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Amsale, Frew; Bekele, Mitiku; Tafesse, Mebratu – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which educational leaders in the western cluster public universities of Ethiopia are ethical. Ethical leadership variables such as fairness, equity, multicultural competence, modeling ethical behaviors and altruism are considered in describing the ethical behaviors of the leaders. Descriptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Ethics, Cluster Grouping
George W. Bush Institute, Education Reform Initiative, 2016
When an effective principal is at the helm of a school, students benefit. Principals play a critical role in establishing a school's climate and culture and in selecting and developing teachers, among other roles. Indeed, school leadership is second only to direct classroom teaching among school-level influences on achievement. Although there may…
Descriptors: Principals, Graduate Surveys, Administrator Effectiveness, School Administration
Hasin, Afroza – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously "food stamps"), is the nation's largest federal entitlement nutritional assistance program which assists individuals and households living below the federal poverty level in order to reduce the amount of money they spend on food. With the conversion of food stamps coupons to…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Federal Programs, Innovation, Information Technology
Martin-Raugh, Michelle P.; Reese, Clyde M.; Tannenbaum, Richard J.; Steinberg, Jonathan H.; Xu, Jun – Educational Testing Service, 2016
The purpose of this study is to explore the validity evidence supporting the high-leverage practices (HLPs) of the ETS® National Observational Teaching Exam (NOTE) assessment series, a kindergarten through 6th grade teacher licensure assessment. HLPs include "tasks and activities that are essential for skillful beginning teachers to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Skills, Educational Practices
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Liu, Keke; Springer, Jeff; Stuit, David; Lindsay, Jim; Wan, Yinmei – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
This brief summarizes the findings of a recent study that examined whether adding results from teacher and student feedback surveys to one district's principal evaluation system strengthened the link between principals' evaluation ratings and their schools' achievement gains in math and reading. The study also examined whether certain subscales…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Principals, Evaluation Methods
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Anisimova, Tatyana; Sharafeeva, Landysh – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018
The article presents the experience of the teachers of the Elabuga Institute of Kazan (Privolzhsky) Federal University to develop new educational programs for bachelors. The leading approach to the study of this problem is the analysis of existing basic professional educational programs for the preparation of bachelors of teacher education, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees
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Gerasimova, Vera G.; Melamud, Marina R.; Tutaeva, Dinara R.; Romanova, Yuliya D.; Zhenova, Nataliya A. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018
The authors review application of information technologies and systems at the Faculty of Distance Learning of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. General aspects of organizing training in e-learning environment, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of such approach are also examined. The authors study and analyze a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education
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Williams, Leah C.; Reddish, Michael J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Many chemistry laboratory exercises follow a given protocol with known results. Such traditional laboratories rarely give students an accurate representation of how research is conducted, the scientific practices involved in research, and the ownership that accompanies developing and carrying out an independent project. Several laboratory reforms…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, College Science
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Hall, Tim; McGuinness, Mark; Parker, Charlotte; Toms, Phil – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
This paper explores the student experience of multidisciplinarity within the undergraduate Geography curriculum. It considers the drivers that have underpinned this development before considering the findings of research into student experiences in two universities in the south of England. The results suggest that most students view this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Universities
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Quinn, Brandy P. – Journal of Catholic Education, 2018
Contemporary research about purpose suggests that adolescents benefit in multiple ways when they develop purpose, and at the same time, that many adolescents are not purposeful. Adolescents in Catholic high schools may receive a unique set of contextual supports that help them develop a sense of purpose and understand what that purpose is. This…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, High School Students, Adolescent Development
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Higham, Rupert; Booth, Tony – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
To what extent can heads use an inclusive values-led approach to school development in the face of pressures from Ofsted and their Local Authority to focus almost exclusively on attainment outcomes? We explore leadership of school improvement in a qualitative study of 10 head teachers in the English county of "Preshire," who worked with…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Values, Qualitative Research, Leadership Effectiveness
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Ninkovic, Stefan R.; Kneževic Floric, Olivera C. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
Although scholars have acknowledged the role of collaborative relationships of teachers in improving the quality of instruction, teacher collective efficacy continues to be a neglected construct in educational research. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relations between transformational school leadership, teacher self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables
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Forrest, Colin; Goodall, Janet; Hill, Ron; James, Chris – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
In England, further education college and sixth form college governing bodies are required to appoint a clerk to administer and advise on governing procedure and practice. In this article we report research which aimed to understand and theorise about the role and the associated responsibilities. We analysed the relevant literatures, carried out a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Adult Education, National Surveys
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Lovelace, Matthew D.; Reschly, Amy L.; Appleton, James J. – Professional School Counseling, 2018
Early warning systems use school record data--such as attendance rate, behavior records, and course performance--to identify students at risk of dropping out. These are useful predictors of graduation-related outcomes, in large part because they indicate a student's level of engagement with school. However, these data do not indicate how invested…
Descriptors: Prediction, Dropouts, Learner Engagement, High School Students
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Stapleton, Paul; Shao, Qing – Language Teaching Research, 2018
This article reports on a survey of 241 Master of Arts programs in TESOL (MATESOL) in 16 countries serving as a snapshot of second language teacher education in 2014. After an initial screening by a set of criteria, these programs were first identified, and their course offerings, among other criteria, such as entrance and capstone requirements,…
Descriptors: Surveys, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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