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O'Brien, Mia; Blue, Levon – Educational Action Research, 2018
Students flourish by having positive learning experiences at school. Here we describe an action research study undertaken in an Australian primary school that was intended to promote the development of students' positive learning identities and resources. We partnered with classroom teachers to devise pedagogical practices that explicitly targeted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Identification (Psychology), Student Development
Lopez, Alexandra – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study focused on discovering what instructors' experiences help elementary school students develop not only academically but also socially. This qualitative multiple case study method was guided by Yin, and the purpose of the study was to investigate effective instruction strategies from the perspective of instructors who worked in an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Student Development, Qualitative Research
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Gazdula, Joe; Atkin, Chris – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
This article investigates the learning and academic attainment of undergraduate education students on enterprise placement projects in a longitudinal mixed-methods study. By observing the placement learning and analysing previous and subsequent attainment of a second- and third-year group it adds to the ontology of purpose for enterprise in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Mixed Methods Research, Praxis
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Frantz, J. M. – South African Journal of Education, 2015
Peer-led health promotion strategies in schools have been found to be effective in promoting healthy behaviours amongst youth. This study aimed to evaluate the views of the peer educators in implementing a health education programme using a qualitative approach. Informal discussions and eight in-depth interviews were used to explore the views of…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
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Lu, Jinjin; Liu, Yingliang – English Language Teaching, 2016
Enhancing students' learning autonomy has been emphasized in the current round of English curriculum reforms by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in China. The initial aim of the new guidelines was developed to enhance students' English proficiency to better fulfil their basic education (Nine-year compulsory education). However, up until now, very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), English Curriculum
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Hambacher, Elyse; Bondy, Elizabeth – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
This article draws on the literature on effective African American teachers of African American students to investigate the enactments of culturally relevant critical teacher care (CRCTC) in two fifth-grade teachers' (one White and one Black) classrooms in a large, urban school district. Using interview and observation data, the findings…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, African American Teachers, African American Students, Grade 5
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Vasquez, Sarah – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2016
Parent involvement has been shown to be one of the keys to student educational success, their ability to perform at a high level and persevere. The latest government statistics reveal that 53 million Hispanics now reside in the United States and 75 % of this population speaks Spanish at home [Cooper, M. (2014). "Hispanics in America and in…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Fathers, Parent Participation, Ethnography
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Simpson Steele, Jamie – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2016
Pomaika'i Elementary School has answered a call to improve education by providing content instruction through the arts. How does school wide arts integration in an elementary setting support students as they transition to middle school? This bounded case study examines the experiences of eight families through a series of interviews with students,…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Art Education, Integrated Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum
Cushman, Kathleen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
The author interviewed hundreds of adolescents about what makes them interested in learning, in and out of school. The result is a formula hinging on creating eight conditions that spur kids to take active, motivated roles in their own learning.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interviews, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes
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Yildizhan, Yusuf Hayri – European Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The objective of this study is to examine the teacher and parent views on the instruction of 5th grade students by branch teachers. This study is designed according to the phenomenology design and uses qualitative data. In order to collect data, open-ended questions were asked to 18 teachers and 16 parents of 5th grade students on the subject, and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Phenomenology
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Caspi, Shai; Sfard, Anna – PNA, 2012
Taking as a point of departure the vision of school algebra as a formalized meta-discourse of arithmetic, we have been following six pairs of 7th-grade students (12-13 years old) as they gradually modify their spontaneous meta-arithmetic toward the "official" algebraic form of talk. In this paper we take a look at the very beginning of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Grade 7, Achievement Gains
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Conway, Colleen; Edgar, Scott; Hansen, Erin; Palmer, C. Michael – Music Education Research, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of seven music educators who conducted teacher research in their classrooms and to document whether the teachers and the local school district considered the project as professional development. Research questions included: (1) How do these music educators describe the experience of planning…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music Education, Teacher Researchers, Faculty Development
Waterman, Bradford H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study describes teachers' experiences of success and failure in teaching through interviews. The analytical framework for this study was based on Activity Theory (Leon'tev, 1978), and the research methods were developed by Herzberg et al. (1959). The inclusion of factors identified by Seligman (2006) and Maslach (1982) allowed for…
Descriptors: Interviews, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Elementary School Teachers
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Deaton, Cynthia C. Minchew; Deaton, Benjamin; Koballa, Thomas – Action in Teacher Education, 2014
This multiple case study examined the reflections of elementary teachers as they taught science to English language learners (ELLs). The six participants in this study developed explanations about their science teaching with ELLs as they engaged in reflective practice using video-based tools during a professional development experience. Open…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Reflection, Science Instruction, Educational Practices
Saunders, Stephen Allan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The lack of academic success by American adolescents has been of grave concern for both researchers and practitioners for many decades. While many American adolescents struggle in school, some students are at a greater risk than their peers based on personal characteristics such as race, socioeconomic status, and motivation. The low levels of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, At Risk Students, Adolescents, Middle School Students
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