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Data Quality Campaign, 2014
Public reporting makes data about schools and districts--including enrollment, student performance, teacher effectiveness, and more--available to the public. These data never include information that could be used to identify individuals and are critical to meeting the information needs of parents, educators, administrators, policymakers, and…
Descriptors: Disclosure, Information Utilization, Information Policy, Empowerment
Prusinski, Ellen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Despite the well-publicized risks, each year millions of Indonesian women travel across the world in search of work that offers wages high enough to support families back home. Although migrant women play an indispensable role in the Indonesian economy, effective mechanisms to protect their rights and guard their safety have yet to be developed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migration, Migrants, Females
Bergmark, Ulrika; Salopek, Michelle; Kawai, Roi; Lane-Myler, Jennifer – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2014
In 2010, Principal Kirk introduced Small Group Meeting (SGM) at Hillcrest Elementary. SGMs are multiage student groupings who meet with school faculty once a month to work on community building, service-learning projects, and advising. Many teachers liked the SGMs, some felt they needed more time to prepare, and others felt it was a waste of time.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Teacher Empowerment, Professional Autonomy
Karrie A. Shogren; William Kennedy; Chantelle Dowsett; Todd D. Little – Grantee Submission, 2014
Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) were used to examine (a) the aspects of self-determination assessed in NLTS2 and (b) measurement equivalence and latent differences across the 12 disability categories recognized in IDEA. Three of the four essential characteristics of self-determination - autonomy, self-realization,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Self Determination, Educational Legislation
Fletcher, Anna Katarina – Educational Research, 2016
Background: The active involvement of learners as critical, reflective and capable agents in the learning process is a core aim in contemporary education policy in Australia, and is regarded as a significant factor for academic success. However, within the relevant literature, the issue of positioning students as agents in the learning process has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Learning Theories, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Klyukovski, Andrei A.; Medlock-Klyukovski, Amanda L. – Communication Education, 2016
This article presents research to delineate the construct of instructor strategic ambiguity (ISA) and develop a measure. The first study analyzed instructor uses of ambiguity, identified 18 strategies, and classified them into four categories. The second study developed an Instructor Strategic Ambiguity Measure (ISAM) for the college classroom.…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Context), Teaching Styles, Educational Strategies, Cluster Grouping
Murphy-Graham, Erin; Lloyd, Cynthia – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
This article proposes a conceptual framework for how education can promote adolescent girls' empowerment and, by mapping the field, highlights promising examples of empowering education programs. We conclude by identifying both research and programmatic opportunities for the future that will harness the expertise of a range of specialists from the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Middle School Students, Student Empowerment
Bashant, Jennifer L. – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2016
Why is hope such an important concept for schools to consider? Research has clearly demonstrated that more hopeful students perform better in school and in life than less hopeful students. Hopeful thought reflects the belief that one can find pathways to desired goals and become motivated to use those pathways. As a result, hope drives the…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Well Being
Elo, Janne – Educational Action Research, 2016
This article is the result of an action research project conducted in 2014 in a primary school in the city of Vaasa in Finland. The project focused on developing the practice of integrating enterprise education as a part of everyday teaching in Grade Three. The project involved three class teachers, the headmaster and a university researcher. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Relevance (Education), Barriers
Parthenis, Christos; Fragoulis, George – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2016
This paper focuses on aspects of the social and educational exclusion that Roma people face in the Greek context. It argues that diversity has been constructed as a threat for the security, the social cohesion, and the well-being of western societies. Drawing from two case studies of primary schools conducted in a highly deprived suburb of Athens,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Bias, Minority Groups, Educational Discrimination
Blaauw, Janet – Teachers and Curriculum, 2016
Children in mainstream schools who struggle academically and disengage in regular schooling may be helped when teachers change their practice to include what the students themselves have reported makes a difference. Student voices need to be listened to, not as a token gesture, but as a way of making a positive difference in their lives at school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Brinn, Michelle – International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2016
Whilst many practitioners value positive and effective working relationships with parents, enhancing home-school interactions can be complex, especially within highly diverse contexts. Within the UK, partnership working with parents is widely advocated. However, there may exist subtle, but crucial differences between interactions that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Family Involvement, Parent Participation
Paulsen, Jan Merok; Hjertø, Kjell Brynjulf; Tihveräinen, Saku Petteri – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between school leadership practices and teacher empowerment in the Finnish policy culture. Specifically, moral leadership and distributed leadership enacted by school principals are tested in a simultaneous design as predictor to two distinct yet related aspects of teachers' sense…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Educational Policy, Moral Values, Principals
Virick, Meghna; Strage, Amy – Journal of Faculty Development, 2016
Although studies have examined numerous factors that predict junior faculty success, previous research has paid little attention to the role played by department chairs. Drawing on theory from person-environment fit theory and value congruence, we sought to examine the implication of a match versus mismatch between faculty members and their chairs…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Value Judgment, Values, Department Heads
Nkani, Nomvuyo; Bhana, Deevia – South African Journal of Education, 2016
Research addressing the sexual health and reproductive rights of pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers is growing, although attention to the sexual well-being of young mothers who are already in school remains limited. This omission places teenage mothers at risk, who may be susceptible to repeated pregnancies that may compromise their well-being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Pregnancy, Well Being