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When Inquiry Is Seen as Resistance to Change: Expert Teachers' Experiences with the Implementation of Portfolio-Based Language Assessment (PBLA)
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Desyatova, Yuliya – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2020
Expert teachers' experiences with the implementation of portfolio-based language assessment (PBLA) were analyzed through the conceptual framework of critical pedagogy. Serious practitioner concerns about mandatory PBLA implementation challenged the official narrative of PBLA as a progressive change. Through a close examination of three expert…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Resistance to Change, Program Implementation, Portfolio Assessment
What Limits the Effectiveness of Antibullying Programs? A Thematic Analysis of the Perspective of Teachers
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Cunningham, Charles E.; Rimas, Heather; Mielko, Stephanie; Mapp, Cailin; Cunningham, Lesley; Buchanan, Don; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Chen, Yvonne; Deal, Ken; Marcus, Madalyn – Journal of School Violence, 2016
Prevention programs yield modest reductions in bullying in North American schools. This study explored the perspective of educators regarding factors limiting the impact of these initiatives. Transcripts from nineteen 90-min focus groups with 103 educators were coded thematically. Educators felt that off-site incidents, cyberbullying, and the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Crime Prevention, Program Effectiveness, Thematic Approach
Barriers to the Implementation of a New School-Based Alcohol Education Program.
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Sheppard, Margaret A. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1982
Discusses a new alcohol education program offered to all the school boards in Ontario, Canada. Describes what initially seemed to be a simple process that became a series of barriers to overcome. Includes recommendations for future projects. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Alcohol Education, Boards of Education, Foreign Countries
Determination of Policy Awareness and Use of Early Identification Procedures. Research Report [and] Technical Appendix.
Crawford, Patricia; And Others – 1982
The North York Board of Education established an Early Identification Committee, as directed by the Ministry of Education in 1978, to develop procedures for early identification of children's learning needs and abilities. An initial examination of how Early Identification Procedures were being received in the schools is presented, assessing the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Early Childhood Education, Early Identification, Educational Diagnosis