ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Why Fix Something That Is Not Broken? The Implementation of School Choice Policy and Parental Attitudes towards Equality and Uniformity of Comprehensive School System in Finland
Author: Silvennoinen, Heikki
Date: 2015-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,School Choice,Parent Attitudes,Educational Policy,Equal Education,Socioeconomic Status,Educational Attainment,Parent Background

In Finland, the pupil bodies of schools consisting of children living in the nearby area (school district) has been a central principle ever since the founding of the 'folk school' network in the 1890s. Children were allocated to schools on the basis of residence. This policy was changed in the mid 1990's and the free school choice was introduced in Finland. Although a major change in the school policy the opening of the school choice was not much discussed in the public or in the parliament. It was introduced by a promise to give parents more freedom, to better respond to the needs of the talented pupils, and to bring forth more high quality schools. The evaluation of possible unintended consequences on equality was neglected. In this article we ask: How the socio-economic position of the family is related to the school choice of the child? What is the role of socioeconomic status and educational level of parents in explaining the differences in attitudes towards the uniformity of comprehensive school system, and what, in turn, is the role of parental attitudes in explaining the school choice? To answer these questions we analyse large survey data collected in five biggest cities in Finland in spring 2012 (n=2 617). We conclude that school choice in Finland is particularly exercised by highly educated families whose children do well in school. Of the single factors the most predictive indicator of exercising the choice is the child's average of latest report card, but also variables indicating socio-economic background strongly predict the parental choice.
Quality of Services with Respect to Their Unique Characteristics -- The Field of Education
Author: Madzik, Peter
Date: 2015-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Educational Quality,Student Attitudes,Personality Development,Student Satisfaction,College Faculty,Teacher Influence,Foreign Countries,College Graduates

Services have various unique characteristics compared to other types of products. Any approach to quality control of services must respect and be based on these unique characteristics. In addition to the often mentioned four major characteristics of services -- intangibility, variability, inseparability and perishability, some authors also mention other unique characteristics -- &quot;customer as input and co-producer of service&quot; among them. According to available sources, the relation between four major characteristics of services and problems of quality was proved, but research concerned with the &quot;customer as input and co-producer of service&quot; characteristic is rare. However, in the case of university education, the characteristic &quot;customer as input and co-producer of service&quot; is of key importance. This article uses statistical analysis of survey results in order to prove the validity and importance of this unique characteristic for the field of university education. Research results are based on the evaluation of an enquiry action (questionnaire) in which a total of 243 responses from the graduates of the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics of the University of Žilina in Žilina were processed.
The Values Dimension of Quality Teachers: Can We Prepare Pre-Service Teachers for This?
Author: Curtis, Elizabeth
Date: 2015-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Values Education,Teacher Effectiveness,Preservice Teachers,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teacher Education,Thinking Skills,Academic Achievement,Well Being,Teaching Methods,Philosophy

The idea of teacher quality is at the forefront of educational debates and research globally. A teacher for the 21st Century must be equipped with a sophisticated range of skills and capabilities, but it must go beyond knowledge, understanding and skills, to include effective dispositions, strong student/teacher relationships, communicative capacity, empathic character and self-awareness. Teacher quality encompasses many aspects, including skills, knowledge, attitudes, dispositions and values. This paper reports on a qualitative case study conducted with pre-service teachers in a Faculty of Education in an Australian university. One of the findings of the study points to the benefits of pre-service teachers engaging in an explicit values-based pedagogy. Through their engagement with such pedagogy, in this case Philosophy in the Classroom, the participants became more aware of the values dimension of quality teaching. If teachers are better prepared in the values dimension of teaching, this will make them more holistic quality teachers which will in turn positively impact upon student achievement and well-being.
The Brandeis Science Posse: Using the Group Model to Retain Students in the Sciences
Author: Epstein, Irv
Date: 2015-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Disproportionate Representation,STEM Education,Student Recruitment,College School Cooperation,Academic Persistence,Resilience (Psychology),Self Evaluation (Individuals),Success,Student Attitudes,Minority Group Students,Race,School Holding Power,College Science,Low Income Students,First Generation College Students,Competition,Gender Differences,Study Habits,Summer Programs,Private Colleges,Research Universities,Grade Point Average,Career Readiness,Science Achievement,Scholarships,High School Seniors,Study Skills

