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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsThe Dissolution of the National Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in TeachingFrank B. MurrayProblem statement: A heralded federal imitative known as The National Partnership of Excellence in Education (NPEAT), dissolved shortly after being formed. An analysis of some causes of the unexpected dissolution of NPEAT focuses on six causes (1) compromises in the initial competition for the partnership, (2) the funding mechanism as grant or contract, (3) the behavioral trap of sunk costs, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,032 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Typology to Describe School Choice Policy in the United States: Using Cluster Analysis to Categorize States’ Charter School Law CharacteristicsWilliam Dabney, Bret Blackmon, Michelle M. LivermorePersistent educational inequality in the United States has inspired various school reform efforts with states adopting a wide variety of charter school laws. This study developed a typology of state-level charter school laws. U.S. states (N = 50) were described and categorized based on characteristics of their charter school laws related to autonomy, funding equity and growth. Autonomy referred to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 19 May 2021 · 7,058 accessesView PDFCite
Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractProblematizing Fragmentation of Environment Governance in Cambodia -Revisiting Weber’s ‘Objectivity’-Taizo YokoyamaThis theoretical study problematizes fragmented policies and governances of environment in Cambodia, drawing on some case studies of decentralization policy. The analysis through extensive literature review ascribes the cause of fragmentation to international aid dependence, which allows scientists to intervene in developing governance reform and policy-making process under the name of Technical-Assistance. The nature of social science will be examined … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 30 Nov 2017 · 7,798 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Implications of Teacher Effectiveness Requirements for Initial Teacher Education ReformS. G. PretoriusProblem statement: School effectiveness research shows that teacher effectiveness is the single most important school-based factor in student success. The effects of poor teaching linger and can be measured for at least three years after students have left the classroom. It is too late to wait until secondary school level for backlogs to be eradicated. Education systems, such as the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 26 Mar 2012 · 9,481 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRole of Virtual Education in Higher Education from the View of Existence PhilosophySaeid Zarghami HamrahProblem statement: The problem of present study is to investigate the role and place of virtual education in attainment of educational goals by students which can be deduced from views by prominent existence philosophers. Approach: The research methods used are qualitative content analysis as well as practical syllogism. Results: Regarding the first goal, attending to individuality and students’ authenticity, it … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 25 Feb 2012 · 8,240 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDevelopment Model to Improve the Quality of Academic Administration: A Case StudyTawee Puengphai, Sakthai Surakitborworn, Wittaya AreeratProblem statement: Academic teaching and learning of Ban Nongkham Borkaeowittaya School were not consistent with the current change to allow students to learn in accordance with the educational reform. Students could not be developed to their full potential. Most teaching methods still revolved around the teachers and lacked the learning encouragement of students with a variety of methods. Purpose: (1) … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 27 Oct 2011 · 8,152 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTowards a Theory and View of Teaching Compressed and Abbreviated Research Methodology and Statistics CoursesJames Carifio, Lisa EriksonOne of the highly questionable effects of educational reform and other curriculum reshaping factors at both the high school, post-secondary and graduate levels has been the shift to teaching compressed, pared-down or abbreviated courses in still needed or required subject-matter that became de-emphasized in the current educational reformation. Research methodology, particularly the highly quantitative and experimental kind and statistics, are … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,760 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPROCESSES OF REFORMING TEACHER TRAINING IN MODERN RUSSIA (EXPERIENCE OF THE KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY)Kalimullin Ajdar MinimansurovichTwo main approaches to reforming teacher training are discussed in today’s educational system of Russia. One of them substantiates the need to update traditional for the Soviet time model of teacher training in colleges of education, while the other proves the possibility of a considerable improvement in quality of this process in conditions of classic universities, which in principle is … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 8 · 28 May 2014 · 6,814 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImportace of the International Council of Environmental Engineering EducationIstvan PatkoProblem statement: Due to the climatic changes and the ecological variations of the biosphere, global natural resources including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biodiversities, genetic resources and energy, radiation, electric charge and magnetism, must be safeguarded for the benefit of present and future generations through careful planning and management as appropriate. Approach: The main points of the International Council of Environmental … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 27 Mar 2012 · 7,536 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMinority Serving College and University Cost EfficienciesG. Thomas SavProblem statement: Higher education minority enrollment growth has far outstripped white non-minority growth in the United States. Minority serving colleges and universities have disproportionately attended to that growth and will continue to play a critical role in providing minority educational opportunities in a knowledge based and globally diverse economy. However, they will face new and challenging budgetary and managerial reforms … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 21 Jan 2012 · 7,843 accessesView PDFCite