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Sumbera, Becky – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2017
This three-phase, two-method qualitative study explored and identified policies, programs, and practices that school-site administrators perceived as most effective in reengaging at-risk students emotionally, behaviorally, and cognitively at 10 California Model Continuation High Schools (MCHS). Eccles' expectancy-value theoretical framework was…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, High School Students, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
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Ng, Josephine – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2014
We often hear that the most important role of education is to teach children to think creatively and effectively. Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) has recognised the importance of nurturing children from young and aimed to shift from "academic rote learning" to more experiential learning. Since 2003, mandated nationwide skill…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
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Brostrom, Stig; Hansen, Ole Henrik – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2010
This article seeks to identify the relation between policy and lived life, for the small child in the Danish creche. To accomplish this, the article integrates demography, traditions, national curriculum and psychological, educational, and recent developments in research. It is an attempt to reveal knowledge and consequences, by conducting the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Cognitive Development, Educational Policy, Child Development
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DellaMattera, Julie – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2010
Current preschool learning guidelines, created in response to NCLB requirements, focus on three areas of human development in an effort to ensure that preschoolers are ready for kindergarten. This study examined four New England states' preschool learning guidelines, looking at how each detailed its support for preschoolers' development. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Children, Guidelines, Cognitive Development