For the past five years, the Brandeis Science Posse program has recruited and retained students from underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines. In collaboration with the Posse Foundation, we have facilitated the formation of a close-knit, mutually supportive learning community, or a &quot;science posse&quot; for sixty students from New York City public high schools. We have investigated how resilience has impacted retention of Science Posse Scholars in STEM fields. We have found that Science Posse Scholars have multiple criteria by which they evaluate personal success and that an upward trajectory over their STEM career leads to their overall resilience. Helping students articulate and define personal perceptions of success throughout their academic career may help retain them in STEM fields.
Comparison of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Practices Used Globally
Author: Carter, Shani D.
Date: 2019-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Outcomes Assessment,College Students,Comparative Analysis,Evaluation Methods,Foreign Countries,Educational Research,Journal Articles

Student learning outcomes assessment examines whether programs cover the material stated in their learning goals, whether students are learning the material, and the impact on student retention, graduation, post-graduation outcomes, and institutional accreditation, with the aim of providing faculty with data that can be used to help programs evolve or improve. While there is a plethora of research regarding effective methods of assessment used in the United States, little has been written regarding cross-national comparisons of assessment methodologies. This paper examines the current state of assessment in several nations and regions, and draws parallels in practices across countries. A literature search using the term &quot;outcomes assessment&quot; yielded 228 articles, of which, only 35 described practices outside the United States. Generally, searches on the terms &quot;outcomes assessment&quot; and &quot;global&quot; tend to return studies of outcomes assessment of teaching about global issues as it is practiced in the United States, rather than results about outcomes assessment practices used in other countries.
Towards to an Education for Citizenship: Case of a Learning Experience in a Business School
Author: Kruel, Alexandra Jochims
Date: 2015-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Citizenship Education,Learning Experience,Business Schools,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries,Citizenship

It was perceived by the authors that their Business undergraduate students have crescent difficulties to understand themselves as part of the society and its needs, as to give attention to social problems as their problems: the students are thinking and acting in a displaced form, far away from their territories and its social dynamics. Thus, the author proposed to work from a social perspective over a semester in three disciplines named Marketing Research, Entrepreneurship and Organizational Experiences. The work involved different activities: reading and critical analysis of academic and everyday texts, images and sounds; creativity exercises; presentations of realistic problem situations, in order to identify causes and consequences, generate decision-making, planning interventions and ways of evaluating actions and results. The activities generated discussions about public safety, environmental sustainability, drug trafficking, social and environmental vulnerability. The authors believe that this work brought more and better reflections about the social reality around the students and give them capabilities to propose, plan and evaluate interventions.
Equity, Diversity and Internationalization in Indigenous and Intercultural Higher Education in Latin America
Author: Aupetit, Sylvie Didou
Date: 2015-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Equal Education,Student Diversity,Culturally Relevant Education,Indigenous Populations,Student Needs,Access to Education,Social Bias,Minority Group Students,Social Responsibility,Higher Education,Scholarships

A central innovation in Latin America with regard to higher education consisted in the opening of institutions and programs of higher education aimed at vulnerable populations due to insufficient income, restricted access to welfare services and/or ethnic origin. In this paper, we will analyze questions raised by the education of young native people by intercultural, indigenous and conventional institutions and the role of international organisms in their promotion at regional level. We will examine programs aimed at the redistribution of opportunities and the biases involved not only in their establishment and consolidation but also in their interaction with local, national and international organizations located in the field of indigenous higher education. After analyzing the context and the components of relevant initiatives, we will present some results of interviews conducted with some 80 indigenous graduates in Mexico in order to identify the issues linked, from the perspective of the beneficiaries, with their training paths, their professional and existential trajectories as well as their ethnic commitments.
Enhancing Motivation to Learn among Arab Preservice Teachers in Arab and Mixed Colleges
Author: Jarjoura, Basma
Date: 2015-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Arabs,Self Determination,College Students,Student Motivation,Personal Autonomy,Semitic Languages,Language Fluency,College Choice,Special Education,Student Attitudes,Relevance (Education),Competence,Program Evaluation,Foreign Countries,Theories,Student Characteristics,Preservice Teachers,Institutional Characteristics,Jews,Teacher Education Programs

