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Bigby, Christine; Bould, Emma; Beadle-Brown, Julie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Research indicates the value of active support in achieving good outcomes across a number of quality of life domains for people with intellectual disabilities. However, implementation is not easy, and little research has explored why. We aimed to identify some of the factors that impact on implementation of active support in supported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability, Staff Development
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Baak, Melanie; Miller, Emily; Ziersch, Anna; Due, Clemence; Masocha, Shepard; Ziaian, Tahereh – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Refugee background young people are at increased risk of mental health problems. In countries of refugee resettlement, schools are important sites where mental health difficulties can be identified and service access facilitated; however, little is known about how best to support these practices within schools. Methods: This article…
Descriptors: Refugees, Mental Health, School Health Services, Access to Health Care
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Balasooriya, Chinthaka; di Corpo, Sophie; Hawkins, Nicholas J. – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2010
The better management of group dynamics is increasingly being recognised as crucial for the success of inquiry-based curricula. This paper explores a number of issues surrounding the management of group dynamics in collaborative learning settings in medical education at the University of New South Wales, Australia. The findings of a study…
Descriptors: Facilitators (Individuals), Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Medical Education
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Howard, Robin; Ford, Jerry – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2007
This study examined the perceptions of teacher aides regarding their roles and responsibilities in supporting senior students with special needs in mainstream secondary school settings. Fourteen teacher aides were interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide to determine their views regarding their roles and responsibilities, the challenges…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Aides, Role, Staff Development
Shore, Sue – 1991
A study addressed the ways in which classroom interaction is structured explicitly and implicitly through a teacher's questions. It examined how this was done through the questions one teacher asked in her adult literacy class and what insights could be gained for adult literacy staff development programs. The research was undertaken in mid-1990…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Class Activities