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Arthurson, Kathy – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Recently the adoption of mindfulness or contemplative based approaches has escalated across many sectors, including in education. Proponents argue that mindfulness based teaching programs improve students' life skills, provide emotional balance, reduce stress and enhance classroom climate. To date though there is little evaluation or knowledge of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Pilot Projects, Private Schools
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Reupert, Andrea; Deppeler, Joanne M.; Sharma, Umesh – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2015
Although home-school collaborations are important for inclusive education, most studies have identified the problems experienced by parents whose children have additional special needs. The aim of this study was to present the views of Australian parents, with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, regarding what they considered to be…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Parent Attitudes
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Maheshwari, B. L.; Plunkett, M. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this article to examine key irrigation management issues and their implications for future research and extension developments. Design/Methodology/Approach: Peri-urban landscapes are important as they supply fresh fruit, vegetables, turf, ornamental plants and other farm products to the cities. In this study, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Best Practices, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering
Willoughby, Louisa – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
The heterogeneous backgrounds, languages and proficiencies students bring to the classroom have always been a key challenge facing schools that wish to implement heritage language programmes. In this article I describe the evolution of one high school's approach to heritage language education and some of the roadblocks they encountered in…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Second Language Instruction, Native Language Instruction, Language of Instruction