This qualitative case study sought to gain deeper understanding of the role the writing process approach played in developing the writing ability of five fifth grade Saudi Arabian students when writing in English as a second language. The study extended for five months in a Midw…
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This research was conducted to profile the attitudes of elementary school teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia toward the inclusion of children with autism in public education. The study consisted of 11 independent variables, including gender, citizenship, age, marital status, level…
The purpose of this study was to examine the Arkansas K-4 grade elementary art teachers' attitudes toward the four foundational disciplines of discipline-based art education (DBAE), art making/studio art, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism, to determine their acceptance …
This essay seeks to understand the Ethiopian condition and to place the education policy debate within the social capital/social cohesion conceptual frame. The goal is to prescribe a macro education strategy that is responsive to local needs and external pressures, and one that …
This study examined perceptions of Arab American parents of children with special needs regarding communication with the school and professionals who work with their children. The Arab American parents were both foreign-born and born in the United States and had students with sp…
Virtually from the outset of the 1978-79 Islamic Revolution in Iran, scholars began to study the event from different social, political and economic angles. Yet, the rapid speed of the Revolution, its predominantly Islamic character, and the numerous changes that have occurred d…
This study analyzed the development of elementary teacher training during the late Ottoman era and establishment years of the Turkish Republic. Historical and political aspects of the elementary teacher training institutions, including the Village Institutions movement were cons…
The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe Turkish teachers' self reported perceptions regarding textbook adaptation strategies. Another purpose of this study was to determine the match between the textbook and the students' reading levels. In order to determine t…
dots nations are more often the consequence of setting-up a state than they are its foundation.\sp1 vskip9pt In 1923 the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed. Its leaders, who conceived of a unique entity following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its defeat in World War I, e…
The primary purposes of the study was to examine (a) Turkish elementary teachers' beliefs towards teaching writing and their instructional practices, (b) how these beliefs and practices reflect or ignore aspects of the process approach to writing, and (c) what factors affects te…
In the present study we investigated the relative importance of phonological and orthographic skills in Persian children's reading and spelling development. Persian has a mixed orthography that allows one to study within one language characteristics typically found in shallow or…
Global environmental events are becoming increasingly important, because most of them enter our daily lives and somehow shape our everyday activities. Earthquakes are one of the most important environmental events affecting our life. Despite extensive media coverage, the public'…
The development of a general theory of spelling requires investigation across different orthographies and populations. However, research on early spelling development has teen mainly conducted in English, Spanish, and German, and has mostly focused on monolinguals. Thus, there i…
This is an evaluation of a portion of a project called the Basic Education Project (BEP). BEP is a large project to improve Turkish elementary education. The project includes many different purposes from physical refurbishment of school buildings, to reducing class sizes. This p…
Teacher burnout is an important issue that needs to be understood in the educational environment. This study examines the burnout of general education teachers in inclusion settings, what may influence burnout, and the relationship between burnout and classroom and teacher facto…
This study examines the Turkish elementary pre-service teachers' beliefs about learning and teaching, their preferences concerning instructional practices, and the differences between elementary pre-service teachers in terms of beliefs about teaching, learning and instructional …
Integration of Greek, Italian, and Turkish immigrant guestworker children into West German society is a major problem requiring investigation. In the past, efforts to integrate these children have been placed solely with the schools. Now the family is seen as the focus for inter…
This research attempts to shed light on how the State sustains and perpetuates the gender-based disparities in education leading to inequitable social outcomes. Its purpose is to examine the role of Turkish education policies and practices in formal and non-formal education in c…
Four case studies in two American and two Turkish science methods classrooms were conducted to investigate the changes in preservice elementary teachers' personal science teaching efficacy (PSTE) beliefs during their course periods. The findings indicated that while Turkish pres…