Research Site Sample Clauses
Research Site. The three schools that were selected for the study are different in terms of their internal governance. The first school (S1) is a public mainstream school, running the national curriculum as it is. The second school (S2), is a private school that runs its own curriculum, but the curriculum is based on the national standard curriculum. School S3 is a school that is funded by the government, but is allowed autonomy in terms of curriculum and some flexibility in relation to standards. The system of S3 is similar to grammar schools in the UK or charter schools in the US. Since my research is about teacher autonomy, I found it reasonable to have teachers participate from different types of schools, so that I could compare how teachers with different institutional autonomy perceive their individual service autonomy.
Research Site. Unless Licensor and Licensee otherwise agree in writing, Licensee shall maintain a facility in reasonable geographic proximity to Licensor or Long Island, New York (i.e., approximately 10-15 miles from Licensor) until [ * ]. Licensee further agrees that [ * ].
Research Site. The site selected for this study is the province of West Java, and more in particular the Bandung region. West Java has probably more than any other province in Indonesia been confronted with social-environmental problems caused by land acquisition and land use in the name of development.41 As the national capital's hinterland, West Java must buttress Jakarta’s expansion and growth as a megapolitan city.42 In return, West Java is supposed to enjoy the trickle-down benefit of Jakarta’s growth, but at the same time it is extremely vulnerable to the negative effects of governmental mismanagement of land use. Pressure on land in West Java is extremely high if we consider its rate of urbanization and population density. Data compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics (Biro/Badan Pusat Statistik) reveal that West Java, covering an area of 34, 736 km² and providing homes to 39,960,869 41 Surono, head of the Subdit Mitigasi Bencana Geologi Direktorat Vulkanologi xxx Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (DVMBG) has been quoted as saying that in 2005 West Java province suffered most natural and man made disasters from all provinces in Indonesia. He added that policy and land use conversion aggravates the probability of man made disaster. Jabar, Kawasan Paling Rawan Bencana Longsor: Musibah Terbesar Terjadi di TPA Leuwigajah, (Pikiran Rakyat, 30 December 2005). But this is not to belittle the fact that other areas have also borne the social and environmental cost of land acquisition and utilization justified in the name of development. 42 Sri Hartati Samhadi, “Dilema Megapolitan”, (Kompas, 17 February 2007): 33. people, with an average of 1,074 people/km² is the most densely populated province in the country after Jakarta.43 Bandung, the capital city of West Java, like Jakarta, expands into the surrounding areas, putting similar pressure on the existing patterns of land use. The first case study looks specifically at West Java Province and Bandung municipality and how these different levels of government have dealt with spatial planning in an unstable and quickly evolving legal and political context. This reveals much about the difficulties in formulating a working and dependable spatial plan. The choice for looking at both levels of government allows me to demonstrate what working relationship exists between them and how this influences legal and policy formulation of spatial management. The second case study is situated in Punclut, North Bandung. Control of this area, offic...
Research Site. The study was conducted in the one mainstream secondary school in the southeastern part of Kazakhstan. It is one of the 30 schools in the country that is considered to provide inclusive education. By the definition of the school, inclusion is enrolling students to receive an education despite their physiological or mental disabilities if they legally live in the designated area or was sent from the special institutions to be educated under special conditions and attention of the professional teachers experienced teaching in inclusive settings. All students either study in one classroom according to their grade level, or are sent to a special class in the same school if the severity of disability does not allow to study with the rest of the students. The school is following the state curriculum and there are no special criteria to be enrolled in the school. The school was recently reconstructed to create more accommodation for students with special needs.
Research Site. As secondary analysis was applied to the 2018 PISA data, therefore there is no specific study site. In fact, a multi-stage cluster sampling design was used for sampling schools in Kazakhstan. Schools, and, subsequently students, therefore, were drawn from urban and rural areas across the country (Xxxxxxxxxx, 2018). Thus, this study takes into account the vast majority of schools in the territory of Kazakhstan and reflects a representative sample of 15-year-old students.
