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Using Dialogue as a Means to Promote Collaborative and Inclusive Practices
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Tragoulia, Eleni; Strogilos, Vasilis – Educational Action Research, 2013
This study discusses the results of a collaborative action research project in a multi-disciplinary school for children with disabilities. The aim was to alter practices and views of the professionals concerned in order to promote the inclusion of four children in mainstream schools. Three interrelated programmes were designed and implemented over…
Descriptors: Action Research, Disabilities, Special Schools, Foreign Countries
Social Resilience within a Social and Emotional Learning Framework: The Perceptions of Teachers in Greece
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Poulou, Maria – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
Given the link between social skills, problem solving and resilience, it could be a helpful way forward to link the construct of social resilience to the social and emotional learning (SEL) framework. This article first discusses core ideas of both constructs, and supports the integration of the social resiliency framework into a broader…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Emotional Development
Opinions of Female Juvenile Delinquents on Communication, Learning and Violence
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Sanger, Dixie; Spilker, Anna; Wiliiams, Nicole; Belau, Don – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to survey the opinions of female juvenile delinquents residing in a correctional center about the role of teachers and schools in serving students involved in violence. The term violence referred to behaviors and actions including threats or intentional harm to individuals or property (Van Hasselt & Hersen, 1999). A…
Descriptors: Prevention, Learning Problems, Teacher Attitudes, Females
Misfits in the Public Schools.
Cruickshank, William M.; And Others – 1969
Barriers to effective education of handicapped children and the roles of social agencies in a position to provide a climate for change and innovation are the focus of this book. Administrative ineptitude, unqualified administrators and teachers, poor standards for graduate students, inadequate teacher education, and attitudes toward education and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications
Quality Practices Task Force. Final Report.
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National Inservice Network, Bloomington, IN. – 1980
The results of a survey on the characteristics of effective inservice education practices are described and presented. Conducted by the Task Force on Quality Practices in Inservice Education of the National Inservice Network (NIN), the survey is intended to provide planners with illustrations of development, implementation, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Working on Working. Innovators of Vocational Programs for Handicapped High School Students.
Wieler, Geri Elisabeth; And Others – 1979
Designed to provide teachers and administrators with suggestions for innovative approaches to providing vocational education to handicapped high school students, this report contains first person descriptions of six model programs in vocational education. In chapter 1 four administrators and instructors comment on their Related Vocational…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Development, Career Guidance
Collaboration at the Grass Roots: Implementing the Professional Development School Concept.
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Yopp, Hallie Kay; And Others – Action in Teacher Education, 1994
A successful professional development school (PDS) project, established by four elementary schools and a university, has four components: student teacher cohorts, close link between coursework and field experiences, close collaboration between university instructional team and PDS site personnel, and entire staff commitment to student teacher…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Environment, Educational Principles
Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference: Youth Schooling & Employment. Part B. (Sydney, November 6-9, 1980).
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This second of the two-part proceedings of an Australian conference on youth schooling and unemployment contains 25 research reports and texts from two symposia on alienation from school to work, and youth in transition. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in the area of educational research. Topics covered in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities