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Mannion, Greg; Sowerby, Matthew; I'Anson, John – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
There has been a long-standing call for the participation of young people in decision making in school. However, research to date has mostly focused on pupil councils and is rarely conducted in areas of socio-economic deprivation -- the contexts for this study. In national examinations, the schools chosen had higher than average attainments given…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Childrens Rights, Decision Making, Disadvantaged
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Hutzler, Yeshayahu; Bar-Eli, Michael – Quest, 2013
The purpose of this article is to describe a theoretical model and practice examples of judgment and decision making bias within the context of inclusion in physical education and sports. After presenting the context of adapting for inclusion, the theoretical roots of judgment and decision are described, and are linked to the practice of physical…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Physical Education, Intervention, Ecology
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Schartner, Alina; Young, Tony Johnstone – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Despite a burgeoning body of empirical research on "the international student experience", the area remains under-theorized. The literature to date lacks a guiding conceptual model that captures the adjustment and adaptation trajectories of this unique, growing, and important sojourner group. In this paper, we therefore put forward a…
Descriptors: Models, Student Adjustment, Foreign Students, Heuristics
Munoz, Marco A.; Rodosky, Robert J. – Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (NJ1), 2011
This case study provides an illustration of the heuristic practices of a high-performing research department, which in turn, will help build much needed models applicable in the context of large urban districts. This case study examines the accountability, planning, evaluation, testing, and research functions of a research department in a large…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Heuristics, Information Services, Case Studies