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Jane Townsend; Mike Brown – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2023
This article outlines the development of a leadership programme for senior students involved in co-leading a Year 9 cross-curricula "Festival of Learning" known as Hui Taurima. The focus is on the Maori student leaders' perspectives of a place-responsive approach to developing leadership that drew on the expertise of school staff, mana…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Student Leadership, Grade 8
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Loader, Rebecca; Hughes, Joanne; Petroska-Beshka, Violeta; Tomovska Misoska, Ana – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2018
Transferring education policy from one country to another, or between supranational bodies and national administrations, is common practice, and the potential benefits for educational quality and standards are evident. Despite these advantages, the dominant approaches to policy transfer have been criticized for, among other things, neglecting…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnic Groups, Religious Factors
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Kolpin, Thierry; Shoemaker, Emily; Cosenza, Michael; Allen, Jacquelyn; Cary, Cindy; Ensey, Patricia; McCambridge, Michael; Morris, Judy; Trotter, Janet – School-University Partnerships, 2015
Two universities and their prospective partnership schools collected data to help ascertain the perceived readiness of school-university Professional Development School (PDS) partnerships. The measurement tool, ''The Professional Development School Exploration and Assessment'' (PDSEA) includes a five-step process that makes use of survey and focus…
Descriptors: Readiness, Performance Factors, Sustainability, Program Development
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Dotterer, Aryn M.; Iruka, Iheoma U.; Pungello, Elizabeth – Family Relations, 2012
This study examined the link between socioeconomic status (SES) and school readiness, testing whether parenting (maternal sensitivity and negative behavior/intrusiveness) and financial stress mediated this association and if race moderated these paths. Participants included 164 mother-child dyads from African American and European American…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, School Readiness, Parent Child Relationship, African Americans
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Gerena, Linda – Urban Education, 2011
In an attempt to operationalize an equitable educational program, a dual immersion program was established. After 2 years of field observations, a series of focus group interviews was conducted to examine the perceptions and viewpoints of parents whose children had participated in the program for 2 years. These interviews offered parents an…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Focus Groups, Interviews, Cultural Context
Carr, Margaret; Peters, Sally; Davis, Keryn; Bartlett, Claire; Bashford, Nadine; Berry, Paula; Greenslade, Susie; Molloy, Sue; O'Connor, Nikki; Simpson, Mere; Smith, Yvonne; Williams, Tina; Wilson-Tukaki, Andrea – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2008
The overarching aim of this research in the proposal was the following: In a number of early childhood centres and early years school classrooms that have already begun to explore in this area, to investigate effective pedagogy designed to develop five learning competencies over time. This project was developed in response to curriculum reform in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Government Role, Educational Policy