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Higgins, Chris – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2021
This review article offers a critique of René Arcilla's theory of education as destiny in "Wim Wenders's Road Movie Philosophy: Education Without Learning." After exploring Arcilla's long-standing interest in developing a dramatic approach to educational philosophy, one that avoids both bloodless theorising and melodramatic kitsch, it is…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Educational Theories, Films, Educational Philosophy
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Holland Zahner, Dana G. – Community College Review, 2023
Objective/Research Question: This research explores how community college students, who are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and aspire to vertical transfer in STEM make choices about majors and transfer destinations. The question is important to advancing equity in STEM, which continues to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Transfer Students, Community College Students
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Philippe-Benoit Côté; Lolita Frésard; Martin Blais – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
This qualitative study documents incidents of discrimination and violence among LGBTQ + youth experiencing homelessness along with their adaptation strategies. Using intersectionality theory, this analysis is based on individual interviews conducted with 17 LGBTQ + youth experiencing homelessness aged 17 to 25. According to their stories, LGBTQ +…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Young Adults, Homeless People
Valentine, C. Glenn – Educational Technology, 1971
The author presents some background material on the definition and theory of contingency management, explains how and where contingency management fits into the process of programming instruction" and gives some specific examples of how to use contingency management in the classroom." (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Environment, Educational Technology, Programed Instruction
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Nielsen, Thomas Rosendal; Hustvedt, Kjersti – Research in Drama Education, 2017
In 1979, Gavin Bolton posed a question that is still fundamental to the development of process drama: "Is it possible to steer a course that does not come down in support of any particular point of view but causes children to examine and re-examine their own views and values?" Inspired by Bakhtinian theory, Brian Edmiston developed a…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Sequential Learning, Observation
Elenbogen, Janet C.; Hiestand, Nancy I. – 1989
The practices and perceptions of a shared planning team decision-making model and the effects on student achievement and attendance are examined in this study. Survey results, test scores, and background data on schools were utilized to analyze the relationships among the degree of shared decision-making and planning effectiveness ratings, student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Contingency Management
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Leganes-Fonteneau, Mateo; Nikolaou, Kyriaki; Scott, Ryan; Duka, Theodora – Learning & Memory, 2019
Stimuli conditioned with a substance can generate drug-approach behaviors due to their acquired motivational properties. According to implicit theories of addiction, these stimuli can decrease cognitive control automatically. The present study (n = 49) examined whether reward-associated stimuli can interfere with cognitive processes in the absence…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Rewards, Conditioning, Bayesian Statistics
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Somech, Anit; Wenderow, Maayan – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Purpose: The contingency model theory suggests that the effects of a leadership style cannot be studied without explicit attention to the given situation. Accordingly, the authors propose a model that allows them to examine simultaneously the relative impact of participative leadership and directive leadership on teachers' performance through the…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Teacher Surveys, Foreign Countries, Principals
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Politis, Diamanto; Gabrielsson, Jonas; Galan, Nataliya; Abebe, Solomon Akele – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to better understand entrepreneurial learning in the context of venture acceleration programs. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative research strategy was used based on multiple in-depth interviews with 21 lead entrepreneurs complemented with participatory observations and secondary sources. The data were inductively…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Learning, Experiential Learning, Educational Environment
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Aksoy, Erdem – Turkish Journal of Education, 2020
This study evaluates the 2017 updated secondary school English curriculum of Turkey with the frame of Stake's (1967) congruence-contingency model. The study employed a mixed-methods research design. In this regard, triangulation was employed to provide data diversity. Four different data gathering tools were used: document analysis, interviews,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Second Language Instruction
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Abdul-Jabbar, Wisam Kh. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
Drawing on fiqh al-aqalliyyat (the Muslim jurisprudence of diasporic minorities), this article introduces a Muslim minorities curriculum and negotiates the notion of diasporicity as a process that signifies a community's readiness to respond to its own cultural, religious and literacy practices. More specifically, first, I propose a Muslim…
Descriptors: Muslims, Minority Groups, Immigrants, Religious Education
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Najam, Usama; Mustamil, Norizah Binti Mohd – SAGE Open, 2022
Using the conservation of resource perspective, this study empirically tested the moderating role of follower proactive personality between servant leadership and follower positive outcomes (psychological resilience and ownership). Previous literature remained confined to the theories that highlights the positive impact of servant leadership on…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Empathy, Altruism
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Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier; Vadillo, Miguel A.; Barberia, Itxaso – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Background: We have previously presented two educational interventions aimed to diminish causal illusions and promote critical thinking. In both cases, these interventions reduced causal illusions developed in response to active contingency learning tasks, in which participants were able to decide whether to introduce the potential cause in each…
Descriptors: Sampling, Inferences, Psychology, Undergraduate Students
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Owusu-Agyeman, Yaw – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
The concept of innovation in the administrative processes of higher education institutions (HEIs) remains topical due to the continuous call on providers of higher education to develop new ideas and practices that are aimed at meeting the growing needs of students and other interest groups. Focusing on the transformational leadership theory as the…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Participative Decision Making
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Zonca, Joshua; Coricelli, Giorgio; Polonio, Luca – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
In our everyday life, we often need to anticipate the potential occurrence of events and their consequences. In this context, the way we represent contingencies can determine our ability to adapt to the environment. However, it is not clear how agents encode and organize available knowledge about the future to react to possible states of the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Individual Differences, Task Analysis, Futures (of Society)
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