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Sweta Vijaykumar Patel; Fida Sanjakdar; Megan Adams – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
Research exploring the influences of cultural experiences, future imaginations and aspirations on the formation of pedagogy among immigrant Early Childhood (EC) educators remains scarce. This collaborative autoethnography (CAE) is about the first author's pedagogical journey. Educated and trained in India as an EC educator, the stories shared in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Immigrants, Play, Teaching Methods
Tripet, Kristen; Patel, Ruqiyah; Thornton, Steve; Walker, Nadia – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2018
In this paper we introduce the term "task science" to encompass the range of activities involved in designing tasks for school mathematics. We argue that task science is enriched by the participation of teachers, but more particularly that participating in task science is a powerful form of professional learning. We describe the role and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Teachers
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Patel, Chris; Millanta, Brian; Tweedie, Dale – Accounting Education, 2016
This paper examines whether universities are delivering pedagogical value to international accounting students commensurate with the costs of studying abroad. The paper uses survey and interview methods to explore the extent to which Chinese Learners (CLs) in an Australian postgraduate accounting subject have distinct learning needs. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Graduate Students, Study Abroad
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Rampersad, Giselle; Patel, Fay – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
A wide range of graduate attributes are listed, categorized and prioritized by different higher education institutions. However, one attribute that is less visible in the literature is creativity. In the current study, creativity has emerged as a desirable graduate attribute among students and employers. This paper presents an exploratory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Student Characteristics, Creativity
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Gabsi, Zouhir; Patel, Fay; Hamad, Ahmed – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2015
There is a consensus among language teachers and researchers that language course design is always a work in progress. This is influenced by variables such as the type of language being taught and whether the teaching of this language has been researched. Arabic is one the languages that have created a perennial debate among its teachers about the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Semitic Languages
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Patel, Fay; Lynch, Hayley – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The notion of internationalization in higher education is understood as the recruitment of international students, marketing of academic programs and courses, and teaching English as a Second Language to student cohorts from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Various models of internationalization (Knight, 2004, 2006; Leask, 2009; Pimpa, 2009;…
Descriptors: International Education, Global Approach, Higher Education, Learning Experience
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Roy, Amy K.; Breaux, Rosanna; Sciberras, Emma; Patel, Pooja; Ferrara, Erica; Shroff, Delshad M.; Cash, Annah R.; Dvorsky, Melissa R.; Langberg, Joshua M.; Quach, Jon; Melvin, Glenn; Jackson, Anna; Becker, Stephen P. – School Psychology, 2022
Among the many impacts of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, one of the most dramatic was the immediate closure of in-person schooling in March/April 2020 when parents were faced with much greater responsibility in supporting their children's learning. Despite this, few studies have examined parents' own perspectives of this experience.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Barriers
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Glenn, Diana; Patel, Fay; Kutieleh, Salah; Robbins, Jane; Smigiel, Heather; Wilson, Alan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
Effective teaching and learning in higher education is an important focal point of literature around the globe. Various models are presented as desirable and fostering optimal conditions for teaching and learning. However, each model must be examined within the context of its institutional culture, mission and strategic plan to ascertain if it…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Case Studies
Jocson, Korina M., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2013
In what ways can teachers build on youth culture to improve learning opportunities in the classroom? In this fascinating and highly readable collection, Korina M. Jocson brings together more than two dozen scholars, artists, educators, and youth workers to illustrate how nondominant youth can be engaged through various social justice arts…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Art Education, Art Activities, Student Projects
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Robinson, John; Alhakim, Andi Darell; Ma, Grace; Alam, Monisha; Brando, Fernanda da Rocha; Braune, Manfred; Brown, Michelle; Côté, Nicolas; Espinosa, Denise Crocce Romano; Garza, Ana Karen; Gorman, David; Hajer, Maarten; Madden, John; Melnick, Rob; Metras, John; Newman, Julie; Patel, Rutu; Raven, Rob; Sergienko, Kenneth; Smith, Victoria; Tariq, Hoor; van der Lem, Lysanne; Wong, Christina Nga Jing; Wiek, Arnim – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore barriers and pathways to a whole-institution governance of sustainability within the working structures of universities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on multi-year interviews and hierarchical structure analysis of ten universities in Canada, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Governance, Barriers, Universities
Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Sharef, Nurfadhlina Mohd, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference on Educational Technologies 2013 (ICEduTech 2013), which has been organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Web Sites