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The Views of Students in the 14-19 Phase Attending Three Special Schools and a Secure Unit on Their Learning and Achievement
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Feiler, Anthony – London Review of Education, 2013
The involvement of special schools and centres in curriculum policy initiatives has been remarkably limited both in the UK and internationally, and research investigating students' perspectives on the curriculum and teaching and learning in such centres is practically non-existent. The views of students on curriculum and pedagogy attending three…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Student Attitudes, Special Needs Students, Educational Practices
Everyone Playing in Class: A Group Play Provision for Enhancing the Emotional Well-Being of Children in School
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Woolf, Alison – British Journal of Special Education, 2011
"Everyone Playing in Class" is an unstructured free play based provision for small classes or groups. The intervention involves training staff in attachment theory, presenting up-to-date research findings on the role of play in emotional well-being and relationship building, as well as teaching reflective communication skills. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Intervention, Small Classes
The Effect of Class Size on the Teaching of Pupils Aged 7-11 Years
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Blatchford, Peter; Russell, Anthony; Bassett, Paul; Brown, Penelope; Martin, Clare – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
There is still little consensus on whether and how teaching is affected by small and large classes, especially in the case of students in the later primary years. This study investigated effects of class size on teaching of pupils aged 7-11 years. We used a multimethod approach, integrating qualitative information from teachers' end-of-year…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Students, Class Size, Classroom Environment
Are Class Size Differences Related to Pupils' Educational Progress and Classroom Processes? Findings from the Institute of Education Class Size Study of Children Aged 5-7 Years
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Blatchford, Peter; Bassett, Paul; Goldstein, Harvey; Martin, Clare – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
Despite evidence from the USA that children in small classes of less than 20 do better academically there is still a vociferous debate about the effects of class size differences in schools, and considerable gaps in our understanding of the effects of class size differences. This article summarises results from the most complete UK analysis to…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Observation, Time Management, Academic Achievement
The Role and Effects of Teaching Assistants in English Primary Schools (Years 4 to 6) 2000-2003. Results from the Class Size and Pupil-Adult Ratios (CSPAR) KS2 Project
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Blatchford, Peter; Russell, Anthony; Bassett, Paul; Brown, Penelope; Martin, Clare – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
It is widely assumed that increasing the number of teaching assistants (TAs) in the classroom will be beneficial to children, and this is one important aim of the recently implemented Workforce Agreement. But there are still significant gaps in knowledge about many aspects of their deployment and impact. The Class Size and Pupil-Adult Ratios…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires
Social Background of Students and Their Chance of Success at School.
1971
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the British response to an IBE questionnaire. Children from higher social categories do better at school. The nature of the problem is thus partly one of enriching the education of disadvantaged children, and partly one of removing financial barriers to their continued…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth