ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
A Call to Action: Addressing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic through Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
Author: Belser, Christopher T.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Stakeholders,Risk,Children,School Counselors,School Counseling,Comprehensive Programs,Obesity,Intervention,Program Development,Advocacy,Leadership,Cooperation

The need for school-based interventions targeting the childhood obesity epidemic has been well documented. The risk factors associated with childhood obesity are physical, mental, psychosocial, academic, and economic. With training in developing comprehensive programs and interventions, professional school counselors are positioned to assist students suffering as a result of childhood obesity. This manuscript provides strategies for intervening with students and other school community stakeholders within the context of the themes of school counseling as indicated by the "National Model" (2005): advocacy, leadership, collaboration, and systemic change.
Beyond Convention, beyond Critique: Toward a Third Way of Preparing Educational Leaders to Promote Equity and Social Justice (Part 1)
Author: Gordon, Stephen P.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Justice,Equal Education,Instructional Leadership,Educational Administration,Principals,Administrator Education,Conventional Instruction,Critical Theory,Race,Cultural Awareness,Caring,Criticism,Expertise,Relationship,Community,Accountability

The author begins this article with a brief review of the reasons educational leaders and schools need to promote equity and social justice. The article then critiques two approaches to educational leadership as inadequate for preparing educational leaders to foster equity and social justice. The conventional approach to both educational leadership and the preparation of educational leaders is characterized by external control, technical rationality, and maintenance of the status quo, characteristics that are incompatible with the preparation of transformational leaders. The critical approach, although contributing to awareness of inequity and its negative effects as well as the power of assets-based education and empowerment, also possesses a number of characteristics that make it inappropriate as the primary focus of leadership preparation. Negative characteristics of the critical approach cited by Gergen (1994a) include the containment of conversation, rhetorical incitement, atomization of community, the totalizing impulse, and self-immolation. Critical theory leads to deficit thinking, self-certainty, and the forced acceptance of untested assumptions. This article proposes an alternative to both the conventional and critical approaches, a model for preparing leaders for equity and social justice that borrows from several perspectives and attempts to keep those perspectives in balance. This alternative model includes seven components: awareness, care, critique, expertise, relationship, community, and accountability. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures and 5 footnotes.)
Superintendents' Perceptions of Teacher Leadership in Selected Districts
Author: Wells, Caryn M.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Unions,Superintendents,School Culture,Teacher Leadership,Administrator Attitudes,School Districts,Mixed Methods Research,Surveys,Leadership Role,Teacher Role,Academic Achievement

This paper documents the results of a mixed method study of superintendents who participated in a survey while attending an annual meeting in 2009. The superintendents (N= 25) were from a variety of states, and they were educational leaders in rural, suburban and urban school districts. While small in number, the results of this study reflect the information that is known about teacher leadership, namely, that teachers are primarily performing traditional roles that include various leadership assignments such as school, department or grade level positions. While noting the benefits of teacher leadership, superintendents reported concerns for teacher unions and school culture as the primary challenges to the implementation of teacher leadership. (Contains 2 tables and 3 footnotes.)
Teacher Contract Non-Renewal: Midwest, Rocky Mountains, and Southeast
Author: Nixon, Andy
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Principals,Surveys,Contracts,Teacher Dismissal,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Behavior,Ethics,Employee Absenteeism,Classroom Techniques,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Teaching Skills,Personality,Barriers,Time,Unions,Collective Bargaining,Laws,Regional Characteristics,Differences

This quantitative study investigated reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of probationary teachers' contracts. Principal survey results from three regions of the US (Midwest, Rocky Mountains, &amp; Southeast) were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U statistical procedures, while significance was tested applying a Bonferroni Correction. The study examined prioritized reasons for teacher contract non-renewal, behaviors observed from ineffective teachers, and complications which work against addressing ineffective teaching. Results indicated that principals from all regions are more willing to initiate contract non-renewals when there have been ethical violations or inappropriate conduct. All regions' principals reported that teacher instructional skills are more important than subject content knowledge and dispositions in teacher contract non-renewals; however Southeastern principals placed more importance on subject content knowledge than their counterparts. All regions' principals strongly identified the barrier of time; whereas only principals from the Midwest and Rocky Mountain identified teacher unions, laws protecting teachers, and collective bargaining agreements as complications to addressing ineffective teachers. (Contains 13 tables and 12 footnotes.)
Conducting Qualitative Data Analysis: Managing Dynamic Tensions within
Author: Chenail, Ronald J.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Data Analysis,Evidence,Figurative Language,Credibility,Rhetoric,Integrity

