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Brindley, Sue; Bowker, Anne – Educational Action Research, 2013
As school-based action research has taken a higher profile in UK schools, the place of ethics warrants particular attention. This paper draws on evidence from a taught online Master of Education course collated via chat room discussion where 53 researching teachers were asked to explore policy within their own institution regarding school-based…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Education Courses, Online Courses
Patthey, Ghislaine Genevieve; Thomas-Spiegel, Joan – Educational Action Research, 2013
In the wake of accreditation cycles stressing student outcomes, we believed the reflective and practitioner-centered philosophy of action research a perfect fit for effecting institutional improvements for a four-year grant-funded effort in our urban-suburban community colleges in California. We learned that things were both worse and better than…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Colleges, Reflection, Staff Development
Morrel-Samuels, Susan; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Reischl, Thomas M. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2013
Youth are in the cross-fire of gun violence, and the highest rate in the nation is in Flint, Michigan. This article highlights six innovative strategies that prepare youth to solve problems at home and in their communities in peaceful ways. The Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI-YVPC) works with community groups to strengthen…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Violence, Prevention, Problem Solving
Ginter, Amanda C.; Maring, Elisabeth F.; Paleg, Brad; Valluri, Swetha – Journal of Extension, 2013
As part of a multi-state study on health message development, a group of family researchers, Extension faculty, and a learning technologist used audience-response systems, or "clickers," to display and record focus group participants' responses to questions. This article describes how the authors used clicker technology in focus group…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audience Response Systems, Focus Groups, Facilitators (Individuals)
Austin, Ben; Petrilli, Michael J. – Education Next, 2013
Championed by California-based Parent Revolution, and adopted first by California in early 2010, more than a half-dozen states now have parent trigger laws. The parent trigger, which allows a majority of parents at a low-performing school to vote to seize control from the local district, has been wielded at four California schools. Is the parent…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Parent Participation, Low Achievement, Educational Change
Russell, Eric James – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
This qualitative study explored the influence a distance learning servant leadership course had on the emergency service students' understanding of leadership. The research study utilized a case study design in order to tell the story of the lived experiences of the participants. The setting for the study was a state university in Utah, with the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Distance Education, Leadership Styles, Decision Making
Jasis, Pablo – School Community Journal, 2013
This study examines a grassroots, school-centered parent and family organizing effort from the actual "trenches" in the struggle for equity and excellence in education. This is an exploration of the intrinsic value and the complex dynamics of the organizing process of a small group of Latino immigrant parents struggling to improve their children's…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Quality, Student Experience, Middle Schools
Schwarz, Gretchen – Educational Forum, 2013
Graphic novels offer an exciting new medium across the curriculum, but classroom research must be done. Anecdotal evidence is a start, but reform requires thoughtful study. Teachers are in the best place to do this research, as they have ready access, currency, and credibility. Teacher research on graphic novels, indeed all new media, is also…
Descriptors: Novels, Literary Genres, Cartoons, Layout (Publications)
Smith-Brown, Jibby L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite the research of the 20th and 21st centuries, the ability to sustain voice in our adolescent females continues to present a concern. This qualitative study in educational and literacy research uncovers an educational framework that can strengthen the voice of adolescent females by using non-traditional methods and female preferred learning…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Females, Womens Education, Qualitative Research
Primiano, Melissa L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Parents are important stakeholders in their children's special education program, but understanding the special education process can be complicated and overwhelming. Further, it is unclear how parents are informed about procedural safeguards within the process for their children and themselves, the extent of their understanding, and whether and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Parent Rights, Disabilities, Metropolitan Areas
Cho, Moonhee; Auger, Giselle A. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2013
Given the increasing need for the retention of satisfied and successful students, the purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the perceived quality of relationships formed between students and their academic departments. Based on the extensive review of interdisciplinary literature, the study proposed three…
Descriptors: College Students, Student School Relationship, Departments, Interaction
Atkinson, Karen; Hutchinson, Jane Owen – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2013
This idiographic study aims to hear the voices of a small group of visually impaired physiotherapists to explore their lived experience of transition from higher education (HE) into employment. The findings are based on six semi-structured interviews analysed using an interpretative phenomenological approach. Participants were visually impaired…
Descriptors: Physical Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Visual Impairments, Experience
Oliveri, Maria Elena; Lawless, Rene; Molloy, Hillary – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
The literature and the employee and workforce surveys rank collaborative problem solving (CPS) among the top 5 most critical skills necessary for success in college and the workforce. This paper provides a review of the literature on CPS and related terms, including a discussion of their definitions, importance to higher education and workforce…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Gatz, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Middle school is a critical period in the cognitive and academic development of young women, and a time when their performance and interest in science may decline. After school programs play a key role in engaging youth in learning by providing opportunities to increase health and wellness, set goals, and strategize problem solving. Skills…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, After School Programs, Skill Development
Hanemann, Ulrike; McCaffery, Juliet; Newell-Jones, Katy; Scarpino, Cassandra – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Barriers