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Heffernan, Amanda; Selwyn, Neil – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
Amid the increasing digitisation of schools, relatively little work has examined the ways in which digital technologies are reconfiguring the work of school principals. With an approach based on the sociology of work, this paper draws on 19 in-depth interviews with Australian school principals to examine their everyday experiences of digital…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Principals, Foreign Countries
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Brewster, Barbara Jane; Miller, Tess – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2023
Competency in mathematics is needed to respond to the vast employment opportunities available in the STEM sectors. These employment opportunities all require basic foundational mathematics skills, yet there is a shortfall of mathematics abilities due, in-part, to mathematics anxiety. Mathematics anxiety can surface as fear and avoidance of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Anxiety, Intervention, Cognitive Processes
Diamanduros, Terry D.; Tysinger, P. Dawn; Tysinger, Jeffrey – Communique, 2018
Exposure to traumatic experiences in childhood is more frequent than uncommon and can have a significant impact on the development and social-emotional health of children and adolescents. A recent national study revealed that approximately 34 million children in the United States had experienced at least one of nine adverse childhood experiences…
Descriptors: Trauma, Children, Stress Variables, Influences
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Whitson, Signe – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2013
Understanding the Passive Aggressive Conflict Cycle (PACC) helps observers to be able to look beyond behavior and better understand what is occurring beneath the surface. This article presents a real-life example of a seemingly minor conflict between a teacher and child that elicited an apparent major overreaction by the adult. Also provided is a…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Response
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Weissbourd, Richard – Educational Leadership, 2011
When it comes to academic achievement, many parents in upper- and middle-class communities have gone overboard, hiring tutors for their preschool children and going to enormous lengths to secure a spot for their child in a prestigious college. Even though poor children face many hardships, teenagers in affluent families suffer emotional and moral…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Academic Achievement, Parent Influence, Parent Role
Witten, Molly Romer – Zero to Three (J), 2010
Responses to traumatic stress during the earliest years of life can change quickly and can be difficult to identify because of the young child's rapid rate of development. The symptoms of traumatic stress will depend on the child's developmental level and individual coping styles, as well as the quality and nature of the child's most important…
Descriptors: Caring, Child Abuse, At Risk Persons, Coping
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Zhou, Yuefang; Jindal-Snape, Divya; Topping, Keith; Todman, John – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Theoretical concepts of culture shock and adaptation are reviewed, as applied to the pedagogical adaptation of student sojourners in an unfamiliar culture. The historical development of "traditional" theories of culture shock led to the emergence of contemporary theoretical approaches, such as "culture learning", "stress and coping" and "social…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Models, Culture Conflict, College Students
Tom, A.; Yuen, S.; Fong, G.; Nemoto, M.; Hisatake, T.; Choy, A.; Chang, W. – Center on the Family, University of Hawaii Manoa (NJ3), 2009
Financial hardship can result from many different circumstances--a poor economy, the loss of a job, underemployment, the prolonged illness of a family member, divorce, poor money management, or a combination of several factors. Whatever the cause, the resulting impact on a family can be stressful for all members, including children. Stress from…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Economically Disadvantaged, Money Management, Mental Health
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Schmader, Toni; Johns, Michael; Forbes, Chad – Psychological Review, 2008
Research showing that activation of negative stereotypes can impair the performance of stigmatized individuals on a wide variety of tasks has proliferated. However, a complete understanding of the processes underlying these stereotype threat effects on behavior is still lacking. The authors examine stereotype threat in the context of research on…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Negative Attitudes, Short Term Memory, Stress Variables
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Cozolino, Louis; Sprokay, Susan – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2006
This chapter is an introduction to how the learning process changes the brain, with special attention to the facilitative role of the adult educator/mentor.
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Educators, Brain, Neurological Organization