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Sinnema, Claire E. L.; Robinson, Viviane M. J.; Ludlow, Larry; Pope, Denyse – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2015
Multi-source evaluation of school principals is likely to become increasingly common in education contexts as the evidence accumulates about the relationship between principal effectiveness and student achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine (1) the magnitude and direction of discrepancy between how principals and their teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
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Roh, Jin-Young – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
Using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates by the National Science Foundation, this study examines factors influencing foreign doctorate recipients' decisions to stay in the United States after they complete their degrees. This study expands the existing literature on human capital theory on migration decision by exploring the variables that…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Human Capital
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Arriaza, Pablo – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Limited research exists about Spanish-speaking social workers that provide bilingual social work services. To date, studies have not exclusively focused on actual language competence of bilingual social workers or even their self-perceived language beliefs. This study reviews the results of a cross-sectional Internet-based survey exploring…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Self Efficacy, Spanish
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Troisi, Jordan D.; Leder, Sadie; Stiegler-Balfour, Jennifer J.; Fleck, Bethany K. B.; Good, Jessica J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
To date, research has not examined the influence of mentorship on the teaching effectiveness of Early Career Psychologists (ECPs). We sought to fill this void by conducting a national survey of 122 ECPs assessing the presence or absence of three types of ECP mentors (i.e., in their department, in another department at their university, or another…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Mentors, Novices, Psychologists
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Chukwumah, Fides Okwukweka; Ezeugbor, Carol Obiageli – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This study investigated the extent of problems of strategic plans implementation for secondary schools' improvement in Anambra State, Nigeria for quality education provision. The study used a descriptive survey design paradigm. Respondents comprised 217 principals. There was no sampling. All the principals were used. Data were collected using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools
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Elkins, David E.; Deaver, Sarah P. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2015
The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) surveys its members biennially to collect data regarding membership demographics as well as variables concerning the work environment for art therapists. These surveys can provide a detailed description of these characteristics and how they may change over time. This article statistically compares the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Professional Associations, Group Membership, Surveys
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Daud, Yaakob; Raman, Arumugam; Don, Yahya; O. F., Mohd Sofian; Hussin, Fauzi – International Education Studies, 2015
This research aims to identify the type of culture at a High Performance School (HPS) and Low Performance School (LPS) in the state of Kedah. The research instrument used to measure the type of organizational culture was adapted from Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (Cameron & Quinn, 2006) based on Competing Values Framework Quinn…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Culture, High Achievement, Low Achievement
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Samigullina, Galina Savelevna; Gilmanchina, Syriya Irekovna; Gaisin, Ilgisar Timergalievich; Gilmanshin, Iskander Rafailevich; Rafailevna, Akchurina Ilsia – International Education Studies, 2015
The purpose of this article is to analyse the professional and creative development of natural geographic course teachers of the Republic of Tatarstan in the process of professional retraining. The method for work performing is a retrospective analysis of professional retraining of natural geographic course teachers within the higher professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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Kazima, Mercy – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
This paper reports on findings from a study that investigated reasons Malawian students have for preferring particular contexts in mathematics. The study explored students' preferences of contexts using a survey questionnaire that contained 27 contexts and asked students to indicate their level of interest for each context on a 4-point scale and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preferences, Student Surveys, Secondary School Students
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Goldsmith, Ben; Bridgstock, Ruth – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
This article is concerned with the many connections between creative work and workers, and education work and industries. Employment in the education sector has long been recognised as a significant element in creative workers' portfolio careers. Much has been written, for example, about the positive contribution of "artists in schools"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment, Creative Activities
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Goodman-Scott, Emily – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2015
School counselors are trained in academic preparation programs for future job activities. However, job expectations taught in such programs can differ from actual school counseling activities. This article reports the findings of a national survey of school counselors' (N = 1,052) perceived preparation and practice.
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Attitudes, National Surveys, Expectation
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Tardif, Eric; Doudin, Pierre-André; Meylan, Nicolas – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2015
Many so-called brain-based educational approaches have been strongly criticized for their lack of empirical support and occasionally for their use of pseudoscientific concepts. As a result, several use the term neuromyths to refer to false beliefs or misinterpretations regarding neuroscientific facts. We surveyed both teachers and student teachers…
Descriptors: Brain, Neurosciences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Teaching Methods
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Hou, Angela Yung-Chi; Ince, Martin; Tsai, Sandy; Chiang, Chung Lin – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
As quality guardians of higher education, quality assurance agencies are required to guarantee the credibility of the review process and to ensure the objectivity and transparency of their decisions and recommendations. These agencies are therefore expected to use a range of internal and external approaches to prove the quality of their review…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Asians, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Ferguson, Ronald F.; Snipes, Jason; Hossain, Farhana; Manno, Michelle S. – MDRC, 2015
Youth development is a cornerstone of the YouthBuild program, which provides job skills training, academic support, counseling, and leadership opportunities to low-income, out-of-school young adults. This report presents findings from two separate research efforts that shed light on the process of youth transformation and identity development in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Youth Programs, Adult Development, Self Concept
Altun, Adnan – Online Submission, 2015
This study was carried out with 44 students attending the Social Studies Education Department of Faculty of Education at Abant Izzet Baysal University, who chose the elective Media Literacy Course. In the study, that was planned as an action research, the assistant professor of the course acted as "researcher" and the students (teacher…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Social Studies, Action Research, Preservice Teachers
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