NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hunzicker, Jana – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2017
Conceptions of teacher leadership are trending away from formal titles and positions to embrace a more informal, integrated approach. Moreover, there is growing agreement among scholars that teacher leadership is a stance, or way of thinking and being, rather than a set of behaviors. As a result, understanding how teachers progress from teacher to…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Professional Identity, Time Factors (Learning), Performance Factors
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tougas, Anne-Marie; Jutras, Sylvie; Bigras, Marc – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
The present study aimed to describe and explore the influence of social support on the school engagement of young survivors of pediatric leukemia. Fifty-three young Quebecers, previously diagnosed and treated for leukemia, completed a questionnaire measuring their school engagement and participated in an interview focusing on the support offered…
Descriptors: Cancer, Social Support Groups, Learner Engagement, Social Influences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jeffers, Adam R. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2017
This research examines academic experiences of African American males (ages 18-25) who attended urban schools in southern California. The participants were incarcerated for at least one year prior to being housed in a pre-release program where they reflected on their academic experiences and perceptions of the school environment. The participants'…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Helwig, Andrew A. – Career Development Quarterly, 2008
In 1987, 208 second graders were interviewed about their occupational aspirations and expectations, school likes and dislikes, educational plans, and other variables. They were reinterviewed every 2 years through senior year in high school. A 5-year post-high school follow-up was conducted, and 35 young adults (23 years old) from the original…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Occupational Aspiration, Career Development, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sandfort, James A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Student activities were overlooked in the recent national reports on education indicating the possibility that they are not considered significant. Provides a seven-step agenda for ensuring that such programs retain their position in the schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Individual Development
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1991
This list contains 58 scales and inventories concerned with decision style, decision-making techniques, the mental processes involved in decision-making and risk-taking. Career education measures which lead one through the decision-making process are also included. Several instruments measure others' perceptions of management decision-making.…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making Skills
Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. School of Education. – 1975
Futures Information Interchange Newsletters contain practical teaching methods and learning activities for introducing future studies into the classroom. Although the newsletter is directed toward elementary and secondary teachers, it is intended to be of value to educators at the preschool and university levels also. Lead articles define the role…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Games
Allen, Robert, Ed.; Ketcham, Michael, Ed. – 1981
The manual describes wellness as building a lifestyle based on a conscious commitment to accept responsibility for one's own health and for the way things turn out in one's life, and offers educators several inventory instruments for examining and changing their own lifestyle and the level of support for wellness in the school community. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kline, Bruce E.; Short, Elizabeth B. – Roeper Review, 1991
This study with 82 gifted males (grades 1-12) used a questionnaire which focused on self-confidence, perfectionism, relationships with parents, relationships with peers, hopelessness, and discouragement. Findings indicated a significantly higher level of discouragement and hopeless feeling for junior high school boys as compared with senior high…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Gifted