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The Impact of Congruence between Perceived and Preferred Leadership on Satisfaction among College Student-Athletes in Singapore
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Chia, Jingyi Shannon; Pyun, Do Young; Kwon, Hyungil Harry – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
Chelladurai developed the Multidimensional Model of Leadership, which was designed to be situation-specific to examine leadership behaviour and effectiveness in sporting contexts. Applying Chelladurai's concept to the Singapore sporting context, this study aimed to assess the impact of congruence between perceived and preferred leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Athletes, Leadership
Evaluating the Role of Protected Natural Areas for Environmental Education in Italy
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De Dominicis, Stefano; Bonaiuto, Marino; Carrus, Giuseppe; Passafaro, Paola; Perucchini, Paola; Bonnes, Mirilia – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2017
Two quasi-experimental field studies (N = 419; 248) tested the effects of an outdoor environmental education program based in local Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) on 3rd-to-6th-grade students' proenvironmental attitudes and behaviors. Results show the program increases children's place attachment, proenvironmental attitudes, ethics and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Intervention, Foreign Countries, Quasiexperimental Design
Motivational Climate and Students' Emotional Experiences and Effort in Physical Education
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Liukkonen, Jarmo; Barkoukis, Vassilis; Watt, Anthony; Jaakkola, Timo – Journal of Educational Research, 2010
The aim of the study was to examine the impact of a self-determined motivational climate including support of autonomy, relatedness, task involvement, and ego-involving climate on students' affective responses and effort in physical education. The sample involved 338 sixth-grade students (11-12 years old) who completed a questionnaire battery…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Path Analysis
Extreme Negative Attitudes towards Immigrants: An Analysis of Factors in Five Countries
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Husfeldt, Vera – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
The process of educational expansion and the demographic process of generational replacement would have ongoing liberalization effects and therefore lead to a growth of ethnic tolerance. This was the prediction of Hyman and Sheatsley stated in 1956. Nearly half a century later there is little empirical evidence for a rising support of the…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Family Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Immigrants