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Dogrul, Hikmet; Kiliç, Figen – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine opinions, expectations and metaphorical perceptions of parents about preschool education. In the research, cross-sectional design, one of the survey model types, was used. The sample of the study consists of 1080 parents, 873 of whom are females and 207 of them are males, whose students are living in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Education, Second Language Instruction
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Ekstrand, Britten – Educational Review, 2015
Unauthorized absence from school, commonly labelled truancy, absenteeism, and dropout, is a problem that has been increasingly noted in recent years by the National Agency for Education, county councils, communities, and media in Sweden. It is also a prioritized issue in Europe and worldwide. Many students leave school without credentials or a…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Truancy, Academic Persistence, Dropouts
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Biesta, Gert J. J. – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2010
The idea that professional practices such as education should be based upon or at least be informed by evidence continues to capture the imagination of many politicians, policy makers, practitioners and researchers. There is growing evidence of the influence of this line of thought. At the same time there is a growing body of work that has raised…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Epistemology
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Burwood, Stephen – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
Karl Jaspers argued that academics must be prepared to accept, perhaps even to welcome, the fact that most students "will learn next to nothing" from a university education. In this paper I shall argue that, while Jaspers' model is unpersuasive as an ideal and inaccurate as a description, there is an uncomfortable truth lurking behind his…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Role of Education, Educational Environment, Politics of Education
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Mintz, Avi – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
For over fifty years, scholars have argued that a therapeutic ethos has begun to change how people think about themselves and others. There is also a growing concern that the therapeutic ethos has influenced educational theory and practice, perhaps to their detriment. This review article discusses three books, "The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Therapy, Therapeutic Environment, Program Effectiveness
Walsh, Rachael – Online Submission, 2010
This research evaluates the social context of adolescent intervention programs through a critical lens to determine the impact on youth postsecondary decisions with respect to both educational attainment and deviant behavior, further examining the role of education from a social and political perspective. The Education Longitudinal Study 2002/06…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Attainment, Role of Education, Program Effectiveness
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Honeyman, Catherine A. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
This article extends understanding of the connections between education, social capital, and development through a mixed-methods case study of the Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial, or SAT, an innovative secondary-level education system. The quantitative dimension of the research used survey measures of social responsibility to compare 93 SAT…
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Educational Experience
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Fletcher, Fay – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2008
Recently, various scholars have remarked that university continuing education (UCE) is moving away from one of its original core foci, that of social justice. In this article, the possible causes of this are discussed, including current political environments, the role of universities and academics in perpetuating or disrupting the status quo, and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Participatory Research, Continuing Education, Transformative Learning
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (NJ1), 2007
Society and the life experiences of children and youth changed considerably during the last century. Schools today are expected to do more than they have ever done in the past to implement effective educational approaches that promote academic success, enhance health, and prevent problem behaviors have grown significantly. Broad-based, school-wide…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Program Development, Emotional Development, School Role
Worthington, Robert M. – 1985
The U.S. Department of Education has shown support for vocational education through a number of initiatives. Task forces on, for example, defense preparedness and entrepreneurship education have been established at the national level. Two new programs--corrections education and rural education--have been established and have had a significant…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits, Educational Environment
Arnold, Caroline; Bartlett, Kathy; Gowani, Saima; Merali, Rehana – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2007
This working paper considers ways to tackle the critical issue of early drop-out and under-achievement of children at school. It draws on evidence of the benefits of early childhood programmes to children's learning and success in school. It particularly examines how well-designed early childhood programmes can effectively address poverty and…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Change
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Oduaran, Akpovire; Okukpon, Lucy – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
This qualitative interpretivist study analyses the perceptions of a stratified and purposive sample of university-based adult educators with a view to understanding how they perceive the effectiveness of adult education as a contributor to national development in southern Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. These perceptions of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Program Effectiveness, Qualitative Research, Knowledge Economy
Miller, Virginia R. – 2002
The infusion of career-based education throughout the curriculum as academic and technical curricula are integrated across all subject areas and grade levels is substantially changing the delivery and focus of K-12 education despite the lack of evidence substantiating the effectiveness of the following school-to-work (STW) reform concepts: whole…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Career Academies, Change Strategies
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1998
The Teaching Firm project examined the process and role of informal learning in seven high-performance work organizations in the manufacturing industry. The working concept of a teaching firm was defined as "an environment in which teaching and learning are institutionally and culturally embedded in the organization and are perceived to be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Definitions, Economic Development