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Harold Abelson, Editor; Siu-Cheung Kong, Editor – MIT Press, 2024
In today's digital society, computational thinking (CT) is a critical component of all children's education. In "Computational Thinking Curricula in K-12," editors Harold Abelson and Siu-Cheung Kong present a range of professional perspectives on the most effective ways to integrate CT into school curricula. Their edited volume, which…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
Deb, Shoumitro; Limbu, Bharati; Nancarrow, Tom; Gerrard, David; Shankar, Rohit – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Overprescribing of off-licence psychotropic medications, particularly antipsychotics, for challenging behaviours in people with intellectual disabilities without a psychiatric disorder is a significant public health concern. In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service England launched an initiative in 2016, 'STopping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychiatry, Experience, Adults
Kiff, Fraizer; Shaw, Naomi; Orr, Noreen; Rizzo, Andrew. J.; Chollet, Annah; Young, Honor; Rigby, Emma; Hagell, Ann; Berry, Vashti; Bonell, Chris; Melendez-Torres, G. J.; Farmer, Caroline – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Dating and relationship violence (DRV) and gender-based violence (GBV) among children and young people incur a high cost to individuals and society. School-based interventions present an opportunity to prevent DRV and GBV early in individuals' lives. However, with school resources under pressure, policymakers require guidance on the economics of…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Interpersonal Relationship, Violence, Gender Bias
Apanasionok, Magdalena M.; Alallawi, Barah; Grindle, Corinna F.; Hastings, Richard P.; Watkins, Richard C.; Nicholls, Gemma; Maguire, Leanne; Staunton, Darragh – British Journal of Special Education, 2021
Mathematics is one of the core school subjects in the UK and an emphasis is placed on developing pupils' mathematical competencies throughout all key stages. Despite that, the attainment of students with disabilities in mathematics remains low. The current study explored ways in which the Teaching Early Numeracy to children with Developmental…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Students with Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Qurashi, Fahid – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2017
The Prevent policy was introduced in 2003 as part of the UK counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) with the aim of preventing the radicalisation of people to terrorism. In 2015, it was given a statutory footing in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act and it became a legal duty for Higher Education Institutions among others. Since then, Higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Expertise, Terrorism, Prevention
Brook, Cheryl; Abbott, Christine – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
This paper explores the learning and experience of Western action learning facilitators engaged in developing Chinese facilitators of action learning, all of whom were also managers, as part of a qualification programme based in China. The Western facilitators interviewed for this study had been specifically asked by their hosts to deliver a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Facilitators (Individuals), Organizational Development
Ainley, Patrick; Allen, Martin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
This article contends that the implementation of government policies is mediated principally by the state, the economy and social class but that these have all changed so markedly since 1945 that education can no longer be seen as having the reforming role attributed to it in the postwar years. The continued assumption that it does means that,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Role of Education, Program Implementation
Harrington, A. Katherine; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi – Grantee Submission, 2018
For several decades, lifelong learning has been discussed both in terms of its ability to provide both individual and national economic benefits. However, while the importance of lifelong learning, particularly in lieu of occupational changes, has been emphasized, the creation or adaptation of funding methods for lifelong learning specifically in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Educational Finance, Comparative Education
Harrington, Katherine; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
For several decades, lifelong learning has been discussed both in terms of its ability to provide both individual and national economic benefits. However, while the importance of lifelong learning, particularly in lieu of occupational changes, has been emphasized, the creation or adaptation of funding methods for lifelong learning specifically in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Educational Finance, Comparative Education
Twalo, Thembinkosi – Educational Action Research, 2019
The knowledge value chain has multiple stakeholders such as researchers and policy-makers. These are conventionally knowledge producers and knowledge users, respectively. Knowledge producers and knowledge users sometimes have conflicting interests, expectations, concerns, and priorities. To mitigate these differences, one of the strategies used is…
Descriptors: Researchers, Policy Formation, Action Research, Power Structure
Supplee, Lauren H.; Metz, Allison – Society for Research in Child Development, 2014
Despite a robust body of evidence of effectiveness of social programs, few evidence-based programs have been scaled for population-level improvement in social problems. Since 2010 the federal government has invested in evidence-based social policy by supporting a number of new evidence-based programs and grant initiatives. These initiatives…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Social Problems, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention
Back, Susan Malone; Rogers, Steven; Li, Jiaqi – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
A model is presented for coordinated community planning to address multiple service needs in two countries. Two communities, one in western Texas and one in the United Kingdom, found that despite the considerable efforts of multiple organizations, the local social, educational, and health services remained uncoordinated. Furthermore, there was no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Health Services, Participatory Research
Mafuba, Kay; Gates, Bob – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
International studies have shown poor uptake of public health initiatives by people with learning disabilities. In addition, studies have shown that people with learning disabilities experience poor access to public health services. The contribution of community learning disability nurses in meeting the public health needs of people with learning…
Descriptors: Investigations, Public Health, Nurses, Caregiver Role
Rabkin, Gabriele, Ed.; Roche, Stephen, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
This book was published to mark the tenth anniversary of Hamburg's award-winning Family Literacy project (FLY). It includes contributions from key stakeholders--academics, teachers, parents and children--participating in the conceptualization and implementation of FLY in the city of Hamburg. FLY mainly targets people from socially disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Futures (of Society), Foreign Countries
George, Sarah; Costigan, Anne; O'hara, Maria – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
Plagiarism is a vexing issue for Higher Education, affecting student transition, retention, and attainment. This article reports on two initiatives from the University of Bradford library aimed at reducing student plagiarism. The first initiative is an intensive course for students who have contravened plagiarism regulations. The second course…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Prevention, Library Role, Academic Libraries