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Wolf, Mary Ann; Jones, Rachel; Hall, Sara; Wise, Bob – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2014
The field of learning analytics is being discussed in many circles as an emerging concept in education. In many districts and states, the core philosophy behind learning analytics is not entirely new; for more than a decade, discussions of data-driven decision making and the use of data to drive instruction have been common. Still, the U.S.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Capacity Building
Hostetler, Karl – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2010
There is renewed interest in what can be called an "experimentist" approach to education research. The claim is that if researchers would focus on experiments and "evidence-based" policies and practices, irreversible progress in education can be achieved. This experimentist approach cannot provide the understanding of knowledge and human beings…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Healy, Tom – European Educational Research Journal, 2006
This article focuses on these key themes: (1) the value of education as learning to be fully human, (2) the value of education as learning to be fully human with others and for others - inviting us to consider the concept of "social capital" as a way of tapping into and releasing this value; and accordingly, (3) a number of practical…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Concept Formation
McKernan, Jim – College Quarterly, 2011
In this article, the author stresses the danger of losing the concept of education in favour of lower notions of instruction and training. By "training" he means a process that suggests the acquisition of skills and the enhancing of performance capacities. By "instruction" he means learning facts and new information--the results of retention. Too…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Research Methodology, Commercialization, Intellectual Freedom
Lawson, Hal A. – Quest, 2007
The core curriculum accompanied the development of the academic discipline with multiple names such as Kinesiology, Exercise and Sport Science, and Health and Human Performance. It provides commonalties for undergraduate majors. It is timely to renew this curriculum. Renewal involves strategic reappraisals. It may stimulate change or reaffirm the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Intellectual Disciplines, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum Development
Peters, Michael – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2002
The body of literature on the concept of the "knowledge economy" is both recent and rapidly growing, especially in the related fields of economics and management, yet both less recognised and less established in the field of education. It is a concept that has inspired many national governments and world policy institutions such as the OECD and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Global Approach