of the Professional Development Needs of Lecturers at Kenyan Universities
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NaliakaMukhale, Phoebe; Hong, Zhu – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study was to explore the professional development needs of lecturers at Kenyan universities. Specifically, the study investigated the challenges that lecturers and their learners face while in class. It also explored the professional development needs of the lecturers, preferred modes of delivery of the professional development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Educational Needs
Developing Participatory Approaches for Use in an Action Research Project with Teachers Who Support Children with Visual Impairment in Kenya and Uganda: Reflections on the Relational Praxis between Participants and Research Institutions
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Lynch, Paul; McLinden, Mike; Douglas, Graeme; McCall, Steve; Muturi, Mary; Bayo, Asher; Mwaura, Martha; Muga, John – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
Participatory research is a broad term covering a range of approaches that are characterised by a focus on "action-oriented" research involving researchers and participants working in collaboration to bring about positive change. These approaches emphasise engagement with co-researchers and the development and implementation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Research Methodology, Action Research
Effects of Mastery Learning Approach on Secondary School Students' Physics Achievement
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Wambugu, Patriciah W.; Changeiywo, Johnson M. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
This study aimed at finding out the effects of Mastery Learning Approach (MLA) on students' achievement in Physics. The study was Quasi-experimental and Solomon Four Non-equivalent Control Group Design was used. The target population comprised of secondary school students in Kieni East Division of Nyeri District. The accessible population was Form…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Teacher Effectiveness, Mastery Learning
Preliterate English as a Second Language Learners: A Case Study of Somali Bantu Women
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Shaughnessy, Colleen – Online Submission, 2006
The influx of immigrants and refugees with little or no previous formal education has made the investigation of English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy instructional techniques and methods a priority within the ESL professional field. The 2003-2004 resettlement of over 12,000, mostly preliterate, Somali Bantu refugees to the United States has…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Researchers, Females