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Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Regarding Waste Management in a Grammar and a Comprehensive School in England--Results from a School Questionnaire
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Kolbe, Karin Dorina – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2015
Well-organised waste management is an essential part of sustainable development. The saving of resources and energy is everyone's concern and environmental education is vital to guarantee a sustainable lifestyle in the long run. To find out what similarities and differences in views regarding waste management exist between grammar school pupils…
Descriptors: Wastes, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Recycling
Exploring the Meaning African American Students Ascribe to Their Participation in High School Career Academies and the Challenges They Experience
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Fletcher, Edward Charles, Jr.; Cox, E. Daniel – High School Journal, 2012
Despite the historical mission of career academies to expand opportunities and engagement of minority students, particularly African American students, more recent curricular changes in the career academy model have increased the rigor of these types of programs. These new initiatives have undoubtedly resulted in a demographic shift with more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, African American Students, Minority Group Students, School Activities
An Investigation of the Role of a Teacher Evaluation System and Its Influence on Teacher Practice and Professional Growth in Four Urban High Schools
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Towe, Princess B. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the perceptions of Language Arts teachers, Mathematics teachers, and administrators in four high schools in a large urban New Jersey school district regarding a standards-based teacher evaluation system implemented in 2003 adapted and modeled on "Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching" (Danielson,…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, High Schools
Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions and Attitudes toward Career and Technical Education
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Napoleon, Larry, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Historically, divisions between academic and vocational education--what is now commonly referred to as career and technical education (CTE)--have been stark and consistent. Such divisions often create circumstances that sully the educational experience for teachers and students alike. With regard to CTE, many of these divisions stem from a lack of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Preservice Teachers
A Multi-Level Assessment of a Program to Teach Medical Students to Teach
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Blatt, Benjamin; Greenberg, Larrie – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
Few longitudinal programs exist to teach senior students (MS4s) to be teachers, nor have there been any reports of comprehensive program evaluation in this area. The primary objectives of this study were to describe our ongoing faculty development effort and to develop a multi-level program evaluation, using Dixon's model. The TALKS (Teaching and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Education, Medical Students, Program Evaluation
The Transformation of School Students' Goals and Motivation to Learn
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Sobkin, V. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
The research presented in this paper was carried out in 2002 within the framework of the Russian Academy of Education's comprehensive program "The Sociology of Education." This article is based on the materials from a sociological survey of 2,983 students in the seventh, ninth, and eleventh grades of general education schools in Moscow.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Sociology, Comprehensive Programs, Learning Motivation