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Houser, Neil O.; Krutka, Daniel G.; Province Roberts, Rachael; Pennington, Kimberly; Faili Coerver, Nina – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
We conducted a 3-year study to determine what could be learned from the efforts of social studies teachers to navigate the current culture of reform and accountability. Data were drawn from 50 in-depth interviews and 425 surveys completed by P-12 teachers throughout the state. We employed critical social theory to frame the study and interpret the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Social Studies, Educational Practices
Kilickaya, Ferit – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of the article is to investigate the effects of the foreign language section of TEOG (Transition Examination from Primary to Secondary Education) on language teacher practices in the classroom. The participants of the study include 30 English language teachers working at lower secondary schools in Turkey. The results of the study indicate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Secondary School Teachers, English Teachers
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Laletas, Stella; Reupert, Andrea – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
Care in teaching has been widely investigated; however, little research has sought secondary pre-service teachers' understandings of caring and their potential responsibility to care for students. Accordingly, semi-structured interviews were employed with four focus groups, involving 12 (2 male and 10 female) participants. Data were analysed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Caring
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Saggers, Beth – Improving Schools, 2015
Listening to and reflecting on the voices and personal stories of adolescent students with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is critically important to developing more inclusive approaches to their education. This article considers the experiences of nine adolescents with an ASD on their inclusive education in a large urban secondary school in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes, Autism
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Puchner, Laurel; Klein, Nicole Aydt – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2012
The goal of this study was to examine perceptions, attitudes, and reported practices of a group of middle level Language Arts teachers concerning sexuality-related issues. Through interviews with 15 teachers, the study found that sexuality was in one sense pervasive, as it came up frequently in the teachers' practice. Yet at the same time the…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Language Arts, Middle Schools, Sexuality
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Evans, Jeff; Tsatsaroni, Anna – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2008
Our discussion of social justice begins by embracing both "distribution" and "recognition" aspects of social relations (Vincent, 2003). The first aspect considers the way that goods, knowledge, skills, rights, etc. are distributed among social groups; the second aspect focuses on aspects of society structuring social encounters…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Gender Differences, Social Justice