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Reindl, Marie-Sol; Waltz, Mitzi; Schippers, Alice – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
This study focused on parent-initiated supported living schemes in the South of the Netherlands and the ability of these living schemes to enhance participation, choice, autonomy and self-advocacy for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities through personalized planning, support and care. Based on in-depth interviews with tenants,…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Brinkel, Nico; van Rees, Floris; Ruis, Margit; Sloots, Florian – Honors in Practice, 2015
Many universities in the United States and Europe offer honors programs to meet the demands of gifted and intelligent students. One of the standard goals of these programs is to build an intellectual learning community. Establishing a community can be difficult because it requires that students show an active attitude and initiative. Many…
Descriptors: Community Development, Honors Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Huizinga, Tjark; Handelzalts, Adam; Nieveen, Nienke; Voogt, Joke M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
Teacher involvement in curriculum design has a long tradition. However, although it fosters implementation of curriculum reforms, teachers encounter various problems while designing related to conditions set for the design process, and lack the knowledge and skills needed to enact collaborative design processes. Providing support to enhance…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Teacher Participation, Expertise, Capacity Building
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Kwiek, Marek – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper focuses on a generational change taking place in the Polish academic profession: a change in behaviors and attitudes between two groups of academics. One was socialized to academia under the communist regime (1945-1989) and the other entered the profession in the post-1989 transition period. Academics of all age groups are beginning to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Productivity, Teacher Attitudes, Social Systems
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Alexiadou, Nafsika; van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Sylvia – Comparative Education, 2013
This article presents a comparative analysis of two country-specific cases. The comparative analysis is situated within the broad domain of the changing knowledge economy landscape for educational policy. The two cases examine the transfer, embedding and enactment of policies during the interactions between supranational, national, institutional…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Governance, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Knipscheer, Jeroen W.; Kleber, Rolf J. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
In this article, the authors present essential aspects of the help-seeking behavior with regard to mental health problems of Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands. Samples of citizens in the general population (n=97) and outpatients treated in mental health care facilities (n=36) were included. Data were acquired by administering a semi-structured…
Descriptors: Health Services, Self Help Programs, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health