In the third of a series of "how-to" essays on conducting qualitative data analysis, Ron Chenail examines the dynamic tensions within the process of qualitative data analysis that qualitative researchers must manage in order to produce credible and creative results. These tensions include (a) the qualities of the data and the qualitative data analysis of these qualities, (b) errors of deficiency and exuberance, (c) tacit and public knowledge, (d) separation and connection, and (e) verticality and horizontality. (Contains 1 figure.)
Recursive Frame Analysis: Reflections on the Development of a Qualitative Research Method
Author: Keeney, Hillary
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Therapy,Figurative Language,Criticism,Research Methodology,Qualitative Research,Cultural Influences,Models,Semantics

The origin of recursive frame analysis (RFA) is revisited and discussed as a postmodern alternative to modernist therapeutic models and research methods that foster hegemony of a preferred therapeutic metaphor, narrative, or strategy. It encourages improvisational performance while enabling a means of scoring the change and movement of the contextual organization of communication. Here we revisit the origin of RFA, its subsequent development, and new directions it may pursue both in the domains of organizing therapeutic discourse and post hoc critical analysis.
Being an Insider Researcher while Conducting Case Study Research
Author: Unluer, Sema
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Ethics,Foreign Countries,Research Design,Research Methodology,Researchers,Case Studies,Information Technology,Educational Technology,Disabilities,Research Projects,Interviews

It is crucial for social researchers to clarify their researchers' roles, especially for those utilizing qualitative methodology to make their research credible. The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of the researcher's insider role, an instructor, occupied within case study research on the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the teaching-learning process at the School for the Handicapped (SfH) in Turkey. In this respect the author will demonstrate and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being an insider-researcher considering the researcher's role, determining the case, the aim and research questions of the study, issues of the research design, the collection and analysis of data, ethical issues and reporting the data. Each theme is discussed concerning the advantages and disadvantages of being an insider researcher. The researcher concluded that in order to conduct valid research a researcher must overcome some of the disadvantages with the help of several preventions. The results have been discussed in the light of related literature and the whole data.
My Sister, Our Stories: Exploring the Lived Experience of School Leavers through Narrative and Poetics
Author: Davis, C. Amelia
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Sibling Relationship,Social Class,Educational Experience,Adults,Females,Siblings,Dropouts,Personal Narratives,Poetry,Racial Factors,Adult Basic Education,High School Equivalency Programs

The purpose of this study was to explore the educational experiences of two adult female siblings who are both school leavers. Through the use of thematic narrative analysis, sibling narratives and poetic re-presentations, their stories were developed. These stories represent the participants' experiences of prior schooling and their current commitments to education. While each story conveyed a profound similarity in terms of prior schooling, contrasting narratives were illustrated through description of transitional moments and sibling relationship. The analysis also explored the intersections of race, gender, and social class within educative moments of the life experiences of the participants.
Qualitative Analysis Techniques for the Review of the Literature
Author: Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Componential Analysis,Video Technology,Qualitative Research,Data Analysis,Research Methodology,Comparative Analysis,Models,Grounded Theory,Mentors,Ethnography,Semantics

In this article, we provide a framework for analyzing and interpreting sources that inform a literature review or, as it is more aptly called, a research synthesis. Specifically, using Leech and Onwuegbuzie's (2007, 2008) frameworks, we delineate how the following four major source types inform research syntheses: talk, observations, drawings/photographs/videos, and documents. We identify 17 qualitative data analysis techniques that are optimal for analyzing one or more of these source types. Further, we outline the role that the following five qualitative data analysis techniques can play in the research synthesis: constant comparison analysis, domain analysis, taxonomic analysis, componential analysis, and theme analysis. We contend that our framework represents a first step in an attempt to help literature reviewers analyze and interpret literature in an optimally rigorous way. (Contains 6 tables, 1 figure, and 1 footnote.)
&quot;I Am Not the Same after My ERASMUS&quot;: A Qualitative Research
Author: Aydin, Selami
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Skills,Qualitative Research,Study Abroad,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Individual Development,Questionnaires,Group Discussion,Essays,Data Collection,Higher Education,Interviews

