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Wauters, Joris; Van Mol, Christof; Clycq, Noel; Michielsen, Joris; Timmerman, Christiane – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
Recently, societal and academic attention toward the topic of Roma integration has been increasing. With this article we aim to make a contribution to the domain of educational research. We explore strategies that schools can adopt to improve the involvement of Roma parents. Using a theory-based stakeholder evaluation, we more specifically analyse…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Parent Participation, Foreign Countries, Parents
France, Paul Emerich – Educational Leadership, 2017
For many educators, personalization and standardization are considered antithetical, with personalization implying learning that is unique to each student and standardization implying something common to all. We must get past this dichotomy, France argues. Comparing methods in education to those in social media, he says that by standardizing…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Academic Standards, Learner Engagement, Case Studies
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Chinyowa, Kennedy C.; Chivandikwa, Nehemiah – Research in Drama Education, 2017
This article focuses on how ableist discourses and practices seek to "normalize" the disabled body which is deemed to be "deviant". This leads to acts of normalization that expose disabled bodies to precarity, conceived here as the lived experience of marginalization, ostracism and vulnerability. Using the case study of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Disabilities, Social Bias
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van den Berg, M.; Jacobs, I. F.; Weideman, S. – Perspectives in Education, 2017
From a practice point of view it seems as if there are certain factors that might contribute to the fact that emerging adults tend to negate therapeutic help and services. It also seems to be specifically true with regard to emerging adults at university. Help negation seems to occur albeit the fact that therapeutic intervention is seen as an…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Ris, Ethan W. – Journal of Higher Education, 2017
In the decades around the turn of the 20th century, American business leaders took their first sustained interest in higher education. This historical article, based on archival analysis, challenges the traditional understanding of these wealthy individuals' philanthropy as either passive or ill-intentioned. Using Andrew Carnegie as a case study,…
Descriptors: Educational History, Biographies, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support
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Baillie, Kyle; Gordon, Jody – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2017
In 2013, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) board of governors' meeting, a motion was passed that would have a significant impact on future planning at the university. The board of governors directed the president to develop a strategic enrollment management plan (SEM) for the university for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Enrollment, Enrollment Management
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Wheeler, Leone – International Journal of Training Research, 2017
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is an essential component of learning in and for the workplace, and a key building block of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) "Key Features of Learning Cities." TVET provides pathways to employment, particularly for young people, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Technical Education, Skill Development, Municipalities
Kappler, Lois A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A strong focus has been placed on accountability for the educational process and the achievement of all students. This has put tremendous pressure on teachers, as well as school administrators, superintendents, and school board members, to seek innovative ways to increase student achievement and to ensure that effective teachers are in all…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, Educational Practices
Cole, Sylvia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Education begins at home. The responsibility to socialize and educate children is a shared obligation between parents and schools. In order for a child to reach academic achievement, parents must be involved and participate in the educational process. The more parental involvement, the more students are likely to become productive members of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Parent School Relationship, Case Studies
Nugen, Robert, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The problem addressed in this study is the uniquely demanding experience of contemporaneously being a successful Olympic level athlete and a successful university level student. Due to the time and energy required for successful Olympic competition, a dual-career student-athlete may complete his/her sports career without completing her/his…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Athletes, Qualitative Research
Brooks, Jerrie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The employment rate for individuals with disabilities is low. Yet some individuals with disabilities are able to maintain employment for extended periods of time by using unspecified social competencies, which allowed them to react appropriately during co-worker and supervisor interactions at the work site. The purpose of this qualitative case…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Disabilities, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Garti, Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Distributed leadership for learning and teaching is an approach in which collaborative working is undertaken between individuals who trust and respect each other's contribution. During the past 10 years, the idea of distributed leadership has emerged through the theory and practice within organizations. The specific problem this study addressed is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employee Attitudes, Motivation, Leadership Styles
Miko, Jeffrey Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Inadequate software development collaboration processes can allow technical debt to accumulate increasing future maintenance costs and the chance of system failures. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore collaboration strategies software development leaders use to reduce the amount of technical debt created by software…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Computer Software, Cooperation
Allen, Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Informed by Gagne's belief in the necessity of prerequisite knowledge for new learning, and Bruner's Spiral Curriculum Theory, the objective of this case study was to explore the postsecondary pathway from remedial mathematics, through one gateway mathematics course, and into the quantitative literacy requirements of various non-STEM programs of…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Case Studies, Numeracy, Remedial Mathematics
MacDonald, Amy Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Despite advances in smartphone technologies and development of myriad apps that can support self-management efforts for chronic disease like diabetes, initial acceptance of such apps by actual users was characterized by low consistent use by these users. Few studies conducted by researchers on acceptance and use outcomes of mobile apps focused on…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Diabetes, Case Studies
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