This thesis examines the impact of a new wonder that emerged through Iranians' travelling and observing educational progressions of advanced countries during the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. In order to analyze the wonder that affected Iran's modern philosophy of educa…
Early Childhood Care and Education in Ethiopia was revitalized after the initiatives of Education for All campaign were introduced with the intention of expanding access and improving educational opportunities to children living in disadvantaged communities. In the process of ex…
India's pledge towards universalization of elementary education by 2015 is a desirable goal. Having achieved progress towards universal accessibility to schooling, the problem of providing quality schooling through a necessary paradigm shift, is still a major challenge. This qua…
This research explores the transformative potential and effect of democratic education as an alternative to mainstream hegemonic education. It examines and compares two unique schools in two diverse communities: The one is a bilingual (Spanish and English) multicultural public e…
Scholars of religion and education have claimed the U.S. suffers from religious illiteracy. This, combined with the rise of Islamophobia in the U.S. beckons a need for more research on religious education in Social Studies classrooms. Conceptually grounded in postcolonial theory…
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selected budgetary factors, school factors and the academic achievement of third grade students in reading and mathematics. Specifically, this study was concerned with the predictability of budgetary and school fa…
Purpose: Electronic media is eliminating the barriers of time, space, and distance. Digital technology is very convenient and effective in many aspects of our lives. It changes the way we live, interact, communicate, learn, work, and even play. Technology and information technol…
As of Spring 2013, this is the first research study of its type which has looked at and analyzed the results of qualitative interviews conducted with Kurdish Iraqi students studying abroad in the government's, Mhe-HCDP, foreign study abroad program. The study looks at student's …
English language mastery is important to the academic achievement of high school students in Nigeria. As the official language of instruction in multi linguistic Nigerian schools, proficiency in English language is essential for the academic success of students in high schools. …
This study examined the way a juvenile detention center and local feeder high schools worked in conjunction with each other to educate students that are incarcerated and then transition back to their home school. The goal of this study was to determine the adequacy of the transi…
This qualitative multi-site case study explores critical aesthetic experiences in teacher education classrooms, and advocates for the inclusion of theoretical and practical knowledge of "difficult knowledge," visual culture, and critical aesthetics in the classroom. Social reali…
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to achieve an understanding of the perceptions and experiences of Israeli parents of students with severe disabilities about the involvement of parents in the IEP process. Data collection in this study involved two seque…
This qualitative study was designed to explore the phenomenon of non-standardized modern Israel education in Jewish pre-collegiate educational settings across North America. Moreover, it intended to illuminate how lack of standardization in this field could have implications for…
Due to the numerous learning adaptations, a number of faculty and graduates within higher education are experiencing advent practices of marginalization. One of these challenges students face is learning to coupe with marginalization practices that tend to arise in the classroom…
The demographics of the American K-12 student body population have changed and include a growing number of students with limited English proficiency (LEP). These students require special instruction, but the prevalence of specialized English as Second Language (ESL) teachers is …
The purpose of this study was to determine which sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) model strategies best meet the needs of Arab English language learners (ELLs). Additional research was necessary to determine necessary modifications when using the SIOP model with…
An exploration into teachers’ understandings and operationalization of Academic Language and Explicit Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction for secondary English learners. It has been established that language is at the heart of teaching and learning (Dicerbo et al., 2014),…
A leadership concern relevant in today’s public education system is the disparity of scores also known as the achievement gap between the general education population and the English Language Learner (ELL). This qualitative study addressed administrators’ perceptions of transiti…
There are three main research goals of this study. The first one is to examine the level of technology integration into teaching by Saudi university faculty members. The second goal of this study is to investigate Saudi university faculty members’ perceptions of educational tech…