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Ho, Chun Sing Maxwell; Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin – Teacher Development, 2023
This study identifies how a teacher's entrepreneurial behavior (TEB) changed when promoted to higher positions in a school. It distills her experiences over time to uncover the symbiotic relationship between teaching and administrative entrepreneurial behaviors in promoting school innovation. Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teacher Behavior, Empowerment, Innovation
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Warren, Chezare A. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2021
This article insists on a reframe of mourning, away from a period of sadness or weeping alone, to a vision of its merits for discovering and unlocking possibility in Black Education. For example, mourning might be understood as involuntarily surrendered time necessary to properly grieve, concede, and embrace Black people's subject position in the…
Descriptors: African American Education, Grief, Activism, Motivation
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Purwaningrum, Lu'lu'; Funatsu, Kyotaro; Rosyidi, Cucuk Nur; Muraki, Satoshi – SAGE Open, 2017
Carrying, lifting, and turning chairs improve learning activities in schools, which leads to higher quality education. However, it has been shown that elementary school chairs in Indonesia are too heavy for children aged 6 to 9 to easily lift and carry. The present study aimed to investigate children's methods of carrying chairs as well as lifting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Furniture, Psychomotor Skills
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Sicard, Alyson; Martinot, Delphine; Toczek, Marie-Christine; Pironom, Julie; Darnon, Céline – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
This study investigates young people's awareness of gender differences in achievement and their reversal between educational and occupational contexts. Girls are generally more academically successful than boys but men still enjoy a superior position in the professional world. The present study therefore aimed to determine whether students were…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Per Anderhag; Niklas Salomonsson; Andre Bürgers; Cesar Estay Espinola; Birgit Fahrman; Dana Seifeddine Ehdwall; Maria Sundler – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2024
During a relatively short period of time, programming has been implemented in the national curriculum of the compulsory school in Sweden. Since 2018, programming is a new content in the technology subject and the research field has discussed some of the challenges teachers and students, who generally have little experiences of programming, face…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Programming, Robotics, Technology Education
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Breetzke, Gregory D.; Hedding, David W.; Pijper, Lauren – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2022
South Africa's first national democratic elections in 1994 marked a turning point in the history of the country. Since democracy much of the focus of African National Congress (ANC)-led government has been on redress and transformation across all spheres of society, including higher education. This paper examines one important aspect inherent in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Profiles, Teacher Characteristics, Geography
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Edlund, Peter; Sahlin, Kerstin – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Boards in higher education organizations (HEOs) play multiple roles. While they govern, boards are also expected to embed HEOs in society. Indeed, recent higher education reforms in Europe have emphasized the embedding role of HEO boards more than their governing role. But, although these reforms are widespread, we still know little about the ways…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governing Boards, College Administration, Educational Change
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Fjellman, Anna-Maria; Haley, Aimee – Policy Futures in Education, 2023
The article re-imagines the current developments of Swedish education into a possible future. Historically, education was organized and funded by the state; however, reforms towards privatization in the 1990s implemented school choice, private schools and a tax-financed voucher system with the option of turning profits on education. A new judicial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Privatization, Educational Change, School Choice
Burke, Patty Rowland; Simmons, Kelly – Center for Creative Leadership, 2020
Aiming to inspire and empower, "Beating the Odds" highlights real-life success stories of technical women who made it. This book explores critical turning points that make or break careers and provides tools for putting insight into action -- both for women and organizations supporting them. "Beating the Odds" shares the…
Descriptors: Success, Barriers, Work Environment, Women Scientists
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Guth, Douglas J. – Community College Journal, 2019
Cybersecurity workers protect crucial information across the industry spectrum, from health records to bank accounts to sensitive military communications. A massive shortage of skilled technical employees in the U.S. has put the nation's digital privacy and infrastructure at risk, observers say, leading more community colleges to include…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Internet, Information Security, Employment Qualifications
Guerra, Melissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study examined the stories of women of color (WOC) executive leaders working on a California State University (CSU) campus, exploring how they have achieved success and persevered in the face of systemic barriers. Drawing on in-depth interviews with eight WOC leaders, this dissertation explored their individual experiences and…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Minority Groups, College Administration, Barriers
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Titta Pitman; Jonna Koponen; Anssi Tarkiainen – Cogent Education, 2023
As modern business-to-business (B2B) sales have become more complex; recruiters are turning to business schools to find educated and motivated sales professionals to fill the employment demand gap that has risen. This study provides important information about business students' intentions regarding pursuing careers in B2B sales, as there are no…
Descriptors: Salesmanship, Business Schools, Sales Occupations, College Students
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Cohen, Rinat; Schechter, Chen – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2019
The transition from teaching to assistant principalship is a turning point in a teacher's professional career. This transition not only reflects a change in one's hierarchical standing at the school but also constitutes a stage that affects one's administrative identity and aspirations to further advance in the management arena. Despite the…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Career Change, Assistant Principals, Professional Identity
Abu Moghli, Mai; Kadiwal, Laila – London Review of Education, 2021
In recent years, there has been increased interest in, and work towards, decolonising the curriculum in higher education institutions in the UK. There are various initiatives to review university syllabuses and identify alternative literature. However, there is an increasing risk of turning 'decolonisation' into a buzz term tied to a trend. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Bakhurst, David – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2018
This paper considers the style of moral philosophy that emerged in the mid-1970s in the writings of John McDowell and David Wiggins and examines its implications for moral education. After characterising the position, I examine whether it broadens or narrows the horizons of moral philosophy. Though McDowell's notorious quietism might suggest the…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Educational Philosophy, Moral Development, Reflection
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