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Working with "Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning" (SEAL): Associations with School Ethos, Pupil Social Experiences, Attendance, and Attainment
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Banerjee, Robin; Weare, Katherine; Farr, William – British Educational Research Journal, 2014
A programme of resources and activities relating to "Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning" (SEAL) has been rolled out nationally to primary and secondary schools in the UK, but we know little about how variations in the implementation of this work relate to key indicators of school success. In the present study, a team of experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Program Implementation
From Policy to Practice: The Challenges of Providing High Quality Physical Education and School Sport Faced by Head Teachers within Primary Schools
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Rainer, Paul; Cropley, Brendan; Jarvis, Stuart; Griffiths, Rob – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2012
Background: Despite considerable investment in UK government initiatives (e.g., the Physical Education School Sport [PESS] plan) aimed at improving the delivery and quality of physical education (PE) in primary schools, many remaining problems have been highlighted (e.g., facilities; staff training). It is suggested that the head teacher (school…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Research Design, Physical Education, Administrator Attitudes
Cooperative Learning in Science: Intervention in the Secondary School
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Topping, K. J.; Thurston, A.; Tolmie, A.; Christie, D.; Murray, P.; Karagiannidou, E. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2011
The use of cooperative learning in secondary school is reported--an area of considerable concern given attempts to make secondary schools more interactive and gain higher recruitment to university science courses. In this study the intervention group was 259 pupils aged 12-14 years in nine secondary schools, taught by 12 self-selected teachers.…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning
Strategic and Resource Management in Primary Schools: Evidence from OfSTED Inspection Reports.
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Glover, Derek; Bennett, Nigel; Crawford, Megan; Levacic, Rosalind – School Leadership & Management, 1997
Analyzes to what extent 120 British primary schools' practice matched criteria for national management and development outlined in official guidelines. Primary schools have been slower than secondary schools to embrace the principles of strategic and long-term development planning. Inspectors' application of criteria in resource-management matters…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Planning, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
The Impact of School Development Plans in Primary Schools.
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Mortimore, Peter; And Others – 1992
School Development Plans (SDPs) were pioneered by individual schools and local education authorities (LEAs) in England as a grassroots approach to school management that was eventually adopted by national education authorities. An empirical investigation of the implementation and impact of SDPs was carried out in primary schools through a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Planning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students