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School-Based Parental Involvement: A Comparative Assessment of Predictors of Satisfaction in South-East Europe
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Radu, Roxana – Educational Studies, 2013
Exploring a unique region concerning educational reforms in the past 20?years, the present study empirically investigates the attitudes towards parental involvement in school life in a comparative perspective of south-eastern European (SEE) countries for the 2008/2009 school year. Based on a multiple regression model for nine different countries,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Educational Change, Multiple Regression Analysis
Teaching Practices Prior and Subsequent to 1998 in Turkey: Gazi University Vocational Education Faculty Case
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Alpan, Gulgun; Erdamar, Gurcu – Educational Studies, 2011
This study aimed to compare teaching practice before and after 1998 in Turkey. Participants were 10 academics from the Department of Educational Sciences, Vocational Education Faculty, Gazi University and nine vocational high school cooperating teachers. Semi-structured interviews were analysed by using content analysis. The most significant…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
Problem-Based Instruction in Mathematics and Its Impact on the Cognitive Results of the Students and on Affective-Motivational Aspects
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Cotic, Mara; Zuljan, Milena Valencic – Educational Studies, 2009
International studies on the knowledge of mathematics at the generalist-class teaching level have indicated that Slovene students are quite skilled at computations, but have difficulties solving mathematical problems. This finding stimulated us to create a problem-based instruction model. We wanted to find out whether the students in the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students
Teachers' Beliefs on the Relative Effectiveness of Reforms for Motivating Pupils and Alleviating Behavior Problems
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Burns, Robert B. – Educational Studies, 1977
A survey of 231 British teachers assessed their ratings of classroom reforms which might stimulate student interest and reduce behavior problems. Results correlate with those from a study in 1952, showing abolition of corporal punishment as having little effect and smaller class size, remedial courses, and parental support as being most effective.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Discipline Problems, Educational Change
Home-Based Educators and Education Authorities: The Attempt to Maintain a Mythology.
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Meighan, Roland – Educational Studies, 1984
Myths concerning home-based education in England are discussed. These include the myths that schooling is compulsory, that there is one right approach in education, that there is such a thing as professionalism, that local education authorities have the right to access and cooperation, and that there is consensus among home educators. (RM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Using Academics' Perceptions of University Environment To Distinguish between Australian Universities.
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Educational Studies, 2000
Reports an analysis of Australian universities using academics' perceptions of their university-level environment. Focuses on a sample of 514 academics in 26 publicly funded universities who responded to the university-level environment questionnaires. Suggests that new universities must improve their level of research and scholarship to become…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change