This ongoing research attempts to get insights on the Arab pre-service teachers' motivation to learn from a self-determination theory (SDT) perspective, and shed light on what is happening within the confines of the Arab colleges and mixed colleges - pedagogically and socially. The theoretical model consists of two levels: a. a micro level in which the effect of each of the following variables on students' autonomous and controlled motivation was examined in each college type separately: socio-demographic characteristics, Hebrew fluency, students' choices of college type and Special Education Department (CCSE), autonomy support, relatedness, competence, program evaluation and attitudes toward teaching, and b. a macro level in which the effect of the college type on the relationship between all the above variables and the two types of motivation was examined. The present paper combines both the micro and macro-levels in order to provide a thorough analysis the determinants of students' motivation and examine issues that have not received enough attention. For this purpose, quantitative approach was used. Finally, the present study's intermediate results could assist in designing effective policy guidelines to the pedagogical supervisors and policy makers.
Restructuring Teacher Education in the United States: Finding the Tipping Point
Author: Bales, Barbara L.
Date: 2015-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Change,Teacher Education,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Evaluation,Educational Policy,Federal State Relationship,Teacher Certification,Academic Standards,Preservice Teachers,Performance Based Assessment,Faculty Development,Principals,Common Core State Standards,Elementary Secondary Education,Accountability,Policy Formation,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Higher Education,Federal Aid,Academic Achievement,Educational Objectives,Federal Programs,Educational History

In the United States, as public demands for quality teachers have escalated, there has been a corresponding increase in national policy efforts to tie the standards of student success to teacher preparation, licensing, and evaluation. This conceptual paper examines how national authorities used specific policy tools to usurp the state's responsibility to ensure quality teaching practices in local schools. A discussion of policy problems and instruments grounds the analysis of teacher education policy activity since 1992. The &quot;tipping point&quot; theory is used to understand how this change in authority. Recommendations for future teacher education research and policy-making are shared.
Is Liberal Education Valuable? Undergraduate Students Raise Their Opinions
Author: Dominguez, Hilda Patino
Date: 2015-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: General Education,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Opinions,Foreign Countries,Humanism,College Instruction,Student Surveys,Humanistic Education

This exploratory qualitative study focused on the free responses that undergraduate students gave to the question: &quot;Should have learned something valuable in this course, what was it?&quot;. This question is part of a survey that intended to obtain the views of the students on courses of humanistic character as part of their college education. Knowing what students think has been a constant concern to the Iberoamerican University, which academic plans include four humanistic courses for all careers. The courses' purpose is to contribute to the integral/liberal education of students. There were collected 4625 valid student responses during the spring and autumn periods 2010 and spring 2011, covering the entire population given at that time. For the data analysis a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative analysis) was used. The research offers a way of understanding liberal/ humanistic education courses from the perspective of the students and challenge college professors to look for different alternatives to promote meaningful learning.
Determination of ICT Competencies of Visual Arts Teachers at the Universidad Del Atlántico--Virtual and Distance Education
Author: Lobo, Giovanni Polifroni
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Technological Literacy,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Distance Education,Teacher Attitudes,Visual Arts,Art Education,College Faculty,Teacher Competencies,Training,Faculty Development

The purpose of this research is to determine the ICT Competencies of Visual Arts teachers at University of Atlántico for Distance and Virtual Education. We also want to know what their perception is about the use of virtual learning environments in their educational work. This project will help teachers to go further in the generation of knowledge in order to develop new teaching skills with educational impact, so that students can learn through the appropriate use of ICT. Once the teachers are aware of their own ICT profile as they teach Visual Arts at the Fine Arts program at the Faculty of Fine Arts, they will be able to create new policies that support the appropriate use of technologies, as well as to create pedagogical models based on constructivist learning trends.
Collaboration of Parents and Care Professionals in Cases of Children Placed in Residential Care Homes -- Parental Perspective
Author: Pavel, Jana Rapuš
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperative Planning,Parents,Caregivers,Residential Care,Parent Attitudes,Interpersonal Relationship,Trust (Psychology),Children,Foreign Countries,Teamwork,Youth,Behavior Disorders