No data has been found about the influences of the ERASMUS program on Turkish pre-service teachers of English who participated in the ERASMUS Mobility Program. Thus, in this study the researcher aims to evaluate the ERASMUS Mobility Program regarding its contributions to the progress of Turkish pre-service teachers of English and the problems they encountered during the process. The sample group of the study consisted of 23 pre-service teachers and a background questionnaire, interviews, group discussions and essay papers were used for data collection. The results indicated that the ERASMUS process has some significant benefits to language skills and professional and personal development of the pre-service teachers of English; however, it also brings about some potential problems. Finally, some practical recommendations are noted. (Contains 1 figure.)
Interpretive and Critical Phenomenological Crime Studies: A Model Design
Author: Miner-Romanoff, Karen
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Crime,Qualitative Research,Data Analysis,Phenomenology,Criminology,Models,Program Descriptions,Data Interpretation,Juvenile Justice,Social Justice,Social Control,Critical Incidents Method,Research Methodology,Research Design,Social Change,Research Problems,Experimenter Characteristics

The critical and interpretive phenomenological approach is underutilized in the study of crime. This commentary describes this approach, guided by the question, "Why are interpretive phenomenological methods appropriate for qualitative research in criminology?" Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to describe a model of the interpretive phenomenological approach, illustrating its effectiveness in qualitative studies of criminology. The discussion illustrates the components of interpretive phenomenology approach and procedures of data analysis. These methods provide experiential data that highlight the effects of incarceration of juveniles as adults. Data can influence policymakers to reconsider criminal penalties for juveniles and toward enactment of more deterrent legislation. (Contains 4 figures.)
Work and Career Experiences of Men from Families without College Experience
Author: Woodside, Marianne
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Males,Phenomenology,Family Influence,Gender Differences,Family Work Relationship,Work Experience,Family Characteristics,Parent Background,Qualitative Research,Career Development,Influences,Parent Influence,Interviews,Work Attitudes

A dearth of research exists exploring the career and work development of adult men and the influence of family-of-origin on that development. In this qualitative study, the researchers used a phenomenological approach to examine the career and work experiences of men whose parents have no education beyond high school and the influences of family on these experiences. We describe five constituents: (a) what work is like; (b) preparation/education; (c) who or what influenced them; (d) how to act at work; and (e)challenges/opportunities/choices; and one essence: mottos from father, which articulate the meaning of the experience of work and career and the family influence on the experience. In conclusion, we provide implications for counselors working with adult men whose parents lack post-secondary education. (Contains 1 table.)
Straussian Grounded-Theory Method: An Illustration
Author: Thai, Mai Thi Thanh
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grounded Theory,Illustrations,Global Approach,Small Businesses,Qualitative Research,Interviews

This paper demonstrates the benefits and application of Straussian Grounded Theory method in conducting research in complex settings where parameters are poorly defined. It provides a detailed illustration on how this method can be used to build an internationalization theory. To be specific, this paper exposes readers to the behind-the-scene work to develop a theory on the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises based in transition economies. It describes each step from sampling to coding and then to theory formation, explaining the rationale each step of the way. The readers can therefore see how a theory took shape and develop from raw data to refined theoretical propositions/hypotheses. (Contains 4 tables and 6 figures.)
What Makes Hotel Expatriates Remain in Their Overseas Assignments: A Grounded Theory Study
Author: Ho, Zoe Ju-Yu
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research,Research Design,Grounded Theory,Housing,Overseas Employment,Persistence,Employee Attitudes,Hospitality Occupations,Cultural Differences,Cross Cultural Training,Coping,Motivation,Personality,Individual Characteristics,Work Environment,Competence,Role,Identification,Family Work Relationship,Leadership,Skills

In this study the researcher uses a qualitative research design to discover what makes hotel expatriates remain in their overseas assignments. In-depth interviews, participant observations, and personal documents are used as data collection methods. Four hotel expatriates are recruited as participants of the study. The collected interview transcripts and fieldnotes are further analyzed through the use of grounded theory. Five selective codes found as the dominant themes in this study are hotel expatriates': (a) personality characteristics, (b) motivations to work overseas, (c) challenges derived from overseas assignments, (d) competencies, and (e) roles/identities in overseas assignments. These five main themes are further analyzed and concluded with a coherent theory that explains why hotel expatriates remain in their assignments. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Getting to Grips with Bricolage: A Personal Account
Author: Wibberley, Christopher
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Research Design,Research Methodology,Graduate Students,Doctoral Dissertations,Student Research,Faculty Advisers,Supervisors,College Faculty

