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Download full textAlejandra Miranda; Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
This report looks at the provision of GCSE subjects in England in 2023. Provision in a subject is defined as the number or percentage of schools with at least one student taking the subject. It could be argued that this may not cover all the 'provision', since schools might offer to provide a subject but none of their students wants to study it.…
Descriptors: School Size, Diversity (Institutional), Institutional Characteristics, Differences
Direct linkParker, Audra; Rakes, Lori; Arndt, Katie – Educational Forum, 2017
Recent trends indicate a move away from self-contained classrooms and toward content-focused departmentalization in elementary schools. This study takes a snapshot of the existing organizational structures used in elementary schools in one district and explores administrators' beliefs and practices regarding this phenomenon. Our findings suggest…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Organization, School Administration, Decision Making
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1989
Surveys were conducted to investigate contemporary thought regarding organizational practices at the elementary level, with particular attention to identifying the extent to which departmentalization was supported by research and actually employed in 24 elementary schools in the Midwest and in 41 Des Moines elementary schools. Four committees…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Departments, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedEpstein, Michael H.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1992
A national survey of teachers serving students with serious emotional disturbances, with 191 respondents, sought to identify the nature of education programs for such students. Program types cited most frequently were mainstreaming and use of an environmental classroom structure. School demographics and teacher characteristics were also examined.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedPianta, Robert C.; La Paro, Karen M.; Payne, Chris; Cox, Martha J.; Bradley, Robert – Elementary School Journal, 2002
Observed 223 public school kindergarten classrooms to describe classroom activities and child-teacher interactions. Also observed global classroom quality. Found, among other observations, that the most frequently observed forms of activity were structured, teacher-directed activities and whole-group instruction. Findings pose implications for…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedMetz, Mary Haywood – American Journal of Education, 1983
In an urban magnet middle school serving mostly minority, poor, and low achieving students, the presence of high levels of interracial interaction and positive student-teacher relationships was attributed to the school's curricular, academic reward, and classroom activity structures, and to a faculty subculture that encouraged teachers to foster…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Institutional Characteristics
Alt, Martha Naomi; Choy, Susan P. – 2000
Prompted by widely held concerns about middle schools' academic rigor and the effectiveness of activities designed to help early adolescents develop in non-academic realms, many middle school educators have renewed efforts to develop curricula and instructional strategies that challenge students academically and expand their intellectual…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
