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Dyment, Janet; Morse, Marcus; Shaw, Simon; Smith, Heidi – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2014
The paper examines how outdoor education teachers in Tasmania, Australia have implemented and perceive a new pre-tertiary Outdoor Leadership curriculum document. It draws on an analysis of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 11 outdoor education teachers. The results revealed that teachers were generally welcoming of the new higher-order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Teacher Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews
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Hall, Tracey E.; Cohen, Nicole; Vue, Ge; Ganley, Patricia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
CAST created "Strategic Reader," a technology-based system blending Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) in a digital learning environment to improve reading comprehension instruction. This experimental study evaluates the effectiveness of Strategic Reader using two treatment conditions for measuring…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Education, Curriculum Based Assessment
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Conchas, Gilberto Q.; Lin, Alex R.; Oseguera, Leticia; Drake, Sean J. – Urban Education, 2015
Through a Multiple Marginality Framework, this exploratory case study highlights how African American male youth in an urban high school setting perceive the opportunity structure during the historic election of the first African American President. Youth optimism generated by Obama's election gives students a sense of hope despite the persistent…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Cultural Influences, Poverty
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Moore, Gwen – Music Education Research, 2012
Within a theoretical framework drawn from Bourdieu, this article explores the relationship between undergraduate students' experiences of music in higher education and their musical backgrounds and prior music education experiences. More critically, this study aims to discover whether ideologies surrounding musical value impact on the student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Music Education, Prior Learning
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Wallace, Carolyn S.; Priestley, Mark – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate socio-cultural factors underpinning curriculum change by examining teacher beliefs in the context of professional development. Scottish teachers in the study were participating in policy implementation based on formative assessment. Teachers were selected who were positive about the formative assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociocultural Patterns, Educational Change, Curriculum Development