This paper presents a personal account of how a PhD supervisor came to an understanding of an approach to research that was unfamiliar to him. Additionally it addresses the question of what makes the approach, in this case bricolage, an acceptable format for academic work and in particular PhD study. Bricolage is a relatively little used approach to research; therefore, researchers utilizing bricolage as a research design have less exemplary texts to draw on in coming to their own understanding of this approach to research. This paper presents an account of getting to grips with bricolage as a way of undertaking research, of potential interest as an exemplar generally (and specifically in relation to bricolage) to supervisors, examiners and students alike.
Inside the Black Box: Revealing the Process in Applying a Grounded Theory Analysis
Author: Rich, Peter
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grounded Theory,Qualitative Research,Researchers,Interviews,Professional Development,Semi Structured Interviews,Models,Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Information Technology,Coding

Qualitative research methods have long set an example of rich description, in which data and researchers' hermeneutics work together to inform readers of findings in specific contexts. Among published works, insight into the analytical process is most often represented in the form of methodological propositions or research results. This paper presents a third type of qualitative report, one in which the researcher's process of coding, finding themes, and arriving at findings is the focus. Grounded theory analysis methods were applied to the interpretation of a single interview. The resulting document provides a narrative of the process one researcher followed when attempting to apply recommended methodological procedures to a single interview, providing a peek inside the black box of analysis often left unopened in final reports. (Contains 3 tables and 5 figures.)
Teacher Educators as Role Models:A Qualitative Examination of Student Teacher's and Teacher Educator's Views towards Their Roles
Author: Izadinia, Mahsa
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Student Teachers,Teacher Educators,Language Teachers,Role Models,Foreign Countries,Teacher Education,English (Second Language),Interviews,Higher Education,Beliefs,Critical Thinking

Teacher Education is considered to be the first and perhaps the most important stage in the professional development of student teachers (Wideen, Mayer-Smith, &amp; Moon, 1998) as teacher educators who work with student teachers during these programs exert significant influence on who students are and will become (Caires, 2007; Chalies, Ria, Bertone, Trohel, &amp; Durand, 2005). This article highlights the impact of language teacher educators' ideas and beliefs with regard to Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and their teaching practices on their student teachers' beliefs and perceptions about their role as language teachers. 20 Iranian language student teachers and ten teacher educators teaching at five universities in Tehran were interviewed. The interviews were coded and analyzed in order to develop themes. Considerable similarities were found between student teachers and their teacher educators in terms of their ideas and beliefs about language teaching.
The Perceived Effect of Time on HIV/AIDS Identity Incorporation
Author: Baumgartner, Lisa M.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),Transformative Learning,Age,Structured Interviews,Time,Semi Structured Interviews,Self Concept,Clinical Diagnosis,Social Influences

Individuals experience disease in a variety of contexts. In this study, I examined how the temporal context (e.g., historical time, social time, chronological age and the passage of time) affected the incorporation of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self. I used semi structured interviews to collect data from 36 individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Historical time did little to influence the initial reaction to the diagnosis. Chronological age shaped the initial reaction to the diagnosis for some participants. Social time affected immersion in the HIV/AIDS community and the passage of time influenced the integration of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self. The findings add depth to extant studies on the incorporation of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self.
The Perceived Effect of the Sociocultural Context on HIV/AIDS Identity Incorporation
Author: Baumgartner, Lisa M.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),Sexually Transmitted Diseases,Sexual Orientation,Self Concept,Social Environment,Cultural Context,Self Disclosure (Individuals),Interviews,Socioeconomic Status,Gender Differences

Contexts influence the experience of disease. In this study, I examined how the sociocultural context (e.g., race, class, gender, and sexual orientation) affected the experience of living with HIV/AIDS and the incorporation of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self. I interviewed 36 individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Findings indicate that race, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation affected access to HIV/AIDS resources and/or the disclosure of one's HIV-positive status that, in turn, influenced the integration of the HIV/AIDS identity into the self. Additional research concerning the impact of gender on the HIV/AIDS identity incorporation process is warranted.
Languages without Borders: TESOL in a Transient World
Author: Nero, Shondel
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Language Role,Educational Objectives,Language Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Ownership,Language Variation

In today's transient world, where a continual multidirectional flow of people, goods, and services has deterritorialized languages and their users, languages, especially English, are now without borders. In this context, English language teaching (ELT) as a profession is called to a new task. In this article, I examine this task by asking the fundamental question: What does/should English-language teaching and learning look like in a world of languages without borders? I discuss the changing faces of English within and beyond the field of TESOL. I argue that the spread and natural evolution of English itself, combined with the transience in the population of English-language users, have forced a reexamination of the goals of English-language learning and teaching as well as a reconceptualization of the English language itself along with sacredly held paradigms in ELT. (Contains 2 notes.)