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Wu, Xi – Routledge Research in Education, 2023
Xi Wu examines how national and transnational forces and discursive logic mediate international secondary school students' educational routes and life trajectories. Drawing upon an ethnographic research program involving Chinese students in a Canadian international secondary school, Wu employs Ong's notion of transnational cultural logics to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Schools, Secondary School Students, Student Experience
Jones, Stephanie M., Ed.; Lesaux, Nonie K., Ed.; Barnes, Sophie P., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2022
Children's social-emotional and self-regulation skills are critical for success in school and, ultimately, in the workplace. How can educators determine the most effective approaches for measuring students' interpersonal competencies? And how can they use the data to improve their own practice? Relevant for school leaders, educators, researchers,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Environment, Executive Function
Kerry Freedman – Teachers College Press, 2025
"Teaching Visual Culture" provides the theoretical and practical basis for developing a curriculum that lays the groundwork for art education at all levels (K-12 and higher education) and across school subjects. Drawing on material, social, cognitive, aesthetic, and curricular theories, Freedman offers a framework for teaching the visual…
Descriptors: Art Education, Aesthetics, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development
Peter Afflerbach – Guilford Press, 2025
Well established as a teaching resource and course text, this guide to the "whats," "how-tos," and "whys" of reading assessment is now in a thoroughly revised fourth edition. Peter Afflerbach succinctly introduces major types of assessments, including formative and summative performance assessments, teacher…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Reading Tests
Savva, Maria, Ed.; Nygaard, Lynn P., Ed. – UCL Press, 2021
"Becoming a Scholar" provides a window into the lives of nine non-traditional doctoral students. As mature, part-time, international students enrolled in a professional doctorate programme, they reflect on the transformation process of becoming scholars, and their narratives provide breadth and depth to themes that represent a diverse…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Student Development, Nontraditional Students, Foreign Students
Lisa J. Lucas – ASCD, 2025
Classroom teaching has many challenges, and these are compounded when you're also preparing students to navigate the world in a way that is healthy and forward-looking. But what if you could take a few minutes every day to not only help your students develop social-emotional skills, but also take stock, recenter, and reset yourself? This engaging…
Descriptors: Students, Teachers, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking
Phelan, Jay; Burnham, Terry – Princeton University Press, 2022
"The Secret Syllabus" equips students with the tools they need to succeed, revealing the unwritten rules and cultural norms and expectations not included in the official curriculum. Left to figure out on their own how the academic world works, students frequently stumble, underperform, and miss opportunities. Without mastery of the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Experience, College Students, Resilience (Psychology)
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Donna M. Velliaris, Editor – IGI Global, 2025
Higher education often involves academic challenges like course selection or financial aid navigation. Developing effective study skills, mastering time management, refining note-taking techniques, and tackling complex course content demands dedication and proactivity. However, support services such as academic skills workshops and writing centers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Academic Support Services, Student Personnel Services
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Diehl, Kathy – Journal of Dance Education, 2016
It is clear that the relationship that dancers have with the mirror, the reflected image, and the accompanying perceptions (and often, distortions) is complicated. One area that is quite complex involves the development of a student's ability to sense movement, which directly connects to other issues involving body image, self-perception,…
Descriptors: Dance, Movement Education, Dance Education, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Fishman-Weaver, Kathryn – Prufrock Press Inc., 2018
"Wholehearted Teaching of Gifted Young Women" explores the important role school communities play in supporting the social and emotional needs of high-achieving young women. Using a youth participatory action research model, this project follows 20 student researchers from high school through college. This longitudinal study leads to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Females, Social Development, Emotional Development
Witt, Peter A., Ed.; Caldwell, Linda L., Ed. – Sagamore-Venture, 2018
Out-of-school time (OST) settings are powerful contexts for youth development when programs and services are intentionally designed. "Youth Development Principles and Practices in Out-of-School Time Settings" increases the capacity of students and professionals to facilitate youths' optimal transition to adulthood through maximizing the…
Descriptors: Student Development, Adolescent Development, Youth Programs, After School Programs