Educational research

  • The impact of corporate culture on organizational performance: A research on BBC UK, Nigeria

    1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Corporate culture means the norms, values, and policies that determine how employees perceive things and behave in the workplace, as well as how they feel about themselves and others. Culture has a direct impact on brand equity, customer trust, and business performance because it reflects on daily business activities. The…

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  • Managing large class size and the effects on students’ performance

    Large classes are unlikely to disappear given the financial pressures that most institutions face in the USA (Maringe & Sing, 2014). However, large classes are associated with challenges in delivering high-quality and equitable learning opportunities (Bligh, 2002). For example, students in large classes do not have the same opportunities to interact with the teacher compared…

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  • Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy for Higher Education Classrooms

    Abstract Higher education has recently experienced an advancement in teaching and learning methods. Academics are experimenting with innovative techniques in using e-learning due to the global pandemic which has given a new dimension to classroom teaching. Hybrid teaching is becoming the new norm for classroom teaching which includes both face-to-face and online modes. Smart gadgets…

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  • Dissemination of knowledge beyond the local context

    In a learning study project, teachers are usually involved in all stages of the research process: in planning of lessons in the iterative form of the learning study, in the analysis of the pre-test and post-test of collected data, in the final stage of the experimental phase of the research process and in disseminating results…

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  • Developmental research as improved intentional educational practice

    Lesson study (Lewis, 2009) and learning study (Marton, 2015) are qualitative progressive research approaches which differently link individual’s knowledge development with individual’s personal development in the education context. In developmental research, theory and practice develops and is manifested as improved intentional practice in the research lesson (Van den Akker, 1999). Developmental educational research is symbolizing…

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  • Reinvestigating the theory and practice gap in Participatory Educational Research

    (Brydon-Miller and Maguire, 2009, p. 79) Action research according to Elliott (1978) is an open concern with the everyday practical problems experienced by teachers unlike the “theoretical problems” defined by researchers within a discipline of knowledge. When teachers are engaged in solving a practical problem, they take part in a form of practical reasoning using…

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  • A Review of Education Philosophies

    There is a dominance of a specific educational philosophy in any industrialized nation in the logic of governing and leading over its present and future dogmatic sociology [1]. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the educational philosophical implications of Idealism throughout schools in Al Ain city in the United Arab Emirates from…

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  • Cultural intelligence increases student’s innovative behavior in higher education: The mediating role of interpersonal trust

    in their paper titled “Cultural intelligence increase student’s innovative behaviour in higher education: the mediating role of interpersonal trust,” emphasized the relevance of innovative behaviour among students to develop cultural intelligence. The authors stressed the positive effect of student exchange programs and how such programs develop individual competencies in understanding cultural differences and possess essential…

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  • Data extraction and analysis

    Data extraction In this phase of the study, we extracted data on the research design (e.g., sample, data collection and analysis) as well as characteristics and context of our 57 studies (i.e., year of publication, geographic location and school level). We also identified descriptions of research use in relation to RPP interventions. For instance, Askins and…

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