Research Site. The research took place at Kyzylorda NIS school for gifted and talented children since I work in this school as an English teacher and am familiar with the issue of gifted underachievers in this site. Furthermore, I was interested in the school's peculiarities in working with gifted students, since I passed the training of the gifted program developed by the NIS system myself. Moreover, it is more likely that the teachers of this particular school have relevant experience working with gifted students and deal in everyday practice with gifted underachievers. Finally, even though the school has selected a community of gifted students, there were still students who struggled academically and performed below expectations, and school administration and teachers paid special interest in finding effective ways to reverse underachievement patterns.
Research Site. This section explains the choice of the research site. The study was conducted in the current workplace of the researcher in order to study her own school. Xxxxxx calls this research “backyard research” (2011). According to Xxxxxx (2011), currently novice researchers often choose “backyard research” (p. 41) as this provides the researcher with relatively easy access to a site. Conducting research within the researcher’s own school context is useful for the professional development of the researcher as he/she studies his/her own professional context (Glesne, 2011). Such sites are often called convenience sites because access to the site is easier and access to participants can occur efficiently (Xxxxxxxx, 2012). The research site of this study was one NIS school in Kazakhstan. Teachers of this school are mostly encouraged to work collaboratively by NIS school teacher’s attestation rules (2016) in order to grow professionally and therefore they are more engaged in collaborative activities. This means that these teachers are able to think and reflect on the topic that the researcher was interested in. According to competence requirements for teacher attestation, teachers are supposed to collaborate for professional learning (Attestation Rules of NIS teachers, 2016). This also introduced potential research biases which were managed in the data analysis process and will be discussed in the section on the measures of research quality below. According to Xxxxxx (2011), a researcher needs to get official agreement on gaining access to the proposed research site (p. 58). The Principal of the school where the research took place received a Letter of Invitation (Appendix 1) to request access to teachers at the school to participate in this study. This letter consisted of brief information about the study such as: aim of the research, significance of the research, plans and methods. The principal gave a verbal agreement to conduct the research in the school.
Research Site. The data for the current study was obtained at two single-gender schools in Kazakhstan. These schools were for students that were considered to be high achieving students, and were located in one large urban city in Kazakhstan. The researcher has chosen single-gender schools as research sites because the context and educational process, social class background, and academic ability of students, typically differ between single-gender and coeducational settings (Xxxxxx et al. 1996). Moreover, Xxxxxx (2010) stated that gender differences influence the way students learn and the researcher attributed this to the achievement gap between male and female students. According to the findings of a previous study, single-gender education from teachers' perspectives had a positive impact on the students' academic achievements (Xxxxx, 2015). Taking into account differences between gender and school settings and relying on other research studies conducted in this field single-gender schools were chosen to be a relevant research site.
Research Site. The chosen school is a private school in central Kazakhstan that runs a flexible curriculum relying upon the national standard curriculum. Since my research is about teacher professionalism, I found it reasonable to have teachers from a school that has been providing value-based education for over 30 years. A distinctive feature of this school is that it has two sectors: an elementary school that serves grades 1-6, the language of instruction is Kazakh. There is also an in-depth study of the English language. Grades 7 to 11 is served by the high school sector. All science subjects are taught in English. As I have worked at this school, I knew that it places huge emphasis on teachers' professionalism and promotion of values such as autonomy, integrity, justice, fairness, ethical and moral disposition, excellence, and high standards for professional pursuits. Therefore I decided to select this school as my research site (see Appendix 2 for permission letter).
Research Site. There is no single research site for this research since the participants were recruited through snowball sampling and represent different parts of Kazakhstan. For the purpose of offline interviews, the researcher rented an office or conference room in coworking areas to provide a convenient atmosphere and confidentiality. For online interviews Zoom platform was used.