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Haji, Faizal A.; Hoppe, Daniel J.; Morin, Marie-Paule; Giannoulakis, Konstantine; Koh, Jansen; Rojas, David; Cheung, Jeffrey J. H. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Rapid technological advances and concern for patient safety have increased the focus on simulation as a pedagogical tool for educating health care providers. To date, simulation research scholarship has focused on two areas; evaluating instructional designs of simulation programs, and the integration of simulation into a broader educational…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Simulation, Research Methodology, Teaching Methods
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Rudolph, John L. – Educational Researcher, 2014
The author outlines the rise of a hard-science model advocated by the Institute for Education Sciences, including the application of research and development approaches to education following the Second World War, and describes the attraction of these hard-science approaches for education policymakers. He notes that in the face of complex and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Research Methodology, Science Education
Barnes, Naomi – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2014
Facebook status updates provided the data for a study into the transition learning experiences of first year university students. The research responded to criticism that research about social media and education tends to focus on how social network sites can be adapted or controlled in the educational setting. The research referred to here, used…
Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Research, College Freshmen, Student Experience
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Coleman, Laurence J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
Although a general understanding of the phenomenon of giftedness is evident in the literature, missing is a body of information on the thoughts and actions of gifted persons in those situations that we suspect influence the emergence of extraordinary accomplishment. In this article I propose a change in direction for the study of the advanced…
Descriptors: Gifted, High Achievement, Theories, Individual Development
Ciaran Thomas Burke – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study reflects on the main method of data collection, the "Biographical Narrative Interview Method," I applied in my doctoral research, which critically analysed the influence of social class on graduate employment trajectories. It will evaluate the specific mechanics of the method and forms or approaches within the…
Descriptors: Biographies, Interviews, Social Class, College Graduates
Fiona McSweeney – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
The aim of the research described in this case study was to explore how practice teachers (workplace supervisors) in social care education viewed their role -- what they saw as being most important and least important. What is described here is the process and decisions made when choosing a design that combined quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes, Research Methodology, Research Design
Davina Lohm; Liudmila Kirpitchenko – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This article examines a research method of conducting interviews with pairs of individuals, who may be friends or relatives. The authors critically reflect on their experiences of collecting qualitative data in an interview with two respondents. While one-on-one interviews and focus groups are more established and well-studied forms of gathering…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Interviews, Friendship, Family Relationship
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Kaufman, Julia H.; Engberg, John; Hamilton, Laura S.; Yuan, Kun; Hill, Heather C. – Educational Assessment, 2019
High-quality measures of instructional practice are essential for research and evaluation of innovative instructional policies and programs. However, existing measures have generally proven inadequate because of cost and validity issues. This paper addresses two potential drawbacks of survey self-report measures: variation in teachers'…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Vignettes, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Evaluation
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Coda, James – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2019
School and work climate studies of LGBTQ-identified students and educators often reflect challenging environments for those with non-normative sexual and gender identities. Thus, this study sought to understand the experiences of LGBTQ-identified world language (WL) educators in the classroom as well as the intersections of their gender and sexual…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Work Environment, Sexual Identity, Language Teachers
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Siwei, Yue; Xuefei, Wang – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study explores the teaching approach of the general courses of theoretical knowledge targeted at the freshmen based on a pilot study of the course Research Methodology in School of English for International Business (SEIB) in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. A questionnaire survey of 163 freshmen who take the course at two consecutive…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sarah B. Shear; Daniel G. Krutka – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2019
In this conceptual piece, we situate settler colonial theory and qualitative inquiry in a discussion about the research(ing) of social studies education. The context for this article includes our visit and conversations with 9th grade Oklahoma history teachers and their teaching and curriculum within Indigneous contexts. Although not focused as an…
Descriptors: Grade 9, History Instruction, High School Teachers, American Indians
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Porta, Carolyn M.; Mann, Erin M.; Amiri, Rohina; Avery, Melissa D.; Azim, Sheba; Conway-Klaassen, Janice M.; Golzareh, Parvin; Joya, Mahdawi; Mwikarago, Emil Ivan; Nejabi, Mohammad Bashir; Olejniczak, Megan; Radhakrishnan, Raghu; Tengera, Olive; Thomas, Manuel S.; Weinkauf, Julia L.; Wiesner, Stephen M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Despite ongoing insecurity, Afghanistan has demonstrated improvement in health outcomes. Reasons for this success include a strategic public-private health service delivery model and investment in Afghan health care workforce development. Afghan universities have the primary responsibility for ensuring that an adequate health care workforce is…
Descriptors: Health Services, Public Health, Delivery Systems, Labor Force Development
Bueno, David Cababaro – Online Submission, 2020
Innovation and the development of knowledge in the field of scientific research is increasing exponentially, but it continues to be disjointed. It makes it difficult to keep up with state-of-the-art and to be at the forefront of research and dissemination, as well as to evaluate empirical evidence in the area of academic excellence. Recent…
Descriptors: Prevention, Plagiarism, Search Engines, Research Methodology
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Peresso, Randolph – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
This paper focuses on the methodology adopted for Malta+5, which builds on Robin Alexander's work by comparing the five pedagogical cultures he studied to the one in Malta. It reflects critically on the research process adopted in this study, and shows how, despite the very limited experience and resources, applying the methodology, frameworks and…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Models
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Yorke, Mantz – Tertiary Education and Management, 2017
When analysing course-level data by subgroups based upon some demographic characteristics, the numbers in analytical cells are often too small to allow inferences to be drawn that might help in the enhancement of practices. However, relatively simple analyses can provide useful pointers. This article draws upon a study involving a partnership with…
Descriptors: Demography, Nonparametric Statistics, Partnerships in Education, Research Methodology
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