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Rouine, Helen; McDonnell, Fiona; Hanafin, Sinead – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Introduction: This paper reports on the outcomes from an analysis of 500 noncompliant regulations drawn from 1563 Early Years Services inspections that took place in Ireland between January and December 2017. Aim: The aim of this study was to consider the impact of the early years inspection process on the quality of early years services.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Inspection, Compliance (Legal)
Clayton-Pedersen, Alma R. – Metropolitan Universities, 2022
The term Inclusive Excellence (IE) is being applied to many efforts in higher education to address past exclusionary practices. IE is more than a term, it is a vision of what could be. It is a deliberate set of actions to ensure that all students, especially those who have historically been underserved by the fragmented attempts in higher…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Higher Education, Equal Education, Educational Quality
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Byrka, Kathy – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2022
Gifted and talented children share some unique characteristics that must be understood by counsellors, and teachers. These children need to be identified in order to provide challenging education that they so desperately need. When not feeling challenged, these children report being bored, which results in feelings of exhaustion and stress. Gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Educational Environment, Educational Needs
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O'Keeffe, Lucy R.; Southwood, Susan L.; Hayes, Nicci – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: Early childhood development (ECD) is increasingly being recognised as vital for the care and education of our children, particularly in countries such as South Africa where vast social disparities have a significant influence on development and well-being. Aim: This study aimed to explore and develop understandings of quality in early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Young Children
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Barrow, Jess; Hirsch, Eric – Learning Professional, 2022
Curriculum is an essential but often underemphasized factor in quality teaching and student learning. One part of the problem is that teachers have few opportunities to learn about and practice with curriculum even when their districts have selected high-quality materials. Nearly a third of teachers have access to less than five hours of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Standards, Curriculum, Instructional Materials
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Ferdousi, Farhana; Ahmed, Amir; Momen, Md Abdul – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to look at the challenges and successes that the case institution has had in implementing and maintaining quality assurance (QA) processes. The study also looks into the role of QA techniques in improving an institution's performance in a developing country. Design/methodology/approach: The research is…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Open Education, Distance Education
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Canning, John; Masika, Rachel – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Thirty years ago Boyer's report "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate" (1990) inspired the launch of the 'SoTL movement' which sought to raise the status of learning and teaching in higher education. In this paper we argue that despite its honourable intentions the SoTL movement has been a thorn in the flesh of…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Educational Research
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Jones, Andrea; Wilson, Iseult; McClean, Stephen; Kerr, Danny; Breen, Cathal – Review of Education, 2022
High quality clinical education is a fundamental component of undergraduate health-related professions programmes. Technological interventions offer potential to support and enhance student learning experiences during clinical placements, i.e. away from the university setting. This review aims to systematically explore, evaluate and summarise the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Morgan, Ann M.; Jobe, Rebecca L.; Konopa, Juli K.; Downs, Lyda D. – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2022
Objectives: This study outlines the journey of an online university to evaluate faculty performance standards, key performance indicators, and systems for quality assurance using an appreciative inquiry summit model. The study reveals the power of "quality appreciation" as an approach that elicits a shared vision for quality definitions…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Standards
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Often, because of low wages for center and family childcare providers, low-income family financial constraints, and sometimes lack of societal awareness and appreciation for the crucial nature of early childhood relationships for later life flourishing, many agencies and decision-makers do not set specific standards for qualifications for training…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Young Children, Educational Quality
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Saleem, Sumayya; Burns, Samantha; Davidson, Adrienne; Hampton, Delaine; White, Linda; Perlman, Michal – Early Education and Development, 2022
In the development of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy, it is important to understand parents' decision-making in terms of both preferences and pragmatic constraints. Traditional data collection techniques such as self-reported surveys can elucidate parental preferences, however, these may differ from their actual decisions. In our…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Foreign Countries
Odom, Samuel L.; Sam, Ann M.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Cox, Ann W. – Grantee Submission, 2022
The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of educational programs for school-aged children with autism in the United States. Investigators completed the Autism Program Environment Quality Rating Systems-Preschool/Elementary (APERS) in 60 elementary schools enrolling children with autism. The mean total rating scores were near the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Ali, Mohammad Ghulam – Online Submission, 2022
Ranking scales is an important tool which serves learning outcomes. Accuracy of Ranking depends upon how accurately & honestly the data is submitted according to the ranking methodology, how accurately Peers are giving their responses and how efficiently the ranking agencies are validating and evaluating the submitted data. However, giving…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Achievement Rating, Reputation, Universities
Lovenheim, Michael F.; Smith, Jonathan – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is highly differentiated, with a variety of options that differ by credential (associates degree, bachelor's degree, diploma, certificate, graduate degree), the control of…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Academic Degrees, Educational Certificates, Outcomes of Education
Universities UK, 2022
This framework was developed to to support universities in England to identify courses where value or quality might be a problem and act on it. It aims to: (1) address concerns about low-value courses; (2) build public and government confidence in the quality and value of courses; and (3) show Universities UK's commitment to being consistent and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Courses, Educational Quality
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