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Mulcahy, C. M.; Mulcahy, D. E.; Mulcahy, D. G. – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2014
Recent years have shown the growth of federal legislation and programs having a profound impact on educational policy and practice, and a decline in reliance on broadly based educational justifications. Paralleling this development has been the emergence of well-endowed and influential private foundations, and an increase in corporate influence in…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Praxis, Role of Education, Federal Legislation
Howe, Alan, Ed.; Richards, Val, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The transition from primary to secondary school can often be a difficult time for children, and managing the transition smoothly has posed a problem for teachers at both upper primary and lower secondary level. At a time when "childhood" recedes and "adulthood" beckons, the inequalities between individual children can widen,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Physical Development, Teaching Methods, Transitional Programs
Jeynes, William H. – Praeger, 2009
This book offers an examination of the related topics of school prayer and character education in the United States, advocating for their return to public schools. In 1962 and 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court made rulings that removed prayer and Bible reading from public schools. But in the aftermath of the rulings, the nation endured one of the worst…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Public Schools, Crime, Personality
Wilhelms, Fred T. – 1975
After positing the need for the bedrock of schooling (reading, writing, and computing numbers and quantities), the author examines the content and presentation of the rest of the curriculum. Two quiding principles are used in this examination: (1) surprisingly few particular pieces of knowledge and skill must be mastered by everybody in the same…
Descriptors: Career Education, Citizenship, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Gordon, Edmund W., Ed.; Bridglall, Beatrice L., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
According to Gordon and Bridglall, the ability to learn is more of a developed human capacity than a fixed aptitude with which one is born. They argue that the emergence of academic ability is associated with exposure to specialized cultures that privilege the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that schools reward. Children who are born to and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, Nature Nurture Controversy
Weller, Richard H., Ed. – 1977
This book makes the proceedings of the 1976 Phi Delta Kappa Symposium on Humanism in Education available to a broad audience. It includes presentations, the ensuing discussion among the participants, and several reactions to the symposium. The focus of the book is on the approaches--curricular, psychological, sociological, and organizational--that…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Development, Humanistic Education
Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed.; Horn, Raymond A., Jr., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Cognition, mind, counseling psychology, lesson plans, learning styles, and Vygotsky are just a few of the many subjects discussed in this exciting work. Educators, students, counselors, parents, and others will find new understanding as they read and browse. How does the immigrant experience affect student outcomes? What are the effects of poverty…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Guides, Reference Materials, Student Diversity