The paradigm of residential child care, providing education and care for children outside the family is changing worldwide. The emphasis is shifting from a narrow child-focused approach to a more child-and-family centred one, foregrounding the quality of collaboration between parents and everyone involved in the child's care. Several Slovenian studies draw attention to the difficulties of maintaining a collaborative partnership with parents that is based on trust and contact. We introduce the findings of a qualitative research study that included 32 individuals with children in different residential care homes throughout Slovenia. The aim of the study was to analyze the experiences and needs of the parents that could contribute to a better collaboration with the care professionals. The findings show that the parents emphasized the following as important for good collaboration: communication and dialogue, being informed, included and accepted as an important part of the team.
Exploring Teacher Candidates&apos; Views on Educational Reform
Author: Taneri, Pervin Oya
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Change,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Consciousness Raising,Teacher Certification,Influence of Technology,Educational Benefits,Politics of Education,Commercialization,Teacher Education Programs,Compulsory Education,Secondary School Teachers,Technological Advancement,Foreign Countries

The continuation and success of educational reforms need teachers' awareness on those reforms. When the people do not understand educational reforms, vital educational reforms will fail to get approved or be implemented. The present study was an attempt to explore the teacher candidates' views on educational reform. 36 prospective teachers participated in this study. The data were collected in the 2014-2015 academic year by using semi-structured interviews. The findings of this study revealed that the majority of prospective teachers are not familiar with the reasons of recent educational reform. A significant majority of the respondents had the view that the Educational reforms bring little benefits and in some cases damage both the teachers and the students. The study concluded that a well-organized change is essential in teacher education programs in order to encourage teacher candidates to be involved critically in, and with, the educational system, in which they will work.
Does Ethnicity Moderate the Longitudinal Change in Adolescent Educational Expectations for University Study between Ages 14-16? Understanding Differences among White, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean Pupils in England
Author: Tzanakis, Michael
Date: 2015-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethnicity,Longitudinal Studies,Adolescents,Student Attitudes,Expectation,Differences,Foreign Countries,White Students,Indians,Blacks,Minority Group Students,Ethnic Groups

Previous research has established that adolescent educational expectations for university study differ widely across UK ethnic minorities. This quantitative study explores change in expectations over time and across UK ethnic groups in a psychometric framework using cohort panel data from waves 1-3 of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE). An autoregressive longitudinal latent variable structural equation model addresses the above research questions and enables direct tests of the assumptions of invariance, stationarity and equilibrium typically only assumed to hold in similar multi-group comparisons. Results show that pupils' educational expectations change significantly differently across ages 14-16 in the five ethnic groups reflecting moderation by maternal ethnicity. Expectations at age 14 exert important direct and indirect effects on expectations at age 16 via expectations at age 15. There is a general fall in expectations at age 15. Cross-group differences in latent means and intercepts suggest that in contrast to their white peers, minority pupils recover from this fall at age 16.
Nature of the Information Seeking Behaviour of Teachers Engaged in General Degree Colleges and Teachers' Training Colleges: A Critical Analysis
Author: Kundu, Dipak Kumar
Date: 2015-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Seeking,Teacher Behavior,Foreign Countries,Information Retrieval,Information Sources,Electronic Publishing,Teacher Attitudes,Academic Libraries,Internet,Information Needs,Technological Literacy,Teacher Educators,College Faculty,Incidence,Preferences,Search Engines,Library Role,Librarian Teacher Cooperation,General Education,Information Utilization

The nature of the information seeking behaviour of the teachers engaged in General Degree Colleges and Teachers' Training Colleges affiliated to West Bengal State University, India, is critically analysed in the present study. The descriptive analysis is based on well structured, close-ended questionnaires which were distributed among 450 teachers. 408 of them responded from whom 376 work in General Degree Colleges and 32 in Teachers' Training Colleges. The analysis of the data shows that teachers still depend mainly on printed documents, but a changing attitude is taking place in the current ICT environment as they also start to depend on electronic documents for meeting their information needs. This paper also explores the sources used by the teachers of both groups for research activities, focusing on the variability in the use of such sources of information. Additionally, this study reveals the attitudes of the teachers towards the services provided by the libraries. It is recommended that the college libraries are restructured with internet facilities and sufficient resources, in order to meet the information needs of the college teachers. In this context, the college librarians should provide basic software training to the users, to help them access the electronic sources.