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Stephanie C. Serriere; Tennisha Riley – Democracy & Education, 2024
This data-based theoretical paper explores the contrasting tensions of adults being in "solidarity" with youths while not reproducing systems of oppression through adultism. Written by adults who have been engaged side-by-side with youth activism, the purpose of this article is to better understand what adult solidarity and support look…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Activism, Group Unity, Cooperation
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Ryan Oto – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2023
Social studies education research lauds the importance of schools as spaces to practice democratic values while also largely ignoring the agency youth exercise to shape their lives in the present. This article explores how young people organize and enact democratic practices within youth-mediated contexts in schools by examining the pedagogy of…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Activism, Student Organizations, Citizenship Responsibility
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Barnes, Tia N.; Cipriano, Christina; Xia, Yu – Beyond Behavior, 2021
Teacher-paraprofessional collaboration plays an important part in the daily functioning of self-contained classrooms serving students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Unfortunately, few training opportunities are provided to teachers on how to supervise and collaborate with paraprofessionals in the classroom setting. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Contained Classrooms
Regan, Helen B. – 1989
This paper discusses an experiment-in-progress that focused on an investigation of novel school collaboration procedures. Two schools participated in the experiment. The principals of these schools were asked for their definition of "collaboration" and a metaphoric description of their schools. Following a collaborative skills workshop,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
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Reinert, Harry – Foreign Language Annals, 1981
Points out that services to the foreign language profession, ranging from work on local committees to national leadership, are performed almost exclusively by volunteers and criticizes the attitudes of some members of the profession toward their visiting colleagues. Cites several incidents where visitors met with shocking lack of assistance and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Group Experience, Group Unity, Interpersonal Relationship
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Cota, Albert A.; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Reviews the literature on unidimensional and multidimensional models of cohesion and describes cohesion as a multidimensional construct with primary and secondary dimensions. Found that primary dimensions described the cohesiveness of all or most types of groups, whereas secondary dimensions only described the cohesiveness of specific types of…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Cooperation, Group Unity, Groups
Carter, Margie – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Focuses on recognizing key indicators for developing teamwork and collaboration among child care staff. Addresses communicating clearly, interacting respectfully, demonstrating trust, negotiating different perspectives, building on each other's strengths, and promoting reliability and responsibility. Identifies strategies to cultivate growth in…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Collegiality, Cooperation, Day Care Centers
Kramer, Howard C. – 1982
Aspects of the relationships between state college and university representatives and state coordinating councils, and forms of intragroup behavior are considered. It is suggested that within an interorganizational paradigm, knowledge of and ability in interagency coordination may be crucial to the future of higher education. Higher education is…
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Government School Relationship, Group Dynamics
Leiter, Jeffrey – 1978
This paper examines effects of pressure from the community and teachers' organization on interaction patterns or structures within schools, specifically on normative consensus, upward communication, and facilitative dependence. These structures help determine the extent of cooperation and support teachers receive. Questionnaire data from virtually…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Cooperation, Correlation, Environmental Influences