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Koltan Yilmaz, Sebnem; Deveci Topal, Arzu – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Academics are both owners and users of copyrighted material. Complex, vague, and ever-changing copyright law creates problems related to copyright for academicians and students who want to access works and digital products. It is important to increase the awareness of these individuals in order to prevent these problems. In this study, it is aimed…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Students, Copyrights, Legal Responsibility
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DeCino, Daniel A.; Curtin, Susan; De Jong, David; Seedorf, Stephen; Dalbey, Amanda – Journal of School Leadership, 2020
Educational leaders' experiences with legal issues remain relatively unknown. Using an electronic survey, this study explored educational leaders' (N = 441) experiences with legal issues and with perceived levels of legal preparedness. Results revealed that years of experience and ethics training courses variables were statistically significant…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Legal Responsibility, Administrator Attitudes, Competence
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Sun, Anna Q.; Xin, Joy F. – Preventing School Failure, 2020
This study investigated school principals' opinions of their knowledge, skills, and leadership roles in providing services and support to students with special needs. A total of 134 respondents were included. Responses were analyzed into 4 factors; leadership in special education, leadership knowledge, leadership support, and leadership decision.…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Special Education, Leadership Responsibility
LaBarre, Alison B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
A principal has many responsibilities; high on this list includes the need to be educated in current special education requirements to serve students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore the amount of special education legal knowledge that secondary principals in Ohio possess. Demographic information, perceived special…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Knowledge Level, Legal Responsibility
Camille Kluttz-Leach – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study investigated the cultural barriers that Black women at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) face when deciding whether to report acts of sexual victimization and how those barriers operate as a silencing agent. Underpinned by critical race theory and Black feminist thought, this study presented an opportunity to identify…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, Females, Cultural Influences
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Adeyemo, Oyeyemi S.O.E.A.; Babatunde, Mustapha Sulaimon – Participatory Educational Research, 2018
Students use mobile-phones to store lecture-materials, e-books, tutorials, videos, communicate with their classmates and browse the internet for exceedingly different intentions. These projected advantages, however, would have potential undesirable effects if mobile phones are utilised in restricted premises, such as examination venues.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
O'Malley, Lynda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of safety, determine the factors that impacted student perceptions of campus safety, and to determine whether perceptions of campus safety had an impact on student engagement in campus and student activities. Campus safety and student engagement were analyzed through a literature review.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Safety, College Environment, Legal Responsibility
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Kennedy, P. J.; Sinfield, Philip; Tweedlie, Lucy; Nixon, Carol; Martin, Aisling; Edwards, Katie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects approximately 1% of the general population. The prevalence of ASD, or symptom complexes compatible with ASD, amongst young people residing within Secure Children's Homes (SCH's) remains ill understood. There are critical implications for the resourcing and understanding of the management of young people…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Residential Care, Interpersonal Competence
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Doss, Daniel Adrian; Henley, Russ; Becker, Ursula; McElreath, David; Lackey, Hilliard; Jones, Don; He, Feng; Li, Mingyu; Lin, Shimin – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2016
Plagiarism, cheating, and academic dishonesty affect institutions of higher education. This study examines student perceptions of plagiarism within a Southern, Division-II teaching institution. This study employed a five-point Likert-scale to examine differences of perceptions between male versus female business students. Two statistically…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Plagiarism, Gender Differences
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Bragg, Sara; Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Emmerson, Lucy; Bonell, Chris – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
In 2018, reflecting in this journal on the arrival of the 'age of consent' into sexuality education, Jen Gilbert questioned what would happen to a concept drawn in part from legal contexts, but partly also driven by the passion of feminist activists, when it met the demands and logics -- the learning outcomes and lesson plans -- of the classroom.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education, Secondary School Students
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Meyer, Elizabeth J.; Keenan, Harper – Gender and Education, 2018
Since 2010, California passed three laws that address the safety and inclusion of transgender students. Seth's Law (SB 48), the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act (AB 9) and The School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266). The policies of 10 large urban districts in and around the SanĀ Francisco Bay Area were analyzed…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Urban Schools, School Safety, Bullying
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Eid, Fatima H. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2014
The growing interest in Human Rights Education (HRE) is linked in this paper to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 1989). The linkage between citizenship education and HRE is also highlighted, along with the necessary critiques of human rights pronouncements regarding the situation of HRE in Bahrain while the challenges ahead in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Bhopal, Kalwant – Research Papers in Education, 2020
This article uses case study interviews to examine women's experiences in higher education. It focuses on career progression, support available for promotion and particular initiatives for staff retention. The findings suggest that whilst some progress has been made to support White and Black and minority ethnic women in their career trajectories,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Higher Education, Gender Bias
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Purdy, Noel; Mc Guckin, Conor – Educational Research, 2015
Background: This study addresses the fast developing behavioural issue of cyberbullying in schools and its complex legal context. Purpose: This study set out to investigate teachers' perceptions of the extent of cyberbullying and the extent to which school leaders in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland feel knowledgeable and confident…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Comparative Analysis
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Oswalt, Sara B.; Wyatt, Tammy J.; Ochoa, Yesenia – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2018
With the advent of the "Dear Colleague" letter in 2011, higher education institutions have become focused on sexual assault and related policies, procedures regarding offenses, and prevention education. Institutions should consider using this spotlight on interpersonal dynamics to increase awareness about other types of relationship…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, College Students, Crime, Higher Education
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