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Tangney, Sue – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
The notion of student-centred learning is often not defined; within the pedagogic literature it is generally associated with constructivism or principles associated with a constructivist environment such as building on prior knowledge, purposeful active learning and sense-making. An informal enquiry into conceptions of university staff prior to…
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Humanism, Individual Development, Consciousness Raising
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Tan, Çetin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
In this study, relation between teachers' perception for organizational justice and their organizational silence was examined. Sample of this study consists of 300 teachers who work at elementary schools in Siirt. Relational Scanning model was utilized in performance of this study. In this study, Organizational Justice Scale and Organizational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture, School Culture, Social Justice
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Simmonds, Shan – Gender and Education, 2014
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) are clearly embedded in South Africa's education policy documents. However, they are not adequately infused into the curriculum. This article focuses specifically on the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG) - promoting gender equality and empowering women - and the need to place this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Females
Unsworth, Len, Ed.; Thomas, Angela, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
"English Teaching and New Literacies Pedagogy: Interpreting and Authoring Digital Multimedia Narratives" is about the fusion of media and narrative, and explores theoretical and practical dimensions of young people's engagement with contemporary forms of text. It showcases a range of critical interpretative approaches for integrating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Films
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Molina, Sarina Chugani; Manasse, Mark – CATESOL Journal, 2015
Much research has been conducted documenting the reading and writing challenges students in pre-college courses face (Crosby, 2007; Masterson, 2007). Some colleges label these courses "developmental," "remedial," or "basic skills" courses. These "developmental" students comprise both US-born and immigrant…
Descriptors: Mentors, Case Studies, Consciousness Raising, Community Colleges
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Schenck, Andrew D. – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2015
While common philosophical foundations influence instruction and leadership in East Asian nations, variable historical factors also significantly impact education within these countries. The current study was designed to holistically examine educational systems in different Confucian contexts, so that contemporary issues and necessary reforms may…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Educational Philosophy, Instructional Leadership, Asian Culture
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Ziv, Haggith Gor – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
This article discusses the theory and practice of applying critical feminist pedagogy in a teacher's training college. It is based on an analysis of the education of students in an early childhood teaching program (BEd) that seeks to promote social justice through education. This article discusses the areas of the student's education that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feminism, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Fahey, Johannah; Prosser, Howard – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
Elite schools around the world aspire to produce perfect students and yet there are always obstacles to this perfection being achieved. In this paper, we suggest that this process of perfectionism and obstruction can best be understood using a methodology that looks to the creative arts, rather than the usual social science orthodoxies. Our focus…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Secondary School Students
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Haber-Curran, Paige; Tillapaugh, Daniel W. – Journal of Transformative Education, 2015
Innovative and learner-centered approaches to teaching and learning are vital for the applied field of leadership education, yet little research exists on such pedagogical approaches within the field. Using a phenomenological approach in analyzing 26 students' reflective narratives, the authors explore students' experiences of and process of…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Transformative Learning, Instructional Innovation, Student Attitudes
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Wu, Ya-Ling; Wu, Hsing-Chen – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Based on a sociocultural approach to adult learning and poststructural feminist theories, this study draws on interviews with 11 married Vietnamese women to explore the higher education learning experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan. On the basis of their husbands' permission and support, Vietnamese immigrant women embraced the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Females, Higher Education
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De Jesús, Anthony; Oviedo, Sofia; Feliz, Scarlett – Afterschool Matters, 2015
Positive youth development and youth organizing are strengths-based approaches to the lives, needs, and contributions of young people (Damon & Gregory, 2003). These approaches privilege the voices of youth as they engage with issues in their communities and challenge institutions to respond. Few studies, however, have explored the role of…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Youth Programs, Youth Agencies, Immigrants
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Hughes, Luanne J.; Savoca, LeeAnne; Grenci, Alexandra – Journal of Extension, 2015
Youth Advisory Councils (YACs) ensure that students are represented in school wellness discussions. YACs empower students to present ideas, insights, and input on nutrition and physical activity; work alongside peers to assess wellness needs; and develop recommendations for enhancing/expanding the school wellness environment. YACs provide a…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Youth Programs, Student Empowerment, Nutrition
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Hallett, Ronald E.; Griffen, Jacalyn – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
Involving parents in the college-planning process is essential to increasing access for students from low-income communities of color. Using the action inquiry model, we explore how collaboration between a school district and a university can empower parents to engage in meaningful conversations and planning related to college access. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Parent Participation, Empowerment, College Preparation
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Achinstein, Betty; Curry, Marnie W.; Ogawa, Rodney T. – American Journal of Education, 2015
Given educators' call to equalize educational opportunities, research is needed to illuminate promises and tensions in schools that resist negative labeling and sorting of nondominant youth. This article examines an urban high school that challenges traditional expectations for low-income, Latina/o students by engaging in "relabeling," a…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Schools, High School Students, Hispanic American Students
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Guerin, Cally; Green, Ian – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
Team supervision of PhDs is increasingly the norm in Australian and UK universities; while this model brings many improvements on the traditional one-on-one research supervision, it also introduces new complexities. In particular, many students find the diversity of opinions expressed in teams to be confusing. Such diversity in supervisor feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Supervision, Supervisory Methods, Teamwork
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